Jane  DAVIS

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Jane DAVIS was born abt. 1844 in Ireland

Jane DAVIS was the child of ?   and   ?

Jane was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1867.

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jane  married  John BAKER abt. 1867 .  The couple had (at least) 9 children.
John BAKER  was born abt. 1830 in Ireland.  John died 31 May 1898 in Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Hillsgrove) (Pontiac) (Apponaug) (Warwick Neck) (Nausauket).  John was the child of John BAKER and Bridget CARNEY.

Jane DAVIS died abt. 1898 in Rhode Island, USA.





In son, Nurdin's, 1906 marriage, she is listed as his mother, Jane Lafayett (Lafayette). Did she remarry after John died?

Appears to have been born somewhere in Southern Ireland (in the area that would become the Irish Free State in 1922).

Could she possibly be from Killygordon, Co. Donegal, Ireland? (Long shot)

From castlegarden -- this is the only one I have found so far that seems to match at all -- what are the odds?

JANE DAVIS SPINSTER 17 F 1 Jun 1860 HARVEY BIRCH LIVERPOOL IRELAND

NOTE: Not found in Warwick in the 1905 state census

NOTE: Davis: This is a patronymic name, meaning "son of David," and is of Welsh and English origin. It is also one of the most common surnames in the United States, including among Irish Americans. While more common in southwestern England, it also saw early spread into Ireland.

Check this:
PAWTUXET VALLEY City Directory: includes parts of Warwick, West Warwick, Cranston, and Coventry
1894, 1896, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1944-1946, Rhode Island Historical Society

Hand checked all of RI for 1896-1898.
Checked Sutton, MA from 1896-1898.
Hand checked Warwick deaths from 1897-1904.
Not found.

Son, George Baker's marriage record says that both parents are dead as of October 8, 1898. So if that's true, it looks like she died between April 1896 and October 1898, likely either in MA or RI.

Davis Name Meaning
English and Welsh: patronymic meaning ‘Dafydd's (son)’ equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd the Welsh form of David . The spelling Davis is more typical in southwestern England northwards as far as Lancashire where the frequency of the surname largely reflects Welsh migration but may sometimes represent a native English surname based on Davy (compare Davies ). Davis (including in the sense 2 below) is the eighth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans. Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see McDevitt . Compare Davies . In some cases also an Americanized form (actually an adoption of the name in 1 above) of Jewish Davidovich and of its cognate Davidsohn.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Davids, Davies, David, Lavis, Danis, Davi, Davie, Days, Dabbs, Bavis

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