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Elliott, Norma Larson, 1916-2009

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1916 - 2009

Biographical History

Norma Larson Elliott (1916-2009) was a family history specialist for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona.

Norma Larson Elliott was born on May 30, 1916 to Margaret Smith (1884-1973) and Alof Pratt Larson (1882-1961) in Lakeside, Arizona. She married John Budge Elliott (1917-2014) on March 25, 1954, in Mesa, Arizona. She studied family history at Brigham Young University in 1962, and it remained a passion for her whole life. She not only found much of the genealogy that is listed for the Larson, Smith, Hunt, and Marsden families, but also wrote and collected their histories. She also maintained records about her parents' homestead businesses, missions, and lives.

She had no children of her own, but was a motherly influence in the lives of her nieces and nephews.

Elliott died on June 5, 2009 in Tempe, Arizona, and is buried in Lakeside, Arizona, next to her parents, who donated the land to the city of Lakeside.

Citation:
A book of remembrance of Mons Larson, 1961 pg. 1 (Norma Larson Elliot)

UPB files, Nov. 18, 2013 (born May 30, 1916 in Lakeside, Ariz.; parents: Margaret Smith, Alof Pratt Larson; studied family history at Brigham Young University, 1962; collected and maintained her own extensive family history; m. Mar. 26, 1954 in Maricopa County, Ariz. to John Budge Elliott; d. June 5, 2009 in Tempe, Ariz.)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Nov. 18, 2013 (Norma Larson Elliott; Norma Elliott; Norma L. Elliott; Norma Larson; b. May 30, 1916 in Lakeside, Ariz.; parents: Alof Pratt Larson and Margaret Smith; d. June 5, 2009 in Tempe, Ariz.; served in Women's Army Corps (WAC), 1944- , listed occupation as electrician; worked as housekeeper prior to war)

White Mountain Independent, June 9, 2009 (Norma Elliott; resident of Lakeside, Ariz.; b. May 30, 1916 in Lakeside, Ariz.; member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; m. John "Budge" Elliott; served in genealogical library in Salt Lake City, Utah, Phoenix, Ariz., and Show Low, Ariz.; d. June 5, 2009 in Tempe, Ariz.)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Norma Elliott collection of Jefferson Hunt materials

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232585312]
Identifier: MSS 8665
Content Description

The collection contains biographical sketches of Hunt, along with the research materials that lead to them; genealogy research notes, and Mormon Battallion research and stories. Materials dated approximately 1950 - approximately 1985.

Dates: Approximately 1950-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Norma Elliott collection of Jefferson Hunt materials

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