BIRTHDATE: 8 Oct 1833

South Molton, England.

DEATH: 31 Dec 1910

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

PARENTS: John Francis

Susan Mallet

PIONEER: 1863

SPOUSE: William Williams

MARRIED: England

DEATH SP: Not given

CHILDREN:

Susan Francis, 24 Oct 1850

Sarah Ellen, 23 Oct 1852

Evangaline Marie, 10 Aug 1854

Jessie Elizabeth, 1856.

SPOUSE II: Thomas Yates

MARRIED: 22 Jul 1863

Florence, Nebraska

DEATH SP: Feb 1903

CHILDREN:

Hannah Elizabeth, I Feb 1865

Sarah Louisa, 27 May 1866

Emily Francis, 23 Jan 1868

Thomas Jarvis, 13 Nov 1870

Maud Mary, 28 May 1872.

When Elizabeth was a tiny child she was sent to a maiden lady's school and taught her letters and intricate stitches to put on samplers which in those days was required.

Her father often read the Bible. He told her "Elizabeth, we don't have the Gospel with us that you are reading about, but some day it will come, and when it does, don't be afraid to accept it." He died when Elizabeth was eleven years old.

When fifteen years old, Elizabeth was married to the Administrator of her father's estate. When she attended a meeting where missionaries taught the gospel, she recognized it as the truth. Her husband would not accept the message and became very angry. They had four daughters who they loved dearly. Elizabeth was baptized on December 3, 1851 and her husband did everything he could to make it hard for her. He forbade her to attend any meeting, finally he took her four daughters and went to London so that she couldn't find them. She was nursing her baby at that time.

She went to live with a Yates family in Bath, England Margaret Jane, 6 Sep 1884 They were members of the Church and seven years later she Archibald Andrew, 7 Feb 1887 sailed to America with some Saints. She nearly died of sea- George Franklin, 20 Aug 1890 sickness, which lasted the entire voyage.

In Florence, Nebraska she married a missionary that she had met in England. They had an ox-team and came to Utah. They went south to Scipio and built a home and store.

She was very thrifty and industrious and made her own hats and helped others to make theirs. She also helped in making dresses, and pants, shirts and coats. She had the recipes for several home remedies, and since there were no doctors, she was often called to help the sick. Elizabeth was Stake President of the Relief Society for about twenty-five years. She had always been interested in temple work and went often to do endowments.

She often thought of the little girls she left in England. The baby died shortly after the separation. Little Evangaline only two years old when taken from her mother died ten years later in London. Susan Francis, the oldest, about seven years old at the separation remembered her mother and was anxious to go to her, ran away from her father when she was eleven and lived with some friends who belonged to the church, hoping thereby to find some trace of her mother.

Nine years later a missionary visiting their home is Scipio, told of a girl convert there named Susie Williams. Through the clue thus given Elizabeth contacted her, sent the money for her to come to Utah. What a happy reunion. Elizabeth learned for the first time the history of the children after the separation. Susan did not stop searching for her sister. William determined that the only remaining child should never see her mother took her away from England, ironically, to America, where Susan found her in Michigan through a newspaper advertisement. She joined them in Utah. Her daughter Louise Y. Robinson was General President of the Relief Society from 1928 to 1938.