tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post5727119848898152715..comments2024-03-28T05:18:25.792-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The 1835 Thomas E. Davis House -- No. 68 East 7th StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-40757808601881633462016-06-29T05:59:58.446-07:002016-06-29T05:59:58.446-07:00Ref: Anne and Thomas E Davis: I think there were 9...Ref: Anne and Thomas E Davis: I think there were 9 children. The first born child, daughter Eliza Anne, died in 1833 aged 5. The wife of Thomas E Davis, Anne (Power) Davis' was Irish and a devout Catholic. One of her brothers was the Catholic Vicar General of New York. Thomas E Davis was from "England" and probably not Catholic but perhaps non-conformist (name could be of Welsh origin?), but this is conjecture. Most of their children married Catholics. Frederick Gebhard married Catherine (Kate) Davis and their children were raised in the Catholic faith. Frontiersman John F. A. Sanford married Isabel Davis; his first wife was Emilie Chouteau of the St Louis fur trading business and their only child was baptised in the Catholic faith by Ann Davis's brother, Father John Power. The other children of Thomas and Anne Davis married French, Italian and South Americans. Anne and Thomas E Davis moved to Italy where one of their grandchildren was an official in the Vatican. A newspaper report I read said that Thomas E Davis and his family moved to Italy when the Civil War broke out. His son remained behind and helped raise a New York regiment (McClellan Rifles) but he was not in the best of health so took no part in the fighting. He eventually left USA and died in England in 1916. <br />The family connections through marriage are amazing, including some of the oldest and influential families in America plus aristocrats and politicians in Europe. EdRobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145782867964211559noreply@blogger.com