John Davy Blackmore

  General Notes:

When married was a Sawyer at Ohoka Married at Parthi Church, Kaiapoi
Occ: 1890 Stationmaster, 1890 Stationmaster 1876 Gatekeeper
OCC: 1895 Stationmaster (Maria's Wedding Notice)
1940 Stationmaster 1913 Railway Employee
Add 1876 Peraki St Occ 1877 Gatekeeper Add Peraki St, Kaiapoi
1901 Sheepfarmer, Waimate 1860 Sawyer, Ohaka
Add 1885, Makakihi
Arrived NZ "Castle Eden" sailed 28/9/1850 arrived at Lyttelton 14/2/1851 with Father, mother and siblings: John Blackmore aged 46 wife Ann aged 37 Son John aged 8 Thomas aged 5, George
Infant
1916 Occ Farmer, 1930 Farmer

  Research Notes:

Suzanne O'Hara nee Jackson who notes:
John Davy and his Brothers were raised by my gtgtgt grandmother Elizabeth Jackson she married John Totnes in 1852 not long after arriving from England
She had come with her children, some who were married and had children of their own.
Her elder son Levi Jackson was my Gt Gt Grandfather he and John Totnes Blackmore bought licenses to chop wood in the Papanui Bush where they all settled.
Sadly Levi's brother George who had set up a brickworks and was doing extremely well died along with 4 of his children from Diphtheria so the families moved to Ohoka on small farms. It was a tough life and John loved his ale so Levi supported his step brothers and mother as well as his 7 children.
One of Levi's brothers Ambrose ha gone to Waimate so John Davy eventually followed.
He was station Master there for many years.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Sawyer, 1860.

• Occupation: Gatekeeper, 1876-1877.

• Occupation: Stationmaster, 1883.

• Occupation: Sheep Farmer, 1901.

• connection. Susan O'Hara's connection to Robert is as follows:

Susan Jackson (1955) married ? O'Hara
Her father was Allan Jackson (c1920)
His father was Walter Jackson (c1870)
His father was Charles Jackson (c1830)
His father was Samuel Jackson (c1805) who married Elizabeth Salmon (1808) who also married John Totnes Blackmore (1804)
They had John Blackmore (1841)
He had Anne Blackmore (1863) who married Joseph Walters (1861)
His father was Joseph Walters (1841) who married Lucy Jory (1840)
Her father was Joseph Jory (1808)
His father was Edward Jory (1763) who married Jane Landeryou (1763)
Her father was Peter Landeryou (1738)
His father was John Landeryou (1706) & he also had Blanche Landeryou (1741)
She had Robert Landeryou (1768)
He had John Landeryou (1803)
He had Sarah Ann Landeryou (1826) who married Thomas Bray (1821)
They had 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 Mary Ann Gobey on 29 Aug 1860 in Kaiapoi, Christchurch New Zealand. (Mary Ann Gobey was born on 22 Dec 1840 in Mooring, Gloucestershire England, died on 21 Jun 1885 in Makikihi, Waimate, South Canterbury New Zealand and was buried on 5 Jul 1885 in Waimate Cemetery, South Canterbury New Zealand.)