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Family History & Genealogy

The Davis Family

5,347 documented Davis ancestors — traced through census, vital, cemetery, and newspaper records. Every name below is a real person in the public record.

5,347Documented ancestors
1688Earliest record
13Generations
The name

Origin & meaning of Davis

'Son of David' — a patronymic especially common in Wales and the English border counties.

Documented across the American record; part of a growing network of family histories.

The documented line

Davis ancestors in the record

Deceased Davis ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

Aquilla Davis was born in 1756 — old enough to be swept into the Revolutionary War. Did he go? The record can tell you. Trace this line →
Edward (The Elder) Davis
1688 – 1764
Charles, Maryland
m. Anne Reeder
William Davis
1700 – 1782
Charles City
Edward William Davis
1726 – 1784
Charles County, Maryland
m. Judith Chunn
Elisabeth Davis
b. 1735
Plymouth, MA
m. Thomas Carlisle
Aquilla Davis
1756 – 1831
Charles Co., MD
m. Margaret Isabella Briggs
Marion Briggs Davis
1796 – 1839
Louisville, Jefferson
m. Thomas P. Fletcher
Duc Davis
1812 – 1882
Iowa
Julia A Davis
1837 – 1907
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Anna Jones Davis
1839 – 1922
Linn County, Iowa
Jane Ce Davis
1845 – 1924
Linn County, Iowa
Frank Davis
1852 – 1935
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
James J. Davis
1852 – 1926
Davenport
Matilda Davis
1853 – 1924
Guthrie County, Iowa
Mary M Davis
1858 – 1924
Linn County, Iowa
Spey Davis
1859 – 1952
Fayette County, Iowa
May Davis
1870 – 1968
Iowa
Rhoda A Davis
1870 – 1969
Iowa
Morgan Davis
1870 – 1966
Iowa
Nellie M Davis
1870 – 1968
Iowa
Mary Davis
1871 – 1968
Iowa
Mima Davis
1871 – 1973
Iowa
Elmer Davis
1872 – 1942
Linn County, Iowa
Lauretta Davis
1872 – 1969
Iowa
Clara Davis
1872 – 1969
Iowa
Oscar Davis
1872 – 1962
Iowa
Ida Davis
1873 – 1975
Iowa
Agnes Davis
1873 – 1967
Iowa
Mary Davis
1874 – 1968
Iowa
Lula Davis
1874 – 1969
Iowa
David Davis
1874 – 1963
Iowa
Lulu Davis
1874 – 1966
Iowa
Elma F Davis
1874 – 1972
Iowa
Luna B Davis
1874 – 1967
Iowa
John J Davis
1874 – 1966
Iowa
Emma Davis
1874 – 1969
Iowa
Carrie Davis
1875 – 1969
Iowa
Edith Davis
1875 – 1970
Iowa
Clara Davis
1875 – 1971
Iowa
Hannah Davis
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Myrtle L Davis
1875 – 1968
Iowa
Anna Davis
1875 – 1970
Iowa
Martin Davis
1875 – 1964
Iowa
Otis Davis
1875 – 1970
Iowa
Mina A Davis
1875 – 1968
Iowa
Maude Davis
1876 – 1973
Iowa
May A Davis
1876 – 1968
Iowa
Clara Davis
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Mabel Davis
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Myrtle Davis
1876 – 1972
Iowa
James Davis
1877 – 1977
Iowa
Rachel Davis
1877 – 1974
Iowa
Earl Davis
1877 – 1964
Iowa
Frank Davis
1877 – 1963
Iowa
Elizabeth Davis
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Thomas Davis
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Lewis Davis
1877 – 1963
Iowa
Lena Davis
1877 – 1964
Iowa
Charles Davis
1877 – 1967
Iowa
George Davis
1877 – 1965
Iowa
John Davis
1878 – 1966
Iowa
J Davis
1878 – 1973
Iowa
Bertha Davis
1878 – 1977
Iowa
Ella Davis
1878 – 1977
Iowa
Azzie Davis
1878 – 1962
Iowa
Rinaldo Davis
1878 – 1978
Iowa
Melcena Davis
1878 – 1973
Iowa
Dora Davis
1878 – 1964
Iowa
Olive Davis
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Cora Davis
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Anna Davis
1878 – 1977
Iowa
Albert Davis
1878 – 1970
Iowa
Henrietta Davis
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Emily Davis
1879 – 1964
Iowa
Laura Davis
1879 – 1966
Iowa
Myrtle Davis
1879 – 1968
Iowa
Zinzie Davis
1879 – 1976
Iowa
Ernest Davis
1879 – 1962
Iowa
Johanna R Davis
1879 – 1966
Iowa
Elisa Davis
1879 – 1969
Iowa
Nora Davis
1879 – 1973
Iowa
Morgan Davis
1879 – 1964
Iowa
Rena Davis
1879 – 1976
Iowa
Emma Davis
1879 – 1970
Iowa
Nina Davis
1879 – 1971
Iowa
George Davis
1879 – 1971
Iowa
Bert Davis
1879 – 1976
Iowa
Sherman Davis
1879 – 1974
Iowa
George W Davis
1879 – 1970
Iowa
Shelby Davis
1879 – 1962
Iowa
Iva M Davis
1879 – 1966
Iowa
Floyd Davis
1879 – 1964
Iowa
Forest Davis
1879 – 1958
Wayne County
Charles Davis
1880 – 1947
m. Rosina Celania
Clara Davis
1880 – 1978
Iowa
Ola Davis
1880 – 1963
Iowa
Richard Davis
1880 – 1970
Iowa
Con Davis
1880 – 1976
Iowa
Oliver Davis
1880 – 1964
Iowa
Rhea Davis
1880 – 1966
Iowa
Ethel Davis
1880 – 1970
Iowa
Blanche Davis
1880 – 1965
Iowa
Howard Davis
1880 – 1974
Iowa
William Davis
1880 – 1970
Iowa
Benjamin Davis
1880 – 1964
Iowa
Minnie Davis
1880 – 1966
Iowa
Anna Davis
1880 – 1967
Iowa
Harry A Davis
1880 – 1946
Iowa
Anna Davis
1880 – 1962
Iowa
Ethelyn Davis
1881 – 1970
Iowa
Elsie Davis
1881 – 1970
Iowa
Roy Davis
1881 – 1964
Iowa
Ellen Davis
1881 – 1968
Iowa
Harvey Davis
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Jessie Davis
1881 – 1974
Iowa
Frank Davis
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Gertrude Davis
1881 – 1972
Iowa
Urban Davis
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Franklin Davis
1881 – 1964
Iowa
Andrew Davis
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Charles Davis
1881 – 1963
Iowa
Richard Davis
1881 – 1963
Iowa
George Davis
1881 – 1970
Iowa
Samuel J Davis
1881 – 1968
Iowa
Jennie Davis
1881 – 1982
Iowa
Lawrence Davis
1881 – 1972
Iowa
George Davis
1881 – 1968
Iowa
Minnie Davis
1881 – 1963
Iowa
Grace Davis
1881 – 1964
Iowa
Courtney Davis
1881 – 1978
Iowa
Wilber Davis
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Millie Davis
1881 – 1972
Iowa
Ida Davis
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Rachel M Davis
1881 – 1968
Iowa
Charles Davis
1881 – 1951
Iowa
Pearl Davis
1881 – 1963
Iowa
Kathleen Davis
1881 – 1976
Iowa
Everett Davis
1881 – 1963
Iowa
George Davis
1882 – 1972
Iowa
George Davis
1882 – 1980
Iowa
Charles Davis
1882 – 1973
Iowa
Ethel Davis
1882 – 1972
Iowa
Herbert Davis
1882 – 1969
Iowa
Hattie Davis
1882 – 1978
Iowa
Edna Davis
1882 – 1972
Iowa
James H Davis
1882 – 1972
Iowa
Dora Davis
1882 – 1984
Iowa
Grace Davis
1882 – 1972
Iowa
Mayme Davis
1882 – 1984
Iowa
Louise Davis
1882 – 1964
Iowa
Arthur Davis
1882 – 1967
Iowa
Carrie Davis
1882 – 1969
Iowa
Mary Davis
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Fred Davis
1882 – 1967
Iowa
Dave Davis
1882 – 1980
Iowa
Howard Davis
1882 – 1964
Iowa
Charlie Davis
1882 – 1968
Iowa
Fred S Davis
1882 – 1966
Iowa
Garnet W Davis
1882 – 1969
Iowa
Charles Davis
1882 – 1963
Iowa
Reece Davis
1882 – 1965
Iowa
Roy Davis
1883 – 1976
Iowa
Thomas Davis
1883 – 1965
Iowa
Maude Davis
1883 – 1970
Iowa
Janet Davis
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Carl Davis
1883 – 1977
Iowa
Minnie Davis
1883 – 1974
Iowa
Otto Davis
1883 – 1963
Iowa
Anna Davis
1883 – 1972
Iowa
Harman Davis
1883 – 1970
Iowa
Edna Davis
1883 – 1978
Iowa
Etta Davis
1883 – 1971
Iowa
Bertha Davis
1883 – 1975
Iowa
Lute Davis
1883 – 1963
Iowa
Eva Davis
1883 – 1973
Iowa
Mary Davis
1883 – 1982
Iowa
Marvie Davis
1883 – 1963
Iowa
Grace L Davis
1883 – 1989
Iowa
Gracie Davis
1883 – 1983
Iowa
Walter Davis
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Myrtle B Davis
1883 – 1971
Iowa
Ruth A Davis
1883 – 1972
Iowa
Glie D Davis
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Frank Davis
1883 – 1971
Iowa
Dave Davis
1883 – 1964
Iowa
C Davis
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Jesse Davis
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Lena Davis
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Minnie Davis
1883 – 1978
Iowa
Bert Davis
1883 – 1964
Iowa
Kathryn Davis
1883 – 1966
Iowa
Mary Davis
1883 – 1978
Iowa
Mary Davis
1883 – 1963
Iowa
Charles Davis
1883 – 1966
Iowa
Jesse Davis
1883 – 1963
Iowa
Roy Davis
1883 – 1975
Iowa
Minnie Davis
1883 – 1965
Iowa
Hilma Davis
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Arthur Davis
1884 – 1972
Iowa
Julia Davis
1884 – 1974
Iowa
James Davis
1884 – 1965
Iowa
Arthur Davis
1884 – 1968
Iowa
Edwin Davis
1884 – 1977
Iowa
Frances Davis
1884 – 1970
Iowa
Blanche Davis
1884 – 1973
Iowa
Ephie Davis
1884 – 1966
Iowa
Aldine Davis
1884 – 1970
Iowa
Hercules S Davis
1884 – 1971
Iowa
Cora Davis
1884 – 1970
Iowa
Minnie Davis
1884 – 1985
Iowa
Edward Davis
1884 – 1965
Iowa
Elmer C Davis
1884 – 1967
Iowa
Charles Davis
1884 – 1967
Iowa
Lewis Davis
1884 – 1967
Iowa
Iva Davis
1884 – 1976
Iowa
Benjamin Davis
1884 – 1976
Iowa
Ollie Davis
1884 – 1979
Iowa
Ernest Davis
1884 – 1974
Iowa
Della Davis
1884 – 1969
Iowa
Mary Davis
1884 – 1969
Iowa
Mary Davis
1884 – 1980
Iowa
Howard Davis
1884 – 1971
Iowa
Arthur Davis
1884 – 1969
Iowa
Pearley C Davis
1884 – 1973
Iowa
Ben Davis
1884 – 1964
Iowa
Elmer Davis
1884 – 1964
Iowa
Mary Davis
1884 – 1979
Iowa
Lucy Davis
1884 – 1974
Iowa
George Davis
1884 – 1966
Iowa
Mabel Davis
1884 – 1969
Iowa
Clayton Davis
1884 – 1964
Iowa
Thomas Davis
1885 – 1971
Iowa
Charles Davis
1885 – 1962
Iowa
Mary Davis
1885 – 1963
Iowa
Katherine Davis
1885 – 1967
Iowa
Flavy Davis
1885 – 1963
Iowa
John Davis
1885 – 1982
Iowa
Louis Davis
1885 – 1976
Iowa
Glen Davis
1885 – 1970
Iowa
Blanche Davis
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Maud Davis
1885 – 1971
Iowa
M M Davis
1885 – 1988
Iowa
Ethel Davis
1885 – 1979
Iowa
Margaret Davis
1885 – 1977
Iowa
Harry Davis
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Eddie Davis
1885 – 1963
Iowa
Don Davis
1885 – 1967
Iowa
Bertha Davis
1885 – 1975
Iowa
Howard Davis
1885 – 1965
Iowa
Catherine Davis
1885 – 1971
Iowa
Bert Davis
1885 – 1963
Iowa
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Common questions

Davis genealogy — FAQ

Where does the Davis surname come from?

'Son of David' — a patronymic especially common in Wales and the English border counties.

How far back does the Davis family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1688. Most Davis lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Davis family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my Davis family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

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