I pick my 2nd great grandfather on my maternal side of the family DAVENPORT Wright.
Davenport we usually think of as a surname and not a first name. We think of Davenport as a piece of furniture either a sofa or antique desk. It's a town in Florida as well as Iowa, California, Nebraska, etc. There is a college and university named Davenport in the USA.
My Davenport is also a classic he was born February 1830 Long Island New York who was a bayman - clam digger (happened to end up as family occupation ) Raised a large family near the Beach on the Island. He passed away between 1918 and 1920 Last record I can find on him was for November 15 1918 when he ran away from the Almshouse and / Poorhouse.
I hope to find out why he was given a last name as a first name .I haven't found any other family member with this first name so he's a most unique and colorful member of my family so far.
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