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Roy DAVIS

Roy DAVIS

Male 1893 - 1959  (65 years)


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  • Name Roy DAVIS
    Birth 17 Sep 1893  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1894.
    Gender Male
    Census 1900, 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Occupation laborer, plumbing fixtures  [1] 
    Occupation 1920  [2] 
    glass worker 
    Residence Fombell, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 8 Feb 1959  Fombell, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Cause: coronary occlusion due to hypertension 
    Burial Grove Cemetery, New Brighton, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I35001  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2025

    Father Samuel F. R. DAVIS,   b. 13 Feb 1856, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jan 1920 (Age 63 years)
    Mother Annetta "Nettie" CHILDERS,   b. Nov 1855, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F20158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Beatrice L. SNIDER,   b. 21 Jan 1898, Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1980, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [3, 4, 5]
    Divorce Y  [6]
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, City of Salem), enumerated on Jan 22 1920:
      Roy Davis, 26, glass worker; wife Beatrice, 22; dau Murl, 3 yr 8 mo; dau Theda, 9 mo.

      1950 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on April 15, 1950 at 318-1/2 Sycamore Street:
      Beatrice Davis, 52, divorced, not employed, not seeking work; dau Muriel Davis, 34, single, waitress in restaurant; lodger Lawrence Trent, 37, divorced, auto salesman at used car lot; lodger Gene Trent, 15. All born in West Virginia.
      Note: Lawrence Trent's brother William Martin Trent was married to Beatrice Davis' daughter Theda Davis.
    Children 
     1. Muriel DAVIS,   b. 23 Apr 1916, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1987, North Royalton, Cuyahoga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +2. Theda Louise DAVIS,   b. 12 Apr 1919, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1993 (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F13804  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2744] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1970 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    3. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    4. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    5. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 116.

    6. [S288] 1950 Census, Harrison County, WV.