The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Thomas
Surname: Lewis

Gender: Male

Birth date: 8 February 1822

Birth place: Llanarth, Cardiganshire, Wales

Death date: 31 December 1855

Death place: St. Louis, Clayton, Missouri, United States

Burial date:

Burial place: St. Louis, Clayton, Missouri, United States

Father: David Lewis
Mother:

Siblings

Jones, Mary Ann (1819-1854)

Married 24 June 1842 in Dihewyd, Cardiganshire, Wales

Children

1841 UK Census	Llanarth, Cardiganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1851 UK Census	Llanarth, Cardiganshire, Wales	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 4 February 1854 aboard the ship Golconda.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 18 March 1854.

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 8 July 2021), Thomas Lewis entry, age 32, arrived 18 March 1854 on the Golconda.

Letter of Lavon E. Darley to Mrs. Robert A. Leishman
Lewis, David G - Family History
Lewis, David G - Family History Information
Lewis, Esther - Biography 1

Welsh in Sanpete County part 1
Welsh in Sanpete County part 2

The ship roster puts Thomas Lewis at age 32 on 4 Feb 1854 when he sailed to America. Calculated birth year 1822.