Brief Life History of Joseph Reginald
When Joseph Reginald Davis was born on 1 June 1913, in Regent, Hettinger, North Dakota, United States, his father, Raymond Whetsel Davis, was 32 and his mother, Hallie Eugenia McKinney, was 30. He married Thelma Irene Vermilye on 16 November 1939, in Ingram, Randolph, Arkansas, United States. He lived in Election Precinct 4 East Akron, Washington, Colorado, United States in 1940 and Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1959. In 1939, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as precision machinist for greenlee brothers, rockford, illinois (auto and rail car frames) in Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States. He died on 25 September 2005, in Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Garden of Memories, Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States.
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- Joe R Davis in household of Raymond N Davis, "United States Census, 1940"
- Joe R Davis, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Joe R Davis, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1914 · The Ludlow Massacre
On April 20, 1914, the Colorado national Guard and the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards, attacked striking coal miners in Ludlow, Colorado, killing 25 people, including miners, women, and children.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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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