Jennie Davis [Heavers] (1895-1980)


Dates

Birth: 21 February 1895 Plumstead, Kent, UK
Father: Arthur Davis 1858-1921
Mother: Emily Jane Cowles 1863-1942

Christening: Unknown

Marriage: January-March 1921 Billericay, Essex, UK
Husband: Walter Richard Heavers (Richard Edwards) 1893-1971

Death: October-December 1980 Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK

Children

Ronald Thomas Heavers 1922-1941
Kenneth Walter Heavers 1926-2001

Notes

Birth of Jennie Davis in FreeBMD in April-June 1895 in Woolwich (1d 1292).

In the 1901 census as Jennie Davis aged 6, born in Plumstead, and living with her parents (Arthur and Emily) and sister (Marion) at 33 Crossness (there is a Lane and a Footpath), Erith, Kent.

In the 1911 census as Jenney Davis aged 16, born in Plumstead, Kent, single, no stated employment, and living with her parents (Arthur and Jane) and sister (Marion) in four rooms at 33 Crossness, Abbey Wood, Erith, Kent.

Marriage of Jennie Davis and Walter R Heavers in FreeBMD in January-March 1921 in Billericay (4a 1121) which included Vange.

Her sons were born in Vange in 1922 and 1926, the family living at Burwyn, Bull Road, Vange, Essex.

They went to Canada and lived with their son Kenneth for a time, first in Vancouver and then Toronto, before returning and living at 2 Brislands Lane. Four Marks, Hampshire where my father and stepmother visited them.

Her husband died in Southend in 1971.

Entry in the Register of Deaths for Jennie Heavers, born on 21 February 1895, in October-December 1980 in Southend-on-Sea (9 3026).

There are three entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Jennie Davis born in Great Plumstead, Kent on 21 February 1895, parents Arthur Davis and Emily Jane Cowles, her marriage to Walter Richard Heavers, her two sons, and her death in Southend on Sea in December 1980.

Relationship

Jennie Davis was my first cousin once removed, and first cousin of her husband Walter, who was also my first cousin once removed.

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