DAVIS, John Edwin
| Birth Name | DAVIS, John Edwin |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | 63 years, 6 months, 1 day |
Narrative
His death certificate states that he was 63 years old making his birth in 1836.
A story told by Les Davis, son of Horace and Eda (nee WENNERSTEN) was that all three brothers arrived in Queensland from Canada. All three death certificates indicate that they all arrived in Queensland in 1866. The Southern Ocean did arrive in 1866 but sailed from Portsmouth in the county of Hampshire in southern England rather than Canada.
It has since been discovered that while the three boys came to Australia, their parents and at least two sisters, Eliza and Alice, went to Canada where all four died. This then is the reason there was some confusion about where the boys had emigrated from when they came to Queensland.
Greg visited the cemetery in Irvinebank (September 2015) and photographed all of the headstones, but there was no headstone for Margaret BOOCOCK or John Edwin DAVIS or his brother George Spelling DAVIS.
A story told by Les Davis, son of Horace and Eda (nee WENNERSTEN) was that all three brothers arrived in Queensland from Canada. All three death certificates indicate that they all arrived in Queensland in 1866. The Southern Ocean did arrive in 1866 but sailed from Portsmouth in the county of Hampshire in southern England rather than Canada.
It has since been discovered that while the three boys came to Australia, their parents and at least two sisters, Eliza and Alice, went to Canada where all four died. This then is the reason there was some confusion about where the boys had emigrated from when they came to Queensland.
Greg visited the cemetery in Irvinebank (September 2015) and photographed all of the headstones, but there was no headstone for Margaret BOOCOCK or John Edwin DAVIS or his brother George Spelling DAVIS.
Events
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| Birth | 1836 | Pickering, Selby, Yorkshire, England | ||
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| Baptism | 12 Jul 1836 | |||
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| Death | 2 Jul 1899 | Mountalbion, Queensland, Australia | ||
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| Burial | 3 Jul 1899 | Cemetery, Irvinebank, Queensland, Australia | ||
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| Occupation | carpenter | |||
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| Immigration | 2 Jun 1866 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Southern Ocean | |
Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | DAVIS, John | 1812 | 24 Dec 1893 | |
| Mother | SPILLING, Marianne | 1815 | 20 Dec 1884 | |
| Sister | DAVIS, Eliza Ann | 2 Oct 1840 | 3 Nov 1929 | |
| DAVIS, John Edwin | 1836 | 2 Jul 1899 | ||
| Brother | DAVIS, Joseph | 1837 | ||
| Sister | DAVIS, Alice Ellen Elizabeth | 1842 | 9 Jan 1923 | |
| Brother | DAVIS, George Spelling | 1845 | 28 Jan 1911 | |
| Brother | DAVIS, Edward Alfred | 2 Oct 1846 | 30 Nov 1894 | |
| Brother | DAVIS, Alfred James | 24 Oct 1848 | 23 Aug 1921 |
Media
Attributes
| Type | Value | Notes | Sources |
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| REFN | 188 |
Web Links
| Type | Description |
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| Web Home | Irvinebank Cemetery [Click to Go] |
Pedigree
Ancestors
DAVIS, William
DAVIS, Hannah