(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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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 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 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 …
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 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 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 …
Edward Henry Davis was born April 4, 1873 in Samaria, Oneida County, Idaho. He was the son of David Price Davis and Elizabeth Griffith. He married Ester Rebecca Arbon, the daughter of George Dennis Arbon and Sarah Ann Nicholas on Sept. 15, 1892 at Pleasant View, Idaho. Edward Davis was one of the first settlers …
David Wiliam Davis, his wife Charlotte and their first child David immigrated from Aberdare, Wales, after joining the Latter-day Saint Church. They came on 17 April 1855, on the ship “Chimborazo”. His father was William Davies and his mother Mary Samuels Davies. David was born 28 March 1828 in Herivain, Glamorganshire, Wales. He died at …
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Our Davis heritage begins in Wales, a principality on the westside of England. This lush, hilly country was anciently inhabited by slight, short, dark people, possibly of Iberian origin. (Iberia was the area of Spain and southern France where the present day Basques had their beginnings.) About the beginning of the fifth century B.C., these …
