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DAVIS—MARTIN
The wedding took place in Agherton Parish Church, Portstewart, on Saturday, of Mr. John Winston Davis, only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Winston Davis, Ballymore, Love Lane, Pinner, Middlesex, and Miss Maureen Joan Martin, M.A., only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Martin, Strand Road, Portstewart.
The bride is a member of the staff of the Liberian Embassy, London, and the bridegroom is manager of a haulage contracting firm in Middlesex. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. E. G. Dixon, M.A., rector, assisted by the Rev. H. C. Conn, B.A., Moneymore.
Mr. John Donnan, A.R.CM., was organist, and the church was decorated with spring flowers. The bride, who was given away by her father, was in a trained gown of champagne - coloured French brocade with matching tulle veil. Her headdress was of apple blossom. The bridesmaids, Miss Kathleen Walker, Aberdeen, cousin of the bride, and Miss Veronica Montagu- Woods, Pinner, niece of the bridegroom, wore gowns of apple green organdie with pink rosebuds scattered over the skirts.
Mr. Aubrey Nye, Pinner, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, was best man and Mr. George E. Paterson, Aberdeen, was groomsman.
Mr. Robert A. Stewart, B.A, Station Road, Portstewart, chairman of Portstewart Urban Council, Mr. Gardner Weir, Millbank Avenue, Portstewart, and Mr. Bruno Reiter, Millbank Avenue, Portstewart, were ushers.
The honeymoon is being spent motoring in Scotland.

Published: Monday 18 May 1953
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter

John Winston Davis married Maureen Joan Martin in Portstewart, Northern Ireland in May 1953.

Belfast News Letter 18 May 1953

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Death:

DAVIS, JOHN WINSTON 1926
GRO Reference: DOR Q3/2017 in GLOUCESTERSHIRE (488-1D) Entry Number 516062611

NOT this marriage - just posting for elimination :

Marriages Dec 1949 (>99%)
CRAWLEY Winifred M Davis Harrow 5f 859
Davis John W Crawley Harrow 5f 859

That man's middle name was William, per Winifred's probate record in 1959.

John Winston Davis 1926 is with his sister Josephine in 1949:

Josephine A Montagu-Woods
in the London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1972
Name Josephine A Montagu-Woods
Electoral Date 1949
Street Address 47 Love Lane
Ward or Division/Constituency Harrow West
County or Borough Harrow, England

Mabel Rosetta Davis
in the Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014
Name Mabel Rosetta Davis
Register Type Burial
Death Date abt 1940
Burial or Cremation Date 10 Apr 1940
Burial or Cremation Place Harrow, London, England

Mabel died 1940:

Mabel Rosetta Davis
in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name Mabel Rosetta Davis
Death Date 7 Apr 1940
Death Place Middlesex, England
Probate Date 16 Jul 1940
Probate Registry London, England


Address: 47 Love Lane, Pinner.
Died at Musgrave Clinic, Belfast [Explains why she's not on 1939 register ?]
Probate to Josephine Alice Montagu-Woods and a solicitor.

Mother in 1938 - can't see her in 1939:

Mabel Rosetta Davis
in the London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1972
Name Mabel Rosetta Davis
Electoral Date 1938
Ward or Division/Constituency Hendon North West
County or Borough Hendon, England

Address: 47 Love Lane, Pinner, Harrow.

Josephine's also listed with her.

Father's death:

DAVIS, JOHN WINSTON 61
GRO Reference: 1938 J Quarter in HENDON Volume 03A Page 440

Father of Josephine A Davis (1925)mmn Distleman was Benjamin.

Edit - we crossed - I don’t spot that one. Would have helped if Ian had given us the right date and place.

Josephine born 1917 - not 1925.

Births Jun 1917 (>99%)
Davis Josephine A Noye Hendon 3a 506


Josephine Alice Davis
in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
Name Josephine Alice Davis
Gender Female
Marital Status Single
Marriage Age 22
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1917
Marriage Date 23 Sep 1939
Marriage Place St John the Baptist, Pinner: Church Lane, Harrow, Middlesex, England
Father John Winston [ DECEASED]
Spouse Samuel Montague Montague-Woods
Page number 118

Mabel Rosetta Davis
in the 1911 England Census
Name Mabel Rosetta Davis
Age in 1911 23
Estimated Birth Year abt 1888
Relation to Head Wife
Gender Female
Birth Place Bramfield, Suffolk, England
Civil parish Pinner
County/Island Middlesex
Country England
Street Address Ballymore, Love Lane, Pinner, Middlesex
Marital Status Married
Years Married 1
Estimated Marriage Year 1910
Registration District Number 130
Sub-registration district Harrow
ED, institution, or vessel 13
Piece 7080
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
John Winston Davis 34 Head
Mabel Rosetta Davis 23 Wife


Mabel Rosetta Davis
in the 1921 England Census
Name Mabel Rosetta Davis
Gender Female
Nationality British
Marital Status Married
Age 33 Years 11 Months
Relation to Head Visitor
Estimated Birth Year 1887
Residence Date 1921
Residence Street Address The Grand Hotel, Southwold
Residence Place Southwold, Suffolk, England
Occupation Home Duties
Place of Work Ballymore Panner, Middlesex
Inhabited Y
Parliamentary Division East Suffolk Pc, Lowestoft Div.
Registration District Blything
Registration District Number 216
Sub registration district Southwold
Sub Registration District Number 2
Respondent Miss Robert Manageress
Enumeration District Name Southwold Mb
Enumeration District 1
Schedule Type Code Eee
Page number 4
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship

John Wandan Davis 44 Years 4 Months Visitor
Mabel Rosetta Davis 33 Years 11 Months Visitor
Josephine Alice Davis 4 Years 3 Months Visitor

[and many other "visitors" ]


I can't see any of the family in 1939 - so far.

I can’t find his sister. There is only one, mmn Distleman and no John with that mother.
( freebmd)

Parents' marriage:

Marriages Jun 1910 (>99%)
Davis John Winston Marylebone 1a 1076
Noye Mabel Rosetta Marylebone 1a 1076

DAVIS, JOHN WINSTON mmn NOYE
GRO Reference: 1926 J Quarter in HENDON Volume 03A Page 577

Looking for someone born in 1926 - are you expecting them still to be alive?

You have given no indication of where he was born or where you think he may have been living - not even mentioned the country.

Looking for John Winston Davis b 1926 had a son M W Davis, his sister was Josephine Alice Davis b 1925 d 2001