Melinda DAVEY [143] ⁴⁰

   Cause of her death was Acute Meningitis.¹⁰⁶

  General Notes:

Additional Photos

  Birth Notes:

In Buckscross

  Burial Notes:

Bethel M. E. Cemetery, Section 13 M129

  Noted events in her life were:

• Alt. Birth, 4 May 1862, Woolfardisworthy, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. Buckscross

• Census: 1871 British, 2 Apr 1871, Woolfardisworthy, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. Bucks Cross

• Census: 1881 British, 3 Apr 1881, Northam, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. ¹⁰⁸
Melinda was a domestic servant (cook) in the household of Elizabeth J. Wilmot, who was the widow of Paul Wilmot, a barrister born in Gloucester, Chariton Kings.

• Occupation: Domestic Servant and Cook, 3 Apr 1881, Northam, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. ¹⁰⁹ She was employed in the Wilmot Household.

• Residence: Clevehouses (Clift Cottage), 3 Apr 1881, Northam, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom.

• Immigration: England, Abt 1882, Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada.

• Immigration: Canada, 1887, , Chippewa, Michigan, United States.

• Cemetery: Bethel Cemetery, 20 Oct 1899, Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. Bethel Cemetery Photos
Inscription: Melinda, Wife of Chas Pennington, Died Oct 18, 1899, Aged 37 Yrs 7 Mos 16 Ds

Melinda married Charles PENNINGTON [142] [MRIN: 36], son of John PENNINGTON [256] and Ann WAKELY [257], in Apr-Jun 1882 in Bideford, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom ^97,98.^,99 (Charles PENNINGTON [142] was born on 14 Jun 1860 in Woolfardisworthy, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom ⁹⁷, christened on 5 Jul 1860 in Woolfardisworthy, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom,¹⁰¹ died on 21 Mar 1935 in Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States ¹⁰² and was buried on 24 Mar 1935 in Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States ¹⁰³.) The cause of his death was Heart attack.¹⁰⁶

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Death of One Spouse, 18 Oct 1899, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, United States. ¹⁰⁶