Brief Life History of Theophilus Morris
When Theophilus Morris Davies was born on 5 August 1834, in Trelech-a'r-Bettws, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Davies, was 27 and his mother, Mary Morris, was 25. He married Jane Mc Elhinney on 15 May 1864. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Meidrim, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 24 November 1895, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Theophilus Davies in household of Mary Davies, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Theophilus Davies, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
- Theophilus Davis, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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From Journal of Theophilus Morris Davies from Florence, Nebraska to Great Salt Lake Valley
Notes: 1. {travel} in the journal was entered when only Start, Rest, and Stop times were entered. 2. Any italicized entries, including those with {} are personal comments of …
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