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 1837 - 1918 (81 years)
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| Name |
Thomas Paradise Davis |
| Born |
24 Sep 1837 |
Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK  |
| Christened |
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Baptism of Thomas Paradise Davis
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| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
6 Jun 1841 |
Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
| Age: 3y |
Address:
Combe, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
| Baptism |
25 Jun 1844 |
Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
Address:
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire, |
| Military Service |
2nd Battalion, Foot Regiment, Royal Seventh Fusiliers |
- Thomas Paradise Davis was in the service of the 2nd Battalion, Foot, Royal Seventh Fusiliers, British Regulars stationed in Malta and Gibraltar. With the ending of the American Civil War in 1865, the British (who had backed the South) were worried about U.S retaliation and an invasion, as the main body of U.S troops were headed back north (a battle hardened and fully equipped army).
A number of British regular units were sent to Canada to bolster its existing regulars and militia, and Thomas's regiment was among those sent over. He was stationed in Quebec from May 15 1865 to September 1866, then moved to Brantford in October of 1866.
In the late months of 1866 the Fenians (an ultra-nationalist organization of Irish in Canada and the United States) were massing along the border, threatening to stage a small invasion of their own, (perhaps encouraged by the U.S) in retaliation for what was happening in Ireland with the British troops posted there. Perhaps this is why the Fusiliers were moved to Brantford, to be close to the Niagara frontier border in case of an attack.
The Fenians pushed north over the border in 1867, capturing some small towns as well as Fort Erie. The combined Militia and British regulars put down the uprising killing some and capturing the leaders, most were hung.
Thomas was stationed in Brantford, (billeted in the old Kerby house (hotel) and met Maria Boughen, who was working as a domestic in the service of the Kerby house (laundry etc.) and began seeing her. Thomas was discharged by purchase in July 24 1867 and was attached until September, to the 1st battalion 16th foot out of Ireland who replaced the 7th in Brantford. Quite a number of the 2nd remained behind to settle in and around Brantford.
Thomas and Maria were married in a Baptist ceremony in Brantford on February 5, 1868, witnessed by Hanna Boughen (Maria's sister) and William Vaughan. They lived in Mount Pleasant, Ontario and farmed with Maria's parents for the first few years.
Thomas and Maria then bought property in the town of Burgessville Ontario in 1879, where they farmed and raised their family of six.
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| Occupation |
30 Mar 1851 |
Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
| Farm Labourer |
| Residence |
30 Mar 1851 |
Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
| Age: 13y |
Address:
Holywell, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
| Died |
2 Dec 1918 |
Newark, Oxford, Ontario, Canada |
| Buried |
Burgessville, Oxford, Ontario, Canada |
Address:
Burgessville Baptist Cemetery, Burgessville, North Norwich, Oxfo |
| Person ID |
I1168 |
Lasbury Family |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Father |
John Davis
b. 1813, Bisley, Gloucestershire, England, UK
d. 1862, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK (Age 49 years) |
| Mother |
Anne Paradise
b. 1814, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK
d. 1885, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK (Age 71 years) |
| Married |
16 Jun 1835 |
Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
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Marriage of John Davis & Anne Paradise
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| Marriage Witness |
16 Jun 1835 |
| John Paradise & Emma Paradise |
| Family ID |
F53 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Wife |
Maria Boughen
b. 1839, Narborough, Norfolk, England, UK
d. 4 Jul 1911, Burgessville, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years) |
| Married |
5 Feb 1868 |
Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada |
| Marriage Witness |
5 Feb 1868 |
| Hanna Boughen & William Vaughan |
| Children |
| | 1. Eliza Ann Davis
b. 10 Jul 1868, Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Canada
d. 2 Jan 1951, Burgessville, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years) |
| | 2. Christina Paradise Davis
b. 1871, Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Canada
d. 1942 (Age 71 years) |
| | 3. John Wesley Davis
b. 9 Nov 1873, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
d. 4 Dec 1947, West Ferris, North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years) |
| | 4. James William Davis
b. 12 Dec 1875, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
d. 6 Apr 1964, Crookston, Polk, Minnesota, USA (Age 88 years) |
| | 5. George Henry Davis
b. 16 Apr 1878, Burgessville, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
d. 16 Feb 1957, Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years) |
| | 6. Emma A. Davis
b. 11 May 1880, Burgessville, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
d. 23 Oct 1949, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) |
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| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Family ID |
F2246 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 24 Sep 1837 - Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
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| Residence - Age: 3y,Address:
Combe, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK - 6 Jun 1841 - Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
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| Baptism - Address:
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire, - 25 Jun 1844 - Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
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| Occupation - Farm Labourer - 30 Mar 1851 - Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
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| Residence - Age: 13y,Address:
Holywell, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK - 30 Mar 1851 - Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
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 | Married - 5 Feb 1868 - Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Died - 2 Dec 1918 - Newark, Oxford, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Buried - Address:
Burgessville Baptist Cemetery, Burgessville, North Norwich, Oxfo - - Burgessville, Oxford, Ontario, Canada |
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