Author: Albert Henry Davis
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365194507
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Excerpt from History of the Davis Family: Being an Account of the Descendants of John Davis, a Native of England, Who Died in East Hampton, Long Island, in 1705 Our fathers were worthy of our remembrance and respect, and in pre serving their memory, we honor ourselves. A family genealogy is a most fitting tribute to them, as uniting their children in a common memory and feeling, and equally fitting for the future as a tie of kinship and a memorial of all their scattered children. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
History of the Davis Family
Author: Albert Henry Davis
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365194507
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Excerpt from History of the Davis Family: Being an Account of the Descendants of John Davis, a Native of England, Who Died in East Hampton, Long Island, in 1705 Our fathers were worthy of our remembrance and respect, and in pre serving their memory, we honor ourselves. A family genealogy is a most fitting tribute to them, as uniting their children in a common memory and feeling, and equally fitting for the future as a tie of kinship and a memorial of all their scattered children. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365194507
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Excerpt from History of the Davis Family: Being an Account of the Descendants of John Davis, a Native of England, Who Died in East Hampton, Long Island, in 1705 Our fathers were worthy of our remembrance and respect, and in pre serving their memory, we honor ourselves. A family genealogy is a most fitting tribute to them, as uniting their children in a common memory and feeling, and equally fitting for the future as a tie of kinship and a memorial of all their scattered children. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Davis
Author: Eleanor Marian Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family History
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Charles Davies (b.ca. 1706) emigrated from England to Philadelphia, and married Hannah Matson in 1732/1733. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname Davis) and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, California and elsewhere.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family History
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Charles Davies (b.ca. 1706) emigrated from England to Philadelphia, and married Hannah Matson in 1732/1733. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname Davis) and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, California and elsewhere.
Cornbread My Soul
Author: Myra Davis-Branic
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
With the help of her family, the author has traced the journey of her ancestors, the Davis Family of Eutawville, South Carolina back to their enslavement on a plantation called The Rocks. It traces the family back t the mid 1700's to perhaps the first family members to arrive from Africa. Cornbread My Soul: The Davis Family of Eutawville, South Carolina is not just a book about genealogy, it includes childhood stories, family traditions and the story of being a product of the Great Migration, raised in the North, and how her family instilled a sense of cohesiveness and pride by exposing her to her Southern roots and culture.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
With the help of her family, the author has traced the journey of her ancestors, the Davis Family of Eutawville, South Carolina back to their enslavement on a plantation called The Rocks. It traces the family back t the mid 1700's to perhaps the first family members to arrive from Africa. Cornbread My Soul: The Davis Family of Eutawville, South Carolina is not just a book about genealogy, it includes childhood stories, family traditions and the story of being a product of the Great Migration, raised in the North, and how her family instilled a sense of cohesiveness and pride by exposing her to her Southern roots and culture.
Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland
Author: E. R. Seary
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773517820
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Traces the origins of nearly 3,000 surnames found on the eastern Canadian island, along with sometimes extensive information on etymology, genealogy, and Newfoundland history. Introduces the alphabetical catalogue with a survey of the history and linguistic origins, which include English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese, and Micmac. Appends lists of names by frequency and frequency by origin, and surnames recorded before 1700. First published in 1977, reprinted four times, and here revised with additions and corrections and reset in a more convenient format. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773517820
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Traces the origins of nearly 3,000 surnames found on the eastern Canadian island, along with sometimes extensive information on etymology, genealogy, and Newfoundland history. Introduces the alphabetical catalogue with a survey of the history and linguistic origins, which include English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese, and Micmac. Appends lists of names by frequency and frequency by origin, and surnames recorded before 1700. First published in 1977, reprinted four times, and here revised with additions and corrections and reset in a more convenient format. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Untangling a Red, White, and Black Heritage
Author: Darnella Davis
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826359809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Examining the legacy of racial mixing in Indian Territory through the land and lives of two families, one of Cherokee Freedman descent and one of Muscogee Creek heritage, Darnella Davis’s memoir writes a new chapter in the history of racial mixing on the frontier. It is the only book-length account of the intersections between the three races in Indian Territory and Oklahoma written from the perspective of a tribal person and a freedman. The histories of these families, along with the starkly different federal policies that molded their destinies, offer a powerful corrective to the historical narrative. From the Allotment Period to the present, their claims of racial identity and land in Oklahoma reveal inequalities that still fester more than one hundred years later. Davis offers a provocative opportunity to unpack our current racial discourse and ask ourselves, “Who are ‘we’ really?”
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826359809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Examining the legacy of racial mixing in Indian Territory through the land and lives of two families, one of Cherokee Freedman descent and one of Muscogee Creek heritage, Darnella Davis’s memoir writes a new chapter in the history of racial mixing on the frontier. It is the only book-length account of the intersections between the three races in Indian Territory and Oklahoma written from the perspective of a tribal person and a freedman. The histories of these families, along with the starkly different federal policies that molded their destinies, offer a powerful corrective to the historical narrative. From the Allotment Period to the present, their claims of racial identity and land in Oklahoma reveal inequalities that still fester more than one hundred years later. Davis offers a provocative opportunity to unpack our current racial discourse and ask ourselves, “Who are ‘we’ really?”
The World According to Fannie Davis
Author: Bridgett M. Davis
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316558710
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
As seen on the Today Show: This true story of an unforgettable mother, her devoted daughter, and their life in the Detroit numbers of the 1960s and 1970s highlights "the outstanding humanity of black America" (James McBride). In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee, borrowed $100 from her brother to run a numbers racket out of her home. That woman was Fannie Davis, Bridgett M. Davis's mother. Part bookie, part banker, mother, wife, and granddaughter of slaves, Fannie ran her numbers business for thirty-four years, doing what it took to survive in a legitimate business that just happened to be illegal. She created a loving, joyful home, sent her children to the best schools, bought them the best clothes, mothered them to the highest standard, and when the tragedy of urban life struck, soldiered on with her stated belief: "Dying is easy. Living takes guts." A daughter's moving homage to an extraordinary parent, The World According to Fannie Davis is also the suspenseful, unforgettable story about the lengths to which a mother will go to "make a way out of no way" and provide a prosperous life for her family -- and how those sacrifices resonate over time.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316558710
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
As seen on the Today Show: This true story of an unforgettable mother, her devoted daughter, and their life in the Detroit numbers of the 1960s and 1970s highlights "the outstanding humanity of black America" (James McBride). In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee, borrowed $100 from her brother to run a numbers racket out of her home. That woman was Fannie Davis, Bridgett M. Davis's mother. Part bookie, part banker, mother, wife, and granddaughter of slaves, Fannie ran her numbers business for thirty-four years, doing what it took to survive in a legitimate business that just happened to be illegal. She created a loving, joyful home, sent her children to the best schools, bought them the best clothes, mothered them to the highest standard, and when the tragedy of urban life struck, soldiered on with her stated belief: "Dying is easy. Living takes guts." A daughter's moving homage to an extraordinary parent, The World According to Fannie Davis is also the suspenseful, unforgettable story about the lengths to which a mother will go to "make a way out of no way" and provide a prosperous life for her family -- and how those sacrifices resonate over time.
History of Davis Islands
Author: Rodney Kite-Powell
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625840004
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Tampa's Davis Islands has long been among the most desirable places to live on Florida's west coast. Built from mud dredged from the bottom of the Tampa Bay, it's possible few thought the project would amount to very much, with the exception of its creator, David P. Davis. The developer and Tampa native Davis purchased the dredged land in the 1920s during the Florida land boom; the gamble paid off in dividends, as the Davis Islands made him wildly rich and nationally famous. He followed the Islands up with a subdivision twice its size in St. Augustine, which he named Davis Shores. Davis sold his Tampa development in August 1926, but he slipped into debt and died under mysterious circumstances while en route to Europe aboard a luxury liner only months later. Though their creator did not live to see it, work on Davis Islands continued, and the development ultimately became an unmitigated success. Join author Rodney Kite-Powell as he examines the history of one of Florida's most famous neighborhoods.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625840004
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Tampa's Davis Islands has long been among the most desirable places to live on Florida's west coast. Built from mud dredged from the bottom of the Tampa Bay, it's possible few thought the project would amount to very much, with the exception of its creator, David P. Davis. The developer and Tampa native Davis purchased the dredged land in the 1920s during the Florida land boom; the gamble paid off in dividends, as the Davis Islands made him wildly rich and nationally famous. He followed the Islands up with a subdivision twice its size in St. Augustine, which he named Davis Shores. Davis sold his Tampa development in August 1926, but he slipped into debt and died under mysterious circumstances while en route to Europe aboard a luxury liner only months later. Though their creator did not live to see it, work on Davis Islands continued, and the development ultimately became an unmitigated success. Join author Rodney Kite-Powell as he examines the history of one of Florida's most famous neighborhoods.
Solving Genealogy Problems
Author: Graeme Davis
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781845284770
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This text is for those who have done some work on their family tree but have hit the inevitable problem of 'brick walls'. Unlike most genealogy books this one starts with the 1801 census - others imply that that the census started in 1841.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781845284770
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This text is for those who have done some work on their family tree but have hit the inevitable problem of 'brick walls'. Unlike most genealogy books this one starts with the 1801 census - others imply that that the census started in 1841.
My Confederate Kinfolk
Author: Thulani Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781448714490
Category : African American families
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In this compelling intersection of genealogy, memoir, and history. Davis picks up where her grandmother left off. Inspired by an 1890s photograph of a black teenager dressed in Campbell family tartan, Davis finds herself on a journey to places from Missouri to Mississippi to Alabama, and even back to her home town in Virginia."--Jacket.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781448714490
Category : African American families
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In this compelling intersection of genealogy, memoir, and history. Davis picks up where her grandmother left off. Inspired by an 1890s photograph of a black teenager dressed in Campbell family tartan, Davis finds herself on a journey to places from Missouri to Mississippi to Alabama, and even back to her home town in Virginia."--Jacket.
Cripple Joe
Author: Donald Davis
Publisher: Blair
ISBN: 9780895876676
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Donald Davis has remarked that he "didn't learn stories, I just absorbed them" from a family of traditional storytellers that has lived on the same western North Carolina land since 1781. Considered by many to be the father of family tales, Donald turns the focus of his newest collection on his own father, Joe.As Donald reveals in the opening story, when he was 28, he mistakenly thought his father had died. Until learning of the mistake, he lamented that he'd been "too young and immature to know to ask for the stories that would have filled out his life." Given a "second chance," Donald asked those questions for the next 22 years. In this collection of 20 tender and often humorous stories--including one that tells how the elder Davis came to be called "Cripple Joe"--he shares the lessons he learned from his father. The late Wilma Dykeman wrote in an article for the New York Times, "I could have listened all morning to Donald Davis. . . . His stories often left listeners limp with laughter at the same time they struggled with a lump in the throat." If you are already a Donald Davis fan, here's his latest offering. If you have yet to discover him, here's your chance to see what all the excitement is about.
Publisher: Blair
ISBN: 9780895876676
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Donald Davis has remarked that he "didn't learn stories, I just absorbed them" from a family of traditional storytellers that has lived on the same western North Carolina land since 1781. Considered by many to be the father of family tales, Donald turns the focus of his newest collection on his own father, Joe.As Donald reveals in the opening story, when he was 28, he mistakenly thought his father had died. Until learning of the mistake, he lamented that he'd been "too young and immature to know to ask for the stories that would have filled out his life." Given a "second chance," Donald asked those questions for the next 22 years. In this collection of 20 tender and often humorous stories--including one that tells how the elder Davis came to be called "Cripple Joe"--he shares the lessons he learned from his father. The late Wilma Dykeman wrote in an article for the New York Times, "I could have listened all morning to Donald Davis. . . . His stories often left listeners limp with laughter at the same time they struggled with a lump in the throat." If you are already a Donald Davis fan, here's his latest offering. If you have yet to discover him, here's your chance to see what all the excitement is about.