Brief Life History of Winter Davis
When Winter Davis North Sr. was born in August 1855, in Maryland, United States, his father, Henry Hezikiah North, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Ann Horner, was 34. He married Emma C. Sherwood on 23 December 1895, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States for about 10 years and District 5, Allegany, Maryland, United States in 1900. He died in 1915, at the age of 60, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Winter D. North, "United States Census, 1880"
- Winter D North, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"
- W D North in entry for Edith Cecil Jenkins, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
Spouse and Children
1855–1915 Male
1857–1895 Female
Children (3)
1876–1958 Female
1880–1906 Male
1884–1974 Male
Parents and Siblings
1818–1890 Male
1821–1915 Female
Siblings (9)
1841–1924 Female
1842–1858 Male
1846–1931 Male
1848–1928 Male
1850–1910 Female
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 8
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 8
1872 · The First National Park
Age 17
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English north ‘north’, denoting someone who had migrated from the north, especially someone from northern England living in the south of the country. It may also have been used to denote someone living in the northern part of a settlement or region.
Irish: in Ireland, adopted for Mac an Ultaigh ‘son of the Ulsterman’, Ulster being the northern part of Ireland.
German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with a cognate of Old High German nord ‘north’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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