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Willie Jeff Davis 1916 – 2003 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Aug 1916

Birth Location: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA

Death Date: 18 Aug 2003

Death Location: Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas, United States of America

Father: James Chamness

Mother: Sophronia Davis

Spouse(s): Marguerite Rogers, Georgia Farris

Children(s): Shirley Davis, Jimmy Davis, Beth Davis

Born in 1916 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA, Willie Jeff Davis was the child of James Allen Chamness and Sophronia Naomi Davis. In time, Willie Jeff Davis married Marguerite Rogers and Georgia Elreda Farris, and they raised a family that included Shirley Winnell Davis, Jimmy Davis and Beth Davis. Willie Jeff Davis died in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas, United States of America in 2003.

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Parents

James Chamness
1880 – 1966
Birth Location: Enola, Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States of America
JC
Sophronia Davis
1898 – 1923
Birth Location: Texas, United States of America
SD

Spouses(s)

Marguerite Rogers
1915 – 2002
Birth Location: Bannister, San Augustine, Texas, USA
MR
Georgia Farris
1928 – 2008
Birth Location: Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, United States of America
GF

Children(s)

Shirley Davis
1939 –
Birth Location: Texas
SD
Jimmy Davis
Birth Location: –
JD
Beth Davis
Birth Location: –
BD

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 5 Aug 1916
    Event Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932, Texas, U.S., Divorce Index, 1968-2015, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1941
    Event Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Abt 1946
    Event Place: 1252 E Davis
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Before 1951
    Event Place: Texas
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1956
    Event Place: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Dallas, Texas
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Fredericksburg
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 18 Aug 2003
    Event Place: Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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