The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Henry
Surname: Hughes

Gender: Male

Birth date: 10 January 1867

Birth place:
English Spelling: Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Cei Connah, Flintshire, Wales

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Pauline Poulsen (1872-1945)

Married 18 September 1895 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 30 August 1884 aboard the ship Wyoming.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 10 September 1884.

Information from Ruth Smith who lives near Connah's Quay in Flintshire, North Wales:

Henry Hughes (known as Uncle Harry) was born in Connah?s Quay, Flintshire, North Wales in 1867. His mother died when he was 9 years old leaving his father to care for him and his 2-year-old sister, Elizabeth who was my great grandmother.

To help the family cope Harry went to live locally with an aunt and uncle, and by the time he was 14 he had a full time job working on the railway.

His aunt and uncle, Thomas and Catherine Hewitt took up the Mormon faith and decided to emigrate to the USA. Harry was now 17 years of age and went with them along with another nephew, Stephen.

They sailed from the port of Liverpool on the steamer ?Wyoming? and arrived in New York on 9th September 1884. Eleven years later he was living in Sanpete, Utah where he met and married Pauline Poulsen and subsequently had two daughters Mary Agnes and Veleta.

In March 1917, Mary Agnes married Morley Hiraf Golden at Utah. Morley?s great grandfather, Isaac Morley Snr was born in Massachusetts in 1786 and was a contemporary of Joseph Smith. Isaac and his family accompanied Brigham Young and the pioneers on the Mormon trail from Illinois to Salt Lake City. When the Mormon settlement was finally established in Utah, Isaac was made a Patriarch of the Church. He died in Utah in June 1865.

Henry Hughes b 10 Jan 1867 in Golftyn, Connah?s Quay, Flintshire d in USA
Father ? Thomas Hughes b 1842 in Llanasa, d 13 Apr 1920
Mother ? Mary Hewitt b 1849 in Golftyn, d 8 Jun 1876
Married ? Pauline Poulsen b 7 Apr 1872 in Holden, Utah, d 25 May 1945

Thomas Hewitt b 1837 in Golftyn, Connah?s Quay, Flintshire
Prior to emigration, his occupation was pilot on the River Dee
Married ? Catherine Bennett

Catherine Bennett b 10 May 1834 in Connah?s Quay, Flintshire
d 16 Sep 1902 in USA daughter of Benjamin Bennett and Catherine Jones themselves pioneers

Stephen Bennett b 1878 in Connah?s Quay, Flintshire
Son of Edward Bennett, brother to Catherine

Mary Agnes Hughes
b 7 Nov 1898 in Holden, Millard, Utah
Married Morley Hiraf Golden b 30 Jun 1896 in Nephi, Juab County, Utah