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Delia Margaret Davis

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Delia Margaret Davis

Birth
Quebec, Canada
Death
8 Mar 1927 (aged 66)
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Burial
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
section P1
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The Troy Times, Troy, New York
Thursday, March 10, 1927
Miss Delia M. Davis, daughter of the late Thomas D. and Jennie White Davis of New York, died Tuesday at Baltimore, Md., after a short illness. Miss Davis was connected with public service and welfare work for more than 35 years. For the last 29 years she had been stationed at the Refuge on Randall's Island, where she had had a large share in the maintaining of the high standards and efficiency of that institution in reform work. Miss Davis was devoted to her work. Three brothers, T. Alvin Davis of Waterford, Dr. Charles E. Davis of Albany and Roderick Davis of Loudonville. survive. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock from the residence of her brother at Loudonville. Rev. H.W. Boerkland, pastor of Grace Methodist Church of Albany, will officiate. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy. [obituary fuzzy, details difficult to read, please check original]
The Troy Times, Troy, New York
Thursday, March 10, 1927
Miss Delia M. Davis, daughter of the late Thomas D. and Jennie White Davis of New York, died Tuesday at Baltimore, Md., after a short illness. Miss Davis was connected with public service and welfare work for more than 35 years. For the last 29 years she had been stationed at the Refuge on Randall's Island, where she had had a large share in the maintaining of the high standards and efficiency of that institution in reform work. Miss Davis was devoted to her work. Three brothers, T. Alvin Davis of Waterford, Dr. Charles E. Davis of Albany and Roderick Davis of Loudonville. survive. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock from the residence of her brother at Loudonville. Rev. H.W. Boerkland, pastor of Grace Methodist Church of Albany, will officiate. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy. [obituary fuzzy, details difficult to read, please check original]

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Delia Margaret Davis, daughter of Thomas D. & Jenny Davis,
born Saint Lin Canada P.Q. July 4, 1860,
died March 8, 1927. "Vixit Pro Aliis"



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