The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Eliza Pitt
Surname: Meredith

Gender: Female

Birth date: 26 November 1838

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

Death date:

Death place: California, United States

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Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 5 March 1849 aboard the ship Hartley.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 28 April 1849.

Eliza married Levi West Montague as a plural wife 30 July 1854 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

On birth certificate her name is Eliza Meredith. The name Eliza Pitt Meredith was used on temple records in Utah. Eliza's parents were James Meredith and Mary Williams (NOT Mary Owens). Eliza traveled to America with her father, step-mother, and four other siblings. Her father died as group was traveling upriver from New Orleans to Iowa. Her step-mother married a widowed Welshman. Then her step-mother and new step father both died, leaving the five Meredith children and his daughter orphans. All five of the girls came to Utah, apparently about 1852, and married. The one boy did not make it to Utah.

For additional information, contact: Ruth Ann Baker.