William "Kanaka Bill" Heath Davis Jr.Age: 871822–1909
- Name
- William "Kanaka Bill" Heath Davis Jr.
William Heath Davis Jr.
- Name
- William Heath Davis Jr.
| Birth | January 1822 26 22 He was given an Hawaiian name also which was "Kanaka"./Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands |
| Birth | 1822 26 22 Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America |
| Death of a father | November 26, 1822 (Age 10 months) Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands William Heath Davis Sr. - father |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | August 6, 1825 (Age 3) Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands Oliver Holmes - maternal grandfather |
| Birth of a half-sister | 1830 (Age 8) Elizabeth Jones - half-sister |
| Marriage | Mary Maria de Jesus Telesfora de los Santos Reyes Estudillo - View Family 1847 (Age 25) William Heath Davis had been a working partner of the Estudillos./Mission Dolores, San Francisco, California, USA |
| Death of a mother | April 23, 1847 (Age 25) Oahu, Sandwich Islands Hanah Kalikolehua Holmes - mother |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | 1849 (Age 27) Ana Maria Davis - daughter |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | about 1849 (Age 27) Oahu, Sandwich Islands Mahi Kalanihooulumoku - maternal grandmother |
| Death of a half-sister | 1852 (Age 30) Elizabeth Jones - half-sister |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | about 1853 (Age 31) California, United States Harriet Davis - daughter |
| Birth of a son #3 | June 30, 1858 (Age 36) California, United States Albert Grimes Davis - son |
| Residence | 1860 (Age 38) Eden, Alameda, California, United States |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | January 14, 1867 (Age 45) California, United States Juanita M. Davis - daughter |
| Birth of a son #5 | April 1868 (Age 46) California, United States George "Georgie" H Davis - son |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | December 28, 1869 (Age 47) California, United States Lily E. "Lillie" Davis - daughter |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | 1870 (Age 48) California, United States Mary J. Davis - daughter |
| Residence | 1870 (Age 48) San Francisco Ward 11, San Francisco, California, United States |
| Death of a brother | March 4, 1872 (Age 50) Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands Robert Grimes Davis - elder brother |
| Residence | 1880 (Age 58) Oakland, Alameda, California, United States of America |
| Residence | 1880 (Age 58) Oakland, Alameda, California, United States of America |
| Occupation | 1900 (Age 78) Author is what he lists as his occupation on the 1900 census. He wrote "Sixty Years in California" . In 1929 new edition changed to "75 Years In California"./Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA |
| Residence | 1900 (Age 78) Oakland City, Alameda, California |
| Residence | 1900 (Age 78) Living with wife and 2 grown children at 977 E. 23rd Street./Oakland, Alameda, California, United States |
| Manuscript Gone | 1906 (Age 84) After earthquake/fire in SF, he tried to get into his office on Montgomery Street, SF. The marines kept him from entering. The building was okay but when he got into his office the manuscripts were missing. It was a revised edition of his 1889 book./San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States |
| Death | April 19, 1909 (Age 87) Hayward, Alameda, California, USA |
| Family with parents - View Family |
| father |
William Heath Davis Sr.
Birth about 1796 48 61 - Massachusetts, USA
Death November 26, 1822 (Age 26) - Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands |
4 years mother |
Hanah Kalikolehua Holmes
Birth 1800 28 - Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands
Death April 23, 1847 (Age 47) - Oahu, Sandwich Islands |
| Marriage: about 1817 -- Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands | |
5 years #1 |
William "Kanaka Bill" Heath Davis Jr.
Birth January 1822 26 22 - He was given an Hawaiian name also which was "Kanaka"./Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands
Death April 19, 1909 (Age 87) - Hayward, Alameda, California, USA |
-2 years #2 brother |
Robert Grimes Davis
Birth about 1820 24 20 - Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands
Death March 4, 1872 (Age 52) - Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands |
| Mother's Family with John Coffin Jones - View Family |
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John Coffin Jones
Birth June 15, 1796 - Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
Death December 24, 1861 (Age 65) - West Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massacushetts, USA |
4 years mother |
Hanah Kalikolehua Holmes
Birth 1800 28 - Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands
Death April 23, 1847 (Age 47) - Oahu, Sandwich Islands |
| Marriage: -- Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands | |
#1 half-sister |
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| Family with Mary Maria de Jesus Telesfora de los Santos Reyes Estudillo - View Family |
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William "Kanaka Bill" Heath Davis Jr.
Birth January 1822 26 22 - He was given an Hawaiian name also which was "Kanaka"./Honolulu, Oahu, Sandwich Islands
Death April 19, 1909 (Age 87) - Hayward, Alameda, California, USA |
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7 years wife |
Mary Maria de Jesus Telesfora de los Santos Reyes Estudillo
Birth January 1829 - San Diego Presidio, Alta California, MX
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| Marriage: 1847 -- William Heath Davis had been a working partner of the Estudillos./Mission Dolores, San Francisco, California, USA | |
2 years #1 daughter |
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4 years #2 daughter |
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6 years #3 son |
Albert Grimes Davis
Birth June 30, 1858 36 29 - California, United States
Death January 20, 1949 (Age 90) - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America |
9 years #4 daughter |
Juanita M. Davis
Birth January 14, 1867 45 38 - California, United States
Death September 21, 1947 (Age 80) - Contra Costa Co., California |
15 months #5 son |
George "Georgie" H Davis
Birth April 1868 46 39 - California, United States
Death - Oakland, Alameda, California, United States |
21 months #6 daughter |
Lily E. "Lillie" Davis
Birth December 28, 1869 47 40 - California, United States
Death December 10, 1952 (Age 82) - Alameda, California, USA |
#7 daughter |
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| Shared note | WILLIAM HEATH DAVIS (1822-1909) William Heath Davis came from a Boston sea-faring, ship-owning family, although he was born in Honolulu in 1822. His father, William Heath Davis, senior, married a daughter of Oliver Holmes, another Boston ship-master and a relative of Doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes. It is interesting to note that the shipping trade to the Coast and to Hawaii was almost exclusively in the hands of Boston firms from its beginnings to the days of the Gold Rush. Davis' grandmother on his mother's side was a native of Hawaii, and her husband, Oliver Holmes, in addition to his trading operations, was at one time Governor of Oahu. Davis first visited California as a small boy in 1831. He came a second time in 1833, and in 1838, arrived aboard the "Don Quixote" to enter the service of his uncle Nathan Spear as a clerk in the latter's store in Monterey. For four years Davis followed the fortunes of his uncle, first at Monterey and later at Yerba Buena, the straggling settlement which he was to help build into the City of San Francisco. In 1842 he engaged as supercargo on the "Don Quixote" and made several trips to the Hawaiian Islands. In San Francisco, Davis entered business on his own account, and in time became one of the town's prominent merchants and ship-owners. He visited San Diego many times and, in 1847, married into a prominent Old Town San Diego family. His wife was Maria de Jesus, daughter of Don Joaquin Estudillo, a wealthy ranchero who was son of José Maria Estudillo. Davis was one of the founders of "New Town" San Diego in 1850, though he did not live here for long. He believed that a town closer to the waterfront in San Diego would attract a thriving trade. He later wrote "Messrs. Jose Antonio Aguirre, Miguel Pedrorena, Andrew B. Gray, T.D. Johns and myself were the projectors and original proprietors of what is now known as the city of San Diego." In March, 1850, he had purchased 160 acres of land and, with his four partners, laid out the city and built a large wharf and warehouse. An economic depression in 1851 put an end to their plans and New Town rapidly declined until the arrival of Alonzo Horton. San Diego's William Heath Davis House is the oldest surviving structure in the New Town area. It was one of the first houses built in 1850 in the New Town. The house is a well-preserved example of a pre-framed lumber "salt box" family home from the East Coast. It was shipped to California by boat around Cape Horn. Originally, it was located at State and Market Street. It was never the home of Davis, whose own home at State and F Streets was a duplicate of the surviving one. When Alonzo and Sarah Horton came to the area they resided in the Davis house for one year (1868-1869) while building their own home. By 1853, most of the houses constructed by Davis were moved to Old Town or used for firewood. William Heath Davis has contributed greatly to our understanding of early California and San Diego through his book "Seventy-five Years in California". The full text of his book is now available on line from the Library of Congress' American Memory project. The book was published posthumously from notes and papers Davis had collected for his nearly completed manuscript, lost during the San Francisco fire in 1906. Davis published "Sixty Years in California" in 1889. Davis ended his days in San Leandro in financial straits. Few men of his time had the opportunity Davis had of seeing all sides of Californian life, and none has left a record as vital and as full. He died at Hayward, California, April 19, 1909. |