William Peter DAVIS 1830-1890 and Elizabeth Jane DONNELLY 1834-1890

William Peter DAVIS b. 1830, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, son of ___ and Jane DAVIS was married in 1849 at Adelaide, South Australia to Eliza Jane DONNELL, b. 1834, Co Antrim, Ireland, daughter of ___ DONNELL and ___.

William & Eliza had a number of children in Portland and Merino.

Eliza DAVIS (nee DONNELL) died at Merino in 1890 and was buried in the Merino Cemetery.

William Peter DAVIS died at Merino in 1893 and was buried in the Merino Cemetery.

William DAVIS & Eliza Jane DONNELL had the following known family...

1. Jane DAVIS, b. c1850, Portland, Vic, d. 1920, Merino, Vic, m. 1875, Richard FITZGIBBON 1852-1929
2. John "Jack" DAVIS, b. 1852, Portland, Vic, d. 1901, Merino, Vic, m1. 1877, Elizabeth ELLIOTT 1853-1887 and they had 3 children. Elizabeth died in 1887 and he m2. 1889, Alice MAY and they had 5 children...
1. Mary Eliza DAVIS, b. 1879, Merino, Vic, d. 1895, Harrow, Vic.
2. William John DAVIS, b. 1881, d. 1882, Merino, Vic
3. William DAVIS, b. 1883, Merino, Vic, d. 1963, Hamilton, Vic, m. 1905, Millicent Mary MILLER 1882-1958
4. Leslie DAVIS, b. 1890, Merino, Vic, m. 1914, Gertrude Grace ASTBURY
5. Ella Adeline DAVIS, b. 1892, Casterton, Vic, d. 1950, Melbourne, m. Phillip Daniel O'BRIEN 1902-?
6. Amy Alice DAVIS, b. 1894, Casterton, Vic, m. Alfred Edward RICHARDSON
7. Harold John DAVIS, b. 1897, Casterton, Vic, d. 1919
8. Stanley DAVIS, b. 1898, Wando Vale, Vic, m. Kathleen ___
3. William Peter DAVIS, b. 1855, Portland, Vic, d. 1907, Merino, Vic.
4. Margaret DAVIS, b. 1857, Portland, Vic, d. 1943, Merino, Vic, m. 1874, Patrick BRUGGY 1834-1915
5. Emily DAVIS, b. 1859, Portland, Vic, d. 1942, Melbourne, Vic, m. Matthew BARDEN 1853-1927 and they had a large family at Penshurst, Victoria.
6. Eliza DAVIS, b. 1862, Merino, Vic, d. 1945, Melbourne, Vic, m1. John Wellington WOODSTOCK, b. 1851 St Albans, Vic, son of Henry WOODSTOCK and Louise Elizabeth BLOOMER. John died in 1905 and Eliza then married Francis BROWNE in 1910. John WOODSTOCK and Eliza DAVIS had the following children...
1. John Thomas Henry WOODSTOCK, b. 1883, Natimuk, Vic, m. Julia Mary NULTY
2. Frederick William WOODSTOCK, b. 1886, Noradhuha, Vic, .........?
3. Ethel Mabel WOODSTOCK, b. 1889, Gymbowen, Vic, m1. Walter WATSON, m2. Arthur WATSON
4. Donnell Davis WOODSTOCK, b. 1891, Gymbowen, Vic, m. Henriette Lillian VINEN
• enlisted WW1, 4 Aug 1915
• served as Pte 3253, 1st Battalion & 4th Pioneer Battalion, AIF
• RTA 21 Dec 1918
• Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
• Named on Merino War Memorial
• Paschendale Estate Soldier Settler
5. Louise Ann WOODSTOCK, b. 1894, d. 1894, Portland, Vic.
6. Florence Myrtle WOODSTOCK, b. 1897, Portland, Vic.
7. Thomas Henry DAVIS, b. 1864, Merino, Vic, d. 1946, Merino, Vic, m. 1886, Amelia WILLIAMS 1863-1943 and had the following family at Merino...
1. George William Henry DAVIS, b. 1887, Merino, Vic, m. Mary ALLEN
2. Eliza Jane DAVIS, b. 1889, Merino, Vic, m. John Henry LANE
3. Thomas James DAVIS, b. 1891, d, 1891, Merino, Vic,
4. John DAVIS, b. 1892, Merino, Vic, m. Ivy Clarice COX
• enlisted WW1, 30 Jan 1915, Hamilton
• served as Pte 3244, 6th Field Ambulance, AIF
• RTA 30 Aug 1918
• Named on Merino War Memorial
5. Daisy Edith DAVIS, b. 1895, Merino, Vic, d. 1962, Camperdown, Vic., m. William Herbert TEAL 1889-1975
6. Thomas DAVIS, b. 1897, Merino, Vic, d. 1917, Belgium
• enlisted WW1, 11 Sep 1916, Merino
• served as Pte 2790, 57th Battalion, AIF
• KIA 25 Sep 1917, Belgium
• Named on Merino War Memorial
7. Annie DAVIS, b. 1899, Merino, Vic, ............?
8. Amelia DAVIS, b. 1901, Merino, Vic, d, 1988, m. Albert Edward Burton DYKE ~1902-1989
9. Edward DAVIS, b. 1904, Merino, Vic, d. 1977, m. Edith Irene GROVES 1907-
10. Harold Victor DAVIS, b. 1907, Merino, Vic, d. 1922
8. Henry DAVIS, b. 1867, Merino, Vic, d. 1953, Melbourne, Vic, m. 1889, Elizabeth Ann FORBES 1869-1963 and had the following family at Merino...
1. Agnes May DAVIS, b. 1890, Merino, Vic, .......?
2. Edith Harriet DAVIS, b. 1892, Merino, Vic, .........?
3. Henry Alexander DAVIS, b. 1894, Merino, Vic, m. Muriel ____
• enlisted WW1, 11 Nov 1915
• served as Dvr 4221, 23rd Battalion, 5th Div Ammunition Colummn, AIF
• RTA 22 May 1919
• Named on Merino War Memorial
4. John James DAVIS, b. 1898, Merino, Vic, ..........?
5. Rita Lillian DAVIS, b. 1902, d. 1913, Merino, Vic,
6. Doris Evelyn DAVIS, b. 1905, d. 1912, Merino, Vic,
9. Mary Ann DAVIS, b. 1869, Merino, Vic, d. 1951, Casterton, Vic, m. 1899, Patrick Edward MURRAY 1868-1931 (chn at Casterton and Edenhope)
10. Jeanette DAVIS, b. 1871, Merino, Vic, d. 1912, Noorat, Victoria, m. 1890, John STURGESS 1868-1948 (large family at Hamilton, Noorat and Terang)