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1847–1868

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Birth Date
4 May 1805
Death Date
29 April 1899
Gender
Female
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Ruth Jones


Alternate Names

    Ruth Thomas

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  • The Jones family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship S. Curling.

    Ruth of Thomas Jones. The inscription on her gravestone shows her birth date as 23 May 1805.

Edward Bunker Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 51

Traveled with

  • Thomas Jones (Age: 56)
  • Eleanor Jones (Age: 25)

Sources

  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2 October 1856, 8.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 182.