The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: James
Surname: Pitman

Gender: Male

Birth date: 4 May 1820

Birth place: Kilmersdon, Somerset, England View Sources

Death date: 30 November 1884

Death place: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States View Sources

Burial date: December 1884

Burial place: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States View Sources

Father: John Pitman
Mother: Elizabeth Moore

Siblings

Hamblin, Ann (1824-1894)

Married 30 October 1842 in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England

Children

View Sources

1841 UK Census	Babington, Somerset, Wales	Extract	Image
1851 UK Census	Trevethin, Monmouthshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1871 UK Census	Trevethen, Monmoutshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	Spanish Fork Precinct, Utah, Utah	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 19 September 1877 aboard the ship Wisconsin.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 29 September 1877.

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 16 May 2020), James Pitman entry, age 56, arrived 29 September 1877 on the Wisconsin.

Pitman, John - Account
Story of Winter Quarters

James and Ann's daughters Ellen and Patience died in Wales, but Ellen had five children who migrated to Utah.
All three of their sons died as a result of the Scofield Mine explosion on 1 May 1900.

Our thanks to Sue Winch (suelwinch@btinternet.com) for sending the information on the Pitmans, the Biggses, and the Forwards to post on this website.