The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: John
Surname: Twiggs

Gender: Male

Birth date: 06 July 1819

Birth place: Roch, Pembrokeshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 24 May 1888

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

Burial date: 27 May 1888

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

Father: Thomas Twigg
Mother: Martha Wade

Siblings

William Twiggs
Jane Twigg

Reed, Martha (1820-1904)

Married 24 May 1845 in Roch, Pembrokeshire, Wales

View Sources

1841 UK Census	Hays Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1851 UK Census	Hays Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1860 US Census	7 Ward Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah	Extract	Image
1870 US Census	7th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	Farmers Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 27 November 1854 aboard the ship Clara Wheeler.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 12 January 1855.

"Pionner Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 6 November 2020), John Twiggs entry, Company Unknown (1856).

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 6 November 2020), John Twiggs entry, age 35, arrived 12 January 1855 on the Clara Wheeler.

Twigg, John - Biography
Twigg, William - Biography

Stooper Mill in Pembrokeshire: 'Mormon' meeting place in the 19th century

Our thanks to Tom and Jim Goldrup (tjgoldrup@sasquatch.com) for writing and sending the biography of John and Martha Reed Twiggs.