Brief Life History of Helen Maria
When Helen Maria Davis was born on 29 October 1844, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Eliakim Spooner Davis, was 32 and her mother, Orpha Brown Hopkins, was 29. She married Thomas Jefferson Thurston on 3 May 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Milton, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1880, at the age of 36, her occupation is listed as keeps house in Milton, Morgan, Utah, United States. She died on 3 August 1896, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Milton Cemetery, Milton, Morgan, Utah, United States.
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- Helen Thurston in household of Thomas J Thurston, "United States Census, 1880"
- Hellen Maria Davis Thurston, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Helen Marie Davis Thurston, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Morgan, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Morgan, Utah, United States
1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
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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