- DAVIS, John Edwin William

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Kingsborough is approximately 35km West of Mareeba 16 56S 145 03E, near Mt. McGann.
His first daughter Leal was born on his birthday.
John was 8 years and 5 months old when he started school in Irvinebank on Monday, 6 February 1888

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MONTALBION, June 27.
John Davis, at Irvinebank, was remanded for eight days on a charge of rape on Florrie Kuszer, aged about 17, at Montalbion.

TELEGRAMS. (1898, June 28). The Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Qld. : 1874 - 1954), p. 2 TROVE

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Florrie KUSZER was born Florence Amelia DINES Thursday, 4 March 1880 and after her father Edward was drowned in 1886 when the lugger Arthur capsized her mother married Henri KUSZNER in 1887 and Florence died Wednesday, 30 October 1901

In 1898 there were only two people named John DAVIS in Irvinebank, John Edwin William who was then 19 years old, and his uncle, John Edwin, who was 62 years old.

Five months after this notice appeared in the newspaper, his illegitimate son, Harold Edward Davis ROGERS, would be born to his future sister-in-law, Sarah Eliza ROGERS

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Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Birth	19 August 1879	Glen - Mowbray, Hodgkinson Goldfield, Queensland, Australia		1
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Death	31 May 1927	District Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
	Html code MR. JOHN DAVIS. On Monday evening the death occurred in Cairns of Mr. John Davis, of Lake Street, a well-known citizen of Cairns. Deceased, who was forty-five years, of age, was a member, of the Cairns branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation. He leaves a wife and two sons to mourn their loss. The funeral, which took place on Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, was largely attended, the cortège leaving the residence, 311 Lake, Street, for the Cairns cemetery, Martyn Street. The Rev. D, Gillman officiated at the graveside. Included in the list of wreaths were the following:- Teachers, scholars, St. Andrew's Sunday School, Mother Primrose Ernest, Phoebes' class mates, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Davis and family, Wilkinson Bros., Mr. Lowcock, Cairns Railway Band, Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Culhane and family, employees Burns Philp and Co. MR. JOHN DAVIS. (1927, June 4). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 4. TROVE
Burial	31 May 1927	Martyn Street Cemetery, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Occupation			miner

Occupation			carpenter

Occupation			wharf labourer

Relation to the centre person (DAVIS, Gregory John) : grandfather

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	DAVIS, Edward Alfred	2 October 1846	30 November 1894
Mother	CHAPPEL, Emily	29 October 1857	20 September 1880
Brother	DAVIS, Alfred Joseph Spelling	26 September 1875	23 November 1942
Brother	DAVIS, George Edward	12 July 1877	9 June 1957
	DAVIS, John Edwin William	19 August 1879	31 May 1927

Father	DAVIS, Edward Alfred	2 October 1846	30 November 1894
Stepmother	STEDMAN, Minnie	1858	19 July 1930

Families

Family of DAVIS, John Edwin William and ROGERS, Sarah Eliza

Unmarried

Partner

ROGERS, Sarah Eliza ( * 23 April 1882 + 6 December 1945 )

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
ROGERS, Harold Edward Davis	20 November 1898	17 March 1960

Family of DAVIS, John Edwin William and SMITH, Catherine Florence

Married

Wife

SMITH, Catherine Florence ( * 23 May 1880 + 20 April 1970 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Marriage	21 September 1904	St Peters Church, Townsville Qld.

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
DAVIS, Horace George	8 July 1905	28 May 1954
DAVIS, Jack	21 October 1907	23 July 1910
DAVIS, Leslie Oswald	20 April 1910	24 August 1989
DAVIS, Leal Marion Eliza	19 August 1912	10 January 1974
DAVIS, John Alfred	27 April 1915	13 June 1964
DAVIS, Pheobe	25 June 1917	10 December 1983