John Black Lavett Cobby

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. The connection between Linda Ashbrooke & myself is as follows:

Linda Ashbrooke . . .
Her husband's grandmother was . . .
Jane Sweet (c1890)
Her father was William Sweet (c1855) who married Selina Cobby (1858)
Her father was George Cobby (c182) & he also had John Cobby (1848)
He had John Cobby (1887) who married Florence McDonald (1892)
Her father was David McDonald (1859) & he also had Grace McDonald (1897) who married Alfred Eslake (1893)
He had Alan Eslake (1928) who married Carol Parsons (1925)
Her father was * Leland Parsons (1892) & he also had Lois Parsons (1937) who married Kevin Nelson (1939)
His father was Laurence Nelson (1918) who married Doris Brannigan (1919)
Her father was William Brannigan (1897) who married Thomasina Emery (1899)
Her father was John Emery (1867) who married Phoebe Davies (1876)
Her father was Joseph Davies (1852) & he also had George Arthur Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

& Linda Ashbrooke [lindaashbrook@bigpond.com]'s link to Robert through Dawes line is as follows:

* Leland Parsons (1892) - the common link between Robert and myself
His father was Henry Parsons (1849)
His father was Matthew Parsons (1809)
His father was John Parsons (1777) & he also had Reuben Parsons (1805)
He had Enos Parsons (1847) who married Emma Dawes (1847)
Her father was George Dawes (1802)
His father was Aaron Daw (1779) & he also had Edward Bannister Dawes (1813)
He had James H. Dawes (1843)
He had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
He 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 Johanna Marshall, daughter of William Marshall and Mary J. Blair, in 1872 in Sydney, NSW Australia. (Johanna Marshall was born in 1852 and died in 1945 in Marrickville, Sydney, NSW Australia.)