5,369 documented Davis ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
'Son of David' — a patronymic especially common in Wales and the English border counties.
Where the records place them: Iowa (100%), out of 5,353 Davis records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Mary, William, Robert, John and Charles.
Of the 5,340 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 77 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Edward (The Elder) Davis, born 1688 in Maryland.
Documented Davis families on this page come from History of Audubon County, Iowa (1915), History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas (1910) and Portrait and Biographical Record of Hancock County, Ohio.
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Deceased Davis ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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'Son of David' — a patronymic especially common in Wales and the English border counties.
The documented line here reaches back to 1688. Most Davis lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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