The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: William Ellis
Surname: Jones

Gender: Male

Birth date: 6 April 1817

Birth place: Mold, Flintshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 26 August 1898

Death place: Gunlock, Washington, Utah, United States View Sources

Burial date: August 1898

Burial place: Gunlock, Washington, Utah, United States View Sources

Father: John Jones
Mother: Catherine Ellis

Siblings

Louisa Leavitt (1820-)

Married 28 February 1843 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Davis/Davies, Dinah (1813-1895)

Married 03 February 1856 in St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States

Children

Bray, Emeline Davis

Vaughn, Martha (1840-1877)

Married June 1859

Children

Jones, Thomas
Jones, William Vaughan
Jones, Mary Amelia
Jones, Hyrum Ellis
Jones, Edwin Samuel
Jones, Dinah Ann
Jones, James Edward

1841 UK Census	Argoed, Flintshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1850 US Census	, Pottawatamie, Iowa	Extract	Image
1860 US Census	, Platte, Nebraska	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	Gunlock, Washington, Utah	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 5 February 1842 aboard the ship Hope.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 1 April 1842.

"Pioneer Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 17 November 2020), William Ellis Jones entry, Joseph W. Young/Ansil P. Harmon/Heber P. Kimball Company (1861).

"Saints By Sea," database and images (www.saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 17 November 2020), William Jones entry, age 25, arrived 1 April 1842 on the Hope.

Overton: The First LDS Branch in Wales

Jones, William Ellis - Journal