John Thomas Henry Davis was baptized in Waitangi.
1 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 William 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. He 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 Pakowai 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 Tolaga 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.