| name | Extended Pedigree | John Lewis | ||||
| Stephen Davies | Thomas Lewis | |||||
| name | Catherine Evans | |||||
| John Davies (John D. Davis) | Elizabeth Lewis | |||||
| Thomas James | 1839 - 1912 | 1842 - 1922 | John Jones | |||
| Sarah James | Margaret Jones | |||||
| Ann Gibbs | Margaret Jones | |||||
| 1. | Joseph Davies (Davis) (M, 1861 - 1951) (Matilda Johnson) | see details below | 7. | David Davis (M, 1875 - 1949) (Mary Hannah Saxton) | see details below | |
| 2. | Thomas Lewis Davies (Davis) (M, 1863 - 1931) (Teckla Erickson) | see details below | 8. | Sarah Davis (F, 1876 - 1968) (William Austin Merrill) | see details below | |
| 3. | George Davies (M, 1865 - 1865) | see details below | 9. | William Alfred Davis (M, 1879 - 1880) | see details below | |
| 4. | Margaret Ann Davies (Davis) (F, 1867 - 1934) (Thomas Kershaw) | see details below | 10. | Abraham Davis (M, 1880 - 1903) (Rosamond Green) | see details below | |
| 5. | Reese John Davies (Davis) (M, 1870 - 1947) (Annie Kershaw) | 11. | Isaac Benjamin Davis (M, 1883 - 1928) (Florence Ida Vincent) | see details below | ||
| 6. | Stephen Davis (M, 1874 - 1950) (Mary Rosamond Green) | see details below |
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Elizabeth Lewis2 (wife) |
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Vital Information Birth: 31 Mar 18393, Duffryn, Merthyr Tydfil Lower, Glamorgan, Wales4 Marriage: 9 Jun 1860, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales5 Death: 20 Feb 1912, Preston, Oneida, Idaho Burial: Feb 1912, Preston Cemetery, Preston, Oneida, Idaho Temple Ordinances: (B E P S)
Baptism: 27 May 1893, Preston, Oneida, Idaho6
Endowment: 15 Nov 1899, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Parents: 14 Jun 1916, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Spouse: 15 Nov 1899, Logan, Cache, Utah Biography John Davies was born in 1839 to Stephen Davies and Sarah James in the small settlement of Duffryn or Dyffryn, near the current area of Pentrebach, in the southeast of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan County, Wales. Merthyr Tydfil was the largest city in Wales at the time and a big coal mining area. John's father worked as a cinder filler and the family was undoubtedly poor7. The father may have known how to read and write, however - A rarity for British poor at that time. The family lived on Quarry Row for the next 20 years8. John's little brother George was born in April of 1841 and died that same year9. Two girls were born into the family in 1848 (Ann) and 1849 (Sarah)10. John also had a sister about 6 years older than him named Martha11. Martha married a Samuel Maclean in 1856, but she died around 1860 before John was married. John's family was living in Merthyr Tydfil on Quarry Street in 1860 when John married Elizabeth. John could not sign his own name and thus was probably illiterate. They were married in the register's office and not in a church. John's parents also did not sign the marriage certificate as witnesses, although they were both still alive (Stephen was listed as still working as a cinder filler). John's brother-in-law, Samuel Maclean, was a witness to the marriage12. John and Elizabeth had two children in the Merthyr area in 1861 and 1863. Their third child, George, died shortly after he was born in 1865. In the 1871 Wales census, the family was living in Faenor (Vaenor or Vaynor) in Cefn Coed, slightly northwest of Merthyr Tydfil city. John and Elizabeth had four children at the time, Joseph (10), Thomas (8), Margaret (4), and Reese (10 months). John was working as a shearer at the time13. In 1873 the family emigrated to the United States14. Here John began to go by John D. Davis, the middle initial possibly standing for 'Davies'. Elizabeth was determined to heed the Church's call for members to come to Zion in the western US, and so they emigrated to America. They spent the next seven years working in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, presumably to earn enough money to travel west to be with the others of their faith in the Rocky Mountains. Lackawanna County had a disproportionately large number of Welsh immigrants living in it. There is a Hyde Park Cemetery in the county which used to be named the Welsh Cemetery. The couple had five more children while in Pennsylvania: Stephen (1874), David (1875), Sarah (1876), William (1879) who died the following year, and Abraham (1880). John was naturalizaed a US citizen in 187815. Sometime before 1883, the family moved to Preston, Idaho, a predominantly Mormon and heavily Welsh community. Here their final child, Isaac, was born in 1883, and Margaret met her future husband and was married to him in 1883. The family was active in their faith during the Idaho years. John was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 189316. According to temple records transcribed on the day he received temple ordinances, this was a rebaptism. However, there is no indication he was ever baptized before that date. Several children were baptized in Idaho and later married in the LDS temple in Logan, Utah. John and Elizabeth received temple ordinances in 189917 to allow them to be sealed as a family for eternity, according to Mormon beliefs. John was working as a farmer in 1900. In 1910 they were living next to their son David and his family, who may have helped take care of them18. John died in January 1912 in Preston and is buried in the Preston Cemetery there. His wife of 52 years survived him, as did 9 of their 12 children. He lived a poor life, but was a faithful pioneer for his family. |
Vital Information Birth: 6 Jul 184219, Troed-y-rhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales20 Marriage: 9 Jun 1860, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales Death: 7 Feb 1922, Preston, Franklin21, Idaho Burial: Feb 1912, Preston Cemetery, Preston, Franklin, Idaho Temple Ordinances: (B E P S)
Baptism: 13 Mar 1851, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales22
Endowment: 15 Nov 1899, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Parents: 14 Jun 1916, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Spouse: 15 Nov 1899, Logan, Cache, Utah Biography Elizabeth Lewis was born in 1842 to Thomas Lewis and Margaret Jones in Troed-y-rhiw, in the southeast of Merthyr Tydfil in Glamorgan County, Wales. Her father worked as a furnace filler when she was born, meaning the family was poor23. Elizabeth's mother's name was signed for her on the birth certificate, so neither of the parents could likely read or write. In 1851, Elizabeth's family was living in Merthyr Tydfil24. Her father was 32 and worked as a limestone breaker. Her mother was 30. Elizabeth, age 8, was listed as having 3 younger brothers: John (7), Thomas (4), and David (2). When Elizabeth was married to John in 1860, her family was living in Merthyr Tydfil on Yew Street25. Elizabeth could not sign her own name and probably couldn't read either. Thomas Lewis was still working as a limestone breaker. Some researchers believe Elizabeth joined the LDS Church in 1851, and that her family was converted and joined in the late 1840's or early 1850's. I have yet to find any official sources for this, although Elizabeth was rebaptized in 1881. When Elizabeth received her temple ordinances in 189926, she appears to have been accompanied by a Margaret Thomas, born 11 May 1817 in St. Quary's Hill, Glamorgan, Wales27. It is not clear if this is the same Ann Thomas (her mother-in-law?) who witnessed her marriage in 1860. There were no other Welsh immigrants participating in the temple session that day in Logan, Utah. Elizabeth lived 10 years longer than her husband, dying in Preston in February, 1922. On 14 Jan 1916, Elizabeth was sealed to 6 of her 11 children in the Logan temple, an experience that must have been a great joy to her. She travelled much and suffered much during her life, but she left a great legacy of sacrifice and faith to her posterity. |
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Birth: 1 Aug 1861, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales Marriage: 12 Dec 1887, Logan, Cache, Utah Death: 22 May 1951, Gridley, Butte, California Burial: 24 May 1951, Gridley, Butte, California Temple Ordinances: (B E P S)
Baptism: 5 Dec 1888, Preston, Oneida, Idaho
Endowment: 12 Dec 1888, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Parents: 14 Jan 1916, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Spouse: 12 Dec 1888, Logan, Cache, Utah |
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Birth: 19 Jul 1875, Pittston, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania Marriage: 17 Dec 1894, Glendale, Franklin, Idaho Death: 17 Jul 1949, Preston, Franklin, Idaho Burial: 20 Jul 1949, Preston City Cemetery, Preston, Franklin, Idaho Temple Ordinances: (B E P S)
Baptism: 1892 Preston, Oneida, Idaho29
Endowment: 14 Apr 1915, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Parents: 14 Jan 1916, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Spouse: 14 Apr 1915, Logan, Cache, Utah |
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Birth: 30 Oct 1863, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales Marriage: Feb 1906, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana Death: 2 May 1931, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana Burial: 5 May 1931, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana Temple Ordinances: (B E P _)
Baptism: 2 Aug 1933, Logan, Cache, Utah
Endowment: 2 Aug 1933, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Parents: 2 Aug 1933, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Spouse: 26 Jun 1942, Logan, Cache, Utah28 |
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Birth: 10 Sep 1876, Pittston, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania Marriage: 22 Dec 1894, Glendale, Franklin, Idaho Death: 15 Aug 1968, Bountiful, Davis, Utah Burial: 20 Aug 1968, Smithfield, Cache, Utah Temple Ordinances: (B E P S)
Baptism: 5 Mar 1889, place
Endowment: 30 Apr 1942, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Sealing to Parents: 26 Jun 1942, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Spouse: 30 Apr 1942, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah |
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Birth: Autumn, 1865 date, Troed-y-rhiw, Merthyr Tydfil Lower, Glamorgan, Wales Marriage: Infant Death: 1865, date, place Burial: 1865, date, place Temple Ordinances: (B E P _)
Baptism: Infant
Endowment: Infant Sealing to Parents: 14 Jan 1916, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Spouse: Infant |
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Birth: Nov 1879, Pittston, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania Marriage: Infant Death: date May 1880, Winton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania Burial: May 1880, place Temple Ordinances: (B E P _)
Baptism: Infant
Endowment: Infant Sealing to Parents: 14 Jan 1916, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Spouse: Infant |
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Birth: 26 Sep 1867, Coedfort, Brecon, Wales Marriage: 1 Feb 1883, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Death: 11 May 1934, Preston, Franklin, Idaho Burial: 14 May 1934, Preston, Franklin, Idaho Temple Ordinances: (B E P S)
Baptism: 6 Apr 1880, place, Pennsylvania
Endowment: 1 Feb 1883, Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Sealing to Parents: 14 Jan 1916, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Spouse: 1 Feb 1883, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah |
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Birth: 6 Jul 1880, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania Marriage: 3 May 1900, place Death: 10 Nov 1903, place Burial: date, Preston City Cemetery, Preston, Oneida, Idaho Temple Ordinances: (B E P _)
Baptism: 6 Jan 1888, Preston, Oneida, Idaho
Endowment: 9 Mar 1904, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Parents: 14 Jan 1916, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Spouse: 9 Mar 1904, Logan, Cache, Utah |
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Birth: 12 Jul 1874, town, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania Marriage: 27 Sep 1894, Preston, Franklin, Idaho Death: 1 Apr 1950, Ashton, Fremont, Idaho Burial: 4 Apr 1950, Ashton, Fremont, Idaho Temple Ordinances: (B E P S)
Baptism: 16 Oct 1892, Preston, Oneida, Idaho
Endowment: 9 Mar 1904, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Parents: 17 Nov 1950, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho Sealing to Spouse: 29 Mar 1904, Logan, Cache, Utah |
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Birth: 14 Dec 1883, Preston, Oneida, Idaho Marriage: 30 Sep 1903, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana Death: 10 Sep 1928, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho Burial: 12 Oct 1928, Preston City Cemetery, Preston, Franklin, Idaho Temple Ordinances: (B E P _)
Baptism: 3 Aug 1892, Preston, Oneida, Idaho
Endowment: 2 Aug 1933, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Parents: 2 Aug 1933, Logan, Cache, Utah Sealing to Spouse: date, place |
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