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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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Beulah Davis in household of Ansel Davis, "United States Census, 1930"
- Buelah Mae, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
Spouse and Children
1917– Male
1921–1966 Female
Parents and Siblings
1884–1967 Male
1889–1980 Female
Siblings (4)
1907– Female
1914–1988 Male
1917–1996 Male
1921–1966 Female
World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 2
1928 · Camden Public Library is Opened
Age 7
1934 · National Prohibition is Repealed
Age 13
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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