Jane Davis

1885 - 1960  (74 years)

• Name	Jane Davis
  Birth	26 Dec 1885	Humber Sound, Newfoundland
  		1885-86 births, Bay of Islands
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	1940-50s	Gillams Beach
  	Jane operated a general store on Gillams Beach in the 1940s and 1950s. The site is marked with a sign.
  		Sign on the spot of Jane Blanchard's general store operating in the 1940s-50s. Located on Gillams beach
  Death	22 Nov 1960	Gillams, Newfoundland   [1]
  	Cause: Bilateral pneumonia
  Notes	baptism may be on 14 March 1886
  Person ID	I2106	West & Park Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Edward Peckingham Davis,   b. Apr 1858, Carbonear, Newfoundland d. 14 May 1923, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Alice May Brake,   b. 4 May 1860, Meadows, Newfoundland d. 17 Sep 1947, Meadows, Newfoundland (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	11 Dec 1883	Birchy Cove, Newfoundland   [2]
  	Witnesses: Cornelius Brake and Jane Davis
  Documents		DAVIS BRAKE marriage 1883.jpg
  Family ID	F660	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Seth Ellsworth,   b. 6 Aug 1885, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland d. 27 May 1915, Mount Moriah, Newfoundland (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1909	Ch. of St. Mary the Virgin, Curling, Newfoundland
  Children	1. Edith Ellsworth + 2. Ralph Ellsworth,   b. 9 Jul 1909 + 3. Arthur Alfred Ellsworth,   b. 26 Apr 1910, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland d. 30 Mar 2005, Corner Brook, Newfoundland (Age 94 years)   4. Clayton Ellsworth,   b. 26 Apr 1910, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland d. 29 Aug 1983, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada (Age 73 years)   5. Stewart Edward Ellsworth,   b. 4 Aug 1914, Meadows, Newfoundland
  Documents		Marriages 1909
  Family ID	F658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family 2	John William Blanchard,   b. 30 Jan 1876, Bay of Islands, Newfoundland d. 13 Feb 1950, Meadows, Newfoundland (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	9 Oct 1918	School Chapel, Meadows, Newfoundland
  Children	1. Lydia Mabel Blanchard,   b. 14 May 1921, Gillams, Newfoundland d. 8 May 1989, Gillams, Newfoundland (Age 67 years)   2. Nonia Alma Blanchard,   b. 11 Nov 1926, Gillams, Newfoundland d. 21 Jun 2013, Gillams, Newfoundland (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F884	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Morgan Foote
  Family ID	F885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Dec 1885 - Humber Sound, Newfoundland Marriage - 16 Aug 1909 - Ch. of St. Mary the Virgin, Curling, Newfoundland Death - Cause: Bilateral pneumonia - 22 Nov 1960 - Gillams, Newfoundland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Seth Ellsworth and Jane Davis Source: Regina Ellsworth Park

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		BLANCHARD DAVIS marriage 1918.jpg
  		DAVIS BLANCHARD 1921 census.jpg 1921 Census of Newfoundland. Jane Davis and second husband and her children
  		1935 Census Gillams
  		1945 Census Gillams

  
  

• Sources

  [S33] The Rooms , http://gencat1.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/systems/panl_public/resource/1960-death-003789-reg-0-12.jpg. [S11] Newfoundland Vital Statistics, Bay of Islands Church of England Vol 96 marriages page 7.