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From: "Pauline James" <>
Subject: Re: [CMN-L] A strange name change--can anyone explain?--the Davies's
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:53:20 +0200
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HI Dave

Thanks, when you unravel all your Davies let me know....perhaps we have more
than one connection!!

Sailing the Amalfi coast of Italy.......how wonderful for you!!! Hope the
sea is kind for you...

regards Pauline


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Davies" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CMN-L] A strange name change--can anyone explain?--the
Davies's


> Hi Pauline
> This is a different Davies from my Conwil Elvet Davies although this one
> was married at the Church in Conwil Elvet ( Oct 18 1836), I also have
> Davies's from Llanfihangel ar arth. I am all Davies and Jones ( with a bit
> of Pugh and Griffiths). One of these days I will go back to the Conwil
> records and try to sort the connection out.
> Meanwhile I will be unsubbing at the end of the week until early
> October--sailing the Amalfi Coast of Italy.
> Dave Davies
> Boulder CO
>
> Pauline James <> wrote:
> Hi Dave
>
> It would have been much easier for your research if they had kept the
> earlier name of Sylvanus......I have since looked at our indexes for the
> marriages and can see a few of them!! It would have been much easier to
> follow that Davies.
>
> Are these different Davies than the ones from Conwil....remember Jonathan
> Davies married my g.g.grandfathers sister Sarah Davies......
>
> Still not found a baptism for Daniel Davies c1806 Conwil Elved.....as you
> remember I was researching the wrong ones!! But everyone in Conwil was a
> Davies!! At least Dinah was found
>
> Pauline
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Davies"
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 8:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CMN-L] A strange name change--can anyone explain?
>
>
>> Bill
>>
>> I don't belive so but you may be on to something, since sending this
>> posting I did some research and find that some sources say it is a Romany
>> or Gypsy name, in which case it might well be that they were ashamed of
>> it
>> especially as they were all devoted members of the Independent chapel
>> Saron in llangeler. Sylvanus was a Roman pagan god of the forest!
>>
>> Dave ( may be I will change it back) Davies
>> Boulder CO
>>
>> wrote:
>> Dave...I have Welsh ancestors named Theophilus....Some Welsh back in the
>> day
>> used biblical names ( IE Roman or Greek] which later passed down by
>> patrionomics as a surname..Does Silvanius have any tie ins with previous
>> Saints or
>> bilblical figures? Bill
>>
>>
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