Biography

JOSEPH DAVIES

Burial register ID: 6164
Surname: DAVIES
First name: JOSEPH
Middle names:
Gender: Male
Age: 54 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 01-May-1891
Date of burial: 03-May-1891

Block: 161
Plot: 1
Inscription:

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE

OF

JOSEPH DAVIES

NATIVE OF ST. MICHAELS

ISLAND, PORTUGAL,

WHO DIED MAY 1st 1891

AGED 54 YEARS.

ALSO VIOLET,

THE GRANDCHILD OF THE

ABOVE, AGED 2 MONTHS

ALSO CATHERINE

THE BELOVED WIFE

OF THE ABOVE.

DIED 3rd JUNE 1905 AGED 65.

DEAREST LOVED ONE, WE HAVE LAID THEE

IN THE PEACEFUL GRAVE’S EMBRACE,

BUT THY MEMORY WILL BE CHERISHED

‘TIL WE SEE THY HEAVENLY FACE

ALSO KATE

DAUGHTER OF ABOVE, DIED AT AUCKLAND

12th MARCH 1927 AGED 56 YEARS.

Bio contributor:

An example of ethnic diversity in early Dunedin, Joseph Davies was Portuguese and has quite an elaborate headstone identifying this origin. He was the proprietor of the Albion Hotel in Maclaggan Street.

There are 3 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
DAVIES CATHERINE 65 Years 03-Jun-1905 05-Jun-1905
DAVIES JOSEPH 54 Years 01-May-1891 03-May-1891
DAVIES VIOLET JANE 2 Months 22-Jan-1892 24-Jan-1892