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Mary Elizabeth Pritchett

Female 1857 - 1910  (52 years)


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  • Name Mary Elizabeth Pritchett 
    Born 15 Nov 1857  Richlands, Tazewell, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1 Jun 1910  Farr West, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 3 Jun 1910  Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1588  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Hans Westergard,   b. 6 Aug 1849, Visby, Hassing, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1897, Farr West, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 4 Jul 1875  Harrisville, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1015  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Fred Westergard per his 2 Nov 2002 email indicates that he has seen this individual's name is Mary Elizabeth Pritchett but he has seen it also renered as Mary Elizabeth Utah Pritchett. As far as May Elizabeth, he feels this was a spelling error on the part of the obituary writer. His source is a ward record and so far he has not found a birth record in Virginia.

      2. Censuses:
      1880 for Harrisville, Weber, Utah, FHL film 1255339, National Archives Film T9-1339, p. 487C:
      Hans Westergard, farmer, 30, Den, Den, Den.
      Mary E. Westergard, keeping house, wife, M, 22, VA, VA, VA.
      Martha E., dau, 5M, UT, Den, VA.

      1900 US: Farr West, Weber, Utah, p. 41A:
      Mary Westguard, Nov 1856, 43, widow, 6 total children with two living, VA VA VA, farmer.
      Christian, son, Dec 1854, 15, UT VA VA.
      Franklin, son, Feb 1888, 12, UT VA VA.

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. FHL film #025686; Perpetutual Emigration Fund lists Mary Elizabeth Pritchett and her parents as arriving in Utah in 1866, p 137.

      BIRTH:
      1. FHL film # 026012; Harrisville Ward Records, 1882 - 1941, p 33, #1; uses 15 Nov 1858. Cemetery record uses 14 Nov 1858.

      2. Obituary notes age of 52 with birth in Virginia.

      3. 1900 census has variant year of 1856.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Marriage certificate.

      DEATH:
      1. Farr West Ward Records. See also FHL film # 026262.

      2. Ogden City Cemetery online: Mary Elizabeth Westergard, b. 14 Nov 1858 in Virginia, d. 1 Jun 1910 in Farr West, UT, parents William D. Pritchett and Margaret Heniger, plot E-4-51-2E.

      3. One obituary varies by saying she died the early morning of 2 Jun 1910 but the same wording was used in the obituary printed the day before making 1 Jun 1910 correct.

      BURIAL:
      1. FHL film # 486186; Ogden City Cemetery Records, 1851 - 1919; Mary Elizabeth Pritchett died of Pneumonia in accordance with FHL film # 025946; Ogden City Cemetery, 9th Avenue between Center and South Streets.

      2. Per obituary.

      OBITUARY:
      1. "Death of Mrs. Westergard - Mrs. May Elizabeth Westergard, an old and respected resident of Farr West and widow of the late Hans C. Wesergard, died at the family residence a 3 o'clock this morning of spinal meningitis and a complication of diseases. The deceased was born in Virginia fifty-two years ago and came to Utah when quite young, and has been a resident of Farr West for the past thirty years. She is surivived by two sons and other relatives. The funeral services will be held Friday at 12 o'clock at the Farr West meeting house. Bishop Moroni Chugg will preside. The interment will be in the City cemetery." Ogden Morning Examiner, Thurs., 2 Jun 1910, p. 5 and Ogden Daily Standard, Wed., 1 Jun 1910, p. 7.

      CONFLICT:
      1. This individual has the following entry in the Ancestral File: Mary Elizabeth /PRITCHETT/ (AFN:BBPQ-53) and (AFN:1HG0-CD)