Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Davies was born on 23 November 1829, in Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, William Rees Davies, was 24 and her mother, Rachel Morris, was 26. She married Rees Jones Williams Sr on 15 June 1850, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1852 and lived in Kanarraville, Kane, Utah, United States in 1880 and Kanarra Election Precinct, Kane, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 27 September 1890, in Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Kanarraville Cemetery, Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Davis in household of John J. Davis, "United States Census, 1880"
- Elizebeth Davis, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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
Welsh and English: variant of Davis , a patronymic equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd ‘Dafydd's son’. The name is especially numerous in south Wales. This form of the name probably shows the influence of Davy , the common English form of the personal name David in the late medieval and early modern periods (see Davey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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It might be appreciated by Elizabeth’s ancestors that she had a baby just 10 days after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley. She walked the entire way across the plains pregnant! Rees Jones Williams …
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