The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Mary
Surname: Williams

Gender: Female

Birth date: Abt. 1784

Birth place: Holywell, Flintshire, Wales

Death date: 17 May 1849

Death place: Mississippi River, United States

Burial date: May 1849

Burial place: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

Father: William Williams
Mother: Mary Wynne

Siblings

Parry, John (1789-1868)

Married 3 October 1808 in Newmarket, Flintshire, Wales

Children

1841 UK Census

Gop, Flintshire, Wales

Extract

Image

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 and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 29 January 2021), Mary Parry entry, age 50, arrived 19 April 1849 on the Buena Vista.

John Parry Journal2

Mary Williams Parry died on the riverboat Highland Mary, near Council Bluffs, Iowa, enroute to Salt Lake City.