Brief Life History of David Francis
When David Francis Avery was born on 19 July 1873, in Scipio, Millard, Utah, United States, his father, Cyrus Avery, was 34 and his mother, Julia Ann Miller, was 29. He married Effie Ellen Koester on 25 October 1925. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Annabella, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1900 and Glenwood Election Precinct, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 6 January 1946, in Glenwood, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- David Francis Avery, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- D F Avery, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- David Francis Avery, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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: from the Middle English and Anglo-Norman French personal name Aevery, a Norman form of Alfred . Among the 17th-century Puritan settlers in New England, there was some confusion with Averill . Compare Averett .
Altered form of French Canadian Hévey (see Hevey ). Compare Avey 3.
History: Christopher Avery emigrated from England to Salem, MA, in or before 1630. — William Avery (alias Averill) was one of the Puritan settlers who emigrated from England to Ipswich, MA, in or c. 1637. — Some of the American bearers of the surname Avery are descendants of Nicolas Hévé/Devé from France, who was in QC by 1672 (see Hevey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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