When Elizabeth Vaughan was born about 1836, in Longtown, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Vaughan, was 41 and her mother, Racheal James, was 40. She had at least 6 sons and 2 daughters with John Walters. She lived in Margam, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881 and Aberavon, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1891. She died about 1896, in Much Dewchurch, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 62.
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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.
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Welsh: from fychan, a lenited form of bychan, a diminutive of bach ‘little’. This was often used to distinguish the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, typically the son of a father with the same name.
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