Amelia Davis and John Lane

Amelia Davis was born in 1845. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Hawkins and James Davis. In 1862, Amelia married John Lane in Orange, NSW in 1862.

John owned several pubs in Narromine near Dubbo in rural New South Wales and lived in the region from around 1880.

Amelia died in 1917 in Narromine. You can read her death notice here. John died in 1920. You can read John's obituary in this newspaper article. 

Amelia and John had the following children:

1. Female (1862-?)

2. Rachel M (1864 -?) married James Townsend in 1888. James died in 1893. Rachel then married her cousin, Andrew F Baker in 1899.

3. Female (1864 -?)

4. Arthur J (1866 - 1946)

5. Elizabeth J (1868 - ?) married Henry Gillard ? in 1914

6. Thomas (1870 - ?)

7. Hannah (1872 - ?) married Charles Oates in 1891

8. Amelia (1874 - ?) married Archibald Cale in 1901

9. Unnamed (1874)

10. John (1877 - ?)

11. Edward E (1879 - 1911)

12. Edith L (1881 - 1912)

13. Ethel M (1885 - 1886)

14. Ruby M (1889 - ?) married Colin Brewster in 1924.