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Burial: 1 APR 1947 in Wyucka Cem., Lincoln, NE
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| Frank Selden DAVEY (Husband) b. 1 APR 1879 in Lincoln, Lancaster, NE |
| Marriage: 29 NOV 1902 in Wahoo, Saunders, NE |
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 Frances Grace DAVEY b. 21 JUN 1904 in Lincoln, Lancaster, NE
- James Leonard DAVEY b. 7 MAY 1906 in Lincoln, Lancaster, NE
- George Selden DAVEY b. 25 OCT 1909 in Lincoln, Lancaster, NE
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Text:
BIRTH: Letter of Sept. 1976 from sister Flora Paswaters Hotchkiss; in possession of Harold Davey, Alexandria, Va.
MARRIAGE: Diary of subject; copy in possession of Harold Davey, Alexandria, Va.
DEATH: Petition for Final Settlement, estate of Nora B. Davey; E-14779; Lancaster Co., Nebr, Daily Reporter, 2/14/1948.
Born on a farm near Lexington, Ind. As the first daughter after 4 sons, her father was especially pleased.
1887: moved with her family to farm near Raymond, Nebr. in time for Blizzard of 1888. As a child on the farm in Raymond, Nora was deathly afraid of Indians. Her brothers were also concerned.
1888: her father bought 160 A. farm between Raymond and Woodlawn. She started to Oak Valley school with her 4 older brothers, a distance of 1 1/2 miles, walked both ways, carrying cold lunch in lard pail. One room school, man teacher, 40 students, some boys 18 years old, grades from beginners to 8th. She liked school and was particularly good in arithmetic and language. One of the best batters on the team.
c. 1895: Her father drove her to the court house in Lincoln to take the 8th grade examination, which she passed with high grades.
1896-8: Stayed with brother Ed near Raymond where she finished 10th grade.
1898-9: Attended Lincoln High.
1899-1900: Attended Lincoln Teachers College at University Place and obtained teacher's license with excellent grade.
She had a fine voice. Her sister almost 80 years later recalled her singing "The Holy City" one Xmas while sister Cynthia played the organ. She also sang in a quartet at clubs and in various entertainments. About this time, her father took her and her sister back to Lexington to visit cousins.
A few of the girl cousins wished they'd stayed at home as their boy friends liked the Nebr. cousins.
Nora was stylish, wearing corsets, bustles, and ostrich plumes. But her dress necks were high, her sleeves were long as well as her dresses, nothing was exposed but her face and hands, and mostly gloves covered them. Young men came and went: Ralph, Homer, Bill, and others. Most wore high celluloid collars and hair parted in the middle, but none seemed important to Nora. Then she met Frank Davey, and from then on she had no doubt as to with whom she wanted to share her life.
6-18-1900: Nora sent following letter to Mr. Frank Davey, Malcolm, Nebr. - "Friend Frank, I would have been very much surprised this evening had I not known there was a letter here for me. I saw Vic down town before I came up, you see. Why, of course I am a friend of yours and will be pleased to accept your company tomorrow evening. I had already made arrangements for Vic and I to take supper with Dora tomorrow evening so it will be alright for you to find us there will it not? Respectfully, Nora."
8-27-1900: Nora drew up a "contract" with Frank Davey whereby he would work as janitor for her for nine months, during which time he would attend the school house known as the "Fairview School" doing and performing all duties as janitor in accordance and in all respects as directed and desired by Nora. She agreed to pay Frank five cents a month, payable each week provided that dues for all days of absence would be deducted. Nora signed the document but Frank did not.
1900-1: at age 19, she taught at Detwiler school, a small country school 5 miles from home. First thru 8th grade. Salary $20 a month, of which she paid $5 for room and board. She was expected to do the janitor work, also. One of her family took turns driving her to and from the school over the weekend.
1901-2: Taught at Westcott school, also in the country, near Malcolm. She boarded with Uncle Ed and Aunt Cynthia Hollenbeck, who lived on a stone mansion, owned by Mr. Converse, on a 150 A. farm.
1902-3: Because of the death of her 18 year old sister, Cynthia, Nora applied for and got permission to teach her home school - Oak Valley. This was considered quite a compliment as it had 40 students, salary of $30 a month. Her siblings Clem and Flora both attended. She was a good teacher and disciplinarian.
In the meantime, Frank Davey was driving over more often, and they were secretly married during Thanksgiving vacation, 1902, and she stopped teaching the following April.
Sunday school superintendents who served through this period were L. E. Cozad and Mrs. Frank Davey. Sunday school teachers were J. D. Dasenbrock, J. M. Davey, Mrs. Belden, Mrs. William Behring, Effie Belden, Nora Davey and Gertrude Otto.
After living in Malcolm until c. 1918, the Davey's moved to Lincoln. As Malcolm had no High School at the time, Nora mounted a campaign to move to Lincoln. She had Leonard take two grades each year so that he graduated from grade school the same year as Grace, increasing pressure on Frank to move to Lincoln. Frank eventually succumbed and sold the lumber yard and moved to Lincoln.
Nora was very active in several women's organizations, including Circle #3 of the First Christian Church, and the Hall-in-the-Grove Chautauqua Group. She kept a daily diary from 1934 thru 1942 of activities of entire family. {HLD has a copy}. Nora rented out the upstairs bedrooms to boarders.
She was often sick with a variety of medical problems, dying at age 65 of internal hemorrhage from a burst appendix.
She owned the South 50 feet of Lot 1 and the South 50 feet of the East 25 feet of Lot 2, Block 181, Lincoln, Nebr. at the time of her death.
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- Title: State of Nebraska, Dept. of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Standard Certificate of Death
Page: State File No. 3001, 8 April 1947.
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