Eunice Ethel Davis

Brief Life History of Eunice Ethel

When Eunice Ethel Davis was born on 15 February 1893, in Kansas, United States, her father, Chester Davis, was 38 and her mother, Menelvo West, was 37. She married Vernon William Dunbar on 26 June 1926, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States in 1920 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 27 March 1948, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Vernon William Dunbar
1898–1982
Eunice Ethel Davis
1893–1948
Marriage: 26 June 1926
William Frederick Dunbar
1929–2008
Ronald Vernon Dunbar
1931–1999

Sources (13)

  • Eunice E Davis in household of Arthur J Sanderson, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Eunice Ethel Davis Dunbar, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Eunice E Davis, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

World Events (8)

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.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

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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