Brief Life History of William
When William Davies was born in 1877, in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Andrew Davies, was 46 and his mother, Sarah Burns, was 39.
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Sources (3)
- William Davies in household of Andrew Davies, "Scotland Census, 1881"
- William Davies in household of Andrew Davies, "Scotland Census, 1891"
- William Davies in household of Andrew Davies, "Scotland Census, 1901"
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1878 · Collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank.
Because of a discovery of a £7,000 deficit, City of Glasgow Bank halted operations from November to December 1877. After 10 months after reopening, the bank’s directors announced the bank, itself, had filed bankruptcy. The closure showed a net liability of over £6 million. The bank was so successful with telling people that it wasn’t in error, that the Bank's shares were selling for more than double of what they were actually worth. The bank’s directors were arrested and tried at the High Court. All were found guilty and sentenced to terms of imprisonment. Many Glasgow businesses failed as a result of the bankruptcy and shareholders were called to replenish the bank's losses. One shareholder argued that he had become a shareholder unknowing the fraudulent actions of the bank. Wide effects of the collapse have been seen in limited growth in liability and extensive problems with temporary banking liquidity.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: variant of Davis , a patronymic equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd ‘Dafydd's son’. The name is especially numerous in south Wales. This form of the name probably shows the influence of Davy , the common English form of the personal name David in the late medieval and early modern periods (see Davey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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