Brief Life History of Eva Belle
When Eva Belle Davis was born in September 1879, in Illinois, United States, her father, Marion Francis P. Davis, was 45 and her mother, Ophelia H Richards, was 34. She married John Bennom Grimsley on 7 December 1897, in McLean, McLean, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Finney, Kansas, United States for about 10 years and Election Precinct 17 Grange, Larimer, Colorado, United States in 1940. She died on 3 November 1952, at the age of 73, and was buried in Trenton, Grundy, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Eva B Davis, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Eva Belle Davis Grimsley, "Find A Grave Index"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1883
Historical Boundaries: 1883: Finney, Kansas, United States
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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