Winfield Howard DAVIS

(b. 10 May 1895 , Brunswick, Maine, USA d. 26 December 1966 , Harpswell, Maine, USA )

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Winfield Howard DAVIS was born 10 May 1895 in Brunswick, Maine, USA

Winfield Howard DAVIS was the child of William H DAVIS and Ernestine FRENCH and the grandchild of: (maternal) Samuel William FRENCH and Celia Ann EDWARDS

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

Winfield Howard married Hazel Evelyn COLLINS 6 December 1915 in Brunswick, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Hazel Evelyn COLLINS was born 7 July 1898 in Bath, Maine, USA. Hazel Evelyn died 3 January 1945 in Bath, Maine, USA. Hazel Evelyn was the child of Louis W COLLINS and Inez BRAGDON.

Winfield Howard married (2) Elsie Arms MOODY 29 May 1948 in Brunswick, Maine, USA . Elsie Arms MOODY was born 20 May 1927 in Brunswick, Maine, USA. Elsie Arms died abt. 1977 in Maine, USA. Elsie Arms was the child of Benjamin Weber MOODY and Edith Gertrude GILLIAM.

Winfield Howard DAVIS died 26 December 1966 in Harpswell, Maine, USA .
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Winfield Howard DAVIS married

Hazel Evelyn COLLINS-- Date: 6 December 1915 Place: Brunswick, Maine, USA
Hazel Evelyn COLLINS was the child of Louis W COLLINS and Inez BRAGDON

Name of Groom: Winfield H. DAVIS
Groom's Place of Residence: Brunswick, Me.
Name of Bride: Hazel E. COLLINS
Bride's Place of Residence: Brunswick, Me.
Marriage Date: Monday, 6 Dec. 1915
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available

Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net : accessed 13 Jun 2012), entry for Winfield H. DAVIS and Hazel E. COLLINS, Monday, 6 Dec. 1915, citing Maine Vital Records.

Children of Winfield Howard DAVIS and Hazel Evelyn COLLINS:

Celia Anne DAVIS (b.18 July 1918, Brunswick, Maine, USA d. 15 February 1963, Bangor, Maine, USA)

Harrison Andrew DAVIS (b.31 March 1920, Brunswick, Maine, USA d. 12 June 1969, Walpole, Massachusetts, USA)

James Warren DAVIS (b.15 May 1922, Brunswick, Maine, USA d. 4 September 1991, Brunswick, Maine, USA)

Herbert Ellsworth DAVIS (b.27 May 1924, Brunswick, Maine, USA d. 22 August 1984, Lewiston, Maine, USA)

Dorothy May DAVIS (b.13 September 1926, Harpswell, Maine, USA d. 15 January 2004, York, Maine, USA )

Elmira Virginia DAVIS (b.19 June 1929, Harpswell, Maine, USA d. 13 May 1997, Newport, Maine, USA )

Charles Edward DAVIS (b.1 April 1931, Harpswell, Maine, USA d. 1 April 1931, Harpswell, Maine, USA )

Winfield Howard DAVIS married

Elsie Arms MOODY-- Date: 29 May 1948 Place: Brunswick, Maine, USA
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Elsie Arms MOODY was the child of Benjamin Weber MOODY and Edith Gertrude GILLIAM

Name of Groom: Winfield H. DAVIS
Groom's Place of Residence: Brunswick, Me.
Name of Bride: Elsie A. MOODY
Possible Alternate Name of Bride: Elsie A. GAY [View alternate record]
Bride's Place of Residence: Brunswick, Me.
Marriage Date: Saturday, 29 May 1948
Marriage Certificate Number: Not available

Source citation: "Maine Marriages, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net : accessed 13 Jun 2012), entry for Winfield H. DAVIS and Elsie A. MOODY, Saturday, 29 May 1948, citing Maine Vital Records.

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1895 Birth
10 May 1895
Brunswick, Maine, USA

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 Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine
name: Winfield H Davis
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 36 Brunswick town (east part) Brunswick village, Cumberland, Maine, United States
birth date: May 1895
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Son
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Male
marital status: Single
years married:
estimated marriage year:
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
page: 16
sheet letter: B
family number: 371
reference number: 54
film number: 1240589
digital folder number: 004119816
image number: 00806
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head William H Davis M 28 Maine
wife Ernestine Davis F 24 Maine
son Winfield H Davis M 5 Maine
son Llewelyn L Davis M 2 Maine
boarder William Caine M 23 Maine
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 - 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 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

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)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

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

1915 Marriage / Partner
Winfield Howard DAVIS and Hazel Evelyn COLLINS 6 December 1915, Brunswick, Maine, USA

He was 20 years old.

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

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 World War I Draft Registration
name: Winfield Howard Davis
event: Draft Registration
registration date year range: 1917-1918
event place: Cumberland County no 1, Maine, United States
gender: Male
birth date: 10 May 1895
birthplace: Brunswick, Maine, United States
country of citizenship: United States
nara publication title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
nara publication number: M1509
film number: 1653904
digital folder number: 005207051
image number: 04491

'United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KZF5-5QH : accessed 03 Dec 2012), Winfield Howard Davis, .
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1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1918 Birth of Child
Celia Anne DAVIS was born 18 July 1918, Brunswick, Maine, USA

Winfield Howard was 23 years old.

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

1920 Birth of Child
Harrison Andrew DAVIS was born 31 March 1920, Brunswick, Maine, USA

Winfield Howard was 24 years old.

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

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

1922 Birth of Child
James Warren DAVIS was born 15 May 1922, Brunswick, Maine, USA

Winfield Howard was 27 years old.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1924 Birth of Child
Herbert Ellsworth DAVIS was born 27 May 1924, Brunswick, Maine, USA

Winfield Howard was 29 years old.

1926 Birth of Child
Dorothy May DAVIS was born 13 September 1926, Harpswell, Maine, USA (Orrs Island)

Winfield Howard was 31 years old.

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 Birth of Child
Elmira Virginia DAVIS was born 19 June 1929, Harpswell, Maine, USA (Orrs Island)

Winfield Howard was 34 years old.

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine
name: Winfield H Davis
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine
gender: Male
age: 34
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1896
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0020
family number: 40
sheet number and letter: 2A
line number: 34
nara publication: T626, roll 830
film number: 2340565
digital folder number: 4584730
image number: 00556
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Winfield H Davis M 34 Maine
wife Hazel E Davis F 31 Maine
daughter Celia A Davis F 11 Maine
son Harrison A Davis M 10 Maine
son James W Davis M 7 Maine
son Herbert E Davis M 5 Maine
daughter Dorothy M Davis F 3 Maine
daughter Elvira E Davis F 0 Maine
daughter Elmira V Davis F 0 Maine
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1931 Birth of Child
Charles Edward DAVIS was born 1 April 1931, Harpswell, Maine, USA (Orrs Island)

Winfield Howard was 35 years old.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine
name: Winfield Davies
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Brunswick Town, Cumberland, Maine, United States
gender: Male
age: 45
marital status: Married
race (original): White
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original): Head
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1895
residence in 1935: Rural, Cumberland, Maine
enumeration district number: 3-11A
family number: 482
sheet number and letter: 15A
line number: 55
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1474
digital folder number: 005462018
image number: 00290
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Winfield Davies M 45 Maine
wife Hazel Davies F 41 Maine
son Harrison Davies M 20 Maine
daughter Dorothy Davies F 13 Maine
daughter Elvira Davies F 10 Maine
daughter Elmira Davies F 10 Maine
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 Death of Spouse/Partner
Hazel Evelyn COLLINS died 3 January 1945, Bath, Maine, USA

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1948 Marriage / Partner
Winfield Howard DAVIS and Elsie Arms MOODY 29 May 1948, Brunswick, Maine, USA

He was 53 years old.

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 Death of Child
Celia Anne DAVIS died 15 February 1963, Bangor, Maine, USA

Winfield Howard was 67 years old.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

Obituary
Winfield Davis

HARPSWELL - Winfield Howard Davis, 71, died late Monday at his home at Basin Point.

He was born in Brunswick, May 10, 1895, son of Howard and Ernestine French Davis. he attended Brunswick schools and was graduated from Brunswick High School in 1910. Mr. Davis was a farmer in Brunswick most of his life, moving to Harpswell six years ago.

Surviving are his widow, the former Elsie Moody, two sons, James and Herbert, all of Harpswell; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Reginold, Wells, Mrs. Carl Given, Leominster, Mass., and Mrs. Mittie Manson, Lisbon Falls; a brother, Leo, Brunswick; a sister, Mrs. Roy Johnson, Brunswick; 28 grand-children and two great-grandchildren.

The Lewiston Daily Sun
Lewiston, Maine
December 28, 1966

Grave

Varney Cemetery Brunswick Cumberland County Maine, USA

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1966 Death
26 December 1966
Harpswell, Maine, USA

He died at the age of 71.

1967 Death
Name: Winfield H. DAVIS
Date of Death: Tuesday, 26 Dec. 1967
Place of Death: Harpswell, Me.
Age: 71 years
Death Certificate Number: 6710109

Source citation: 'Maine Deaths, 1956-1997,' database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_death_record.asp?id=90792 : accessed 13 June 2012), entry for Winfield H. DAVIS, 26 Dec. 1967, citing Maine Vital Records

Winfield is buried at: Varney Cemetery Brunswick Cumberland County Maine, USA

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