This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davies, Nokes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HNR.2ACEB/1198.1.3.1 Message Board Post: Hello: Don't think we have communicated before, have we? My husband is a Davies and of Thomas E Davies line. Thomas E was married to Phebe Nokes 26 Jul 1858 in genoa, Nance, Nebraska. Phebe was the dau of George Nokes & Catherine Parry of Trehilig, Montgomeryshire, Wales Abt 1847 the Davies joined the LDS church, emigrating from Liverpool, Eng aboard the Hartley. When they had reached New Orleans, leaving that port the 3rd of May, This ship, "Lightfoot" a river boat, had Cholera aboard as well as the 400 LDS folks, by the time they had reached St Louis, MO. on the 12 th there were 30 people dead and 4 deckhands.They stopped at the mouth of the Missouri River to bury their dead. They were headed for Council Bluffs, Iowa. & then on to Utah. Most of the Davies remained around St.Joseph, MO and then moving on to KS. There is more to this record but, this is the hilights. Hope it helps for what you were searching for. Would love to find who the parents were of Thomas E. Do you know? Maxine