Brief Life History of Susannah
When Susannah Davis was born about 1823, in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Davis, was 47 and her mother, Agnes Bennet, was 42. She died on 22 September 1896, at the age of 74, and was buried in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (7)
- Susannah Davis, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Susan Davis, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
- Family Search Ordinances
Parents and Siblings
1778– Male
1783– Female
Siblings (9)
1805– Male
1807– Male
1808– Male
1810– Female
1812– Male
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World Events (6)
1823
Age 0
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 10
1843
Age 20
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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