The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: William
Surname: Willes

Gender: Male

Birth date: 5 July 1814

Birth place: Woolwich, Kent, England View Sources

Death date: 2 November 1890

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

Burial date: 3 November 1890

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

Father: Thomas Willes
Mother: Sarah Hawkes

Siblings

Sarah Ann Wyatt (1844-1862)

Married

Kibbey, Ann (1806-1887)

Married 5 February 1839 in Llandaff, Glamorganshire, Wales

Children

Willes, Fredrick George
Kibbey Willes, Harriet Ann
Willes, Ann Sarah
Willes, William John
Kibbey Willes, John

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Mary Priscilla Griffiths (1828-1914)

Married 14 August 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Children

Willes, Jesse

Elizabeth Wyatt (1833-1894)

Married 12 May 1866 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Children

Willes, William James
Willes, Joseph Heber
Willes, Decima Jessie
Willis, Elizabeth Mary
Willes, Marina Alice

Walters, Sarah Jane (1830-1914)

Married 18856

Children

Willes, Walter John

1860 US Census	1st Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	20th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah	Extract	Image

“Church History Biographical Database,” database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 11 February 2023), William Willes entry, D. J. McCann Freight Train (1865).

Although born in England, he moved to Wales before immigrating to the United States.