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Ah, that makes sens of the Germanic-sounding surname doesn't it - it's all coming together! :-)

Thanks both. If I ever go to Newfoundland I'll certainly go and look at the old cable station - but as I live in South Wales, UK, it's not likely to be anytime soon! I've been to Porthcurno in Cornwall where the South American cables ran from - they have a museum and had some records of my grandfather who was on various cable ships.

And I usually do check threads frequently, but been a bit distracted by arrival of new grandson on the other side of England! :-) :-) :-)

After WW1, Italy acquired the Austrian province of the Austrian Tyrol, moving the border N 100km to the Bremner p ass - Bolzano is in the middle of this chunk. Italy also got Istria just N of Trieste, but Yugoslavia grabbed that back after WW2.

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/ancestors/thread/1298722

You're welcome.
I just noticed "uncle" Robt's pob=Newfoundland (I think - it's hard to make out).

Newfoundland was a separate country until 1949, when it joined the rest of Canada - so that's why he would have a date of immigration., The first transatlantic telegraph cable went to Newfoundland, specifically Hearts Content on Trinity Bay. The original cable station's now a historical site,and full of the old equipment - the cable runs under the road, and if you cross over and stand on the beach, you can see the frayed ends vanishing under the road - you should drop in next time you drive by.

PS - when I come to these boards, usually first and last things I do is click on the "My threads" link in left margin, a few cm down from top. This has the time and boardname of the last post anyone has made to a thread I've posted on.

That's brilliant - very many thanks. Sorry I didn't pick this up sooner. That will all be most useful - I'm getting really interested in this family's telegraphy connections. :-)

https://novascotiagenealogy.com/
Pool transcribed as Poal
Alex Miller Davis pob=Middx, Eng (Leyton on 1947 d.cert Yarmouth Co)
Blanche Esther Davis ms Lohnes

Using http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.009-e.html

http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e001969676.pdf
Hazel Hill is 3km W of Canso, the most easterly place on the NS mainland.
NB 2 houses away is another telegraphist, Robert (& Mary) Davis - maybe Alex's uncle?

http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1891/pdf/30953_148115-00075.pdf
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1901/z/z001/z000038760.pdf
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1901/z/z001/z000038749.pdf
[P8 L47 addy=Canso]
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e001969558.pdf
Uncle Frank
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e001969554.pdf

Robt - just in case
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1901/z/z001/z000038732.pdf
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1901/z/z001/z000038719.pdf
[immig 1889 T Operator - not in town of Canso - P10 L33 addy=Canso West]



Magnify 4 clicks, then save image:

http://archive.org/stream/newjerseycensus00reel1313#page/n424/mode/1up
http://archive.org/stream/newjerseycensus00reel1315#page/n538/mode/1up
[addy=50 College Place - Pool immig 1923]


https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_STATES
You can search collections there - of interest are the US SSDI and NJ BMDs

:-)

Social Security Death Index about Francis Davis
Name: Francis Davis
SSN: 082-10-8852
Last Residence: 21222 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Born: 5 Jun 1908
Died: Aug 1977
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)
(Same birthdate as on the Novia Scotia cert).
.........
U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995 about Francis Cook Davis
Name: Francis Cook Davis
Age: 32
Birth Date: abt 1908
Issue Date: 9 Sep 1940
State: Maryland
Locality, Court: District of Maryland, Circuit and District Courts

Maureen

Oh, and Harriet Greenidge 84 is Gladys's mother! Well well!

No it doesn't sound very Italian does it!!!

You're right Maureen - Hubert Edwin Davis born 1892 Bristol, younger brother of Alexander Millar Davis and uncle to Pool.

:-D

No it doesn't sound very Italian does it!!!

You're right Maureen - Hubert Edwin Davis born 1892 Bristol, younger brother of Alexander Millar Davis and uncle to Pool.

:-D

Just in case you didn't have it-this looks like brother Francis with uncle -I think that should be Hubert??

1930 United States Federal Census about Francis C Davis
Name: Francis C Davis
[Francies C Davis]
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1908
Birthplace: Canada
Race: White
Home in 1930: Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen, New Jersey
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Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Nephew
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Herbert E Davis 37 born England Broker Insurance
[38]
Gladys C Davis 41
Hubert G Davis 14
Bertram H Davis 11
Francis C Davis 22 Clerk Brokerage
Harriet G Greenidge 84
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen, New Jersey; Roll: 1313; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 123; Image: 403.0; FHL microfilm: 2341048.


Maureen

According to a tree (undocumented) on ancestry Pool married Mary M Stubenrich (not very Italian sounding?)

Brilliant - thanks again. :-)

1911 census, Guysborough, Nova Scotia

Davis Alexander M Head M Nov 1882 28
Davis Blanch F Wife M Sep 1888 22
Davis P??Field M Son S Sep 1906 4
Davis Francis M Son S Jun 1908 3
Davis Alexander M Son S Sep 1909 1
Haines Willa F Domestic S Dec 1890 21

His death?

Social Security Death Index
Name: Pool Davis
SSN: 144-09-7923
Last Residence: 07401 Allendale, Bergen, New Jersey, United States of America
Born: 1 Sep 1906
Died: Sep 1978
State (Year) SSN issued: New Jersey (Before 1951)

Pool in 1943:

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
Name: Pool F Davis
Gender: M (Male)
Residence Year: 1943
Street Address: 151 Warren
Residence Place: Paterson; Haledon; Hawthorne; Propsect Park; Little Falls; Totowa; West Paterson, New Jersey
Occupation: Clerk
Spouse: Mary M Davis
Publication Title: Paterson, New Jersey, City Directory, 1943

Fantastic - many thanks. This family certainly travelled around! :-)

Looks like the passage of Ross Davis, brother of Pool, from Canada to US:

Name: Ross Bavis
Arrival Date: 7 May 1938
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1919
Gender: Male
Ethnic Background: English
Port of Departure: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ship Name: Lady Nelson
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Friend's Name: Pool Davis
Last Residence: Canada
Birthplace: Hazel hill, Canada