Georgina Elliott (Clawson)

Georgina or Georgiana Clawson Lncde: D Georgina or Georgiana Clawson was born 3 Aug 1854 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. She died 25 Oct 1941 in Orem, Utah, Utah and was buried 29 Oct 1941 in Provo, Utah, Utah. She was born in the covenant. Georgina was baptized 23 Feb 1867. She was endowed 23 Feb 1916 in the Salt Lake temple. Georgina married Henry Elliott, son of George Elliott and Eliza Vinton, on 17 Mar 1871 in Toquerville, Kane, Utah. They were sealed 23 Feb 1916 in the Salt Lake temple. Henry was born 28 Jan 1848 in Boulogne, , Pas-de-Calais, France. He died 9 Dec 1928 in Provo, Utah, Utah and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah. He was sealed to his parents on 16 Apr 1970 in the Salt Lake temple. Henry was baptized 1859. He was endowed 23 Feb 1916 in the Salt Lake temple.

Georgina Clawson Elliot History

NAME: Georgina or Georgiana

BIRTH: 3 August 1854. 3 August 1852 on Utah Death Certificate #406 (the year, 1852, is not correct being one year before her parents arrived from England and married).

FATHER: Moses Clawson

MOTHER: Sarah Ann Inkley

BAPTIZED: 23 February 1867 in Toquerville.

MARRIED: 20 March 1871 (from S.L. Temple Signiture Book B page 162 FHL #851127) 17 on some family records.

ENDOWED: 23 February 1916 in the Salt Lake Temple

SEALED TO HUSBAND: 23 February 1916 in the Salt Lake Temple

DIED: 25 October 1941 in Orem, Utah (from Utah Death Cert. #406)

BURIED: 29 October 1941 in Provo City Cemetery (from Utah Death Cert. #406)

Georgina was the first child of Sarah Ann Inkley and Moses Clawson. Several children from Moses Clawson's first marriage to Cornelia Brown were still living with them until about 1860. The family moved to North Ogden (Bingham's Fort area) in early 1855. In October 1855 they moved to the center of Ogden in Bishop James G. Browning's ward. A brother (Joseph Inkley) was born 29 January 1856. Another brother (Samuel) was born 21 October 1857 but died 12 days later and buried in the Ogden City Cemetery. They remained in Ogden until all the Weber County wards were moved south to Utah Valley just before Johnston's Army arrived in 1858. Georgina was now 4 years old when a sister was born in Springville, Utah (Lola Ann) 14 November 1858. Two more children were born in Springville, (Charles Moses) 2 October 1860 or 1861 and a sister (Sarah Ann) 24 September 1862.

The family was called to help settle southern Utah in 1862, Georgina was 8 years old. They left Springville in late fall and arrived in Virgin City on Christmas Eve. The two youngest girls died of whooping cough, Sarah Ann on 18 December and Lola Ann on 26 December, they are buried in the Virgin City Cemetery. A new sister (Julia) was born 11 May 1864 and a brother (Henry Albert) 7 May 1866. Three weeks later they moved a short distance to Toquerville, due to Indian troubles.

Georgina was 10 years old when they arrived in Toquerville. Five more children were born here, Eliza Evalina (Lena), 8 August 1868; Lydia Mary, 12 September 1870; William Wayne, 5 May 1873; Leslie Bernard, 10 March 1876; and Rozilla (Rose), 14 April 1879, Rose died the same year in August.

  Georgina married at age 16 and one half to Henry Elliott, 20 March 1871, in Toquerville.  Henry was about 21 years old, born 28 January 1848,50,51 or 52?  He was born in Boulogne, France to George Elliott, born in Ranford, Nottingham, England and Eliza Vinton, born in Belfast, Ireland.  His parents moved around the world with children born in England and Australia before joining the Mormons and moving to Utah.

Henry and Georgina moved to Provo, Utah near his family. She was not in Toquerville when the youngest 3 children were born or when her father died. They were beginning their own family of 11 children, all born in Provo, Utah. George Henry Elliott was born 17 May 1873; "Hattie" Harriett Marene Elliott, 14 Aug 1875; Effie Eliza Elliott, 6 Apr 1878. Hattie died 5 April 1877.

Georgina's father, Moses, died 14 June 1879 of typhoid fever and is buried in the Toquerville cemetery.

"Ray" Raymond Elliott born 28 Sep 1880/1881; Moroni Elliott, 15 November 1882/1883; a stillborn about 1884?; Anna Lucille Elliott, 28 January 1885; Lizzie Elliott, 20 March 1887/1888; "Bina" Sabina Elliott, 2 November 1888/1889; Joseph Edwin Elliott, 7 December 1890/1892; Dottie Lena Elliott, 6 September 1898.

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Georgina Clawson Elliot

Burial:

Provo City Cemetery

Provo

Utah County

Utah, USA

Plot: Block 6 Lot 55

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