Deschamps, Ann (Stephens) - Biography

Ann (Stephens) Deschamps (1840-1909)

Ann Stephens Deschamps was born in tiny Pencader, Carmarthenshire, Wales (probably at Alltfechan Terrace, a group of old row houses still standing in 1996), 10 October 1840 to David Phillips Stephens and Jane Evans. She was baptized on 5 July 1854. She crossed the Atlantic on the “Cynosure,” departing Liverpool 30 May 1863, and pulled a handcart across the Plains. She received her endowments 30 March 1867 in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, the same day she was sealed to LouisDeschamps.

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Here, she stands beside her daughter, Rosalie Jane’s (17 Feb 1868-14 Feb 1897) grave in the St. John Cemetery, St. John, Idaho.