Brief Life History of John Howell
When John Howell Davies was born on 28 April 1830, in Alltwen, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, George Davies, was 24 and his mother, Margaret Willis, was 25. He married Elizabeth Morgan on 29 January 1852, in Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in St John, Onaqui, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1870 and Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1861, at the age of 31, his occupation is listed as coal miner in Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. He died on 1 October 1904, in Parker, Fremont, Idaho, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Parker Memorial Park, Parker, Fremont, Idaho, United States.
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- Davis, "United States Census, 1880"
- John Howell Davies, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
- John Davies im Eintrag für Sarah Elizabeth Caldwell, „Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960“
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1831 · Merthyr Uprising
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.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Tuila, Utah Territory, United States 1852: Tooele, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Tooele, Utah, United States
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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