David davies born 1818
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David Davies was born about 1818, in Llannon, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom as the son of Evan Davies. He married Jane Harries on 26 June 1841, in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Lower Llansamlet, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881 and Prendergast, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 1 September 1884, in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 67.
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DAVIES, DAVID, Llandinam (1818 - 1890), industrialist and Member of Parliament
Name: David Davies
Date of birth: 1818
Date of death: 1890
Spouse: Margaret Davies (née Jones)
Child: Edward Davies
Parent: Elisabeth Davies
Parent: David Davies
Gender: Male
Occupation: industrialist and Member of Parliament
Area of activity: Business and Industry; Politics, Government and Political Movements
Author: Ivor Bulmer-Thomas
Born at Llandinam, Montgomeryshire, 18 December 1818, the eldest of nine children of David and Elizabeth Davies. On leaving the village school at the age of 11, David Davies helped his father in farming and sawing timber on commission, and his prowess was such that in later life he boasted that he was always ' top sawyer.' When his father died in 1846 he was left with the care of several younger brothers and sisters. An invitation in the same year to make the foundation and approaches for a bridge over the Severn at Llandinam set him on a contractor's career, and in 1855 he built the first section of the Llanidloes and Newtown railway, eventually opened in 1859. He subsequently built, with various partners such as Thomas Savin, the following railways: Vale of Clwyd (opened in 1858), Oswestry and Newtown (1861), Newtown and Machynllet