Martha Blackman

   Ancestral File Number: 9SBN-84.

  Burial Notes:

Kelso, Holy Trinity Church of England.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Registration: Death, 1901, Bathurst District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁶

Martha married Robert Davison, son of John Davison and Hannah Jackson, on 26 Jun 1832 in Kelso, Roxburgh County, New South Wales.^{1 2} (Robert Davison was born in 1806 in Toppesfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom ¹ and died in 1843 in New South Wales ⁵.)

  Marriage Notes:

Kelso, Holy Trinity Church of England.

Church records show that Robert Davidson and Martha Blackman were registered to be married 26 April 1832 but this record has been noted "Marriage Disallowed". Further records show that they were married by the Rev George Espey Keane "With the Governor's Consent" on 6 June 1832. Witnesses were George Blackman and Henrietta Merrick.

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Martha next married Joseph Ainsworth, son of John Ainsworth and Mary Ann Butcher, on 29 Dec 1843 in Bathurst, Bathurst County, New South Wales.¹ (Joseph Ainsworth was born on 18 Oct 1808 in England, United Kingdom,¹ died on 18 Nov 1885 in Raglan, Roxburgh County, New South Wales ^{1 5} and was buried in Kelso Cemetery, Roxburgh County, New South Wales.)

  Marriage Notes:

Bathurst, St Stephen's Presberterian Church.