Ada Davis

Ada Louisa Davis 

Born: 15 April 1879, Coventry

Father: Henry James Davis (b. 1858) 

Mother: Sarah Davis (b. 1857)

Brothers: William Arthur Davis (b. 1883), Frank Davis (b. 1885), Frederick Davis (b. 1893)

Sisters: Laura Davis (b. 1880) [LDTC 1901], Rose Lilian Davis (b. 1890)

Marriage:        1903, Lincoln 

Husband:         James Walter Cameron 

                        b. 1877                        

Elementary School Teacher 

d. 1954

Issue – 

#1 Kenneth Cameron (b. 16 May 1904)

#2 Dora Cameron (b. 11 April 1907)

In 1881 –

She is Drapers Fields, Coventry. Her father is listed as ‘Stone Mason. Ada, her mother and her sister, Laura, are unlisted. There is a lodger, Hannah Hulm (b. 1861), is listed as ‘Ribbon Weaver’. 

In 1891 –

She is at West Bright Row, Lincoln. Her father is listed as ‘Stone Mason’. Ada, her mother and her siblings (Laura, William, Frank and Rose) are unlisted. 

In 10/97 – 

PT at Girls Practising School, Lincoln. 

In 10/99 – 

Appointed to Oldham Board School. Salary £70.

In 1901 – 

She is at 123 Greenwood Street, Oldham. Her uncle, James Earnshaw (b. 1864), is listed as ‘Cotton Spinner’. Her aunt, Clara (b. 1863), and cousins; Rose (b. 1896), Eva (b. 1898) and Lilian (b. 1901) are unlisted. Ada is listed as ‘Teacher (School)’. 

In 10/01 – 

Appointed to Boultham School, Lincoln. Head.

In 04/04 – 

Address is Arboretum Avenue, Lincoln. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 59 Gloucester Street, Sheffield. Her husband is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. Ada and her children, Kenneth and Dora, are unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Hill Top Road, Dronfield. Her husband is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Ada and her children, Kenneth and Dora, are unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at Corner Ways, Chanctonbury, Sussex. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Retired’. Ada is unlisted. 

d.         21 January 1943, Chanctonbury 

CAMERON Ada Louisa of Cornerways, Hampers Lane, Washington, Sussex (wife of James Walter Cameron) died 21 January 1943. Administration Llandudno 24 March to the said James Walter Cameron, retired schoolteacher. Effects £373, 12s, 2d.