Absalom and Ann were married October 26, 1856, in a little parish church. They lived in several small villages close to Tredegar, South Wales, where their six children were born. They had a lot of sorrow as all the children died young except Elizabeth Ann.

Elizabeth was an artist. One of the pictures she painted in South Wales is now in the possession of her granddaughter, Sarah (Nellie) White. Elizabeth Ann married her first cousin, Heber George Richins, the son of Leonard, who was a brother to Absalom. They were married December 26, 1878.

Absalom and Ann departed Liverpool, England, to come for America April 9, 1884. They arrived in New York on April 19, 1884. They were in a group of 319 Latter-day Saints (including 17 returning missionaries) under the leadership of Christian Fjeldsted. They arrived in Ogden on April 27, 1884, by train (See Mormon Immigration Index).

Heber George and Elizabeth Ann were re-baptized and then married in the Logan Temple December 6, 1883. They settled in North Ogden on a small farm. They waited ten years before they were blessed with any children. On September 2, 1888 a son was born to them. They gave him the name of Sidney. He only lived eleven days.

[When] Absalom and Ann came to Utah from England [they] brought with them a young woman by the name of Swift, and her baby son named Ray. They all lived at first with Elizabeth and her husband, George. Shortly after arriving in Utah the woman died so Elizabeth and George adopted the baby, Ray Swift.

On February 6, 1890, Elizabeth and George were blessed with a baby daughter. She was given the name of Eva. They were afraid she would not live as she weighed only two pounds at birth. They carried her around on a pillow. The family moved to Ogden from North Ogden and she was blessed in the Ogden 2nd Ward. Absalom and Ann went to the Logan Temple November 11, 1891, to be married for eternity. They were living at North Ogden at the time.