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Record #3879
Name :
: Victor Lester DAVIES (1903 - 1986)


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Date of Birth
: 29 Jan 1903

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 25 Apr 1986
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Staffordshire, Handsworth
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Waltham
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 7 Jun 1910
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Mongolian

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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesA birth registration was found for Victor Lester Davies: Year of Registration: 1903; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: West Bromwich; County: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire; Volume: 6b; Page: 845. (Parents: George Aquila Davies and Lucy Ann Pemberton, who married March qtr. 1899 in West Bromich, Staffordshire, England.)

In 1910, Victor Davies, 7 (along with his brother, George A. Davies, 10), arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with a group of 154 children.

In 1911, Victor Daves, 7, is shown as a domestic to Hugh Chisholm and family in Soapstone Mines, Inverness, Nova Scotia. His date of birth is shown as 1903 and no immigration year is shown.

In June, 1923, Victor Davies, 21, entered the United States through Vanceboro, Maine. He declared that he was a laborer; that he resided in Malagash, Nova Scotia, Canada; that his next of kin was his brother, George A.; that his final destination was Waltham, Massachusetts; that he was going to visit his mother, Louisa, who resided at 121 Ash Street. He was described as 5 foot 6 inches in height, medium complexion, dark brown hair, blue eyes, 140 pounds. He was born in Birmingham, England.

On March 10, 1930, Victor Lester Davies, 27, who resided at 47A Rich Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, became a naturalized citizen of the United States. (Source: Index to Naturalization Petitions and Records of the U.S. District Court, 1906-1966, and the U.S. Circuit Court, 1906-1911, for the District of Massachusetts; Description: Cusi to Davis; Series: M1545)

In 1930, Victor Davies, 27, a driver on the "street railroad"(?), was shown residing at 47A Rich Street, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Other family members included: Elizabeth Davies, 29; Dorothy Davies, 5; George Davies, 4; Caroline Davies, 1. Elizabeth, Dorothy and George were all born in Canada. Caroline was born in Massachusetts. (Source: US 1930 Census; Census Place: Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 930; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 487; Image: 306.0.)

Victor Lester Davies died on April 25, 1986 at the age of 83 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-12 20:35:14 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-20 20:05:38 /

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3878 DAVIES, George Acquila1899ENG, STS, Handsworth Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
3879 DAVIES, Victor Lester1903ENG, STS, Handsworth Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
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