Researching Floyd Davis
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 65810 people with the Davis surname? In that year Davis was ranked number 34 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Floyd means "The Hollow" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Floyd Davis on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Floyd Davis and the Davis Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Davis Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Davis family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 71435 people with the Davis surname in the UK? Davis is now ranked number 52 for popularity in the UK. |
Davis Family Tree Databases
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Davis Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 1458358 people with the Davis surname in the USA? Davis is ranked number 5 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Davis Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Floyd Davis. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Floyd Davis
Floyd Davis
Floyd Eldon Davis (March 5, 1909, in Oakford, Illinois – May 31, 1977, in Indianapolis, Indiana) was the co-winner of the 1941 Indianapolis 500.
Floyd Davis drove the first 72 laps of the 1941 race before being replaced by Mauri Rose, who completed the race in the lead.
He is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis (Section 53 Lot 320).
In the 1941 Indianapolis 500, Floyd Davis had been driving the Noc-Out Hose Clamp car for sixty laps, moving from 17th to 12th place when teammate Mauri Rose, the pole sitter, began experiencing problems with his car, the Elgin Piston Pin. The films show that he wasn't too happy when at lap 72, team owner Lou Moore pulled Davis from his car and replaced him with Rose. “I was ready to go into the lead when they called me in,” he later joked.
That is exactly though what Rose did do, winning the first of his three 500 championships, and earning Davis an asterisk in the history books as a co-winner, despite the fact that he never led a single lap in any of his races. And though Davis received a 50-50 split of the prize money, he never drove in another 500, some say because of his disgust in having been relieved. His serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II might also have had something to do with his leaving racing.
He had driven in three previous 500s, coming in 15th in 1937, 27th in 1939, and 20th in 1940.
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Source: Floyd Davis, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaFloyd MacMillan Davis
Floyd MacMillan Davis (April 8, 1896 – October 25, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator known for his work in advertising and illustration; Walter and Roger Reed described him as "someone who could capture the rich, beautiful people of the 1920s: dashing, mustachioed men; the cool, svelte women. But Davis was just as capable at capturing just-plain-folk, and with a cartoonist's sensibilities and a fresh humor, he expanded into story art and ad work that called characters of every persuasion.
By the early 1940s, he was recognized as the top man in both fields. In 1943, Life Magazine called him the "#1 Illustrator in America".
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