Surname Search: "Davis"

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Davis

Related surnames or alternate spellings: Davies; David

Notable ancestors include:

• Bette Davis, actress

• Gene Davis, abstract painter

• Isaac Davis, advisor to Kamehameha I, helped form of Hawaii

• Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate

• Mildred Davis, silent film actress

• Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter

• Nancy Davis Reagan, wife of Ronald Reagan

• Virginia Davis, child actress

• Sammy Davis Jr., singer and comedian

Genealogy & family websites

• “Continuing the Saga of the Davis Siblings, Early Union Settlers” (Rootsweb)

• “Davis Family Genealogy” IrelandDavis.com

• “Davis Family History” (Rootsweb)

• “Davis Family Letters and Memorabilia” Maplebrookdavises.com

• “Davis Family Pioneers: Davis Lineage - The Amazing Story of Our Ancestral History”

• “Margaret Davis Family Website (established 10-29-00)” (Wayback Machine Link)

• “Our Family Tree” Davis-family.org.uk

• “The Davis Family History Pages” (Rootsweb)

• “The Davis Family in the Carolinas, James P. Davis”

• “The DAVIS Family of Greene County, Tennessee” Oldplaces.org

• “The Davis Family Story” (Rootsweb)

Message boards

• “Assistance with ancestor search; David Davis” History Hub Genealogy Forum

• “Davis Family from Bath” thread on British-Genealogy.com Forum

• “Davis family” thread on Rootschat

• “Davis posts” on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Davis posts” on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “George Davis/Davies” thread on Who When Where

• “Posts tagged Davis” on WikiTree

• “The Hawaii “Davis” Family” post on Genealogy.com

Social Media Groups & Societies

• “Davis Family History” Facebook group, public, 101+ members.

• “Davis Family Page” Facebook group, public, 379+ members.

• “Earl and Gladys Davis Family Group” Facebok group, public, 170+ members.

Photographs:

• “Belle R. Davis, and J.H.P. Davis, 1904” The Portal to Texas History

• “Campbell Davis, Age 85, 1936” Library of Congress

• “Captain Samuel Francis Davis and his wife Salome Eldred Davis” Connecticut Digital Archive

• “Carte d’visite: Davis, Garrett, 1801 - 1872” Library of Congress

• “Carte d’visite: Davis, Henry Winter, 1817 - 1865” Library of Congress

• “C.B. Davis” Library of Congress

• “Charles L. Davis, 1889” Library of Congress

• “Charles L. Davis family, portraits” Boulder Public Library

• “Charlotte and Ocha Davis at Shively Park Camp, 1920” Middletown Women’s History

• “Cleon Davis, circa 1920” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Darius A. Davis, 1915” Library of Congress

• “Davis, Dr., 23 June 1902” Portrait of Dr. Llewellyn F. Davis, dentist, Library of Congress

• “Davis Family: Marianne Frances Davis, Thomas Smith Davis, Mattie Davis, William White Davis” Amelia Island Museum of History

• “Davis Family Picnic, Woodlake, California, 1920’s” Online Archive of California

• “Davis, Hon. John., betw. 1891 - 1894” Library of Congress

• “Davis, Phila. Am., c 1911” Library of Congress

• “Donald D. Davis and Peggy Davis” 1939. Hennepin County Library

• “Dr. Katherine Davis, 1910” Library of Congress

• “D.W. Davis & family, 1923” Library of Congress

• “D.W. Davis, Governor of Idaho, 1918” Library of Congress

• “Earl J. Davis, Sr., Woodlake, Calif., 1920s” Online Archive of California

• “J.J. Davis, 1920” U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, Library of Congress

• “John W. Davis of West Virginia and family, 1921” Library of Congress

• “Henry G. Davis, 1904” Library of Congress

• “Home of Jefferson Davis. Three generations, 1884” Library of Congress.

• “Isaac Young Davis”, wikimedia

• “Jackson Davis, Corinne Davis” University of Virginia

• J.G. Davis, 1920” James Cox Davis, Library of Congress

• “Josh Davis family, Colfax, Washington, circa 1910” Washington Rural Heritage

• “Lucy Conant Davis and J.B. Davis, 1886” Oklahoma Historical Society

• “Maj. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis” Library of Congress

• “Mate Samuel Davis of U.S. Navy, 1865” Library of Congress

• “Mildred Davis, 1921” Library of Congress

• “Paulina W. Davis / photo by Manchester Bros.; engraved by J.C. Buttre, N.Y.” Library of Congress

• “Photograph of A.J. Davis, wife, and two children. Presumed to be a copy of “A.J. Davis with Robert & Delamater” 1888. VT Special Collections and University Archives Online.

• “Salome Eldred Davis, wife of Capt Samuel Davis, 1860” Connecticut Digital Archive

• “Theodore R. Davis, 1867” Library of Congress

• “Theo, Lucille, Ed Davis (Captain Davis’ children), ca. 1900” Amelia Island Museum of History

• “Van Davis, taken in Marblemount, Feb 29, 1907” National Park Service

• “Wedding portrait, Fletcher Davis and Roberta Hopp Davis, 1900” Texas Digital Library

Website clippings, blog posts, etc. (no paywalls)

• “Captain James Davis / Davies Genealogy” Blog

• Gaslamp Foundation “William Heath Davis - Hawaiian Heritage” 7 July 2020,

• Goodwin, Juliana. “A family’s stories: King Davis family subject of photo exhibit” Springfield News-Leader, 8 Feb 2018

• “Medal of Honor, Major George Andrew Davis, Jr., United States Air Force” Thisdayinaviation.com

• “My Davis family ancestors” 8 Aug 2022

Artifacts & Mixed Media

• Bane, Evelyn. “Wm Davis Notes”, as found on Internet Archive

• Davis, John Clement and Helen Davis Johnson. “Early Genealogy of the Davis Family” Clark University, 1950.

• “John S. Davis: Life Story” Library of Congres

• “Lucinda Davis, diary, 1874” National Park Service

• “Lucinda Davis, diary, 1896 - 97” National Park Service

• “Mrs. Margaret Davis: Original and Unedited Continuity (Life History)” 1938. Library of Congress.

• “Old Timers Stories: Mrs. Anna Potter Davis (Husband; Charles F. Davis) Interview: July 13, 1937” Interview transcript. Library of Congress.

• “Stuart Davis’s Diary, 1920 - 1922” The Morgan Library & Museum

• “The Davis Children (Eliza Cheever Davis and John Derby Davis), 1795” Painting by Edward Savage, The Smithsonian

Correspondence and Letters

• “Collection of Davis Family Letters” Henderson County TNGenWeb

• “From J.B. Davis to J. Nat Davis, September 28, 1890” Texas Tech University

• “Oliver L. Davis letter to Abraham Lincoln, dated January 30, 1865…” New York Historical Society

• “Thomas J. Davis Letter: September 1, 1862” MSU Libraries Digital Repository

Homes & Historical Markers

• “Benjamin Davis house, Davis Ave” Brookline, Massachusetts, Digital Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• “Davis House, 3rd Street ca. 1900” Amelia Island Museum of History

• Site of the Jerome C. and Mary Chiles Davis family homestead

• “The Davis Family Historical Marker” Family of Rev. Abner Davis.

• “W.A. Davis house, ca. 1910” Digital Library of Tennessee

Oral Histories

• “Henry K. Davis Collection” Library of Congress

• “Marie Davis Oral History Interview” Oregon State Library

Offline Collections

• “The William H. Davis family film collection, 1928 - 1982” Finding aid on The Library of Congress

Books (Online & In Print)

• American Genealogical Research Institute. “Davis Family History” Washington, D.C., 1972. (Full view on)

• BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy. “The Histories & Mission Diaries of William George Davis; Histories of Esther Harrison Davis & Emily Nix Davis” (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Clark, Henry William. “A Genealogy of the Davis Family”. Montgomery, Ala., 1905. (Full view on Internet Archive).

• Davis, Captain Charles H. “Life of Charles Henry Davis, rear admiral, 1807-1877” Boston and New York. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1899. (Full view on the Library of Congress)

• Davis, Charles Henry Stanley. “The Davis family record: a monthly journal devoted to the history and genealogy of the Davis family” Multiple volumes. Meriden, Conn. 1867. (Full view on Internet Archive).

• Davis, George Henry. “Genealogy of Thomas Davis (1782 - 1846) and his Descendants” NY, Scarborough Press, 1949. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Davis, Harry Alexander. “The Davis Family (Davies and David) in Wales and America; genealogy of Morgan David of Pennsylvania” Washington, D.C., 1927. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Davis, J.O. “The Davis Family History” Pleasant Hill, OH; 1935. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Joseph, Edna Harvey. “Davis genealogy” 1950. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Seaver, J. Montgomery and Ella L. Davis. “Davis Family History” American Historical-Genealogical Society. Philadelphia, PA. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Whitsitt, William Heth. “Genealogy of Jefferson Davis” 1908. (Full view on Internet Archive)

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