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1847–1868

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Birth Date
14 August 1821
Death Date
25 March 1881
Gender
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Morris Jenkins

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  • Morris Jenkins was a farmer from Wales. He traveled across the ocean to Boston with his family via the ship S. Curling. His wife, Margaret, and three their children made the journey. His son, David, appears to have stayed behind in Wales with his grandparents.

John A. Hunt Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 34
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Margaret Jenkins (Age: 35)
  • Eliza Jenkins (Age: 13)
  • John Jenkins (Age: 9)
  • Thomas Jenkins (Age: 4)

Sources

  • Dan Jones Emigrating Company journal, 1856 May-December.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
  • John A. Hunt Company report, 1856, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856, 12.