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Jane Elizabeth Weston

Jane Elizabeth Weston[1]

Female 1795 - 1888  (93 years)

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  • Name Jane Elizabeth Weston 
    Born 1795  Brackley, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1888 
    Person ID I1230  Family
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2006 

    Father John Weston,   b. 13 Feb 1763, Brackley, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1842, Brackley St Peter, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Catherine Burford,   b. Abt 1761,   d. 1834, Brackley, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Married 24 Jul 1786  Aynho, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F47  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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)  [3, 4
    Married 12 Mar1816  Croughton, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    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.
    Children 
     1. Mary June Davis,   b. 17 Feb 1817,   d. 8 Aug 1883  (Age 66 years)
     2. John Davis,   b. 21 Aug 1818,   d. 12 Feb 1906  (Age 87 years)
     3. Jane Elizabeth Davis,   b. 3 Feb 1820,   d. 2 Jul 1890, Manly, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     4. William Davis,   b. 13 Nov 1821, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1910, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     5. Henry Davis,   b. 17 Apr 1823,   d. 5 Apr 1888  (Age 64 years)
    +6. Frances Emily Davis,   b. 8 Sep 1824,   d. 6 Jul 1910  (Age 85 years)
     7. Frederic James Davis,   b. 7 Feb 1827,   d. 8 Aug 1914  (Age 87 years)
    +8. Lucy Catherine Sudlow Davis,   b. 12 Mar 1830, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1922  (Age 92 years)
     9. Harold Mapletoft Davis,   b. 3 Oct 1831, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1930, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years)
     10. Robert Weston Davis,   b. Sep 1833,   d. Jul 1834, Guernsey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     11. Sydney Hodges Davis,   b. 7 Apr 1836,   d. 7 May 1880  (Age 44 years)
    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
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2013 
    Family ID F381  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Jane Weston
    Jane Weston

    Letters
    Letter from Jane Elizabeth (Weston) Davis in 1860
    Letter from Jane Elizabeth (Weston) Davis in 1860
    Written from Australia to Robert in Brackley in 1860, several years after they emigrated.

  • Notes 
    • She is sometimes called Elizabeth Jane - not sure which is correct.

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] Other Researchers - Marion Carson.
      Married William Davis & came to Australia in 1842 on the "Palestine".

    2. [S27] Other Researchers - Alan Clarke & Marilyn Ponting.
      by License. Both otp (of this parish). I have the CD of Northants Marriages.

    3. [S11] Personal Knowledge, Her letter to Robert, her brother, from Ginnadarra, Australia on 6 Aug 1860.

    4. [S93] The Davis story : with Ginninderra and Canberra connections, Hilda Burr.
      They came to Australia on the Palestine 6 Mar 1842. Their children Frances, Frederick and Sydney were with them, but John and Mary came on the Camden. William arrived before them, 31 Dec 1837, on the Alfred. Harold came on the Cyclone. We don't know when or how Henry and Lucy arrived. Robert died in Guernsey in 1834.

    5. [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.

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