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Catherine ("Kate") Maxwell

b. 1844, d. 1884

Birth

Catherine ("Kate") Maxwell was born in 1844 in Gundaroo. The church where she was baptised serviced Gundaroo, Gunning and Yass1

Parents

FatherRichard James ("Joseph senior") Maxwell (b. 1810, d. 4 January 1898)
MotherAnn Cross (b. 1819, d. 13 January 1878)

Family life

William Walter Davis and Catherine ("Kate") Maxwell were married on 14 November 1870 at St Stephen's Church of England at Bourke in Bourke.

Children with William Walter Davis (b. 5 July 1840, d. 14 September 1923)

SonErnest Maxwell Davis (b. 1867)
DaughterLaura I Davis (b. 1869)
SonWalter J A Davis (b. 1871)
SonHenry B ("Harry") Davis (b. 1872)
SonEbenezer Bourke Davis (b. 1874)
DaughterAgnes Jane ("Dolly") Davis (b. 1876)
SonWilliam W Davis (b. 1877)
DaughterKate Marion Davis (b. 1880)
SonHerbert Lionel Davis (b. 1882)
SonFrederick D Davis (b. 1884)

Death

Catherine ("Kate") Maxwell died from a cold in 1884 at age ~40 in Bourke.2,3

Citations

  1. [S1390] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Births and Baptisms, (Registry of BDM), Catherine Maxwell, parents Richard and Ann, church code MI, CofE Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, 2183/1844 V18442183 28.
  2. [S612] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Deaths, (Registry of BDM), 7071/1884 Bourke.
  3. [S1659] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1856 Jane Maxwell, Maxwell family memoirs by Harvey Barnett, History of Bourke Journal
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Last Edited23 March 2022