Isabella
Actually my girl is Isabella. My mother's
name is Vesta Isabella Pettersson Curtis. She was not the first
Isabella. I will discuss here some of her ancestors, and mine, who were
also named Isabella.
I believe my mother was named
after Vesta Isabella Dixon. She died at 3 years of age. Born August 3, 1898 in Coalville,
Summit, Utah. Died January 26, 1902 in Scofield, Carbon, Utah. Buried
January 29, 1902 in Coalville, Summit, Utah.
They were
both named after Isabella Pilkington. Isabella Pilkington was the
mother of both Vesta Isabella Dixon and Vesta Isabella Pettersson
Curtis. Isabella Pilkington was born May 16, 1854 in Bolton,
Lancashire, England. She died November 26, 1931 and is buried at
Scofield, Carbon, Utah.
Isabella Pilkington also had a
daughter named Miriam Isabella Dixon. She is the mother of Vesta
Isabella Dixon. Miriam was born April 28, 1876 in Smithfield, Cache,
Utah. She died September 22, 1906 in Salt Lake City and was buried
September 25, 1906 at Coalville, Summit, Utah. This information
contradicts the death certificate for Miriam. The death certificate is
wrong. See below for information on newspaper articles which already
have her buried before the date on the death certificate.
Isabella
Pilkington's father was William Pilkington, Sr. He had a sister named
Isabella Pilkington Frost. She was born January 30, 1925 in Little
Bolton, Lancashire, England. She married Hugh Hilton April 9, 1852 in
St. Louis, Missouri. She died June 5, 1875 in Virgin City, Washington,
Utah and is buried there. She had a daughter named Isabella Jane Hilton
born July 21, 1866 and died August 23, 1867 all in Virgin City,
Washington, Utah and is buried there.
There is another
Isabella. Miriam Isabella Livsey was born July 22, 1907 in Scofield,
Carbon, Utah, a daughter of William Livsey and Anna Elizabeth Eden.
William is the younger brother of my grandmother Ellen Lydia Livsey
Pettersson. Miriam died October 25, 1972 and apparently is buried in
San Diego, California.
Coalville Times, September 28, 1906, page 1.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/coalville/id/29774/show/29659/rec/2
Salt Lake Herald, September 28, 1906, page 7.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/slherald2/id/36211/show/36363/rec/24