John Davies (1841-1912)

  • Name:

  • John Davies

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 1841

  • Uffculme, Devon

  • Witness:

  • 11 Nov 1876 (age 34-35)

  • John witnessed the Marriage of Daniel Hawkins and Emma Jane Voysey

  • Death:

  • 1912 (age 68)

  • Plymouth, Devon1

Marriage

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1901, 1901 Census for Household of John Davies in Plymouth, Devon - Page 1

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1901, 1901 Census for Household of John Davies in Plymouth, Devon - Page 2

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1911, 1911 England Census for Household of John Davies in Plymouth, Devon

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Ann Voysey (1846-1918)

  • Marriage:

  • 1868 (age 26-27)

  • Plymouth, Devon2 3

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  • The 1911 Census records that they had been married for 42 years giving a calculated year of marriage of 1869. Their marriage registration shows they were married in 1868 in Plymouth.

  • Census for household:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 60)

  • Plymouth, Devon4

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  • Address: Thornton Cob, Granby Lane

    The household consisted of John, his wife Mary, their children Florence (age 21) and Sydney (age 15), Mary's brother Albert Voysey and a boarder Harry Williams who was 11. The household lived in 2 rooms in a 5 roomed cottage. The other 3 rooms were occupied by 3 families who had a room each. In all 12 people lived in the cottage.

  • Census for household:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 70)

  • Plymouth, Devon5

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  • Address: 2 Thornton Cottage, Granby Lane

    The household consisted of John, his wife Mary, their daughter Florrie (Florence) Churchward and Florries' husband Charles, their son James, Mary's brother Albert and a boarder Mary Clemson. They had the cottage which had 5 rooms to themselves.

Note on Marriage to Mary Ann Voysey

The 1911 Census indicates that they had been married for 42 years during which they had had 9 children of whom only two had survived. It does not indicate where the children died in their infancy or when they older. Although infant mortality and death at a young age was not uncommon this is unusually high number and may indicate a high level of deprivation in this remote branch of Pat Ward's ancestors.5

Sources

1.

England and Wales Death Registration Index, John Davies, Q4 1912, Plymouth, Vol. 5b, Page 359, General Register Office.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, John Davies and Mary Ann Voysey, Q4 1868, Plymouth, Vol 5b, Page 524, General Register Office.

3.

1911 England Census for Household of John Davies in Plymouth, Devon, Census Type: 1911 England, Census Place: Plymouth, Devon. John and Mary Ann Davies married for 42 years. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/12891.

4.

1901 Census for Household of John Davies in Plymouth, Devon, (FindMyPast website). Custom Id: RG13/2099, Folio 39, Page 69, Schedule 554; Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. National Archives. Call Number: RG13/2099.

5.

1911 England, Wales & Scotland census, 2 Thornton Cottage, Granby Lane, Plymouth, Devon, RG14/12981, head of household: John Davies, National Archives.