The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Sarah
Surname: Thomas

Gender: Female

Birth date: 12 March 1812

Birth place:
English Spelling: Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Abertawe, Glamorganshire, Wales

Death date: 14 July 1879

Death place:

Burial date:

Burial place: Utah, United States

Reese Hopkins (1802-1852)

Married January 1835 in Wales

Children

Hopkins, William Thomas

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 05 February 1853 aboard the ship Jersey.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 22 March 1853.

Cwmbach Mine Explosion, 10 May 1852

Sarah Thomas Hopkins was left a widow on 10 May 1852 when the Cwmbach mine explosion claimed the lives of her husband Rees Hopkins and her 15-year-old son John Hopkins. Accompanying her on the "Jersey" was her son William Hopkins (age 8) who later married Anne Roberts (b. 19 December 1844).