The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Elizabeth
Surname: Shears

Gender: Female

Birth date: Abt. 1811

Birth place:
English Spelling: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Dinbych-y-pysgod, Pembrokeshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 1879

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

Burial date:

Burial place:

Father: John Shears
Mother: Elizabeth Millart Brown

Siblings

Griffiths, William (1804-1875)

Married 28 March 1832 in Pembrokeshire, Wales

Children

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1841 UK Census	St Marchys In liberty, 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, Territory of 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), Elizabeth Shears Griffiths entry, age unknown, Unknown Companies (1847-1868).

"Saints By Sea," database (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 17 March 2020), Elizabeth Griffiths entry, age 55, arrived 21 May 1861 on the Underwriter.

According to memories on FamilySearch, Elizabeth Shears Griffiths left Utah and returned to Wales with her husband, William Griffiths, after he had an issue about tithing.