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David Jesse Horswill Humphries 1856–1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Apr 1856

Birth Location: 3 Essex St, Plymouth, Devon, England

Death Date: 2 Dec 1940

Death Location: Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand

Father: RICHARD HUMPHRIES

Mother: ELIZABETH HORSWILL

Spouse(s): MARY STEVENS

Children(s): EDITH HUMPHRIES, David Ngaere, Alfred son), Percival Humphries, Gwendoline Humphries, Amelia Humphries, Frederick Humphries, Alice daughter), Walter son), Mabel Humphries, Ida Humphries

In 1856, David Jesse Horswill Humphries entered the world in 3 Essex St, Plymouth, Devon, England, born to Richard Humphries And Elizabeth Horswill. David Jesse Horswill Humphries married Mary Stevens, and had children including Alfred Cuthbert Bert Humphries Adopted Son, Alice Vera Humphries Adopted Daughter, Amelia Mary Millie Humphries, David Horswill Humphries Was Crushed By A Falling Tree At Ngaere, Edith Mabel Humphries, Frederick William Humphries, Gwendoline Elizabeth Humphries, Ida Florence Humphries, Mabel Ethel Humphries, Percival Alan Humphries, Walter John Humphries Adopted Son. David Jesse Horswill Humphries passed away in 1940 in Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • In 1856, David Jesse Horswill Humphries entered the world in 3 Essex St, Plymouth, Devon, England, born to Richard Humphries And Elizabeth Horswill.
  • David Jesse Horswill Humphries married Mary Stevens, and had children including Alfred Cuthbert Bert Humphries Adopted Son, Alice Vera Humphries Adopted Daughter, Amelia Mary Millie Humphries, David Horswill Humphries Was Crushed By A Falling Tree At Ngaere, Edith Mabel Humphries, Frederick William Humphries, Gwendoline Elizabeth Humphries, Ida Florence Humphries, Mabel Ethel Humphries, Percival Alan Humphries, Walter John Humphries Adopted Son.
  • David Jesse Horswill Humphries passed away in 1940 in Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

RICHARD HUMPHRIES
1815–1890
Birth Location: Chudleigh, Devon, England
RH
ELIZABETH HORSWILL
1817–1901
Birth Location: Stoke in Teignhead, Devon
EH

Spouses(s)

MARY STEVENS
1856–1936
Birth Location: 94 Lillington St, Pimlico, London, England
MS

Children(s)

EDITH HUMPHRIES
1882–1957
Birth Location: Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand
EH
David Ngaere
1884–1920
Birth Location: Feilding, New Zealand
DN
Alfred son)
1881–1905
Birth Location: Auckland, New Zealand
As
Percival Humphries
1885–1931
Birth Location: Feilding New Zealand
PH
Gwendoline Humphries
1895–1972
Birth Location: Bunnythorpe, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
GH
Amelia Humphries
1878–1948
Birth Location: Feilding, New Zealand
AH
Frederick Humphries
1879–1969
Birth Location: Feilding, New Zealand
FH
Alice daughter)
–1942
Birth Location: Mataura, New Zealand (see 3 ADOPTED CHILDREN)
Ad
Walter son)
1896–1917
Birth Location: Greytown, New Zealand (see "3 ADOPTED CHILDREN")
Ws
Mabel Humphries
1881–1882
Birth Location: Feilding, New Zealand
MH
Ida Humphries
1890–1920
Birth Location: Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand
IH

David Humphries's Ancestors

Self
David Humphries
1856–1940
Birth Place: 3 Essex St, Plymouth, Devon, England
Parents
RICHARD HUMPHRIES
1815–1890
Chudleigh, Devon, England
ELIZABETH HORSWILL
1817–1901
Stoke in Teignhead, Devon
Grandparents
RICHARD HUMPHRIES
1782–1848
Devon, England
SUSANNAH Discombe
1793–1849
Kenton, Devon, England
JEFFREY HORSWILL
1787–1854
South Brent, Devon, England
MARY PROWSE
1789–1821
Abbots-Kerswell, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

David Humphries's Descendants

1.
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David (Jesse Horswill) Humphries (3 Apr 1856–2 Dec 1940) m. MARY STEVENS (27 Jan 1856–20 Jan 1936)
  1. 1. EDITH (MABEL) HUMPHRIES 1882–1957 m. JAMES (LASKEY) CARTER 1880–1952
    1. 1. WILLIAM (HENRY (Bill)) CARTER 1910–1982
    2. 2. Doris (Ada Spiering (Dori)) Carter 1904–1984
    3. 3. Stanley (James (Stan)) Carter 1907–1978 m. Thelma (Thorp Lorna) More 1910–1972 m. Sheilah (Jane) Tomkins 1915–1995
      1. 1. Edith (Lorna) Carter 1940–2017 m. Peter (Thorpe Spence Finlayson) * 1937–1981
    4. 4. Edith (Mary (Edie)) Carter 1908–1988 m. James (Nelson Stafford) Owen 1901–1952
    5. 5. John (Milton (Jack)) Carter 1915–1979
    6. 6. Gerald (Spencer) Carter 1922–2015
  2. 2. David (Horswill Humphries was crushed by a falling tree at) Ngaere 1884–1920
  3. 3. Alfred (Cuthbert (Bert) Humphries (adopted) son) 1881–1905 m. Harriet (Fannie) Fulljames 1885–1942
  4. 4. Percival (Alan) Humphries 1885–1931 m. Minnie (Augusta) Voss 1888–1972
    1. 1. Irene (Minnie) Humphries 1910–1968
    2. 2. Evelyn (May) Humphries 1913–1981
  5. 5. Gwendoline (Elizabeth) Humphries 1895–1972 m. Walter (Heathcote Jordan) (1) 1881–1948
    1. 1. Lloyd (Winfield) Jordan 1919–1981
    2. 2. Gwenda (Estelle) Jordan 1914–1983
    3. 3. Beulah (Lorraine) Jordan 1916–1985
    4. 4. Walter (Heathcote Jordan) (2) 1917–1999
    5. 5. David (Milton) Jordan 1918–1963 m. Jane (French) Calver 1921–1945 m. Sybil (Una) Powell 1921–2012
      1. 1. Dawn (Beverley) Jordan 1939–2011
  6. 6. Amelia (Mary (Millie)) Humphries 1878–1948 m. George (Ernest) McNeil 1880–1957 m. William Creighton 1873–1917
    1. 1. George Creighton 1910–1942
    2. 2. Edith (Amelia) Creighton 1901–1994
    3. 3. Alan (Burnley) Creighton 1903–1997
    4. 4. William (Kenneth) Creighton 1905–1979
    5. 5. Bessie Creighton 1907–1988
    6. 6. Rita Creighton 1909–1990
  7. 7. Frederick (William) Humphries 1879–1969 m. Edith (Rosella) Humphries 1882–1965
    1. 1. Elwyn (Robert) Humphries 1906–1998
    2. 2. Eunice (Pearl Mildred) Humphries 1910–1976
  8. 8. Alice (Vera Humphries (adopted) daughter) –1942 m. Stephen (Chell) Wilson 1880–1963
  9. 9. Walter (John Humphries (adopted) son) 1896–1917
  10. 10. Mabel (Ethel) Humphries 1881–1882
  11. 11. Ida (Florence) Humphries 1890–1920 m. Henry Davison 1889–1972
    1. 1. Joseph Davison 1920–2002 m. Mary (Isabel (Mollie)) Paton 1923–2005
      1. 1. Peter (McKenzie) Davison 1943–2006
    2. 2. Clifford (Raymond Horswill) Davison 1917–1990
    3. 3. Edward (Wilkinson Cheffins) Davison 1914–1986

David Humphries's Timeline

2 Records

1856
3 Apr 1856
Birth of David Jesse Horswill Humphries in 3 Essex St, Plymouth, Devon, England
3 Essex St, Plymouth, Devon, England
1940
2 Dec 1940
Age 84
Death of David Jesse Horswill Humphries in Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand
Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Apr 1856
    Event Place: 3 Essex St, Plymouth, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Dec 1940
    Event Place: Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand
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