The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Thomas Evan
Surname: Jones

Gender: Male

Birth date: 30 July 1844

Birth place: Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, Wales

Death date: 20 January 1912

Death place: Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

Burial date: 22 January 1912

Burial place: Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

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Jones, Lucretia (1844-1912)

Married 21 April 1866 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales * Merthyr Tudful, Glamorganshire, Wales

Children

Jones, Lucretia Jane
Jones, Catherine
Jones, Thomas Wiley
Jones, David
Jones, Elinor Mollie
Jones, Evan
Jones, John William
Jones, Mary Ann
Jones, Daniel E
Jones, Alma Lee
Jones, Henry
Jones, Viola

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Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 30 April 1866 aboard the ship John Bright.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 6 June 1866.

The marriage of Thomas Evan Jones and Lucretia Jones just nine days before leaving on the "John Bright" suggests that they were probably following the counsel of their Church leaders - i.e., to help save space on the ship by crossing as a couple rather than two singles.