The Davy Family came from Norfolk (and Suffolk). My great great grandfather was Thomas Palmer Barratt Davy (1817-1893). One piece of evidence shows him to have been born in Holt, Norfolk, but the 1881 Census says he was born in Tuddenham, Norfolk (actually in Suffolk!). His father was Jonathan Davy, a farmer. Thomas's daughter Marion married my great grandfather George John Petty (1854-1949).
Brief Summary
| Jonathan Davy | Occupation: farmer |
| Thomas Palmer Barratt Davy (1817-1893) | Born 21 April 1817 in either Holt, Norfolk or Tuddenham, Suffolk? Occupation: draper. Married Ann Pilgrim at St Peter's Mancroft, Norwich on 28 March 1844. 7 children. Their sixth child was Marion Reeve Davy. Thomas died on 21 April 1893 and Ann died in 1897. They are buried together in the cemetery at Downham Market [Gravespace: 1G:37]. |
| Marion Reeve Davy (1854-1949) | Born 6 April 1854 in Halesworh, Suffolk. Married George John Petty (1846-1915) on 27 June 1877 at St Johns, Hackney. Four children. Their eldest was Llewellyn George Petty. Their other son Harry was killed in the First World War. Her husband George died in 1915. Marion died in 1949. |
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