Gordon appears on the 1880 and 1900 Censuses with his parents, Sommers and Harriett.
Record of Marriage
groom: Gordon S Davis, 24y
bride: Josie Rouch [s/b Piskulla], 21y
date: 30 September 1903
place: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
groom's marital status: Married [?]
groom born: Kansas City, Kansas
bride born: [s/b Missouri]
"Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911"
FamilySearch (no image available)
1910/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ Gordon S Davis, 29y b.KS, M1/6, occ: Well Borer
w/ Josie K, 28y b.MO, mother of 3/3 living
d/ Bernice K, 5y b.KS
s/ Richard S, 3y b.KS
d/ Elizabeth A, 2y b.KS
residence: 2099 N 13th Street, KCK
Physical description in 1917:
Short, medium build, gray eyes, brown hair.
1920/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ Gordon S Davis, 39y b.KS, occ: Engineer/Hotel
w/ Josephine, 38y b.MO
d/ Bernice, 15y b.KS, occ: Stenographer/Magazine Co
s/ Richard, 13y b.KS
d/ Elizabeth, 11y b.KS
s/ Norman, 9y b.KS
d/ Henrietta, 7y b.KS
residence: 2010 N 17th Street, KCK
1930/ ?
1940/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
Gordon Davis, 60y b.KS, Wd, G8, no occ
lodging with Haleigh & Anna Benson
residence in 1935: same place
residence: 518 Minnesota Avenue, KCK
Published obituary
Gordon Sommers Davis, 80, of 3095 North Twenty-seventh, Kansas City, Kansas, died yesterday at Bethany hospital where he had been a patient a week.
He was born in Burlington, Kansas, and had been a resident of Kansas City, Kansas sixty years. Mr. Davis retired in 1957 after working six years as a stationary engineer at the Rockhill Manor apartments, 4235 Locust.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs Berniece Cheyney, 1837½ North Fourteenth; Mrs Betty Brewer, 45 South Mill, and Mrs Hetty Abrew, Lampang, Thailand; two sons: Richard Davis, Jackson, Mississippi and Norman Davis, Higginsville, Missouri; eleven grandchildren; and twenty-seven great-grandchildren. Services will be at 1:30 o'clock Monday at the Warnick-Eads chapel. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
The Kansas City TIMES
Gordon appears on the 1880 and 1900 Censuses with his parents, Sommers and Harriett.
Record of Marriage
groom: Gordon S Davis, 24y
bride: Josie Rouch [s/b Piskulla], 21y
date: 30 September 1903
place: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
groom's marital status: Married [?]
groom born: Kansas City, Kansas
bride born: [s/b Missouri]
"Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911"
FamilySearch (no image available)
1910/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ Gordon S Davis, 29y b.KS, M1/6, occ: Well Borer
w/ Josie K, 28y b.MO, mother of 3/3 living
d/ Bernice K, 5y b.KS
s/ Richard S, 3y b.KS
d/ Elizabeth A, 2y b.KS
residence: 2099 N 13th Street, KCK
Physical description in 1917:
Short, medium build, gray eyes, brown hair.
1920/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
h/ Gordon S Davis, 39y b.KS, occ: Engineer/Hotel
w/ Josephine, 38y b.MO
d/ Bernice, 15y b.KS, occ: Stenographer/Magazine Co
s/ Richard, 13y b.KS
d/ Elizabeth, 11y b.KS
s/ Norman, 9y b.KS
d/ Henrietta, 7y b.KS
residence: 2010 N 17th Street, KCK
1930/ ?
1940/ Kansas/ Wyandotte
Gordon Davis, 60y b.KS, Wd, G8, no occ
lodging with Haleigh & Anna Benson
residence in 1935: same place
residence: 518 Minnesota Avenue, KCK
Published obituary
Gordon Sommers Davis, 80, of 3095 North Twenty-seventh, Kansas City, Kansas, died yesterday at Bethany hospital where he had been a patient a week.
He was born in Burlington, Kansas, and had been a resident of Kansas City, Kansas sixty years. Mr. Davis retired in 1957 after working six years as a stationary engineer at the Rockhill Manor apartments, 4235 Locust.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs Berniece Cheyney, 1837½ North Fourteenth; Mrs Betty Brewer, 45 South Mill, and Mrs Hetty Abrew, Lampang, Thailand; two sons: Richard Davis, Jackson, Mississippi and Norman Davis, Higginsville, Missouri; eleven grandchildren; and twenty-seven great-grandchildren. Services will be at 1:30 o'clock Monday at the Warnick-Eads chapel. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
The Kansas City TIMES