Brief Life History of Lorenzo William T
When Lorenzo William T Davis was born on 17 August 1837, in Orono, Penobscot, Maine, United States, his father, Mark Davis, was 44 and his mother, Rhoda Patten, was 37. He married Sarah Louise Foss on 2 October 1861, in Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Maine, United States in 1870 and Biddeford, York, Maine, United States for about 30 years. He died on 12 April 1920, in Saco, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Biddeford, York, Maine, United States.
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- Lorenzo T Davis in household of Foxwell C Foss, "United States Census, 1870"
- William L Davis, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
- William Lorenzo T Davis, "Find A Grave Index"
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1838 · The Aroostook War
An international incident referred to as the Aroostook War or "Pork and Beans War". The conflict resulted as part of an international boundary dispute between the United States. Although several British soldiers were captured, nobody was killed during the war. In fact, local militia units did not engage in any significant combat. One of the most dramatic events was actually when two Canadian militia were injured by Black Bears.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: patronymic meaning ‘Dafydd's (son)’, equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd, the Welsh form of David . The spelling Davis is more typical in southwestern England northwards as far as Lancashire, where the frequency of the surname largely reflects Welsh migration, but may sometimes represent a native English surname based on Davy (compare Davies ). Davis (including in the sense 2 below) is the eighth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see McDevitt . Compare Davies .
History: John Davis or Davys (c. 1550–1605) was an English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage. — By the 18th century there were numerous persons named Davis in America, including the jurist John Davis, born in 1761 in Plymouth, MA, and Henry Davis, a clergyman and college president, who was born in 1771 in East Hampton, NY. — Jefferson Davis, born in 1808 in KY, was president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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