The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Ebenezer
Surname: Thomas

Gender: Male

Birth date: Abt. 1804

Birth place: Whitchurch, Glamorganshire, Wales

Death date: 6 May 1849

Death place: Missouri River, United States

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Father: David Thomas
Mother: Susan

Siblings

Jones, Elvira (1808-1876)

Married 25 October 1841 in Eglwysilan, Glamorganshire, Wales

Children

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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 (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 13 March 2020), Ebenezer Thomas entry, age 40, arrived 19 April 1849 on the Buena Vista.

Ebenezer Thomas died 6 May 1849 on the Missouri River while on board the "Highland Mary", the steamboat contracted to take the Welsh Saints from St. Louis to Council Bluffs. His wife Elvira and son Edward came to America on board the "S. Curling" in 1856.