Title: Joseph Davies
Description: Joseph Davies was born in 1865 at Manton's Gully, Victoria, the son of Ricard and Mary Janes Davies. He was a miner at Golfields Consolidated Mine at Bendigo in 1909 when he risked his life to save a friend in a mine accident. He died in 1919 at Parkville, Victoria.

Richards Davies was born in 1827 at St. Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He immigrated to Australia and married Mary Jones at Melbourne in 1853. They had eleven children, 1854-1875. He died at Job's Gully, Eaglehawk, Victoria, in 1893. Includes descendants of their daughter, Sarah Ann Davies Ryrie (1858-1941), wife of James Ryrie (1862-1917), and their son, Thomas Davis (1863-1926). Most descendants listed lived in Victoria.
Subjects: Accidents, Biography, Genealogy, Gold miners, Gold mines and mining, Heroes, Rescues
Places: Australia, Bendigo (Vic.), Victoria
People: Davis family, Joseph Davies (1865-1919)