Brief Life History of Henry John
When Henry John Davis was born on 7 August 1859, in Llandilofawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Titus Lazarus Davis, was 52 and his mother, Mary Gwenllian Bowen, was 40. He married Sarah Alice Stephens on 25 November 1885, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 18 April 1925, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Henry Davis, "United States Census, 1880"
- Henry John Davis, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Henry J Davis in entry for Harold Davis, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Great Reform Act of 1867
The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: patronymic meaning ‘Dafydd's (son)’, equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd, the Welsh form of David . The spelling Davis is more typical in southwestern England northwards as far as Lancashire, where the frequency of the surname largely reflects Welsh migration, but may sometimes represent a native English surname based on Davy (compare Davies ). Davis (including in the sense 2 below) is the eighth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see McDevitt . Compare Davies .
History: John Davis or Davys (c. 1550–1605) was an English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage. — By the 18th century there were numerous persons named Davis in America, including the jurist John Davis, born in 1761 in Plymouth, MA, and Henry Davis, a clergyman and college president, who was born in 1771 in East Hampton, NY. — Jefferson Davis, born in 1808 in KY, was president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Life Sketch of Henry John Davis & Family
HENRY JOHN DAVIS Henry John Davis the eleventh and last born child of Titus Davis and Mary Gwenllian Bowen-Davies, was born 7th of August 1859 in Llandeilo, Cardiganshire, South Wales. Henry …
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