The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: David Thomas
Surname: Richards

Gender: Male

Birth date: 26 January 1798

Birth place:
English Spelling: Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Merthyr Tudful, Glamorganshire, Wales

Death date: 1849

Death place:

Burial date:

Burial place: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

Father: Richard Thomas
Mother: Mary Williams

Siblings

Jane James (1796-1889)

Married 1821 in Wales

Children

Richards, Lewis
Richards, Mary
Richards, Alice
Richards, Ann
Richards, Jane

1841 UK Census

Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales

Extract

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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.

"Saints By Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 21 November 2020), David Richards entry, age 50, arrived 19 April 1849 on the Buena Vista.

Gwawr Baptist Chapel, Aberaman: Briefly occupied by the 'Mormons'

David Thomas Richards

Siblings