Jane McKechnie Walton was born on July 16, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the daughter of Jane (Jean Tinto) Bee and John McKechnie. Her father was a bell moulder by trade and died of typhoid on January 3, 1848 when Jane was just eighteen months old. Her grieving mother gave birth to the McKechnie's only son a few months later. Within another year, Jane's mother was taught about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) by two Mormon missionaries. She believed their words and was baptized into the LDS Church on February 21, 1850. Several months later, Jane's grandmother, uncle and aunt followed her mother, Jean's footsteps and also joined the newfound religion. By September 1850, Jane's mother, grandmother, uncle, aunt and her own brother and sister were booked for ocean travel on The North Atlantic ship which was bound for New Orleans in America.
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1847
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1891 (aged 43)
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