G2G: Looking for information on Charles James Davenport and Marie Davenport born in Davenport N.Y.thank you.

Question

My Great Uncle Charles James Davenport and great Aunt Marie Davenport are who i am looking for information about..They were born in Davenport NY.Charles was born 28 april 1910 and was a veteran of ww 2.He died in 18 may 1959. Marie was born 1 June 1888 died 28 oct 1965. I now live in Davenport NY but have found only a small bit of information. Does anyone have more? Thank you so much..

Answer 1

Charles J Davenport

United States World War II Army Enlistment Records

Name	Charles J Davenport
Name (Original)	DAVENPORT CHARLES J
Event Type	Military Service
Event Date	30 Jun 1942
Term of Enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Event Place	Ft Jay, Governors Island, New York, United States
Race	White
Citizenship Status	citizen
Birth Year	1910
Birthplace	NEW YORK
Education Level	2 years of high school
Civilian Occupation	Skilled mechanics and repairmen, n.e.c.
Marital Status	Divorced, with dependents
Military Rank	Private
Army Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Army Component	Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Reference	Enlisted Man, Regular Army, after 3 months of Discharge
Serial Number	32397691
Affiliate ARC Identifier	1263923
Box Film Number	05082.172

Citing this Record

"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMJ4-4N1 : accessed 7 May 2016), Charles J Davenport, enlisted 30 Jun 1942, Ft Jay, Governors Island, New York, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

Charles James Davenport

Find A Grave Index

Name	Charles James Davenport
Event Type	Burial
Event Date	1959
Event Place	Davenport, Delaware, New York, United States of America
Photograph Included	Y
Birth Date	28 Apr 1910
Death Date	18 May 1959
Affiliate Record Identifier	29657352
Cemetery	Davenport Cemetery

Citing this Record

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVB-DKNH : accessed 7 May 2016), Charles James Davenport, 1959; Burial, Davenport, Delaware, New York, United States of America, Davenport Cemetery; citing record ID 29657352, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Family Search,

Search Results from Historical Records

1-20 of 316 results for Name: Charles James Davenport, Event: Birth, Place: Davenport, New York, Event Range: 1900-1915, Event: Death, Event Range: 1959-1959, Spouse Name: Marie Davenport, Country:United States

Charles Davenport

United States Census, 1930

Name	Charles Davenport
Event Type	Census
Event Date	1930
Event Place	Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States
Gender	Male
Age	19
Marital Status	Single
Race	White
Race (Original)	White
Relationship to Head of Household	Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)	Son
Birth Year (Estimated)	1911
Birthplace	New York
Father's Birthplace	New York
Mother's Birthplace	New York
Sheet Letter	A
Sheet Number	4

Household	Role	Gender	Age	Birthplace
Frank Davenport	Head	M	42	New York
Mary Davenport	Wife	F	40	New York
Frank Davenport	Son	M	23	New York
Charles Davenport	Son	M	19	New York
Joseph Davenport	Son	M	17	New York
Bertha Davenport	Daughter	F	9	New York
Irene Davenport	Daughter	F	5	New York

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7H5-J3X : accessed 7 May 2016), Charles Davenport in entry for Frank Davenport, 1930.

Answer 2

Did not find more than you posted at familysearch.org  You could try this:

https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Davenport,_New_York    It has Resources->

Church Records, History of county and town, archives, libraries and museums, societies, town record, vital records, and references.

 

I have some early Davenport relatives, but they daughtered out in the early 1700's in Massachusetts.

Answer 3

You might also try to learn to search in http://fultonhistory.com/     And:          http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/ both are New York & Area Newspaper free look up sites :)