Henry Joseph "Harry" Davis^[1]

1865 - 1915  (50 years)

• Name	Henry Joseph "Harry" Davis
  Born	11 Mar 1865	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194149812
  Name	H. J. Davis
  Occupation	1904	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-443974
  Died	17 Jul 1915	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I443974	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	James Robert Davis,   b. 6 Jan 1821, , England ,   d. 9 Jan 1888, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Gould,   b. Nov 1830,   d. Aug 1898  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Family ID	F280016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mable Smith,   b. 29 Jan 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1961  (Age 88 years)
  Married	1 Jul 1904	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Henrietta Jean "Jean" Davis,   b. 26 Aug 1905, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Dec 1990, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F280015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  "Harry" Henry Joseph Davis Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  MADE DOUBLE ATTEMPT TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE Woodstock, July 16.- H. J. Davis, the well-known stock breeder of the 15th line of East Zorra, is lying at the point of death at his home as the result of two attempts to take his own life late yesterday afternoon. Mr. Davis was in the city during the morning, closing some stock purchase deals, and when he went home in the afternoon took a dose of strychine. He immediately afterwards went out to the barn, and climbing into the hay mow, swung himself out by the neck on a rope suspended from a beam. He was discovered in about a minute by his hired man, who cut him down and took him to the house. The doctors in attendance to-day said there was little hope of saving his life. It is believed that the determined attempt at self-destruction was due to temporary derangement. The Chronicle Telegraph, 22 Jul 1915, p. 2 ______________ EAST ZORRA FARMER DIES BY HIS OWN HAND Woodstock, July 18.-Mr. H. J. Davis, of the nineteenth line, East Zorra, who on Thursday afternoon attempted suicide by hanging in his farm, died yesterday, not having recovered consciousness. He was a middle-aged man, and had resided a great deal of his lifetime in Oxford County, where he was most highly esteemed. As a breeder of thoroughbred stock he was widely known throughout the Province of Ontario, his stock farm being among the leading ones in the province. He leaves his widow and a young daughter. Two brothers, John, of Woodstock, and James, of the Western States, and one sister, Mr. H, G. Benfield, of this city, also survive. The Chronicle Telegraph, 22 Jul 1915, p. 9

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018809-04. Henry Joseph Davis, 39, Occ. Farmer, b. England, Res. East Zorra Twp, Widower, son of James R. Davis and Mary Ann Gould married Mabel Smith, 33, b. Wilmot, Res. Wilmot, daughter of William Crowe Smith and Henrietta E. Mallett, Witn: George M. Smith of Wilmot and Mrs. T.D. Benfield of East Zorra, 1 July 1904 in Wilmot [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194149812.

  
  

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  Born - 11 Mar 1865 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Birth - - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1904 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Jul 1904 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Jul 1915 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth