William Leroy DAVIS & Angeline Pearl BEDDOWS

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William Leroy DAVIS
Angeline Pearl BEDDOWS

Husband: William Leroy / LeRoy DAVIS
Birth: 23 Jul 1879, Blairsville, Indiana Co., PA
Death said to be: 1970, Painesville, Lake Co., OH
Occupation: clerk; Superintendent, American Sheet and Tin Plate Co.; watchman
Father: Stewart Archibald DAVIS
Mother: Amanda J. De VINNEY

Marriage License: 3 Sep 1904, Westmoreland Co., PA
Marriage Ceremony: 7 Sep 1904, Ascension Episcopal Chapel, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA

Wife: Angeline Pearl BEDDOWS
Birth: 9 Nov 1881, Apollo, Armstrong Co., PA
Death apparently: 1930-40
Occupation: homemaker
Father: George BEDDOWS, b. 25 Sep 1842, Sedgley, STS; d. 1908, Apollo, Armstrong Co., PA
Mother: Elizabeth MAGGS, b. Jul 1845, Bath, SOM

Children:

1. George Archibald DAVIS, b. 1906, Scottsdale, Westmoreland Co., PA
2. (Dr.) John W. DAVIS, b. Jun 1917, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co., OH

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Sources:

1a. Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885-1950: Westmoreland County (online at FamilySearch.org):

1b. Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records: Allegheny County: Pittsburgh: 1904. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (online at Ancestry.com):

2. 1800 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Wm. Leroy DAVIS (æ 11m, b. July, PA) is living in Blairsville, Indiana Co., PA, with his parents (q.v.).

3. 1890 U.S. Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

4. 1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): William L. DAVIS (æ 20, b. Jul 1879, PA) is living in Vandergrift, Westmoreland Co., PA, with his widowed mother (q.v.) and a cousin. Angeline P. BEDDOWS (æ 18, b. Nov 1881, PA) is living in Apollo Borough, Armstrong Co., PA (p. 30A), with her parents, George BEDDOWS (æ 57, b. Sep 1842, England) & Elizabeth (æ 54, b. Jul 1845, England), plus an older sister.

5. 1910 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 47): 162 Grant Avenue, Vandergrift Borough (Ward 2), Westmoreland Co., PA, Roll T624_1432, p. 149A, SN 5A, SD 20, ED 210, enumerated 21 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1910: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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* 162 82 86 Davis William L Head M W 30 M1 5 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Eng Superintendent Sheet Mill W N 0 Y Y R O H

_____ Angeline P Wife F W 2? M1 5 1 1 Pennsylvania England English England English Eng None W N Y Y

_____ George A Son M W 3 S Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania None

*GRANT AVENUE

The page image was blurry and hard to read.

6. 1920 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 28): 236 West High St., New Philadelphia (Ward 2), Goshen Twp., Tuscarawas Co., OH, Roll T625_1445, p. 226B, SN 3B, SD 15, ED 153, enumerated 2 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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* 236 54 66 Davis William L Head R M W 40 M Y Y Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Y Superintendant Rolling Mill W

_____ Angeline Head F W 38 M Y Y Pennsylvania England English England English Y None

_____ George A Son W W 13 S Y Y Y Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Y None

_____ John W Son W W 2 6/12 S Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania None

Lidrick? Ethel Maid W W 18 S Y Y Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Y Maid Home W

*West High St

7. 1930 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #25 of 70): 517 "3rd St [?] E East High Ave.," New Philadelphia City (Ward 3), Goshen Twp., Tuscarawas Co., OH, Roll 1885, p. 109A, SN 13A, ED 79-21, SD 14, enumerated 12 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1930: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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* 517 340 372 Davis William L Head O 18000 R M W ?? M 25 N Y PA PA PA Y Manager Sheet Mill W Y N

_____ Aneline P Wife F W 47 M 22 N Y PA Eng Eng Y None

_____ George A (Ab?) Son M W 23 ? Y Y PA PA PA Y None

_____ John W Son M W 12 S Y Y PA PA PA Y None

*3rd St [?] E East High Ave

This enumerator did a lot of unintelligible scribbling. Is this "Ab" for absent?

8. 1940 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 50): 120 North Ninth Stret, Cambridge (Ward 3), Guernsey Co., OH, Roll T627_3075, p. 143B, SN 5B, SD 15, ED 30-10, enumerated __ 1940, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1940 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1940: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean.

LOC HOUSEHOLD NAME RELATION PERSONAL EDUCATION BIRTHPLACE CIT RESIDENCE in 1935 EMPLOYMENT STATUS FS

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* 120 122 R 25⁰⁰ NO DAVIS W.L. HEAD M W 60 WD N H-4 PENNSYLVANIA NEW PHILA. TUSCAWARAS OHIO Y Y - - - - 40 WATCHMAN STEEL INDUSTRY PW 51 1200 Y

JOHN W. (AB) SON M W 22 S Y C-5 PENNSYLVANIA NEW PHILA. TUSCAWARAS OHIO Y N N N N S 0 0 N

*NORTH NINTH STREET

"AB" = absent; it's Tuscarawas, not Tuscawaras.

9. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18. Microfilm Series M1509 (4582 rolls), NARA, Washington, DC (online at Ancestry.com):

10. World War II Draft Registration Cards. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975, RG 147, NARA, Atlanta, GA (online at Ancestry.com):

11. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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