Eliezer Edwards was born on 12 October 1824, in Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom as the son of George or John or Joseph Jones and Mary Charles. He married Jane Williams on 20 May 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1871. He died on 11 November 1893, in Goshen, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Goshen, Juab, Utah, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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.
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English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesMr. Jones came into the valley in 1860. He was very handy in fixing things such as welding an iron, shoeing a horse or ox, fixing a door or window. In other words he tried everything. This gave him th …
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