The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Thomas
Surname: Roberts

Gender: Male

Birth date: 24 December 1829

Birth place: Llangyfelach, Glamorganshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 11 May 1868

Death place: Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States View Sources

Burial date: May 1868

Burial place: Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States View Sources

Father: William Roberts
Mother: Jennet Jones

Siblings

Mathews, Elizabeth (1833-1914)

Married 9 October 1852 in Llangyfelach, Glamorganshire, Wales

Children

Roberts, Elizabeth Jane
Roberts, Thomas Mathews
Roberts, Mary Jane
Roberts, Sarah Ann
Roberts, Josephine
Roberts, Naomi
Roberts, Ghomer William
Roberts, Elvira K.

View Sources

1841 UK Census	Llangevelach, Glamorganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1851 UK Census	Llangafelach, Glamorganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1860 US Census	Bountiful, Davis, Utah Territory	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 06 April 1853 aboard the ship Camillus.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 07 June 1853.

"Pioneer Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 12 November 2019), Thomas Roberts entry, Company Unknown (1853).

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 12 November 2019), Thomas Roberts entry, age 23, arrived 7 June 1853 on the Camillus.

Roberts, Thomas - Journal

The informational translation of the gravestone inscription is as follows:

An amiable husband,
a sensitive father, was
strong Thomas Roberts;
Brother, neighbor, warm
friend, he has finished
this life.
A wife and children
mourn his loss
from the world; but
despite that they are not
without hope
to meet together
once again.

He preached the gospel
of Jesus, under the influence
of the Spirit of God. By this
rule he walked
while living here on earth;
But he has finished his
course under heaven,
having kept the faith,
And he will yet wear the
crown on the day
of resurrection.