The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: John
Surname: Roberts

Gender: Male

Birth date: 01 January 1820

Birth place: Dolgellau, Merionethshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 20 June 1904

Death place: Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States View Sources

Burial date: 22 June 1904

Burial place: Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States View Sources

Father: John Roberts
Mother: Mary Darcy

Siblings

Ford, Adelaide (1830-1909)

Married 05 January 1847 in Woolwich, Kent, England

Children

View Sources

1851 UK Census	Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1861 UK Census	Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1870 US Census	Lehi, Utah, Utah	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	Lehi City, Utah, Utah	Extract	Image

Left London, Middlesex, England on 4 June 1863 aboard the ship Amazon.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 18 July 1863.

"Pioneer Database," database (www.history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 23 July 2020), John Roberts Jr. entry, Thomas E. Ricks Company (1863).

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 23 July 2020), John Roberts entry, age 39, arrived 18 July 1863 on the Amazon.

John Roberts was born 1 Jan 1820 Dolgellau, Merrionethshire. He sailed from London on 4 Jun 1863 on the Amazon. He paid for his own fare. The family at that time consisted of his wife Adelaide, age 32, and their children John Jr., 15, Joseph Moroni, 11, James 9,
Mary, 6, Jane, 3, and Hyrum, infant. John Roberts died 20 June 1904 and is buried in the Lehi Cemetery, Lehi, Utah.

John came to Utah in 1863 with the Thomas E. Ricks Company. After arriving in Utah he settled with his family in Lehi, Utah. He was called back on a mission to Wales in 1868 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a seventy, and high priest. He was a farmer and raised stock. John Roberts went to England on a mission in 1871 on S.S. Colorado and returned June 1872 on the steamship Nevada.

John Roberts was a merchant. According to the ?Artillery Musters and Description Books? he enlisted at Ross for the 2nd Battalion Royal Artillery near Dolgellau, Merionethshire at age 18. He also spent 11 months as a miner. On 1 Sep 1843 he transferred to the Riding House Establishment, Royal House Artillery, and was stationed at Woolwich, England. He was discharged by purchase on 1 September 1843. He married Adelaide Ford on 1 June 1847 at Woolwich, Kent, England.

His picture appears in Prominent Men and Pioneers of Utah. He was six feet tall, had black hair and blue eyes. In the 1889 Census he is listed as a farmer.