Brief Life History of William
When William Ajax was born on 13 March 1832, in Llantrisant, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Truman Ajax, was 43 and his mother, Rebecca Rebecka Darcus, was 42. He married Emma Jemina Hughes on 6 August 1861. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851 and Tooele, Utah, United States in 1899. He died on 2 October 1899, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in St John, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- William Ajax in household of Llywellyn Williams, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Wm Ajax, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- Ajax, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839 · The Rebecca Riots Take Place
The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Tuila, Utah Territory, United States 1852: Tooele, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Tooele, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
Welsh (Glamorgan, Cardigans, and Carmarthens), Swedish, French, and West Indian (Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Haiti): from the Latin personal name Ajax, from Greek Aias, the name of two Greek heroes who fought in the Trojan war. The name is traditionally interpreted as coming from Old Greek aietos ‘eagle’. The choice of a classically inspired forename was an occasional practice among well educated European families from the Renaissance onwards. In Wales, where many families did not adopt a hereditary surname until the 18th century or later, it led to the formation of new patronymics, such as this one. By the 1740s it had become the fixed surname of a family in Carmarthens, which later ramified in Glamorgan and Cardigans. This surname is very rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William Ajax was born on 13 March 1832 in Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, South Wales, to Thomas Truman Ajax and Rebecka Darcus. However, his parents never married and he was raised by William and Franc …
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