The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: William Edward
Surname: Jones

Gender: Male

Birth date: 18 February 1824

Birth place: Vaynor, Breconshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 24 February 1897

Death place: Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States View Sources

Burial date: 28 February 1897

Burial place: Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States View Sources

Father: Jenkin Jones
Mother: Ann Davis

Siblings

Jones, Mary (1819-1901)

Married 1 July 1841 in Vaynor, Breconshire, Wales

Children

Jones, Ann Woodwell
Jones, Mary Ann
Jones, Elizabeth
Jones, Keziah Jane
Jones, Margaret Caroline
Jones, Caroline
Jones, Martha

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Newman, Eliza (1840-1873)

Married 12 August 1857 in Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States

Children

Jones, Ellen Marie
Jones, John Newman
Jones, Mary Emily
Jones, Eliza Ann
Jones, George Alonzo
Jones, William Edward
Jones, Joseph Jenkin
Jones, Susan Lovina
Jones, Baby

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Davis/Davies, Sarah (1855-1937)

Married 3 October 1870 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Children

Jones, Thomas William
Jones, David John
Jones, Robert Davis
Jones, James Albert
Jones, Mary
Jones, Henry Lewis
Jones, Charles Andrew
Jones, Sarah Jane
Jones, Rachel Ann
Jones, Hilda
Jones, Catherine

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1851 UK Census	Merthyr Tyvill, Glamorganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1860 US Census	Red Creek, Iron, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
1870 US Census	Paragoonah, Iron, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	Paragoonah Precinct, Iron, Utah	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 4 February 1854 aboard the ship Golconda.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 18 March 1854.

"Pioneer Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 13 January 2020), William Edward Jones entry, Job Smith Company (1854).

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 13 January 2020), William Jones entry, age 30, arrived 18 March 1854 on the Golconda.

Jones, William Edward
Jones, William Edward - Biography 1
Jones, William Edward - Biography 2
Newman, Eliza - Biography