of Des Moines County, Iowa · from Merionethshire, North Wales · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Gwen Owens b. 1822
parentsRobert Owens & Grace Roberts
Gwen Owens⚭ Jones R. Hughes, John R. Jones
childrenHannah S. Hughes
Source: Portrait and biographical album of Des Moines County, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
Born June 7, 1822 in Merionethshire, North Wales.
Parents Robert and Grace (Roberts) Owens.
First married in Wales to Jones R. Hughes, came to America with him in 1842.
He died in Pleasant Grove Township, Des Moines County.
One child of that union: Hannah S. (b. Nov. 6, 1846, wife of William Z. Lloyd of Cass County, Iowa).
Married second, Jan. 18, 1849, to John R. Jones.
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