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- !Twin Brother is Hyrum Wells. Fraternal twins based upon a letter from Annie Baldwin to he r mother commenting on how much Joseph and Hyrum look alike, not on how hard it is to tell th em apart. Unknown if the use of the middle name Fell is assumed or given. Death Certificate for Annie T . Baldwin shows his name as Joseph F. Wells. Original birth record does not show a middle ini tial or name. Resided: Bradford, Yorkshire, England, then Salt Lake City, Utah , the n Park City, Utah, then Richfield, Utah . Moved to Chicago i n 1891. !From a letter written by Annie Baldwin Wells to her mother on 4/23/1890, Joe has a sister w ho married a Gibson , had 6 children, one that just died, and lives 4 miles down th e road from them in Park City, Utah. Which sister is un-identified. This should be Mary Ann . From the IGI, a Charles John Gibson is shown as a relative to William Hyrum Wells at his birt h in 1883. !Birth Certificate shows his Name as Joseph Wells, born at 1:45 AM on 3/29/1854 at home, 21 N orth Street, Bradford. !Also incorrectly reported as 3/29/1855. !A handwritten note in an old ledger book states "Joseph F Wells Born in Bradford Yorkshir e - Eng - Mar 29 - 1854 11-45 PM" This is incorrect.. !Died 10/21 or 10/22 1912. Cause of death was a Stroke . Cemetery records report ca use of death was a Hemmorage on 10/20/1912. !From Annie Baldwin Wells journal, he "dropped dead in the bath room" on 10/21. !From the church bulletin, he died the morning of Oct. 21. Funeral was at the home on 10/22 i n the evening, then his body was shipped to Galena. !From a letter to her sister on Oct 26, he had gotten u p to go to the toilet between 8:30 and 9 AM, all was well. She went down stairs and heard a d oor slam closed. Returned upstairs and tried to open the bath room door. Could open only a l ittle, and saw him lying on the floor. Message from source Royce says this actually a Confirmation. Greenwood Cemetery, Lot #81, Plot #4, E 1/2 SW 1/4 of Section 13, Township #28, North Range 1 , west of 4th Principle Meridian. The name on cemetery records is Joseph Wells. They show burial on 10/23/1912.. !Departed from Bradford to Plymouth, boarded the Monarch of the Sea at Liverpool. Ship lef t on 4/28/1864, with 974 Mormon's aboard, arriving New York on 6/3/1864, after 36 days at sea . Departed from New York to Wyoming, Nebraska where the Mormon Wagon Train s were assembled for the trip to Salt Lake City. Left Wyoming, Nebraska in the John R. Murdo ck company on 6/29/1864. The Wagon Company contained 78 people. Arrived in Salt Lake City o n 8/26/1864. !The ships roster shows the following Wells aboard: Alfred, Louis, Henrietta, Hyrum, Joseph , George, Mary Ann, and William. The entry for Louis Wells is beleived not to be part of th e family, as their Louis remained in England. This Louis did not appear on the Wagon Train R osters. !The Wagon Train Journal History roster shows the following Wells, as a family: William , Henrietta , George , Alfred , Joseph , Hyrum , and Mary Ann . All wer e from Bradford. No other Wells are contained on the roster. Also sealed again on 11/22/1968 !Laborer , then a Gold, Silver, and Copper miner in Utah and Colorado, Pa ving Inspector , then a Paving Contractor in Illinois. 1880 Census - Salt Lake City, 20th Ward, Page 11, #1337, 6/5/1880. Joseph Wells, 26, Laborer, born in England Annie Wells, 22, born in England Annie Wells, 1, born in Utah !Worked various mines in Eastern Utah and Western Colorado. His daughter rec alled stories told by her father of Cripple Creek, Leadville, Idaho Springs, Central City, an d other towns in Colorado. Built the house with his son, Manuel. !Information taken from an envelope sent from Bingham Canyon, Utah.
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1854 - 1912 (58 years)