Elizabeth Ellen Davies

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• FindaGrave ID: 220358377
• Arrival: 9 Apr 1935, New York, New York, New York, USA
• Arrival: 22 May 1944, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
• Departure: 15 Jun 1951
• Departure: 6 Oct 1951, New York, New York, New York, USA

Notes:

Arrival:
Sailed on the Majestic

Arrival:
Sailed on the Mauretania

Departure:
Sailed to New York on the Georgic

Departure:
Sailed on the Queen Mary

Died:
The funeral took place on Saturday at Glyntaff cemetery of Mrs. Elizabeth Ellen (Lily) Parfitt, Fairholme, Morgan Street, widow of Mr. George Parfitt, late of the White Hart, Pontypridd. Mrs. Parfitt was 82 years of age and one of the town's best known personalities.

She was taken ill only a few weeks before her death and up until that time had remained alert and active, taking a keen interest in the affairs of the town. One of her daughters Mrs. Lillian Williams lives in America and Mrs. parfitt had paid her four visits the last of them being three years ago when she was 79. She was in the States when war broke out in 1939 and was prevented from returning home until 1945.

Mrs. Parfitt was born in Pontypridd, 1872, and before her marriage on 25 August 1892 was a teacher at Mill Street school. She taught some of Pontypridd's most eminent townsman. Her grandfather was Myfyr Morgannwg, Archdruid of Britain and a famous bard. Her father, Ap Myfyr (Mr. Evan Davies) also a noted poet, was a great friend of Evan and James James, composers of the Welsh National Anthem. Her mother, Elizabeth John, was the first person to sing the Welsh Anthem in public in 1856.

A member of the Unitarian Church, Pontypridd, Mrs. Parfitt was also a member of the Pontypridd and Church Village branches of the OAP Association and of the local branch of the Conservative Association. She possessed a keen sense of humor and an indomitable spirit and had endeared herself to a wide circle of friends. Her knowledge of the history of Pontypridd was unrivaled and she could relate many interesting stories of the town's early days.

Two daughters survive, Mrs. Mona Grey popular manageress of the White Palace Cinema, Pontypridd, and Mrs. Lillian Williams USA. There are also two granddaughters and three great grandchildren.


She was preceded in death by her husband, George in 1924, and son Alfred Harold in 1915.

Elizabeth married George Alfred Parfitt on 25 Aug 1892 in Llantwit Fadre, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. George (son of Alfred Parfitt and Elizabeth Herd) was born on 29 Sep 1870 in Ystradyfodwg, Pentre, Glamorgan, Wales, UK; died in 1924 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK; was buried on 20 Mar 1924 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mona Parfitt was born on 22 Sep 1893 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK; died on 16 Oct 1988 in Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, Wales, UK; was buried in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK.
2. Alfred Harold Parfitt was born on 21 Jun 1896 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK; died on 30 Dec 1915 in Cromerty Firth, Scotland, UK.
3. Ada Lilian Parfitt was born on 13 Nov 1898 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK; died on 10 Oct 1975 in Manatee, Manatee, Florida, USA; was buried in Manatee, Manatee, Florida, USA.

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• Also Known As: Ieuan Davies
• Also Known As: John Davies
• Occupation: Watchmaker
• Baptism: 18 Feb 1831, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK; Address:
  Bethel Independent Church, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Ieuan married Elizabeth Pritchard John on 27 May 1861 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. Elizabeth (daughter of William Pritchard John and Mary Williams) was born in 1844 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The anthem was performed for the first time in the vestry of Capel Tabor in Maesteg in either January or February 1856, by a singer called Elizabeth John from Pontypridd, and it soon became popular in the locality. Its popularity spread after the Llangollen Eisteddfod in 1858.

Thomas Llewelyn of Aberdare won a competition for an unpublished collection of Welsh airs with a collection that included Glan Rhondda. The adjudicator of the competition, Owain Alaw (John Owen, 1821-1883) asked for permission to include Glan Rhondda in his publication, Gems of Welsh melody (1860).

This volume, which gave Glan Rhondda its more famous title, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, was sold in large quantities and ensured the popularity of the national anthem across the whole of Wales.

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• Also Known As: Evan Davies
• Also Known As: Myfyr Morganwg
• Occupation: 1851; Watchmaker

Notes:

Evan Davies (6 January 1801 - 23 February 1888), also known by his bardic name Myfyr Morganwg was a Welsh bard, druid and antiquarian.

Born in Pencoed, Glamorgan, it is thought that Davies received no formal education; instead he spent his early years studying Welsh Bardic Rules and teaching himself mathematics, among other subjects. As a young man he preached in his local chapels and became a watchmaker by trade. In 1842 he rose to prominence when he and John Jones of Llangollen began openly debating the subject of temperance at a meeting in Llantrisant, Glamorgan. Before this, he would preach in chapels near to his home. It was around 1844-45 that Davies moved to Pontypridd, where he first took on the name 'Myfyr Morganwg'.

He became very interested by the revival of interest in Druidism which had swept the local area. He read heavily on the subject and concluded that Christianity was merely Druidism in a Jewish garb. Following the death of Taliesin Williams in 1847, Davies proclaimed himself archdruid, and from about 1853 he began to hold religious and druidical services near the Rocking Stone at Pontypridd. For about 25 years the practice of holding meetings at the hour of equinoxes and solstices became a Glamorgan tradition, and Davies published a number of books on druidism. Much of his Neo druidic writings were nothing more than a continuation of the 18th-century revival and thus are built largely around writings produced in the 18th century and after by second-hand sources and theorists. Nevertheless, Davies was considered by some of his contemporaries as an expert in the field.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Davies_(Myfyr_Morganwg)

Evan married Sarah Thomas on 30 Jan 1828 in Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. Sarah was born in 1811 in Heol-y-Cyw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK; was buried in Glyntaff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Tobacconist

William married Mary Williams on 23 May 1840 in Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]