See also

John Frederick Davis (1937- )

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John Frederick Davis

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 1937

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  • Occupation:

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  • farm manager for the Duke of Beaufort's; Badminton estate2

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  • During his time as farm manager he ran the Badminton Parachute Club and would take parachutists up in a Cessna 172 British Skydiving Archive which he owned. John had been in the RAF and was keen on flying. Indeed he only left the RAF because Vera said she would not marry him unless he did so. Presumably he attended agricultural college after leaving the RAF. He also collected Series 1 Land Rovers which he kept in a barn on the estate. During his time as Farm Manager he and Vera lived in a tied cottage. When he started is not known but he was dismissed a few years after his daughter's marriage and he and Vera went to live in an Badminton Estate cottage north of Yate. What happened to his plane and the land Rovers is not known.

  • Daughter's marriage:

  • 4 Jun 1983 (age 45-46)

  • Marriage of daughter Ruth to Richard Mark William Ward

Marriage

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Spouse: Vera McMoran

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Daughter: Ruth Ann Davis

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1960, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for John Frederick Davis and Grace Ann McMoran

  • Spouse:

  • Vera McMoran (1939- )

  • Children:

  • Ruth Ann Davis (1961- )

  • Marriage:

  • 2 Jul 1960 (age 23)

  • Our Lady of the Angels and St Winefride Roman Catholic Church3 4

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  • Address: Queen's Road, Aberystwyth, Cardigan

    Derek Pugh was probably the best man and Catherine Searry a bridesmaid. Who else was present is not known.

Sources

1.

General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage between Richard Mark William Ward and Ruth Ann Davis, (General Register Office on 20 Sep 2011 in response to Application No 3506901-1). Custom Id: MXF 47915; Bride's father's name. Cit. Date: 4 June 1983. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

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Ibid. Bride's father's occupation. Cit. Date: 4 June 1983. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

3.

Marriage certificate of John Frederick Davis and Grace Ann McMoran, 2 July 1960, Jack Ward.

4.

England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, John F Davis and Grace A McMoran, Q3 1960, Cardigan North, Vol 8a Page 379, General Register Office.