Eugene Gerald Davis

Brief Life History of Eugene Gerald

When Eugene Gerald Davis was born on 18 July 1923, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Eugene Davis, was 27 and his mother, Marie Elizabeth Legere, was 26. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Rachel Eva Pelletier. He died on 2 May 1964, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Saint Cecilias Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eugene Gerald Davis
1923–1964
Rachel Eva Pelletier
1922–1998
Wayne Robert Davis
1950–1970
Sylvia Davis
1954–2010

Sources (8)

  • Eugen G Davis, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Eugene Davis, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Eugene G Davis, "Find A Grave Index"

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.

1935 · The FBI is Established

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

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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