Henry Davis 1826 - 1871

Born Clerkenwell, Middlesex . Grocer / Conductor / Carman

1826. Henry Davis was baptised at Spa Fields Lady Huntingdon / St James, Clerkenwell to John & Dorothy Davis on 22/2/1826 , John a Horsekeeper of Redlion Yard . He maybe had a twin sister, Elizabeth, baptised at the same time - Ancestry, image available

1841C. Unable to identify him, aged ~14

1848.Henry Davies, grocer, marries Mary Jane Hurcomb Hackney Sep 1848- that took a lot of sleuthing!!. m.c confirms his father's name

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1851C. Henry Davis, 24, conductor on an omnibus, is living St Johns Terrace, Earl Street, Westminster

Henry Davis Head Married Male 24 1827 Conductor to an Omnibus London, Middlesex, England  
Mary Jane Davis Wife Married Female 23 1828 - Aley, Gloucestershire, England  
Ellen Davis Daughter - Female 2 1849 - Ringland, Middlesex, England  
Mary Jane Davis Daughter - Female 3mths 1851 - Islington, Middlesex, England  
Hannah Harcomb Visitor Unmarried Female 15 1836 House Servant Aley, Gloucestershire, England

Actual entry reads Uley and Kingsland for birth places!.

1856. Louisa Edith Davis was born Islington, Sep 1856, to Henry & Mary Jane - though, misleadingly, mother "Brown" is given on her FMP birth registration.

1861C. Henry Davis, 34, living 3 Arundel Close Islington . Kingsland 1-2 k E of Islington

Henry Davis Head Married Male 34 1827 Carman Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England  
Mary Davis Wife Married Female 33 1828 Laundress Ulley, Gloucestershire, England  
Ellen Davis Daughter - Female 12 1849 Scholar Kingsland, Middlesex, England  
William H Davis Son - Male 7 1854 Scholar Kingsland, Middlesex, England  
Louisa Davis Daughter - Female 4 1857 Scholar Kingsland, Middlesex, England  
Matilda Davis Daughter - Female 2 1859 - Kingsland, Middlesex, England

1871C. Henry Davis, 45, living Wellington Street, St Leonard, Shoreditch

Henry Davis Head - Male 45 1826 carman- Clerkenwell Middlesex, England  
Mary Davis Wife - Female 42 1829 - Ulley Gloucestershire, England  
William H Davis Son - Male 17 1854 - Hackney Middlesex, England  
Matilda Davis Daughter - Female 11 1860 - Hackney Middlesex, England  
Joseph F Davis Son - Male 9 1862 - Hackney Middlesex, England  
John Jeffery Boarder - Male 23 1848 - Hackney Middlesex, England  
Fanny Mole Visitor - Female 23 1848 - Bedfordshire, England

1871. A Henry Davies, 44, dies Shoreditch Dec 1871 : I think this must be he

1871. A Mary Davis, 43, dies Shoreditch Jun 1871 : I think this must be his wife

1881C. I cannot find him, nor can I find any other death around Shoreditch. The nearest possibility is Henry Davis, 50, dying Strand Sep 1878

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