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Walter Goodwin Davis FASG (1885 - 1966)

Walter Goodwin Davis FASG
Born in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United Statesmap
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Died at age 81 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United Statesmap
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Biography

Walter Goodwin Davis, (Jr.) was born the 14th May 1885, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States to parents Walter Goodwin Davis and Mary Howard (Wildes) Davis. He died in 1966.[1] [2][3]

Walter graduated from Yale University and completed his LL.D. from the Harvard School of Law. For a time he practiced law in New York City but found his "calling" in genealogical research and spent the remainder of his life as an author and professional genealogist in Portland, Maine. He served as president of the Maine Historical Society for almost twenty-five years. Throughout, he was an active member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (the NEHGS).[4]

Walter Goodwin Davis was considered Maine's foremost genealogist.[5]

Sources

  1. Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts And Maine Families In The Ancestry Of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966) Vol. 1:414. (The Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1996)
  2. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS8N-3ZZ : 19 May 2014), Walter Davis, Jun 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  3. "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCV6-NV4 : 27 November 2014), Walter G Davis, 11 Jun 1966; citing Death, Portland, city code 05170, certificate 6604999, Maine State Archives, Augusta.
  4. "Maine Memory Online" Biography, Item no. 13783 "Walter Goodwin Davis, Jr." Accessed 24 Feb 2024. https://www.mainememory.net/record/13783
  5. New England Historic Genealogical Society website "History of" section, https://www.americanancestors.org/about/history accessed on 15 Jan 2017, lists Davis as "the preeminent Maine authority"




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