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Given Name: Ann
Surname: Jones

Gender: Female

Birth date: 19 July 1819

Birth place: Llangeler, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Death date: 15 May 1869

Death place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Burial date: May 1869

Burial place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Father: Thomas (John) Jones
Mother: Sarah Jeremy

Siblings

Thomas, Benjamin (1810-1849)

Married 19 March 1843 in Brechfa, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Thomas, Samuel (1812-1893)

Married January 1850 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 26 February 1849 aboard the ship Buena Vista.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 19 April 1849.

Traveling with Ann Jones Thomas on the "Buena Vista" were her husband Benjamin, and their three small children, Daniel (age 5), Sarah (age 3), and Ann (an infant). Also on the ship was her husband's brother Benjamin (age 35). Her husband died of cholera on 4 May 1849 on board the "Highland Mary" on the Missouri River. Her brother-in-law Benjamin took care of Ann and the children during the rest of the journey to Salt Lake City. Ann and Benjamin were married the following year.