I was enquiring about the persecution or Mormons because the wife of James CHARLES (abt Dec 1838)went to Salt Lake City in the June of 1868, only 3 months after James died, and I wondered whether the reason for the quick travel to the US (with 2 young girls of 5 and 1) was because of persecution or because they had nowhere to live and the Mormons offered her and her friend Lucy HILL a passage on what was the last wagon train to cross the plains into Salt Lake City. Both husbands of Lucy HILL and Louisa CHARLES were miners and both died, possibly meaning that the remaining family had to vacate their homes.

Thanks again for the information.
Val

Name: Leonard Charles
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Matilda
Gender: Male
Where born: Aylburton, Gloucestershire, England

Civil parish: Aylburton
Ecclesiastical parish: Aylburton and Lydney St Mary the Virgin
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England

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Employment status: View image

Registration district: Chepstow
Sub-registration district: Lydney
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 128
Household Members: Name Age
Leonard Charles 31
Matilda Charles 28
Olive A Charles 5
Raynor H L Charles 4
Cyril J Charles 3
Thomas A Charles 1

CHARLES, RAYNOR HENRY LEONARD
Initials: R H L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. "Vala."
Age: 20
Date of Death: 21/08/1917
Service No: J/47206
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Charles, of Aylburton, Lydney, Glos.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 21.
Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Pete