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Helen “Ellen” <I>Livingston</I> Watts

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Helen “Ellen” Livingston Watts

Birth
Scotland
Death
7 Aug 1915 (aged 78)
Smithfield, Cache County, Utah, USA
Burial
Smithfield, Cache County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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C_154_1
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Born at Shotts Iron Works, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Daughter of Archibald Livingston and Hellen Connor

Married Joseph Watts, 1 Feb 1859, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

History - Helen came to Utah in 1855 in the Richard Ballantyne's Company by ox team, that being the year of the grasshopper plague. She, with others, suffered hunger.

Hellen had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in her early youth. After she arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah by ox team in the Richard Ballantyne's Company, in 1856, she went to Carson Valley with Bishop Covey and family of the 12th Ward of Salt Lake City, where they again suffered privations, incident to pioneer life. Hellen went with the family of William Branch and settled at Spanish Fork, Utah.

In 1858 she returned to Salt Lake City, Utah where she met Joseph Watts and was married.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Richard Ballantyne Company (1855)
Born at Shotts Iron Works, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Daughter of Archibald Livingston and Hellen Connor

Married Joseph Watts, 1 Feb 1859, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

History - Helen came to Utah in 1855 in the Richard Ballantyne's Company by ox team, that being the year of the grasshopper plague. She, with others, suffered hunger.

Hellen had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in her early youth. After she arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah by ox team in the Richard Ballantyne's Company, in 1856, she went to Carson Valley with Bishop Covey and family of the 12th Ward of Salt Lake City, where they again suffered privations, incident to pioneer life. Hellen went with the family of William Branch and settled at Spanish Fork, Utah.

In 1858 she returned to Salt Lake City, Utah where she met Joseph Watts and was married.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Richard Ballantyne Company (1855)

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18635089/helen-watts: accessed ), memorial page for Helen “Ellen” Livingston Watts (17 Jan 1837–7 Aug 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18635089, citing Smithfield City Cemetery, Smithfield, Cache County, Utah, USA; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).