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John Thomas Henry Davis was born in October 1852 in Pakowhai Hawkes Bay, NZ, age 90 oct 1944 PPA b ut NZBDM has 1852 not 1854.^1,2 He and Maude Cumming Clarke were married on 29 December 1879.^1,2

PPA Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 25, 28 December 1944, Page 3
The wonderful record of having been married for 65 years was achieved today by Mr and Mrs J. H. Davis, of Hastings. Mr Davis, who claims to be the oldest living male resident to have been born of European parents in Hawke's Bay, was 90 years of age last October. A son of the late Willian Davis, a farmer, of Hawke's Bay, he was christened at Waitangi by the late Rev. William Colenso. Mrs Davis is the eldest daughter of the late Major J. C. Clark and is 88 years of age.

MARRIED 65 YEARS

COUPLE AT HASTINGS The remarkable record of having been married 65 years was achieved on Wednesday by a couple in Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Davis, who were married in Gisborne on December 7, 1879. Mr Davis claims to be the oldest living male resident to be born Of European parents in Hawke?s Bay. lie celebrated his ninetieth birthday in October last. Mrs. Davis, who was married on her birthday, was 88 years of age on Wednesday. Born at a settlement between Pakovhai and Farndon in 1854. Mr. Davis was the son of the late Mr. William Davis, farmer, of Hawke?s Bay. and stepson of the late Mr. O. Z. Bousfield, at one time Government surveyor at Napier. Mrs. Davis was formerly Miss Maud Gumming Clark, eldest daughter of the late Major ,T. C. Clark. Her mother was a daughter of Mr. Ambrose Street, one time AttorneyGeneral of Canada.
PPA Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21599, 29 December 1944, Page 2
When a young man Mr. Davis was for 15 years supervisor of stock for the late lion. Geo. Randall Johnson. Te Arai station, Gisborne district. Later he became manager of Mr. R. J. Reynolds' property at Toiaga Bay. Mr. and Mrs Davis had 'three sons and two daughters. One son is Mr. Irvine Davis, Gisborne, and another son was killed in France during the last war.

Maude Cumming Clarke was born on 29 December 1847.¹ She and John Thomas Henry Davis were married on 29 December 1879.^1,2 She died on 2 May 1945, at age 97, in Hastings, NZ.¹

PPA New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25192, 3 May 1945, Page 1
Deaths
DAVIS. On May 2, 1945. at Hastings, Hawke's Bay, Maude Cumming:, beloved wife of J. Henry Davis, Esquire, eldest daughter of the late Major and Mrs John Cumming Clarke, late 70th Regiment, 13th Light Infantry, grand-daughter of the late Lieutenant General Joseph Clarke, late 76th Regiment, and the lale Hon. J. Ambrose Street, G.C., Attorney-General and Premier of Canada; in her 89th year. Celebrating her diamond wedding on December 29, 1944.

John (Major) Cumming Clarke and Street were married.

Street was born about 1820. She and John (Major) Cumming Clarke were married.

Ambrose Street was born about 1780.

William John Davis was born about 1820.¹ He and Maryanne Rebecca were married.

Maryanne Rebecca was born about 1825.¹ She and William John Davis were married.

William Walker was born in 1848.¹

Eliza Walker was born in 1851.¹

Emma McLENNAN was born in 1863 in Papakura, Auckland, NZ.¹

Janet McCULLOUGH was born about 1869.¹ She and Ewen Donald McLENNAN were married on 24 April 1895 in Ardmore, Auckland, NZ.¹

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An Ardmore correspondent writes:? very interesting wedding took place on April 24tb, at the residence of Mr. McCullough, J.P., when his eldest daughter. Miss Janet McCullough, was married to Mr. Ewen D. McLennan, of Papakura. The Rev. T. Norrie was the officiating clergyman. The bride, who looked very pretty, was attired in cream, crepon, trimmed with lace and ribbons to match, with a tulle veil and orange blossoms', and carried a lovely bouquet of white chrysanthemums and maiden hair ferns. Tho bridesmaids were her two sisters, Misses ; Agnes and May McCullough, and they Iwore sky blue-trimmed with white lace, Mid also carried bouquets. Messrs. George Warren and A. McLennan were groomsmen. After the wedding ceremony, about sixty guests sat down to an ample wadding breakfast, laid out in the barn, which was ; tastefully decorated for the occasion. The bride was the recipient of a great many useful and handsome wedding presents. In the evening the capacious building was cleared, and a dance was held, with songs at intervals by Miss Bell and Mr. G. Warren.

Robert McCULLOUGH was born about 1840. He and Mary Ann Wylie were married in 1865.¹

Agnes McCULLOUGH was born in 1871 in Ardmore, Auckland, NZ.¹ She and William James Hamilton were married in February 1917 in Papakura, Auckland, NZ.¹

Mary McCULLOUGH was born in 1875 in Ardmore, Auckland, NZ.^1,2 She was married.

Mary Ann Wylie was born about 1845. She and Robert McCULLOUGH were married in 1865.¹

Death probably 1916 age 76.

Margaret McCULLOUGH was born in 1878 in Ardmore, Auckland, NZ.¹ She and Bertie James Daisley were married on 8 June 1910 in Ardmore, Auckland, NZ.²

Bertie James Daisley was born about 1875.¹ He and Margaret McCULLOUGH were married on 8 June 1910 in Ardmore, Auckland, NZ.¹

Robert McCULLOUGH was born about 1873 in Ardmore, Auckland, NZ.¹ He and Sarah Hollier were married on 29 June 1910.

Sarah Hollier was born about 1885.¹ She and Robert McCULLOUGH were married on 29 June 1910.

Sarah Hollier was baptized on 29 June 1910 in TeAwamutu, NZ.¹

Samuel McCULLOUGH was born in 1868 in Ardmore, Auckland, NZ.^1,2

George Henry McCULLOUGH was born in 1880 in Ardmore, Auckland, NZ.¹

William James Hamilton was born about 1875. He and Agnes McCULLOUGH were married in February 1917 in Papakura, Auckland, NZ.¹

Richard (Captain) Edward Smith was born about 1848 in Cornwall, ENG, died aged 92.^1,2 He and Harriet Parkinson were married in 1884.¹ He died in September 1940 in Auckland, NZ.²

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Obituary Otago Daily Times, Issue 24401, 12 September 1940, Page 8. Richard (Captain) Edward Smith immigrated to ENG to NZ in the Queen Bee in 1870.²

Richard (Captain) Smith was born about 1830 in Cornwall?, ENG.¹

Harriet Parkinson was born in 1860. She and Richard (Captain) Edward Smith were married in 1884.¹ She died in 1945, at age ~85, in Herne Bay, Auckland, NZ.²