Brief Life History of Albert Theodore
When Albert Theodore Davis was born on 2 May 1888, in Forneys Creek Township, Swain, North Carolina, United States, his father, David Rollins Davis, was 30 and his mother, Mary Jane Rose, was 26. He married Martha Cordelia Whiteside on 27 August 1910, in Swain, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Monroe, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Nantahala Township, Swain, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 26 October 1977, in Madisonville, Monroe, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Lauada Cemetery, Bryson City, Swain, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Theo Davis in entry for Ernest Ray Davis, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
- Albert T Davis, "United States Census, 1930"
- A T Davis, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1888–1977 Male
1889–1935 Female
Children (5)
1913–1993 Male
1914– Male
1916–1978 Male
1920–1920 Female
1921–1997 Female
Parents and Siblings
1857–1931 Male
1861–1924 Female
Siblings (13)
1880–1928 Female
1882–1954 Female
1882– Female
1885–1943 Female
1887–1969 Female
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 2
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
Age 9
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 24
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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