The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Elizabeth
Surname: Rogers

Gender: Female

Birth date: 14 September 1826

Birth place: Amroth, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Death date: 1850

Death place: United States View Sources

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Father: Rogers, John
Mother: Jennette Rees

Siblings

Thomas Rogers
Henry Rogers
Ann Rogers
Mary Rogers
Sarah Rogers
John Rogers Jr
Jennette Rogers Jr
William Rogers
Martha Rogers

1841 UK Census

Amroth, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 18 February 1850 aboard the ship Josiah Bradlee.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 18 April 1850.

"Saints By Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 24 February 2021), Elizabeth Rogers entry, age 23, arrived 18 April 1850 on the Josiah Bradlee.

Snow, Ann (Rogers) - Biography
Snow, Ann (Rogers) - Biography 2

The following story of Elizabeth's death on 20 Apr 1850 is taken from Ann Rogers' biography:

"On the way across the ocean, a young man fell in love with Grandmother's sister, Elizabeth and asked her to marry him but she refused. One night when they were some miles beyond St. Louis, Aunt Elizabeth saw Grandmother to bed then went out on deck of the steamer in the moonlight. Here the young man found her and again asked her to marry him. When she refused, he became angry and strangled her to death. When the people on board found out about it, the captain said, 'If you are with me, we'll stop and give this girl a decent burial.' They stopped at one of the lovely old plantations along the riverbank and buried her under the grass and trees in the moonlight. This was one of the saddest experiences of Grandmother's life because Elizabeth had always been like a mother to her."