John Teague Thain Sr.

Brief Life History of John Teague

When John Teague Thain Sr. was born on 2 October 1829, in Amroth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, William Teague Thain, was 25 and his mother, Martha Griffiths, was 28. He married Margaret Roach Griffiths on 16 March 1856, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 28 June 1907, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Teague Thain Sr.
1829–1907
Margaret Roach Griffiths
1832–1904
Marriage: 16 March 1856
Elizabeth Ann Thain
1857–1891
Caroline Martha Thain
1859–1927
William Henry Thain
1862–1952
Mary Ann Thain
1864–1940
John Teague Thain Jr
1866–1905
Eliza Thain
1868–1958
James Roach Thain
1870–1957

Sources (41)

  • John J Thain, "United States Census, 1870"
  • John Thain, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
  • John Teague Thain, "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-1920"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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.

1850 · Coal Fields in South Wales Developed

Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Aberdeenshire and Banffshire) and English (East Anglia): status name from Middle English and Older Scots thein, theyn ‘thane’ (Old English and Old Norse thegn), for a person of high social rank, a noble retainer, a warrior, or a senior government officer. Compare Knight . In Scotland in the later Middle Ages the term was used to denote someone who held land directly from the king. Sometimes also from the Old Norse personal name Thegn, derived from the same word.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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