Lucy Davis

14 November 1806–13 August 1896 (Age 89)
Stoke Abbott, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Lucy

When Lucy Davis was born on 14 November 1806, in Stoke Abbott, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Davey, was 29 and her mother, Ann 'Phillis' Forsey, was 26. She married William Davis on 16 August 1824, in Netherbury, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 13 August 1896, in Wilford, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Wilford, Fremont, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Davis
1798–1855
Lucy Davis
1806–1896
Marriage: 16 August 1824
Mary Elizabeth Davis
1824–1894
Lydia Davis
1826–1878
Sarah Davis
1827–1907
Joseph Davis
1829–1830
Elizabeth Davis
1831–1855
George Davis
1833–1912
Henry Davis
1834–1866
John Davis
1836–1909
Joseph Davis
1838–1840
Ann Davis
1840–1925
Jane Davis
1842–1899
Samuel Davis
1844–1845
William Davis
1848–1935
Lucy Davis
1851–1853

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 August 1824Netherbury, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (14)

    +9 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1808
    Age 2
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.
    1815
    Age 9
    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
    1830
    Age 24
    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

    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)

    • Lucey Davis in household of William Davis, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
    • Lucy Davis in entry for Ann Cherry, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
    • Lucy Davis in household of William Davis, "England and Wales Census, 1851"

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