RUSSEL, Elizabeth (DNA Link) ¹

   Other names for Elizabeth were ARCHABALD, Elizabeth,¹² ARCHIBALD, Elisabeth,⁵ ARCHIBALD, Elizabeth,^{3 8 13 14 15 16 17} ARCHIBALD, Elizabeth R,^{9 11} ARCHIBALD, Elizabeth Russell,^{4 7 10} ARCHIBALD, Elizth,⁶ RUSSEL, Elisabeth ^{18 19 20 21} and RUSSELL, Elizabeth.^{2 10 13 18 20 22 23 24}

  General Notes:

No birth or baptism record has been found for Elisabeth in the Scottish records. The Millenium File records her year of birth as 1814. Elizabeth lived in Whitburn parish in West Lothian with her husband and family in 1851, and her children were born in that parish, but the place of birth recorded there for Elizabeth herself is not Whitburn in West Lothian but Shotts parish in Lanarkshire.

"Name: Elizth Archibald
Arrival date: 26 Jun 1862
Birth Date:abt 1819
Age:43
Gender:Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality:English
Place of Origin:England
Port of Departure:Liverpool, England
Destination:Utah
Port of Arrival:New York, New York
Ship Name:Wm Tapscott"

from New York, Passenger and Crew Lists

1870 US Census entry:
"Name:Elizabeth Archabald
Age in 1870:51
Birth Year:abt 1819
Birthplace:Scotland
Dwelling Number:109
Home in 1870:Wellsville, Cache, Utah Territory
Race:White
Gender:Female
Occupation:Keeping House
Father of Foreign Birth:Y
Mother of Foreign Birth:Y
Inferred Children:
Alexander Archabald
Andrew Archabald
Christina Archabald"

1880 US Census entry:
"Name: Elizabeth Archibald
Age: 62
Birth Date: Abt 1818
Birthplace: Scotland
Home in 1880: Wellsville, Cache, Utah, USA
Dwelling Number: 78
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: Scotland
Occupation: Keep House"

1900 US Census entry:
"Name: Elizabeth Archibald
Age: 82
Birth Date: Feb 1818
Birthplace: Scotland
Home in 1900: Wellsville, Cache, Utah
Street: Block 26
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1862
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: Scotland
Years in US: 38
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: R
Farm or House: H"

When she died in Utah, USA in 1908 Elizabeth was recorded as 91 years old.

"Name: Elizabeth Russell Archibald
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1817
Death Date: 25 Apr 1908
Cemetery: Wellsville City Cemetery
Source: Sexton / Grant
Grave Location: A-4-21-3
Relatives:
Spouse Archibald, Thomas
Mother Russell, Margaret
Father Russell, William"

from Utah Cemetery Inventory ^{2 5 6 9 10 12 15 16}

Elizabeth married Thomas ARCHIBALD, son of James ARCHIBALD and Agnes ARCHIBALD, on 18 April 1835 in Carnwath Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Thomas ARCHIBALD was born on 2 June 1813 in Inveresk and Musselburgh parish, Midlothian, Scotland ^{4 5 25 26 27}, baptised on 8 June 1813 in Inveresk and Musselburgh parish, Midlothian, Scotland,^{19 25} died on 8 April 1857 in Scotland ^{2 4 13 26} and was buried in 1857 in Whitburn parish, West Lothian, Scotland ²⁶.)

  Marriage Notes:

Old Parish Register
Carnwath parish Lanarkshire
Marriages

"1835
No 12
Name:Thomas Archibald
Parish: Whitburn
Name: Elizabeth Russel
Parish: Carnwath
Proclaimed April 12^th
Married April 18^{th" 1}