1905 - 1998 (92 years)
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Name |
John Towyn Davies [1] |
Birth |
11 May 1905 |
Mountain Ash, Wales, UK [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
11 Mar 1998 |
Irwin, Pennsylvania [1] |
Burial |
Penn-Lincoln Cemetery, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania [1] |
Person ID |
I51584 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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Notes |
- "John was an avid soccer player during his youth, and attended schools in Wales. He lived in Mountain Ash, Wales, in a section of row houses. His father worked in the coal mines of the area, and his mother was a homemaker. He and his parents emigrated to the United States on the steamship Majestic, sailing from Southampton, England, and arriving at Ellis Island on August 12, 1924. They settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
"John worked at several jobs, including clerking in a grocery store. His mother became ill with cancer, and died in 1932. After this his father became ill, and died in 1933. Neither his father nor his mother fully adjusted to emigration, having done so mainly to benefit John and avoid the possibility of his having to work in the coal mines of Wales.
"John met and married Anna Boots, who was then a nurse in a nearby hospital. He went to business school and receiving training as an accountant, after which he was hired by West Penn Power Company, where he worked for the following 39 years.
"He was active in Masonic organizations and in church activities, being an elder at First Presbyterian Church in Irwin. He was a skilled photographer with his own developing and printing equipment, and took several awards in photographic exhibitions. He sang tenor, and was a member of the Mendelssohn Chorus in Pittsburgh, and enjoyed telling stories from his past.
"Anna Boots attended nurse's training school and became a Registered Nurse. She worked at Magee Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh until her marriage. After the death of her husband, she continues to live in and maintain the family home, and enjoys planting and tending vegetable and flower gardens every summer."
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Sources |
- [S2479] MyFamily.com, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 175, Ed. 1, (Release date: April-2005
Customer pedigree.).
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