Elizabeth Hicken Averett was born Aug 27, 1846,in Whitwick, Leicestershire, England to Thomas Hicken and Catyherine Fewkes. With her father, mother and two younger brothers, she crossed the Atlantic Ocean when she was four and a half years old and then travelled up the Mississippi River to what is now Council Bluffs, Iowa, where the famikly spent the winter.
The next spring they crossed the plains to Utah. Because of limited space in the wagon she walked most of the way. When they arrived in Utah and family went to Provo and lived there for eight years before moving to Heber where they settled permanently.
On January 1, 1865, at age nineteen, she married William Averett. She bore nine children, three of whom died in childhood.
She was active in Relief Society and for many years she was on the burial committee and sewed burial clothers for the dead. She also sewed for needy families. She helped with the milking and the chores.
Elizabeth was small in stature...tiny, pretty, with medium hair and very little gray, combed with a wave on each side. She was kind and loved by everyone.
Elizabeth began to fail in her final years after she had the flu. Then she broke her arm and later her ankle and had to use a wheel chair after a bad fall which hurt her back and legs. Elizabeth died at age seventy-eight following a two year illness. She had been a widow fifteen years. At her funeral she was lauded as "tireless in her efforts to give help and comfort those in affliction. Her life has been a living example of the true pioneer spirit. She was a true and devoted wife and mother and a faithful Latter-day Saint.
Elizabeth Hicken Averett was born Aug 27, 1846,in Whitwick, Leicestershire, England to Thomas Hicken and Catyherine Fewkes. With her father, mother and two younger brothers, she crossed the Atlantic Ocean when she was four and a half years old and then travelled up the Mississippi River to what is now Council Bluffs, Iowa, where the famikly spent the winter.
The next spring they crossed the plains to Utah. Because of limited space in the wagon she walked most of the way. When they arrived in Utah and family went to Provo and lived there for eight years before moving to Heber where they settled permanently.
On January 1, 1865, at age nineteen, she married William Averett. She bore nine children, three of whom died in childhood.
She was active in Relief Society and for many years she was on the burial committee and sewed burial clothers for the dead. She also sewed for needy families. She helped with the milking and the chores.
Elizabeth was small in stature...tiny, pretty, with medium hair and very little gray, combed with a wave on each side. She was kind and loved by everyone.
Elizabeth began to fail in her final years after she had the flu. Then she broke her arm and later her ankle and had to use a wheel chair after a bad fall which hurt her back and legs. Elizabeth died at age seventy-eight following a two year illness. She had been a widow fifteen years. At her funeral she was lauded as "tireless in her efforts to give help and comfort those in affliction. Her life has been a living example of the true pioneer spirit. She was a true and devoted wife and mother and a faithful Latter-day Saint.
Family Members
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Catherine Erminie "Minnie" Averett Cummings
1865–1930
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Lavina Elizabeth Averett Murdock
1867–1957
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William Thomas Averett
1870–1941
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Elisha Addison "Add" Averett
1872–1947
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Joseph Daniel Averett
1875–1957
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Dorcas Eustatia Averett
1878–1956
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Eustatia D Averett
1878–1956
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John Henry Averett
1882–1963
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Edna Averett Murdock
1885–1967
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Leona "Leonie" Averett Bonner
1888–1979
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