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Given Name: James Lloyd
Surname: Griffiths

Gender: Male

Birth date: 31 October 1863

Birth place: Dowlais, Glamorganshire, Wales

Death date: 20 May 1936

Death place:

Burial date: 24 May 1936

Burial place: Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States

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Father: Griffiths, John Jenkin
Mother: Lloyd, Eleanor

Siblings

Mary Ann Griffiths
Catherine Hannah Griffiths

Sarah Ellen Jones (1867-1890)

Married 01 January 1886 in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States

Clara Elizabeth Slaughter (1867-1946)

Married 18 April 1894 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 21 May 1864 aboard the ship General McClellan.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 23 June 1864.

Griffiths, James Lloyd - Autobiography
Griffiths, James Lloyd - Biography
The Griffiths of Beaver County

James Lloyd Griffiths and his two sisters Mary Ann Griffiths and Catherine Hannah Griffiths all married into the John J. Jones family.

Thus three siblings married three siblings:

Griffiths, John Jenkin and Eleanor Lloyd (Parents)
Griffiths, Mary Ann (1860) ? Jones, John G. (1856)
Griffiths, James Lloyd (1863) ? Jones, Sarah Ellen (1867)
Griffiths, Catherine Hannah (1873) ? Jones, Evan D. (1860)

Jones, John J. and Sarah Griffiths (Parents)
Jones, John G. (1856) ? Griffiths, Mary Ann (1860)
Jones, Sarah Ellen (1867) ? Griffiths, James Lloyd (1863)
Jones, Evan D. (1860) ? Griffiths, Catherine Hannah (1873)

The Jones children were simply following their parents' example. Yes, that's right - John J. Jones and Sarah Griffiths had married siblings as well!

Griffiths, Evan and Eleanor Jones (Parents)
Griffiths, John Evan (1833) ? Jones, Margaret (1834)
Griffiths, Sarah (1835) ? Jones, John J. (1836)

Jones, John and Margaret Thomas (Parents)
Jones, Margaret (1834) ? Griffiths, John Evan (1833)
Jones, John J. (1836) ? Griffiths, Sarah (1835)

Getting all this straight would be a wonderful activity at the next Griffiths-Jones family reunion, but then there wouldn't be any time left for three-legged races!