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James Davis

• Last Edited: 2020-09-13

• Charts: Colley

Emma Amelia Gurr

• Last Edited: 2020-09-13

Emma Sarah Davis¹

• Last Edited: 2023-06-28

• Father: James Davis¹
• Mother: Emma Amelia Gurr (c 1857-c 1885)

Thomas Davis

• Last Edited: 2023-06-28

• Mother: Emma Sarah Davis (c 1878-)

Joseph Davies

• Last Edited: 2022-02-23

• Charts: SHARD2

Detailed Timeline

c 1852	Joseph Davies was born.
c 1877	His daughter Mary Emma Holden was born at Cheadle, Cheshire.
10 Aug 1885	Joseph Davies married Phoebe Shard, daughter of Isaac Shard and Hannah Swindells, at St Michael & All Angels, Macclesfield, Cheshire. Joseph, 33, bachelor, farm labourer, Macclesfield, father John Davies, horse dealer Phoebe, 35, spinster, Macclesfield, father Isaac Shard, gardener Witnesses: John Clayton, Ellen Bailey NOTE: These were the couple married immediately after Joseph & Phoebe, who were then the witnesses for John & Ellen.1
Aug 1885	The marriage was registered in Macclesfield R.D., England, in 1885 JAS quarter.2
c May 1886	The birth of his daughter Hannah Davies was registered in Prestbury, Macclesfield R.D., England.3

Hannah Davies¹

• Last Edited: 2021-01-27

• Charts: SHARD2

• Father: Joseph Davies¹ (c 1852-)
• Mother: Phoebe Shard¹ (c 1849-)

Mary Emma Holden

• Last Edited: 2022-02-23

• Charts: SHARD2

• Step-father: Joseph Davies (c 1852-)
• Adoptive mother: Phoebe Shard (c 1849-)

Key Events

Birth		c 1877, Cheadle, Cheshire
Marriage	Isaac Bennett	17 Nov 1894, Christ Church, Woodford, Cheshire1

Detailed Timeline

c 1877	Mary Emma Holden was born at Cheadle, Cheshire.
3 Apr 1881	She appeared as nurse-child in the 1881 census in the household of Isaac Shard at Poynton Rd, Woodford, Cheshire. Age 4 , born Cheadle, Cheshire. Household included:- Isaac Shard, John Shard, Phoebe Shard and Enoch Shard.2
5 Apr 1891	Mary Emma Holden appeared as Adopted in the 1891 census in the household of Phoebe Davies at Hand Cottages, Woodford, Cheshire. Age 14 , Silk Weaver , born Ashton, Cheshire. Household included:- Hannah Davies.3
17 Nov 1894	Mary Emma Holden, daughter of Joseph Davies and Phoebe Shard, married Isaac Bennett at Christ Church, Woodford, Cheshire. Isaac Bennett, 21, Bachelor, Collier, Poynton; Father: Isaac Bennett, collier Mary Emma Holden, 19, Spinster, Silk weaver, Woodford; Illegitimate daughter of Sarah Holden Witnesses: Alfred Gosling, Annie E Bennett.1
	The marriage was registered in Macclesfield R.D., England.4
c Feb 1895	The birth of her daughter Florence Bennett was registered in Macclesfield R.D., England.5
c May 1897	The birth of her daughter Annie Bennett was registered in Macclesfield R.D., England.6
c Aug 1898	The birth of her daughter Madeline Bennett was registered in Macclesfield R.D., England.7
c May 1901	The birth of her daughter Nora Bennett was registered in Macclesfield R.D., England.
c Nov 1908	The birth of her son Isaac Bennett was registered in Macclesfield R.D., England.8
2 Apr 1911	Mary Emma Holden appeared as Wife in the 1911 census in the household of Isaac Bennett at 116, Jack Lane, Poynton, Cheshire. Age 35 , married 16 years, 5 children, 4 alive, 1 died , born Ashton, Lancashire. Household included:- Annie Bennett, Madeline Bennett, Nora Bennett and Isaac Bennett.9
c Nov 1914	The birth of her daughter Brenda Phoebe Bennett was registered in Macclesfield R.D., England.10
c Nov 1917	The birth of her daughter Vera Bennett was registered in Macclesfield R.D., England.11
19 Jun 1921	Mary Emma Bennett appeared as Wife in the 1921 census in the household of Isaac Bennett at 116, Park Lane, Poynton, Cheshire. Age 45y 6m , married , Home Duties , born AShton, Cheshire. Household included:- Nora Bennett, Isaac Bennett, Brenda Phoebe Bennett and Vera Bennett.12