The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: William
Surname: Griffiths

Gender: Male

Birth date: 23 September 1804

Birth place: Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Death date: March 1875

Death place:
English Spelling: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Dinbych-y-pysgod, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Burial date:

Burial place:

Father: William George Griffiths
Mother: Ann Garret

Siblings

Shears, Elizabeth (1811-1879)

Married 28 March 1832 in Pembrokeshire, Wales

Children

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1841 UK Census	St Marcys Inliberty, Pembrokeshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1851 UK Census	St Mary Tenby In Liberty, Pembrokeshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1861 UK Census	St Marys, Pembrokeshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1870 US Census	Willard City, Box Elder, Utah	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 23 April 1861 aboard the ship Underwriter.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 21 May 1861.

"Pioneer Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 17 March 2020), William Griffiths entry, age 43, Unknown Companies (1847-1868).

"Saints By Sea," database (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 17 March 2020), William Griffiths entry, age 57, arrived 21 May 1861 on the Underwriter.

According to memories on FamilySearch, William Griffiths left Utah after an issue about tithing and returned to Wales with his wife, Elizabeth Shears Griffiths.