David Owen

Male23 August 1713–

Brief Life History of David

When David Owen was born on 23 August 1713, in Llanfair, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Owen, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Humphrey, was 34.

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Family Time Line

John Owen
1680–
Elizabeth Humphrey
1680–
Elizabeth Owen
1701–1701
Edward Owen
1703–
Elenor Owen
1706–1743
John Owen
1708–
David Owen
1713–
John Owen
1716–
Mary Owen
1719–

Sources (1)

  • Legacy NFS Source: David Owen - Church record: birth-name: David Owen

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (7)

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World Events (3)

1815

Age 102

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Age 110

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1831 · Merthyr Uprising 

Age 118

Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.

Name Meaning

Welsh: from the personal name Owain, from Latin Eugenius (see Eugene ). This Welsh personal name is cognate with Old Irish Eogán, see 2 and 3.

Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’. See McEwen .

Irish: from Ó hEoghain, ‘descendant of Eoghan’. See Ewen .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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