The Davies of Hoole: Difference between revisions

 

===Alfred Cornelius Davies (1859 – 1930)===

[[File:DF9 Alfred Cornelius Davies.jpg|left|thumb|246x246px|''<small>Alfred Cornelius Davies 1859 to 1930</small>'']]

Alfred was born at 27 Peploe Street, Hoole, the eldest child of John Henry. He was expected to follow his father into architecture when he left the College School, Chester but his father wanted him to obtain a general knowledge of the building trade first. This led to him finding a position as clerk at the Old Dee Mills, Bridgegate and. eventually becoming Secretary to Mr Johnson, the owner. When the Old Dee Mill burnt down in 1903, Alfred moved to work with Griffiths Bros, Corn Merchant, Canal Side, Chester. Here he was promoted to Corn Merchant Manager in 1910 and then became a Corn Merchant travelling salesman through to his death, aged 71 in 1930, holding various positions. He married Mary Bratton, and together raised a family of nine children.

 

===Richard Cecil Davies (1861 – 1917)===

[[File:DF10 Richard Cecil Davies.jpg|left|thumb|287x287px|''<small>Richard Cecil Davies 1861 to 1917</small>'']]

Richard Cecil Davies was born at 30 Peploe Street on 25th February 1861, the second child of John Henry. He was to follow his father’s profession and on the 1881 census Richard is listed as an architect’s assistant living with the family in Seller Street, Chester. In 1882, aged 21, he was made a Freeman of Chester, and his occupation is shown as Architect. He divided his time between his professional activities as a local politician and an architect and the military as well as the Hoole & Chester fire service. He was to be one of the founders of the Hoole Volunteer Fire Brigade and its Captain for 18 years.

 

===Arthur Frederick Davies (1865 – 1926)===

[[File:DF14 Arthur Fredrick Davies Memorial Stone.jpg|thumb|206x206px|''<small>Arthur Fredrick Davies Memorial Stone</small>'']]

Arthur Frederick Davies, was the third child of John Henry Davies, born when the family had moved to Seller Street. He followed his father and elder brother into the family’s architectural practice, as seen in the 1881 census, where he is described as an “architect’s assistant”. On the death of his brother Richard Cecil in 1917, Arthur became the sole remaining partner of the family’s architectural practice. He retained this position until his death in 1926, only bringing his own son into the practice and restricting other family members from joining.

 

===Charles Harold Davies (1867 – 1952)===

[[File:DF15 Charles Harold Davies.jpg|left|thumb|''<small>Charles Harold Davies 1867 to 1952</small>'']]

Similar to his brother Arthur, Charles was born in Seller Street, Chester, but he lived 46 years of his life in Hoole, initially at 3 Hamilton Street from 1906 to 1924, thereafter moving to Oaklands, Hoole Road where he ended his days in 1952.

 

He also was one of the first active genealogists, having a strong family history interest, as well as time and money, which he used to understand the history of the Davies family. In 1939 he privately published an account, as he saw it, of the Davies family history. Charles never married. Instead, his sister Martha Emily, served as his constant companion, up to his death in 1952. His funeral service was held in All Saint’s Church Hoole, conducted by his nephew the Reverend Harry Roberts.

 

===Martha Emily Davies (1871 – 1963)===

<u>Hoole Resident and Companion</u>

Martha was the first daughter born to John Henry and Catherine, arriving on 13th January 1871, whilst the family were living in Seller Street. In the family, and to close friends, her nickname was “Beam”. Martha never married, despite being proposed to by her first cousin, Arthur Davies, who she turned down without hesitation. As she would later say, “I was too particular”.

 

 

 

 

===Edith Clarissa Davies (1875 – 1950)===

 

Edith Clarissa Davies was born in May 1875, the youngest of three sisters and the one that saw the early death of her husband at a point where she had had three children by him.

 

===Horace Francis Davies (1878 – 1940)===

The youngest child of John Henry and Catherine Davies’ ten children, Horace Francis Davies was born in January 1878, whilst the family were living in Seller Street.