Ross Jefferson Davis

Brief Life History of Ross Jefferson

When Ross Jefferson Davis was born on 4 April 1923, in Brighton, Polk, Missouri, United States, his father, Melvin Davis, was 45 and his mother, Lula Cross, was 39. He lived in Wishart, Polk, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Looney Township, Polk, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 18 August 2001, in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Melvin Davis
1878–1959
Lula Cross
1883–1974
Alta L Davis
1909–2001
Mary Leona Davis
1912–2009
Ross Jefferson Davis
1923–2001
Anna Louise Davis
1927–1995

Sources (4)

  • Ross Davis in household of Melvin Davis, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Ross Davis, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • Ross Davis in household of Melvin Davis, "United States Census, 1940"

World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1944 · The G.I Bill

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

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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