John
Davies
Born in Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Amelia Ann (Newth) Davies
— married
1 Jan 1847 in Nelson Cathedral, Nelson, New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Mark Daniel Davies, Mary Ann (Davies) Martin, Ellen (Davies) Burnett, Owen John Davies, Edwin Bye Davies, Sylvia Eliza (Davies) Russ, Adeline Martha Davies, Leila Mills (Davies) Russ, Albert Newth Davies, Minnie (Davies) Smith and Carl Augustus Frank Davies
Died
at age 81
in Dovedale, Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Sep 2013
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Biography
John was born in 1820
John Davies emigrated to New Zealand arriving in Nelson, June 10 1842 and is recorded as arriving on the ship 'Eagle'
Five years later, aged 26, he married Amelia Newth at the Cathedral in Nelson.
They settled in Dovedale and over the next 20 years 11 children were born.
John worked as a Labourer.
Noted as being granted old age pension of 18 Pounds per year [1]
John Davies died in 1902 age 82 and is buried at Dovedale Cemetery, Tasman.
Sources
- Footnotes and citations:
- Source list:
- Find A Grave: Memorial #34053609
- https://ancestry.com.au
- NZ electoral rolls
- https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
- Likely Death Registration 1902/7400
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Michael Mayes 
:
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Kerry Mayes :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch RH9196116 [compare]
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Judy (Wilkinson) Wall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A761586 [compare], yourDNAportal JUDde50440c, Ancestry member judydwall
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Elliot Powell :
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