Evan Davies is a direct ancestor
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Evan Davies was born on 24 June 1865 at the family farmhouse called Pantyfod in Llanddewi Brefi which is in the parish of Gorwydd, in the sub-district of Tregaron, Cardigan. Evan would have grown up on the farm, however on the night of the 1881 Census, he was residing at a farm called Graigdduisaf also in Gorwdd. He was 15 and shown as a
'Farm Servant Indoor'.
Evan moved south to work as a coal miner, and in 1891 was living with his first wife Elizabeth at 17 Edward Street, Treharis in the parish of Merthyr Tydfil. Together, they had two children before Elizabeth died. On 20 November 1895 he married his second wife Eleanor Morgans. Eleanor moved in to 17 Edward Street and together they had four children. Sadly their second child died after just five days. Eleanor died on 11 december 1908. His third wife was called Susannah.
