Baptism/christening entry for Margaret, from Bishop's Transcripts, Llanwenog Parish, Wales, G.S.# 0105183, which reads: Baptized: 1800, January 20th, Margaret, daughter of David Evan, carpenter & wife.
A portion of the abstracted passenger list of the sailing ship, Buena Vista, which departed Liverpool, England, for New Orleans, Louisiana, on 25 February 1849. Margaret Francis, age 48, is listed as passenger #166. http://home.clara.net/tirbach/HelpPageBuenaVista.html
A portion of the New Orleans, Louisiana, Passenger Arrival List for the S/S Buena Vista, dated 19 April 1849. Source: Ancestry.com; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902; Micropublication: M259. RG036. ; Rolls: #1-93; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1850 United States Federal Census: Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: M432_188; Page: 95; Image: 191. Entry #491: Margaret Francis, age 50; Ann Francis, age 17. http://ancestry.com
An abstracted partial listing of the 88 person, 50 wagon William Morgan Wagon Company which departed Council Bluffs, Iowa, 22-28 June 1852, and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 25-30 September 1852. Margaret Francis is listed as being age 51. http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/
Temple Index Bureau card (Endowment House) under her married name, Margaret Francis, listing important names, dates, and places in Margaret's life. Based on their marriage certificate, the marriage date for Margaret and Benjamin listed on this T.I.B. card should read 1828 rather than 1820.
Temple Index Bureau card (Endowment House) under her maiden name, Margaret Evans, further listing important names, dates, and places in Margaret's life. Based on their marriage certificate, the marriage date for Margaret and Benjamin listed on this T.I.B. card should read 1828 rather than 1820.
Abstraction of Salt Lake City, Utah, 16th Ward Records, 1853-1900, FHL Film: #908218, Item #1, compiled after Margaret's marriage to Thomas John Jones, in 1855. It shows her mother's maiden name as "Ellen Samuelson."
Abstraction of Salt Lake City, Utah, 16th Ward Records, 1853-1900, FHL Film: #908218, Item #1, compiled after Margaret's marriage to Thomas John Jones, in 1855. It shows Thomas's birth date and his parents' names.
1860 United States Census, Utah: Ancestry.com. Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Great Salt Lake City Ward 16, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M653...1313; Page: 238; Image: 241. It shows Thomas J. Jones, Margaret, and Thomas's son, John R. Jones, age 13.
1870 United States Census, Utah: Ancestry.com. Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Great Salt Lake City Ward 16, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M593...1611; Page: 684; Image: 712. It lists Thomas, Margaret, and Thomas's son, John, now age 22, a "teamster."
1880 United States Census, Utah: Ancestry.com. Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Great Salt Lake City Ward 16, Great Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T9...1337; Family History Film: 1255337; Page: 135.2000; Enumeration District: 48. It only shows Thomas and Margaret. Thomas's son, John, has now evidently moved on.
Margaret's Burial Location. Source Information: Utah State Historical Society, comp.. Utah Cemetery Inventory [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: The Generation Network, Inc., 2000. Orignal data: Utah State Historical Society. Utah Cemetery Inventory, Salt Lake City, UT, USA: 2000. (The birthdate should read 15 January 1800.)
Information about the Job Smith Mormon Overland Travel Company of 1854, in which Thomas John Jones, his first wife, Elizabeth Rees Jones, and their son, John Rees Jones traveled into the Salt Lake Valley.
Thomas John Jones' Burial Location. Source Information: Utah State Historical Society, comp.. Utah Cemetery Inventory [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: The Generation Network, Inc., 2000. Orignal data: Utah State Historical Society. Utah Cemetery Inventory, Salt Lake City, UT, USA: 2000.
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