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Record #4116

Name :: : William Preston DAVIS (1884 - 1971)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 13 Apr 1884
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 20 Jun 1971

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Moor End Tibberton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Abbotsford

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 23 Apr 1899
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Fegan Homes for Boys

NotesParents: John Davis and Eliza Preston, married December 26, 1878, in St. Peters Church, Tibberton, Worcestershire, England.

John Davis died April 13, 1890, in Spellis Green, Claines, England.

William was admitted to the Royal Albert Orphanage in Worcester when he was 7 years old in April 1892. He stayed in the orphanage until his birthday in April 1899 when he was discharged into the care of Rev. Robert Wallace.

In 1899, William Davis, 13, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 52 boys from Fegan Homes, London, en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. William was accompanied by Rev. Wallace, who took him and other boys to Marchmont Home.

William worked for a while for William Tinney in Cavan, Ontario. Then he worked for an M(?) Campbell in Millbrook Ontario, Canada. In August, 1901, William wrote his mother saying that his boss gets drunk some nights and he wants to leave.

William Preston Davis married another Barnardo home child, Margaret Jane Kerr (born 1884 at Island Magee, Antrim, Northern Ireland) on March 10, 1910 in Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada.

In 1911, William Davis, 27, blacksmith, is shown residing at Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada, along with his wife, Margaret Davis, 22; and son William Davis, 5 months. His date of birth is shown as April 1884 and his immigration year as 1894.

William and Margaret Jane Davis had six children: Glen Alfred Davis; Richard Harding Davis; James Preston Davis; William John Davis born December 4, 1910 in Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada; Kathleen May Davis, born May 1, 1912 in Milwalkee, Oregon, USA; Margaret Ferne Davis, born June 27, 1921 in Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada.

William Preston Davis died on June 20, 1971, in MSA Hospital, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. Margaret Jane Kerr Davis died August 28, 1987, in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-08-30 16:32:31 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : jmd234

Last Updated : 2016-06-05 22:37:28 /

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Readers Comments05.06.16 jmd234

:
Correction: Margaret Ferne Davis was born in 1919.

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3023	ABBOTT, Charles	1884	ENG, ESS, Messing	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	National Childrens Home
3029	ABBOTT, Edward	1863	ENG, LIN, Bourne	Jun 1882 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3160	ABSOLOM, Albert Edward	1897	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3107	ABSOLOM, Henry Richard James	1893	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3134	ACKLAND, Herbert George	1898	ENG, LND, Camberwell	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3142	ACKROYD, John Edward	1886	ENG,	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3153	ACTON, Alice	1889	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3154	ACTON, Ellen	1891	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6255	ADAMS, Ada Gertrude	1895	ENG, WIL, Highworth	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22827	ADAMS, C R	1885	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
26477	ADAMS, Charles W R	1887	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
23730	ADAMS, Eliza	1887	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5602	ADAMS, Gladys	1898	ENG,	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22545	ADAMS, Henry William	1898	ENG,	Mar 1912 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
23726	ADAMS, Isabel	1888	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3278	ADAMS, Robert Henry	1888	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
23732	ADAMS, Thomas G	1901	ENG,	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10890	ADAMSON, George	1893	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9834	ADBY, Ethel Caroline	1893	ENG, BKM, Wycombe	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8817	ADCOCK, Lily	1896	ENG,	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3759	ADDERLEY, David Gerard	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3758	ADDERLEY, Harry	1899	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12851	ADDISON, Gertrude	1886	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1899 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
17080	ADGEY, Robert Hugh	1885	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
9831	ADKINS, Ann	1899	ENG, LND, Camden	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9830	ADKINS, Theodora Margaret	1897	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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