The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: William Jenkins
Surname: Williams

Gender: Male

Birth date: 29 April 1828

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

Death date: 27 February 1884

Death place: Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States View Sources

Burial date: 2 March 1884

Burial place: Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States View Sources

Father: William J. Williams
Mother: Lewis, Cecelia

Siblings

Vaughan, Rachel (1843-1923)

Married 17 March 1861 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Children

Williams, William James
Williams, Maria
Williams, Rachel S.
Williams, Gwenfred
Williams, Jenkin Vaughan
Williams, Mary
Williams, Margaret
Williams, Morgan Vaughan
Williams, Elizabeth
Williams, Emma
Williams, Thomas Jenkin
Williams, Estella

View Sources

1841 UK Census	Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1860 US Census	E.T. City, Toole, Utah	Extract	Image
1870 US Census	Malad Valley, Oneida, Idaho	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	Malad Valley, Oneida, Idaho	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 17 April 1855 aboard the ship Chimborazo.
Arrived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 21 May 1855.

"Pioneer Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 28 June 2021), William Jenkins Williams entry, Charles A. Harper Company (1855).

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 28 June 2021), Jenkin Williams entry, age 26, arrived 21 May 1855 on the Chimborazo.

No immigration record has been found for William Jenkins Williams. His mother, immigrated in 1849 on the Buena Vista, but he doesn't appear to have been on the ship with her.