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Charles W DAVIS was born
October 1861
in Waterville, Maine, USA.
Charles W DAVIS
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Marriage(s) and Child(ren):
He married Frances M PERKINS 12 October 1895 in Gardiner, Maine, USA . They divorced. Frances M PERKINS was born July 1851 in Damariscotta, Maine, USA. She died 29 September 1917 in Augusta, Maine, USA. She was the daughter 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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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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Frances M PERKINS-- Date: 12 October 1895 Place: Gardiner, Maine, USAfamilysearch.org
Frances M PERKINS was the daughter of Enoch PERKINS and Mariam (Merriam) JONES
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
www.mainegenealogy.net
name: C* W Davis
event type: Marriage
event date: 12 Oct 1895
event place: Fairfield,,Maine
gender: Male
age:
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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 (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VZ3T-7W7 : accessed 06 Oct 2012), C* W Davis and Frances M Barker, 1895.
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Charles W DAVIS
Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, June 24, 1904
Charles W DAVIS
The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, Monday, March 12, 1923
Charles W DAVIS
Grave Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine
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Birth
October 1861
Waterville, Maine, USA
1863 - January 1 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves
1863 - July 1–3 – American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg – Union forces under George G. Meade turn back a Confederate invasion by Robert E. Lee in the largest battle of the war (28,000 Confederate casualties, 23,000 Union).
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.
1865 - April 9 - Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysees S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
1865 - April 14 - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln:
1867 - March 30 – Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million from Alexander II of Russia, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The news media call this "Seward's Folly"
1869 - May 10 - The Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory and forged the destiny of a nation. (Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah)
1870 - France declares war on Prussia and Emperor Napoleon III is overthrown
1870 - A cable dispatch on the 28th says the Pope has issued a special elimination against the Fenians, both in America and Ireland.
1870 to 1871 - Franco-Prussian War, ending in French defeat, loss of Alsace-Lorraine and end of the Second Empire
1872 - 'Yellowstone Wonderland' is established as first national park.
1875 - Civil Rights Act of 1875
1876 - May 10 - Centennial Exhibitiion
1876 - June 25 – American Indian Wars – Battle of the Little Bighorn:
1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.
1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
1883 - November 18 – U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
1884 - May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. This date, called May Day or Labour Day, becomes a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.
1884 - December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date.
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
1886 - January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885).
1887 - February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
1890 - December 29 - Wounded Knee Massacre occurred - 7th Cavalry killed more than 250 Lakota men, women and children; Sitting Bull killed at Little Eagle; Indian wars ended
1892 - NO MORE BARGE OFFICE. Immigrants Will Hereafter Land at Ellis Island.
1893 - May 1 - World's Columbian Exposition
1894 - Pullman strike
1896 - Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike
1897 - September 1 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.
1898 - U.S. battleship, Maine, blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, igniting the Spanish-American war.
1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the U.S. Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21 (later backdating this one more day to April 20).
1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.
1895 Marriage / Partner
Charles W DAVIS and Frances M PERKINS 12 October 1895, Gardiner, Maine, USA
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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
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1900 - March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
1900 - June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons.
1901 - January 22 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at age 81, after more than 63 years on the throne, and her son the Prince of Wales formally succeeds her as King Edward VII.
Alice Theinert Mrs., bds 14 Lowell
William A Theinert, overseer, Webster Woolen Co. Sabattus h 255 1/ 2 Sabattus
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed by Chas. W. Davis of Lewiston.
The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, October 10, 1902
1903 - Marconi sends and receives the first wireless transatlantic communication
1903 - June 16 - Ford Motor Company is incorporated in Detroit, Michigan
1903 - October - First World Series
1903 - December 17 – Orville Wright flies an aircraft with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in the first documented, successful, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight.
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
Sumner Erskine, shoemaker, bds 41 Spring
1904 - April 30 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (closes December 1).
1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal
Sumner Erskine, shoemaker, bds 63 Summer
Mrs. Alice Theinert, housekeeper, 63 Summer
1906 - April 7 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
occupation: public carriage
address: 63 Summer
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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...Read MORE...
1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic
1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated.
1913 - December 23 – The Federal Reserve System is created as the central banking system of the United States by Woodrow Wilson's signature of the Federal Reserve Act.
1914 - Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation.
1914 - August 1 - World War I begins: Germany declares war on Russia and France and invades Belgium
1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call,
1915 - May 7 – WWI: Sinking of the RMS Lusitania: British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by Imperial German Navy U-boat U-20 off the south-west coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 civilians en route from New York to Liverpool.
1916 - On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14.
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 - June 5 – WWI: Conscription begins in the United States.
1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time (DST goes into effect on March 31).
1918 - October 31 – The Hungarian government terminates the personal union with Austria, officially dissolving the Austro-Hungarian empire.
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.
1919 - June 28 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, blaming Germany for World War I and creating a League of Nations
1919 - October 28 – Prohibition in the United States is authorized:
1917 Death of Spouse/Partner
Frances M PERKINS died 29 September 1917, Augusta, Maine, USA
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...Read MORE...
Death 10 March 1923
Lewiston, Maine, USA
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Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, June 24, 1904
Charles W DAVIS
The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, Monday, March 12, 1923
Charles W DAVIS
Grave Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine
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Birth October 1861
Waterville, Maine, USA
1863 - January 1 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves 1863 - July 1–3 – American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg – Union forces under George G. Meade turn back a Confederate invasion by Robert E. Lee in the largest battle of the war (28,000 Confederate casualties, 23,000 Union). 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. 1865 - April 9 - Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysees S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. 1865 - April 14 - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: 1867 - March 30 – Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million from Alexander II of Russia, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The news media call this "Seward's Folly" 1869 - May 10 - The Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory and forged the destiny of a nation. (Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah) 1870 - France declares war on Prussia and Emperor Napoleon III is overthrown 1870 - A cable dispatch on the 28th says the Pope has issued a special elimination against the Fenians, both in America and Ireland. 1870 to 1871 - Franco-Prussian War, ending in French defeat, loss of Alsace-Lorraine and end of the Second Empire 1872 - 'Yellowstone Wonderland' is established as first national park. 1875 - Civil Rights Act of 1875 1876 - May 10 - Centennial Exhibitiion 1876 - June 25 – American Indian Wars – Battle of the Little Bighorn: 1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets. 1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton. 1883 - November 18 – U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times. 1884 - May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. This date, called May Day or Labour Day, becomes a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country. 1884 - December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date. 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. 1886 - January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885). 1887 - February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed. 1890 - December 29 - Wounded Knee Massacre occurred - 7th Cavalry killed more than 250 Lakota men, women and children; Sitting Bull killed at Little Eagle; Indian wars ended 1892 - NO MORE BARGE OFFICE. Immigrants Will Hereafter Land at Ellis Island. 1893 - May 1 - World's Columbian Exposition 1894 - Pullman strike 1896 - Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike 1897 - September 1 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America. 1898 - U.S. battleship, Maine, blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, igniting the Spanish-American war. 1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the U.S. Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21 (later backdating this one more day to April 20). 1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.1895 Marriage / PartnerCharles W DAVIS and Frances M PERKINS 12 October 1895, Gardiner, Maine, USA
1900 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine
Name Charles W DavisTitles
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...Read MORE...
1900 - March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. 1900 - June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons. 1901 - January 22 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at age 81, after more than 63 years on the throne, and her son the Prince of Wales formally succeeds her as King Edward VII.1902-03 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, public carriage, h 14 Lowell, LewistonAlice 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
1903 - Marconi sends and receives the first wireless transatlantic communication 1903 - June 16 - Ford Motor Company is incorporated in Detroit, Michigan 1903 - October - First World Series 1903 - December 17 – Orville Wright flies an aircraft with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in the first documented, successful, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight.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, LewistonSumner Erskine, shoemaker, bds 41 Spring
1904 - April 30 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (closes December 1). 1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal1906-07 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, public carriage, h 63 Summer, LewistonSumner Erskine, shoemaker, bds 63 Summer
Mrs. Alice Theinert, housekeeper, 63 Summer
1906 - April 7 – Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory, 1908
Charles W. Davisoccupation: public carriage
address: 63 Summer
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1910 - Roomer at 191 Park St, Lewiston
Name Charles W DavisBirthplace 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...Read MORE...
1910-11 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, laborer, rms 53 Park1912-13 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, laborer, rms 53 Park 1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic 1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated. 1913 - December 23 – The Federal Reserve System is created as the central banking system of the United States by Woodrow Wilson's signature of the Federal Reserve Act.1914-15 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, rms 53 Park 1914 - Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation. 1914 - August 1 - World War I begins: Germany declares war on Russia and France and invades Belgium 1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call, 1915 - May 7 – WWI: Sinking of the RMS Lusitania: British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by Imperial German Navy U-boat U-20 off the south-west coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 civilians en route from New York to Liverpool.1916-17 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, fireman, Wade & Dunton, rms 16 Park 1916 - On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14. 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 - June 5 – WWI: Conscription begins in the United States. 1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time (DST goes into effect on March 31). 1918 - October 31 – The Hungarian government terminates the personal union with Austria, officially dissolving the Austro-Hungarian empire. 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. 1919 - June 28 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, blaming Germany for World War I and creating a League of Nations 1919 - October 28 – Prohibition in the United States is authorized:1917 Death of Spouse/PartnerFrances M PERKINS died 29 September 1917, Augusta, Maine, USA
1920
Name Charles DavisResidence 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...Read MORE...
1920-21 Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Directory
Charles W Davis, janitor, rms 137 Middle, LewistonDeath 10 March 1923Lewiston, Maine, USA
Charles is buried at: Riverside Cemetery
Lewiston, Maine, USA
http://lplonline.org/wp-content/uploads/Riverside-Cemetery.pdf
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