Brief Life History of Leander R.
When Leander R. Davis was born in October 1862, in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Edmund Davis, was 32 and his mother, Eunice C. Stacy, was 43. He married Emma L. Atkinson on 11 February 1885, in Baie Verte, Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States in 1930 and Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States in 1940. He died on 31 July 1947, at the age of 84, and was buried in Spring Brook Cemetery, Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Leander Davis, "United States Census, 1940"
- Leander R. Davis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Leander R. Davis in entry for Elsie May Davis, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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