Emanuel was born about 1830 in Winterborne Whitechurch in Dorset, England. He was baptised on 09 January 1831 in Turnworth, Dorset[1]. In 1841 he was living with his grandparents in Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset[2] and the 1851 census shows him living at 19 Hilton Street in Winterborne Whitechurch working as an agricultural labourer[3]. He married Maria Ann Bridger on 01 Oct 1854 in Winterborne Whitechurch[4]. The baptism record of his son Walter Bridges Davis in 1858 shows him working as a labourer in Puddletown, Dorset. However, in 1861, he is living at 13 Wilton Street in Westminster St John the Evangelist[5]. Also in 1871 he is living at 41 Vincent Street and in 1881 still in Westminster St John the Evangelist working as a police constable and then by 1881 a Sergeant Jailor[6][7]. He died in January 1885 in London[8].
Sources
"England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDH-365B : 7 December 2017), Emmanuel Baker Davis and Maria Bridger, 1853; Marriage, citing Milton-Abbas, Milton-Abbas, Dorset, England, Record Office, Dorchester; FHL microfilm 2,427,506.
↑ Source: #S-1845290130 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1831 Birth place: Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset, England Baptism date: 9 Jan 1831 Baptism place: Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset, England
↑ Source: #S-1647128089 Data: Text: Marriage date: 1854 Marriage place: Milton Abbas, Dorset, England
↑ Source: #S-1847002151 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1832 Birth place: Whitchurch, Dorset, England Residence date: 1861 Residence place: Westminster St John The Evangelist, Middlesex, England Page: Class: RG9; Piece: 47; Folio: 64; Page: 32; GSU roll: 542563.
↑ Source: #S-1847268558 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1831 Birth place: Whitchurch, Dorset, England Residence date: 1871 Residence place: St John The Evangelist, London, England Page: Class: RG10; Piece: 117; Folio: 55; Page: 5; GSU roll: 838767.
↑ Source: #S-1847688239 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1831 Birth place: Whitchurch, Dorset, England Residence date: 1881 Residence place: St John The Evangelist, London, England Page: Class: RG11; Piece: 110; Folio: 76; Page: 37; GSU roll: 1341025.
↑ Source: #S-1847248787 Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1831 Birth place: Death date: Jan 1885 Death place: London, United Kingdom
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