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David Campbell

1840–
Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

The Life of David

David Campbell was born in 1840, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. He married Sarah Lewis in 1864, in Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1891 and Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1901.

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Parents & Siblings

David Campbell

1840–

Sarah Lewis

1842–

Marriage: 1864

Joseph Campbell

1864–

James Campbell

1865–

Edward Campbell

1872–

David John Campbell

1874–

William James Campbell

1876–

Jane A Campbell

1878–

Duncan Campbell

1880–

Thomas Campbell

1883–

Daniel Campbell

1886–

Spouse & Children

David Campbell

Male1840–Male

Sarah Lewis
Female1842–Female

MARRIAGE
1864
Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom

children

(9)

Male1864–Male

Male1865–Male

Male1872–Male

Male1874–Male

William James Campbell

Male1876–Male

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World Events (8)

1843

Age 3

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1850 · Coal Fields in South Wales Developed

Age 10

Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.

1884

Age 44

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

Campbell

David

1 Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked’, ‘bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. The surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .2 In New England documents, Campbell sometimes occurs as a representation of the French name Hamel .

Possible Related Names

Beauchamp

Hamel

Cambell

Camel

Cumming

McCampbell

Sources (3)

David Campbell, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
David Campbell, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
David Campbell, "England and Wales Census, 1901"

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