Brief Life History of Dora V
When Dora V Davenport was born on 4 May 1915, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, her father, Columbus Henderson Davenport, was 30 and her mother, Mollie Varner, was 33. She lived in Tabernacle Township, Randolph, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Asheboro Township, Randolph, North Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 19 August 1983, in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Liberty, Randolph, North Carolina, United States.
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- Dora Davenport in household of Henderson Davenport, "United States Census, 1920"
- Dora S Davenport, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
- Dora Davenport Ward, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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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.
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
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 (Lancashire and Cheshire): habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Davenport, from the Dane river (apparently named with a Celtic cognate of Middle Welsh dafnu ‘to drop, to trickle’) + Old English port ‘market town’.
Irish: in Tipperary, this is an English surname adopted by bearers of Munster Gaelic Ó Donndubhartaigh ‘descendant of Donndubhartach’, a personal name composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + dubh ‘black’ + artach ‘nobleman’.
History: John Davenport (died 1670) arrived in Boston, MA, in 1637. He came of an English Cheshire family associated with Capesthorne Hall, near Macclesfield.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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