Elizabeth Caroline (Ross) Davis (abt. 1814 - 1878)

Born about 1814 in London, England [uncertain]

Wife of Charles Augustus Williams — married 11 Apr 1836 (to Nov 1836) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Wife of James Augustus Davis — married 23 Oct 1838 (to 3 Nov 1878) in Kelso, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 3 Nov 1878 at about age 64 in Back Forest, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Elizabeth Ross was probably born in London around 1814. According to her death certificate her father was a clothier, and she came to Australia about 1835.^[1] It is recorded in her 2nd marriage documents that she came free.

Elizabeth married painter Charles Augustus Williams at St. Phillips Church of England, Sydney, on 11 April 1836.^[2][3] He died in November of that same year when he fell from a scaffold while painting a house. She gave birth to Elizabeth Caroline Williams in 1837.

Elizabeth Williams and convict James Davis received permission to marry in September 1838, ^[4][5] and married by banns at Bathurst (Kelso) on the 23rd October.^[6]

Elizabeth died at home in Back Forest, near the Shoalhaven River, 3 November 1878.^[1][7]

Research Notes

• Son Arthur Poole believed to have been born in Liverpool, NSW in abt 1840. His death certificate, which wasn't completed by family, listed his mother as Elizabeth Walsh. BDM - NSW, www.bdm.nsw.gov.au, DAVIS Arthur Poole - Death Certificate 6924/1937.
• Son Frederick William gave her name as Elizabeth Caroline Rossi on his 1915 marriage, and it also appears that way on his death certificate. He claimed to have been born at Gerringong.
• Daughter Louisa Ann Violet recorded her as Elizabeth Caroline Rossie on her 1902 marriage.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Death. NSW BDM 9572/1878 https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/3/33/Ross-12281-2.pdf
2. ↑ Marriage 1. NSW BDM 19/1826 V182619 20. Index states 1826 but actual certificate reads 1836.
3. ↑ St. Philip's Church of England (Sydney, N.S.W.). & Society of Australian Genealogists. (1787). Registers of St. Philip's Church of England, Sydney, NSW.
   Transcript: No. 94. Charles Augustus Williams of this Parish Painter, a Bachelor and Elizabeth Caroline Ross of this Parish a spinster were married in this church by Banns this Eleventh day of April in the year 1836 by me William Cowper Chaplain. This marriage was solemnized between us: Charles Augustus Williams, Elizabeth Caroline Ross, her X mark, In the Presence of William Forbes of Sydney, Eliza Forbes her X mark of Sydney.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1828-1830, 1838-1839
   List of person applying for the publication of banns at Bathurst, September, 1838.
   James Davis, age: 27? 26?, Bachelor, ship arrived by: Albion (2), year: 1828, sentence: 14 years, free or bond: T of L for Bathurst, present service: at Nubrigyn Captain Forbes.
   Elizabeth William, age: 24, widow, Came Free. }Approved. + a W.E.R. 20th Septr 1838. J. K. Walpole Chaplain of Bathurst Septr 16 1838.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851.
   Davis, James, age: 27, ship: Albion 2, sentence: 14 (years), T.L. (Ticket of Leave). Stated Bachelor.
   Elizabeth Williams, age: 24, Came free. Stated Widow. J Walpole, Bathurst. Date of transmission: 22 September. Allowed.
6. ↑ Marriage 2. NSW BDM 1929/1838 V18381929 22
7. ↑ Family Notices (1878, November 23). The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), p. 805. Retrieved May 25, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162696819
   DAVIS — November 3, at her residence, Mount Pleasant, near Coolangatta, Shoalhaven, Elizabeth Caroline, the beloved wife of Mr. James Davis, sen., aged 62 years, leaving a large circle of relations and friends to mourn their loss.