When Emma Rees Davies was born on 20 August 1851, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, David Rees Davies, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Thomas, was 35. She married David Jenkins on 1 November 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1861 and Saint Johns, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1900. She died on 8 April 1904, in Samaria, Oneida, Idaho, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Samaria, Oneida, Idaho, United States.
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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 ).
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Possible Related NamesMary Ann Davis was born December 5, 1858 in Aberdare, Glamorganshire, South Wales to David Reese Davis and Elizabeth Thomas. South Wales is a beautiful country with green rolling hills and peaceful va …
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