Bertha Donna Lee Davis

Female29 March 1897–10 April 1979

Brief Life History of Bertha Donna Lee

When Bertha Donna Lee Davis was born on 29 March 1897, in Miami, Indiana, United States, her father, James D Davis, was 41 and her mother, Margaret Ann Means, was 38. She lived in Butler Township, Miami, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. She died on 10 April 1979, in Amboy, Jackson Township, Miami, Indiana, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Wabash, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

James D Davis
1855–1928
Margaret Ann Means
1858–1938
Omar Albert Davis
1886–1943
Davis
–
Pearl Geneva Davis
1888–1970
Bertha Donna Lee Davis
1897–1979
Raphael Davis
1898–
Belva B Davis
1900–

Sources (3)

  • Dona L Davis in household of James D Davis, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Bertha L Davis in household of James Davis, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Donnie Davis in household of James D Davis, "United States Census, 1910"

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Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 1

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded

Age 9

The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 22

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

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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