William Baylis Davis

20 November 1871–11 December 1948 (Age 77)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of William Baylis

When William Baylis Davis was born on 20 November 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Nathan Davis, was 57 and his mother, Lavina Newberry Morris, was 27. He married Hannah Adeline Larson on 29 January 1902, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1935 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 11 December 1948, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Baylis Davis
1871–1948
Hannah Adeline Larson
1881–1949
Marriage: 29 January 1902
Della Davis
1903–1919
Lottie Davis
1904–1904
William Larson Davis
1906–1990
Carl Larson Davis
1908–1942
Alma Larson Davis
1911–1986
Lavina Davis
1913–2003
Leroy Larson Davis
1916–1990
Myrtle Davis
1920–1987

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    29 January 1902Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

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    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1872 · The First National Park
    Age 1
    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
    1872 · The Amnesty Act
    Age 1
    A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 25
    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 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 Names

    David
    Davies
    Daves

    Sources (55)

    • Wm B Davis in entry for Lottie Davis, "Hawaii, Births and Baptisms, 1843-1909"
    • William Baylis Davis, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Wm B in entry for Ronald Hart Tovey and Lavina Davis, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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