Elizabeth Brockbank

1838 - 1926  (87 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Elizabeth Brockbank
  Born	8 Nov 1838	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  Christened	27 Jan 1839	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  Gender	Female
  Initiatory (LDS)	4 Apr 1857	EHOUS
  Census	1900	Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 45 1745 Elizabeth B Bushnell Head Female White Nov 61 Widowed 0 England England England 1852 46 1745 William H Bennett Son in Law Male White Oct 30 Married 0 Utah Virginia England 47 1745 Elizabeth Bennett Daughter Female White Apr 31 Married 0 Utah England England 48 1745 Sterling J Bennett Grand Son Male White Aug 3 Single 0 Utah Utah Utah 49 1745 Howard Bennett Grand Son Male White Jul 1 Single 0 Utah Utah Utah  ED:  0107  Sheet:  12B    Microfilm:  1241683   Transcript ID is  dbid=7602&iid=004115258_00743
  Census	1920	Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 22 37 William Bennett Head Male White abt 1870 50 Married Utah England England 23 37 Elizabeth Bennett Wife Female White abt 1870 50 Married Utah England England 24 37 Sterling Bennett Son Male White abt 1898 22 Single Utah Utah Utah 25 37 Howard Bennett Son Male White abt 1899 21 Single Utah Utah Utah 26 37 Geneva Bennett Daughter Female White abt 1902 18 Single Utah Utah Utah 27 37 Arvilla Bennett Daughter Female White abt 1904 16 Single Utah Utah Utah 28 37 Leona Bennett Daughter Female White abt 1906 14 Single Utah Utah Utah 29 37 Vaun Bennett Son Male White abt 1912 8 Single Utah Utah Utah 30 37 Edna Bennett Daughter Female White abt 1914 6 Single Utah Utah Utah 31 37 Eizabeth Bushnell Mother-in-law Female White abt 1839 81 Widowed England England England 1852  Roll:  T625_186   Transcript ID is  dbid=6061&iid=4391982_00632
  Died	16 Sep 1926	Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
  Buried	19 Sep 1926	Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I4763	mytree
  Last Modified	31 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Isaac Brockbank,   b. 17 May 1805, Underbarrow, Westmorland, England ,   d. 1 Apr 1878, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Mainwaring,   b. 26 May 1808, Liverpool, Lancashire, England ,   d. Jul 1852, Lost On Plains, Near Ft. Laramie, Wyoming, United States  (Age 44 years)
  Married	30 Aug 1836	St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  Family ID	F3235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Samuel Pollock,   b. 3 Jan 1824, Donahue, County Tyrone, Ireland ,   d. 1891, Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States  (Age 66 years)
  Married	18 Oct 1853	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Annulled	Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2019
  Family ID	F3128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	John H Bushnell,   b. 19 Apr 1823, Headington, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 29 Jul 1882, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States  (Age 59 years)
  Married	15 Aug 1854	Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
  Children	+ 1. John Brockbank Bushnell,   b. 23 Aug 1856, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States ,   d. 29 May 1928, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States  (Age 71 years)   2. Isaac Brockbank Bushnell,   b. 28 Sep 1858, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States ,   d. 29 May 1877, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States  (Age 18 years) + 3. Edward Brockbank Bushnell,   b. 2 Jul 1860, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States ,   d. 22 Feb 1935, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States  (Age 74 years) + 4. Daniel Brockbank Bushnell,   b. 22 Jun 1862, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States ,   d. 7 Dec 1940, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States  (Age 78 years) + 5. Howard Brockbank Bushnell,   b. 12 Jan 1865, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States ,   d. 28 Nov 1947, Delta, Millard, Utah, United States  (Age 82 years) + 6. Joshua Brockbank Bushnell,   b. 25 Feb 1867, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States ,   d. 22 Dec 1943, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States  (Age 76 years) + 7. Elizabeth Brockbank Bushnell,   b. 11 Apr 1869, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States ,   d. 26 Jun 1934, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States  (Age 65 years) + 8. Eliza Jane Bushnell,   b. 25 Dec 1871, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States ,   d. 26 Mar 1958, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2019
  Family ID	F3204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Nov 1838 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England Christened - 27 Jan 1839 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England Married - 18 Oct 1853 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Married - 15 Aug 1854 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 4 Apr 1857 - EHOUS Census - 1900 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Census - 1920 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Died - 16 Sep 1926 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Buried - 19 Sep 1926 - Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States Annulled - - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Bushnell, John B - Brockbank, Elizabeth Home
  		Borckbank, Elizabeth b1838

  
  

  Documents

  Brockbank, Elizabeth b1838 - Death Certificate

  
  

  Headstones

  Bushnell, John B b1823 - Brockbank, Elizabeth b1838 - Brockbank, Isaac B b1858

  
  

  Histories

  Elizabeth Brockbank born 1838

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Brockbank (Bushnell), daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Mainwaring Brockbank, was born Nov 8, 1838, in Liverpool, England. Her father was employed by the Bath Water Works Cornpany, which supplied the ships from all over the world with water. The family belonged to the Wesley Methodist Church, where Isaac taught a class. Early in 1843, Isaac went to hear Parley P. Pratt, a Mormon Missonary, and joined the Mormon Church, much to the opposition of his wife. Isaac used to take the children with him to attend the Mormon Sunday School. When he decided to go to Utah, Elizabeth tried to get the children to tell him they would not go with him, but they really wanted to go, as they thought it would be wonderful to cross the ocean and live in a new country. She told Isaac she would go with him only if he promised her she coulod return to England if she did not like Utah, and he promised. They received funds from the Emigrarion Fund to pay for the journey, and sailed from Liverpool Feb 11, 1852, on the ship "the Ellen Marie", and docked at New Orleans where they took a River Boat for Kansas City. Cholera broke out in the camp, and many died and were buried in crude boxes, many were so weak they could hardly move. All of these hardships upset Elizabeth's mother and she dreaded crossing the plains. When they were assigned wagons in the O.A. Snoot Company, she did all she could to care for her four children; Isaac, Elizabeth, Joshua, and Agnes, but to everything else she seemed indifferent. In the latter part of July they passed Ft. Laramie, and soon after that they came to a hill just before they were to stop for their noon meal. Elizabeth and some of the other women out of the wagon to walk up the hill in order that the oxen would not have to pull such heavy loads. There were ripe wild berries and the ladies stopped to pick some, but the wagons kept moving. When they stopped for noon all the ladies were there except Elizabeth, Isaac's wife. Her son Isaac rode back on a horse to hunt for her but found no trace of her. The father and Chris Layton took a light carriage and hunted for her, they went back as far as Ft. Laramie but found no trace of her. The men at Ft. Laramie promised to keep looking if they found her let the folks know, but no trace of her has ever been found. It is supposed that she was captured by some roving Indians. This left the daughter Elizabeth, not yet fourteen years old, in care of the family. The company arrived in Salt Lake Sept 4, 1852. They stayed in Salt Lake a month and were assigned to go to Palmyra, on the shores of Utah Lake. Just before leaving Isaac the father, married Sarah Brown, Oct. 2, 1852. Sarah had crossed the plains in the same company. They lived in a dugout and had to trade some of their clothes for food. They flaied wheat in order to earn enough wheat for some flour. Elizabeth the daughter, went to live with a family named Pollock, Mr. Pollock was fairly well to do. Mr. Pollock had been called to help settle Iron County, and talked Elizabeth into marrying him as a second wife and going to Iron County with him. Elizabeth though her step imposed on her and she was so poor she had nothing for herself, so she decided to marry Mr. Pollock. They got as far as Fillmore, and Elizabeth decided she did not want Mr. Pollock as a husband. Brigham Young came to Fillmore so Elizabeth told him her troubles and Brigham gave her a church divorce. On August 14, 1854, Elizabeth married John Bushnell who had been sent to Fillmore. They had the first post office and a small store. Elizabeth kept the books and cooked for the mail carriers. Her brother Isaac was one of the first mail carriers. Four children were born to Elizabeth and John while living in Fillmore: John B., Edward B., Isaac B., and Daniel B. In 1862 they traded their property in Fillmore for farm land in Meadow, where they were one of the first six families in Meadow. Elizabeth was first counselor to Sarah Stott, who was the first president of the primary, and later she became the second president. She served in the Relief Society Presidency, sang in the choir, and served in the church in every way possible. She was an excellent nurse and took care of the sick for years, besides taking care of a large family since four more children were born in Meadow: Howard B., Joshua B., Elizabeth B, and Eliza Jane. John and his sons had gone into the sheep business and Elizabeth helped them in many ways. John died in 1882, and she carried on the business for fourty years with her boys. They were known as the "Bushnell Brothers", and they were united by that great love which she instilled in every one of her children. Although her troubles were many she declared "The loss of my dear mother steeled me for the troubles that followed." Elizabeth died in Meadow September 16, 1926, at the home of her daughter Elizabeth Bennett, loved by everyone who ever knew her. Builders of Early Millard, Pages 104-105 Pioneer Abraham O. Smoot Company (1852)Age at departure: 13 About 250 individuals and 33 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from Kansas City, Missouri.