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Australian Pioneer Families

Families featured
John Barker, Joseph Bassett, Thomas Bath, John Blaikie,
Henry Brewer, William Terance Briner, Laughlin Byrns,

Barker

John Barker born in Launceston, wed 1875 #3750 to Elizabeth King and lived at Dunolly

12 Children

1. Joseph Jones Barker 1875 #22672R
2. John Henry Barker 1877 #19124
3. Arthur Barker 1879 #8683 lived 2 months
4. Ann Elizth Barker 1880 #22056 lived 3 weeks
5. Edith Barker 1881 #22890
6. George Barker 1884 #8904
7. William Henry Barker 1886 #17758
8. William Barker 1888 #28811
9. Lily Barker 1890 #31835
10. Ernest Barker 1892 #22502 lived 1 year
11. Twin Eva Barker 1894 #11326 lived 25 days
12. Twin Claude Barker 1894 #11327

5. Edith Barker 1881 #22890 - 1972 #6372 aged 90, wed Richard David Hellyar, 5 children

Bassett

The Vater Smidt came Aug 1859 with the Bassett family, Samuel aged 70, James and Mary both aged 37, Joseph aged 26 and Margaret aged 23

Marriages Dec quarter 1857 - Joseph Bassett and Margaret Frances Walker at Lambeth Vol 1d Page 533

Joseph Bassett came c1859 with Margaret Frances Walker and lived at Tarnagulla when the two girls were born

2 Children

1. Emily Mary Bassett 1868 #26260
2. Isabella Bassett 1872 #26256

Emily Mary Bassett 1868 #26260 wed 1886 to Ambrose Pain Radnell

Bath

Thomas Bath came Dec 1852 on the Prince Alfred aged 24, 266 passengers does not include Mary Bath or Mary Hill

Thomas Bath and Mary Hill were at Ballarat 1855 when William Henry was born, moved to Buninyong and then to Cambrian Hills

8 Children

1. Wm Hy Bath 1855 #10673
2. Angeline Bath 1857 #10493
3. Mary Bath 1862 #6955
4. Thomas Bath 1864 #20324
5. George Bath 1867 #6886
6. Alfred Paul Bath 1869 #1125
7. Joseph Stephen Bath 1870 #19174
8. Edwin George Bath 1873 #22467

William Henry Bath born at Ballarat 1855 wed 1879 #1685 to Elizabeth Trollop 1854, lived at St Arnaud

4 Children

1. Wm Maximilian Bath 1880 #11953
2. Thomas Bath 1881 #20804 - 1936 died at Kaniva
3. Elizabeth Jane Bath 1883 #12885
4. Alfred George Bath 1884 #27943 - 1938 died at Kaniva

Blaikie

Marriages Sep 1850 - Blaikie John and Laidlaw Jane at Liverpool Vol 20 page 321

John Blaikie and Jane Laidlaw lived at Scarsdale when 3 of the children were born, confirming them as parents of John who wed Jane Christina Heighway. They appear to have come c1854 and lived first at Collingwood

10 Children

1. Isabella Blaikie 1855 #2780 lived 11 months
2. Jane Blaikie 1857 #484
3. George Blaikie 1858 #9558
4. Ann Murry Blaikie 1860 #11553
5. Robert Laidlaw Blaikie 1862 #23649 - 1944 #10660 aged 82
6. Jessie Blaikie 1865 #5162
7. Isabella Blaikie 1867 #18126 - 1955 #17965 aged 87
8. Twin John Blaikie 1870 #11639 - 1946 #22241 aged 76
9. Twin Margaret Blaikie 1870 #11640 lived 26 days
10. Catherine Blaikie 1875 #25470 wed 1898 #4730 to Geo Stewart Richards

2. Jane Blaikie 1857 #484 wed 1887 #2804 to William Hamilton and lived at Ballarat

1 Child

1. Geo Blaikie Hamilton 1889 #18454

3. George Blaikie 1858 #9558 wed 1880 #4874 to Wilhelmina Ewart 1857 #14566 - 1943 #7060 aged 85, born at Ballarat, lived at Murchison in 1897

4 Children

1. George Ewart Blaikie 1883 #12544
2. John Coventry Blaikie 1885 #16250
3. Clement Stephenson Blaikie 1889 #28328
4. Douglas Blaikie 1897 #5338

4. Ann Murry Blaikie 1860 #11553 wed 1881 #5344 to John Mitchell and lived at Brunswick

2 children

1. Richard Thomas Mitchell 1886 #879
2. Jeannie Isabel Mitchell 1890 #20293 lived 3 years

5. Robert Laidlaw Blaikie 1862 #23649 - 1944 #10660 aged 82, wed 1890 #1044 to Annie Brown 1862 - 1935 #5133 aged 73, and lived at Ballarat then Queenscliff

6 Children

1. Anne Sommerville Blaikie 1891 #336
2. Jack Inglis Blaikie 1893 #586
3. Jeannie Hamilton Blaikie 1896 #546
4. Twin Margt Isabel Blaikie 1899 #7562
5. Twin Chas Russell Blaikie 1899 #7563
6. Roberta Laidlaw Blaikie 1907 #5629

6. Jessie Blaikie 1865 #5162 - 1947 #17797 aged 82, wed 1892 #6785 to Walt Jos Allchin 1857 - 1913 #12069 aged 56, and lived at Ballarat, 4 Children

8. John Blaikie 1870 #11639 - 1946 #22241 aged 76, born at Scarsdale wed 1898 #3825 to Jane Christina Heighway lived first at Ballarat

3 children

1. Mavis Jean Blaikie 1901 #8279 - 1957 #10348 aged 56 wed James Archibald Ferguson
2. Jean Laidlow Blaikie 1906 #15494
3. Jack Ambler Blaikie 1908 #24236

From on Mon, 9 Jul 2007

Hi Elizabeth,
My mother (who recently died on 14/2/07 (b. 22.7.1927) was the grand-daughter of John Blaikie & Jane Christina Heighway of Ballarat. She was the only daughter/child of Mavis Jean Blaikie/James Archibald Ferguson. My mother, Joan Frances Ferguson married Lister Edgar Boyd and had 4 children.
This weekend we were sorting through Mum's belongings as a prelude to clearing out the house & found the family bible. It was given to Richard Heighway & Jane Comrie for their 50th wedding anniversary, who in turn gave it to John Blaikie "in recognition of all the help he has given them". My mother had obviously inherited it through her mother.
The interesting thing for us, was that when we found the bible, my mother had continued writing details of births/deaths etc. for the family, however we were unsure as to where Richard & Jane Heighway fitted into the picture. I googled Jane Christina Heighway (who I knew was Mum's grandmother) just to see what would happen & found your fabulous website. Now all the names we have heard over the years "Uncle Lou, Uncle Churt, Auntie Bella" , and familiar surnames of "Ambler, Combrie, Heighway" etc. are detailed for us as that knowledge left with mum.
A huge thank you for this fabulous website - it will ensure that this knowledge can be now passed down.
Bronwen Boyd.

Brewer

Henry Brewer 1836 - 1916 #4697 aged 80, son of Ann Hancock and John Brewer, came c1855 with Ann Souter 1835 - 1916 #3199 aged 81, daughter of Ellen Walker and William Souter, and lived at Ballarat then Maldon

9 Children

1. Elizabeth Brewer 1856 #1424
2. Albert Brewer 1857 #16218
3. David Brewer 1862 #3243
4. Samuel Brewer 1863 #21410
5. William Brewer 1865 #23122
6. Henry Brewer 1868 #17480
7. Frances Ellen Brewer 1872 #11656
8. Ellen Brewer 1875 #12247
9. Catherine Brewer 1879 #11850

1. Elizabeth Brewer 1856 #1424, wed 1874 to John Patterson 7 Dec 1851 - 21 Jun 1877. John was killed in a mining accident 1877 and his widow later wed c1890 to William Hanna and lived at Burwood.

2 children

1. William Henry Patterson 1875 - 77 lived 2 years
2. John Patterson 1877

4 children
of Wm

3. Wm Leslie Hanna 1891 #30817
4. Ada Elizabeth Hanna 1893 #20299
5. Hy Norman Hanna 1895 #10121
6. Alice Frances Hanna 1900 #17097

2. Albert Brewer 1857 #16218 wed 1877 #2166 to Maria Read and lived at Kangaroo Flat

6 children

1. Edward Brewer 1877 #23167
2. Mary Isabella Brewer 1880 #3312
3. William Henry Brewer 1881 #17448
4. Frances Louisa Brewer 1883 #19571
5. Rose Anna Brewer 1885 #21212
6. George Albert Victor Brewer 1887 #23544 lived 13 months

3. David Brewer 1862 #3243 wed 1884 #5646 to Annie Hawkins and lived at Sandhurst

2 children

1. Hy Percival Gordon Brewer 1886 #6121
2. Charles Godfrey Brewer 1888 #6591

4. Samuel Brewer 1863 #21410 wed 1889 #7070 to Diana Wilson 1863 #17523

1 child

1. Jessie Brewer 1890 #15193

5. William Brewer 1865 #23122 wed 1897 #4589 to Agnes Davoren 1875 #22840 and lived at Northcote

4 children

1. Ellen Brewer 1898 #13265 lived 1 day
2. Hy Francis Brewer 1900 #5469
3. Agnes Olive Brewer 1901 #21387
4. Alice May Brewer 1902 #28519

6. Henry Brewer 1868 #17480 wed 1892 #5972 to Margt Ann Gamble 1865 #25809

4 children

1. Myrtle Florence Brewer 1893 #34098
2. Harry Douglas Brewer 1895 #23371
3. Violet Mary Brewer 1898 #21122
4. Claude Albt Brewer 1904 #12483

Briner

William Terance Briner 1831 - 1906 #615 aged 74, son of Sarah Torrence and Jacob Briner, wed 1856 #1975 to Mary Ann Whyatt lived at Beechworth in 1857 and Bright from 1873

12 children

1. Sarah Jane Briner 1857 #7835
2. John Briner 1859 #4854
3. Clara Eveline Briner 1860 #22688
4. Samuel George Briner 1862 #10124
5. Mary Jane Briner 1864 #4201 lived 4 months
6. Minerva Briner 1864 #4202
7. Owen Valentine Briner 1866 #16647
8. Rachel Briner 1868 #11080
9. Mary Irene Briner 1870 #25023
10. James Torrence Briner 1873 #18681
11. Melinda Caroline Briner 1874 #24630 - 1896 #13369 aged 22
12. Thomas Caleb Briner 1876 #24696

2. John Briner 1859 #4854 of Ovens Vict wed 1887 #5140 to Margaret Ramage and lived at Brunswick

5 children

1. John Torrence Briner 1889 #29188 - 1968 #18042 aged 78
2. William Leslie G Briner 1893 #29409
3. Wm Leslie Gordon Briner 1894 - 1947 #7885 aged 53
4. Twin Myrtle Ivy Briner 1897 #9139
5. Twin Rita May Briner 1897 #9140

1. John Torrence Briner 1889 #29188 - 1968 #18042 aged 78, wed 1909 #4516R to Jessie Jeffray and lived at Fitzroy

1 child

1. Rita Briner 1909 #18993 lived 1 day

3. Clara Eveline Briner 1860 #22688 wed 1884 #1854 to Frank Ernest Frewin born in London, and lived at Hawthorn

1 child

1. Theodore John Frewin 1897 #11574

6. Minerva Briner 1864 #4202 wed 1891 #3805 to Alex Williamson and lived at Richmond

1 child

1. Muriel Wright Williamson 1892 #36022

9. Mary Irene Briner 1870 #25023 wed 1896 #1979 to Charles Francis Carter and lived at Fitzroy

1 child

1. Irene Mary Carter 1897 #10944

10. James Torrence Briner 1873 #18681 wed 1906 #8530 to Maud Mary Hickling 1869 #23736

Byrns

From on Thu, 9 Mar 2006

Hi Elizabeth
I recently came across your website and it seems that 2 of Laughlin’s children are missing from you list, so I thought that I’d forward on the extra information.

On Laughlin’s death certificate there are 7 children:
1. Mary Therese 9th Feb 1859 – 22nd October 1936
1st Marriage: William McGrath 1882
1 Child: William Louglin McGrath 1884
2nd Marriage: William Jenkins 24 November 1889
6 Children:
Anne Catherine 19 June 1890
Robert c.1892
Joseph c.1894
John c.1896
Edith c. 1899
Francis c.1903

2. Margaret Philomena
3. John Joseph
4. Edward Andrew
5. Timothy Stephan
6. Sarah Laura c.1872
7. Anna Agatha
* Laughlin and Sarah arrived in Australia in 1857 through unassisted immigration onboard the ship the ‘John Barbour’
* Also Laughlin attempted to murder Sarah and thinking that he had succeeded actually took his own life by cutting his throat with a large butchers’ knife!
I have this information as they are my GG Parents and I have certificates, paper dates etc. Any information that you have to spare would also be welcome.
Have a great weekend ahead
Regards,
Alicia

Laughlin Byrns 1829 - 1896 #1219 aged 67, son of Mary Connell and John Byrne, and Sarah Foley came in 1857 through unassisted immigration onboard the ship the John Barbour and lived at Smeaton and Creswick

7 children

1. Mary Byrnes 1859 #2641 to Loughlin and Sarah Foley at Smeaton
2. Margaret Byrns 1864 #14617
3. John Joseph Byrns 1866 #14201
4. Edward Byrns 1868 #2075
5. Timothy Byrns 1870 #8106
6. Laura not registered
7. Anna Agatha Byrns 1878 #19173

1. Margaret Byrns 1864 #14617 wed 1888 #2817 to Isaac Newton 1860 #14167

2. John Joseph Byrns 1866 #14201 wed c1889 to Honora Cath Smith and lived at Kingston

8 children

1. Cecily Agnes Byrns 1890 #24501
2. Mary Ellen Byrns 1892 #24616
3. Sarah Cath Byrns 1896 #28949
4. Margt Eileen Byrns 1901 #4368
5. Jno Jos Byrns 1903 #19011 lived 1 day
6. Edwd Thos Byrns 1903 #19012 lived 1 day
7. Jno Maurice Byrns 1905 #19298
8. Veronica May Byrns 1907 #19893

5. Anna Agatha Byrns 1878 #19173 - 1937 #10746 aged 59, wed 1915 #3441 to Thomas Deason 1859 - 2 Feb 1928, widower with 10 children, son Edward Thomas Deason 1918 - 1973

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