George Robert Hughes and Charlotte Isabella Prentice

My original information about this couple and their descendants was found at two websites: Ancestry World Tree: Hughes Family Tree and RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Schipp Family Tree.

George Robert Hughes and Charlotte Isabella Prentice were married on 15/5/1826 at St Peters in Leeds.

GR Hughes
George Robert Hughes
Charlotte Hughes
Charlotte Isabella Hughes

According to the Hughes Family Tree and Schipp Family Tree websites, George Robert Hughes was born in London on or about 17/2/1799. An alternative theory (given in a record submitted to the IGI) says that George was born at Leeds on 6/8/1800, his parents being James Hughes and Mary Colshaw, who were married on 17/10/1798. This marriage is recorded in the parish register for St Peter's, Leeds. Also recorded are the baptisms of three children of James Hughes: Sarah (10/2/1799), George (28/9/1800) and Harriet (11/4/1803). Of course there is no guarantee that it was the same James Hughes on each occasion; moreover, the mother's name was not recorded.

I have not been able to discover anything about Harriet Hughes, but I have perhaps discovered something about Sarah. This is presented at the bottom of this page.

The web pages referrred to above say that Charlotte Isabella Prentice was born in Leeds on or about 13/12/1805. However, it may be that the baptism of Charlotte occurred in 1806 rather than 1805, because according to another web page, namely Prentices of Bilton Ainsty, Braham, Thorp Acres, Walsall and Thorp Arch, England and Hobart, Australia, there was a Charlotte Prentis, daughter of Joseph and Isabella Prentis of Thorp Arch, Yorkshire, baptized on 13/12/1806. Joseph Prentis, who was a carpenter, was born on 22/3/1766 and died on 21/11/1819; he married Isabella Wilson (1770–3/3/1860) on 6/5/1800.

Baptism records exist for five of the first six children of George and Charlotte Hughes, and show that three of them (Jane, Elizabeth and John) were baptized at Leeds, while two (William and Joseph) were baptized at Boston Spa. This seems to me to support the conjecture that Charlotte Isabella Hughes was the daughter of Joseph and Isabella Prentis, since Thorp Arch and Boston Spa are effectively a single village. (See Google's map of the area.)

George and Charlotte had the following children:

The Hughes Family Tree and Schipp Family Tree websites both list another child, John Francis, baptized 12/1/1834 at St. Peters, Leeds. This baptism is listed in the IGI, transcribed from the parish register. However, it may be easy to mistake "Prentis" for "Francis", and I suspect that it was actually John Prentice who was baptized on 12/1/1834. The dates given for the two John's are too close together for there to be two separate children, unless they were twins, in which case we would surely see baptism records for them both. It is also possible, I suppose, that the child was baptized John Francis, but came to be known as John Prentice. In any event, there is no doubt that John Prentice existed, travelled to Australia with his parents, married Elizabeth Jane Hillman in 1855, raised a large family, and died at Willowie in 1904. But there is no record of John Francis after the baptism.

Unfortunately, the IGI appears not to include a transcription of a parish register listing the baptism of George Robert Hughes junior. The two websites I have referred to both say that he was born in about 1838 in Boston, Lincolnshire; however, it seems to me much more likely likely that the event took place in Boston Spa, Yorkshire. Moreover, there is a civil registration record of the birth of a George Robert Hughes in the December quarter of 1837 in the Tadcaster registration district. This district included Thorp Arch (though not Boston Spa). I notice also that an IGI batch numbers website suggests that the IGI does not include the 1838 baptisms from St Peters, Leeds.

George and Charlotte Hughes, with their four sons, came to South Australia in 1840 on the Diadem, which left London on June 31st and arrived at Port Adelaide on November 16th. Di Cummings has compiled a list of the passengers, but the source of the information given in this document is not clear. It has this about the Hughes family: 

     HUGHES George Robert (b.1799 London ENG), wife Charlotte
     HUGHES children (William Frederick?), John Prentice, Joseph Prentice James

Since I do not believe that George Robert Hughes was born in London, I would like to know where this alleged information came from. I do not know why William Frederick's name is enclosed in parentheses: perhaps it means that his name did not actually appear on the original documents, although it is known from other sources that he was indeed on the ship. Notice that the name of George Robert junior is also missing from the passenger list.

On his immigration application, George Robert Hughes gave his occupation as "tailor and agricultural labourer". Hughes memorabilia inherited by my cousin Peter Hughes (in accordance with the "eldest male heir" custom) includes his great great great grandfather's "tailor scissors", bearing the inscription "G. R. Hughes, Diadem, 1840".

The tailor's scissors

A relative has provided the following partial transcription of an article from The Observer of February 26th 1916 (p.27):

There are four generations living, of the Hughes family of Laura.

Mr William Frederick Hughes, the eldest member of the family, was born at Leeds in 1828. He came to S.A. with his parents and three brothers in 1840 on the "Diadem", a barque of 500 tons. With his parents he went to Murrundie on the River Murray with Mr Edward Eyre's party, where he had many pioneering experiences. Afterwards he settled at Nairne where he learned the trade of stone-mason. He married Miss Mary Stodart of Nairne in 1850 and the couple celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary last June.

Mr G. L. Hughes, their eldest son, is 65 years old and has followed agricultural pursuits practically the whole of his life. For more than a quarter of a century he has been farming in the northern areas, on the Appila plains, Booleroo, and near Laura, having taken up land at Laura 21 years ago.

Mr Frederick T. Hughes, eldest son of Mr G. L. Hughes, is also engaged in agricultural pursuits near Laura.

The great grandson of Mr W. F. Hughes, Frederick Campbell Hughes, aged 4 years, is also a great grandson of the late Mr James Campbell, who arrived in S.A. in 1838, and was for many years farming on land where the suburb of Woodville is now built. Afterwards he occupied a property at Roseworthy.

Here "James Campbell" should be replaced by "William Campbell", and he actually arrived in 1839 rather than 1838.

The Hughes family returned to Adelaide after their trip to the Murray, and must have remained in Adelaide in 1841 and 1842 at least, since in later years William Frederick Hughes recounted working in Adelaide, from the age of 13, as a junior assistant in a livery stable and then (for nearly two years) as a baker's boy. George Robert Hughes was apparently engaged in his trade as a tailor at this time. The family moved to Nairne some time in the 1840's. See the William Frederick and Mary Hughes page for some further information.

Auctioneer
South Australian Advertiser 24/8/1860

It is unclear when George and Charlotte moved to North Adelaide, where their deaths occurred.

According to his death certificate George's profession was Commission Agent, his usual residence was at Tynte Street North Adelaide, and his death occurred at Tynte Street on 29/12/1872, the cause of death being diarrhœa. He was 73 years old. Charlotte's usual residence at the time of her death on 29/9/1884 (aged 79) was Archer Street, North Adelaide, her death occurred there, and her death certificate states that the cause of death was "Old Age, Apoplexy, Paralysis". I suppose that if one thing doesn't get you then another will!

My investigations of the descendants of the children of George and Charlotte is a work in progress. Consequently the information presented below will be incomplete, and quite possibly inaccurate in places. Corrections and additional information are always welcome!

Children of George and Charlotte

Grave

William Frederick Hughes, eldest son of George and Charlotte, married Mary Stodart. Their family is discussed on a separate page.

John

John Prentice Hughes married Elizabeth Jane Hillman on 1/8/1855; they had the following children:

All of the children of John Prentice and Elizabeth Jane, with the exception only of Walter Stephen, are buried in the Willowie Cemetery. Photos of their gravestones are online. Walter Stephen Hughes' widow Ada married Charles Henry Willmott at Midland Junction, W.A., in 1903. She is buried in the Karrakatta Cemetery; her children Prentice James Hughes and Marinus Morton Hughes also died in Western Australia.

Accident
The Advertiser, 28/11/1904
Death
The Advertiser, 5/12/1904

George

George Robert Hughes (junior) married Mary Fisher on 28/2/1874; they had the following children:

Marriage Notice
The Advertiser 2/12/1905
Death Notice
The Advertiser 13/5/1911
Marriage Notice
The Advertiser 10/7/1912
Death notice
The Advertiser 18/9/1916
Death Notice
The Advertiser 2/3/1904

George Robert Hughes the third married Helen Irvine Collier, who was born in Sydney in 1877. They had the following children: Lillian (b. 1903, d. 1/3/1904), Muriel Gertrude (b. 1905), Effie (b. 1907), Roderick George Robert (b. 21/2/1913), Richie (b. 1914). George and Helen went to live in South Africa, but I do not know when they moved there. The last two children were born in Cape Town. George Robert Hughes III died in Cape Town on 24/3/1921; Helen Irvine Hughes died in Cape Town on 22/4/1950.

Harold Gilmore Hughes enlisted in the AIF on 13/9/1915. His service record shows that he was killed in action in France on 2/4/1917.

wounded
The Advertiser 18/9/1916
memorial
The Advertiser 2/4/1918
death
The Advertiser 27/4/1918

Joseph

Joseph Prentice Hughes married Mary Ryder on 10/7/1861. She was born in Windsor, Berkshire, in 1839, the daughter of Joseph Ryder and Mary née Hill. The Ryders came to South Australia in 1849 on the Asiatic. The passenger list says that there were four children in the family, and according to www.familyhistorysa.info/shipping/passengerlists.html their names were Mary, Susanna, Amelia Banfield and Joseph.

The marriage of Joseph P. Hughes and Mary Ryder took place at the residence of Mary's father, at Nairne.

Biog
Biographical Index of South
Australians 1836–1885

Joseph and Mary Hughes had the following children:

Marriage Notice
The Advertiser, 14/3/1908
Soldier's death
The Advertiser, 28/8/1917

Joseph's wife Mary died on 16/4/1892. On 4/1/1897 Joseph married Alice Ann Rowe, and this marriage produced the following children: William James, Dorothy Charlotte Augusta and Kathleen Alice. Joseph died on 13/10/1922; his widow, Alice, died on 12/11/1936. The photo below shows the grave of Joseph P. Hughes and both his wives, as well as his daughter Amelia Hannah (who was evidently known as Millie) and son William. Apparently William, like his mother, died in 1936.

Joseph's grave
Grave of Joseph P. Hughes,
Walkerville Cemetery

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Isabella Hughes, the first Australian born child of George Robert and Charlotte Isabella, married one Samuel Morgan. Samuel Lane Morgan (died 1880) and Elizabeth Isabel Morgan are buried in the Walkerville cemetery, along with Benjamin Morgan and another Samuel Lane Morgan, who I presume were their children. I do not know if they had other children.

Charlotte

Charlotte Jane Hughes married Thomas Stodart, son of Laurence and Mary Stodart, and brother of the Mary Stodart who married William Frederick, Charlotte Jane's brother. Charlotte and Thomas were married on 31/3/1862. They had the following children.

(Note that the Hughes Family Tree and Schipp Family Tree websites have the wrong date for Charlotte Jane's death, apparently confusing her with her niece, the daughter of John Prentice Hughes named Charlotte Jane.)

Mary

Mary Ann Hughes married John Bartleet Hopkins on 12/6/1868. He was the son of Edwin Carter Hopkins and Hannah Bartleet, who were married on or about 25/8/1840 at Saint Bartholomew, Tardebigg, Worcester. John Bartleet Hopkins was born on 13/9/1841 in Warwickshire. John Bartlett and Mary Ann Hopkins had the following children, all born in Adelaide or North Adelaide: William Bartlett Hopkins (8/9/1869, married Marion Elaine Black), Ada Bartlett Hopkins (9/9/1871, married Isaac Stewart Donnell), Mary Isabel Hopkins (25/12/1873, married Charles Gaston), Arthur Edwin Hopkins (8/12/1875), Edwin George Hopkins (26/12/1877) and John Ellis Edward Hopkins (20/10/1879). After Mary Ann Hopkins' death in 1880, John Bartlett Hopkins married again, his second wife's name being Amelia Sanders.

James-Christina
James and Christina

James

My information about James was provided by Tom Hughes, a descendant, who also provided the photos of George Robert Hughes and Charlotte Isabella Hughes shown at the top of this page.

According to their marriage certificate, James Henry Hughes married Christina Mac Lean, daughter of Hugh Mac Lean, at the residence of Mr Mac Beath, Point Macleay S.A., on 7/11/1877. James' age was given as 25 and Christina's as 19.

The marriage certificate spelling of Christina's surname – "Mac Lean" rather than "McLean" – seems to be an aberration. Similarly, the placename is usually spelt "McLeay" rather than "Macleay". I do not know about "Mac Beath"!

James was born at Nairne on 11/6/1853 and Christina at Strathalbyn on 17/4/1859. By my reckoning this means they were 24 and 18 on their marriage day rather than 25 and 19. But one can say that he was in his 25th year and she in her 19th.

James and Christina had the following children:

Family
James and Christina with their family
back: Henry, May, George (May's husband),
front: Alan, Mary, Jeff, Alice

There are several McLeans buried in the Strathalbyn cemetery, notably some Hugh McLeans. In fact there are four separate on-line Strathalbyn cemetery records for Hugh McLeans: allegedly, one died on 31/5/1876, aged 63, another died on 1/6/1876, aged 63, a third died on 7/6/1921, aged 85, and a fourth died on 26/10/1929, aged 63. If your name is Hugh McLean, beware age 63! Surely the first two records correspond to the same person: pehaps he died on 31/5/1876 and was buried on 1/6/1876. The odd thing is that the first record gives the plot/grave/niche number as 83, the second gives 82. The two 1920's burials also give the plot/grave/niche number as 82. It looks like a family plot with three generations of Hugh McLeans, the first born in 1813, the second in 1836, the third in 1866.

Plot number 82 also contains Margaret Maclean, who died on 7/4/1891, aged 48. Plot 84 contains Donald Mclean, who died on 10/10/1856, aged 84, and his wife Christina McLean, who died on 9/4/1869, aged 78.

According to a record submitted to the LDS Ancestral file (see www.familysearch.org), the parents of Christina McLean were Ewan McLean and Christina Black, who were married in South Australia on 5/5/1849. According to this source, Ewan was born in Argyllshire in about 1815, died at Meningie on 30/5/1876, and was buried at Strathalbyn. His parents were Donald McLean and Christina McPhee. Christina Black was born in Scotland in about 1831 and died at Meningie.

James Henry Hughes died on 4/11/1920 and was buried on 5/11/1920 at Meningie (grave no. 1332). Christina Hughes (née McLean) died at Strathalbyn on 27/5/1944, and was buried on 29/5/1944 at Meningie (grave no. 1331). There is also a Meningie burial record for a Christina McLean, buried on 2/1/1907 (or perhaps 1/2/1907), but unfortunately her age at death is not given.

Donald and Christina McLean and family came to South Australia in 1837 on the Navarino. The passenger list gives 11 children: Rachel, Margaret, Jane, Elizabeth, Hugh (little), Allen, Ewan, John, Mary, Archibald and Ann. Apparently Ewan was also known as Hugh, hence the need for little Hugh to be so specified. Thus the first two of the Hugh McLeans buried at Strathalbyn were actually brothers!

Donald McLean, together with his sons Allan and John (who were the ones to actually do the work), produced the first crop of wheat to be grown in South Australia. It was harvested in 1838.

Tom Hughes provided the following information.

James Henry and Christina Hughes

James was born at Nairne, South Australia on June 11th 1853, his wife Christina (McLean) on April 17th 1859. They were married at Narrung in 1877. Their daughter May was born in 1878, Henry in 1880 and Jeff in 1882, they then moved to Meningie. Their other children were most probably born at Meningie. After some time at Meningie the family moved to Albert Hill to a farm, where they had 400-500 acres plus a lease of scrubland. They supposedly had dairy cattle, as well as sheep and James also bred and traded horses for the Indian and Australian armies.

James worked on Tatiara Station, which adjoined the Albert Hill farm. He used to drive a bullock wagon to cart the wool to Tailem Bend, the nearest rail head. At some stage during World War I he had an accident – when going down a hill in a buggy or cart the horse bolted and he was kicked in the forehead. His granddaughter Glad Gardner (daughter of James' son Henry) can remember the scar.

Christina moved to Meningie in 1918 after the death of her daughter Ally (Alice), James stayed on at Albert Hill. Their son Henry and his wife Lizzie were running the general store at Meningie. In 1920 they moved to Albert Hill and took over the running of the farm. The youngest son Bill and his wife Hilda then took over the shop at Meningie.

Christina used to be the Meningie mid-wife in the days when the nearest doctor was at Tailem Bend over 50km away and the doctor's transport was horse and buggy. By the 1920's there was a small hospital in Meningie.

James was still working at Tatiara Station. He died on 4th November 1920. The day before he'd taken sheep to Tailem Bend by horseback. He arrived back at Albert Hill very tired, had tea and went to bed. He asked to be called next morning early as he wanted to go to the Meningie Show, His daughter-in-law Lizzie went in with his cup of tea in the morning but he had died during the night.

Christina had a house in the street behind the shop at Meningie. In the mid/late 1920's, Henry and Lizzie returned and took after the shop again. Henry and Lizzie and their 3 daughters, Doris, Glad and Marge, lived in the back part of the house and Christina lived in the front part.

Through the 1930's and 40's she would spend time with May and George Shillitoe at Ashfield, then to Bill and Hilda at Strathalbyn (later Murray Bridge) She would stay a few months then on to Adelaide to stay with Mary and Will Coad, then back to Meningie. Her son Bill always provided the transport so Christina never needed a car. Bill's son Jim often went with his father and as a result learnt to drive before he was 10, With the aid of 2 cushions he was allowed to drive along the straight road between Tailem Bend and Meningie.

As a boy Bill's older son, Ron, would look forward to Christina's arrival as she was a good cook, while his mother, Hilda, hated cooking. During her stay Christina would take over the kitchen. Ron remembers her dark auburn hair. She used to like playing euchre (a card game), and tell her grandchildren stories. Jim remembers that she would often slip him some extra pocket money.

Christina died May 27th 1944 at the age of 85. Two of her children died before her – Jeff died February 28th 1910, at 28, Ally (Alice) February 3rd 1918 at 25.

Land dispute
The Advertiser, 14/6/1918
Evidence
Excerpts from Albert McBride's evidence
The Advertiser, 3/11/1917

Isabella May Hughes, known by her second name, married George Shillitoe on 3/8/1896. They had children named Christina Susan, George Henry, and Albert. May died on 4/2/1966, George died in April 1952.

James Henry Ewin Hughes, known as Henry, married Elizabeth Sabey on 4/8/1903. They had children named Doris Elizabeth Prentice, Gladys May, and Reta Marjory. Henry died on 17/7/1964, Elizabeth died on 13/6/1947.

George Robert Jeffrey Hughes, known as Jeff, married Olive Margret Hiscock on 14/6/1909. They had a son named Jeffrey John Hughes. Jeff died on 28/11/1910. I know no more about Olive.

Mary Stoddart Hughes married Arthur William Coad on 6/7/1903. They had children named May Olive, Wallace Guy, and Allan Arthur. Mary died on 15/7/1967.

Allan Arthur Hughes married Louise Victoria Chapman on 22/11/1911. They had children named Daphne Christina and Alice Jean. Allan died on 15/9/1979.

Alice Charlotte Hughes did not marry, and died on 3/2/1918.

Otto William Hughes, known as Bill, married Hilda Irene Curnow on 4/1/1897. They had children named Ronald Laurence and James Curnow. Bill died on 27/1/1970, Hilda died on 11/7/1986.

The McBrides

According to the book South Australian Marriage Registrations 1842 to 1916, Robert Martin McBride (who married Laura Stodart) was the son of Robert James Martin McBride, while William James McBride (who married Florence Stodart) was the son of James Martin McBride. However, the marriage of William and Florence is also listed in the LDS Pedigree Resource File, with William's father named as Robert James Martin McBride. I am confident that this is not an example of confusion of two similarly named people, but rather that Robert James Martin McBride was commonly known as James Martin McBride. The IGI includes a record of the birth of William James McBride, son of Robert James Martin McBride and Elizabeth Dunn, on 6/12/1856 at Hillside, Burra, Sth Aust., as well as a record of the marriage of Robert James Martin McBride and Elizabeth Dunn in Adelaide on 26/1/1856. It also lists birth records for the following children whose parents are named as James Martin McBride and Elizabeth Dunn: Elizabeth McBride (20/9/1858, Burra, Sth Aust.), Robert Martin McBride (26/10/1860, Sth Aust.), Caroline McBride (14/8/1862, Burra Creek, Sth Aust.), Isabella McBride (11/4/1864, Burra Creek, Sth Aust.), Maryann McBride (21/2/1866, Burra Creek, Sth Aust.), Albert James McBride (4/7/1868, Burra Creek, Sth Aust.), Thomas McBride (31/5/1870, Burra Creek, Sth Aust.), Jane McBride (28/6/1872, Sth Aust.), Alice Finis McBride (7/12/1877, Burra Creek, Sth Aust.) and Norman Harold McBride (21/1/1880, Kooringa, Burra Creek, Sth Aust.). In each case the Pedigree Resource File gives the father's name as Robert James Martin McBride.

Bible Institute
The Advertiser, 14/2/1914

James Martin McBride, or Robert James Martin McBride, who arrived in Adelaide in 1855 with only five shillings to his name, ultimately became a wealthy pastoralist noted for philanthropy. For example, according to the Manning Index, The Observer of 29/11/1913 reported as follows:

For many years the Salvation Army Maternity Home had been established in Carrington Street, but the work has now outgrown the accommodation.... Through the generosity of Mr. J.M. McBride of Kooringa the cash problem was settled as that gentleman on the representation of Commissioner Hay was convinced of the necessity of such an institution. It will be known as the Salvation Army McBride Maternity Hospital.

Similarly, in 1910 he built the McBride Cottage Homes for elderly residents of Burra (see Burra Cottages), and he also made a donation of £4000 to the establishment of a Bible Institute. Some, no doubt, would also regard this as a worthwhile use of money.

The book Australia Unlimited by Edwin J. Brady (George Robertson & Company, Melbourne, c.1915), pp 1011–1014, has a description McBride's career, and says, in part, "In 1859 Mr. McBride began his career as a pastoralist, having arranged for purchase rights over a large tract of country in the Burra district adjoining the Government Wells and North-West Bend Stations. This property he named ‘The Gums’. He made a complete success of his new enterprise, using to the utmost advantage his native industry and shrewd business instincts. Such men as R.J.M. McBride have laid the foundations of a new nation the basic qualities energy, enterprise, and honesty." There must, however, be some doubt concerning this last quality, since the Manning Index also quotes The Register of 17/7/1885 as saying this:

The officials in the Lands Department have had occasion to suspect that Robert James Martin McBride, senior, former owner of the Gums station, situated 30 miles east of Burra, and his family had committed a breach of the Act under which they had selected sections of land in the Hundred... The government, from enquiries made, doubted whether the sons and daughters were bona fide selectors or whether the land was taken up in the interests of the father and not in their own; the second charge being that McBride, senior, sold all the selections with the station to his oldest son, who subsequently sold them to Messrs Cockrum & Pearse, the present proprietors of the station...

It appears that R.J.M. McBride became increasingly cantakerous and unpredictable in his old age, and in 1917 he sued his daughter, Caroline Sandland, for the recovery of the property on which she lived, and which (she claimed) had been verbally promised to her. The South Australian Supreme Court found in favour of Mrs Sandland, but an appeal to the High Court reversed the decision. I suspect that the South Australian judge, hearing the evidence in person, thought the daughter's evidence more trustworthy than the father's, while the High Court, reviewing the evidence in Melbourne, would not have been influenced by the body language of the witnesses. (This is probably contempt of court ... maybe they will send me to jail!) Surely one significant outcome of the case was the transferral of a lot of McBride money to members of the legal profession.

William and Florence

Like his father, William James McBride was a pastoralist. He lived at Aberdeen, Burra, South Australia.

land sale
The Advertiser, 23/1/1913
land sale
The Advertiser, 10/4/1914

William and Florence McBride had the following children: Cyril Stodart Martin (6/11/1885, Burra), May Bessie Hughes (1/4/1887, near Redruth), Sydney William Hamilton (13/7/1889, near Kooringa), Vera Irene Jessie (14/3/1891, Burra), Lindsay Disher (23/5/1895, Burra), Robert James (6/2/1898, Graham Town, Burra), Eileen Florence (5/10/1902, Redruth).

Cyril Stodart Martin McBride enlisted in the AIF on 8/6/1916. At that time he was an accountant, living in Perth W.A.. His service record reveals that he attained the rank of lieutenant, and also that in February 1919 he was dangerously ill, suffering from pneumonia. However, he survived, and returned to Australia in November 1919. He married Vivienne Gabrielle Craig on 21/3/1921; they did not have any children.

May Bessie Hughes McBride married Frederick John Jude on 5/2/1916. They had one adopted daughter, Dawn McBride Jude.

Sydney William Hamilton McBride married Evelyn Tennant Scott in 1911. They had five children: Richard Campbell McBride (b. 24/6/1913), Donald Hamilton McBride (b. 7/6/1916), Alec Scott McBride (b. 26/8/I918), Nancy Hamilton McBride (b. 2/12/1920), Joan Tennant McBride (b. 2/12/1920).

Vera Irene Jessie McBride married Joseph Leonard Hogan circa 1913. They had ten children: Elizabeth Maureen Hogan (b. 27/6/1914), William Leonard Hogan (b. 22/5/1915), John Hogan (b. 12/6/1916), Robert Alexander Hogan (b. 14/7/1917), Donald Jude Hogan (b. 28/1/1919), Justin Scott Hogan (b. 1/4/1921), Pauline Vera Hogan (b. 7/3/1922), Cyril David Hogan (b. 27/7/1924), Josephine Mary Hogan (b. 11/4/1927), Helen Catherine Hogan (b. 6/8/1931).

Lindsay Disher McBride also served in France in the Great War. He later married Leonora Gloria Somerton, but I do not know if they had children.

Robert James McBride married Marjory Edith Hitchcox. I do not know if they had children.

Eileen Florence McBride died at age 10, and was buried at Burra on 28/6/1903.

Robert and Laura

sales
The Advertiser, 12/4/1914
Robert Martin McBride – another McBride pastoralist – lived at Kooringa, Burra, South Austrlia.

Robert and Laura McBride had the following children: Elsie Isabel (13/7/1886, Kooringa), Royal Thomas (10/11/1889), Melva Iris (13/12/1891, Redruth), Laura Doris (26/9/1898, Redruth), Joyce Stodart (21/8/1905, Redruth).

Roy Thomas McBride enlisted in the AIF on 30/9/1915. His service record shows that he served in France in 1916 and 1917. In November 1917 he was transferred to hospital jn Cardiff suffering from gas shell poisoning. In June 1918 he was returned to Australia as medically unfit, suffering from chronic nephritis. After the war he married Elsie Liversidge. They had four children: Melva Ivy McBride (b. 18/1/1921), Peter Thomas McBride (b. 29/6/1923), Robert Liversedge McBride (b. 30/7/1924), Patricia Joyce McBride (b. 14/6/1928).

Elsie Isabel McBride married John Lloyd Price. They had two children: Thomas McBride Price (b. 14/11/1915), Joan Isabel Price (b. 31/3/1917).

Marriage notice
The Advertiser, 21/5/1914

Melva Iris McBride married Oscar Sturt Symon. They had two children: Robert Josiah Symon (b. 21/12/1922), David Sturt Symon (b. 15/6/1925).

Sarah, sister of George Robert Hughes

A Sarah Hughes married James Hartley Mann on 4/7/1819 at Saint Peter's, Leeds. Whether this Sarah was really George Robert's sister I do not know; however, she was about the right age. James and Sarah had sons named William Mann and George Hartley Mann who were baptized at St Peter's on 28/8/1820 and 8/5/1825 respectively. They also had a daughter named Keziah Mann born on 17/7/1828 and baptized at Knaresborough on 11/1/1829, and a daughter named Christiana born at Knaresborough in the December quarter of 1839.

The Mann family can be found in the 1841 census living on High Street Knaresborough. Conveniently, the census enumerator has not rounded the ages down to multiples of 5, and Sarah's age is given as 41. This is not quite consistent with the baptism date of 10/2/1799 for Sarah Hughes; she should have been 42. Still, such slight inaccuracies are common enough in the census records. Moreover, the death of a 67 year old Sarah Mann was registered at Leeds in the March quarter of 1866. This is consistent with Sarah Hughes' baptism date and not with Sarah Mann's census age. I am inclined to think that I have got the right person.

At the 1841 census James' age was given as 46, while the ages of William, George, Kezia and Christiana were given as 21, 16, 12 and 1 respectively. This is all consistent with the birth or baptism information for the children. The census records that James was a hairdresser in 1841. In fact his establishment on High Street Knaresborough is listed in Pigot's Directory of 1834 and White's Directory of 1837. Evidently his son William followed in James' footsteps, since at the 1881 census we find a 60 year old hairdresser named William H Mann, a widower, living at 10 Stamford Street Leeds. William's 18 year old son George, who was born at Knaresborough, is also a hairdresser.

William Hughes Mann married in Knaresborough in the June quarter of 1842. We can be reasonably confident that his wife was named Elizabeth, since three of the four women who were married in Knaresborough in that quarter had that name. A 58 year old Elizabeth Mann died in Leeds in the March quarter of 1879. Perhaps William was the William Mann who died in Hunslet in 1894 aged 74.

George Hartley Mann married in Knaresborough in the September quarter of 1848. He died in West Derby in the June quarter of 1896, aged 71. Unfortunately I could not find him in the 1881 census.

It is clear that William and George had several offspring, because there were quite a few Mann children born in Knaresborough in the 1840's, 50's and 60's.

A Kezia Mann married James Tann in Walsingham in the December quarter of 1854 and emigrated to Canada. This Kezia died in Mindemoya, Ontario, on 15/1/1919; moreover, the obituaries of two of her sons are available online, transcribed from the Gore Bay Recorder. But this is was not our Kezia Mann! In fact our Kezia died unmarried in Knaresborough in the June quarter of 1901. I do not know if the other Kezia was some kind of relative.

I could not find the Knaresborough Kezia Mann in the 1881 census.

Christiana Mann married John Ball in the September quarter of 1857. At the 1861 census she is to be found in her parents' household, now back in Leeds at 10 Neville Street Mill Hill. She has a 3 year old daughter named Eliza. Her husband is not there, but apparently not dead since Christiana is listed as married rather than widowed. Her parents are the only other people in the household. James' occupation is given as “hairdresser and curator”; his age is 66. The others have no occupations listed. Sarah's age is 62, Christiana's 21.

James Hartley Mann died in Leeds in the June quarter of 1869, his age recorded as 73.

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