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Descendants of Joseph Stokes & Ann Adams

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If you know that you are descended from Joseph Stokes who married Ann Adams at Mt Barker in 1846, then I want to hear from you. Or, if you know that you are related to Samuel Stokes who was born at Birmingham, WKS who married Elizabeth Blocksidge, then I want to hear from you too. I am presently writing a history of my particular brand of STOKES, and would like to include as much information as possible. This project will be produced electronically with all credit for assistance included. If you can help, please email me on jks58@adam.com.au as soon as you can. It is hoped that I will have this project completed by the end of the year, but I can't do it all on my own - I need the help of other relatives - so if you are one, then please contact me.

Simpson Book

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I am currently in the third editing stage of my book on the life of my ancestor Walter Simpson and I hope to have the book finished by mid-year ready for publishing. If you know that you are a descendant of Walter Simpson who was born at Battersea in 1801 and who married Mary Ann Scammell, then I need to hear from you as soon as possible. You can email me at jks58@adam.com.au with any details or photographs you may wish to have included. Anything of interest will be gratefully received and all assistance will be credited in the finished work.

Latest Addition

2008-01-06T16:54:00.000+10:30

Phoebe Brianna Rees-Stokes made her entrance into the world at 11:05am yesterday morning (5 Jan 2008), weighing 2530 grams (5lb 9ozs).

Mum and baby are doing fine, dad survived the birth (so did the god mother).

CLIFFORD

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Matthew Clifford born 1819 Cricklade, Wiltshire, ENG and baptised 6 Aug 1819 at Highway near Calne, Wiltshire, ENG married in June 1843 at Cricklade, Wiltshire to Anne Franklin. Anne was born in 1818 and baptised at All Cannings, Wiltshire on 29 Sept 1822, the daughter of George Franklin & Sarah Hamlyn. Matthew's parents were William Clifford & Deborah Williams. Matthew & Anne migrated to South Australia in 1850 aboard Lysander. Their embarkation order states "Matthew Clifford, his wife & 2 children have gone to friends" - I have no idea who the friends were.

A sister of Matthew's - Tryphenia Clifford married George Beer and also migrated, but was already in South Australia when Matthew & Anne arrived - perhaps they were the friends referred to on Matthew's embarkation order.

The family lived at Langhorne Creek and Mt Barker, and after Matthew's death, Anne moved to Hatherleigh in the south east of the state to her son Thomas's home. Matthew died on 22 August 1863 at Mt Barker and was buried at Langhorne Creek. Anne died on 20 September 1906 at Hatherleigh and was buried at Penola cemetery.

Matthew & Anne Clifford had seven children -

George 1844-1845 - buried in Calne, Wiltshire.
Sarah Anne 1848-1896 married Frederick Joseph Stokes and lived at Wistow & Mt Barker and had 4 children.
Thomas 1849-1920 married Ann Veal and moved to Bellum Bellum near Penola - 7 children.
Ellen Harriet 1851-1915 lived/had a long term relationship with George Powell Rumbellow (who was already married) and had 13 children by him - some carry his name, but most were known as Cliffords. She also had a relationship with a John Locke and had a child by him as well.
Jane 1856-1901 married William Jennings and moved to Pt Adelaide where she had 11 children.
unnamed daughter 1857-1857
George 1858-1865 buried at Mt Barker Springs.

SKINNER

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John Skinner born c 1836 in England, married in Adelaide on 29 May 1861 to Ann Saunders (daughter of Richard Saunders & Rebecca Jones). They had 7 children. John died 23 May 1896 at Hope Valley and Ann died at some time after 1896.

Their children were:-

Lydia Ann Skinner 1862-1935, married Joseph Henry Stow and had 8 chidldren - Lydia May, Edgar Joseph, Eva Alice, Henry James, Ivy Maud, Walter Gordon, Leonard Edward & Violet Maud.

Emily Elizabeth 1863-1952, married to John Duffy in 1912. They had no children. both are burried at Curramulka on York Peninsula.

William Henry 1866-1939, married to Selina Jane Coleman in 1890 and had 7 children - William Henry Thomas, Hurtle Edward Horace, Harrold Ethelbert James, Dorothy Irene Blackwell, Miriam Hessie, Arthur Lindsay Claremont and Hazel Lavinia Pearl.

Harriet Maria 1868-1869.

Edward Thomas 1870-1938, never married.

Eliza Jane 1872-? nothing more known.

Alice May 1875-1956, married in 1894 to William Thomas Whiting and had 2 children Albion William and Alick Leslie.

COCK Family

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William Cock baptised 26 Nov 1808 St Agnes near Truro, Cornwall, married to Mary George on 27 May 1833 also at St Agnes.

I don't know if they came to South Australia or not, but certianly their two daughters Susan and Elizabeth did.

Susan was born in 1835 and baptised at St Agnes near Truro on 3 May 1835. She married Leonard Hillman on 6 March 1866 at St James' Church, Blakiston, SA. Susan died on 15 October 1934 at Callington and was buried there as well. Susan & Leonard Hillman had 7 children:-

Charlotte Victoria 1867 (twin); Elizabeth Jane 1867 (twin); Selina 1868-1949; Alice Maude 1875-1950; William Leonard 1877-1878; Walter John 1884-1968; and a still born son in 1888.

Charlotte never married and died at home as a young woman.
Elizabeth Jane married William James Hunt and had two children Leonard Henry & Elfrieda Jane.
Selina Jane married Thomas Stevens and had no children.
Alice Maude married Phillip Clonan and had 10 children - Gladys; Kathleen; Doris Veronica; Christopher John; James; Phillip Leonard; William Lawrence; Walter Aubrey; Norah & Frank.
Walter John married Hannah Elizabeth Morley and had children Kenneth Horace; Kathleen Millicent & Marjorie Lorraine.

Elizabeth was baptised at the same place as her sister on 7 March 1838.

I have found no record of the parents migrating to SA, but the two girls Susan & Elizabeth came out in 1850 on the Emma Sherratt.

COLEMAN

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Timothy Coleman born 1799 Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, Wales married Ann Williams born 1803 Bedwelty, Monmouthshire in 1824 at Bedwelty. They had 5 children:-

Hannah 1831-? married William Esmand
Mary 1835-?
David 1839-1915 married Ann Selina Maplesden - 11 children
Emma 1847-1885 married Alfred William Beard - 5 children
Esther 1848-1885

Hannah Coleman was born, married, lived and died in Bedwelty, Monmouthshire

Mary was born in Aberystruth, Wales

David was born in Aberystruth, Wales and died in Adelaide, SA. He married in 1864 at Kapunda, SA - see Maplesden posting for his children.

Emma was born in Aberystruth, Wales, married in Wallaroo, SA and died in Cobar, NSW. Her husband was born in Hobart, TAS and died in Bourke, NSW. They moved back and forth between NSW, SA, QLD and TAS during their lives, with several of the 5 children being born in different states.

Esther was born in Aberustruth in 1848 and died there in 1885

THIELE Family

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Descendants of Samuel Thiele born 1781 Harthe, Kries Zullichau-Schwiebus, Prussia and Anna Rosina Schulz born Posen, Prussia. Samuel and Anna migrated to South Australia in 1838 aboard the ship Prince George with the group of Lutheran refugees who migrated with Captain Hahn and Pastor Kavel. Their 4 sons came with them. One son was already married prior to migration, the other three were not.

Johann Christian Thiele born 1809 Harthe, Prussia died 1881 Hahndorf, SA married prior to migration to Johanne Dorothea Zuenert nee Klenke 1805-1887 and had 4 children:-

Johanne Luise 1839-? married Johann Wihelm Hausler
Johann Wilhelm 1840-? married Caroline Maria Martha Kruger
Johann Gotlieb 1843-1845
Johann August 1846-? married Johanne Eleanore Paech

Johann Friedrich Thiele born 1812 Harthe, Prussia died 1886 Hahndorf, SA married 1839 Hahndorf to Anna Dorothea Schmidt and had 13 children:-

Johann Gottfried 1841-1924 married 1) Rebecca Simpson - 5 children 2) Johanne Pauline Reugner - 1 child
Johann Christian 1843-? married Anna Dorothea Klenke - 12 children
Johanne Luise 1844-1932 married Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Thiele - 9 children
Johanne Eleanore 1847-? married Friedrich Siegismund Schneemilch - 13 children
Johanne Dorothea 1848-?
Caroline Ernestina 1851-1903 married Phillip Skelly
Ernst 1853-1917
Maria Amalia 1852-1875 married Heinrich August Haebich - 2 children
Anna Dorothea 1856-? married Johann Wilhelm Paech - 8 children
Martha 1854-1925 married Johann Anton Wilhelm Greve - 6 children
Lydia 1858-1915 married Johann August Bretag - 12 children
Augusta Emma 1860-1861
Hulda 1863-1927 married Ernst Heinrich Schubert

Johann Wilhelm Thiele born 1819 Harthe, Prussia died 1909 Hahndorf, SA married 1939 Eleanore Henriette Lubasch and had 12 children:-

Johanne Luise 1839-1921 married Johann Wilhelm Haeusler - 1 child
Johanne Caroline 1842-1885 married Carl August Schubert - 5 children
Johann Gottlob 1843-? married Johanne Caroline Paech - 9 children
Eleonore Henriette 1844-? married Carl August Friedrich Wilhelm Schutz - 4 children
Johann August 1846-1910 married Johanne Eleanora - 2 children
Johann Wilhelm 1846-1925 married Martha Pauline Hausler - 7 children
Carl August 1851-1901 married Johanne Pauline Maczkowiack - 10 children
Johanne Emilie Bertha 1849-1964 - never married
Johann Friedrich 1850-1925 married Auguste Pauline Lydia Bottroff - 13 children
Gustave 1852-1917 married Pauline Elisabeth Liebelt - 10 children
Hermann Rienhold 1854-1854
Johann Ferdinand 1856-1856

Johann August Thiele born 1832 Harthe, Prussia died Hahndorf 1896 married 1856 to Johanna Luise Thiele 1836-1907 - 11 children :-

Johann Friedrich August 1857-1857
August Eduard 1859-1859
Johanne Louisa Bertha 1860-1861
Hermann August Edmund 1862-1941 married Maria Louise Liebelt - 2 children
Emma Thiele 1865-1901 married James Hillman - 8 children
Augusta Lydia 1867-1938 married Johann Gottlieb Hermann Paech - 2 children
Ferdinand Heinrich 1869-1921 married Johanne Caroline Wilhelmine Otto - 8 children
Johanne Maria Martha 1871-? married Friedrich Christian Schaeffer - 6 children
Louisa Bertha 1874-1947 married John Guerin - 3 children
Carl Reinhold 1876-1897
Johann Oswald 1879-? married Auguste Berthe Liebelt - 10 children

REIMERS Family

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Hans Heinrich Reimers born 1878 Politz, Mecklenberg, Prussia died 1863 Dry Creek, SA married before 1820 in Prussia to Catharina Maria Margaretta Wegner born 1795 in Prussia and died 1868 at Tin Pot, SA. They had three children and arrived in SA aboard the ship Australia in 1849.

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm 1820-1879. Johann married unknown - 1 daughter
Catharina Maria Dorothea Henrika 1824-1912 married Hans Heinrich Stein - 5 children
Johann Hienrich 1831-1893 married Anna Elisabetha Friedericke Keppert - 8 children

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Reimers 1820-1879 married unknown & had 1 child:-

Johanne Augusta 1857-? married 1879 VIC to Friedrich Wilhelm Boehm

Catharina Maria Dorothea Henrika 1824-1912 married Hans Heinrich Stein and had 5 children:-

Carl Gustav Johann Stein 1849-1850
Catherine Dorothea Wilhelmina 1851-? married Johann Wilhelm Jacobsen
Anna Catharina Maria 1853-1926 married Carl Ernest Albert Gehrike
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm 1854-?
Dietrich Adolph 1856-1934 married Josepha Maria Braendler

Johann Heinrich 1831-1893 married Anna Elisabetha Friedericke Keppert and had 8 children:-

Wilhelm 1860-1886
Carl Hermann 1862-1928 married 1) Hulda Magdelena Dorothea Jaensch 2) Eleanore Bertha Bartsch
Martha Louisa 1865-? married Johann Ernst Hermann Kutzer
Louis Henry 1867-?
Dora Adela 1869-? married Richard Max Schlegel
Eda Amalie Matilda 1877-? married Gustav Hermann Wirth
Evelyn Theresa Hulda 1883-?
Anna Maria Friedericke married Albert Rudolf Thiele

BRAENDLER Family

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Johann Joseph Braendler was born 1814 Fuerstenau, Prussia and died 1907 Monarto South, SA. He married Phillipine Pietsch before 1838 in Prussia and arrived in SA aboard the ship Adele in 1857. They had 9 children:-

Anna Augusta 1838-1934 married August Wilhelm Philip Baum and had 9 children
Augustus Guido 1843-1925 married Johanne Louise Caroline Paech and had 8 children
Ewald Carl Paul 1845-1873 married Johanne Wilhelmine Martha Tepper and had no children
Johanne Emilie 1846-1916 married Johann Christoph Liebelt and had 8 children
Paul 1850-1937 married Martha Paech and had 9 children
Josepha Maria 1856-1929 married Dietrich Adolph Stein and had 10 children
Alfred 1860-?
Johanne Elspeth 1861-1964
Carl August 1863-1933 married Ann Pauline Schubert and had 3 children

MARSHALL

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William Marshall 1862-1941 son of John Marshall & Mary Ann Collins, married 1882 to Bessie/Betsy Laurence. They had 10 children:

Elizabeth Emily Ann 1883-?
Joseph William 1885-1954 married Beatrice Isabell Lawrence
Beatrice Mary 1887-?
Elsie Maud 1889-?
Alex Lawrence 1891-?
Eric John 1894-after 1954 married Hilda Mary Mason (daughter of Alfred James Mason & Honor Farnham)
Florence Valerie 1896-? married Sydney Ernest Pollard
Albert Norman 1899-1961 married Rachael Ruth Pollard
Gwendoline May 1903-? married William Ernest Ellis
Kenneth Lawrence 1906-1990 married Pearl Elizabeth Libby

MASON

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James Alfred Mason born 1837 St Luke, Middlesex, England died Forest Range, SA 1895 married 1861 Balhannah, SA to Mary Elizabeth Mabbett, 1838-1896 daughter of William Mabbett & Nancy Watts.

They had 12 children:-

Alfred James Mabbett 1859-1933 married Honor Farnham (daughter of Abel Farnham)
Otto Benjamin 1861-1944 married Hannah Marie Daniel
Arthur William 1863-1941 married 1) Jane Percy Fox 2) Amelia Phoebe Raymond
Frank 1865-1950 married Mary Collins (became a Cooneyite at marriage)
Elizabeth 1866-1927 married David Fox (son of Ruth Farnham & Robert Fox)
Mary Louisa 1867-1876
Eliza Caroline 1870-1961 married 1) James Henry Dearman 2) Robert Alfred Collins
George Albert 1871-1931 married Fanny Eglington
Seth 1873-1945
Henrietta 1876-1939 married Thomas Collins Cook
James Edward 1879-?
Anne Matilda 1881-1944 married Hurtle James Brooks

WINCHESTER

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Charles Valentine Winchester born probably in Ireland in 1803 and died on Le Fevre Peninsula, SA in 1861. He married Ann Vonthethoff at some point prior to 1838. They arrived in SA on Trafalgar in 1849 and lived on Le Fevre Peninsula - North Haven, Taperoo, Pt Adelaide area.

They had 6 children:-

Ann Winchester 1838-1913 married Henry William Petrie Vonthethoff
Harriett Winchester 1843-1932 married Donato Liccioni/Liccione
William Winchester 1849-1922 married Sarah Harriet Watson
George Winchester 1850-1862
John Winchester 1851-? married 1) Isabella Adelia Leicester 2) Rosa Weaver
Richard Winchester 1855-1926 married 1) Jessie Hirst 2) Eliza Maria Brady

LAVINGTON

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William Lavington born 1825 Hartley Westpall, Hampshire, England, died SA after 1880. He married in 1849 in Adelaide, SA to Susan Cummings/Cummins.

William was the son of John Lavington & Jane (surname unknown). They had 7 children:-

Bridget Lavington 1852-?
Rosannah Lavington 1854-1915 married William Henry Jackson
Susannah Lavington 1854-? married William Teasdale King
William Secton Lavington 1855-1941 married Julia Wilkins
Edward Stewart Lavington 1858-? married Ottilie Emma Alamanda Becker
Rebecca Lavington 1860-1860
Ellen Lavington 1863-? married Henry James Watts

KING

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William King born Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, ENG in about 1812 married Elizabeth Larn Teasdell at St Nicholas Church in Market St, Great Yarmouth on 6 May 1838. She was the daughter of John Teasdell & Sarah Larn. They had three children that I know of:=

William Teasdale/Teasdell King 1840-1897
Elizabeth Jane King 1841-?
Mary Ann King 1843=?

William Teasdale/Teasdell King was born at Great Yarmouth in 1840. He died in Glanville, SA in 1897. He married Martha Parcell prior to his migration to SA, but she died in Adelaide in 1866 without having any family. He then married Susannah Lavington, daughter of William Lavington & Sarah Cummings/Cummins in 1877 at Trinity Church, Adelaide. They had 8 children but only two survived to have families:=

Alice Ellen Cumming King 1882-1882
William Alfred King 1883-1885
Olive Rosa Lavington King 1884-1885
Lavington Samuel King 1886-1950 married Florence Watson Winchester
Henry Clarence King 1888-? married Olive Anna Frances Hundertzfund
William Teasdale King 1893-1898
Francis John King 1897-?
Charles King 1900-1901

Lavington Samuel King born 1886 Glanville, SA and died 1950 Birdwood, SA married 1912 Wirrabara, SA to Florence Watson Winchester, daughter of William Winchester & Sarah Harriet Watson. They had five children:=

Florence Watson King 1913-1915
Dorothy May King 1916-?
Vida Joyce King 1919-?
Clarence Lavington King 1919-?
Robert Henry King 1923-2003 married Ada Doreen Marshall

FARNHAM & FRENCH

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Giles Farnham 1878-1855 married Caroline French 1808-1868 the daughter of James French and Mary Ashby.

Caroline's father James French came to Australia with them when Giles & Caroline migrated in 1847, her brother Henry also came on the same ship - David Malcolm. James was a Greenwich Pensioner at the time - he had been in the British Navy as an Able Seaman and served aboard HMS Victory under Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson during the battle of Trafalgar.

Giles & Caroline were married at Dalwood, Devon, England in 1829 and had 12 children:=

Giles 1827-1913 married Honora Dogherty
Ruth 1830-1918 married Robert Fox
Cain 1833-?
Abel 1836-1906 married 1) Martha Frances Ryall 2) Elizabeth Alice Hitch
Kitty 1837-1870 married Joseph Daniel
Mary Ann 1839-1901 married George Banks
Herbert Hilton 1840-? married Martha Amy Heading
Eliza 1843-1888 married John Rehn
Morella 1849-1927 married Edward Banks
Emma 1858-?
Josiah 1860-1908 married Julia Congdon
Wilfred 1865-1940 married Elsie May Austin.

MOYLE Family

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Stephen Thomas Moyle born 1816 Cambourne, Cornwall, ENG died 1873 Bendigo, VIC married 1837 Cambourne, Cornwall to Julia Earle Bennetto (born 1819 Falmouth, Cornwall, died 1894 Durham Lead, VIC).

Stephen was a mine captain in Cornwall before migrating first to SA and then to VIC. He arrived in SA on the ship Cressy in 1847 with his wife and two children. He was a Methodist Lay Preacher and was also involved in the fostering of Cornish wrestling in Australia. He was a signatory on the petition in 1853 of miners against the licensing costs in Victoria that led to the Eureka Stockade insurrection.

Stephen & Julia had 9 children:-

Julia 1837-? married 1854 to Matthew Batters
Stephen 1838-1839
Stephen Thomas 1839-1922 married Jane Alexander Clark
Edward Bennetto 1847-1848
Edward Bennetto 1850-1910 married Elizabeth Mary Wearne
Annie Elizabeth 1855-? married William Stephens Hocking
William Henry 1856-1938 married Eliza Jane Keast (1862-1930)
Emily Alice 1858-1945 married William Addy Hill
Eleanor Grace 1860-1945 married John Bush Saunders

William Henry Moyle born 1856 Bunninyong, VIC, died 1938 Maryborough, VIC, married 1879 at Eaglehawk, VIC to Eliza Jane Keast born 1862 Neribee, VIC, died 1930 Bendigo, VIC the daughter of John Keast and Eliza Jane Trevorrow. There are 19 children recorded with these people as parents:-

Clara Eliza 1880-1944 married Mr. Cass & Peter Boland McLelland
Susan Jane 1880-1981 married William Henry Ellingworth
William John 1881-1962 married Emily Eliza Ross
James William 1882-?
Ernest Albert 1884-1959 married Annie Manlein
Herbert 1885-1959 married Amelia Rayner
Richard Henry 1886-1886
Richard Henry 1888-1949 married Violet Daisy Wilson
Charles Edgar 1889-1965
Thomas Henry 1890-? married Mary Beatrice Clohesy
George Thomas 1892-1953 married Ada May Davies
Walter Edgar 1893-1965 married Mary Barnes
Ivor Reuben 1894-1948 married Rachael Manlein
Bertha Isabel 1896-1973 married unknown, Joshua O'Keefe, James Fleming & Frederick Care
Florence Hilda 1897-1978 married James Royal Willoughby
Edith May 1899-?
Leslie Mafeking 1900-1935 married Alice Beatrice Baker
Violet Irene Lily 1900-?
Stanley Vernon Hamilton 1902-1969 married Myrtle May O'Connor

William John Moyle born 1881 Eaglehawk, VIC died 1962 Bendigo, VIC married 1905 Eaglehawk to Emily Eliza Ross (1886 Eaglehawk - 1968 Bendigo) daughter of James Ross & Emily Jane Keast. William and Emily had 13 children:-

Vera Victoria 1905-1957
Horace Percy Lansell 1907-aft 1974 married Lydia Violet Simons
William James Albert 1908-1935
Pearl Irene 1910-1971 married Edwin Joseph Palmer
Dorothy Mavis 1912-1914 Bendigo
Leonard Clarence 1914-1971
Gladys Marjorie 1917-?
Eric Raymond 1920-?
Phyllis Lillian 1921-1975
Kelvin Ronald 1925-1963
Lawrence Maxwell 1928-1994 married 1949 to Betty Smith (1928-1990)
Harold ?-?
Ivan ?-?

GOLDFINCH

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This is NOT the Lace making family line from France.

Henry Goldfinch born 1820 Deptford, England died 1911 Milang, SA married 1845 in Adelaide to Jane Hillman born 1816 Launceston, Cornwall and died 1895 Strathalbyn, SA. They had 7 children.

Henry arrived in SA on the ship Recovery in 1839 and Jane arrived on 17 October 1837 on the Katherine Stewart Forbes with her two brothers John & Leonard.

Margaret Olive 1846-1875 married Jabez Williams
Elizabeth Mary Ann 1848-1891 married Alfred Alexander Parnell
Henry 1850-1939 married Margaret Coad
Jane 1852-1934 married Arthur Inkster Murray
Leonard 1853-1920 married Mary McBaine nee Bourne
Frederic 1856-?
Thomas 1858-1941 married Johanna Agnes Lalor

SAUNDERS

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Richard Saunders was born 1818 in Somerset, England. He married Rebecca Jones in about 1835 and they had eleven children.

Sarah Jane 1837-1923 married George Illman
Robert 1838-1878 married Mary Ann Hall
Henry 1840-1914 married Frances Elizabeth Kelcey
Ann 1841-aft 1896 married John Skinner
Richard 1843-? married Caroline Charlotte Sparshott
Eliza 1844-? married William L. Neale
Mary Anne 1845-? married James Neville
Harriet 1847-? married George Marriott
Matthew William 1849-1898 married Amy Jane Ryles
Emma 1852-1920 married Benjamin Barrey
James 1852-? married Elizabeth Ann Curtis

MAPLESDEN Family

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John Richard Maplesden was born in 1720 in Tonbridge, Kent to Richard and Elizabeth Maplesden. He married Sarah Gyles in Dover, Kent in 1847. John was a butcher and had been apprenticed to William Cheeseman at Dover as a youngster. They had five children:-

Mary 1750-1755
George 1751-1752
John 1754-?
George 1756-?
Mary 1760-?

The fourth child George Maplesden married Susannah Grimson in Dover, Kent in 1774. They had two children:-

George 1774-1854 married Elizabeth Barham and had twelve children.
Mary 1776-? married Jarvis Noakes and had seven children. One of their daughters created and endowed the famous Maplesden Noakes School in Great Buckland Street, Maidstone, Kent.

George Maplesden born 1774 and died 1854, married Elizabeth Barham in Tonbridge, Kent in 1807. They had twelve children:-

Mary Maplesden-Barham 1805-1886
George Maplesden 1808-1853 married Harriet Ashdown
Elizabeth Maplesden 1809-1855
Martha Maplesden 1811-1856 married John King
Sophia Maplesden 1814-1875 married William Wells
John Maplesden 1816-1816
Stephen Maplesden 1817-1819
Charles Maplesden 1820-1894
Harriett Maplesden 1822-1822
Emily Maplesden 1823-1853
Henry Maplesden 1824-1865 married Elizabeth Tully
Thomas Maplesden 1830-1862

George Maplesden born 1808 and died 1853, married Harriet Ashdown the daughter of Elizabeth Barton Ashdown of Brenchley, Kent in 1831 at Horsmonden, Kent. I don't know whether George and his family migrated to Australia or not, but certainly their daughter Ann did. They had 5 children but I have knowledge of only one - Ann Selina.

Ann Selina Maplesden born 1843 died 1909 married at Kapunda, SA to David Coleman, son of Timothy Coleman and Ann Williams. Ann & David had twelve children:-

Timothy 1864-1864
Ann 1865-1866
Selina Jane 1866-1930 married William Henry Skinner
James 1867-1868
William 1868-1949 married Charlotte Elizabeth Barber
Emma 1870-1872
John Coles 1876-1936 married Catherine Lewis
David William 1878-1939 married Blanche Emily Butterfield, Elsie Vincent & Clara Chapman
Thomas Henry 1879-1961 married Elizabeth Arscott & Elizabeth Jane (unknown surname)
Joseph 1882-1883
Samson 1885-1958 married Amy Hilda May Pratt

Selina Jane Coleman born 1866 died 1930 married William Henry Skinner and had seven children:-

William Henry Thomas 1890-1957 married Clara Louise Shepard
Hurtle Edward Horace 1892-1892
Harold Ethelbert James 1896-1977 married Adelaide May Ward
Dorothy Irene Blackwell 1905-1907
Miriam Hessie 1907-1972 married William Harold Martlow
Arthur Lindsay Claremont 1907-? married Annie McGonagle
Hazel Lavinia Pearl 1914-1993 married Lindsay Gordon Bamford

CANN

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James CANN was born 1831 Morchard Bishop, Devon, ENG and came to SA before 1851. He married in 1851 to Elizabeth Coneybeare (born 1830 Ringash, Devon, ENG).

They had 13 kids:-

Dorothy Ellen 1852-1939 married William Henry Pengilly
Mary Ann 1854-1935 married George Edwin Shepard
Walter George 1856-1857
Elizabeth Jane 1859-1932 married Joshua Smyth
Walter James 1860-1944 married Emma Barrett
Albert John 1862-? married Alice (surname not known)
Louis George William 1864-1958 married 1) Martha Ward and 2) Mary Ann Bell
George 1865-1950 married Elizabeth Campbell
Samuel Peter 1867-1869
Eva Alice 1868-? married John Thomas Parslow
William Henry 1870-1953 married 1) Amy Haywood and 2) Mary De Peare
Sarah Ann 1872-1954 married Henry Ephraim Press
Samuel Isaac 1873-?

SHEPARD/Sheperd etc

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Looking for anyone who is related to the following people:-

George James SHEPARD born c 1810 died 1870 Norwood SA married 1835 Tottenham, London, ENG to Eliza Parker. Their children were:-

Thomas Shepard 1830-before 1900 married Louisa Payne
George James Shepard 1834-1918 married Margaret Shuttleworth
Charles Henry Shepard 1840-before 1892 married Hannah Maria Broadbent
Minite Benjamin Shepard 1834-1919 married 1) Lousia Stringer and 2) Eliza Jane Delsar

LIDDELL & LAKE families

2007-01-13T08:57:00.000+10:30

Seeking descendants of Anthony James LIDDELL born c 1835 Durham, ENG died 1931 Leabrook, SA; married 1858 North Adelaide to Sarah Anne Trehane LAKE born 1835 died 1895 North Adelaide, daughter of Henry Lake and Anne Trehane.

Children that I know of:-

Sarah Lavinia Lake Liddell 1859-1920 married Frederick William Hocart
Margaret Florence Lake Liddell 1864-1867
William Anthony Theodore Liddell 1867-1905 married Mary Elizabeth Tubb
Florence Emily Maude Liddell 1869-? married Charles Allen
Charles Frederick James Liddell 1871-1943 married Sarah Loftes Hamlin
Anthony George Liddell 1873-1930 married Dora Eilza Wilson

We believe that Anthony James Liddell was the son of Thomas Liddell and Mary Brenan. And that he was the grandson or great grandson of James Liddell of Gateshead, Durham, ENG in which case he may be related to the Baron of Ravensworth.

STEIN family

2007-01-13T08:33:00.000+10:30

Descendants of Hans Heinrich Stein and Catharina Dorothea Henrika Reimers are also sought.

Hans Heinrich was born in 1813 Oldeloe, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia and Catharina Reimers was born in 1824 Teltow, Mecklenberg, Germany. They both arrived in 1849 and I suspect that Hans Heinrich was engaged to Catharina prior to migration for two reasons - 1) he came as Hans Heinrich Reimers and 2) they married shortly after arrival in Adelaide.

They had five children:-

Carl Gustave Johann Stein 1849-1850
Cartharina Dorothea Wilhelmine Stein 1851-? married Johann Wilhelm Jacobsen
Anna Catharina Maria Stein 1853-1926 married Carl Ernest Albert Gehrike
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Stein 1854-?
Dietrich Adolph Stein 1856-1934 married Josepha Maria Braendler

I have been told that Hans Heinrich was the son of Jurgen Steen and Catharina Magdalina Hartz but have not been able to confirm this. Looking for descendants and ancestors.

SIMPSON Family

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My 3x great grandfather Walter Simpson was born in Battersea, London, ENG in July 1801 to Walter Simpson and his wife Sarah. He was apprenticed as a boat builder as a teenager and in 1818 along with a chap named William Burne stole 6 loaves of bread in a basket from a man named James Unwin. For their efforts, both men received 7 year transportation sentences to Van Diemen's Land.

Walter spent a short time in the hulks in England before being transported on the ship Surrey with 159 other poor unfortunate souls. He arrived in Van Dieman's Land in 1819. During the first 12 months of his time, he received several punishments, then in 1821 he was among the first to be sent to Sarah Island where he remained until he got his freedom certificate in 1825.

He then returned to Hobart where we believe he worked as a carpenter among other things. For the next three years he behaved himself to some degree, but in 1828 he was again in trouble with the law for supposedly harbouring an escaped female prisoner. In 1829 he stole some waistcoats belonging to the Solomon brothers and was tried at the Oatlands court and sentenced to 3 months hard labour - during which time he was shackled to another man and made to build the new Oatlands Courthouse.

In 1830 he stole a bundle of laths from a Hobart gent and was tried and convicted and sentenced to another 7 years - most of this was served at hard labour in and around Hobart, but after an incident recorded as "misconduct on Sunday afternoon" in 1832 he was sent to Pt Arthur.

In October 1834 he applied to marry a woman named Mary Ann Johnson but permission was refused. In 1836 he received his second certificate of freedom and in the muster of 1837 he is recorded living in New Town with his "wife" Mary Ann and a daughter named Mary Ann.

Children were born to Walter & Mary Ann between 1837 and 1841 and in 1843 there is a marriage record for Walter Simpson & Mary Ann Scammell. One more child was born in Hobart before the family moved to South Australia where several more children were born.

When Walter arrived in SA he had plenty of money - where a 14 year convict without much paid work between came by enough to purchase all the land he owned in SA is a mystery.

Walter's children were:-
Mary Ann born 1837 married Joseph Barclay Berry
Sarah Jane born 1839 married James Berry
Walter born 1841 died 1848
Rebecca born 1844 married Johann Gottfried Thiele
Susanna born 1847
Un=named son still born in 1850
William born 1851 died 1903
Fanny born 1854 married 1) Charles Abercromie Dignum Sigmont 2) Henry Hove Splaine
Emily born 1857 married Charles William Brown
Ellen born 1859 married Richard Luke Peters
Alice born 1860 died 1860
Walter born 1861 married 1) Margaret Amelia Byrne 2) Agnes Bonney

SCAMMELL family

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My 3xgreat grandmother was Mary Ann Scammell born 1818 in Clerkenwell, London, ENG to William Scammell and Ann Sedgwick. At some point prior to 1837 she turned up in Hobart, Van Dieman's Land, AUS where she later married my 3x great grandfather Walter Simpson.

William Scammell, her father was a silversmith or silver chaser born in 1792 in London to Joseph Scammell and Mary Ellewell. He was made a freeman of the Goldsmiths Company in 1813 after serving his apprenticeship. William & Ann Scammell had five children - Mary Ann, Eliza Sarah, Emma, William Sedgwick and Fanny. I know nothing of my 3xgreat grandmother's siblings.

Joseph Scammell, father of William, was a silversmith born 1752 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire. He married Mary Ellewell in 1778 at St Alphgate, London Wall, ENG. They had only two sons -Joseph and William. The son Joseph was also a silversmith. Joseph the father, was the son of John Scammell and Mary Comport.

I would be interested in contact from anyone who thinks they may know anything about these families.

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