Robert Lee Davis

Brief Life History of Robert Lee

When Robert Lee Davis was born on 15 May 1884, in Westminster, Oconee, South Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Elbert Davis, was 34 and his mother, Emily Jenkins, was 41. He married Callie Mae King on 22 November 1906. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1910. He died on 19 April 1943, in Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lee Davis
1884–1943
Callie Mae King
1888–1945
Marriage: 22 November 1906
Robert Lee Davis Jr
1908–
Margaree Davis
1911–1989
Jack Davis
1914–
Grace Winona Davis
1916–1967
Billie Davis
1918–
Thomas E. Davis
1919–1940
Thomas Davis
1919–
Harry Davis
1921–
Katie Davis
1925–
Charles Davis
1928–
Father Buster Davis
1929–2017

Sources (7)

  • Robert Lee Davis, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Robert Lee Davis, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Robert Lee Davis, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1887 · Eatonville is Incorporated

On August 15, 1887, the town of Eatonville was incorporated into Orange County, Florida. The town is significant for being one of the first all-black, self-governed municipalities in the country.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

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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