William Ellis Davies

William Ellis Davies

• Father: Ellis Davies b. 9 September 1865, d. 2 December 1929
• Mother: Margaret Shea b. 30 April 1881, d. 9 January 1938

• William Ellis Davies was born on 5 April 1923 in South Dakota.
• The following appeared on 3 December 1929 in the Lead Daily Call: Ellis Davies, 63, a resident of Lead since 1896, died at 11:00 last night at the Battle Mountain sanitarium in Hot Springs as the result of an attack of heart trouble. Mr. Davies had gone to the sanitarium in Hot Springs about two weeks ago for treatment for this ailment. He is survived by his widow, three daughters, Mary, Margaret and Florence, and two sons, William and Clarence, and several other relatives. Mr. Davies was a Spanish War veteran, having seen active service in the Philippine Islands. For the last ten years he was captain of the Alert Fire Station on upper Main Street. Born in Wales, Ellis Davies came to America as a boy. He came to Lead in the late nineties and has made his home here since that time.
• Margaret Shea appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota, at 613 McClellan Street. Other members of the household included William Ellis Davies, Mary Graham and Florence Ellen Davies.
• William Ellis Davies appeared in the South Dakota state census of 1 June 1935 in Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota.
• The following appeared on 11 January 1938 in the Deadwood Pioneer-Times: Funeral services will be held from St. Patrick's Cathedral in Lead at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday for the late Mrs. Margaret Davies, Lead, who passed away at St. Joseph's hospital in this city Sunday morning, after a long period of failing health. She had been a patient at the hospital for about a week.
       Requiem high mass will be celebrated at the services by Rev. Fr. P. M. O'Dowd with the sermon by Rev. M. S. Roach. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery in South Lead beside the grave of her husband, Ellis Davies.
       Deceased was born in Hancock, Michigan, April 30, 1881, and came to Lead at the age of seven years, where she had since made her home. She was united in marriage here to the late Ellis Davies, who preceded her in death nine years ago.
       She is survived by two sons and three daughters, born to the marriage. The sons are William of Lead, and Clarence, of Coffeyville, Kas., and the daughters are Mrs. William Kearney, of Lead; Mrs. Stanley Sickel, Clark, S. D., and Mrs. John Kearney, Victor, Colo. She also leaves four grandchildren and several other relatives. Her passing is deeply regretted by a wide circle of friends.
• Stanley J. Sickel and Margaret Davies appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Clark, Clark County, South Dakota, at 412 Commercial Street. Other members of the household included William Ellis Davies. In 1935 Stanley and Margaret were living in Mitchell, and William in Lead.
• He was attending school, according to the 1940 census.
• The following appeared on 22 December 1942 in The Daily Plainsman: Bill Davies, a graduate of Huron High School with the class of '41, has enlisted in the United States Navy. His address is William Ellis Davies, AS., Co. 1881, United States Navy Training School, Great Lakes, Ill.
• William Ellis Davies and Wanda B. Wayne appeared in the 1945 Huron, South Dakota, City Directory at 278 Third SW while he was serving in the US Navy..
• He married Wanda B. Wayne circa 1945.
• William Ellis Davies and Wanda B. Wayne appeared in the South Dakota state census of 1 June 1945 in Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, 1945 SC Beadle Huron
  
  William E Davies age 23.
• The following appeared on 3 February 1947 in the Lead Daily Call: William E. Davies, Ph. mate 1-c, a former Lead resident, is on the Admiral Byrd expedition to the South Pole, on the seaplane tender "Pine Island." He is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Davies, well-known old timers of Lead, and attended school in Lead until the death of his parents, when he went to Huron to make his home with his sister, Mrs. Stanley Sickel. William volunteered for navy service in December of 1942. He was overseas in the South Pacific for some time also. His sister, Mrs. John Kearney of Ouray, Colo. wrote that he expects to receive his discharge upon his return from the Byrd expedition.
• William Ellis Davies died on 10 August 2009 at age 86.
• Wanda B. Wayne became a widow at his death.

• Last Edited: 1 Jan 2016