William became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.
William Jeffs was born in England.
Birth Date: 15 June 1828
Death Date: 1 July 1908
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
Age: 24 at time of crossing
Company: Claudius V. Spencer Company (1853)
Departure: 3 June 1853
Arrival: 17-26 September 1853
Company Information:
About 250 individuals and 40 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Keokuk, Iowa or Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). They crossed the Missouri River on June 3.
Residence
1880 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self. [2]
1900 Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head. [3]
Died
01 JUL 1908.
Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, USA.
Buried
06 JUL 1908.
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Sources
↑ The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902; NAI Number: 2824927; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; Record Group Number: 85
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSK-378 : 15 January 2022), William Yumm Jeffs, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm . Roll: 1337; Family History Film: 1255337; Page: 137B; Enumeration District: 047
↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRL-2JK : 13 January 2022), William J. Jeffs, 1900. Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: 1684; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0032; FHL microfilm: 1241684
"England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGCX-PTD : 8 November 2019), William Jeffs, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England; citing Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, p. 19, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
"Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQH3-2T5 : 3 March 2021), William G Jeffs, 01 Jul 1908; citing Iowa, Bingham, Idaho, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,803.
Find a Grave, database and images [1] : accessed 08 December 2020), memorial page for William Yemm Jeffs (15 Jun 1828–3 Jul 1908), Find A Grave: Memorial #41970740 citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Loose Moose (contributor 46961450) .
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Darin Neves for creating Jeffs-74 on 31 Aug 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Darin and others.
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DNA Connections
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