Charles Robert Davis

Brief Life History of Charles Robert

When Charles Robert Davis was born on 1 May 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Charles Reynold Davis, was 26 and his mother, Edna Gertrude Swift, was 22. He married Laura Lee Oliver on 14 August 1949, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Jerome, Jerome, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Township 5, Elko, Nevada, United States for about 5 years. He died on 23 February 1971, in Orange, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 52.

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Charles Robert Davis
1918–1971
Laura Lee Oliver
1927–1997
Marriage: 14 August 1949
Robert David Davis
1954–2008

Sources (8)

  • Robert Davis in household of Edna Davis, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Charles Robert Davis, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Charles Robert Davis, "Nevada, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1919

Historical Boundaries: 1919: Jerome, Idaho, United States

1933 · Sons of Utah Pioneers

Like the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, The National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers is an organization dedicated to preserving the legacy and studying the history of the Latter-day Saints Pioneers of Utah and the West. The organization is open to All good men of every age and circumstance who have an interest in the early Utah Pioneers. It is not necessary to have pioneer ancestry to join.

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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