Title

Albert R. Davis and Children

Creation Date

1806 – 1809

Description

Davis Family. B/W photo of Albert R. Davis and his children. He is holding his baby daughter, Sadie Davis [Sadie Davis Ives Willett]. To the right is daughter Bernice Davis. Son Melville Davis on the far right.

Albert was born in the family cabin at Lake Emily in LeSueur Co. (4-26-1857), married 'Tillie' Matilda Stark in St. Peter on 10-22-1878, and died in St. Peter, MN (5-15- 1919). Matilda was born in Port Washington, WI (8-25-1857), and died in St. Peter, MN (6-18- 1882). Their children were Bernice Hermone Davis (b. 6-22-1880 in St. Peter, MN; d. 9-5-1945 in Alameda Co., CA) and Melville Runnels Davis (b. 12-3-1881 in St. Peter, MN; d. 7-16-1966 in Mankato, MN).
After Matilda's death, Albert married Sadie M. Smart on 6-1-1885. They had a child, Sadie Belle (Smart) Davis (b. 1-6-1887).
Albert married Mathilda Schultz of Reedsburg, WI 11-11-1893. (Mathilda b. 2-3-1865; d. 11-7-1944 in St. Peter, MN.) They had a daughter, Lillias Albertina Davis, and a son, Orange Louis Davis (b. 8-17-1897). Albert and his three wives are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, LeSueur Co., MN.
Bernice Hermone Davis married Alfred Active Rogers, Sr. (b. 5-22-1879 in Kasota, MN; d. 4-14-1945 in Santa Clara Co. CA) about 1898. They had several children: 1. Glenn Albert Rogers (b. 1900 in NJ; d. 3-22-1978 in Los Angeles, CA); 2. Mabelle Rogers (b. 11-9-1901 in St. Peter, MN; d. 7-16-1974 in Calgary, Canada); 3. Melville Ernest Rogers (b. 5-29-1903 in PA; d. 1-8-1993 in San Clemente, CA); 4. Kenneth Alfred Rogers (b. 3-24-1907 in TX; d. 12-18-1976 in Van Neys, CA); 5. Bernice Hermone Rogers (b. 1-12-1912 in IL; d. 5-17-1951 in Santa Clara Co., CA); 6. Madeleine Rogers (b. 7-5-1915; d. 1969); 7. Alfred Active Rogers, Jr. (b. 3-4-1919 in Portales, NM; d. 8-14-1998 in Los Gatos, CA [by own hand]).
Melville Runnels Davis married Blanche Rose Feldman (b. 8-4-1885 in St. Peter, MN; d. 10-20-1981 in Scott Co., MN) in 1913. Both are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, LeSueur Co., MN. Their children were: 1. Lillias Edith Davis (b. 10-2-1913 in Montrose, MN; d. to 11-22-1997 in Rio Rancho, NM); 2. Elisabeth Marie Davis (b. 10-23-1914 in Menomenie, WI).