Electra Prudence Canfield

Brief Life History of Electra Prudence

When Electra Prudence Canfield was born on 29 April 1878, in Little River, Rice, Kansas, United States, her father, Henry Lloyd Canfield, was 36 and her mother, Lucy Adams Aylsworth, was 35. She married John Duffy Davis on 15 May 1898, in McPherson, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Cache Township, Cotton, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Temple, Cotton, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. She died in 1938, at the age of 60, and was buried in Temple Masonic Cemetery, Temple, Cotton, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Duffy Davis
1873–
Electra Prudence Canfield
1878–1938
Marriage: 15 May 1898
Lee Canfield Davis
1900–1961
Harry L Davis
1902–1984
Lona Lavern Davis
1904–1986
George Henry Davis
1908–

Sources (9)

  • Electa P Canfield in household of H L Canfield, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
  • Prudy E Canfield, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • Mrs Prudence Davis, "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1968"

World Events (8)

1880

Historical Boundaries: 1880: Rice, Kansas, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from Great or Little Canfield in Essex, named with the Old English personal name Cana (see Cane 2) + feld ‘open country’.

in some cases the surname may be of Norman origin, a habitational name from Canville-les-Deux-Églises in Seine-Maritime (France).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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