Brief Life History of Ellen Lorine
When Ellen Lorine Davis was born on 22 November 1865, in Marion, South Carolina, United States, her father, Dr Oliver Hart Davis, was 42 and her mother, Martha Eugenia Richardson, was 27. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with James Henning Porter. She lived in Township 3 Georgetown, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States in 1900 and Georgetown, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 January 1939, in Georgetown, Georgetown, South Carolina, British Colonial America, at the age of 73, and was buried in Georgetown, South Carolina, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Lorine D Porter in household of James H Porter, "United States Census, 1930"
- Lorine Davis Porter, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- Lorine Davis in entry for Lorine Porter, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
Spouse and Children
1868–1938 Male
1865–1939 Female
Children (4)
1893– Female
1894–1957 Male
1896–1947 Female
1898– Male
Parents and Siblings
1822–1880 Male
1838–1869 Female
Siblings (6)
1857–1897 Male
1858–1874 Female
1859–1915 Male
1861–1863 Female
1863–1938 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
Age 1
1871 · KKK Supression
Age 6
1886
Age 21
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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