When Sarah Bevan was born about 1837, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Erasmus Bevan, was 33 and her mother, Anne Llewhelling, was 33. She married Stephen Prout on 2 January 1858, in St Issells, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Saint Issells, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1871 and Saint Issells, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1901. She died on 23 March 1917, in St Issells, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 81, and was buried in Saint Issells Cemetery, Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
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The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Iefan ‘son of Evan’, with fused patronymic marker (a)p. Compare Evan and Evans .
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