Brief Life History of William Morgan
When William Morgan Davis was born on 29 November 1850, in Llantwit Fardre, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Jenkins Davis, was 24 and his mother, Rebecca Morgan, was 22. He married Eliza Jones on 6 June 1894, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1853 and lived in Ystrad, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881 and Union, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 30 August 1916, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Willard City Cemetery, Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- William David in household of Richard David, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- William M. Davis, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- William M. Davis, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
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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