User:Throckmorton36

Biography:
My name is Lynn Erwin Ellsworth. My great uncle was Lynn Whiting, the Whiting family was from Lynn, Massachusetts in colonial times, Erwin was from my father's first cousin, Erwin Curtis was lost when his ship, the heavy-cruiser USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese torpedo right at the end of WWII. I was born in 1936 in Washington, DC, raised in or near Los Angeles, California and several places in California and Arizona. I filled a mission to Uruguay and Peru, 1956 to 1958. I have six children, more than 26 grandchildren, and more than 5 great-grandchildren.

Education and Work Experience:
I graduated from BYU in 1963, married Jamie Smith from Mesa, Arizona. I taught High School Spanish and American Government in Eagar, Arizona, 1963-1965. I became a computer programmer in 1966 and kept with that vocation until retirement in 2001. Since then we've served an LDS mission in The Bronx, NY, (Spanish-speaking), New Zealand, Auckland and St George, Utah. From 2007 to 2010 I created the Oswego Deed Index. You can enter those words into a browser and find this index to deeds recorded in Oswego County, New York between 1796 thru 1861. At present (2018) I am serving a Church-Service Mission at the St George FamilySearch Center. I've been teaching Spanish Indexing and Spanish Research.

Etymology of my name
The surname Ellsworth is said to have been derived from the residence of its first bearers at a place of that name in Cambridgeshire, England. It was originally spelled Eelsworth, meaning "Place of the eels", being situated on a stream which was at one time famous for its eels. Some Ellsworth name variations: Eelsworth, Elesworth, Elsworth, Ellesworthe, Ellesworth, Elswort, Elesworde, Aylsworth, Ayleworth, Aylworth, Elworth, Ellisworth, Elsworthe, and Ellsworth.