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Devin B. Davis

Male Est 1930 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Devin B. Davis was born Est 1930 (son of Willard S. Davis and Zelda L. Devin); died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:

    Info via Sandra Harris -- see Devin file

    4009 Crondall Drive, Sacramento, California 95864

    Devin married . [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Willard S. Davis was born Est 1902; died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:

    MARRIAGE: Sacramento Co California #62-324

    Willard married Zelda L. Devin 1923, Sacramento, Sacramento, California U.S.A.. Zelda (daughter of Lee Alvin Devin and Agnes Purcell) was born 1902, Sacramento, Sacramento, California U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Zelda L. Devin was born 1902, Sacramento, Sacramento, California U.S.A. (daughter of Lee Alvin Devin and Agnes Purcell).

    Notes:

    Census:
    1920 Sacramento Co California soundex ED 95 Sh 11 w/mother

    !MARRIAGE: Sacramento Co California #62-324

    YOB per Devin B. Davis; born in same house as father.

    Children:
    1. Willard S. Davis, Jr. was born Est 1925.
    2. 1. Devin B. Davis was born Est 1930; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Wilma Lee Davis was born Aft 1923; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Lee Alvin Devin was born 11 Apr 1863, Elk Grove, Sacramento, California U.S.A. (son of Amanda Margaret Berry); died 24 Jun 1919, Sacramento, Sacramento, California U.S.A.; was buried 26 Jun 1919, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Sacramento, California U.S.A..

    Notes:

    Census:
    1870 Sacramento Co California p 404 w/parents
    1880 Sacramento Co California p 322A w/mother
    1890 Great Register of Voters; living in downtown Sacramento
    1900 Sacramento Co California soundex ED 93 Sh 9

    MARRIAGE:
    1st: Sacramento Co California M-493: FHC #1301817
    2nd: Sacramento Co California U-635: FHC #1301817
    & Sacramento Bee, 1 Nov 1900, p. 5. col. 7

    DOD & POD from California State Death Index
    Died of cerebral thrombosis; worked for Western Pacific
    Shops
    Buried 26 Jun 1919, Odd Fellows Cemetery, 2720 Riverside
    Blvd., Sacramento

    !BIRTH:Hinkelman, Melvin, Hinkelman, Melvin

    Lee married Agnes Purcell 29 May 1900, Sacramento, Sacramento, California U.S.A.. Agnes was born 6 Dec 1879, California U.S.A.; died 29 Jul 1955, Sacramento, Sacramento, California U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Agnes Purcell was born 6 Dec 1879, California U.S.A.; died 29 Jul 1955, Sacramento, Sacramento, California U.S.A..

    Notes:

    DOM from marriage notice

    Census:
    1900 Sacramento Co California soundex ED 93 Sh 9
    1910
    1920 Sacramento Co California soundex ED 95 Sh 11

    1947 Sacramento City Directory: 1701 53rd St.

    DOD, POD from California State Death Index

    Children:
    1. 3. Zelda L. Devin was born 1902, Sacramento, Sacramento, California U.S.A..
    2. Merwin Lee Devin was born Abt 1907, California U.S.A.; died 28 Dec 1947, Sacramento, California U.S.A..


Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Amanda Margaret Berry was born 9 Mar 1831, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 13 Oct 1888, Sacramento, California U.S.A..

    Notes:

    Per Devin Davis her name was Amanda Melvina.

    Where did John & Amanda get married????

    Census:
    1850 Polk Co MO book p 47 (Amanda M.F.)
    1860 Sacramento Co California p 363
    1870 Sacramento Co California; San Joaquin Twp, p 404 (POB
    = TN)
    1880 Sacramento Co California p 322A as A. M. Jenkins, widow

    MARRIAGE:
    1st: per History of Sacramento Co California, publ. 1880,
    p.273
    2nd: Sacramento Co California F-311: FHC #1301819
    3rd: J. A. Evans per Devin B. Davis

    Per Hist. of Sacramento Co California, 1880; SLC Q979.453
    H2h: she was born in TN &
    when quite young moved with her parents to Alabama; in 1839
    they moved to
    Missouri. She & her 1st husband moved to Calif. in 1856.
    She lived 16 miles
    from Sacramento & 3 miles from Elk Grove. She has 8
    children.
    (Apparently all 8 children were living in 1880.)

    Second marriage took place in 1876.
    Second husband was William A. Jenkins; he possibly died
    28/29 Apr 1877;
    AOD = 45 years 6 months; buried Sheldon Cemetery,
    Sacramento Co California
    DAR Calif. Gen. Rec. Committee - Vital Records; LAPL Gen R
    979.4 D2377 V.1
    NOTE: "Rest in Peace" has AOD for him as 15 years 6 months;
    KLV thinks DAR listing is correct.

    Buried Sheldon Cemetery; AOD = 57 years, 7 months, 4 days.

    She owned 160-180 acres of land in Sacramento Co.

    Children:
    1. William Berry Devin was born Jan 1848, Missouri U.S.A.; died 12 Sep 1912, Sacramento, California U.S.A..
    2. James Henry Devin was born 13 Sep 1849, Missouri U.S.A.; died 10 Mar 1893, Sacramento, Sacramento, California U.S.A..
    3. Susan B. Devin was born 9 Mar 1852, Missouri U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Eliza Jane Devin was born 9 Mar 1854, Missouri U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Charles Edward Devin was born 9 Mar 1856, Missouri U.S.A.; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Beuna Alphandine Devin was born 28 Dec 1857, Sacramento, California U.S.A.; died 14 Sep 1926, Sacramento, California U.S.A.; was buried , Lot 260, Masonic Cemetery, Sacramento, California U.S.A..
    7. 6. Lee Alvin Devin was born 11 Apr 1863, Elk Grove, Sacramento, California U.S.A.; died 24 Jun 1919, Sacramento, Sacramento, California U.S.A.; was buried 26 Jun 1919, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Sacramento, California U.S.A..