Amanda Jane Davis1859–
- Name
- Amanda Jane Davis
- Given names
- Amanda Jane
- Surname
- Davis
- Also known as
- Amanda Jane Warner
 Birth | 1859 18 19 Note: Amanda was born in 1859 to Martha Jane Warner. In the 1860 Census she is listed as Amanda J Warner. It is possible that Martha Jane had Amanda out of wedlock; so, Amanda's birth surname may have resorted to Warner. Note that Amanda was born before Mary Jane married Milton Davis in 1863. |
 Census | August 1, 1860 (Age 19 months) |
 Marriage of parents | Milton Henry Davis — Martha Jane Warner — View this family June 16, 1863 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 8 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 8 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 10 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Eliza Deliliah Ullery September 9, 1877 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a father | Milton Henry Davis January 28, 1905 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Jane Warner January 5, 1916 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 58 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 59 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 70 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 82 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 91 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 87 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Milton Henry Davis Birth: April 18, 1840 — Plato, Kane, Illinois, United States Death: January 28, 1905 — Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Martha Jane Warner Birth: April 30, 1839 48 44 — Ohio, United States Death: January 5, 1916 — Merriam, Johnson, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: June 16, 1863 — Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States |
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Amanda Jane Davis Birth: 1859 18 19 — Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: |
Amanda Jane Davis has 13 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (13)
Parents Jacob Warner + Rebecca Stout
Parents George Warner + Maria Dubois Welch
Parents George Warner + Elizabeth Steen
| Birth | Amanda was born in 1859 to Martha Jane Warner. In the 1860 Census she is listed as Amanda J Warner. It is possible that Martha Jane had Amanda out of wedlock; so, Amanda's birth surname may have resorted to Warner. Note that Amanda was born before Mary Jane married Milton Davis in 1863. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Warner - Household
Champaign, Illinois, United States
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