Brief Life History of Elisha Hildebrand
When Elisha Hildebrand Davis Sr was born on 22 October 1815, in West Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, his father, Isaac Davis Jr., was 32 and his mother, Edith Ann Richards, was 21. He married Mary Ann Mitchell on 25 December 1846, in St Pancras Old Church, St Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 31 July 1898, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Elisha H Davis, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elisha Hildebrand Davis, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Elisha Hildebrand Davis, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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