Brief Life History of Ora Wright
When Ora Wright Davis was born on 23 April 1883, in Dorchester, Maryland, United States, his father, Tilghman W Davis, was 32 and his mother, Martha Williams, was 37. He married Bertie E Fluharty on 6 June 1906. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in District 1, Dorchester, Maryland, United States in 1900 and Representative District 10, Kent, Delaware, United States in 1940. He died on 31 October 1950, in Milford, Kent, Delaware, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Milford, Sussex, Delaware, United States.
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- Ara W Davis, "United States Census, 1910"
- Delaware, Birth Records, 1800-1932
- Ora Wright Davis, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1893 · First U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
The first time that the rank of Ambassador was used was in 1893. When on March 30, 1893, Thomas F. Bayard was appointed Ambassador to Great Britain.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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