Evans

wrote on Thu, 15 Aug 2002 updated Thu, 29 May 2008 Dear Elizabeth, Thanks for your great site. My ancestors were Richard Evans 1786-1866 and Jane Peake, 1784-1876 and 3 younger children arrived 25 Feb 1841 at Port Phillip on the Georgiana. They came from Cheshire and Staffordshire and were joined by their eldest son Richard, who came to Australia as a convict. Richard senior was a sawyer and they settled in Albert St., Brunswick, and Richard had a sawmill in Little Burke St. Melbourne. He died in 1866, aged 79 and Jane died 1876 aged 92 4 children 1. Richard Evans 1816-1901, the convict 2. George Evans aged 19 born 1822 3. Samuel Evans aged 15 born 1826 4. Rosehannah Evans aged 11 born 1829 The Convict 1. Richard Evans 1816, from Staffordshire, arrived July 1837, to Botany Bay as a convict on Lloyds 2. He was assigned to Thomas Iceley at Carcoar. His wife to be, Catherine Coles, arrived May 1838 on the British Sovereign, as a steerage passenger. They married at Scotts Church Sydney, 22 August 1842, service taken by Rev. John Dunmore Lang. They came south to be with the family about 1842, and then later settled at Glenlyon where he had a sawmill. He and his wife Catherine Coles, had two sons, John and Henry and daughter Jane who died ? in infancy. Wife Catherine Coles died in 1869 after falling from a cart, and Richardwed 1870 #3799 to Violet Hennessy nee Henry, widow of Phillip Hennessy with 3 children, and had seven more children. 3 children of Catherine 1. John Evans 1843 #13464 baptised at St James Church of England, Melbourne 2. Henry Coles Evans 1846 #14632 baptised at St James Church of England, Melbourne 3. Jane Evans 1846 #14842 baptised at St James Church of England, Melbourne, seems to have died in infancy. 7 children of Violet 1. Richard Peake Evans 1871 #16534 wed Elizabeth Elvas. 2. Isabella Violet Evans 1873 #9604 3. Peter Henry Evans born 1875 #23199 4. Joseph Ellingworth Evans 1877 #22596, wed Elizabeth Cowan 5. Rose Hannah Evans 1880 #16125, wed Hugh Caldwell 6. Violet Jane Evans 1882 #23446, wed Antonie Tori 7. James Burnett Evans 1886 #18670, wed Eveline Agnes Tate 1914 My father was the son of James Burnett Evans, the last child of Richard Evans and Violet Henry. From on Wed, 21 May 2008 Hi Elizabeth, My grandfathers stepsister was Elizabeth Pearl Elvis, who married Richard Peake Evans. Richard being the eldest child of Richard Evans and Violet Hennessy (nee Henry). 1. John Evans 1843 #13464 baptised at St James Church of England, Melbourne, wed 1868 #1503 to Alice Emma Sanders and lived at Glenlyon and later at Tatura 9 Children 1. Jane Catherine Peak Evans 1869 #2634 2. Jno Richd Horace Evans 1871 #2814 3. Angelina Alice Evans 1872 #23567 4. Mary Amelia Evans 1874 - 1883 #5875 aged 9 years 5. Francis Ernest Evans 1877 #12021 6. Arnold Claude Evans 1881 #5981 7. William Evans 1883 #5820 8. Thomas Raymond Evans 1885 #6501 9. Herbert John Llewellyn Evans 1887 #7239 2. Henry Coles Evans 1846 #14632 baptised at St James Church of England, Melbourne, wed c1868 to Eliza Stewart Eyles and lived at Glenlyon and later at Tatura 9 Children 1. Catherine Gertrude Emily Evans 1869 #15861 2. Amy Alice Evans 1871 #3544 3. Minnie Elizabeth Evans 1872 #23575 lived 3 weeks 4. Blanche Evelyn Evans 1874 #1837 5. Elijah Cecil Evans 1876 #12637 6. Amy Anne Evans 1880 #19199 7. William Richard Evans 1882 #26204 8. George Bernard Evans 1884 #28281 9. Herbert Sydney Evans 1886 #30134 George, Samuel and Rosehannah Evans 2. George Evans 1822, Richard's brother lived in Brunswick and was a farmer and sawmiller. He wed 1846 to Ellen Heffernan. See below for a letter from Lyn who lists the children of Ellen and George 3. Samuel Evans 1826, Richard's brother, wed 1850 #29237 to Amelia Ann Pain at St Peters Church of England, Melbourne 5 children 1. Samuel Evans 1852 #11213 2. Sarah Kate Evans 1856 #3232 3. Anne Evans 1858 - 1922 #13413 aged 64 4. John Evans 1861 #9038 5. Ambrose Pain Evans 1864 #2917 6. Richard Henry Evans 1862 #2823 3. Anne Evans 1858 - 1922 #13413 aged 64, died at Inglewood, wed 1879 to Charles Radnell 1856 - 1923, 10 Children 4. Rosehannah Evans 1829, their sister, wed at St Peters Church of England, Melbourne in 1851 #29384 to William Ellingworth - see Ellingworth notes after this section. John McCorkle, wife Elizabeth Holmes, daughter Margaret arrived on the Robert Benn 26 Jan 1842. They had Sarah, John, James, Mary. They came from Londonderry, Ireland. CAPP Robert Friend, wife Anne Hadley arrived from Shoulden, Deal, on the Saxon 1849 to Port Phillip. See the Capp entry. HALDEN, Robert and Mary Craig, arrived at Port Phillip on the Alan Kerr 1841. Best wishes Nola

Ellingworth

See Building a Shire Hall, where William Ellingworth is a builder with an unsuccessful tender after a meeting 5 April 1866, - the rest of the story has some very funny (haha) memories.
Australia’s first electric tram - From October 1889 until January 1896, an electric tram ran between the Box Hill Post Office, on the corner of Whitehorse Road and Station Street, and a terminus near the intersection of Elgar and Doncaster Roads, Doncaster. It was the first electric tram in Australia, and the southern hemisphere, to operate as a regular service. The company went bankrupt and the Sheriff sold the trams and equipment to George Thomson .... Mr Thomson, through his agent William Ellingworth, ran the line satisfactorily until June 1891 when the South Doncaster Estate Company threatened to blow up the line with dynamite if ‘certain conditions’ were not met. The tram service was stopped and the employees dismissed. William is remembered by the street name of Ellingworth Parade, Box Hill.

From on Saturday, 5 July, 2008 William Ellingworth and Rose Hannah Evans are my Great Great Grandparents. My mother was Valda, daughter of William Henry, son of John Richard, eldest son of William Ellingworth and Rose. William arrived in Australia aboard the Orient (out of Plymouth) April 4 1839, with his parents John and Mary and his sister Violet. 1841 or 42 the family, now including Mary Ann (born in Sydney after arrival) traveled by bullock wagon to a cattle station in the Riverina. In 1852 the family (minus Violet, who had married) arrived in Melbourne after a brief period on the goldfields, and opened a butchery in Fitzroy. In 1855 they sold the business and purchased land in what is now Box Hill. Part of that land is now occupied b the Box Hill Cemetery. In the early 1880’s with the railway coming to Box Hill, William began subdividing part of their property. Quite a few streets were named after family members, and Rose St. Box Hill is named after Rose Hannah. One correction, my grandfather William Henry Ellingworth, son of John Richard, died in 1949, not 1985, aged 64, not 100. For interest, Ralph Oswald Ellingworth, son of John Richard, died at Gallipoli. Hope this is of some interest, your info on Rose Hannah has certainly been to me. Simon Dennis

4. Rosehannah Evans 1829, wed at St Peters Church of England, Melbourne in 1851 #29384 to William Ellingworth.

Serpell

Heffernan