Marie F. Kuyper Family Tree » Sophia Ora Barker (1884-1972)

Personal data Sophia Ora Barker 

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Household of Sophia Ora Barker

She is married to Luther Clingman Davis.

They got married on December 24, 1902 at Family Home, Bladen County, NC, she was 18 years old.Sources 3, 4, 5, 6


Child(ren):

  1. Ewin Barker Davis  1921-2007 


Notes about Sophia Ora Barker

After Luther's death, Sophia and her children lived with her father in St. Pauls for a while and with son Gordon and his wife Annie Belle for about a year. She bought 65 acres for $500 from Mrs. Annie Lewis Singletary (son Luther's future mother-in-law) in the Hickory Grove Community. Around 1931, with the help of friends and family, they built a white frame house with German siding and a front porch. They would have paid their help if they had wanted it, but only one person did. Mr. Seth Lewis was paid $20 to construct the chimney. Sophia would go out and work in the fields with her older children and was also known to be a 'crack shot' who never missed with her gun.

Around 1937, Sophia married Mr. Seth Lewis. They moved to his small home nearby but left her children in the home they had built about 6 years earlier.

Around 1938, daughter Margaret began the tradition of the Birthday Dinner in her mother's honor. Originally held at the homes of her children, it eventually became the Davis Family Reunion and was held at the Hickory Grove community building.

After several strokes, Sophia died of heart failure.
L C Davis and Sophia Ora Barker were married at home on the 24th day of Dec, 1902 in the presence of A H Barker and W S Johnson. Rev R L Byrd officiated at the marriage in teh Barker home.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sophia Ora Barker

Sophia Ora Barker
1884-1972

1902

Luther Clingman Davis
1870-1930

Ewin Barker Davis
1921-2007

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Sources

  1. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Raft Swamp, Robeson, North Carolina; Roll: 1716; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0038; Image: 886.0; FHL microfilm: 2341450 / Ancestry.com
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Historical events

Birthday June 16, 1884

  • The temperature on June 16, 1884 was about 13.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
    • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.

Day of marriage December 24, 1902

  • The temperature on December 24, 1902 was between -0.9 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
    • April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
    • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
    • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
    • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
    • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.

Day of death May 29, 1972

  • The temperature on May 29, 1972 was between 10.0 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • April 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the moon.
    • July 19 » Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
    • August 22 » Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
    • September 1 » In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
    • October 29 » The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.
    • December 30 » Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.


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