Person:George Davis (174)

George Davis was born on 14th July 1882 at Luton in Bedfordshire, son of a straw hat sewer called Jane Davis, formerly Frost, and her husband George Davis, a farm labourer. Young George appears in the 1891 census living with his parents and siblings at 32 St Ann's Road in Luton. By 1901 they had moved to 38 Harcourt Street and George was working as a brass foundry trimmer.

In 1905, aged 23, George married Ada Lavinia Moss. They had a son, Harold, in 1907, but he died when he was only one year old in 1908.

The 1911 census finds George and Ada living at 76 Park Road West. They had an adopted child called Charles Francis Morris living with them. George's older sister Emily was also living with them on census night. Park Road West was later renamed Strathmore Avenue, presumably to distinguish it from the very similarly named Park Street West nearby.

George and Ada went on to have another son, William Arthur, in 1913, and a daughter, Irene Dorothy, in 1920. Their son William died in 1933, aged nineteen.

At the outbreak of the Second World War, George, Ada and their daughter Irene were living at 76 Strathmore Avenue.

Ada died in 1960, aged 78. George continued living at 76 Strathmore Avenue after her death. He died in 1968, aged 85.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. George DAVIS, September Quarter 1882, Luton Registration District, Volume 3b, page 419, mother's maiden name Frost

2. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 1273; Folio 23; Page 4, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 32 St Ann's Road, Luton, Bedfordshire
   George Davis, head, married, male, 43 [1847/8], Farm Labourer, employed, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Jane Davis, wife, married, female, 45 [1845/6], Straw Hat Sewer, employed, b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Emily Davis, daughter, single, female, 19 [1871/2], Straw Hat Sewer, employed, b. Redbourn, Hertfordshire
   Lizzie Davis, daughter, female, 11 [1879/80], Scholar, b. Slip End, Hertfordshire
   George Davis, son, male, 8 [1882/3], Scholar, b. Luton
   Jenny Davis, daughter, female, 6 [1884/5], Scholar, b. Luton
   Harry B. Davis, son, male, 4 [1886/7], Scholar, b. Luton
   Frederick Frost, visitor, married, male, 24 [1866/7], Goods porter, employed, b. Redbourn, Hertfordshire
   Emlyn Longsdale Frost, visitor, married, female, 25 [1865/6], Straw Hat Sewer, employed, b. Dunstable, Bedfordshire
   Hedley Frederick Frost, visitor, male, 2 [1888/9], b. Luton
   Arthur Aleck Frost, visitor, male, 1 [1889/90], b. Luton
   Henry Cloke, lodger, male, 29 [1861/2], Labourer, neither employer nor employed, b. Sittingbourne, Kent
   Mary Cloke, wife, married, female, 22 [1868/9], Machinist Straw Hat, employed, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire

3. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 1516; Folio 54; Page 24, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 38 Harcourt Street, Luton, Bedfordshire
   George Davis, head, married, male, 54 [1846/7], Farm Labourer, worker, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Jane Davis, wife, married, female, 55 [1845/6], b. Markyate, Hertfordshire
   Lizzie Davis, daughter, single, female, 20 [1880/1], Straw Hat Finisher, worker, b. Slip End, Bedfordshire
   George Davis, son, single, male, 18 [1882/3], Brass Foundry Trimmer, worker, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Jennie Davis, daughter, single, female, 17 [1883/4], [obscured] Assistant, worker, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Harry Davis, son, single, male, 14 [1886/7], Fish Frier, worker, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Fred Brown, boarder, single, male, 40 [1860/1], Upholsterer, worker, b. London

4. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 8995; Schedule 433, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 76 Park Road West, Luton, Bedfordshire
   4 rooms occupied
   George Davis, head, male, 28 [1882/3], married, Brass Trimmer - Engineers, worker, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Ada Davis, wife, female, 29 [1881/2], married 5 years, 1 child born to marriage, 0 children still living, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Emely Davis, sister, female, 38 [1872/3], single, Finisher Straw Hat - Manufacturer, worker, b. Redbourn, Hertfordshire
   Charles Francis Morris, adopted child, male, 2 [1908/9], b. Luton, Bedfordshire

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Luton Municipal Borough, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 76 Strathmore Avenue, Luton, Bedfordshire
   Davis, George / male / b. 14 Jul 1882 / married / Fettler (Non-Ferrous)(General Engineer)
   Davis, Ada L. [later hand crossed out "Ada L." and put "Lavinia"] / female / b. 19 Mar 1882 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
   Davis [later hand crossed out and put "Noake"], Irene D. / female / b. 27 Feb 1920 / single / Confectioners Chocolate Hand Dipper

6. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. George DAVIS, June Quarter 1968, Luton Registration District, Volume 4a, page 110, aged 85 [1882/3]