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Good Morning Cocksie,
Thank you for your mail. So we are cousins. Wow, I never thought I would find any of Martha's relatives in Australia.
Below is the first page of my research. I suspect the 1851 death in Calcutta is our James Davidson.
Do you have his probate?
The Feb 1882 death notice (below) of son James confirms all the children have same father, except for my Martha.
JAMES DAVISON (DAVIDSON) Born ca 1800-10. Clerk in Sydney 1832-45+ Born ca 1800-1810.
Marriages in Sydney: James had illegitimate children with Mary Ann McGuire (1834), Anne Kelly (1835 and 1838) and Esther Virtue (1839 and 1842). He probably also had children with Margaret ? (1833, 1834, 1840 and 1846), as he was the only James Davidson in Sydney 1830-36.
Died by February 1882 and "of Sydney" (son James death notice). Thorough research shows James did not die in New South Wales.
CHILDREN
MARTHA DAVIDSON Born at Sydney, NSW: 11 June 1834. Christened at Sydney St Phillips. Martha daughter of James & Mary Ann Davison. James' occupation: clerk. Church of England. Martha was illegitimate. Her mother was Mary Ann McGuire.
JESSIE DAVIDSON Born 13 Mar 1835 in Sydney. Father James Davidson (clerk), now at Geelong (for a short time). Mother Anne Kelly. Baptized 10 Apr 1835 at St Phillips/ St Andrew’s, Sydney. (SAG 91). Died at 15 Bligh Street, Sydney: 6 Jan 1903, Jessie Cocks. Widow, aged 67. Father James Davidson, general merchant. Mother Jessie Jones. Buried at Waverley, Church of England, 7 January 1903. Married at Sydney: aged 22 to John Cocks. Children: John W, 39; Mary J (Shalvey) 36, Jessie A (James) 33; Thomas E 31, Keturah L (Walsh) 29, George W 26, May E 23, living; 4 males deceased.
MARY JANE DAVIDSON Born 1838 in Sydney. Parents James & Ann Davidson. Married at Tambaroora, NSW: aged 20 to Samuel Duncan Wood. Died at "Cooberry" Wood Street, Randwick: 12 March 1912, Mary Jane Wood. Aged 74 years 11 months (born April 1837?). Father James Davidson, occupation unknown. Mother Ann Jones. Children: Frank 51, George 48, Frederick 42, Edith P 39, Emily 35, 1 female deceased.
JAMES DAVIDSON born as JAMES DAVISON VIRTUE. Born 1839. Mother Esther Virtue. Christened at Sydney Scots Church or St Andrews Church: 18 February 1839. The father James Davidson is not mentioned. Illegitimate birth. Merchant Navy seaman 1853-57.
Married Mary Jane Peperr/Piper/Pyper.
Died at Port Victoria, Mahe Island, Seychelles: 2 January 1882, James Davidson, aged 43 (born 1838-39?) . Government servant. Father James Davidson. Mother Esther Virtice. Wife Mary Jane Piper/ Pyper.
DAVIDSON -January 2, at his residence, Mahe Seychelles, Mauritius, James, the dearly beloved husband of M. J. Davidson, brother of Mrs. Cocks, Castlereagh-street; Mrs S D Wood, Bathurst; and George Davidson, Honolulu; also the eldest son of the late James Davidson, of Sydney, leaving an affectionate wife, family, and relatives to mourn their loss; deeply regretted by all who know him.
Sydney Morning Herald 27 Feb 1882.
Children born in the Seychelles: Dora Winnifred, 4 Sept 1882, Port Victoria; Florence Mary, 11 October 1872, Port Victoria; Mahel Grace, 21 Sept 1875, Port Victoria; Sydney James, 26 August 1870, Victoria.
GEORGE WISEMAN DAVIDSON Born 26 September 1842, Sydney NSW. Christened at St James, Sydney :15 October 1842. Parents James & Esther Davidson.
George Davidson. Of Honolulu in 1882 (in his brother James' death notice).
Children with Margaret in Sydney: Ellen Davidson, 1833 and 1834; Jessy Davidson, 1840 and Margaret Davidson, 1846.
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