Aubrey was born in Penryn, Cornwall, England where his family owned a shop that sold shoes. He was working as a travelling salesman in Birmingham, selling fabric to tailors, when a man he chanced to meet in a public house convinced him to emigrate to Canada.
Aubrey set sail from Liverpool aboard the 'Tunisian', arriving in Montreal on July 24th, 1903. He stayed a few months in Montreal before eventually making his way to Alberta, where he worked for a while as a surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway before becoming an importer & breeder of English Shire horses in Trochu, and later a farmer in Huxley.
He met his wife, Agnes, when she arrived in Canada from the United Kingdom in 1908. They were married in 1910 and went on to have four children together. Their descendants are in Canada today.
Aubrey was raised a Methodist and was educated at the Truro Wesleyan College in Cornwall, England but converted to Roman Catholicism in his sixties after a bout of pneumonia, because he wanted to be buried beside his Catholic wife.
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From the Trochu Tribune, dated 19 Sep 1968:
Aubrey Davies of Huxley passed away in St. Mary's Hospital, Trochu, on September 11th at the age of 90 years.
Born in Cornwall, England in 1878, he came to Canada in 1901 [actually 1903] and lived in this district for sixty five years.
He is survived by his loving wife, Agnes; two sons, Jim at home and Bert in Vancouver; two daughters, Mrs R Dowell and Mrs N Winstanley, both of Vancouver; eight grandchildren and one great grandson.
Funeral services were conducted in St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church in Trochu, Father Haley officiating. Interment in the Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Pete Demers, Frank Hoppins, Ronnie Hepburn, Dick Vickery, Bill Green and Allan Winther.
Parents:
James Henry Davies (1847-1923)
Catherine Hannah Roach (1843-1926)
Wife:
Agnes Christina Dodd (1891-1980)
m. 21 Jun 1910 in Trochu, Alberta, Canada
Children:
James Henry Davies (1911-1985)
Katherine Mary (Davies) Dowell (1913-2005)
Mary Margaret (Davies) Winstanley (1916-2012)
Albert Anthony Davies (1918-2009)
Sibling:
Howard Davies (1880-1963)
Aubrey set sail from Liverpool aboard the 'Tunisian', arriving in Montreal on July 24th, 1903. He stayed a few months in Montreal before eventually making his way to Alberta, where he worked for a while as a surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway before becoming an importer & breeder of English Shire horses in Trochu, and later a farmer in Huxley.
He met his wife, Agnes, when she arrived in Canada from the United Kingdom in 1908. They were married in 1910 and went on to have four children together. Their descendants are in Canada today.
Aubrey was raised a Methodist and was educated at the Truro Wesleyan College in Cornwall, England but converted to Roman Catholicism in his sixties after a bout of pneumonia, because he wanted to be buried beside his Catholic wife.
***
From the Trochu Tribune, dated 19 Sep 1968:
Aubrey Davies of Huxley passed away in St. Mary's Hospital, Trochu, on September 11th at the age of 90 years.
Born in Cornwall, England in 1878, he came to Canada in 1901 [actually 1903] and lived in this district for sixty five years.
He is survived by his loving wife, Agnes; two sons, Jim at home and Bert in Vancouver; two daughters, Mrs R Dowell and Mrs N Winstanley, both of Vancouver; eight grandchildren and one great grandson.
Funeral services were conducted in St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church in Trochu, Father Haley officiating. Interment in the Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Pete Demers, Frank Hoppins, Ronnie Hepburn, Dick Vickery, Bill Green and Allan Winther.
Parents:
James Henry Davies (1847-1923)
Catherine Hannah Roach (1843-1926)
Wife:
Agnes Christina Dodd (1891-1980)
m. 21 Jun 1910 in Trochu, Alberta, Canada
Children:
James Henry Davies (1911-1985)
Katherine Mary (Davies) Dowell (1913-2005)
Mary Margaret (Davies) Winstanley (1916-2012)
Albert Anthony Davies (1918-2009)
Sibling:
Howard Davies (1880-1963)
Aubrey was born in Penryn, Cornwall, England where his family owned a shop that sold shoes. He was working as a travelling salesman in Birmingham, selling fabric to tailors, when a man he chanced to meet in a public house convinced him to emigrate to Canada.
Aubrey set sail from Liverpool aboard the 'Tunisian', arriving in Montreal on July 24th, 1903. He stayed a few months in Montreal before eventually making his way to Alberta, where he worked for a while as a surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway before becoming an importer & breeder of English Shire horses in Trochu, and later a farmer in Huxley.
He met his wife, Agnes, when she arrived in Canada from the United Kingdom in 1908. They were married in 1910 and went on to have four children together. Their descendants are in Canada today.
Aubrey was raised a Methodist and was educated at the Truro Wesleyan College in Cornwall, England but converted to Roman Catholicism in his sixties after a bout of pneumonia, because he wanted to be buried beside his Catholic wife.
***
From the Trochu Tribune, dated 19 Sep 1968:
Aubrey Davies of Huxley passed away in St. Mary's Hospital, Trochu, on September 11th at the age of 90 years.
Born in Cornwall, England in 1878, he came to Canada in 1901 [actually 1903] and lived in this district for sixty five years.
He is survived by his loving wife, Agnes; two sons, Jim at home and Bert in Vancouver; two daughters, Mrs R Dowell and Mrs N Winstanley, both of Vancouver; eight grandchildren and one great grandson.
Funeral services were conducted in St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church in Trochu, Father Haley officiating. Interment in the Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Pete Demers, Frank Hoppins, Ronnie Hepburn, Dick Vickery, Bill Green and Allan Winther.
Parents:
James Henry Davies (1847-1923)
Catherine Hannah Roach (1843-1926)
Wife:
Agnes Christina Dodd (1891-1980)
m. 21 Jun 1910 in Trochu, Alberta, Canada
Children:
James Henry Davies (1911-1985)
Katherine Mary (Davies) Dowell (1913-2005)
Mary Margaret (Davies) Winstanley (1916-2012)
Albert Anthony Davies (1918-2009)
Sibling:
Howard Davies (1880-1963)
Aubrey set sail from Liverpool aboard the 'Tunisian', arriving in Montreal on July 24th, 1903. He stayed a few months in Montreal before eventually making his way to Alberta, where he worked for a while as a surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway before becoming an importer & breeder of English Shire horses in Trochu, and later a farmer in Huxley.
He met his wife, Agnes, when she arrived in Canada from the United Kingdom in 1908. They were married in 1910 and went on to have four children together. Their descendants are in Canada today.
Aubrey was raised a Methodist and was educated at the Truro Wesleyan College in Cornwall, England but converted to Roman Catholicism in his sixties after a bout of pneumonia, because he wanted to be buried beside his Catholic wife.
***
From the Trochu Tribune, dated 19 Sep 1968:
Aubrey Davies of Huxley passed away in St. Mary's Hospital, Trochu, on September 11th at the age of 90 years.
Born in Cornwall, England in 1878, he came to Canada in 1901 [actually 1903] and lived in this district for sixty five years.
He is survived by his loving wife, Agnes; two sons, Jim at home and Bert in Vancouver; two daughters, Mrs R Dowell and Mrs N Winstanley, both of Vancouver; eight grandchildren and one great grandson.
Funeral services were conducted in St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church in Trochu, Father Haley officiating. Interment in the Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers were Pete Demers, Frank Hoppins, Ronnie Hepburn, Dick Vickery, Bill Green and Allan Winther.
Parents:
James Henry Davies (1847-1923)
Catherine Hannah Roach (1843-1926)
Wife:
Agnes Christina Dodd (1891-1980)
m. 21 Jun 1910 in Trochu, Alberta, Canada
Children:
James Henry Davies (1911-1985)
Katherine Mary (Davies) Dowell (1913-2005)
Mary Margaret (Davies) Winstanley (1916-2012)
Albert Anthony Davies (1918-2009)
Sibling:
Howard Davies (1880-1963)
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