GAWN
FAMILY
HISTORY

 Descendants of Andrew Gawn, Halftown, Co. Antrim:
Born 1777

 

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Robert Vincent Gawn

Son of Francis McMeekin Gawn (See note below)
Born April 6, 1875 in New Zealand
Lived in New Zealand and Australia           
Died September, 1929 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Buried in Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Section 28, Plot 93

Note:  

The information above was what was recorded in the family Bible belonging to Francis McMeekin Gawn.    However the recent finding of Robert Vincent's birth records reveal that he was the son of Julia Mary Kennedy and Robert Gardner.  Official records also show that Julia Mary married Francis McMeekin Gawn on 29th August 1877, not 1874 as shown on the first page of the Bible. Robert Vincent was brought up by Julia and Francis as a Gawn and it is unlikely that even the younger members of the family were aware of this.  I have changed the marriage date accordingly.

 Wife 1

Rebecca Channing
Born 1873 at Blenheim, N. Zealand
Died 1959 in N. Zealand
Buried

Married

January 3, 1900

Family

None

Partner

            Margaret Helen Gawn Rennie
Born November 10, 1895 at Caversham, Dunedin, N. Zealand
Lived at 6 Darwin Street, Beresfield, NSW.
Died June 10, 1985 at Beresfield, NSW, Australia

Family

Aubrey Gawn born April 28, 1920 

Claudia Gawn born August 1921

Robert Leo Gawn born September 23, 1922

Romola Gawn born December 27, 1923 

Pamela Gawn born March 29, 1925

Ruby Gawn born March 23, 1927 

Julia Gawn born September 21, 1928

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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