thanks Patrick - no, no connections, I'm afraid. Yes, Davistown was named after our family - almost accidentally by the CofE minister at East Gosford at the time. He was running a track to his Davis parishioners over there and said 'we may as well call it Davistown!' I actually have two sets of ggggrandparents buried at St Pauls Kincumber - William and Maryann Davis, and Jonathan and Ann Piper. A bit eerie to visit but great to have roots like that :) I knew about the 2 cemeteries, that was why I only asked about Tom and Susannah's family. Will look forward to the book! Leith On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:49 PM, patrick callaghan <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Leith > The Davis entries I have I have found by searching the funeral notices in > the SMH, I have searched all notices > from 1868 to the end of 1903 and below is what I have, let me know if you > see any connections > You probably know that there were two cemeteries, both generally known as > Balmain cemetery, both located in todays Leichhardt, > both opened in 1868, > they were the Balmain General cemetery, where only a handful of Catholics > were buried, the other being the Balmain > Catholic cemetery where only Catholics were buried, the General cemetery > closed in 1912 and the Catholic around > the end of 1902. Sounds as though Davistown may have been named bu/after > your family > I didnt transcribe the detail of the funeral notice for the second names > all the best > Patrick > > July 1885 Christopher Thomas Davis 7 July 1885 > > SMH Funeral Notice > > 7 July 1885 > > The friends of Mr. James Davis of Manaro, > > College St. Balmain are respectfully invited > > To attend the funeral of his late beloved son > > Christopher Thomas, to move from his aunt's > > Residence, 354 Pitt St., this Tuesday morning > > At 10 o'clock to Balmain Catholic cemetery. > > > > James F Davis buried 18 November 1891 see SMH FN dated 18 November 1891 > > > > Mary E Russell Davis buried 26 June 1900 see SMH FN 26 June 1900 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leith Davis" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:16 PM > Subject: Re: [ANS] Edwin Punch aged 2 & Mary Tancred aged 48 both > died1868seeking place of burial > > > > Tom Davis was my ggg uncle, his father was William Davis, and the family > > were shipbuilders from Brisbane Water. Tom was one of 13, and some of > his > > brothers and sisters moved to Balmain - they were connected with mariners > > and shipping industry people eg John Booth was a close family connection. > > William Davis died at his daughter's home at Balmain and was initially > > buried there but remains were later moved to Kincumber. My gg grandfather > > was Tom's youngest brother Edward who married Lydia Piper - there was > also > > a > > large concentration of Pipers around Balmain :) > > William was very Church of England, a schoolmaster in C of E schools, but > > Tom ended up Catholic - Susannah I'm guessing. They were staunch > > supporters > > of a Catholic orphanage at B/Water. > > If you would like to let me know the 3 x Davis that you have, I can let > > you > > know if they are part of 'my' family. Similarly with Piper, except that > > if > > you have Pipers around Balmain I KNOW they are 'my' family lol! > > best regards > > Leith Davis > > > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Leith You probably know that the Pipers, I think there were two brothers, maybe both military men, played a big role in what is today Balmain/Leichhardt/Annandale, in the 1820's, I think a large estate was known as Piperston or maybe Piperstown if you want to know more about this, I could offer some places to start regards Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leith Davis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [ANS] Edwin Punch aged 2 & Mary Tancred aged 48 both died1868seeking place of burial > thanks Patrick - no, no connections, I'm afraid. Yes, Davistown was named > after our family - almost accidentally by the CofE minister at East > Gosford > at the time. He was running a track to his Davis parishioners over there > and said 'we may as well call it Davistown!' > I actually have two sets of ggggrandparents buried at St Pauls Kincumber - > William and Maryann Davis, and Jonathan and Ann Piper. A bit eerie to > visit > but great to have roots like that :) > I knew about the 2 cemeteries, that was why I only asked about Tom and > Susannah's family. > Will look forward to the book! > Leith > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:49 PM, patrick callaghan > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Leith >> The Davis entries I have I have found by searching the funeral notices in >> the SMH, I have searched all notices >> from 1868 to the end of 1903 and below is what I have, let me know if you >> see any connections >> You probably know that there were two cemeteries, both generally known as >> Balmain cemetery, both located in todays Leichhardt, >> both opened in 1868, >> they were the Balmain General cemetery, where only a handful of Catholics >> were buried, the other being the Balmain >> Catholic cemetery where only Catholics were buried, the General cemetery >> closed in 1912 and the Catholic around >> the end of 1902. Sounds as though Davistown may have been named >> bu/after >> your family >> I didnt transcribe the detail of the funeral notice for the second names >> all the best >> Patrick >> >> July 1885 Christopher Thomas Davis 7 July 1885 >> >> SMH Funeral Notice >> >> 7 July 1885 >> >> The friends of Mr. James Davis of Manaro, >> >> College St. Balmain are respectfully invited >> >> To attend the funeral of his late beloved son >> >> Christopher Thomas, to move from his aunt's >> >> Residence, 354 Pitt St., this Tuesday morning >> >> At 10 o'clock to Balmain Catholic cemetery. >> >> >> >> James F Davis buried 18 November 1891 see SMH FN dated 18 November 1891 >> >> >> >> Mary E Russell Davis buried 26 June 1900 see SMH FN 26 June 1900 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Leith Davis" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:16 PM >> Subject: Re: [ANS] Edwin Punch aged 2 & Mary Tancred aged 48 both >> died1868seeking place of burial >> >> >> > Tom Davis was my ggg uncle, his father was William Davis, and the >> > family >> > were shipbuilders from Brisbane Water. Tom was one of 13, and some of >> his >> > brothers and sisters moved to Balmain - they were connected with >> > mariners >> > and shipping industry people eg John Booth was a close family >> > connection. >> > William Davis died at his daughter's home at Balmain and was initially >> > buried there but remains were later moved to Kincumber. My gg >> > grandfather >> > was Tom's youngest brother Edward who married Lydia Piper - there was >> also >> > a >> > large concentration of Pipers around Balmain :) >> > William was very Church of England, a schoolmaster in C of E schools, >> > but >> > Tom ended up Catholic - Susannah I'm guessing. They were staunch >> > supporters >> > of a Catholic orphanage at B/Water. >> > If you would like to let me know the 3 x Davis that you have, I can let >> > you >> > know if they are part of 'my' family. Similarly with Piper, except >> > that >> > if >> > you have Pipers around Balmain I KNOW they are 'my' family lol! >> > best regards >> > Leith Davis >> > >> >> Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any >> reply...... Thank you! >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >