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Arthur didn't apparently marry until between 1920 and 1923 ................. so he probably would not have any children born before that time


He was certainly single, and unaccompanied when returning from India in April 1920

(possibly below?)

Western Gazette 04 July 1924

Marriages.
On the 30th June, in London, very quietly, Arthur Ernest Davis of Assam, India, to Evelyn Herbert Blanch, third daughter of the late Rev. John Blanch of Sherborne, Dorset.


Marriages Jun 1924 (>99%)
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Blanch Evelyn H Davis Marylebone 1a 1354
DAVIS Arthur E Blanch Marylebone 1a 1354


Births Dec 1884 (>99%)
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Blanch Evelyn Herbert Sherborne 5a 371


All England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 (Ancestry)

Evelyn Herbert Davis 1946 27 Oct 1944 South Africa
Arthur Ernest Davis 1947 16 Jun 1946 South Africa


Dundee Courier 11 January 1907

The Rev. John Blanch, M.A., the oldest assistant master at Sherborne school, Dorset, aged about 65, who had been missing from home for about two days, was found in a wood near Sherborne yesterday with his throat cut. Deceased had lately been suffering from influenza.


(reference in op, no occupation given for A.E.)

Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 (Find My Past)

First Name E
Last Name DAVIS
Title MRS
Age Transcribed 40
Year 1925
Departure Month 2
Departure Day 3
Ship name UMVOTI
Ship Departure Port LONDON
Destination Port CAPE
Country
SOUTH AFRICA Destination CAPE
Destination Place Country SOUTH AFRICA
Gender Female
Marital Status M
Occupation
Year Of Birth 1885
(with Mr. A.E. Davis, last address, St. Martin's, Guernsey, C.I.)

Chris :)


Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
Name:John. Blanch
College:ST JOHN'S
Entered: Michs. 1861
More Information:
Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 9, 1861. S. of William, farmer. B. at English Bicknor. Bapt. Jan. 15, 1843. [School, Monmouth Grammar.] Matric. Michs. 1861; Scholar, 1864; B.A. (9th Wrangler) 1865; M.A. 1868. Fellow, 1865. Ord. deacon, 1871; priest (Salisbury) 1872. Assistant Master at Lancing College, 1865-7; at Sherborne, 1869-1907. Bought the freehold of The Retreat and opened it as a boarding house, 1873, subsequently making large additions. A member of the Council of the Sherborne Ladies' College. Governor of Foster's and Digby's Schools. A Master of St John's Almshouses. Died Jan. 8, 1907, aged 64, by his own hand while suffering from nervous prostration. (Sherborne Sch. Reg.; Eagle, XXIX.)


http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZH19020918.2.89.30.2

(her Sister Ethel above)

Bravo Chris!

Jude

Fantastic Chris!

You solved the mystery :-D

Thanks a lot Chris!

And to everybody else too <3

Probably best to get the Marriage Cert. to be sure...

Chris :)

from ancestry


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Evelyn Herbert Davis

Name: Evelyn Herbert Davis
Probate Date: 31 Jan 1946
Death Date: 27 Oct 1944
Death Place: South Africa
Registry: Manchester, England

from image ..............

Davis, Evelyn Herbert, of Windy Ridge, George, Cape Province, South Africa (wife of Arthur Ernest Davis) died 27 October 1944. Probate [granted] Manchester 31 January 1946 to Barclays Bank Limited. Effects £20,583 15s 2d in England




England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Arthur Ernest Davis

Name: Arthur Ernest Davis
Probate Date: 28 Jul 1947
Death Date: 16 Jun 1946
Death Place: South Africa
Registry: Manchester, England

from image .............

Davis, Arthur Ernest, of Windy Ridge, George, Cape Province, South Africa, died 16 June 1946. Probate [granted] Manchester 28 July 1947 to Barclays Bank (Dominion Colonial and Overseas). Effects £15,880 18s 2d in England



You'd have to buy the wills to find out where the money went.

There is one Public Family Tree on ancestry that has Evelyn in it .....................


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Owner: anthonyhj


Parents
John Blanch
1843 – 1907

Mary Turnbull
1857 –

Siblings

Ethel Strover Blanch
1880 –

Gladys Herbert Blanch
1882 – 1894

Half siblings

Dorothy Shirley Blanch
1894 –

Spouse

Arthur E Davis



no children shown



this tree should also be on the free site Mundia, and you could contact the owner through there

Dorset, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about Evelyn Herbert Blanch

Name: Evelyn Herbert Blanch
Baptism Date: 2 Aug 1884
Baptism Place: Sherborne, Dorset, England
Father's Name: John Blanch
Mother's name: Mary Blanch

from image:-

Address:- The Retreat, Sherborne
Father Occupation:- Clerk in Holy Orders

don't know whether you are interested in this ................



Dorset, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-2001 about John Blanch

Name: John Blanch
Birth Year: abt 1843
Age: 64
Burial Date: 12 Jan 1907
Burial Place: Sherborne, Dorset, England

Address:- Long Street



England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about John Blanch

Name: John Blanch
Probate Date: 18 Feb 1907
Death Date: 8 Jan 1907
Death Place: Dorset, England
Registry: Blandford

from image .................

Blanch, the reverend John of Sherborne, Dorset, clerk, died 8 January 1907. Probate [granted] Blanchford 18 February 1907 to Shirley Maria Blanch, widow, and Arthur Burgess Crosby, gentleman. Effects £28,510 18s 1d

shirley Maria Blanch survived until 1943 .............. she must have been Evelyn's stepmother



England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Shirley Maria Blanch

Name: Shirley Maria Blanch
Probate Date: 4 Oct 1943
Death Date: 17 Jul 1943
Death Place: Cambridgeshire, England
Registry: Winchester, England

Probate granted to Dorothy Shirley Blanch spinster and Eva Maria Fulford widow

Effects £6800 15s


so she either spent a lot of money after 1907, or John left it to others,

John Blanch married Mary Turnbull in 1879, Sunderland, Co Durham.


He married Shirley Maria Whitehead in 1891, Ramsgate, Kent




Dorset, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-2001 about Mary Blanch

Name: Mary Blanch
Birth Year: abt 1857
Age: 33
Burial Date: 17 Apr 1890
Burial Place: Sherborne, Dorset, England

Address:- Sherborne