John Compton

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism, 27 Feb 1831, Brighton, Sussex England.

• connection. The convoluted connection between Ian Fletcher and Robert goes as follows:

Ian Fletcher
His great Grandmother was Ellen Seward
Her father was John Seward who married Elizabeth Seward (1841) who married John Compton (1831)
His father was Stephen Compton (1795) & he also had George Compton (1823) who married Clementine Horne (1833)
Her father was Samuel Horne (1798) & he also had Caroline Horne (1827) who married Patrick Cullen (1822) who also married Catherine Carol (c1875)
Her father was Patrick Carroll (c1825) & 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 (c1827) & 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)

John married Elizabeth Saward, daughter of John Seward and Ellen Keefe, on 5 May 1859 in Maitland, NSW Australia. (Elizabeth Saward was born in 1841 and died on 28 Mar 1923 in Maitland, NSW Australia.)