Jewel Faye Davis was the daughter of John Davis and Tennessee Pugh. Her father died when she was very young.[1]
Name
Sex
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
Jemie Davis
F
23
Widowed
Head
Farm
Arkansas
Jenell Davis
F
5
Single
Daughter
Arkansas
Manny Davis
M
3
Single
Son
Arkansas
Iler Davis
F
2
Single
Daughter
Arkansas
In the 1930 census Jewel (age 16) was the single daughter (step daughter) of Charles W Demaree at 27 Belleaire Road, Bowie, Chicot, Arkansas, United States.[2]
Name
Sex
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
Charles W Demaree
M
60
Married
Head
Farmer
Missouri
Tinney Demaree
F
36
Married
Wife
Arkansas
Jewel Demaree
F
16
Single
Daughter
Arkansas
Murray Demaree
M
14
Single
Son
Arkansas
Ila Demaree
F
12
Single
Daughter
Arkansas
M*Rle Demaree
M
8
Single
Son
Arkansas
Orville Demaree
M
6
Single
Son
Arkansas
Ruth Demaree
F
1
Single
Daughter
Arkansas
In the 1940 census Jewel (age 25) was the wife of Ulysses Meredith in Pumpkin Bend, Woodruff, Arkansas.[3]
Name
Sex
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
Ulysses Meredith
M
33
Married
Head
Farming
Arkansas
Jewel Meredith
F
25
Married
Wife
Arkansas
Bertha Meredith
F
7
Single
Daughter
Arkansas
Gail Meredith
F
5
Single
Daughter
Arkansas
Norma J Meredith
F
3
Single
Daughter
Arkansas
Ulysses J Meredith
M
10/12
Single
Son
Arkansas
In the 1950 census Jewel (age 35) was recorded as married in Dent, Woodruff, Arkansas, United States.[4]
Name
Sex
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
Ulysses Meredith
M
41
Married
Farm Laborer
Arkansas
Jewel Fay Meredith
F
35
Married
Arkansas
Marie Meredith
F
17
Never married
Arkansas
Gayle Meredith
F
15
Never married
Arkansas
Norma G Meredith
F
13
Never married
Arkansas
Ulysses Meredith Jr
M
10
Never married
Arkansas
John Meredith
M
7
Never married
Arkansas
Jemey Fay Meredith
F
6
Never married
Arkansas
Ruth Lee Meredith
F
3
Never married
Arkansas
Earnest M Meredith
M
1
Never married
Arkansas
Sources
↑ Jenell Davis
[Davis Jewel]
Age: 5
[5 2/12]
Birth Year: abt 1915
[abt 1915]
Birthplace: Arkansas
Home in 1920: White River, Prairie, Arkansas
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Mother's Name: Jemie Davis
Able to read: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Jemie Davis
23 Head
Jenell Davis 5 Daughter
Manny Davis
3 Son
Iler Davis
2 Daughter
Source Citation
Year: 1920; Census Place: White River, Prairie, Arkansas; Roll: T625_77; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 112
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
↑1930 Census:
"1930 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1930; Census Place: Bowie, Chicot, Arkansas; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 2339802 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #86008053 (accessed 1 November 2022)
Jewel Demaree (16), single daughter, in household of Charles W Demaree (60) at 27 Belleaire Road, Bowie, Chicot, Arkansas, USA. Born in Arkansas.
↑1940 Census:
"1940 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1940; Census Place: Pumpkin Bend, Woodruff, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00181; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 74-21 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #103399448 (accessed 1 November 2022)
Jewel Meredith (25), wife, in household of Ulysses Meredith (33) in Pumpkin Bend, Woodruff, Arkansas. Born in Arkansas.
↑1950 Census:
"1950 United States Federal Census"
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Dent, Woodruff, Arkansas; Roll: 1249; Sheet Number: 10; Enumeration District: 74-20 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #31274486 (accessed 1 November 2022)
Jewel Fay Meredith (35), married in Dent, Woodruff, Arkansas, USA. Born in Arkansas.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 March 2019), memorial page for Jewel F Meredith (1914–1969), Find A Grave Memorial no. 8888771, citing Parkin Cemetery, Parkin, Cross County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Brenda Huntley (contributor 46612721) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jewel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.