Louise Leviney Davis

Brief Life History of Louise Leviney

Louise Leviney Davis was born on 3 December 1909 as the daughter of Andrew Davis and Ida Pert. She married Thomas Jefferson Merritt on 20 September 1971, in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. She died on 12 February 2007, in Opp, Covington, Alabama, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Earlytown Church, Geneva, Alabama, United States.

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Thomas Jefferson Merritt
1891–1986
Louise Leviney Davis
1909–2007
Marriage: 20 September 1971

Sources (3)

  • Louise Davis, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Louise Leviney Davis Merritt, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Louise Davis, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

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1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1910 · The Mann Act

This Act makes engaging in transport of any woman for any immoral purpose, prostitution, illegal. Its primary intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking, particularly where trafficking was for the purposes of prostitution.

1935 · The FBI is Established

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

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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