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This is my family and some of my many ancestors Henry BROWN and Esther SCOTT married in Launceston Tasmania in 1831. The settled at Pattersons Plains and near Evandale in Tasmania Australia Allen MILLS and Esther (nee LOW) emigrated from Shellingford Berkshire England with their daughter Elizabeth MILLS who was born in1849. They settled in Victoria Australia. Elizabeth MILLS married Thomas Henry BROWN in 1870 in Winchelsea in Victoria. One otheir daughters was my grandmother Ada May BROWN who was born in 1878 in Birregurra Victoria. Charles Hebrum DICKSON emigrated around the time gold was discovered in Ballarat Victoria in the 1850s. He was from Smeaton Scotland. He married Mary GRIFFITHS at Bullarook near Newstead in Victoria in 1863. One of their sons was George Cowan DICKSON who was born in 1873 at Newstead in Victoria. George Cowan DICKSON married Ada May BROWN in 1898 in Victoria Australia. Charles Richard WILKEY , a son of William WILKEY and Mary GOULD emigrated on the ship the Coromandel in 1836 from England with Rachel WAY. Rachel WAY was a daughter of Charles WAY and she was from Somerset England. One of their children was William Fry WILKEY who was born in 1839 at Hindmarsh in South Australia. Charles Richard WILKEY and Rachel WAY finally married at St Paul's Church in Adelaide long after all their children were born. They had settled at Hope Valley in South Australia. William Fry WILKEY married Eliza RALSTONE in 1858 in South Australia. Eliza RALSTON / RALSTONE was from Kilsyth in Scotland and her father was James RALSTON.. One of their sons was William Frederick WILKEY who was born in 1864 at Hope Valley South Australia. William Frederick WILKEY married my grandmother Alice Elizabeth WOODS in 1907 at St John's Church in Adelaide South Australia. Alice Elizabeth WOODS was a daughter of Frederick Lindsay WOODS.. Frederick Lindsay WOODS emigrated to South Australia around 1867. He was living at Naracoorte South Australia in 1870 when he married Ellen GODDARD, a daughter of Henry Moore GODDARD who hailed from Suffolk England. The couple settled at Robe first and then Hindmarsh and finally Porter Street Parkside South Australia. Ellen GODDARD was born in Saxmundham Suffolk England in 1847. She was a daughter of Henry Moore GODDARD and Elizabeth (nee BRIGHT). She emigrated with her parents in 1850 and the family lived at Lake St Clair at Robe South Australia Elizabeth BRIGHT was a daughter of clockmaker Jerome Denny BRIGHT from Saxmundham Suffolk England. Samuel MAIDEN emigrated on the ship the Royal Charlie in 1853 with his wife Elizabeth (nee LANGFORD). Samuel and Elizabeth has married in June 1840 at North Wingfield Derby England. The couple lived in South Australia for the first two years and then travelled via the river to Menindee in New South Wales where descendants still reside. One of their sons was William MAIDEN who was born in England in 1848. William MAIDEN married Margert WHITE in 1873 in New South Wales. Margaret WHITE was from White Cliffs in New South Wales and her father was Edward WHITE. One of their sons was John Norton MAIDEN who was born in 1888 at Menindee New South Wales. John Norton MAIDEN married Cecille Gladys PENGILLY in 1914 at Broken Hill New South Wales. The couple had two sons but only one survived. He was Jack MAIDEN. Cecile Gladys PENGILLY was a daughter of Josiah Benjamin PENGILLY and Mary GRAY. Cecille Gladys PENGILLY was born in October 1892 in Wallaroo South Australia. Mary GRAY was born in 1868 in Moonta South Australia . Her father was Henry GRAY from Phillack Cornwall who was married in 1862 at Wallaroo to Jane JOHNS. Josiah Benjamin PENGILLY was born in May 1867 at Moonta South Australia. His father was Josiah PENGILLY and his mother was Elizabeth Grace PENGILLY (nee BESANKO). Josiah and Elizabeth Grace were married in January 1867 at the home of Mrs BESANKO of Unley South Australia. Josiah PENGILLY in July 1843 at BrownHill Creek in South Australia. His father was Josiah PENGILLY born 1813 in Falmouth Cornwall England. His mother was Catherine ARTHUR. Elizabeth Grace BESANKO was born in 1846 in Cornwall England. Her father was Benjamin BESANKO who was born in 1809 in Wendron Cornwall and her mother Anne BESANKO (nee WILLIAMS) The BESANKO family emigrated to South Australia on the ship the Santipore If you think you are related to any of their pioneer ancestors please contact me at GPO Box 1316 ADELAIDE South Australia : |