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Descendants of Gorton Davenport

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  GORTON¹ DAVENPORT was born Abt. 1760 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.  He married ESTHER BENTHOM 17 October 1780 in Croston Parish, Lancashire, England.  She was born Abt. 1760.

       

Children of GORTON DAVENPORT and ESTHER BENTHOM are:

                   i.    JAMES² DAVENPORT, b. 1781, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England; m. ELIZABETH COBHAM, 20 October 1800, Croston Parish, Lancashire, England; b. 4 January 1779, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                  ii.    WILLIAM DAVENPORT, b. 1782, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                 iii.    MARGARET DAVENPORT, b. 1784, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                 iv.    ANN DAVENPORT, b. 1786, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

2.               v.    *THOMAS DAVENPORT, b. 1788, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England; d. 13 October 1866.

                 vi.    ELIZABETH DAVENPORT, b. 1790, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                vii.    RICHARD DAVENPORT, b. 1793, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  *THOMAS² DAVENPORT (GORTON¹) was born 1788 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England, and died 13 October 1866.  He married *ESTHER COBHAM 28 July 1806 in Croston Parish, Lancashire, England, daughter of *JOHN COBHAM and JENNY DAWSON.  She was born 21 January 1784 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

       

Children of *THOMAS DAVENPORT and *ESTHER COBHAM are:

3.                i.    ANN³ DAVENPORT, b. 1807, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England; d. 1836, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

4.               ii.    JOHN DAVENPORT, b. 1808, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                 iii.    NANNY DAVENPORT, b. 1811, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                 iv.    JENNY DAVENPORT, b. 1814, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

5.               v.    *JAMES DAVENPORT, b. 30 March 1815, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England; d. 22 December 1885, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                 vi.    ESTHER DAVENPORT, b. 1818, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  ANN³ DAVENPORT (*THOMAS², GORTON¹) was born 1807 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England, and died 1836 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.  She married HUGH COBHAM 29 September 1828 in Croston Parish, Lancashire, England. 

       

Child of ANN DAVENPORT and HUGH COBHAM is:

                   i.    ESTHER⁴ COBHAM, b. 1832, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

 

 

4.  JOHN³ DAVENPORT (*THOMAS², GORTON¹) was born 1808 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.  He married MARY WATKINSON 28 October 1865 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.  She was born 1825 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

       

Children of JOHN DAVENPORT and MARY WATKINSON are:

                   i.    THOMAS⁴ DAVENPORT, b. 10 February 1876, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                  ii.    WILLIAM DAVENPORT, b. 23 November 1880, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                 iii.    ELLEN DAVENPORT, b. 17 September 1882, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

 

 

5.  *JAMES³ DAVENPORT (*THOMAS², GORTON¹) was born 30 March 1815 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England, and died 22 December 1885 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.  He married MARY.  She was born 1818 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England, and died 24 September 1884 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

       

Children of *JAMES DAVENPORT and MARY are:

6.                i.    ELLEN⁴ DAVENPORT, b. 21 November 1843, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                  ii.    THOMAS DAVENPORT, b. 7 February 1846, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                 iii.    ESTHER DAVENPORT, b. 31 March 1850, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England; d. 26 September 1865, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

7.              iv.    *ELIZABETH DAVENPORT, b. 9 June 1852, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England; d. 1928, Hamilton, NSW, Australia.

                  v.    ANNE DAVENPORT, b. 24 March 1854, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                 vi.    JANE DAVENPORT, b. 4 April 1856, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                vii.    MARY DAVENPORT, b. 26 September 1858, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

               viii.    JAMES DAVENPORT, b. 19 June 1861, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

                  ix.    THOMAS DAVENPORT, b. 10 October 1865, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

6.  ELLEN⁴ DAVENPORT (*JAMES³, *THOMAS², GORTON¹) was born 21 November 1843 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.  She married WILLIAM ROBINSON 26 October 1874 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England, son of WILLIAM ROBINSON. 

       

Child of ELLEN DAVENPORT and WILLIAM ROBINSON is:

                   i.    ELIZABETH⁵ DAVENPORT, b. 24 July 1872, Mawdseley, Lancashire, England.

 

 

7.  *ELIZABETH⁴ DAVENPORT (*JAMES³, *THOMAS², GORTON¹) was born 9 June 1852 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England, and died 1928 in Hamilton, NSW, Australia.  She married *JOHN COWBURN 19 March 1873 in St Paul's Chapel, Hindley, Wigan, England, son of *AARON COWBURN and *ALICE CASH.  He was born 19 March 1847 in Hindley, Lancashire, England, and died 13 June 1904 in Wickham, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

       

Children of *ELIZABETH DAVENPORT and *JOHN COWBURN are:

8.                i.    *JAMES HENRY⁵ COWBURN, b. 28 December 1874, Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, England; d. 12 September 1946, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

9.               ii.    ELLEN COWBURN, b. 9 March 1875, Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, England.

                 iii.    JANE A COWBURN, b. May 1880, Hindley, Lancashire, England; d. Abt. 1882, Hindley, Lancashire, England.

10.            iv.    MARY ALICE COWBURN, b. 2 June 1883, Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, England.

11.             v.    ELIZABETH A COWBURN, b. 10 April 1885; d. 1961.

12.            vi.    JOHN THOMAS COWBURN, b. 11 June 1888, Lambton, NSW, Australia; d. September 1947, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

8.  *JAMES HENRY⁵ COWBURN (*ELIZABETH⁴ DAVENPORT, *JAMES³, *THOMAS², GORTON¹) was born 28 December 1874 in Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, England, and died 12 September 1946 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia.  He married *MARGARET ELIZABETH MILBURN 17 September 1902 in Methodist Church, Broadmeadow, NSW, Australia, daughter of *RALPH MILBURN and ANNE ROBSON.  She was born 1879 in Ovingham, Northumberland, England, and died 8 February 1957 in Islington, NSW, Australia.

       

Children of *JAMES COWBURN and *MARGARET MILBURN are:

                   i.    ALLAN MAURICE⁶ COWBURN, b. 30 March 1910, Glen Innes, NSW, Australia; d. 26 December 1967, Rankin Park Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; m. MARY LAWTON, 9 April 1936, Wesley Church, Hamilton, NSW, Australia; b. 26 October 1911, Hamilton, NSW, Australia; d. 21 March 1986, Islington, NSW, Australia.

                  ii.    *BESSIE ORVIETA COWBURN, b. 2 March 1912, Glen Innes, NSW, Australia; d. 18 June 1985, Garden Suburbs, NSW, Australia; m. *GEORGE HARRIS, 19 October 1940, Broadmeadow Methodist Church, NSW, Australia; b. 20 June 1910, Adamstown, NSW, Australia; d. 27 August 1984, Birmingham Gardens, NSW, Australia.

                 iii.    JOHN F COWBURN, b. 1914, Hamilton, NSW, Australia; m. BERYL.

                 iv.    STANLEY HORACE COWBURN, b. May 1916, Wickham, NSW, Australia; d. 31 October 1917, Wickham, NSW, Australia.

 

 

9.  ELLEN⁵ COWBURN (*ELIZABETH⁴ DAVENPORT, *JAMES³, *THOMAS², GORTON¹) was born 9 March 1875 in Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, England.  She married JOHN WRIGHTSON 1899 in Merewether, NSW, Australia.  He was born 1876 in Newcastle on Tyne, England.

       

Children of ELLEN COWBURN and JOHN WRIGHTSON are:

                   i.    BERT⁶ WRIGHTSON.

                  ii.    CHARLES WRIGHTSON, m. RUBY SUTERS.

                 iii.    JOHN HENRY WRIGHTSON, b. 15 October 1903, Broadmeadow, NSW, Australia; d. 6 August 1988, Brighton, Qld, Australia; m. ANNIE GALLAWAY QUINLAN, 14 November 1924, Toronto, NSW, Australia; b. 15 January 1904, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; d. 1 July 1977, Belmont, NSW,Australia.

                 iv.    THOMAS WRIGHTSON, b. 11 December 1915; m. DOROTHY JEAN WATSON, 9 March 1936.

 

 

10.  MARY ALICE⁵ COWBURN (*ELIZABETH⁴ DAVENPORT, *JAMES³, *THOMAS², GORTON¹) was born 2 June 1883 in Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, England.  She married GILBERT D IRVINE 1914 in Hamilton, NSW, Australia. 

       

Child of MARY COWBURN and GILBERT IRVINE is:

                   i.    ALLEN⁶ IRVINE, m. MARY PHILLIPS.

 

 

11.  ELIZABETH A⁵ COWBURN (*ELIZABETH⁴ DAVENPORT, *JAMES³, *THOMAS², GORTON¹) was born 10 April 1885, and died 1961.  She married CHARLES EDWARD STEVENS 24 April 1920 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia, son of CHARLES STEVENS and CAROLINE DIDDAMS.  He was born 28 July 1880, and died 11 December 1950.

       

Child of ELIZABETH COWBURN and CHARLES STEVENS is:

                   i.    DORIS⁶ STEVENS, b. 29 May 1921, Hamilton, NSW, Australia; m. WILLIAM JOHNSTON, 26 June 1943, Adamstown Jubilee Methodist Church; b. 7 August 1919, Lithgow, NSW,Australia.

 

 

12.  JOHN THOMAS⁵ COWBURN (*ELIZABETH⁴ DAVENPORT, *JAMES³, *THOMAS², GORTON¹) was born 11 June 1888 in Lambton, NSW, Australia, and died September 1947 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia.  He married (1) ELIZABETH JEAN LIDDELL 1919 in Hamilton, NSW, Australia.  She died 1922 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia.  He married (2) RAE Abt. 1930. 

       

Children of JOHN COWBURN and ELIZABETH LIDDELL are:

                   i.    RAYMOND HENRY⁶ COWBURN, b. 1920, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; m. MAUREEN EUGENE MARY MCCOY, 24 January 1948, Ararat , Victoria, Australia; b. 7 July 1927, Geelong, NSW, Australia.

                  ii.    ERIC JOHN COWBURN, b. 1920, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; d. 1921, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.