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Minna Close PALMER (1843 - 1928)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Ada Irena DAVIS (1864 - 1936)
Lucy Eveline DAVIS (1865 - 1946)
Mabel Minna DAVIS (1874 - 1957)
 Minna Close PALMER (1843 - 1928)

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Frederick James DAVIS (1827 - 1914)
 George Thomas PALMER (1809 - 1889) George Thomas PALMER (1784 - 1854) John PALMER (1760 - 1833)
Susan STILWELL (1762 - 1832)
Catherine Irena PEMBERTON (1787 - 1855) William PEMBERTON
Catherine SOUTHCOTE
Selina Augusta ROWES (1820 - 1902) William ROWES



Elizabeth (ROWES)



Minna Close PALMER Frederick James DAVIS
Minna Close PALMER Minna Close PALMER
Minna Close PALMER Frederick James DAVIS Minna Close PALMER Minna Close PALMER
b. Jul 1843 at Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
m. 1862 Frederick James DAVIS (1827 - 1914) at Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
d. 1928 at Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia aged 85
Near Relatives of Minna Close PALMER (1843 - 1928)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather George Thomas PALMER 26 Apr 1784 Brompton, Kent, England 26 Oct 1854 Bath, Somerset, England 70
Grandmother Catherine Irena PEMBERTON 1787 04 Oct 1855 Bath, Somerset, England 68
Grandfather William ROWES
Grandmother Elizabeth (ROWES)

Father in Law William DAVIS 1787 Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England 23 Sep 1876 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 89
Mother in Law Jane Elizabeth WESTON 1795 Aynho, Northumberland, England 21 Sep 1886 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 91

Father George Thomas PALMER 06 Mar 1809 Somerset, England 14 Feb 1889 Argyle, New South Wales, Australia 79
Mother Selina Augusta ROWES 1820 Essex, England 28 Jul 1902 Woodhouselee, New South Wales, Australia 82

Self Minna Close PALMER Jul 1843 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia 1928 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 85

Husband Frederick James DAVIS 1827 Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England 1914 Ryde, New South Wales, Australia 87

Daughter Ada Irena DAVIS 1864 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1936 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 72
Daughter Lucy Eveline DAVIS 1865 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1946 Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia 81
Daughter Mabel Minna DAVIS 1874 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 1957 Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia 83

Brother George Thomas Rowes PALMER 1840 1840 0
Brother Edwin PALMER 1841 Canberra, ACT, Australia 1894 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 53
Brother George Charles Frederick PALMER 1845 Canberra, ACT, Australia 24 Nov 1869 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 24
Brother Charles Rodber PALMER 1848 Canberra, ACT, Australia 1916 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 68
Brother Henry William Ernest PALMER 1852 Canberra, ACT, Australia 26 Feb 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 25
Sister Edith Milba PALMER 1855 Canberra, ACT, Australia 1936 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 81
Brother Herbert Norman PALMER 1857 Canberra, ACT, Australia 1931 Auburn, New South Wales, Australia 74
Brother Hubert Everard PALMER 1862 Canberra, ACT, Australia 1934 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 72

Son in Law Adrian C FORBES

Uncle William Pemberton PALMER 11 Oct 1810 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 19 May 1864 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia 53
Aunt Rosezeatte Durham DURDEN 1815 Plymouth, Devon, England 08 Feb 1865 New South Wales, Australia 50
Uncle John Macquarie PALMER 1814 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt Catherine Irena PALMER 1816 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 28 Apr 1863 Bayswater, London, Middlesex, England 47
Uncle Charles CAMPBELL 20 Sep 1810 At sea 17 Aug 1888 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland 77
Aunt Ingram Rider PALMER 1818 1824 6
Uncle Henry Edmund Mitchell PALMER 1821 India
Aunt Eva MONEY
Uncle Rodber Wylde PALMER 1823 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 1887 Albury, New South Wales, Australia 64
Aunt Isabella Lydia MIDDLETON
Aunt Susan Adrianna 'Addie' PALMER 1825 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 25 Nov 1902 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 77
Uncle William DAVIS 1821 Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England 13 Jul 1910 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 89
Uncle Pemberton Campbell PALMER 1827 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 15 Aug 1885 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 58
Aunt Octavia Caroline STOLL 05 Jun 1905

Cousin William Ingram Pemberton PALMER 1832 New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Rosezeatte Ann Catherine Wilhelmin PALMER 1833
Cousin Walter CAMPBELL 1838 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Agnes CAMPBELL 1841 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Susan CAMPBELL 1843 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Christian CAMPBELL 1845 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Frederick CAMPBELL 1846 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 19 Aug 1928 Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia 82
Cousin Sophia CAMPBELL 1848 New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Robert CAMPBELL 1850 New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Reginald Herbert PALMER 1852 New South Wales, Australia 1931 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia 79
Cousin Catherine Sarah PALMER 1853 New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Sophia Susanna PALMER 1858 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia 1934 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 76
Cousin Edward Charles Close PALMER 1860 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia 1932 Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia 72
Cousin Lydia Irena Alberta PALMER 1862 St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia 1922 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 60
Cousin Iabella Adrianna Charlot PALMER 1865 Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia 1866 Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia 1
Cousin George Augustus Rodber PALMER 1866 Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia 1946 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 80
Cousin Amy Gertrude Campbell Weston PALMER 1869 Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Emily Victoria Louise PALMER 1872 Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Henry William Ernest PALMER 1852 Canberra, ACT, Australia 26 Feb 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 25
Cousin Marion J M (May) DAVIS 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Henry Edmund PALMER 1858 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1924 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 66
Cousin Constance Edith PALMER 1859 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1936 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia 77
Cousin Ella Maud PALMER 1861 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1892 31
Cousin Walter Harcourt PALMER 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1915 53
Cousin Eva Catherine PALMER 1864 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Permerton Wilfred Close PALMER 1866 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 10 Oct 1914 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 48
Cousin Lina Linda Beatrice PALMER 1868 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1950 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia 82
Cousin Howard Frederick Leslie PALMER 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1952 Bulli, New South Wales, Australia 81
Cousin Roger Wingham Morton PALMER 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1950 76
Cousin Laurence Alfred Weaver PALMER 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1953 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 77
Cousin Marion Agnes PALMER 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Nephew William PALMER 1867 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Emily I PALMER 1868 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew George Thomas PALMER 1870 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Edwin PALMER 1872 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia 1874 2
Niece Selina A M PALMER 1877 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Henry William E PALMER 1880 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia 1880 0
Niece Edith Milba PALMER 1881 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Marian Erna PALMER 1884 Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Susan PALMER 1886 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia 1887 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia 1
Niece Ernestine A PALMER 1877 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Mona I SEFTON 1896 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Ida Minna PALMER 1895 Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Elsie Salina Ann PALMER 1897 Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Una Charlotte Maud PALMER 1899 Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia 19 Oct 1985 86
Nephew Ralph Thomas PALMER 1905 Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Claud Alfred PALMER 1908 Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Enid Emily PALMER 1918 Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Charles Leopold PALMER 1892 Bourke, New South Wales, Australia 09 Oct 1917 Belgium 25
Niece Berrell PALMER 1894 Bourke, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Edith M PALMER 1897 Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Hubert E PALMER 1899 Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Lindon K PALMER 1901 Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Cosia A PALMER 1904 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Mary Phoebe WRIGHT 1839 Lanyon, ACT, Australia 16 Jul 1920 Craigie, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 81
Nephew William Davis WRIGHT 1841 Lanyon, ACT, Australia 25 Sep 1924 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 83
Nephew John Edward WRIGHT 1843 Lanyon, ACT, Australia
Niece Jane Emily WRIGHT 1845 Lanyon, ACT, Australia
Nephew Arthur Henry WRIGHT 1847 Lanyon, ACT, Australia
Niece Lucy Ellen WRIGHT 1850 Cuppacumbalong, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Aubrey Murray WRIGHT 1853 Cuppacumbalong, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Frances Catherine Burford WRIGHT 1855 Cuppacumbalong, New South Wales, Australia 11 Feb 1881 Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia 26
Niece Frances C HAYLEY 1843 Irishtown, New South Wales, Australia 1919 Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia 76
Niece Alice Gertrude HAYLEY 1845 Irishtown, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Florence Jane HAYLEY 1847 Irishtown, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew William Foxton HAYLEY 1848 Irishtown, New South Wales, Australia 1924 Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia 76
Niece Mary Madeline HAYLEY 1850 New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Frederick Ernest HAYLEY 1853 New South Wales, Australia 1879 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 26
Niece Laura Emily HAYLEY 1855 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Herry Percy HAYLEY 1857 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1867 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 10
Nephew Alfred Reginald HAYLEY 1859 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1869 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 10
Niece Elizabeth HAYLEY 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1863 1
Nephew Sydney Victor HAYLEY 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1864 2
Nephew Walter Harold HAYLEY 1865 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1950 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 85
Nephew Henry William Ernest PALMER 1852 Canberra, ACT, Australia 26 Feb 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 25
Niece Marion J M (May) DAVIS 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Sister in Law Lucy DAVIS England
Sister in Law Mary DAVIS 1817 Oxfordshire, England 1883 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 66
Brother in Law John DAVIS 1818 Oxfordshire, England
Sister in Law Elizabeth DAVIS abt 1820 England 02 Jul 1890 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 70
Brother in Law William DAVIS 1821 Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England 13 Jul 1910 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 89
Brother in Law Henry DAVIS 1823 England
Sister in Law Frances E DAVIS abt 1825 England
Brother in Law Harold Mapletoft DAVIS Oct 1831 Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England 1922 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 91
Brother in Law Sydney Hodges DAVIS 1836 England
Sister in Law Emily THURLOW
Sister in Law Sarah ROBERTSON
Sister in Law Annie Elizabeth Louise RICHARDSON 1854 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1943 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia 89
Brother in Law George Isaac SEFTON 1853 Hexham, New South Wales, Australia 1933 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 80
Sister in Law Emily Jane EMERY 22 Mar 1875 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1929 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 54
Sister in Law Sarah Anne MCCRUDDEN
Events in Minna Close PALMER (1843 - 1928)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
Jul 1843 Minna Close PALMER was born Maitland, New South Wales, Australia V18432532 28/1743 6
1862 19 Married Frederick James DAVIS (aged 35) Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 6
1864 21 Birth of daughter Ada Irena DAVIS Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 13966/1864 2
1865 22 Birth of daughter Lucy Eveline DAVIS Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 14392/1865 2
1874 31 Birth of daughter Mabel Minna DAVIS Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 10995/1874 2
14 Feb 1889 45 Death of father George Thomas PALMER (aged 79) Argyle, New South Wales, Australia 6
28 Jul 1902 59 Death of mother Selina Augusta ROWES (aged 82) Woodhouselee, New South Wales, Australia 2
1914 71 Death of husband Frederick James DAVIS (aged 87) Ryde, New South Wales, Australia 13701/1914
1928 85 Minna Close PALMER died Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 6
Source References:
6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
- Reference = 249 (Marriage)
- Reference = 249 (Birth)
- Reference = 249 (Death)
- Reference = 249 (Name, Notes)
80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2171/minna-close-davis.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Born: 1843; Died: 1928; Married: Frederick James Davis

Minna Close Davis
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Minna Close Davis was one of the well know Palmer family, who had landholdings across NSW and Victoria. Her parents were George Thomas Palmer (junior) and Selina Augusta Palmer (nee Rowes). She was born near Newcastle in July 1843.

By 1845 her parents had relocated to Ginninderra where they took over the management of the Palmerville estate. Minna spent her schooling in Sydney. It is reported that her school friends were amused by her swimming style, which she explained to them as being taught to her by her Indigenous friends at Ginninderra.

In 1862 at Ginninderra, 19-year-old Minna married 35-year-old Frederick James Davis. This was the second union in Ginninderra between the two families. Frederick's brother, William Davis (junior) had married Minna's aunt, Susan Augusta Davis (nee Palmer).

At the wedding Minna was presented with a Ngunnawal necklace (photograph below) by Jimmy the Rover.

Minna and Frederick had three daughters (Ada, Lucy, and Mabel).

From the mid-1870s Frederick and Minna lived at 'Woodhouselee' about 20 km north of Goulburn. Frederick had taken up the position as postmaster there in 1876. They also purchased the well established Pigeon House Inn and ran this hotel for a number of years.

Frederick died in 1914 and Minna followed him in 1928.

References
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne, 1967; and Supplementary Volume, Canberra, 2005
Gillespie, L. L., Aborigines of the Canberra Region, Campbell, 1984
Gillespie, L. L., Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Campbell, 1992
Moore, B., Cotter Country, Canberra, 1999
Palmer, J., 'The Palmers of Ginninderra', CHJ, n.s. no. 2 (1978), pp. 26-31
Shumack, S. An Autobiography, or, Tales and Legends of Canberra Pioneers (ed. J. E. and S. Shumack), Canberra, 1967
Various editions of the Queanbeyan Age and the Goulburn Herald
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