The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: James
Surname: Hughes

Gender: Male

Birth date: 13 November 1813

Birth place: Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Death date: 14 January 1879

Death place:
English Spelling: Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Merthyr Tudful, Glamorganshire, Wales View Sources

Burial date: January 1879

Burial place: Wales

Jones, Margaret (1816-1858)

Married 17 May 1841 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales * Merthyr Tudful, Glamorganshire, Wales

Children

1841 UK Census

Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales

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Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 17 April 1855 aboard the ship Chimborazo.
Arrived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 21 May 1855.

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 7 May 2020), James Hughes entry, age 31, arrived 21 May 1855 on the Chimborazo.

Taliesin Hughes

James’s wife Margaret died on 5 September 1858 in Caseyville, St. Clair, Illinois. Discouraged at being a widower James gave his seven children to their uncle and Margaret’s brother, William Jones, to be raised in Zion. He returned to Wales alone.