Rev. 10 July 2006, Gen. 822

DESCENDANTS OF JAMES GRAVES AND MARY BIRKIN OF YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND & AUSTRALIA

GENERATION 1

James Graves (1) was born about 1826 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, died 31 Jan. 1894, and was buried in Campbelltown, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He married Mary Birkin on 15 Dec. 1851 in Adelaide, Australia. She was born about 1827, possibly in Newton, Adelaide, and died 4 Nov. 1884.

James arrived in Australia in 1849 aboard the “Marion” by assisted passage. His occupation was shoemaker and gardner. He belonged to the Church of England, and lived in Paradise, Australia.

James is probably the one in the 1841 census for Elloughton, Harthill (South Beacon Div.), Yorkshire, England. Listed together were Mary Graves, 69, Mary, 35, John, 30, joiner, James, 15, apprentice, Thomas Graves, 40, farmer, Lydia, 40, Joseph, 2, Mary Ann, 7 months, William Graves, 50, clerk. It is not clear what the relationships between these people is. It seems likely that the older Mary Graves is either the mother or, more likely, the grandmother, of James.

The first child below was born in Newton, Adelaide, South Australia, the second in Campbelltown, Adelaide, the third in Newenham, Adelaide, the next 5 in Newton, and the last in Campbelltown. (R‑1, R‑2)

Children – Graves

2. Annie Maria Graves, b. 29 April 1853.

+3. James Graves, b. 2 April 1855, m. Lucy Emma Emmerton, 1880, d. 9 Oct. 1934.

4. Ellen Graves, b. 29 Jan. 1857.

+5. Emma Graves, b. 10 Nov. 1858, m. John McDonald, 1880, d. 20 June 1932.

6. Mary Graves, b. 16 June 1861.

+7. William Graves, b. 17 April 1863, m. Mary Louisa Phelps, 1886, d. 21 Nov. 1931.

8. Ann Graves, b. 5 March 1865.

9. Thomas Graves, b. 3 Nov. 1866, m. Alice Ellen Durbridge, 20 March 1893, d. 7 March 1933 (North Brighton, Adelaide, South Australia). She was b. 1872.

+10. Jane Eliza Graves, b. 27 Jan. 1873, m. William Henry Philp, 20 Sept. 1894.

GENERATION 2

CHILDREN OF JAMES GRAVES (1) AND MARY BIRKIN

James Graves (3) was born 2 April 1855 in Campbelltown, Adelaide, South Australia, and died 9 Oct. 1934. He married Lucy Emma Emmerton, daughter of Newman Emmerton and Jane Hayward, in 1880. She was born 13 Feb. 1861 in Montacute, South Australia, and died 16 Oct. 1932 in South Australia. They were both buried in Campbelltown, Adelaide. All their children were born in Darley, Norwood, South Australia. (R‑1)

Children – Graves

11. Adelia Emma Graves, b. 7 Jan. 1883, d. 1951.

12. Clara Beatrice Graves, b. 11 Feb. 1884, d. 1915.

13. William John Graves, b. 26 March 1886, d. 1954.

14. Alice Jane Graves, b. 19 Aug. 1888, d. 15 May 1889.

15. Leonard James Graves, b. 1 Nov. 1889, d. 1944.

16. Doris Marian Graves, b. 28 May 1895, d. 1982.

17. Lillian Myrtle Pearl Graves, b. 12 July 1899, d. 1982.

Emma Graves (5) was born 10 Nov. 1858 in Newton, Paradise Park, and died 20 June 1932 in Brompton, Adelaide, both in South Australia, Australia. She married John McDonald in 1880. He was probably born in 1853. Their first child was born in Port Wakefield, and all the others in Clinton, all in Gilbert, South Australia. (R‑1)

Children – McDonald

18. Charlotte Annie McDonald, b. 19 March 1881.

19. Mary Ann Jane McDonald, b. 5 Oct. 1882.

20. John James McDonald, b. 9 June 1884.

21. William Duncan McDonald, b. 29 June 1886.

22. Frederick Lachlan McDonald, b. 8 July 1888.

23. Allen McDonald, b. 11 Sept. 1890.

24. Ernest McDonald, b. 11 April 1892.

+25. Florence Hilda May McDonald, b. 24 March 1894, m. Alfred Ernest Brown, 19 June 1920, d. 1 Oct. 1961.

26. Thomas William McDonald, b. 3 June 1896.

27. Ivy Catherine McDonald, b. 15 Sept. 1898.

William Graves (7) was born 17 April 1863 in Newton, Paradise Park, South Australia, and died in Campbelltown, Adelaide, South Australia. He married Mary Louisa Phelps in 1886. She was born in 1864 and died 16 Dec. 1929. All their children were born in Paradise Park, South Australia, at least the first 3 in Newton. (R‑1)

Children – Graves

28. Arthur Harrold Graves, b. 7 March 1887.

29. Samuel James Graves, b. 18 Sept. 1887.

30. Robert Henry Graves, b. 25 Jan. 1890.

31. Gailer Maud Graves, b. 3 April 1894.

32. Florence Elizabeth May Graves, b. 12 Oct. 1896.

33. Doris Louisa Graves, b. 15 April 1900.

34. Vera Beatrice Graves, b. 11 May 1902.

35. Alfred John Graves, b. 23 May 1906.

Jane Eliza Graves (10) was born 27 Jan. 1873 in Newton (or Campbelltown), South Australia. She married William Henry Philp on 20 Sept. 1894 in Magill, South Australia. (Could his name have been Phelps, like that of the wife of Jane’s brother William?) (R‑2)

Children – Philp

+36. Marjorie Gala Philp, b. 3 Dec. 1912, m. Louis William Frost, 11 March 1933.

GENERATION 3

CHILDREN OF EMMA GRAVES (5) AND JOHN McDONALD

Florence Hilda May McDoanld (25) was born 24 March 1894 in Clinton, Gilbert, died 1 Oct. 1961 in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, and was buried 4 Oct. 1961 in Cheltenham, Adelaide, all in South Australia. She married Alfred Ernest Brown, son of Sidney Herbert Brown and Susan Jane Moyle, on 19 June 1920 in Hindmarsh, Adelaide, Australia. He was born 1 April 1889 in Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died 6 March 1965 in Adelaide, South Australia, and was buried 9 March 1965 in Cheltenham, Adelaide, South Australia. Their first child was born in Minlaton, South Australia, and the other two in Adelaide, South Australia. (R‑1)

Children – Brown

37. William Duncan Brown, b. 24 April 1921, m. Ivy Marie Lowrie, 1 April 1944 (Townsville, Queensland, Australia).

38. Wallace Russell Brown, b. 31 Jan. 1924, m. Constance Mary Mitchell, c. 1949.

39. Sidney John Brown, b. 7 Dec. 1925, m. Betty Estella Hoskin, 8 Nov. 1947 (Norwood, Adelaide, Australia). She was b. 19 Sept. 1926 in New Kingston, Adelaide, South Australia, dau. of John Walter James Hoskin and Alice Rose Stubblefield. 3 children.

CHILDREN OF JANE E. GRAVES (10) AND WILLIAM H. PHILP

Marjorie Gala Philp (36) was born 3 Dec. 1912. She married Louis William Frost on 11 March 1933. (R‑2)

Children – Frost

40. Malcolm Frost, b. 1934.

41. Margaret Frost, b. 26 July 1936, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

42. Ray Frost, b. 1937.

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