Margaret Davis
Margaret Davis (maiden name: Gwynn) was born around 1820 in Wales. She immigrated to America sometime before 1841 and settled in Pennsylvania. She married Noah Davis around 1840, and they had at least nine children: Samuel, born around 1841; Daniel, born around 1843; David, born around 1845; Henry, born around 1846; William, born around 1848; Mary, born around 1850; Sarah, born around 1853; John, born around 1855; and Hannah, born around 1857. They were living in Hanover, Pennsylvania, in 1850, and they moved to Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, sometime in the 1850s. Her husband worked as a blacksmith for the Crane Iron Works, and he died around 1859. Margaret remained in Catasauqua for the rest of her life, and she died there on August 31, 1881.
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(697)Davis, Margaret ~ Gwynn, Margaret18201881-08-31
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 14

  • (2933) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 14 May 1862
  • (5203) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 20 March 1862
  • (5212) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 16 April 1863
  • (5216) [recipient] ~ David Davis to Margaret Davis, 13 July 1863
  • (5232) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 26 June 1864
  • (5239) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 2 March 1862
  • (5240) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 13 March 1862
  • (5251) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 16 November 1862
  • (5253) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 14 December 1862
  • (5256) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 26 December 1862
  • (5388) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 8 January 1862
  • (5389) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 24 January 1862
  • (5391) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis, 4 March 1863
  • (5400) [recipient] ~ Daniel Davis to Margaret Davis et al., 29 May 1864

People - Records: 4

  • (697) Davis, Margaret is the [parent of] (694) Davis, Daniel
  • (705) Davis, David is the [child of] (697) Davis, Margaret
  • (1352) Davis, Henry is the [child of] (697) Davis, Margaret
  • (1353) Davis, (?) is the [child of] (697) Davis, Margaret

Places - Records: 2

  • (662) [birth] ~ Wales
  • (661) [death] ~ Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

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SOURCES

1850, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; James F. Lambert and Henry J. Reinhard, A History of Catasauqua in Leigh County, Pennsylvania (Allentown, PA: The Searle & Dressler Co., 1914).