birthplace as reported
1861 Madeley, Shropshire
1871 Bloxwich, Staffordshire (subdistrict in Walsall district)
1881 Staffordshire
1891 POSS

FreeBMD Marriages Dec 1860
Davis  Elijah  Madeley  6a p1246
HUMPHRIES Sarah  Madeley  6a p 1246
24 Nov 1860
Elijah Davis, 31yrs, batchelor, coalminer?, resides Madeley, father ?Samuel? Davies, deceased
Sarah Humphries, 26 yrs, widow, resides Madeley, father John Howells, ironminer?

1861UKC Hannah Humphries and Step-father Elijah Davis 2 pgs; England> Shropshire > Madeley > District 12; image 9-10 of 49 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 1858; Folio: 42; Page: 9; GSU roll: 542878.
Elijah Davies 22
Sarah Davies 27
Hannah Humphries 3
Mary Humphries 2

1871UKC England Census Shropshire Madeley District 15; image 19 of 34 @ancestry.com
Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 2756; Folio: 70; Page: 18; GSU roll: 835399
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1871 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Name: Eliza Davis [Elijah Davis]
Age: 32; Estimated birth year: abt 1839
Where born: Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah Davis
Civil Parish: Madeley; Ecclesiastical parish: Madeley
Town: Madeley; County/Island: Shropshire; Country: England
Registration district: Madeley
Sub-registration district: Madeley
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Household schedule number: 94
Piece: 2756; Folio: 70; Page Number: 18
Household Members:
Eliza Davis 32
Sarah Davis 36
Mary Davis 12
Hannah Davis 13
Samuel Davis 9
Leonard Davis 8
Eliza Davis 6
Elijah Davis 1

1881UKC England Census; Staffordshire Rugeley District 18; image 7 of 52 @ancestry
Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 2779; Folio: 133; Page: 6; GSU roll: 1341665
Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Civil Parish: Rugeley
County/Island: Staffordshire; Country: England
Street address: Cannock Wst Road
Registration district: Lichfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Piece: 2779; Folio: 133; Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Elizah Davis 41 b Staffordshire coal miner
Sarah Davis 44 b Shropshire
Lenard Davis 17 b Shropshire coal miner
Eliza Davis 16 b Shropshire
Elizabeth Davis 12 b Shropshire
Elizah Davis 9 b Shropshire
Ann Davis 6 b Staffordshire
Alice Davis 4 b Staffordshire

Ancestry hint has him dying in Australia!!!
New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Deposit Journals, 1853-1900; Deposit Journal 1888; image 15 of 24 @ancestry
Source Citation: State Records Authority of New South Wales; Series: 5264; Reel: 2676
Source Information: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Deposit Journals, 1853-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Original data: Immigration Deposit Journals. Microfilm, 5264, 9 reels. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
Sponsor Name: Elijah Davies, Lithgow
Deposit Date: 6 Aug 1888
Immigration Date: Apr 1889
Ship: Cuzco
Place of Origin: 1 Lannvalwood? St, Hazle slade, Hednesford, Stafford
Immigration Group:
Sarah Davies 50 wife
Elijah Davies 18
Elizabeth Davies 17
Ann Davies 14
Alice Davies 11
Alfred Davies 5
Agnes Davies 4
These are records of money deposited in the Colony by people wanting to sponsor the immigration of someone, usually a family member or someone for specific employment
“Assisted immigrants” are individuals whose passages were either subsidized or paid for by another person or through another agency

1891AC Australia Census from familysearch
Australia, New South Wales, Census, 1891; image 214 of 256 @familysearch
Record Collection: Australia, New South Wales, Census, 1891
Document Information: Household ID 371
GS Film Number 000942032
Digital Folder Number 007567974
Image Number 00461
Citing this Record "Australia, New South Wales, Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKKQ-JYXL : 16 March 2018), Elijah Davies, 1891; citing Hartley and Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, Household ID 371, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney; FHL microfilm 942,032.
Event Type: Census; Event Date:1891
Event Place:Hartley and Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
Cook County
Locality Lithgow
Name: Elijah Davies
household:
4 male (Elijah, Elijah jr, Alfred) only 3?? poss new baby??
3 female (Sarah, Eliz, ANn, ALice, Agnes) 5 eliz poss married?



Ancestry hint has him dying in Australia!!!
POSS Death England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 @ancestry.com
Name: Elijah Davies
Birth Date: abt 1839
Date of Registration: Mar 1920
Age at Death: 81
Registration district: Oswestry
Inferred County: Shropshire
Volume: 6a
Page: 857
could be the elijah davis below??
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another father/son Elijah! (different birthyear)
from 1891UKC
Civil Parish: Wednesbury
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
Residence Place: Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England
Registration district: West Bromwich
Sub registration district: Wednesbury
ED, Institution or Vessel: 15
Piece: 2277; Folio: 26
Household Members:
Elijah Davies 51 widower; coal merchant b 1840 Great Bridge, Stafford
Lois Davies 17 b 1874 Wednesbury, Stafford
Elijah Davies 16 b 1875 Darlaston, Stafford
Robert Davies 13 b 1878 Wednesbury, Stafford
Mary Ann Davies 10 b 1881 Wednesbury, Stafford
Martha Davies 7 b 1884 Wednesbury, Stafford
William Davies 5 b 1886 Wednesbury, Stafford
Ann Smith 51 widow housekeeper b 1840 Wednesbury, Stafford

but from 1881UKC!
Civil Parish: Wednesbury
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Street address: 83 Holyhead Rd
Registration district: West Bromwich
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Piece:2856; Folio:25; Page Number:2
Household Members:
Elisah Davis 40 b 1841 Great Bridge, Stafford
Jessica Davis 34 b 1847 Wednesbury, Stafford
Louie Davis 7 b 1874 Wednesbury, Stafford
Elizah Davis 6 b 1875 Darlaston, Stafford
Robert Davis 2 b 1879 Wednesbury, Stafford
Mary Ann Davis b Wednesbury, Stafford

ALSO
there is another Elijah Davis b abt same time in MAdeley
From GRO
Birth DAVIES, ELIJAH
mother’s maiden name PERKINS
GRO Reference: 1870 J Quarter in MADELEY UNION Volume 06A Page 639

POSS FreeBMD Marriages Sep 1867 (>99%)
DAVIES Elijah Ch. Stretton 6a 973
Perkins Emma Church Stretton 6a 973
Church Stretton is in Shropshire

POSS SIblings from GRO
DAVIES, JOSEPH PERKINS
GRO Reference: 1872 J Quarter in MADELEY UNION Volume 06A Page 670

they are on the 1871UKC
Civil Parish: Buildwas
County/Island: Shropshire
Country: England
Registration district: Madeley
Sub-registration district: Madeley
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Household schedule number: 30
Piece: 2753; Folio: 31; Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Elijah Davies 28 b 1843 Guilsfield Montgomeryshire Wales
Emma Davies 24 b 1847 Smethcott Shropshire
Edwin Davies 2 b 1869 Staffordshire
Elijah Davies 1 b 1870 Buildwas, Salop
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