David James Davis

1873 to 1916

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Eldest son of David Davis and Ann C. Clatworthy. Breaker boy and miner at the Mount Carmel colliery, 1881 to 1913. Charter member of Moose Lodge No. 1453. Married Annie Esther Richards; married Harriet Adelaide Parrish, 1905.

Son of David Davis and Ann C. Clatworthy. Married Annie Esther Richards; married Harriet Adelaide Parrish, 1905.

Direct line

David Davis1851 to 1907 David James Davis1873 to 1916

Parents

David Davis1851 to 1907 Ann C. Clatworthy1851 to 1939

Brothers and sisters

Hopkin Davisborn about 1875 Ann Davisborn about 1877 Elizabeth Davisborn about 1879 Winifred Davisborn about 1880 Robert Davisborn about 1881 Lillian B. Davis1884 to 1968 Gladys L. Davis1887 to 1909 Ethel Vaughn Davis1889 to 1961 William R. Davisborn about 1893

Husbands and wives

Annie Esther Richardsborn 1879 Harriet Adelaide Parrish1880 to 1944

Children

Esther Pauline Davisborn 1899 David Wassell Davisborn 1910 Thelma Adelaide Davis1912 to 2015 Winifred Anne Davis1914 to probably 2006 Gladys Elsie Davis1915 to 1933 Robert George Davis1916 to 1919

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Life events

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1873, 23 MayBirth David James Davis born in Montour County, Pennsylvania, eldest child of David Davis and Ann C. Clatworthy
1899, 1 SeptemberBirth Esther Pauline Davis born, daughter of David James Davis and his first wife, Annie Esther Richards
1905, 16 OctoberMarriage David James Davis marries Harriet Adelaide Parrish at Shenandoah
1910, 4 OctoberBirth David Wassell Davis, son of David James Davis and Harriet, born
1912, autumnOther David James Davis attempts suicide with blasting powder
1916, 24 JuneMarriage Esther Davis, daughter of David Davis and Annie Richards, marries Griffith Kenvin in Schuylkill County (probably David James Davis’s daughter)
1916, 20 JulyBurial David James Davis dies by suicide at Grier City, aged 43; buried 24 July at Mahanoy City

Records about David

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1915 Pennsylvania Certificate of Birth (certified copy issued 1929) – Gladys Davis, born 28 Feb 1915, Grier City, Ryan Township, Schuylkill CountyBirth Records Handwritten list of Davis family births, deaths and Branchide marriage, copied by Pearl Wesemann from Mom Branchide's recordsFamily Registers and Trees

Where David appears in the story

The Davises of Mount Carmel and the Davis Years, 1905 to 1916 In America › Branchide Family
Mooseheart and the Branchide Household, 1916 to 1952 In America › Branchide Family

Names and spellings in the records

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David Davis (family Bible
1900 census
1905 marriage index
Gladys’s birth certificate)
David F. Davis	Robert’s death certificate
David D. Davis	1880 census
David A. Davis (1900 census
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