Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Evans was born about 1840, in Saint Clears, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, John David Evans, was 27 and her mother, Esther Hettie Martell, was 23. She married William David Harris on 9 November 1856, in Claines, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Lower Llansamlet, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881 and Llansamlet Lower, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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- Elizabeth Harrison in household of William Harrison, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Evans - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Elizabeth Evans
- David Harris, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1850 · Coal Fields in South Wales Developed
Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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