William Davis

1784 - 1876  (92 years)

• Name	William Davis
  Born	8 Aug 1784	Deddington, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Sep 1876	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
  Person ID	I1231	Family
  Last Modified	8 May 2012

  
  

  Father	John Davis
  Mother	Mary,   b. Abt 1770
  Family ID	F592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Elizabeth Weston,   b. 1795, Brackley, Northampton, England ,   d. 1888  (Age 93 years)  [2, 3]
  Married	12 Mar1816	Croughton, Northamptonshire, England   [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.
  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  (Age 70 years)   4. William Davis,   b. 13 Nov 1821, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 13 Jul 1910, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia  (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 ,   d. Jul 1922  (Age 92 years)   9. Harold Mapletoft Davis,   b. 3 Oct 1831, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 9 Jun 1930, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 98 years)   10. Robert Weston Davis,   b. Sep 1833,   d. Jul 1834, Guernsey, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   11. Sydney Hodges Davis,   b. 7 Apr 1836,   d. 7 May 1880  (Age 44 years)
  Photos		Canberra Times 20/7/1999
  Documents		Davis Family in Australia The descendants of Jane Elizabeth Weston
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2013
  Family ID	F381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		William Davis
  		William Davis Sr and Frances Davis From the book GINNINDERRA, FORERUNNER TO CANBERRA by Lyall L GILLESPIE

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts. Gives parents, place Bloxham, Oxfordshire and date of 6 May 1787. However in Hilda Burr's book 'The Davis story' published in NSW Australia in 1993 the information is different. I am assuming that the book is more likely to be correct. [S11] Personal Knowledge, Her letter to Robert, her brother, from Ginnadarra, Australia on 6 Aug 1860. [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. [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. [S1] Certificate, Marriage. Marion Carson has a photocopy.