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James Dedman, George Gowty, James Greenwood,

Dedman

Charles Dedman Christening: 02 Mar 1828 son of Susan and Thomas Dedman at Limpsfield, Surrey,
Charles Dedman 24 came March 1861 on the Ascendant with Elizabeth Deaton 24 and infant son John Thomas who appears to die at Sea.
Bethia Dedman aged 34, came March 1864 on the Coldstream. There is an IGI extracted record for Bethihar Kezai Deadman, Birth: 15 Oct 1823, Christening: 09 Nov 1823 dau of Amelia and William Deadman at Esher, Surrey, England

From on Weds 19 Aug 2009
James Dedman wed Jane Elizabeth Barber to Dec 1851 - states on MC 01 November 1851
my GtGF Alfred James Dedman was their first-born, b 1853 possibly Geelong, Vic. A BC has not yet been found as it is believed he was born before Civil Reg.
MC clearly states Mary Anne Maher b 1859, daughter of John Maher and Margaret Phelan, Bullarook.

James Deadman Christening: 20 Sep 1829 son of Hester and Thomas Deadman at Witley, Surrey, England

James Dedman wed Jane Elizabeth Barber 01 November 1851 in district of Steyning, Sussex, UK,
James Dedman came Jan 1853 on the Six Sisters with Jane Elizabeth Barber, when Jane was 21 and James 23, and lived at Geelong. Jane died 1862 #1582 aged 30, and her parents are not recorded. James died 1864 #7714 aged 34, and his parents are also not recorded.

5 children

1. Alfred James Dedman c1853
2. Twin George Dedman 1855 #4509
3. Twin Jane Dedman 1855 #4510 - 1855 #4783 lived 3 months
4. Alice Dedman 1856 #5227
5. Elizabeth Dedman 1860 #14307

1. Alfred James Dedman c1853 wed 1874 #4570 to Agnes Frances Matilda Plumridge from Oxford, and lived at Geelong
Births Mar 1849, Agnes Frances Matilda Plumridge at Oxford Vol 16 page 96

4 children

1. Mary Jane Matilda Dedman 1875 #23126
2. James Plumridge Dedman 1881 #23714
3. John Thomas Dedman 1883 #16877
4. Rhoda King Dedman 1887 #11339

2. Twin George Dedman 1855 #4509 wed 1888 #7266 to Mary Anne Maher, dau of John Maher and Margaret Phelan, Bullarook

4. Alice Dedman 1856 #5227 wed 1874 #4571 to Barzillai John Gowty

5. Elizabeth Dedman 1860 #14307 wed 1887 #2304 to James Hector Carter 1858 #17501 son of Elizabeth Edmonds and William Carter born at Geelong.

Gowty

IGI Submitter: Martin SMITH, 12 Richmond Court Conegra Rd, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Barsillai Gouty and Sarah Alderton baptised Anne Gouty 13 Mar 1785 at Newton Flotman, Norfolk, England
Barzillia Gowty c1771 at Yelverton, Norfolk, England wed 20 Oct 1793 at Yelverton, Norfolk, England to Mary Catermoles born c 1772 at Yelverton, Norfolk, England
son Charles William Gowty 26 Sep 1794 at Yelverton, Norfolk, England

George Gowty 1821, England son of Barxillia Gouty born at Alpington, Norfolk, wed 1845 #1912 to Caroline Eldridge 1829 - 1903, daughter of Roseanna and John Eldridge and lived at Geelong, George was blacksmith of Cowries Creek, Geelong.

10 Children

1. Barziltai John Gowty 1846 #21819
2. Charles Henry Gowty 1848 #22023 - 1876 #1681 aged 27
3. William Gowty 1853 #23183 - 1853 #24682 lived 4 days
4. Caroline Gowty 1854 #663
5. Maria Gowty 1856 #5294
6. George Edward Gowty 1858 #12426
7. James Samuel Gowty 1860 #14682
8. Sarah Gowty 1862 #14753 - 1867 #5510 lived 4 years
9. Unnamed Female Gowty 1865 #8733 - 1865 #4103 lived 1 day
10. Frederick William Gowty 1866 #8501

From on Wed, 5 Jan 2005

Hi, have been looking up the name Gowty and found your site.
Family Tree as far as I can trace back is
Barzillia John Gowty married Mary Ann Looker
3 children
Barziliah John Gowty (Who I believe is my Grandfather), George William Gowty and Caroline Susan Gowty

Barzillai, a Hebrew name meaning Strong, iron, belongs to three Old Testament characters. Use an old King James bible for these references
1. A Gileadite friend of David in his flight from Absalom, BC 1103 - 1023
2 Sam 17.27 ends ... and B the Gileadite of Rogelim
2 Sam 19.31 - 39 And B came ... to conduct him over the Jordan ... and B was a very old man even fourscore years old and he was ... a very good man ... and the king blessed him.
1 Kings 2.7 King David charged Solomon to deal loyally with the sons of B the Gileadite

2. B is the father of Adriel, husband of Merab, Saul's eldest daughter BC 1060
2 Sam 21. 8 And she brought up five sons for Adriel the son of B, and King David took the seven - 2 sons of Saul and 5 grandsons and hanged them in an effort to end the famine

3. A priest whose genealogy was lost, the father of some exiles who returned with Ezra BC 600
Ezra 2.62 ... children of B, and those who took as a wife a daughter of B
Neh 7.63 repeats the Priestly list in Ezra 2.62

1. Barzalai John Gowty 1846 #21819 wed 1868 #2181 to Mary Ann Looker 1848 - 1874 #1399 aged 26, from Cambridgeshire, and lived at Geelong, then at Novells Creek
Barzalai John Gowty wed 1874 #4571 to Alice Dedman 1856 #5227 - 1940 aged 83, and lived at Lara.

8 children

1. Barzillai John Gowty 1869 #2572
2. George William Gowty 1871 #16484 - 1965
3. Caroline Susan Gowty 1873 #23484 - 1948

5 children
of Alice

4. Maria Alice Gowty 1875 - 1885 #5214 lived 9 years
5. Elizabeth Emma Gowty 1877 #16723
6. Sarah Louisa Gowty 1881 #3882 - 1966
7. Rosanna May Gowty 1883 #24538
8. Harriet Janet Gowty 1886 #11529 - 1975

1. Barziliiah John Gowty 1869 #2572 wed Agnes Mariah Morrison,

5 children

1. deceased at birth
2. Lillian Gowty
3. George Gowty 1911
4. Perce Gowty
5. Albert Gowty

From on Mon, 10 Jan 2005

Hi I am Margaret, oldest of 5 children.
My father was George William Gowty b 1911 - 1966 wed 1939 to Myrtle Cadden b 1915 - 1986
Son of Barzillai John Gowty and Agnes Maria Morrison

4. Caroline Gowty 1854 #663 wed 1876 #2154 to Joseph Mann and lived at Geelong, Shepparton then Melbourne

6 Children

1. Caroline Emma Mann 1877 #2828
2. Rose Maria Mann 1878 #25685
3. Charles Joseph Mann 1881 #19557 - 1882 #6295 lived 9 months
4. Lillian Ellen Mann 1883 #10891
5. Albert Edward Mann 1885 #27150
6. Minnie Eliza Mann 1887 #21579

5. Maria Gowty 1856 #5294 - 1940 aged 85 wed 1877 #5097 to Charles Hooper 1857 - 21 May 1892 aged 35 see notes
Maria wed in 1894 to Nels Peter Olsson in Victoria, Australia. (Nels Peter Olsson was born in 1864 in Sweden and died in 1928 in Mornington, Victoria, Australia.)

7 Children

1. Charles Frederick Hooper 1878 #2938 - 21 May 1892 drowned Snapper Point, Victoria, aged 14
2. William Hooper 1879 #23408 - 1879 #10639 lived 2 days
3. Georgina Caroline Hooper 1881 #2997 - 1884 #12398 lived 3 years
4. Leslie Edward Hooper 1883 #2829 - 1884 #12399 lived 23 months
5. George Albert Hooper 1885 #10185
6. Isabella Maria Hooper 15 Jan 1889 - 1965 aged 75, wed John James Connell, 2 chn
7. Ernest James Hooper 14 Apr 1891 - 7 Dec 1957,

5. George Albert Hooper 1885 #10185 wed 1911 to Alice Louise Hodgetts in Victoria. (Alice Louise Hodgetts was born on 21 Apr 1887 #30896 daughter of Mary Ellen Hodgetts in Portland, Victoria, died on 11 Nov 1952 in Mornington and was buried in Nov 1952 in Mornington Cemetery, Mornington, Victoria, Australia.)

2 Children

1. Ronald Francis Hooper 14 Jul 1914 - 25 Jun 1987 at age 72 wed ?Begg
2. Mary Jane Hooper wed William Patrick Lomas, 8 chn - see Lomas page

7. Ernest James Hooper 14 Apr 1891 - 7 Dec 1957, wed Mathilda Padfield in 1919 in Victoria, Australia. (Mathilda Padfield was born in 1892 in Fitzroy South, Victoria, Australia and died on 4 Mar 1945.)

From Amanda at Rootsweb on Mon, 17 Mar 2003

Alfred HOOPER was born 15 February 1835 in Littleham near Exmouth, Devon, England, son of Michael HOOPER and Ann LLOYDE. He arrived in Victoria about 1855 and moved to the Geelong district. On the 14 January 1857 in Geelong he married Sarah BLACKWELL, daughter of Thomas BLACKWELL and Sarah PUDDLE. They had 12 children: Charles; Alfred; Mary Ann; Sarah Miranda; Eliza Louisa; Robert Michael; Mary Ann Elizabeth; Eva Georgina; Alice Martha Jane; Archibald Arthur Oliver; and David Harry Edward. Alfred died as a result of an accident when his gun discharged while duckshooting at Werribee, aged 41, on the 1 June 1876.

His eldest son Charles HOOPER born 15 January 1857 in Geelong. On the 13 December 1877 at Connewarre, he married Maria GOWTY, daughter of George GOWTY and Caroline ELDRIDGE. They soon left Geelong and moved to Snapper Point. They had seven children. Charles drowned in a boating accident with his son, Charles Frederick, when aged 35, on the 21 May 1892 at Snapper Point.

7. James Samuel Gowty 1860 #14682 wed 1884 #3039 to Mary Hart

2 Children

1. Frederick Johnny Gowty 1886 #18529
2. Mary Elizabeth Gowty 1887 #28650

1. Frederick Johnny Gowty 1886 #18529 wed c1913 to Ada Jane Jose

1st Child

1. William James 1914 #4013

From on Fri, 7 Jan 2005

I am descended from the James Samuel Gowty line, whose son Frederick Johnny was my grandfather.

St phillips O'Connor, Canberra Jan 2004 We will soon be saying farewell to David and Beryl Gowty as they take up a posting in New Caledonia. It seems like only yesterday we welcomed them home from China. The Gowty's must be the most welcomed and farewelled members of St Philip's.

Greenwood

James Greenwood wed at St Peters Church of England, Melbourne 1849 #29037 to Rebecca Elliott, later called Margaret Rebecca Elliott

8 children

1. Eleanor Greenwood 1850 #20105 - 1921 #9888 aged 71
2. Fanny Elliott Greenwood 1853 #20200
3. Elizabeth Greenwood 1854 #3036
4. Prate Assy Greenwood 1856 #9972
5. Margaret Rebecca Greenwood 1859 #4869
6. William Pool Greenwood 1863 #3288 - 1866 #9722 lived 3 years
7. Robert Elliot Greenwood 1865 #4558
8. Patience Greenwood 1870 #822

1. Eleanor Greenwood 1850 #20105 - 1921 #9888 aged 71 wed 1880 #4858 to William Isbister

2. Fanny Elliott Greenwood 1853 #20200 - 1886 #471 aged 34 wed 1873 #823 to Edward James Harris from Shropshire, and lived at Brunswick
Edward James Harris wed 1887 #3811 to Patience Greenwood 1870 #822 youngest sister of Fanny.

4 children

1. Henry James Harris 1873 - 1873 #9015 lived 6 weeks
2. Alfred Henry Harris 1875 #869
3. William James Harris 1877 #13522
4. Augustus Elliot Anderson Harris 1880 #6861

5. Margaret Rebecca Greenwood 1859 #4869 wed 1882 #2642 to Archibald Kennedy 1855 - 1884 #7775 aged 29 son of Elizabeth Campbell and Thomas Kennedy from Ayreshire and lived at Ballarat

1 child

1. Marion Kennedy 1883 #465

7. Robert Elliot Greenwood 1865 #4558 wed 1887 #7105 to Elizabeth Ann March from Durham

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