Brief Life History of Cynthia H
When Cynthia H Davis was born about 1823, in New York, United States, her father, Benjamin R Davis, was 27 and her mother, Fannie Calkins, was 22. She married Daniel Austin on 20 January 1858, in Mexico, Mexico, Oswego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Mexico, Mexico, Oswego, New York, United States in 1865 and Shiawassee Township, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States in 1870. She died on 17 January 1917, in Morrice, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 95.
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- Cynthia Austin, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Cynthia H. Davis - Individual or family possessions: death: 17 January 1917; Michigan, United States
- Cynthia Davis in entry for Jessie L Ward, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1837
Michigan is the 26th state.
1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
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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