Brief Life History of David Thomas
When David Thomas Davis was born on 5 August 1819, in Llanybyther, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Davis, was 38 and his mother, Mary Thomas, was 31. He married Theodeia or Daisy Davis in 1846, in Dowlais, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. He died on 26 December 1902, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- David T Davies, "United States Census, 1870"
- Thomas Davies, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
- David T Davis, "Find A Grave Index"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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Sketch of the life of David Thomas Davis - Written by himself and his daughter, Daisy Davis Fail
David Thomas Davis Born 10 August 1819 Velin Fack, Carmarthen, South Wales Or Little Mill Parish Blaengarlick, Carmarthen, South Wales Or ALlandy-Bidder, Carmarthen, South Wales Baptized 16 February 1 …
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