Francis Davidson/denton/Kearsley

[Brijay51]

I am trying to find information on a Francis Davidson also known as Francis Denton and  Francis Kearsley ,she is shown on my half brothers and sisters birth certificates as Francis Kearsley married to my father William Kearsley,but her maiden name is different on birth certificates either Davidson or Denton.Her birthplace is listed as Cumberland UK There is no record that she and my father ever wed anywhere .The date line of the births are 1920 til approx 1930 all in Western Australia Can anyone shed some light on this mystery

[AMBLY]

Hello Brijay51,

Welcome to Rootschat! 

Do you know what became of (or what family stories there are of?) Frances after parting company with William Carter Kearsley?  Her age?

Some background data:

William Carter Kearsley (1900-1976) buried in Karrakatta
1930: Court Case (Trove)
1931: Electoral roll, with Frances, in Northam, WA
1944: Married:  Mavis Jean Hancock

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211241273?searchTerm=%22Frances%20Kearsley%22

Frances Kearsley
1930: Court Case (Trove)
1931: Electoral roll, with William, in Northam, WA

You've stated her birthplace listed as Cumberland, England.

This is worth a follow:

BIRTH: Frances Davidson, mms Denton
GRO Registered Penrith, Cumberland, December Qtr 1894

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https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results

Cheers
AMBLY

[maddys52]

Welcome to RootsChat from me too.

That looks like a good possibility for Frances' birth AMBLY. William DAVIDSON married Margaret DENTON Mar qtr 1875 Penrith   (10b/609). They can be found on the 1881 census at Crosby St Crosscanonby (with a couple of DENTON visitors)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WM-V2H9
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WM-VVB8
(the household goes over 2 pages)

Margaret and Frances DENTON seem to appear twice in the 1881, they are also recorded at Watermillock with Henry DENTON:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WM-6MY4

[maddys52]

The DAVIDSON family are still in Crosscanonby in 1891:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WM-VVB8
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4J6J-1N2
(again, 2 pages)

[AMBLY]

BIRTHS in Cumberland - DAVIDSON, mms Denton:
Edward Denton 1876 Penrith
Margaret Ellen 1877 Cockermouth
Henry 1879 Cockermouth
John 1881 Cockermouth
Lillian 1883 Cockermouth
Joseph 1884 Cockermouth
William 1886 Cockermouth
Gillbanks 1888 Cockermouth
Herbert 1890 Cockermouth
Harold 1892 Cockermouth
Frances 1894 Penrith

CENSUS 1891: At Grahams Yd, Wood St , Maryport, Crosscannonby, Cockermouth, Cumberland
Head: William Davidson 37, Deputy Harbour Master, b Maryport
Wife: Margaret 35, b Parish of Watermillock
Son: Edward D 15, Reporters Apprentice, b Parish of Watermillock
Son: Henry 11, b Maryport
Son: John 10, b Maryport
Dau: Lilian 8, b Maryport
Son: Joseph 6, b Maryport
Son: William 4,b Maryport
Son: Gillbanks 3, b Maryport
Son: Herbert 6mths

DEATH 1899:
William Davidson, of 32 Nelson St, Maryport, Cumberland, died 14 May 1899
Probate Carlisle, 28 July to Joseph Davidson, Insurance Agent, Effects:  169, 9s

CENSUS 1901:
William 15 and Gillbanks 13, are visitors in Netherall Cumberland, Household of Jane Bowe Davidson 57, widow
Lilian 18, appears to be in Service in Durham
John 20, is possibly married 1900 to Charlotte Ann Potter and in Netherall in 1901with a daughter. Marriage transcript says his father is William Davidson.

Edward Denton 1901 - can't find , but he married Blanche Gertrude Jeffrey in 1906 Scarborough; He is a Journalist in 1911, no children
Trees say he died 1923 in Leeds

Henry - trees say died: 22 NOV 1897 at  32 Nelson Street, Maryport

Joseph - trees say he died: 18 NOV 1893 32 Nelson Street, Maryport aged 9, of Nephritis
If this is the case, not sure who the Joseph Davidson is to whom William's probate was issued in 1899 - a brother maybe?

Herbert - trees say died 1900

The mother's birth?
BIRTH 1856:
Margaret Denton, mms Gillbanks
Registered Cockermouth MQ

and her sister:
Frances Denton ,mms Gillbanks
Registered 1862 SQ Penrith

Indicating - the Denton visitors in the 1881 Davidson household, are possibly Margaret's mother (also Margaret) and sister, Frances?


Cheers
AMBLY

[maddys52]

Looks like Frances DAVIDSON (18) on a passenger list to Fremantle in 1913 on the Orama.

Modified to add:
Is this a possible for Frances in 1911 - step daughter with the family of Edward and Margaret SMALL in Holbeck, Yorkshire. (Margaret is born Keswick)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWV8-WW6

[AMBLY]

Yes, that passenger list looks very good 

(Snap) we cross posted  :--

The online trees for the Davidson-Denton family don't have Frances b 1894 on them.
And they don't have anything of the mother Margaret Denton - no parents, no death

I can't find Margaret in 1901. But what do you think about this a decade later?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWV8-WW6

Edward Small 's wife in 1901 was Selina Small.
Now it's Margaret Small 49 b Keswick  Cumberland, 10 yrs his senior, married 3 years.
His 2 daughters Louie (sic) 17 and Selina 15
And stepdaughter Frances Davidson 16, b Watermillock

I can't find a SMALL-DAVIDSON marriage?

Cheers
AMBLY

[maddys52]

I think as Selina SMALL died 1906, there is a marriage for Edward SMALL in Bramley West Yorks in Jun qtr 1907 (9b/725), however there are only 3 names on the index, so a spouse is missing. Just trying to locate the missing - I'm guessing it's Margaret (maybe DENTON??).

Modified to add:
There seems to be a Margaret LEE and a Margaret Sarah WOMACK who married in Bramley in Jun qtr 1907 (9b/723). There are 5 entries on the index, so one of them is probably not meant to be there. Hope that makes sense.

[maddys52]

Margaret Sarah WOMACK - pretty sure she married William Hollings WESTERMAN, who died in 1908. She is widowed in 1911 (says married 4 years).

So Edward SMALL likely married Margaret LEE in 1907.