The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Rhoda
Surname: Bowhey

Gender: Female

Birth date: 2 August 1838

Birth place: Clifton, Gloucestershire, England View Sources

Death date: 1 November 1920

Death place: Tetonia, Teton, Idaho, United States View Sources

Burial date: 7 November 1920

Burial place: Tetonia, Teton, Idaho, United States View Sources

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Father: John Bowhey
Mother: Sarah Reynolds

Siblings

Samuel Holt (1835-)

Married 15 April 1865 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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1841 UK Census	Clifton, Gloucestershire, England	Extract	Image
1851 UK Census	Clifton, Gloucestershire, England	Extract	Image
1861 UK Census	Llangattock, Breconshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1870 US Census	Sugar House Ward, Salt Lake, Utah	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	Logan City Precinct, Cache, Utah	Extract	Image
1900 US Census	Township No. 11 First Ward, Cache, Utah	Extract	Image
1910 US Census	Logan Precinct 1, Cache, Utah	Extract	Image
1920 US Census	Richvale Precinct, Teton, Idaho	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 21 May 1864 aboard the ship General McClellan.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 23 June 1864.

"Church History Biographical Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 10 May 2022), Rhoda Bowhey entry, William S. Warren Company (1864).

"Saints By Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 10 May 2022), Rhoda Kelly entry, age 26, arrived 23 June 1864 on the General McClellan.

Bowhey, Rhoda - Biography
Bowhey, Rhoda - LDS Individual Histories

Bowhey, Rhoda - Research Notes

Although born in England, she moved to Wales before immigrating to the United States.

Family picture:

Front row (left to right): Moses John Holt, Samuel Holt, Lulu Holt, and Rhoda Bowhey Holt.
Back row (left to right): Frances Rhoda Holt, Emily Slina Holt, Joseph Bowhey Holt, Willa Mina Holt, and Mary Harriet Holt.
Note: There is some question as to the identity of the women on the back row. Mary Harriet Holt is the daughter of Samuel Holt from his first marriage.

Rhoda was married beforeto Robert Kelly, before 1865, but they divorced, she immigrated to the US under the name Rhoda Kelly.