My Trails into the Past

This is my third year working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow. I will write each week in one of my two blogs, either Mam-ma’s Southern Family or at My Trails into the Past. I have enjoyed writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways. The Thomas & Mary Davey family, who hailed from Cornwall, England, came to the United States in 1852. [1] Their youngest son, Frederick, was born in Pennsylvania the following year. [2] The family lived in Pennsylvania and later moved to Jeffersonville, Indiana, where both Thomas and Mary died. [3] Their eldest son, Thomas Nicholas Davey, did very well in life as a mine owner in Jasper County, Missouri, located in the southwest part of the state. He had a large house built and made a few trips to England. The earliest trip discovered was in 1896 when Thomas, at age 61, traveled home aboard the SS Servia from Liverpool with his wife, Anna, and daughter, Marie. Their quarters were in the saloon area of the ...

Previously I had discovered a possible ship on which the Thomas & Mary Davey family arrived to the United States. Read about it here . The conflicting problem in the above post, was the family was recorded as Nichols and Thomas was not with them. This past week, I discovered some new evidence. The oldest son, Thomas N. Davey, made several trips across the Atlantic to visit family and friends in England. In 1915, he obtained a passport to make the three-month travel and I found the passport application on Ancestry. [1] These passports are great for giving valuable information about naturalized citizens. He swore he was born at Saint Agnes, England on or about 7 November 1933. He emigrated to the United States on board the Ocean Queen from London on or about 5 February 1852. He had resided in the U.S. for 43 years, and in Carthage, Missouri from 1872-1911. He also stated he was naturalized at Carthage on 26 September 1891. At the time of his application, he w...