Margaret Thomas

Female1820–

Brief Life History of Margaret

Margaret Thomas was born in 1820, in Llantwit Fardre, Glamorgan, Wales. She married David Morley on 5 September 1840, in Llantwit Fardre, Glamorgan, Wales. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1841.

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Family Time Line

David Morley
1816–1872
Margaret Thomas
1820–
Marriage: 5 September 1840
Phoebe Morley
1853–
Sarah Morley
1855–

Sources (2)

  • Margret Morley in household of David Morley, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Margaret Thomas, "Wales, Glamorganshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 September 1840Llantwit Fardre, Glamorgan, Wales
  • Children (2)

    World Events (7)

    1823

    Age 3

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    1831 · Merthyr Uprising 

    Age 11

    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.

    1867 · Great Reform Act of 1867

    Age 47

    The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.

    Name Meaning

    English, French, Walloon, Breton, German, Dutch, Flemish, Danish, Greek, West Indian (mainly Haiti and Jamaica), and African (mainly Tanzania and Nigeria): from the personal name Thomas, of Biblical (New Testament) origin, from Aramaic t’ōm’a, a byname meaning ‘twin’. It was borne by one of the disciples of Christ, known for his scepticism about Christ's resurrection (John 20:24–29). The Th- spelling is organic, the initial letter of the name in the Greek New Testament being a theta. The English pronunciation as t rather than th- is the result of French influence from an early date. In Britain, the surname is widely distributed throughout the country, but especially common in Wales and Cornwall. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages (e.g. Assyrian/Chaldean or Arabic Toma and Tuma , Albanian Toma and Thoma , and Slavic surnames listed in 3 below), and their patronymics and other derivatives (e.g. Polish Tomaszewski and Slovenian Tomažič; see Tomazic ). In France, this surname is most common in the Vosges and Brittany. The name Thomas is also found among Christians in southern India (compare Machan , Mammen , and Oommen ), but since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames, the southern Indian name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

    Native American (e.g. Navajo): adoption of the English personal name Thomas (see 1 above) as a surname.

    Germanized or Americanized form of Polish Tomas , Tomasz, and Tomaś, Sorbian Tomaš (see also 4 below), Croatian Tomaš and Tomas , Slovenian Tomaš and Tomaž, Czech and Slovak Tomáš, all meaning ‘Thomas’.

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

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