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| Husband: | Walter John Willis D'AVOINE (1875-1937) | |
| Wife: | Eva Mabel May BOUNDY (1877-1961) | |
| Children: | Archibald Walter Humphrey DAVINE (1899-1972) | |
| Reginald Willis DAVINE (1909- ) | ||
| William (Billy) DAVINE ( - ) | ||
| Donald DAVINE ( - ) | ||
| Gladys DAVINE (1897- ) | ||
| Irene DAVINE (1898- ) | ||
| Olive DAVINE (1901- ) | ||
| Marriage | 8 Dec 1895 | Holy Trinity Church, St Peter Port |
| Name: | Walter John Willis D'AVOINE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | John D'AVOINE (1846-1923) | |
| Mother: | Mary Ann LE GROS (1846-1885) | |
| Birth | 1875 | Trinity, Jersey |
| Death | 27 Jul 1937 (age 61-62) | |
| Burial | Hither Green Cemetary | |
| Name: | Eva Mabel May BOUNDY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | William H BOUNDY (1844- ) | |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Mary BRIDLE (1846-1885) | |
| Birth | 11 May 1877 | St Peter Port, Guernsey |
| Death | 1961 (age 83-84) | |
| Name: | Archibald Walter Humphrey DAVINE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Emily Alice FISHER (1900-1988) | |
| Birth | 20 Nov 1899 | St Peter Port, Guernsey |
| Death | 17 Jul 1972 (age 72) | Northwick Park Hospital |
| Burial | Hither Green Cemetary | |
| Name: | Reginald Willis DAVINE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Mary WHITTAKER (1908-1959) | |
| Birth | 22 May 1909 | Calais |
| Name: | William (Billy) DAVINE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Name: | Donald DAVINE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Name: | Gladys DAVINE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1897 | |
| Name: | Irene DAVINE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1898 | |
| Name: | Olive DAVINE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1901 | |
1. Tracey has rung the Registrar's Office in Jersey and been told that he was born 17/6/1857. At that time his name was simply Walter d'Avoine.
2. He appears in the 1881 census as Walter d'Avoine, aged 6.
3. In the 1891 census he is still living with his parents, with his occupation given as 'carpenter's apprentice'.
4. In 1895 he was married in Guernsey, having changed his name to Davine. In the record of his marriage, both Walter and Eva gave their ages as 21, which seems an exageration in both cases. They were married by licence, and both described as 'of this parish' (which is Holy Trinity, St Peter Port).
5. In the 1901 census he is living at 95 Victoria Road, St Peter Port, aged 26, a carpenter. His family consists of his wife Eva and 4 children Gladys (4), Irene (2), Archibald (1) and Olive (4 months). His brother George, aged 20, a baker's assistant is also present, although he gives his birthplace as St Peter Port. There is also a lodger, Henry Turner.
6. His profession is given as carpenter, both at the time of the birth of his son Archibald, and at the time of Archibald's marriage. The marriage certificate of his son Reginald gives his profession as 'Carpenter H.U.O.W'. (What do these letters mean ??) Somewhere in one of the London cathedrals, his initials can be found carved on a staircase which he made.
7. It is believed that Walter and his family moved to Calais at some time before WWI, and Archibald would have gone to school in Calais. He served with the British Army as an interpreter during the war. He may have moved to Sydenham some time after the end of WWI.
8. His burial location is 'Family Grave 135, Plot B' in Hither Green Cemetery. It is only at the time of his death that 'John' appears as his second name. In all the other records I have he is either Walter Willis or simply Walter Davine/d'Avoine.
1. Note that the births of 3 of Eva's sibblings (Mary, Florence and James) are available on the on-line IGI. These all give the mother as Elizabeth Briddle (or Briddles) - which doesn't quite agree with the wife's name of Mary in the 1881 census. Unfortunately the on-line IGI file stops at 1875.
2. Info from Shirley Portway :- In addition to the children listed, there were also 3 triplets, all boys, who died within a few days. Also a boy Cyril who died very young. ( Shirley believes that she was told there were 13 children in all, but can only remember the 7 listed, plus the 4 who died young). Eva lived for a long time at 15 Highclere Street, Sydenham, later moving in with her son Reg for the last couple of years before her death in approx. 1961.