Charles W DAVIS

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October 1861 , Waterville, Maine, USA

Died

10 March 1923 , Lewiston, Maine, USA

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Born: October 1861 in Waterville, Maine, USA

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

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Charles W married Frances M PERKINS 12 October 1895 in Gardiner, Maine, USA . They divorced. Frances M PERKINS was born July 1851 in Damariscotta, Maine, USA. Frances M died 29 September 1917 in Augusta, Maine, USA. Frances M was the child of Enoch PERKINS and Mariam (Merriam) JONES.

Charles W DAVIS died 10 March 1923 in Lewiston, Maine, USA.

son of Wm. Davis and Sophie Reynolds of Waterville, Me. according to marriage record.

NOTE: Jessie Cobb visited Mrs. Davis the day she was murdered

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Frances M PERKINS
Marriage date: 12 October 1895
Marriage place: Gardiner, Maine, USA
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Frances M PERKINS was the child of Enoch PERKINS and Mariam (Merriam) JONES

Marriage notes:

FRANCES M BARKER - Bride

CHARLES W DAVIS - Groom Oct 12, 1895 Maine, United States Marriage 0 GARDINER GARDINER ME ME

Name of Groom: Charles W. DAVIS

Groom's Place of Residence: Gardiner, Me.

Name of Bride: Frances M. BARKER

Possible Alternate Name of Bride: Frances M. PERKINS

Bride's Place of Residence: Gardiner, Me.

Marriage Date: Saturday, 12 Oct. 1895

Marriage Certificate Number: Not available

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name: C* W Davis

event type: Marriage

event date: 12 Oct 1895

event place: Fairfield,,Maine

gender: Male

age:

estimated birth year:

father: Davis

mother:

spouse: Frances M Barker

spouse's father: Barker

spouse's mother:

film number: 9926

dgs number: 4544438

image number: 01189

2nd marriage for both

groom widowed, bride divorced

"Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 06 Oct 2012), C* W Davis and Frances M Barker, 1895.

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Birth — 1861
October 1861
Waterville, Maine, USA

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1895 Marriage / Partner
Charles W DAVIS and Frances M PERKINS 12 October 1895, Gardiner, Maine, USA

He was 34 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
Name Charles W Davis
Titles
Residence Lisbon street, Lewiston city, Androscoggin, Maine
Birth Date Oct 1861
Birthplace Maine
Relationship to Head-of-Household Self
Spouse Name Francis M Davis
Spouse Titles
Spouse Birth Place Maine
Father Name
Father Titles
Father Birthplace Maine
Mother Name
Mother Titles
Mother Birthplace Maine
Race or Color (expanded) White
Head-of-household Name
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Years Married 6
Estimated Marriage Year 1894
Mother How Many Children
Number Living Children
Immigration Year
Enumeration District 0019
Sheet Number and Letter 10A
Household ID 175
Reference Number 7
GSU Film Number 1240587
Image Number 00641
Household Gender Age
Charles W Davis M
Spouse Francis M Davis F
William M Hall M

NOTE: William M Hall is a lodger, b. May 1850 in Maine

Charles rents the home at 255 1/ 2 Lisbon Street

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902-03 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, public carriage, h 14 Lowell, Lewiston
Alice Theinert Mrs., bds 14 Lowell
William A Theinert, overseer, Webster Woolen Co. Sabattus h 255 1/ 2 Sabattus

Bankruptcy
October 11, 1902, Charles filed for bankruptcy (Microfilm of original records in the Androscoggin County Building, Auburn, Maine, Court records v. 1-9(p.1-22) 1898-1920, Family History Library US/ CAN Film 1753454).

A petition in bankruptcy has been filed by Chas. W. Davis of Lewiston.
The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, October 10, 1902

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904
C. W. Davis of Lewiston has just had his carriage remodeled and painted and fitted up with new cushions.
The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, May 28, 1904

C. W. Davis drove a party of Lewiston people to Gardiner Tuesday. On his return trip he will go fishing at Sand Pond.
The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, June 29, 1904

1904-05 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, public carriage, h 41 Spring, Lewiston
Sumner Erskine, shoemaker, bds 41 Spring

Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, June 24, 1904

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906-07 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, public carriage, h 63 Summer, Lewiston
Sumner Erskine, shoemaker, bds 63 Summer
Mrs. Alice Theinert, housekeeper, 63 Summer

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory, 1908
Charles W. Davis
occupation: public carriage
address: 63 Summer
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1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 - Roomer at 191 Park St, Lewiston
Name Charles W Davis
Birthplace Maine
Relationship to Head of Household - Roomer
Residence Lewiston Ward 3, Androscoggin, Maine
Marital Status Married (2nd marriage) for 15 years
Race White
Gender Male
Occupation Teamster
Immigration Year
Father's Birthplace Canada
Mother's Birthplace Maine
Family Number 191
Page Number 11
Household Gender Age
Lewis L Haskell M 50y
Ann M Haskell F 84y
Charles W Davis M 46y
Lester Pollister M 38y
Mary Blanchette F 48y

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1910-11 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, laborer, rms 53 Park

1912-13 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, laborer, rms 53 Park

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1914-15 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, rms 53 Park

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1916-17 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, fireman, Wade & Dunton, rms 16 Park

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1917 Death of Spouse/Partner
Frances M PERKINS died 29 September 1917, Augusta, Maine, USA

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920
Name Charles Davis
Residence Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
Estimated Birth Year 1862
Age 58
Birthplace Maine
occupation fireman at hospital
Relationship to Head of Household
Gender Male
Race White
Marital Status Widowed
Father's Birthplace Maine
Mother's Birthplace Maine
Film Number 1820637
Digital Folder Number 4300992
Image Number 00701
Sheet Number 16
Household Gender Age
Mary J Buker F 65y
Charles Buker M 43y
Harry A Buker M 45y
Louis Fish M 31y
Charles Elliott M 46y
Charles Marsdon M 74y
Charles Davis M 58y
William Collin M 42y
William Glennon M 43y
William Waite M 48y
Frank Knight M 77y
John King M 71y
William Hane M 28y
Ella Perrin F 63y
George Baxter M 39y
George Perry M 28y

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920-21 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, janitor, rms 137 Middle, Lewiston

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.