The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: John Evan
Surname: Griffiths

Gender: Male

Birth date: 17 September 1833

Birth place: Llanarth, Cardiganshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 9 June 1875

Death place: Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States View Sources

Burial date: 11 June 1875

Burial place: Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States View Sources

Father: Griffiths, Evan
Mother: Jones, Elinor

Siblings

Jones, Margaret (1834-1922)

Married 26 December 1853 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales * Merthyr Tudful, Glamorganshire, Wales

Children

Griffiths, Margaret
Griffiths, Eleanor
Griffiths, William Evan
Griffiths, Jane Eleanor
Griffiths, Esther
Griffiths, Evan
Griffiths, Abraham
Griffiths, Sarah Anne
Griffiths, John Reese
Griffiths, David
Griffiths, Catherine Elizabeth
Griffiths, Thomas Lewis

View Sources

1851 UK Census	Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1861 UK Census	Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1870 US Census	Lehi City, Utah, Utah Territory	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 30 April 1866 aboard the ship John Bright.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 6 June 1866.

"Pioneer Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 22 April 2020), John Evan Griffiths entry, William Henry Chipman Company (1866).

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 22 April 2020), John Griffiths entry, age 42, arrived 6 June 1866 on the John Bright.

The Griffiths of Beaver County

Thanks to Darlene Law (dclaw@digis.net) for the picture and information.