Alfred Draper Davis

Brief Life History of Alfred Draper

When Alfred Draper Davis was born on 30 March 1874, in Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, James A. Davis, was 26 and his mother, Martha Ann Draper, was 24. He married Margaret Ann Ells on 24 December 1900, in Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died in 1954, at the age of 80, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Norwood, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Draper Davis
1874–1954
Agnes Bosse
1876–1946
Marriage: 14 May 1916
baby girl Davis
1916–1916
baby boy Davis
1916–
Arthur E Davis
1918–1975

Sources (24)

  • Alfred D Davis, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Alfred Draper Davis, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Alfred Draper Davis, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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