The Davises and Hothams
of Shiktehawk
Thanks to Bob
Davis
1.John DAVIS (DAVIES).
born bef 27-Jan-1811, Westcote Barton, Oxon., baptised 27-Jan-1811,
Westcote Barton, Oxon., occupation Ag. Lab., married 13-Dec-1831,
in Hanwell, Oxon.,
Eliza GUNN, born bef 27-Feb-1814, Hanwell, Oxon., baptised 27-Feb-1814,
Hanwell, Oxon.,
occupation Housewife, died bef 23-May-1890, Westcote Barton, Oxon.,
buried 23-May-1890,
Westcote Barton, Oxon. John died bef 18-Mar-1886, Westcote
Barton, Oxon.,
buried 18-Mar-1886, Westcote Barton, Oxon.
Children:
2.iGeorge DAVIS born bef 26-May-1833.[Married Hannah Stockford]
3.ii Elizabeth (Bess) DAVIS born bef 4-Oct-1835.
4.iii Harriet DAVIS born bef 15-Oct-1837.
5.iv Ann DAVIS born bef 5-Sep-1841.
v James DAVIS born bef 21-Jan-1844, Westcote Barton, Oxon.,
baptised 21-Jan-1844,
Westcote Barton, Oxon.
6.vi Mary Anne (Poll) DAVIS born 1-Apr-1846.
7.vii Matilda DAVIS born bef 3-Dec-1848.
viii William DAVIS born bef 8-Jun-1851, Westcote Barton, Oxon.,
baptised 8-Jun-1851,
Westcote Barton, Oxon.
ix Hannah (Anna) DAVIS born bef 21-Mar-1853, Westcote Barton,
Oxon., baptised 21-Mar-1853,
Westcote Barton, Oxon., died bef 17-Oct-1866, Westcote Barton,
Oxon., buried 17-Oct-1866,
Westcote Barton, Oxon. Name inscribed as Anna in baptismal
register.
8.x Emma DAVIS born bef 2-May-1858.
Hannah Stockford' s Ancestors
Like the Davises,
the Stockfords had lived in the vicinity of Steeple Barton for
several
generations.
Thomas Stockford b.1714 m. Martha Hyatt b. 1715
Thomas Stockford b. 1736 m. Mary Goodwin
Joseph Stockford b. 1778 m. Mary Busby b. 1778
WILLIAM STOCKFORD 1802 - 1858 (son of Joseph and Mary)
m. 20 Jun 1822,Oxhill,Warwickshire
ELIZABETH MULLIS b. abt 1801,Oxhill , buried 3 Aug 1852 Steeple
Barton
a.Mary Ann bapt 23 Feb 1823
b. Elizabeth 25 Dec 1824
c. Matthew 3 June 1827
d. James7 Oct 1829
e. Emmanuel George 9 Jan 1832
f. Joseph 1 Jun 1834: buried 25 Feb 1848 Steeple Barton
g. Hannah c.1836 --1924 married George Davis\~
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George Davis and Hannah Stockford emmigrated to New Brunswick
about 1860..
In the St John census of 1871 George is listed as a railwayman.
By 1881 he had settled in Shiktehawk,Kent,later Bristol, as the
stationmaster.
His three sons all worked as railwaymen.Many of his grandsons
also were employed by the CPR.
Family of George and Hannah Davis
GEORGE L DAVIS
b. OXFORDSHIRE, U.K. 1832(May21)
d. BRISTOL, NB 1906(Mar21)
CPR Station Agent
m. 15 Dec 1854
HANNAH STOCKFORD
b. OXFORDSHIRE, July27,1836
d. HOULTON,ME Sept.8,1924 (Age:88 yrs1 mo 13 days)
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JOHN STOCKFORD
DAVIS b. ST JOHN, 16 APRIL 1862.Born on board ship\~to NB or in
StJohn,NB(?)
d.BRISTOL,14 APRIL 1932
WILLIAM DUNCAN DAVIS (June 26,1864-Jan 10,1936)
CPR conductor - Gibson Line .Lived in Woodstock and Houlton.
m.1882 1.Frances Katherine Perkins (Sept 14,1862-May17,1919)
a. Madeline Anna (b.5/5 1893, Woodstock) Mrs Howard Giulett(?)
b. Claude (Dakota,USA)
c. Goldie A (1887-1906)
d. Jesse
m. 2. ________________?
AMBER C DAVIS 17 Mar1866 - 10 Jan1908 m.George H Boyer (1860-1939)
1.Leilley (1883-1895)
JAMES EDGAR (Egbert?) DAVIS CPR 1871-1913 b. St John or Gibson,NB
m. 1900 Grace Estelle Brewer b. Andover,NB
1. Burton 1901 - 1976 .Worked for Caldwell-Jennings, Fredericton
m. Gertrude E Bradley
1900-
2. Helen Gertrude - b.Andover 10April 1907- 27 August 2100
Beloved teacher of music,and choir director in Fredericton.
ELIZA Jane(?) (Lyde) DAVIS (4 Nov 1875-19 May 1944)
m.1895 Billy R King b.1867-1945 Woodstock CPR
1.Hazel Maud Lillian b.1897
m.(Woodstock)Charles C Betts ?
2.Madge m.Carman Wells,Moncton
3.Arthur accountant,Perth,Woodstock
4.George William d.1969 m. Nellie Wallace d.1999
5.Doris d. 1999 (age 90)m. Don Karnes
6.Shirley d.abt 1995. Married __?__Smith.
MAUD MAY 18Sept1876 - 1950
m.1900 *Harry Morton Tompkins 18 Dec 1875-1944
CPR Millville
1.Harold George Melvin b.26 Feb 1901 at Bristol
garage mechanic,lived in Lewiston ,Maine
2.Vella Genevieve 28 Feb 1903 - 1988 m.June 1925 Ernest John (Ramous)Henderson
.
Lived in Nanaimo c.35 years.
3. Reginald Davis b.21
December 1905.Settled in Lewiston ,Maine.He may have been a
fireman.
4. Robert b. 1918-2001 CPR Hartland,Millville,Chipman,Minto, son
of Melbourne (1852-1912) and Marilla (10/5/1854-1936) Tompkin
a.Harry Morton
b.Blanche
Melbourne is the son of Robert Gordon Drummond Tompkins (1817-1885)
and Huldah E. Boyer
(1827-1905)
Robert Gordon Drummond is the son of Elijah Tompkins (1772-1827)
and Frances Woodward
(d/o Samuel Woodward and Mamie Hopkins.)
Elijah is the son of Obadiah Tompkins (1740-1810),one of the
original Tompkins Loyalists.
Obadiah is the son of John Tompkins and Jemima, and so a brother
to John Roger Tompkins.
JOHN STOCKFORD
DAVIS
MARRIED:10JULY1880 16APR1862-14APR1932
SARAH ALMEDA HOTHAM 1 JAN 1863-2 FEB 1956
GEORGE THOMAS 16NOV1880-28MAR1960
DORA ANNIE 24MAY1882-2NOV1970
VELLA HANNA 18DEC1883-6OCT1971
JOHN WILEY 20MAY1885-11JUNE1934
VIVA LEE (Leroi)21JUNE1886-22JAN1983
EDNA LYALL 23MAR1887-14FEB1936
OLGA MAE ELIZA 6FEB1891-7JULY1955
WILLIAM KING 2FEB1893-18JUNE1967
CRYSTAL NINA MABEL BESSIE 10DEC1896-14APR1990
JAMES AUBREY 12JULY1899-27APR1977
VAYDA LEONA MINOTTA 28FEB1904-27DEC1954
PAUL REVERE 17JAN1907-20JULY1974
MAXWELL GAINES 12DEC1908-23SEPT1996
VIOLET-Infant daughter d.Apr 11,1889
DOLLIE-Infant daughter There is a death listing of a Sarah
Davis,age 9 months who died
Nov 8,1903 after 6 days of cholera.Dr Somerville attending.Could
this be Dollie?
M A R R I A G E S
George Thomas m(26/6/1908)
Gertrude T Keswick of Harcourt,NB
CPRStation Agent, Andover.Companion: Pearl Waite
Dora Annie m.1902 Charles M Burnham (1876-1951)
1.Charles Davis Burnham 1905-1905
2.Sarah Annie Burnham 1906-1992 m.Joseph Olivier Blanchard(1895-1971)
3.Vella Gertrude 1908
4.Jessie 1910-1910
5.Charles Russell 1912-1939 m. Thelma Lane
6.Davis Aubrey 1914-1983 m. Hazel Myrl McLeod b. 1919
Vella Hannah m.1900 Aubrey B Gaines (1879-1937)
Deaf CPR Station Master: Florenceville
Two adopted children,Fred and Mary, who were the
children\~\~of\~Aubrey's brother.
John(Jack)m.1914 Lottie Harriet Keith
CPR Campbellton CN Plaster Rock
1.Viva 2.Betty 3.Keith John "Sonny" 4.Bill S 5.George
Viva-m.4/1/1905 Harlie B Watson: (Died at Vimy Ridge)
1.Wendell Davis (b.1905-1960) m. Peggy ?Worked with the United
Nations in NY
2.Russell Alward (b. 1906) m.Tony ?
3.Sarah Evelyn (b.1912-1998) m. Arthur Simpson
Edna m.4/4/1905 Duncan William Rogers (1875-1944)
1.Gerald Davis 1925- Jan2002 m.Mildred Jensen 2.F B Carvell
3.Zelda Marjorie - m. Jack V Maclean (b.1905)
4.Clifford Arnold
Olga m.Lee (Leander) A White (1890-1973) Centreville. William(Bill)m.
1.(29/1/1916)Maude Dow (Lulu)m.
2. Vi Marston (1899-1970)
Crystal m. (16June1920) Elmo Roy Hunter (1892-1977)
1.Marjorie Vella (1921-1987) m.Fred A Mc Cain (1916-199-)(MLA,MP)
2.Living daughter
James m. - Mildred Tompkins
Vayda m.(26April1921) Herman Ulrich Giberson (1899-1985)
1.Wanda Geraldine 1923 -9 April 2002 m. Dr Henrik O Tonning b.abt.1914
2.Graydon (1925-1993) m. _______Bloodsworth
Paul - never married. WW2 soldier
Max m. Eva Walsh b.1915 - 2001(daughter of Aurore Fortin +
Nicholas Walsh) CPR conductor.
Ancestry of Sarah Hotham
Israel Kenney:
His Children and their Families by E W Bell (1944).
Thomas Hotham came
from England when a young man with a brother in a small sailing
ship.
They came up the Saint John River until they reached the home of
Asa Kenney,at
the Shiktehawk stream.About that time Asa Kenny' s third daughter
was born and her mother
as a joke told young Thomas Hotham that if he would settle in the
community and wait
until Nancy grew up, he might have her for a wife. The young man
took the mother at
her word,secured property nearby on which in time he built a
house for Nancy.
The young lady seems to have fallen in with the plan from her
earliest recollections
and in due time married Thomas Hotham and took possession of her
house.\rdblquote
Through the National Archives of Canada website I discovered a
Thomas Hotham listed as
a passenger on a ship, the Trafalgar,sailing from Hull,
Yorkshire, in 1817.
I couldn\rquote t find the ship on the internet until I put out a
call for help.
A researcher in Yorkshire saw my plea and informed me that the
ship had left Hull
in June 1817.I have copies of two passenger lists for the
Trafalgar.Thomas is on
both of them .One of the passenger lists has the name John
Hotham,supposedly the
brother who came upriver with Thomas:
Hull Advertiser,28 June 1817 Hull is the Kingston-upon -Hull in
Yorkshire,UK.
The ship Trafalgar,Welburn,from this port to St.John' s,New
Brunswick, and Quebec,
passed through the Pentland Firth [the north tip of Scotland] the
12th instant,
passengers and crew in good health and spirits.\rdblquote
New Brunswick Courier(Saint John),Sat 2 August 1817:
Shipwreck!--
On Friday evening last, about half-past eight o\rquote clock, the
ship Trafalgar,Capt Welburn,
went ashore on Briar Island in a very thick fog- the ship will be
a total wreck;chief part
of the materials saved-- The Trafalgar was from Hull bound to
this port, and from hence
to Quebec, and had 159 passengers, which together with the crew
were all saved.\rdblquote
(Briar Island is at the western end of Digby Neck.)
There was a more elaborate account of the grounding of the
Trafalgar in the Hull
Advertiser,27 September 1817:
A letter has this week been received by Mr H Cochrane, from Capt
J Welburn,late of
the Trafalgar, of this port, dated St John' s,New Brunswick,30
July1817. It gives the
following account of that vessel:I am sorry to inform you of the
loss of the Trafalgar,
on the 25 July, about half-past eight o\rquote clock in the
evening,upon Brier' s Island, in the
Bay of Fundy,about 60 miles below StJohn' s [Saint John,New
Brunswick].I had been running
up all the day,it being very thick could not see anything; at
seven p.m. I hove the ship
to, with her head to the Westward, thinking we were well over to
the Westward,sounding
in 40 fathoms; the tide running very strong, and before we could
see the land, we heard
the surf against the rocks;got sail upon the ship, but being too
close the strong tide
set us upon the rocks; it being high water when we got on,run out
a kedge to heave her off,
but all to no use.At low water, the ship was dry all
round,amongst the rugged rocks, which
went through her in different parts;the ship having as much water
in the inside as there
was on the outside at high water.The passengers were all safe
landed that were brought
out, and got all their baggage on shore.We are saving all the
stores that we can, but
they must be taken up to St John' s to be sold, as there are no
people on Briers Island
to purchase anything.\rdblquote
Thomas and his brother would have arrived in St John at a time
when it was booming.
Thousands of Loyalist soldiers and families had come through
there since 1783. The port
itself was one of the busiest in North America,shipping
lumber,mainly spars, to England.
St John was also a very busy ship building city.
Thomas is said to have been a ship' s carpenter, so no doubt it
was relatively easy for
him to find work. The Loyalists before him would by that time
have moved up the Saint
John River as far as the Military Settlement along the river.Roughly,
the Military Settlement
stretched from Bristol to Upper Kent. The settlers would get
their supplies from St John
so it may have been fairly simple for the brothers to find
transportation upriver.
In 1822 Thomas, a single manwas granted two hundred acres of land
upon the River St John,
about three miles above Salmon River - to be laid out,(beginning
one lot) below the
Rapid de Farm Rock extending down the river the usual distance to
include that quantity.
Your petitioner is of ability and it is his intention forthwith
to cultivate and improve
the same, according to His Majesty' s instructions - the same
being in a wilderness state-
and your petitioner has not directly or indirectly, bargained for
the sale or transfer of
the same in any way whatever. Salmon River was a few miles south
of GrandFalls.
He obviously never occuped this land.
He settled instead at Shiktehawk.
Family of Thomas Hotham
and Nancy Ann Kinney
Thomas Hotham 1795-1890
Mar 4
Farmer -Carpenter m.Feb25,1836 by JP:Josiah Brown
Nancy Ann Kinney Weaver 1817-1889 (June 2)
George Hotham 1839-? never married
Elizabeth Ann 1841-1920
m. Amos Cox b.1834 carpenter
1.Blanch 1880
2.Alberta Ella 1882(Sept5,Bath) \~\~
m.1903 Harold D Larlee,Victoria Co.
Leonard 1845 - 1926 m. Lydia Giberson (b.1853 - d. 1881/91?)
1.David C 1875-1893
2. Marie 1876 - 1909(m.Eden Waugh)
3. Emery W 1878 - 1946
m.1901 Sarah J Waugh(1880-1959)
Catherine 1848-aft.1926 m.1865 Elijah Skidgel Asa 1848-1922
m.1905 Millicent Kinney 1863-Sept 5,1923
d/o Asa Kinney&Mary Hotham.
Mary was d/o John Hotham&Deborah(Green)
1.Effie Hotham (b.1898)
m.(1)1912 Roy Kinney
son:Murray Kinney
\~\~m.(2)1949 Rex Tompkins
Margaret (Peg)1852-1922 m.1881James Kelley (d. 1922)
1. James B (b.1889) Died after WWI of war wounds
2. Thomas E(b1891)
3. Annie L (1891-1967)m.Vince Giberson (1891-1967)
Olinda m.1876 Adolphus Hiram Derrah(1857-1906)
Ethel Margarite b.1882
Henry, Annie
Shep, Bessie
Buried in Woodstock,NB No further information.
Sarah Hotham 1Jan1863-2Feb 1956 m. John (Jack)Davis
natural child of Asa Hotham and Hannah Kinney
Ancestry of Nancy Ann Kinney
Israel Kinney b.1712
Danvers,EssexCounty,Massachusetts -d. 1747 Middleton,Essex Co.m.
Eunice White Essex Co.
His son,Israel Kinney(1745-1791) was a natural child of Rebecca
Perkins(1725-1774).
He married Susannah Hood (1745-?)
Their son,Asa Kinney,married Elizabeth Tompkins.
Nancy Kinney, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth, marriedThomas Hotham.
E Mail Bob Davis for more information.
