The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Rees
Surname: Griffiths

Gender: Male

Birth date: 20 May 1830

Birth place: Llanarth, Cardiganshire, Wales

Death date: 08 September 1899

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Burial place: Adamsville, Beaver, Utah, United States

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Father: Griffiths, Evan
Mother: Jones, Elinor

Siblings

Prosser, Catherine (1833-1899)

Married 1852 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales * Merthyr Tudful, Glamorganshire, Wales

The Griffiths of Beaver County

It appears that Rees Griffiths did not come to America on the "Amazon" with his wife and children in 1863, since his name does not appear on the shipping list for the "Amazon." Nor does it appear on the lists for any other ships contracted by the LDS Church between 1862 and 1865. Rees could not have come earlier than 1862 since his son Evan was on the 4 June 1863 crossing of the "Amazon" and since another child was born to him and his wife on 20 December 1865 at Greenville, Beaver County, Utah.

It was not uncommon for a man to make the voyage to America on an earlier crossing to make preparations for his wife and children in the new country. And in Rees's case he may have come on a ship that did not carry Mormon emigrants. Another possibility is a transcription error by the scribe of the ship that he traveled on.