Given Name:
Esther
Surname:
Francis
Gender:
Female
Birth date:
25 September 1805
Birth place:
Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, Wales
- "Find A Grave," database, FindAGrave.com (www.findagrave.com: accessed 19 February 2021) memorial 14926886 "Esther Francis Williams (1807-1882)," Portage, Box Elder, Utah.
- "Died," Deseret News, 26 January 1881, p. 16, column 2; Utah Digital Newspapers; (digitalnewspapers.org, accessed 23 February 2021).
Proof Summary
Here Esther is listed as married to John S. Morris. John Morris was the husband of Esther's daughter, Esther. In 1886, Esther Sr.'s other daughter, Elizabeth, also married John S. Morris.
The marriage between Esther Sr. and John S. Morris was only for eternity, as was common among Latter-day Saints at the time. Marriages for eternity were typically not treated as normal marriages, and were solely for spiritual purposes within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which teaches that we must all be sealed to attain salvation.
In 1944, Esther's family requested a deletion of sealing, (which they received,) and sealed Esther to her first husband, Isaac Williams, who died in 1848. For more information on this subject, see Esther's memory page on her FamilySearch profile for "Life Story," page 4.
Death date:
23 December 1880
Death place:
Portage, Box Elder, Utah, United States
- "Find A Grave," database, FindAGrave.com (www.findagrave.com: accessed 19 February 2021) memorial 14926886 "Esther Francis Williams (1807-1882)," Portage, Box Elder, Utah.
- "Died," Deseret News, 26 January 1881, p. 16, column 2; Utah Digital Newspapers; (digitalnewspapers.org, accessed 23 February 2021).
Proof Summary
Here Esther is listed as married to John S. Morris. John Morris was the husband of Esther's daughter, Esther. In 1886, Esther Sr.'s other daughter, Elizabeth, also married John S. Morris.
The marriage between Esther Sr. and John S. Morris was only for eternity, as was common among Latter-day Saints at the time. Marriages for eternity were typically not treated as normal marriages, and were solely for spiritual purposes within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which teaches that we must all be sealed to attain salvation.
In 1944, Esther's family requested a deletion of sealing, (which they received,) and sealed Esther to her first husband, Isaac Williams, who died in 1848. For more information on this subject, see Esther's memory page on her FamilySearch profile for "Life Story," page 4.
Burial date:
24 December 1880
Burial place:
Portage, Box Elder, Utah, United States
- "Find A Grave," database, FindAGrave.com (www.findagrave.com: accessed 19 February 2021) memorial 14926886 "Esther Francis Williams (1807-1882)," Portage, Box Elder, Utah.
