Emma Maria Mapstone

  Noted events in her life were:

• source. & Carol Nolan
& http://www.fairhall.id.au/families/myline/p929.htm#i23207 & Lisa Baker (nee Meagher)] who through Catherine notes:
Emma Maria Duproy called the twins Amy Evans Oxford and Robert Thornley Oxford after her 2nd and 3rd husbands.Apparently in those days it wasn't unusual to name your child after someone close to you. Evans was passed on through Amy's family whereas Thornley was passed on through the Oxford family. Now mum known as Irene June Gothard Oxford was named so because Gothard came from the Ellery side. Mum wasn't given Thornley because they wanted to give this to their first born son but when Aunty Helen was born they thought they would never have a son so she got Thornley in her name . Then of course Uncle Ray was born and so he also got Thornley in his name. His boys have now passed it onto their sons.
Aunty Helen said she didn't know what apprenticeships John and Thomas did but they think it was in the construction industry. She hasn't looked up N.Davidson, Surrey Hills or she couldn't find it.
I told you about Timothy Oxford who died at 8 months. He died from dysentry. Notification of the death was by his father John Oxford who lived at 8 Kent St, Sydney.
Aunty Helen and Uncle Peter then went on to say that John Oxford (Senior), born in Antigua, West Indies. His father may have jumped ship and changed his name to Oxford in order to fit in. Back them Antigua was a British Colony and everyone was anglicsising their name - denying their African heritage (ie: slave heritage). If this is true then that means my great, great, great grandfather may have been a black african slave! Also it would be near impossible to trace back what the family name was if a change had occured.

• connection. The connection between Emma Maria Mapstone who is the great great grandmother of Carol Marteene & Robert is as follows:

Emma Maria Mapstone married James Evans (1827)
Her father was James Evans (1801)
His father was James Evans (1775) & he also had Eliza Evans (1804) who married Samuel Horne (1798)
His father was Samuel Horne (176) & he also had Caroline Horne (1827) who married Patrick Cullen (1822) who also married Catherine Carol (1875c)
Her father was Patrick Carroll (1825c) & he also had William Carroll (1849)
He had Johanna Carroll (1876) who married Edward Armstrong (1876)
They had Edward Armstrong (1906)
He had Warren Armstrong (1947) who married Carol Griffith (1950)
Her father was Raymond Griffith (1926)
His father was Frank Griffith (1890) who married Bertha Craddock (1894)
Her father was George Craddock & her mother was Bertha Barker (1865)
Her father was Robert Barker (1827c) & he also had Annie Barker (1853) who married John Pearson (1850)
His father was James Pearson (1813) & he also had Mary Pearson (1843) who married Richard Dawes (1845)
His father was Edward Bannister Dawes (1813) & he also had James Dawes (1843)
He had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
They had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
He had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Emma married James Thomas Evans, son of James Thomas Evans and Sarah Matilda Dunn, in 1876 in Waterloo, Sydney, NSW Australia. (James Thomas Evans was born on 10 Mar 1827 in Sydney, NSW Australia and died on 1 Jul 1893 in Callan Park, Gladesville, NSW Australia.)

Emma next married James Dupray (Duproy), son of Thomas Duproy and Sarah, on 10 Apr 1860 in St Pauls C of E, Redfern, Sydney, NSW Australia. (James Dupray (Duproy) was born on 14 Apr 1839 in Sydney, NSW Australia, christened on 22 Sep 1839 in St Phillips C of E, Erskine St, Sydney, NSW Australia, died on 14 Nov 1875 in Mary St, off Raglan St, Waterloo, Sydney, NSW Australia and was buried on 15 Nov 1875 in Rookwood Cemetery, Lidcombe, Sydney, NSW Australia C of E necropolis.)

Emma next married Private