Beulah Davis

Female18 March 1921–26 April 1966

Brief Life History of Beulah

When Beulah Davis was born on 18 March 1921, in Maine, United States, her father, Ansel R Davis, was 36 and her mother, Jennie B Wright, was 31. She married John Henry Richardson on 30 June 1938, in Maine, United States. She died on 26 April 1966, in Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, United States, at the age of 45.

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John Henry Richardson
1917–
Beulah Davis
1921–1966
Marriage: 30 June 1938

Sources (2)

  • Beulah Davis in household of Ansel Davis, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Buelah Mae, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 June 1938Maine, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 2

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    1928 · Camden Public Library is Opened

    Age 7

    The citizens of Camden, Maine had voted (in 1896) to establish a free public library in the town. The land for the library to be built on was donated by Mary Louise Curtis Bok in 1916. After years of fundraising and construction, the cornerstone was finally laid on August 17, 1927. The library opened on June 11, 1928. The library remains open to this day, and is now considered a National Historic Landmark.

    1934 · National Prohibition is Repealed

    Age 13

    "After a long history of banning liquor, both on a state and national level, all of the ""Maine Laws"" regarding alcohol were repealed in 1934."

    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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