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Name

DAVIES, David

Date of Birth

1836

Place of Birth

Beaufort, Brecon, Wales

Date of Death

18 Jun 1897 – His death was reported at length in the Register and The Advertiser newspapers

Place of Death

Adelaide SA

Place of Burial

North Road Cemetery with an impressive statue erected to him.  107 people attended including the Mayor of Adelaide, Prospect Councillors, Parliamentary members and Lodge members.

He had donated a section of land for the cemetery

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

April 1863 on the  Mary Shepherd

Lived in Prospect (dates)

After 1870

Addresses in Prospect

North Road, Nailsworth, (near North Road Cemetery)

Names of houses (if any)

Beaufort House, a large 2 story house on North Rd., Nailsworth

Parents

Evan and Jane DAVIES

Spouse(s)

Ann JOSEPH

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

c1837

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

Wales UK

Children

Eleanor b c1861, Evan b c1863 in Wales

Alfred Joseph b1864, Hannah Ann b1865, Jane Ann b1868(d1868),  Griffith Cadwallader b1868

Anne Vida b1870, Llewellyn Albert b1873, unnamed male twin & Deborah b1875

Occupation(s)

In Wales a miner at 15 years, farm labourer

Lime Merchant “Adelaide and Prospect Lime Works”,

Benefactor

Councillor 1877 – 1889,  Chairman 1879-1883 and 1887-1888

Interests

Civic interests. He helped to extend public transport to Northern suburbs

Member Colonial Institute of London, President Cambrian Society of SA from formation 1886.

Member St Andrews Lodge of Freemasons

Religion/Churches

Primitive Methodist Church, Pulsford Road – laid a memorial stone in 1881

Notes (points of interest etc.)

Davies Terrace, Nailsworth is named for him

He subdivided Brecon Park and named it for his birthplace in Wales

Sources of information

Treasures, BISA, SA BDMs

Principal Researcher

Lesley Attema

 

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David Davies' house at 71 Main North Rd Nailsworth in 1966. Copyright City of Prospect
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