Great Grandfather John Davis Jones was born 2 November 1831 at a place called "Yetgoch" which is Red Gate in Welsh, in the Parish of Llanllwni, County of Carmarthen, Wales. The Cottage was on Llanybyther Mountain, which were pretty sure is the house that is in the grove of Trees in the picture above. The other picture is a cousin by a sign in a town nearby. John's Father was raised by his maternal grandfather, Evan Jones, and he took his name having been from the Davis line. At 17 years old he left his family and friends and went to Llanybyther, traveled on to Swansea in a cart, where he boarded the steamer "Kubadore" with other who were on their way to Salt Lake. The sailed to Liverpool where they stayed two weeks and then boarded the ship "Buena Vista".. They left the Waterloo Dock on 26 of February 1849 with 249 others. The ship's captain was Dan Jones. After 7 weeks and three days they arrived in New Orleans on the 18th of April 1849. The boat had to be towed in and when it was unloaded it then sank in the harbor. They then traveled up the Mississippi River in the Steamer "The Highland Mary" to St Louis. They went from there to Council Bluffs Iowa where they stayed for 6 weeks and then left for Salt Lake. They arrived on the 28th of October 1849.
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A thought on this Father's Day is to say "thanks" to the young man who made this trip.
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