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1847–1868

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Birth Date
7 May 1830
Death Date
27 February 1914
Gender
Female

Mary Priscilla Griffiths

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Find this person in Mormon Migration
  • Although her death certificate records her birth year as 1831, in 1857 when performing a church ordinance, she stated that her birth year was 1830.

    She sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Thornton.

James G. Willie Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 26

Traveled with

  • Catherine Mary Griffiths (Age: 31)
  • William Edward Griffiths (Age: 25)

Sources

  • Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 1856 October-December, 9 November 1856, 19.
  • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
  • Josiah Rogerson, "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856 [No. 1]," Salt Lake Herald, 15 December 1907, 5.
  • Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.