Brief Life History of David William
When David William Davis was born on 25 August 1810, in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, William Griffiths Davis, was 26 and his mother, Ann Price, was 11807. He married Mary Rosser before about 1837, in Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 5 April 1889, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- David Davies, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Record Transcription: United States Billion Graves Index
- David W Davis in entry for Catherine Jane Davies, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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.
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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David W. Davis Life Story
David W. Davis Born: 25 August 1810 Place Brokenog, Brecknock, South Wales Son of William Davis and Ann Price Died: 5 April 1889, Logan, Cache, Utah Buried: Logan, Utah David emigrated to Farmin …
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