Thomas John and his wife, Margaret Thomas, lived in a little town of Mathry in Pembrokenshire, South Wales, with their family of nine children– Phoebe, William, Charles, Ann, James, Levi, Henry, Letitia, and Mary Jane. Thomas John was a very religious man. His mother died when he was just a baby, so he was raised by his grandmother, Elizabeth Murrow Phillips. She took a …
Richard T. Jones and Mary Hughes Evans Jones Family (Idaho Enterprise – April 3, 1997) (Photo of the Richard T and Mary Jones family who were among the first settlers in the Malad Valley.) Richard Jones was born March 5, 1819 in Llangoranog, Cardiganshire, South Wales. His father, William Jones, was born March 18, 1771, and his mother, Mary Thomas, was …
Richard T. Jones
By Mrs. Hannah Deschamps Richard T. Jones was born in Llanmorganshire, Cardigan, South Wales on March 5, 1819 (the same year as Queen Victoria). He was married to Mary Hughes Evans, who was born November 8, 1825, at Llanbythie, South Wales. They became converts to the LDS Church and immigrated to this country, reaching the Salt Lake Valley on September …
Richard T. Jones
By Hannah Deschamps This sketch is neither a biography or an autobiography, but a combination of both or rather a sketch of family history. I have been frequently asked to tell of incidents from my mother’s life, hence my sketch will center around her life and will branch out to her descendants and ancestors as far as I am able to ascertain. …
My Life Story
Mary Rose Jones (Photo of Mary Rose Jones) I was born of goodly parents. My father was Alfred Rose and my mother was Mary Ann Brookes Rose. They were married at Union, Utah, and later sealed. And from this union six children were born–(me), Mary Brookes Rose, being the fifth child and fourth daughter. There was one son younger than me. …
Mr. and Mrs. Jedd Jones, Sr.
Tribune Features Malad Couple In commemoration of the completion of fifty years of married life, Mr. and Mrs. Jedd Jones, Sr., were the recipients of one of the most delightful and thoroughly enjoyable surprise parties ever held in Malad. The couple were married in Malad, March 20, 1883, by Richard M. Evans, probate judge. Both …
Mary Jane Morse Jones
By Bertha Jones Thompson and Rachael Jones Rich Mary Jane Morse Jones was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, South Wales, January 26, 1860, a daughter of William and Margaret Evans Morse. She had six sisters and one brother: Ann, Emma, William, Margaret, Rachel, Sarah and Sophia. She came to Utah with her parents and one sister at …
Mary Jane Jones by
Constance Bowen Mary Jane Jones was born 23 Dec 1834 in Pontayeats, Carmarthonshire, South Wales. She was the daughter of John Jones and Ja Jane Trehorne. She left Wales in Feb 1849 with her family when she was 14 years old. When they arrived in the United States, there was much Cholera. It raged from New Orleans to Council Bluffs, Iowa, …
The Story of Mary Ann Jenkins and her Family
This was told by her daughter Martha Lusk Evans and written down by her daughter in law, Gladys Thorpe Evans, wife of her son William Lusk Evans. (about late 1940’s) Mary Ann Jenkins was born, 14 May 1867, in Pendoylan, Glamorganshire, Wales. Her father, Thomas Jenkins, born 23 August 1831, in Llanbury, Glamorganshire, Wales, came from a well to do family …
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LIFE SKETCH OF MARY JANE DANIELS JONES
My grandmother, Mary Jane Daniels Jones, was born August 15, 1853 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the eldest child of Thomas Daniels and Mary Davis. Thomas Daniels and his wife, Mary Davis, had seven children. The other six children were: Thomas Daniels, Daniel M. Daniels, David Daniels, Sarah Ann Daniels Jones, John Daniels and Joseph Daniels. My grandmother, Mary Jane was …
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