How the Davis and Bray Surnames Are Connected
To the Green, Self, Smith and Kowalski Families
For my family, follow the red arrows (─►).   Editor, Don Smith

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Dave Davis, Sr. ◄─

                Birth: About 1755, Connecticut

                Death: Unknown date


Veteran:
Dave Davis, Sr. was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He was inducted Nov 1776, Groton, New London Company, Connecticut, Colonel Parson's 6th Regiment. He received his military pension as a resident of Canandaigua County, New York. He was found in that county in the 1820 Census.

 

Dave Davis, Jr. ◄─

                Birth: About 1792, Connecticut

                Death: About 1864, South Bristol, Ontario County, New York.

                Married: Dolly (Marriage date unknown and last name unknown)

                Veteran: Dave Davis, Jr. was a veteran of the War of 1812.

 

                Wife: Dolly (Unknown last name)

                                Birth: Unknown Date

                                Death: Unknown Date

 

                Children of Dave Davis, Jr. and Dolly:

                1. Jeremiah Davis (Birth: 1813)

                2. Asa Davis (Birth: 1816)

                3. Wesley Davis (Birth: 1818)

    ─►4. Dolly Orrissa Davis (Birth: 1821)

                5. Female (Unknown name and date of birth)

                6. Lucretia L. Davis (Birth: 1824)

 

Dolly Orrissa Davis ◄─

                Birth: MAR 1821, Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY

                Death: Unknown Date

                Married: Maxwell Bray, 20 FEB 1839, Jefferson,

                                 Cass County, MI

 

                Husband: Maxwell Bray

                         Birth: 1811, Ontario County, New York

                         Death: 1874, Arcadia, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

 

                Children of Dolly Orrissa Davis and Maxwell Bray:

                         1. John Wesley Bray.

                             (Editor Note: John’s great-granddaughter,  

                              Mary Foster Ludvigsen, supplied me with useful

                              Green genealogy information and put me in contact

                              With Marilyn Kowalski. Marilyn was an enormous

                              help with this Green Genealogy.)

 

 Mary Foster Ludvigsen’s descent from John Wesley

                              Bray is as follows:

 John Wesley Bray’s:

        Daughter:

                   Cora “Corrinne” (Bray) Hoyt

         Granddaughter:

                    Sue Elizabeth “Betty” (Hoyt) Foster     

         Great-Granddaughter:

                  Mary Elizabeth (Foster) Ludvigsen

                                   

                    ─►2. Fannie Marie Bray

                         3. Dave Bray

                         4. Daughter (Unknown name)

 

Fannie Marie Bray ◄─

                Birth: Unknown Date

                Death: Unknown Date

 

                Husband Robert T. Green

                                Birth: 23 Aug 1820, New York

                                Death: Unknown date

 

                Children of Fannie Marie Bray and Robert T. Green:

                        ─► 1. Francis Edward "Dusty" Green

                                                 29 APR 1859-6 JAN 1953)

                                2. Willard Davis Green (31 MAY 1860 to 10 JAN 1946)

                                3. John "Jack" Maxwell Green (1870 to 1949)

                                4. George Green (1863 to Death date unknown)

                                5. Nettie Green (1873 to 1883)

 

┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐

│                                                       │

│    SELF FAMILY CONNECTION TO THE DAVIS/BRAY NAMES     │

│                                                       │

├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤

The line of descent goes directly from David Davis, Sr.

to Raymond Ralph "Jack" Self, Eva Elnora Self (Davis),

Floyd Wilson Self and Gerald Lamar "Pete" Self and     │

their children and grandchildren.                      │

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┌──────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

David Davis, Sr. His birthUnknown wife               │

was about 1755. Unknown   │                            │

Death Date. Veteran of the│                            │

Revolutionary War         │                            │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

David Davis, Jr.          │ Dolly (Unknown Surname)    │

About 1782 to About 1864  │                            │

Veteran of the War of 1812│                            │

Unknown wife              │                            │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

Dolly Orrissa Davis       │ Maxwell Bray               │

MAR 1821 to after 1900    │ OCT 1811 to NOV 1874       │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

Fanny Marie Bray          │ Robert T. Green            │

13 FEB 1840 to 12 APR 191523 AUG 1820 to after 1875  │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

Francis Edward            │ Alice Elnorah Dumbleton    │

"Dusty" Green             │ 15 SEP 1864 to 25 JUL 1910

29 APR 1859 to 6 JAN 1953 │                            │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

Elsie Elnora Green        │ David Edgar Self           │

19 JUL 1893 to DEC 1986   │ 3 DEC 1890 to 25 MAR 1969  │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴───────┬─────────────────┬──────────────┬──────────────┐

Eva Elnora Self    │Raymond Ralph    │Gerald Lamar  │Floyd W. Self

Birth: 22 SEP 1919 "Jack" Self      │ "Pete"Self   │B: 21 AUG 1920

│                   │B:14 MAY 1915    │B: 13 JUN 1930│              │

└───────────┬───────┴────────┬────────┴────┬─────────┴──────┬───────┘

┌───────────┴───────┬────────┴──────────┐  │     ┌──────────┴───────┐

Rose Sharon Davis  │Donald Raymond Self│  │     │Darrell Self      │

Birth: 5 NOV 1941  │Birth: 10 AUG 1944 │  │     │Birth: 9 MAY 1945

├───────────────────┼───────────────────┤  │     ├──────────────────┤

Donna Sue Davis    │Janell Jewel Self  │  │     │Cassandra Ann Self

Birth: 15 SEP 1943 Birth: 1 AUG 1949  │  │     │Birth: 3 JUN 1948

├───────────────────┼───────────────────┘  │     └──────────────────┘

Gloria Ann Davis   │        ┌─────────────┴────┐

Birth: 25 OCT 1944 │        │Paul Glenn Self   │

├───────────────────┤        │Birth: 20 NOV 1954

David Herman Davis │        ├──────────────────┤

Birth: 26 DEC 1946 │        │Michael Wade Self

├───────────────────┤        │Birth: 24 JUN 1959

Lisa Denise Davis  │        └──────────────────┘

Birth: 27 AUG 1960

└───────────────────┘

 

┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐

│                                                       │

│   SMITH FAMILY CONNECTION TO THE DAVIS/BRAY NAMES     │

│                                                       │

├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤

The line of descent goes directly from David Davis, Sr.

to Rita Yvonceile "Mickey" Smith, Barbara June "Bobby"

Smith, Donald Bernard "Don/Nardy" Smith and their      │

children and grandchildren.                            │

└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌──────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

David Davis, Sr. His birthUnknown wife               │

was about 1755. Unknown   │                            │

Death Date. Veteran of the│                            │

Revolutionary War         │                            │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

David Davis, Jr.          │ Dolly (Unknown Surname)    │

About 1782 to About 1864  │                            │

Veteran of the War of 1812│                            │

Unknown wife              │                            │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

Dolly Orrissa Davis       │ Maxwell Bray               │

MAR 1821 to after 1900    │ OCT 1811 to NOV 1874       │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

Fanny Marie Bray          │ Robert T. Green            │

13 FEB 1840 to 12 APR 191523 AUG 1820 to after 1875  │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

Francis Edward            │ Alice Elnorah Dumbleton    │

"Dusty" Green             │ 15 SEP 1864 to 25 JUL 1910

29 APR 1859 to 6 JAN 1953 │                            │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

Elsie Elnora Green        │ David Edgar Self           │

19 JUL 1893 to DEC 1986   │ 3 DEC 1890 to 25 MAR 1969  │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬───────────────────────────────┐

Mildred Frances Self      │ Hurtis Alvin Smith            │

27 JUN 1917 to 1 SEP 2003 20 AUG 1916 to 20 FEB 1987    │

│                          │ Veteran of World War II       │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────┬─────────────────┬────────┘

┌───────────┴─────────┬─────────┴─────────┬───────┴────────────┐

Rita Yvonceile Smith Barbara June SmithDonald Bernard Smith

Birth: 26 JUN 1936   │Birth: 25 AUG 1937Birth: 23 JAN 1940  │

├─────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────┤

Ernest E. Arthur, IIIDaphne Lee ParsleyMichael Bryan Smith

Birth: 11 MAR 1957   │Birth: 6 MAY 1957  │Birth: 23 FEB 1974  │

├─────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────┤

Stephan Troy Arthur  │Amber Faith ParsleyEnrique Daniel Smith

Birth: 24 MAY 1960   │Birth: 25 SEP 1959Birth: 18 JAN 1977  │

├─────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────────┘

Michael S. Arthur,Sr.Tamera Hope Parsley

Birth: 8 NOV 1961    │Birth: 20 NOV 1960

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Larry King Arthur    │

Birth: 14 AUG 1963   │

├─────────────────────┤

Daniel D. Arthur, Sr.

Birth: 15 JUN 1970   │

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│                                                       │

│  KOWALSKI FAMILY CONNECTION TO THE DAVIS/BRAY NAMES   │

│                                                       │

├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤

The line of descent goes directly from David Davis, Sr.

to Jerome Carl "Jerry" Kowalski and wife, Marilyn      │

Janette Everhart and their children and grandchildren.

└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌──────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

David Davis, Sr. His birthUnknown wife               │

was about 1755. Unknown   │                            │

Death Date. Veteran of the│                            │

Revolutionary War         │                            │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

David Davis, Jr.          │ Dolly (Unknown Surname)    │

About 1782 to About 1864  │                            │

Veteran of the War of 1812│                            │

Unknown wife              │                            │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

Dolly Orrissa Davis       │ Maxwell Bray               │

MAR 1821 to after 1900    │ OCT 1811 to NOV 1874       │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

Fanny Marie Bray          │ Robert T. Green            │

13 FEB 1840 to 12 APR 191523 AUG 1820 to after 1875  │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐

Willard Davis "Will" GreenOlive Mae "Ollie" Ures     │

31 MAY 1860 to 16 JUN 1946DEC 1880 to 22 FEB 1950    │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬───────────────────────────────┐

Martha Ann Green          │ John Frank Kowalski           │

2 APR 1912 to 23JAN 1960  │ 6 AUG 1909 to 12 JUL 2004     │

└───────────┬──────────────┴───────────────────────────────┘

┌───────────┴──────────────┬───────────────────────────────┐

Jerome Carl "Jerry "      │ Marilyn Janette Everhart      │

│  Kowalski, Sr.           │ Birth 18 JUL 1943             │

Birth: 4 SEP 1935         │                               │

└───────────┬──────────────┴────┬─────────────────┬────────┘

┌───────────┴─────────┬─────────┴─────────┬───────┴────────┐

Diana Marie Kowalski Jerome Carl "Romie"John William    │

Birth: 18 MAY 1974   │   Kowalski,Jr.    │       Kowalski

│                     │Birth:28 MAR 1967  │(no children)   │

├─────────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────┘

Miranda Rae Sigmund  │Kaitlin Kowalski   │

Birth: 10 DEC 1992   │Birth: 12 NOV 2001

├─────────────────────┼───────────────────┤

Korissa Lynn Sigmund Alexis Breanna     │

Birth: 6 APR 1994    │    Kowalski       │

│                     │Birth: 12 NOV 2001

├─────────────────────┼───────────────────┤

Johnathon Walter     │Nicholas Jordon    │

│     Sigmund         │    Kowalski       │

Birth: 29 FEB 1996   │Birth: 24 NOV 2004

├─────────────────────┴┬──────────────────┘

Curis Leon Sigmund III

Birth: 22 DEC 1997    │

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