Brief Life History of Phoebe A.
Phoebe A. Davis was born on 14 September 1798, in Lancaster, Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States as the daughter of Nathan Davis. She had at least 5 sons and 5 daughters with Ezekial Dye. She lived in Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Burns Township, Anoka, Minnesota, United States in 1870. She died on 2 April 1873, in Elk River, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Vernon Cemetery, Elk River, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Phebe Dye in household of David Shockley, "United States Census, 1870"
- Phebe Dye, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"
- Phoebe Dye in household of Zekiel Dye, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1782–1873 Male
1798–1873 Female
Children (10)
1814– Male
about 1816–about 1818 Female
1817–1870 Male
about 1818– Female
1820–1906 Female
+5 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1764–1798 Male
Siblings (8)
1784– Female
1785– Male
1789– Female
1790– Male
1793– Female
+3 More Children
World Events (7)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 2
1803
Age 5
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 21
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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