
George Graham Davey (I68767)

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Name George Graham Davey Relationship with Albert Leopold Vitter Birth 31 Aug 1850 Westtown, Orange, New York, USA Gender Male Death 27 Sep 1933 Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, USA Notes - RESIDED:NY,IA OCCP: CEM CARETAKER,JANITOR,FARMER
OBIT: MANCHESTER IA DEMOCRAT-RADIO OCT 3 1933. EARLVILLE NEWS-GEORGE DA VEY AGED 83 YEARS DIED AT HIS HOME AT EARLVILLE WEDNESDAY EVENING AFTER A W EEKS ILLNESS. HIS COUSIN, CHARLES DAVEY, DIED THE SATURDAY EVENING PREV IOUS. BOTH MEN HAD BEEN RESIDENTS OF EARLVILLE FOR MANY YEARS. GEORGE D AVEY, WAS BORN IN WESTTOWN, NY, AUGUST 31 1850 AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN E ARLVILLE, SEP 27 1933. ON OCT 29 1873 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO EMMA A D AVEY IN GREENVILLE, NY. THREE YEARS LATER THEY MOVED FROM NEW YORK TO E ARLVILLE AND MR DAVEY HAD LIVED AT THE SAME RESIDENCE FOR THE PAST 58 Y EARS. OCT 29 1932 THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 58TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. SIX C HILDREN WERE BORN TO THIS HAPPY UNION. THREE NOW DECEASED; AMZI, MRS MA E MERRICK AND HERBERT. HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIM THREE DAUGHTERS , MRS NET TIE TINKEY OF CEDAR FALLS, MRS RUTH STONECIPHER OF EARLVILLE AND IDA AT H OME, WHO HAS LOVINGLY CARED FOR HER PARENTS FOR MANY YEARS, ESPECIALLY S INCE HER MOTHER DEATH, APRIL 4 1932. A FOSTER SON, HARRY DAVEY, NOW OF J ESUP AND A FOSTER GRANDAUGHTER MISS ESTHER DAVEY OF CLINTON IOWA ALSO S URVIVE. FOR MANY YEARS MR DAVEY WAS CARETAKER OF THE FAIRVIEW CEMETERY A ND DUG THE FIRST GRAVE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EARLVILLE ME CHURCH FOR F IFTY-FIVE YEARS AND WAS ALSO JANITOR OF THE CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS. IN L ATER YEARS HE WAS ENGAGED IN FARMING AND GARDENING, AS HIS HEALTH WOULD P ERMIT. LAST THURSDAY HE WAS TAKEN SUDDENLY ILLL AND AFTER ONE WEEKS SUF FERING PASSED AWAY VERY PEACFULLY. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE EA RLVILLE ME CHURCH AT 2:OO OCLOCK SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE REV L C SMITH L OCAL PASTOR OFFICIATED. A MIXED QUARTET COMPOSED OF MRS L C SMITH, MRS H A B ERGMAN, ED IRMSCHER AND BEN HOLSCHER WITH MISS MAUDE MURLEY AS ACCOMPIA NIST SANG "SOMEWHERE THE SUN IS SHINING", "HOME OF THE SOUL", AND "HOME E TERNAL". THE PALL BEARERS WERE : A E LARSON, W I MILLE, BEN HOLSCHER, L OUIS KUEHNIE, W W BASKERVILLE AND ERNEST SAWYER. AMONG THOSE FROM OUT O F TOWN WHO ATTENDED THE FUNERAL WERE: HARRY DAVEY OF JESUP, MR AND MRS R ALPH HOOSIER OF DUNDEE, MR AND MRS CRAIG OF AURORA, MRS MAUDE DAVEY OF D UBUQUE, MR AND MRS FRANK BLAIR OF WATERLOO AND MRS WILLIAM TINKEY OF CE DAR FALLS.
Person ID I68767 Vitter-Weaver Genealogy Last Modified 24 Jul 2023
Family Emma Augusta Davey, b. 29 Oct 1850, Westtown, Orange, New York, USA d. 4 Apr 1932, Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, USA
(Age 81 years)
Marriage 29 Oct 1873 Greenville, Orange, New York, USA Children 1. George Amzie Davey, b. 28 Sep 1874, Greenville, Orange, New York, USA d. 6 Mar 1924, Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, USA
(Age 49 years)
2. Mary Elmira Davey, b. May 1875, New York, USA d. DECEASED
3. Charles Herbert Davey, b. 5 Aug 1877, Middletown, Orange, New York, USA d. 17 Apr 1892, Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, USA
(Age 14 years)
4. Emma J. Davey, b. Jul 1880, Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, USA d. 1934, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA
(Age ~ 53 years)
5. Alida Igola Davey, b. 29 Apr 1881, Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, USA d. 19 Aug 1963, Manchester, Delaware, Iowa, USA
(Age 82 years)
6. Ruth J. Davey, b. Sep 1884, Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, USA d. 1950 (Age ~ 65 years)
Family ID F54496 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jul 2023
- RESIDED:NY,IA OCCP: CEM CARETAKER,JANITOR,FARMER
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Event Map Birth - 31 Aug 1850 - Westtown, Orange, New York, USA Marriage - 29 Oct 1873 - Greenville, Orange, New York, USA Death - 27 Sep 1933 - Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, USA = Link to Google Earth