I am researching my paternal side for a William JAMES, born about 1816 in
Montgomeryshire, Wales and died in 1881 in South Australia. He married in
1849 to a Sarah JONES b. abt 1825, they had at least two children, Ellen
Jane JAMES b. abt 1853 in Brompton, Sth. Australia who died in 1883 in Sth.
Aust. and a son Francis Thomas JAMES.
In 1878 Ellen Jane married Thomas DAVIS b. abt 1828 (in a place unknown) his
marriage certificate said he was English. We do know his father was Charles
DAVIS.
Ellen Jane and Thomas had a son Henry Malcolm DAVIS born 1879 in Adelaide,
he died in Newcastle NSW in 1956.
Henry was a State Ward at 4 yrs old and in 1906 he married Francis Matilda
Mary CLIFFORD b. 1883 in Sth Aust. and died in 1943 in Cessnock.
Do any of these names match up with your family?
I would be pleased to hear from you if they do.
Regards
Ernie Davis
ernied1(a)bigpond.com