When Mary Davis was born on 23 August 1910, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, her father, Lehi Reuben Davis Jr, was 22 and her mother, Flora Bell Hansen, was 21. She married Thomas Ralph Woodhouse on 3 July 1931, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1935. She died on 14 October 2000, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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The Salt Lake International Airport starts its history as a small airfield. It slowly grew until Charles Lindbergh visited that area. After his visit, the airfield changed into a Municipal Airport and started being a hub for most flights from New York to California. After World War II, the airport turned into an international hub for most flights in the Mountain West. In recent history, It sees around 30 million travelers each year and continues to grow in popularity by the local residents.
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
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.
Possible Related NamesWhen Grandma and Grandpa lived in Spanish Fork on 1st West and between 4th and 5th North, in tieback yard at the property line were a group of trees side by side. I was 7 or 8 years old and climbed o …
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