Davy, Leah

1884 - 1925  (40 years)

• Name	Davy, Leah
  Born	28 Mar 1884	Ryde, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Find A Grave Memorial	141343789
  Died	8 Mar 1925	Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
  Research Done or Questions	Oct 2016
  	www.sandisullivan.com
  Buried	Barkway, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
  	Barkway Cemetery
  Person ID	I1344	Sullivan Burgess Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Davy, Ira,   b. 23 Sep 1840, Enterprise, Lennox, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Apr 1911, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Long, Charlotte Ann,   b. 13 May 1840, Camden East, Lennox, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 May 1921, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	23 Sep 1863
  Family ID	F583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	McWade, William John,   b. 16 Sep 1884, Barkway, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Feb 1962, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1907
  Children	1. McWade, Beatrice Lorraine,   b. Barkway, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada  [natural] + 2. McWade, Ilda Menita,   b. 23 Jan 1908, Barkway, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada  [natural] + 3. McWade, Dorcas Lunelda,   b. 11 May 1911, Barkway, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada  [natural] + 4. McWade, Melville Lorne,   b. 19 Mar 1915, Barkway, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Feb 2001, Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)  [natural] + 5. McWade, Gladys Alberta,   b. 17 Mar 1918, Barkway, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada  [natural]   6. McWade, Garnet Lyle,   b. 1921, Barkway, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2007, Whitby, Durham, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2018
  Family ID	F587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Mar 1884 - Ryde, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Mar 1925 - Muskoka, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Barkway, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones		Davy, Leah and John McWade Grave Stone
  		Davy, Leah and John McWade Grave Stone

  
  

  Family Crest

  Davy Family Crest Recorded in the spellings of Davis, Davies, Davie, Davy, and others, this is a patronymic surname of Hebrew origins, and much associated with Wales. It means 'the son of David', from the Hebrew male given name meaning "beloved". The name is not recorded in any part of Britain before the Norman Conquest of 1066, and is regarded as being a 'Crusader' introduction. In the 12th century all the parts of Christendom joined in expeditions to free the Holy Land from the infidel. Although all the crusades were militarily unsuccessful, and have remained so to this day, the returning soldiers 'adopted' certain biblical and Greek names, of which David was one, and gave them to their children, particularly their sons. Amongst the very earliest recordings of the given name predating the surnames is that of 'Dauid clericus', (David, the clerk), in the rolls of the county of Lincoln for the year 1150, whilst Richard Davy appears in the Subsidy rolls of Worcester for the year 1275. Further examples include Thomas Dayson in the 1327 Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire, and Richard Davys is listed in the Register of the Freemen of the City of York for the year 1402. An interesting bearer of the name was Sir Thomas Davies (1631 - 1680), a bookseller, who became master of the Stationer's Guild in 1668 and was Lord Mayor of London in 1666, during the Great Fire of London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Dauisse, which was dated 1327, in the Subsidy Rolls of the county of Cambridgeshire, during the reign of King Edward 111, known as "The Father of the Navy", 1327 - 1377. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

  
  

• Notes

  From the notes of Reta Steele, Leah Davy was born March 15, 1886. She obtained this information from Leah's son. She died of cancer aged 39 years 11 months. From her age it appears that she was born in 1885. Her headstone is engraved DAVEY.