The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: William A.
Surname: Williams

Gender: Male

Birth date: Abt. 1801

Birth place:
English Spelling: St. Brides Major, Glamorganshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Sant-y-brid, Glamorganshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 7 August 1866

Death place: View Sources

Burial date:

Burial place: Nebraska, United States View Sources

Jenkins, Jane (1806-1889)

Married 15 December 1851 in St. Brides Major, Glamorganshire, Wales* Sant-y-brid, Glamorganshire, Wales

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 30 May 1866 aboard the ship Arkwright.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 06 July 1866.

Johns, William Robert - Biography

William Williams married Jane Jenkins Howe sometime after the death of her first husband on 1 Aug 1848 and before the departure of the "Arkwright" on 30 May 1866.

With them on the "Arkwright" was their grandson William Robert Johns, listed as William Williams on the passenger list.

Williams, William
Birth Date: ca. 1801
Death Date: 7 Aug. 1866
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Company: Daniel Thompson Company (1866)
Pioneer Information: from St. Bride, South Wales; died en route 7 Aug.
Sources:
Deseret News, 3 Oct. 1866, p. 349
Mormon Immigration Index

Part of the Deseret News Article
http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysources/0,16272,4019-1-304,00.html
"Trains Got In," Deseret News [Weekly], 3 Oct. 1866, 349.

TRAINS GOT IN.-Cap. D. Thompson's train of 84 wagons, and about 500 passengers, got into the city on Saturday morning. They had made excellent time by the way, all circumstances considered. There was a rapid disappearance of the passengers, shortly after the train arrived, their friends looking them up and taking them home.
The following are the names of those who died belonging to this company:-Annes [Annice] S. Hodgson, infant, July 28; Mary A[gnes]. Holt, from Manchester, England, aged 7, July 28; Richard Taylor, from Liverpool, England, aged 4 years and 6 months, July 30; David [Taylor] Airmet, from Greenock, Scotland, aged 64, July 31; John Arkwright Hodgson, infant, Aug 1; Daniel Arkwright Taylor, infant, Aug. 4; William Williams, from St. Bride, South Wales, aged 65, Aug. 7; Elizabeth Boneham, from Coventry, England, aged 7, Aug. 29; Sarah Holt, from Manchester, England, aged 48, Sep. 19; Samuel Crane, from Norwich, England, 4 years and 6 months old, Sep. 21; Samuel Smith, from Essex, England, aged 71, Sep. 26: eleven deaths in all.
There were three births during the trip.

The foregoing information was sent by Dale Ficklin.

William A. Williams