Elizabeth Collins 1799

ELIZABETH COLLINS 1799

Elizabeth was born in Newton, Lincolnshire, England, in 1799. She was christened September 8, 1799, in the Church of England at Newton Parish, England. She was one of eight children. Her mother died and she had to help care for the other children.
Elizabeth married John Thomas Gillins in 1826. They made their home in Osbournby, where all of their children were born. Two of her children died as infants. In the spring of 1843, her husband became ill and died. She was ill also and could not attend the burial. She was left with seven children to raise and to provide for her family she worked as a housekeeper, washed, cleaned, cooked and cared for other children. Elizabeth was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Loran Babbitt on December 31, 1850. In order to save funds so they could go to Zion, Elizabeth and her children gleaned wheat from the fields. They raised a pig that weighed 738 pounds and used the money from the sale of the pig for their trip to Zion.
Elizabeth and her family left Osbournby on March 15, 1854. In Liverpool the ship was not seaworthy and they had to wait a month. They sailed on the ship, "Marshfield," the trip took seven weeks. They went up the Mississippi River on the "James-Robb."
After arriving in the Valley in 1854 they camped at Arsenal Hill. They worked for Lenard W. Hardy for a year until they had paid for the trip. Elizabeth moved to Parowan to be near her daughter. She lived here until her death in 1867. She had been sealed to her daughter's husband, John Eyre, March 11, 1856, in the Endowment House. She was a valiant, brave, wonderful Mormon Pioneer.
CHILDREN:
John         11 Mar 1827
William     1 Feb 1829
Thomas     2 Jan 1831
Smith         13 Dec 1832
James          27 Jul 1834
Henry         5 Feb 1837
Sarah Ann     7 Apr 1839
Henry         28 Feb 1841
Robert Collin         ? 1842