Brief Life History of Eda Aurelia
When Eda Aurelia Davis was born on 25 September 1875, in Bear Creek Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Andrew Jackson Davis, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Clarissa McGinnis, was 31. She married George Thomas McClure on 14 April 1889, in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Charleston, Lee, Iowa, United States for about 30 years. She died on 29 January 1937, in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Charleston Cemetery, Charleston, Lee, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (22)
- Eda Aurelia Davis in entry for Wilma Evelyn Mcclure, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Eda H Mcmillen in household of James E Mcmillen, "United States Census, 1930"
- Edna Davis McClure McMillen, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
Spouse and Children
1861–1908 Male
1875–1937 Female
Children (2)
1892–1941 Male
1907–1990 Female
Parents and Siblings
1845–1920 Male
1844–1911 Female
Siblings (4)
1869– Male
1869–1880 Female
1875–1937 Female
1885–1900 Female
World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 1
1877 · The First Workers Strike
Age 2
1892 · The Chicago Canal
Age 17
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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