DAVIS, John Charles (1828-1905) — London
Map engraver. Drew and engraved John Malcolm, Malcolm’s genealogical tree of the Royal Family of Great Britain 1862.
Born 11 July 1828 and baptised at St. Leonard Shoreditch 26 Sep 1828, the son of John Davis, a clerk, and his wife Eliza. He married Ann Miles 5 Oct 1858 at St. Mary Stoke Newington, and was recorded specifically as a map and chart engraver on the 1861 census return, when living in Hackney with his wife and two young daughters. Simply described as an engraver in 1871, he had retired by 1881 and died 29 Aug 1905 at his home in Purley — his estate stated at in excess of £22,000.
Stamford Hill — 1858
1 Culford Grove, Hackney — 1861
2 Shaftesbury Villas, Stamford Hill — 1871-1881
Earlsmead, Harold Road, Margate — 1891
66 Church Street, Broadstairs — 1901
West Court, Russell Hill, Purley, Surrey — 1905
Census 1851-1901. COPAC.