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John Davis

John Davis[1, 2]

Male 1818 - 1906  (87 years)

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  • Name John Davis 
    Born 21 Aug 1818  [3
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Feb 1906  [3
    Person ID I1247  Family
    Last Modified 8 May 2012 

    Father William Davis,   b. 8 Aug 1784, Deddington, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1876, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Jane Elizabeth Weston,   b. 1795, Brackley, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1888  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 12 Mar1816  Croughton, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Notes 
    • In a prologue to the transcript of her letter to her brother Robert, we are told that the family went to Guernsey on 20 Aug 1834, and that their son Robert died there. It also implies they emigrated from there to Australia. Note that Robert supposedly died at 10 months so the dates are a little askew here - currently we have his death as July 1834 ie before they got to Guernsey. However people are rarely exact - maybe he was a little more than 10 months, maybe his birth was towards the end of September 1833.
    • Miss Davis and Mr John Davis travelled cabin class on the Camden from London to Sydney in 1836.
      The ship was advertised to leave Gravesend 10th February, picking up passengers at Portsmouth on 18th February. However, the arrivals list states that she left (the Downs) on the 22nd so there was some delay.It arrived at Port Jackson, Sydney on 2nd June.
      The names are not uncommon, but it fits pretty well.
    Photos
    Canberra Times 20/7/1999
    Canberra Times 20/7/1999
    Documents
    Davis Family in Australia
    Davis Family in Australia
    The descendants of Jane Elizabeth Weston
    Family ID F381  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Dawson,   b. 15 Dec 1818,   d. 11 Jan 1905  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 26 Jul 1849  Cooma, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6
    Last Modified 8 May 2012 
    Family ID F389  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    John Davis
    John Davis
    The ship Camden on which John and Mary Davis family sailed to Australia.
    The ship Camden on which John and Mary Davis family sailed to Australia.

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] Personal Knowledge, His mother's letter to Robert, her brother, from Australia on 6 Aug 1860.
      He married his cousin Mary Dawson and had 4 boys and 1 girl (lost the second girl). Her parents lived with them in 1860.

    2. [S93] The Davis story : with Ginninderra and Canberra connections, Hilda Burr.

    3. [S30] Death & Funeral Notices , William Davis Obituary in Canberra Times.

    4. [S11] Personal Knowledge.
      A typed prologue to her letter to Robert, her brother gives 12 Aug 1818 which would have been after the first child. I looked up Croughton - it is near Brackley.

    5. [S1] Certificate, Marriage.
      Marion Carson has a photocopy.

    6. [S30] Death & Funeral Notices , William Davis Obituary in Canberra Times.
      Here it says they were married July 1847, in Gillamatong. Newspapers are unreliable, so I have chosen to believe the book on the Davis Family by Hilda Barr.