Davis

James Davis.
This is almost certainly our family:
Thomas Davis,
born 1828, Hampstead, London,
listed as "Bill Poster" in
[UK census, 4 Apr 1881],
living 12 Hide Place,
Westminster, London
(see map),
listed as married in 1881 census, but wife not there,
children listed with him,
had issue:
- Mary A. Davis,
born 1861, Westminster, London,
listed as "Machinist" in 1881 census.
- James Davis,
born 1862, Westminster, London,
listed as "Wool Sorter" in 1881 census.
- Emily Davis,
born 1865, Westminster, London,
listed as "Domestic Servant" in 1881 census.
- John F. Davis,
born 1867, Westminster, London,
listed as "Warehouse Boy" in 1881 census
(only age 14 but at work not at school).
Our family starts with:
Thomas Davis,
described as "Bill Poster"
at son's mar 1896,
had issue:
-
James Davis, born 1862,
wool merchant,
of Goodmayes, Ilford, NE London,
mar 1stly to ---- and had issue:
- Florence Davis, born perhaps c.1887,
living Seaford, East Sussex,
c. late 1940s.
his wife died,
he is listed as "Wool Valuer" at 2nd mar 1896,
living 111 Page St,
Westminster, London
(see map),
he mar 2ndly, 1896,
to Alice Maud Hallandal [born 26 Sept 1876],
he is listed as "commercial clerk",
living 31 Wellwood Rd,
Seven Kings, nr Ilford, NE London
(see map)
at dau's birth 1905,
he was a
Liberal,
the story is that he was
horrified by daughter's
Labour
job until heard what she was earning,
they both died c.1920s-30s,
poss. bur at
Seven Kings,
had issue:
- William Davis,
Will, born est c.1897,
rejected for army in
WWI,
on health grounds,
(unfairly) given white feather
(sign of cowardice) by someone,
died unmarried perhaps c.1920, age early 20s.
- Robert Davis,
Robert Edgar Hallandal Davis,
Uncle Bob, born 1900,
mar ----
[poss. Winifred, or poss. confusion with
Hugh Noltie's 1st wife],
they had a child who died at birth,
she kept its ashes on the mantelpiece,
she was weakened by the birth and died soon after,
he was accountant, London,
died c.1975, age c.75 yrs.
- Hilda Davis,
Hilda Irene, born 7th June 1905,
31 Wellwood Rd
[GRO.UK],
she was a
Methodist,
she was
personal secretary 1930s to
Ernest Bevin,
the
Labour
politician,
and general secretary of
Britain's largest trade union, the
Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU),
Transport House, London,
Bevin was a leading opponent of Nazism and
the appeasement policy in 1930s,
Hilda gave up her job when married, even though it was much better-paying than
Hugh's,
at mar she is listed as "shorthand typist", living
12 Cromer Rd,
Hornchurch, Essex
(see map),
unusually, her father is not listed on mar cert,
mar 1937 to Hugh Noltie and had issue.
James Davis and family.
Perhaps c.1895.
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James Davis |
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Alice Maud Hallandal and her dau Hilda Davis.
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