• William with wife Louisa and 5 children Martha, Richard. Ann. Margaret and James; from Wales; surname is "Howells" in Journal History and on the 1861 ship Manchester manifest, and "Howels" in Homer Duncan, Journal.

  Birth and death dates are confirmed by his burial records. Find A Grave website has his birth date as 12 August 1819.

Homer Duncan Company (1861)

• Age at Departure: 42
• Head of Household

Sources

• Duncan, Homer, Report of Elder Homer Duncan's Mission to England in the years 1860 and 1861.
• Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 13 September 1861, 4.
• John, David, Journals, 1856-1908, reel 1, vol. 1, 253-64.
• Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.