Brief Life History of Johana
When Johana Schwarber was born on 9 June 1868, in Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, her father, Johannes Schwaber, was 33 and her mother, Anna Barbara Schneider, was 29. She married Arthur Lincoln Davis on 29 September 1887, in Lincoln, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 4 April 1943, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (37)
- Johannah Schwarber in entry for Arthur Davis, "Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004"
- Johanna Davis, "United States Census, 1940"
- Johannah Schmacker in entry for Webster Bascom Davis and Arvilla Brown, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
Spouse and Children
1865–1936 Male
1868–1943 Female
Children (6)
1888–1967 Female
1890–1950 Male
1893–1947 Male
1896–1945 Male
1898–1943 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1835–1886 Male
1839–1901 Female
Siblings (1)
1868–1943 Female
World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 2
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
Age 2
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 22
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Dieter, Angelika, Bernd, Fritz, Hedwig, Helmut, Horst, Joerg, Kurt, Otto.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from an inflected form of Middle High German swarz, German schwarz, meaning ‘the black one or the dark one’.
German: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Schwarz.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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