The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Peter
Surname: Purser

Gender: Male

Birth date: 5 June 1848

Birth place: Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 17 March 1891

Death place: Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States View Sources

Burial date: 20 March 1891

Burial place: Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States View Sources

Father: Purser, Francis
Mother: Eynon, Frances

Siblings

Elmira Purser
James Purser
Louisa Purser
Phillip Purser
Maria Purser
John Purser
Joseph Purser
Charlotte Purser

Helen Cassandra Clark (1859-1947)

Married 3 January 1876 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Children

Purser, Frances Jane
Purser, Peter
Purser, Isreal James
Purser, Clifford
Purser, LeRoy
Purser, Emily Helen
Purser, William

View Sources

1851 UK Census	Cosheston, Pembrokeshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1861 UK Census	Cosheston, Pembrokeshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	Benson Precinct, Cache, Utah	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 4 June 1868 aboard the ship John Bright.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 14 July 1868.

"Pioneer Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 5 May 2020), Peter Purser entry, John Riggs Murdock Company (1868).

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 5 May 2020), Peter Purcer entry, age 16, arrived 14 July 1868 on the John Bright.