Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Davis was born on 12 January 1810, in Llangan, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, John Jackson Davies, was 26 and her mother, Mrs Margaret Davis, was 34. She married James Jenkins on 7 May 1842, in Ilston, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Westport, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1854 and lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Brighton Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 November 1881, in Brighton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Penkins in household of James Penkins, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elizabeth Jenkins, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"
- Elizabeth Davis in entry for Wm Jenkins, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1815 · Manchester Dock in Liverpool Built
In 1815, the Manchester Dock in Liverpool was constructed by John Foster Sr. It was an important gateway for coal and manufactured goods mainly corn and cotton. It closed in 1929.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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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