Brief Life History of Bassel
When Bassel Davenport was born on 31 January 1870, in Rusk, Texas, United States, his father, Sinclair Richard Davenport, was 27 and his mother, Matilda Crim, was 25. He died on 16 September 1873, in his hometown, at the age of 3, and was buried in New London, Rusk, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Bassel Devenport, "Find A Grave Index"
- Bassel Davenport, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1842–1937 Male
1844–1930 Female
Siblings (9)
1868–1940 Female
1870–1873 Male
1872–1945 Female
1873–1946 Female
1875–1944 Male
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World Events (2)
1872 · The First National Park
Age 2
1872 · The Amnesty Act
Age 2
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Davenport, from the Dane river (apparently named with a Celtic cognate of Middle Welsh dafnu ‘to drop, to trickle’) + Old English port ‘market town’.
Irish: in Tipperary, this is an English surname adopted by bearers of Munster Gaelic Ó Donndubhartaigh ‘descendant of Donndubhartach’, a personal name composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + dubh ‘black’ + artach ‘nobleman’.
History: John Davenport (died 1670) arrived in Boston, MA, in 1637. He came of an English Cheshire family associated with Capesthorne Hall, near Macclesfield.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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