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George Davis
1844 –1915
George Davis
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GEORGE DAVIS; 1844 - 1915
George Davis was born in 1844 in Tring Hertfordshire to John Davis and Martha Seabrook, one of ten children the couple had.
George became a timber merchant’s labourer. He married Harriet Cook, a widow and a dressmaker originally from Ashford, Kent, but who had moved to Berkhamsted with her first husband.
George and Harriet lived in High Street, Berkhamsted, for more than 20 years. They had no have children.
By 1911 they are living in the Wilderness in Berkhamsted. They died within three days of each other in November 1915 in the workhouse infirmary and were both buried in Rectory Lane.
The fact that George and Harriet died in the workhouse Infirmary does not necessarily mean they were resident in the workhouse. Originally workhouse infirmaries were intended solely for the care of residents in the workhouse, but towards the latter part of the 19th century the standard of care provided improved and from the 1880’s admission to workhouse infirmaries was increasingly permitted to those who though poor, were not sufficiently destitute to require admission to the workhouse. Like all recipients of union relief, they first needed to have their means assessed and might be required to contribute towards their care. The workhouse medical service marked the beginning of a state funded medical service.
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GEORGE DAVIS; 1844 – 1915
George Davis was born in 1844 in Tring Hertfordshire to John Davis and Martha Seabrook, one of ten children the couple had.
George became a timber merchant’s labourer. He married Harriet Cook, a widow and a dressmaker originally from Ashford, Kent, but who had moved to Berkhamsted with her first husband.
George and Harriet lived in High Street, Berkhamsted, for more than 20 years. They had no have children.
By 1911 they are living in the Wilderness in Berkhamsted. They died within three days of each other in November 1915 in the workhouse infirmary and were both buried in Rectory Lane.
The fact that George and Harriet died in the workhouse Infirmary does not necessarily mean they were resident in the workhouse. Originally workhouse infirmaries were intended solely for the care of residents in the workhouse, but towards the latter part of the 19th century the standard of care provided improved and from the 1880’s admission to workhouse infirmaries was increasingly permitted to those who though poor, were not sufficiently destitute to require admission to the workhouse. Like all recipients of union relief, they first needed to have their means assessed and might be required to contribute towards their care. The workhouse medical service marked the beginning of a state funded medical service.
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