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Mary June Davis[1, 2]
1817 - 1883 (66 years)-
Name Mary June Davis Born 17 Feb 1817 [3] Gender Female Buried 1883 Bega NSW Australia Died 8 Aug 1883 [4] Person ID I1246 Family Last Modified 8 May 2012
Father William Davis, b. 8 Aug 1784, Deddington, Oxfordshire, England , d. 25 Sep 1876, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia (Age 92 years) Mother Jane Elizabeth Weston, b. 1795, Brackley, Northampton, England , d. 1888 (Age 93 years) Married 12 Mar1816 Croughton, Northamptonshire, England [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.
Photos Canberra Times 20/7/1999 Documents Davis Family in Australia
The descendants of Jane Elizabeth WestonFamily ID F381 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family James Wright, b. 21 Jan 1797, Derbyshire, England , d. 1878 (Age 80 years) Married 1 Sep 1838 St James Church, Sydney, NSW, Australia [4] Children 1. Mary Phoebe Wright Last Modified 8 May 2012 Family ID F387 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Mary Davis The ship Camden on which John and Mary Davis family sailed to Australia.
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Sources - [S11] Personal Knowledge, Her mother's letter to Robert, her brother, from Australia on 6 Aug 1860.
She had 8 children, 4 boys and 4 girls - [S93] The Davis story : with Ginninderra and Canberra connections, Hilda Burr.
Gives her second name - [S30] Death & Funeral Notices , William Davis Obituary in Canberra Times.
They give February, not June - [S30] Death & Funeral Notices , William Davis Obituary in Canberra Times.
- [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.
- [S11] Personal Knowledge, Her mother's letter to Robert, her brother, from Australia on 6 Aug 1860.