The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Richard
Surname: Palmer

Gender: Male

Birth date: 20 March 1828

Birth place:
English Spelling: Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Aberdar, Glamorganshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 16 September 1916

Death place: Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States View Sources

Burial date: 17 September 1916

Burial place: Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States View Sources

Father: Edward Palmer
Mother: Margaret James

Siblings

Ann Darling Wiley (1841-1917)

Married

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Reese, Johanna Thomas (1842-1925)

Married 10 October 1863 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Children

Palmer, Richard Henry
Palmer, Edward James
Palmer, Margaret Elizabeth
Palmer, Jethro Rees
Palmer, Julius Rees
Palmer, William Rees
Palmer, Katherine
Palmer, Lewis Rees

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1841 UK Census	Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1870 US Census	Cedar City, Iron, Utah	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	Cedar City, Iron, Utah	Extract	Image
1900 US Census	Cedar City, Iron, Utah	Extract	Image
1910 US Census	Cedar Precinct, Iron, Utah	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 1 February 1851 aboard the ship Ellen Maria.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 7 April 1851.

"Pioneer Database," database (www.history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 22 July 2020), Richard Palmer entry, Thomas Marston Company (1852).

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 22 July 2020), Richard Palmer entry, age 23, arrived 7 April 1851 on the Ellen Maria.

Newspaper article about William Palmer
Palmer, Richard - Biography

Richard Palmer's second crossing of the Atlantic was in 1863 on board the "Amazon". Also on the crossing was Johanna Rees whom he married after reaching Salt Lake City. The cd "Mormon Immigration Index" (now available through the LDS Distribution Center) has some very interesting personal accounts of these and other crossings.