Brief Life History of William George
When William George Davis was born on 24 November 1841, in Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Davies, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Cadwallader, was 34. He married Esther Harrison on 7 July 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1900. He died on 28 October 1900, in Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- William L Davis, "United States Census, 1910"
- William G Davis, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- William G Davis, "BillionGraves Index"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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The History of William George Davis Written & compiled by Anjanette Stone Lofgren January 2005 William George Davis was born on November 24th, 1841, at Cove (Grove) Hill, St. Michaels Parish, …
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