My great grandparents - Johanna Blanche and John Davis

[dathai]

As John Davis was serving in France in 1915 you might get more info if you can find his service record
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1915/01385/1569738.pdf

[hmclem]

Wow - Thank you all. This has given me a lot of things to look at. Really really appreciated.

[jim burke]

Hi Just to say there was a Catherine Blanch born 24th Dec 1910 Union Hospital to Joanna Blanch of George's St Waterford Debur

[dathai]

There was also a John Blanche born Francis Street 24th Feb 1889 to John Blanche and Johanna Quinn
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02482/1921400.pdf

i can find no records for him other than his birth.

Re John Davis there are a few by that name on the 1911 English census born Ireland in their 20s lncluding one from Waterford City
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01iqo/

it is also strange that he calls himself an Engineer on his marriage cert while on William's birth he is a Railway Porter.

[jim burke]

That's right John Blanche & Joanna Quinn was the parents of Joanna Blanche who married John Davis 1912, this Joanna had a child called Catherine, born 24th Dec 1910, debur

[nowel]

Royal Artillery Attestation - John Davis age 18, enlisted 5 Oct 1909. Regt. No - 59382. (previously in 3rd Batt. (militia) Gloucester Regt.). Born Bristol. Wife -Johanna Blanch. Children - William, b. Waterford. Joanna, b. Waterford. Mary Margaret, b. Bristol. Address on discharge 4 Oct 1921 - 31 Beaconsfield St., Barton Hill, Bristol. Available on FindMyPast or Lives of the First World War.

1901 England census Bristol - William Davis, boot operator. Wife, Margaret. John age 9 and 5 other siblings.

[hmclem]

That's interesting nowel.

I had always assumed that John Davis was born in Ireland (prob Waterford) as that was where he married Johanna and the first two of his children were born.