Orphan Number: 1395

Orphan:	Eliza DAVIS
Mother:	DAVIS, /CROPPER Jane
Father:	DAVIS, William
Mother's ship:
Father's ship:
Age when admitted:	4yrs
Date admitted:	1828
Date discharged:	11 Aug 1831
Institutions(s):	Queens Orphan School
Discharged to:	absconded
Remarks:	parents both convicts - mother native born - step-brother James Williams who works for Peter Degraves at Cascade Saw Mill.
References:	SWD24- 26 Jun 1828, 16 Jul & 27 Nov 1830, 24 Feb & 11 Aug 1831, CSO5/86/1885, Hobart Town Gazette 2 Jul 1824

---

You can claim this Orphan here

Claimed by Tony Harrison. You can send a message to Tony Harrison by email here

Tony Harrison wrote:

Eliza was born at Black Brush near Brighton on 13 aug 1816. Her parents were William Davis a former marine and Jane Williams born Norfolk Island in August 1793. Eliza married John Blacklow, a neighbour, on 12 Jan 1834 and had fourteen children. She died 5 APRIL 1889 at her home Blendon at Black Brush and is buried at St Marks Pontville. See http://www.users.on.net/~ahvem/page3/page93/page97/page97.html

---

Use this facility to register your interest so other researchers can contact you. Add up to a 2000 character short story about your orphan and what became of them after they left the Orphan School. You can add links to other web sites and upload a photo.  Note that you can claim more than one orphan and that any orphan can be claimed more than once.
If you need to contact our researchers then email us and quote the orphan name and index number above.