Wife to Robert Moyes 1812-1861 Scotland
Sister to Sarah Hutchinson Eccles,
MRS. ELIZABETH MOYES DEAD
Well Known Lady Passes Away After Lingering Illness.
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Moyes died this morning at 7:30 o'clock at the home of R. H. Moyes, 2864 Lincoln avenue, after a siege of illness lasting some time.
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Moyes was born on the 14th day of October, 1814, in Scotland, making her at the time of her death ninety-one years, ten months and two days old. She was married in June, 1836, to Robert Moyes, at Paisley, Scotland, and has been a widow forty-five years.
Mrs. Moyes joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the year 1840 and emigrated to Utah in 1865. She remained here with her family but two years, when the family with Mr. William Eccles and family went to Oregon. They returned again in the year 1869 and remained in Ogden the rest of her life. She has a family of six sons living and one daughter, Margaret, who is dead. The names of her sons are James H., William, Robert H., John H., Stewart H., and Alexander H.
Mrs. Moyes has a remarkably large posterity. She had eighty-five grandchildren, of which fifty-six are living; fifty-three great-grandchildren and fortyseven living. She has one surviving sister living, who is the mother of David Eccles, .
The funeral services will be held at the Second Ward meeting house, Sunday, at two o'clock.
Ogden Standard Examiner Aug. 16, 1906
Birthdate in FaG listed as 17 Oct 1814. Inscription on headstone is actually 14 Oct 1814, a date which agrees with other Moyes family records and her death certificate. Family records list her birthplace as Lastillion, Donegal, Cork, Ireland. Her Utah death Certificate lists birthplace as "Ireland"
Information supplied by Charlie Schmalz.
Wife to Robert Moyes 1812-1861 Scotland
Sister to Sarah Hutchinson Eccles,
MRS. ELIZABETH MOYES DEAD
Well Known Lady Passes Away After Lingering Illness.
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Moyes died this morning at 7:30 o'clock at the home of R. H. Moyes, 2864 Lincoln avenue, after a siege of illness lasting some time.
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Moyes was born on the 14th day of October, 1814, in Scotland, making her at the time of her death ninety-one years, ten months and two days old. She was married in June, 1836, to Robert Moyes, at Paisley, Scotland, and has been a widow forty-five years.
Mrs. Moyes joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the year 1840 and emigrated to Utah in 1865. She remained here with her family but two years, when the family with Mr. William Eccles and family went to Oregon. They returned again in the year 1869 and remained in Ogden the rest of her life. She has a family of six sons living and one daughter, Margaret, who is dead. The names of her sons are James H., William, Robert H., John H., Stewart H., and Alexander H.
Mrs. Moyes has a remarkably large posterity. She had eighty-five grandchildren, of which fifty-six are living; fifty-three great-grandchildren and fortyseven living. She has one surviving sister living, who is the mother of David Eccles, .
The funeral services will be held at the Second Ward meeting house, Sunday, at two o'clock.
Ogden Standard Examiner Aug. 16, 1906
Birthdate in FaG listed as 17 Oct 1814. Inscription on headstone is actually 14 Oct 1814, a date which agrees with other Moyes family records and her death certificate. Family records list her birthplace as Lastillion, Donegal, Cork, Ireland. Her Utah death Certificate lists birthplace as "Ireland"
Information supplied by Charlie Schmalz.
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Family records list her birthplace as Lastillion, Donegal, Cork, Ireland. Her Utah death Certificate lists birthplace as "Ireland"
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