Eleanor Mitchell Blackett

Ellen Mitchell Blackett

Born in the windswept Yorkshire fishing town of Whitby. With her husband Robert, she crossed the Atlantic in 1856 and survived the long wait on the Nebraska frontier and the eventual overland trek. Recorded as both Eleanor and Ellen, she is buried beside Robert in Vine Bluff Cemetery, Nephi.

At a Glance Documented

Born: October 15, 1808, Whitby, Yorkshire, England
Died: July 23, 1884, Tintic area, Utah (age 75)
Parents: Not documented here
Spouse: Robert Collingwood Blackett (married May 11, 1828, England)
Children: Including John William Blackett, Robert Collingwood Blackett Jr., and Joseph Francis Blackett
Family line: Blackett · Averett · Stephens line (Jerry's mother's side)
Relation to Jerry: Jerry's 2nd great-grandmother through Fern

How sure are we? Documented; name recorded variously as Eleanor and Ellen.

Read about Eleanor in…

From London to the Frontier · The Family Tree

Sources for this page

Saints by Sea Database (BYU)
Immigration database

Ship manifest for the Blacketts' 1856 Atlantic crossing. Robert Collingwood Blackett ID 9210; John William Blackett ID 9214.
Find a Grave — Robert Collingwood & Ellen (Eleanor) Mitchell Blackett
Cemetery record

Both buried together at Vine Bluff Cemetery, Nephi, Utah. Memorial ID 66062453.

Notes from the family

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