Hi Earl,
I enjoyed reading your information about Keturah's diary. What a great
remnant
of your ancestors.
I have a Ann DAVIES, born 1831, that married Philip THOMAS, born
in 1821 in Bedwelty, Momouthshire, Wales and died on March 8, 1885 in
Frostburg, Allegany Co. Maryland, USA. He married Ann DAVIES on February
8,
1854 in Dowlais, Glamorgan County, Wales. I have the marriage registration
and it states that Philip's father was Benjamin (deceased) and Ann's father
was Samuel. Philip was a widower with a daughter, Sarah, born in 1844. I
think his first wife was Mary. I found Philip with Mary and daughter Sarah
in the 1851 census in Merthyr Tydfil and the ages were right so I assumed
this was my Philip. Philip and Ann had a daughter Margaret Ann (my
grandmother) born March 30, 1855. Philip brought his family to America on
the ship Alexander into the Port of Phila. arriving July 20, 1857. They
settled in Frostburg Maryland where Philip was a miner. Philip and Ann
named
one of their daughter's Jane. Could Ann be one of your DAVIES?
Lois