The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameBryan Donkin Gamble
Birthca 1815
Death1861, Victoria, Australia
FatherJohn Gamble (ca1777-ca1863)
MotherElizabeth Devis (1776-1845)
Misc. Notes
Name of “Bryan Gamble”, year of birth, from the “Devis Family Tree” kindly shared by Julie Bourke (nee McColl) received in the post on 3 May 2017. This information is based on original research, including that of Wills, by Linda Burge and Julie Bourke.

Second name of “Donkin”, year and place of death, from Margaret Sweeney in an Ancestry message dated 11 October 2017. Margaret is the x3-great granddaughter of Sidney Bell Devis (b.1816). Brian of nzolivers.com is a x3-great grandson of Emma Frances Devis (b.1814), sister of Sidney Bell Devis.

Margaret writes, “John Gamble also named one of his sons Bryan Donkin Gamble which I thought a bit peculiar so I thought I would research the name Donkin and that is what led me to the web link [to his father John]
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Gamble

Our Bryan Donkin Gamble (John’s son) died in 1861 in Victoria, Australia, I am planning to try to find out what led him there, he had been in the workhouse in England with his wife a couple of times in the years prior to that so it may be possible that he did something illegal and was transported.

Full name, year of birth and death confirmed in the hand-drawn “Gamble Pedigree” tree received from Caroline Swart in an email dated 23 May 2018. Caroline is a x3-great granddaughter of Elizabeth Devis (b.1777). Brian of nzolivers.com is a x4-great grandson of Elizabeth’s brother, Henry Devis (b.1778).
Place of marriage from the “Gamble Pedigree” tree.
Spouses
MarriageIndia
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