Brief Life History of Albert John
When Albert John Davis was born on 14 October 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Albert Westley Davis, was 25 and his mother, Melissa Jane Lambson, was 19. He married Margaret Diana Forsythe on 19 September 1888, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in West Point, Lincoln, Nevada, United States in 1870. He died on 9 July 1939, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Albert John Davis, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Albert J. Davis - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Albert John Davis
- Albert J. Davis, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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Autobiography - Albert John Davis (1866-1839)
An autobiography of Albert John Davis (1866-1839), by his daughter, Liliu Davis Peery, with the kind assistance of her sisters, Vera Davis Sederholm and Edna D Davis Hollingworth. Salt Lake City, Uta …
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