Ann Shivers Gleed was born in the town of Winterburn, County of Wilshire, England, on March 25, 1832. She was the daughter of James and Ann Shivers. She spent her early life in Winterburn until she married Edward Gleed in 1853. Ann and Edward Gleed settled in Broad Hinton, Wilshire County, England and to them …
Peter Fredrickson
(from a book of Biographies of Idahoans published by Lewis Publishing Co. in 1899) The hope of reward is the spur of ambition, and honorable ambition is the keynote of success. Without it business would flag. Enterprise and energy would stagnate and advancement would be little, if any, but permeated by this element the world …
Frank Lewis Forsberg
Daniels Idaho Farmer 1914-1923 One day while in this mood a friend of mine came to town. He was a farmer and lived about one hundred miles north of Logan. He wanted me to go with him, he said he knew where there was a place to be had on the public domains that I …
Life Story of David Fredrick Forsberg
(This picture of my first home was taken some 28 years after we had moved away.) The two room log house that had the cracks chinked up with clay and rags to keep the wind out, a dirt roof that leaked when the dirt got soaked up with water, the rough board floor that had …
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John Morris Jones Davis
By Mrs. Daniel L. Tovey John Morris Jones Davis was born November 2, 1831 at Yetgoch, Llanlburg, Carmarthenshire, and was the son of Benjamin Jones Davis and Elizabeth Thomas. My first recollection was that we lived in a place called “Waingron” Parish, of Llanybyther, then moved to Blanllain, Llanlbburg, when I was about seven years …
John Henry Davis
John Henry Davis was the eighth child of Titus and Mary Gwenllian Bowen Davis. He was born August 9, 1852, in Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, Wales. With his Father and brothers, David and Timothy and sister Gwennie, he joined the Mormon Church [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] and then migrated to Utah. After the difficult …
Jenkin Davis
Jenkin Davis was the ninth child of Titus and Mary Gwenllian Bowen Davis. He was a twin of a sister Hannah, who was still-born. They were born the 18th of June 1855, in Pencarreg near Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, Wales. (a headshot photo of a man on the upper, right hand side of the page, assuming it …
Finding Our Welch Relatives – Specifically the Descendants of Jenkin Davies
By Dorothy J. Cardy In the spring of 1979, I came across a letter written by one of Jenkin Davies’s son, Henry Idris Davis, to his brother, John, who had migrated with his Father, Titus, and brothers and sisters to the U.S. in 1863. It was dated December 11, 1928. At the top of the …
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Henry John Davis
Henry John Davis was the 11th child of Titus and Mary Gwellian Bowen Davis, born the 7th of August 1859, in Llandilo, Cardiganshire Wales. He was four years old when his father and five sons and one daughter came to Utah in 1863. Leaving his Mother and one son, Jenkin in Wales. The Mother refused …
Elizabeth Griffith Davis
Elizabeth Griffith was born on the 11 of April 1842 at Machnletteth [Machynlleth] Montgomeryshire, North Wales. She immigrated from Wales to America and crossed the plains with her parents and pioneers arriving in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was a tall woman and had dark brown hair and blue eyes. She met and married David …