David Davis (1841 - 1933)

Born 26 Jun 1841 in Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Maryann Ann (Nesbitt) Davis — married 1866 in Orange, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Charlotte Mary (Turnbull) Davis — married 1889 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 1933 at about age 91 in Orange, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

David Davis was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

David was born about 1841.^[1]

David married Maryann Nesbitt at Orange in 1866. ^[2]

He next married Charlotte Turnbull at Windsor, NSW, in 1889.^[3]

He died in 1933:^[4][5]

OBITUARY.

MR. DAVID DAVIS.

One of the oldest and best known residents of the Orange district was removed when death came to Mr. David Davis at his home at Spring Hill, at the advanced age of 93 years, at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. The late Mr. Davis was the last surviving member of a family known for the best part of a century over the whole of the district. Born at Windsor, near Sydney, he himself as a young man of about 20 came to Spring Hill, and for the past 70 yeas or more had carried out the occupation of a farmer there. He was twice married, his first wife (a Miss Nesbitt) predeceasing him a considerable number of years ago, while about 35 years ago he was married to a well-known member of the Windsor district in the person or Miss Turnbull. Naturally of a shy and retiring disposition, the late Mr. Davis took no active part in the social activities of the town, but was a very staunch Methodist Church supporter, and was, it is understood, one of the first members to bring about the erection of the present Methodist Church in Spring Hill. He had enjoyed almost perfect health until about ten days before the date of his death, when he was taken ill with an attack of bronchitis and although he appeared to recover, he suffered a relapse, and his death followed as a result of the gradual weakening of the system due mainly to the attack. He is survived by his wife and one son (John, Spring Terrace) and a daughter (Mrs. Ryan, Sydney). The funeral, which was one of the largest seen in Spring Hill for a considerable time, left for the Methodist section of the Spring Hill cemetery at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.

Sources

1. ↑ NSW BDM birth records 115/1841 V1841115 158 and 1171/1841 V18411171 25A
2. ↑ NSW BDM: Marriage 1 2737/1866 DAVIS, DAVID, NESBITT, MARY J, district: ORANGE
3. ↑ NSW BDM: Marriage 2 5110/1889 DAVIS, DAVID, TURNBULL, CHARLOTTE M, WINDSOR
4. ↑ NSW BDM death records 20609/1933 DAVIS, DAVID, JOHN, ELEANOR, ORANGE
5. ↑ OBITUARY. (1933, December 22). Leader (Orange, NSW : 1899 - 1945), p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255390406