Submitted by: Rebecca Hooper
Sources: Ancestral File; verified by Norma Rudinsky from other sources as indicated

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General Comment: The accepted spelling is now Llanelli, even though it was different in the past.

Husband: Daniel LEIGH (AFN:4PNC-51)
Born: 21 Aug 1813  Place: Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Died: 25 Dec 1866  Place: Malad, Oneida, ID, USA
Buried: Dec 1866 Place: Malad, Oneida, ID, USA
Married: 23 Oct 1835 Place: Llanelli church, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Father: Daniel LEIGH (AFN:BBMJ-C3)
Mother: Mary REES (AFN:4PNC-05)
Sources: The marriage records, researched by Norma Rudinsky, give the name of Daniel's mother's as Mary Rees not Mary Reece.

Wife: (1) Mary Williams
Born: Unknown
Died: about 1845

Children
1.  M John LEIGH (AFN:V37P-G4)
Born: 1 Jan 1838  Place: Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Chr: 10 March 1839 Place: Llanelli chirch, Carmarthenshire, Wales

2.  M Daniel Jr. LEIGH (AFN:V37P-H9)
Born: 27 Mar 1841  Place: Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Died: April 1849 of cholera along the Missouri River
Source: Death, Dennis, The Call of Zion, p. 113

3.  F Mary LEIGH (AFN:V37P-JG)
Born: 15 Feb 1845  Place: Carmanthanshire, Wales
Husband: Nephi Campbell
Died: 1932
Source: Husband and death, Dennis, The Call of Zion, p. 113

Note: For information about Daniel Leigh's ancestors, please visit our research site.

Source Note: Christening dates are from the Bishop's Transcripts for Llanedi parish church (Film no. 105162) and Llanelli parish church (Film no.105163, 105164). The records of the Mormon community in Llanelli list Daniel, wife Ann, and son John as members in 1848 (Film no. 104169). Also, Ronald D. Dennis gives the Ship's List of the Buena Vista with the names of Daniel age 35, Ann age 28, John age 11, Daniel age 9, Mary age 4, and Ann age 11 months (Dennis, The Call of Zion, Appendix B)

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