John Henry Oxford

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Narelle Bartlett who notes:
Thomas and his brother were both put into the Sydney Asylum by their father
These dates reflected the dates that John senior was out to sea \endash as there was no other family to care for them after the death of the mother, so John and Thomas were put into this asylum…until they reached an age where they were transferred to Randwick

OXFORD John 12 Dec 1859
OXFORD Thomas 12 Dec 1859
OXFORD John 1 Mar 1860
OXFORD Thomas 1 Mar 1860
OXFORD Thomas 23 Jan 1861
OXFORD John 23 Jan 1861
OXFORD John 26 Jun 1863
OXFORD Thomas 24 Mar 1864

John went to Randwick Asylum 24 Jun 1863

& Lisa Duproy (?) [lisajjjx1@virginbroadband.com.au] 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. Links to Lisa Baker:
Lisa Meagher (c1970) married ? Baker
Her father is John Meagher Junior (c1950)
His father is John Meagher Senior (c1930) who married June Oxford (c1930)
Her father was Robert Oxford (1900)
His father was
* John Oxford (1857)
(Who is the link between Narelle Bartlett and Lisa Baker)
who married Emma Duproy (1870)
Her father was James Duproy (1839) who married Emma Maria Mapstone who also 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 (1760)
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 Emma Maria Duproy, daughter of James Dupray (Duproy) and Emma Maria Mapstone, on 3 Mar 1890. (Emma Maria Duproy was born on 15 Dec 1870 in Waterloo, Sydney, NSW Australia and died in 1936.)