Jacob W. (Youphes) Davis (1831 - abt. 1908)

Born 1831 in Riga, Russian Empire (now Republic of Latvia)

Died about 1908 at about age 77 in San Francisco, California, USA

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Biography

Jacob (Youphes) Davis is Notable.

Jacob W. Davis (born Jacob Youphes) was a Latvian-born American tailor who is credited with inventing modern jeans. Growing up in Latvia, he emigrated to the United States as a young man and spent some time in Canada as well. He invented jeans by using sturdy cloth and rivets to strengthen weak points in the seams, and partnered with Levi Strauss to mass produce them.

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• "Jacob W Youphes Davis." Family Search. Accessed Jan. 19th, 2023. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCCD-F9X.

• "Jacob W. 'J.W.' Davis (Youphes)." Geni. Accessed Jan. 19th, 2023. https://www.geni.com/people/Jacob-W-Davis/6000000132571082960.

• "Jacob W. Davis." Wikipedia. Accessed Jan. 19th, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_W._Davis.

• "Jacob Davis: Pioneer Jewish Tailor of Reno Nevada & His Copper Rivets That Made History." Jewish Museum of the American West. Accessed Jan. 19th, 2023. https://www.jmaw.org/davis-levi-reno-jewish/.

• "Improvement in fastening pocket-openings." Google Patents. Accessed Jan. 19th, 2023. https://patents.google.com/patent/US139121.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMW-7PQ : 29 May 2021), J W Davis, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6P6-TB5 : 13 January 2022), J. W. Davis, San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9GW-XCS : 12 January 2022), J W Davis, 1900.

• "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3P5-YJ2 : 10 March 2018), J. W. Davis in entry for Mark L. Davis, 29 Sep 1928; citing Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, reference 959, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,022,642.

• "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HV44-KGPZ : 30 June 2021), J.w. Davis in entry for Mark L. Davis, 1928.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5QG-FCRX : 18 July 2020), Jacob W Davis in entry for John Alexander Bain Mackenzie and Robert T Macivor and Bernard F and James Hughes and James Carroll and Daniel Burke and Bernard F Bayreuther and David J Walker and Henry C Holcome and Rieck Carl and Hirschman Henry and Andrew E Poole and George W Gibson and Robert T Mary J A B Macivor Colligan Mackenzie and James W Chase and William H Lawson Manning and Michael J Bohannan and Roy I Bayreuther and Bertram E Raymond and Sarah H Logan and Evans Mary and Alice E Mullins and Martha Harrington and B E Raymond and Maria T Hughes and Mary J and Mary Evans and Sarah Hattie Logan and Alice Emma Mullins, 1912.

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