Brief Life History of Helen Alberta
When Helen Alberta Davis was born on 11 August 1871, in Hatfield Point, Springfield, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, John Wentworth Davis, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Jane Spragg, was 39. She married Charles Ira Cain on 27 January 1892, in Springfield, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Springfield, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 19 June 1934, in Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 62, and was buried in Bayview Cemetery, Hatfield Point, Springfield, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- H Alberta Cain in household of Charles Cain, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Helen Alberta Davis, "Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
- Helen A Dover, "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955"
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World Events (2)
1880 · Legislature in Fredericton Destoryed by Fire
On February 25, 1880, the legislature building in Frederiction was destroyed by fire. The builiding was completely made of wood meaning that there was nothing left of it. The chair that the speaker used and a marble top table were all that remained.
1901 · Hartland Covered Bridge
July 4, 1901, the Hartland covered bridge was finished. It spans across the Saint John River, making it the longest covered bridge. Until it was built, the only way across the river was by ferry.
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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