Elizabeth Young Stanford

26 December 1836 — 14 February 1909

1 Born at Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland; daughter of Martha Martin and Thomas Young. 2 Married Joseph Stanford, 1859; eleven children. 3 Immigrated to the United States aboard the Underwriter and traveled to the Salt Lake Valley, 1861. 4 Settled at Ogden, Weber County, Utah Territory. 5 Served as treasurer of the Ogden City Relief Society, 1874–1875. 6 Appointed counselor in the Weber County Silk Association, 1879. 7 Served as counselor to Sarah Herrick in the Weber Stake Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association (Y.L.M.I.A.), 1884–1892; served as the Weber Stake Y.L.M.I.A. president, 1892–1905. 8 Died at Ogden. 9 (See Document 3.28)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Jan. 2015); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 48/351 (1909), Elizabeth Young Stanford. “Will Be Buried in One Grave,” Deseret Evening News, Feb. 15, 1909, 7.

  2. [2] Utah death certificate, file no. 48/351. “Will Be Buried in One Grave,” 7.

  3. [3] “Will Be Buried in One Grave,” 7. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 2015), Elizabeth Young KWJ8-LST. 1900 U.S. census, Ogden Ward 4, Weber Co., Utah, p. 9B, Elizabeth Y. Stanford; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015); from NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1688.

  4. [4] “Saints by Sea,” database, 1840–1932, Saints by Sea (http://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu, accessed May 2023), Elizabeth Stanford; extracted from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Immigration Index CD (2000). “Elizabeth Young Stanford,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Jan. 2015.

  5. [5] 1870 U.S. census, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah Territory, p. 479B, Elizabeth Stanford; NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1613. 1880 U.S. census, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah, p. 446C, Elizabeth Stanford; NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1339. U.S. census digital images from Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015).

  6. [6] Weber Stake Relief Society, Minutes, Oct. 30, 1877, vol. 6, pp. 23–34, 1877–1900, Relief Society minutes and records, 1867–1968, Weber Stake, CHL.

  7. [7] “Relief Society Conference,” Woman’s Exponent 8, no. 1 (June 1, 1879): 253.

  8. [8] “Will Be Buried in One Grave,” 7. Susa Young Gates, History of the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association (Salt Lake City: The General Board of the Y.L.M.I.A., 1911), 479–481.

  9. [9] Utah death certificate, file no. 48/351. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Jan. 2015), memorial no. 112504984, Elizabeth Young Stanford; Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, UT.]