Elizabeth Cadwallader

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Cadwallader was born on 7 October 1807, in Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales, her father, John Cadwallader, was 26 and her mother, Alice Morgan, was 38. She married John Davies on 17 November 1831, in Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1841 and Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 23 May 1881, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Davies
1802–1881
Elizabeth Cadwallader
1807–1881
Marriage: 17 November 1831
William Davies
1833–1833
Alice Davis
1834–1907
Mary Davies
1835–
Joseph Cadwallader Davis
1836–1905
William George Davis
1841–1900
John Davies Jr
1842–1842
Frances Davies
1844–1913
George Davies
1846–1846

Sources (34)

  • Elizabeth Davies in household of John Davies, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Cadwallader - birth: 1807;
  • Elizabeth Cadwaladder marriage to John Davies, "Wales, Pembrokeshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

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.

Name Meaning

Welsh: from the personal name Cadwaladr, from (the ancestors of) cad ‘battle’ + gwaladr ‘leader’.

History: John Cadwallader (died 1734) came from Pembroke, Wales, to PA in the late 17th century. The name Cadwal(l)ader appears in 18th-century Philadelphia, PA, including Thomas Cadwalader (1707–1799), a physician, and his sons, John (1742–1786) and Lambert (1743–1823), both revolutionary war soldiers.

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

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The Descendants of John Cadwallader Ancient and Medieval Wales and The Cadwallader and Quaker Traditions By Le Roy Linn

The following was excerpted exactly and in its entirety from the article The Descendants of John Cadwallader by Le Roy Linn. The Descendants of John Cadwallader Ancient and Medieval Wales and The …

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