Samuel James Davis

Brief Life History of Samuel James

When Samuel James Davis was born on 10 October 1818, in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, William Davis, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Jane Johnson, was 25. He married Priscilla Mosher on 7 August 1841, in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 18 April 1894, in Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Samuel James Davis
1818–1894
Priscilla Mosher
1822–1911
Marriage: 7 August 1841
Joseph Mosher Davis
1845–1920
David A. Davis
1847–1901
William L. Davis
1848–1921
James Thomas "Jim" Davis
1851–1932
Sarah Frances Davis
1854–1924
Nicholas Allen Davis
1859–1930
Sadie Davis
1860–1922
Caroline Davis
1865–1940

Sources (36)

  • Samuel Davis, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Saml, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
  • Saml. in entry for Albert McCulloch, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"

World Events (3)

1823

Oldest Grave Seen in Memorial List

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1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

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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