John Davis^{[1, 2]}

1818 - 1906  (87 years)

• 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 ,   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   [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
  Documents		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   [2, 6]
  Last Modified	8 May 2012
  Family ID	F389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• Sources

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