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Australian Pioneer Families

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James Robert Talbot, William Henry Tarr, Emmanuel Taylor,
Bernard Theos, Thomas Thompson, John Titus, William Todd,

Talbot

James Robert Talbot 1868 - 1952 aged 84, son of Annie and Robert Talbot, died at Echuca, wed 1893 #2134 to Charlotte Dora Bound 1869 - 1941, daughter of Mary and John Bound, were living at Birregurra when the children were born.

2 Children

1. Hilda Annie Talbot 1894 - 1970 aged 75
2. James Clive Talbot 1895 #9677

1. Hilda Annie Talbot 1894 - 1970 aged 75, wed 20 Apr 1920 #4515 to William Arnold Graham 11 July 1894 - 25 Mar 1963

Tarr

John Tarr 1823 - 1893 #10704 aged 70, parents not known died at Lake Bolac, and Sarah Ann Mead 1828 - 1898 #16804 aged 70, daughter of William Mead died at Kangaroo Flat, registered

4 Children

1. William Henry Tarr 1856 - 1938 #16330 aged 82
2. James Tarr 1865 - 1951 #18184 aged 86 died at Bendigo, wed 1889 #8617 to Jane Cath Peak Evans
3. John 1867 - 1883 #2018 aged 16.
4. George Tarr 1869 #16250 born at Bendigo

1. William Henry Tarr 1856 - 1938 #16330 aged 82, born in Devonshire, son of Sarah Mead and John Tarr, wed 1880 #4757 to Jane Gibson (Jane Agnes) Ogilvie 1861 #16621 - 1950 #20290 aged 89, born in Sandhurst
The family lived at Kangaroo Flat when the births were registered. There is a 13 year gap. William Henry gives Balranald as his birthplace when he wed 1911.

8 Children

1. Jane Elizabeth Tarr 1881 #24292
2. William Henry Tarr 1883 #11846 - 1950 #774 aged 66 born at Balranald NSW
3. Marion Elizabeth Tarr 1885 #13808 - 1975 #2766 aged 89, born at Balranald, wed 1906 #1088 to Percy Johns
4. Andrew George Tarr 1892 - 1969 #3769 aged 77
5. David Frederick Tarr 1894 #12951
6. Annie Mead Tarr 1896 #28742
7. Leslie John Tarr 1899 #19578 - 1956 #21429 aged 67
8. Rene Marge (Irene Marge) Tarr 1902 #3759 - 1979 #7862 aged 77 wed Hains
9. Norman Keith Tarr 1902 #3759 - 1965 #26759 aged 61

William Henry Tarr born 1883 #11846 at Balranald NSW - 1950 #774 aged 66, wed 1911 to Sophia Adams 1892 - 1954,

9 Children

1. Stewart Tarr 1910 also registered 1911 - 1962 #15614 aged 51
2. Ethel Maria Tarr 1912
3. Allan Tarr 1914
4. Olive Jean Tarr 23 Jan 1916 - 7 Dec 1982,
5. Annie Tarr 1917 - 1975 #467 aged 56, wed Barbour
6. Arthur Tarr 1919 - 1957 #15154 aged 36
7. Keith Tarr 1921
8. Jean Tarr 1923 - 1929 #13172 aged 6 years
9. John Tarr 1925

4. Olive Jean Tarr 23 Jan 1916 - 7 Dec 1982, wed 13 July 1936 to Philip Gulley 27 Nov 1910 - 6 Apr 1984, grandson of Phillip Gulley wed 19 Jan 1853 to Jane Cameron

Taylor

Emanuel Taylor and Margaret Elizabeth Williams came c1852 and lived at Eaglehawk, then Tarnagulla

6 Children

1. David Taylor 1853 #1463
2. Mary Frances Taylor 1855 #11583 lived 6 months
3. James Taylor 1858 #3800
4. Eliza Jane Taylor 1866 lived 1 year
5. Martha Jane Taylor 1870 #19096 - 1884 #14356 aged 14
6. William Taylor 1873 #6129 lived 2 weeks

1. David Taylor at Tarnagulla, born 1853, wed 1897 to Elizabeth Radnell 28 Apr 1867 - 1950, 4 Children.

Theos

Bernard Theos wed 1879 #3760 to Mathilda Beaupeurt. He died aged 42 from Bright's Disease 8 Oct 1887 and is buried in grave No 5309, Pleasant Creek Cemetry.

I am told Bernard Theos came from Le Havre, Calais, France to Victoria with Maurice Caneau (or Kaneau) and Monsieur Trouitt, who brought vine cuttings and set up the great Western Winery.
On 20 Oct 1992 I checked the 1884 Vic Trade Directory for supportive details. I found Jean Pierre Trouette and Emile Blampied are Vignerons of the Great Western at Stawell.
I then checked the Pioneers Index and found Jean Pierre Trouette wed Anne Blampied 1856 ref 1495. Jean Pierre died in 1885 aged 52 and his son Nicholas Bartholomy Trouette died aged 26 in 1886 #1665, when his mother's full name is given as Maria Francoise Blampied.

I found no mention of Kaneau (did not think of looking for Caneau).

4 Children

1. Louisa Theos 13 Nov 1880 ref 24362 wed Augustus Ullithorne, 2 chn
2. Josephine Theos 1882 ref 19354 wed Edward Adam Joseph Middleton, no chn
3. Roman Theos 18 Dec 1884 wed Florence M E M Arnott, 4 dau
4. Mathilda Theos 1886 wed Archibald Ross, dau Hilda

Thompson

Unconfirmed details
Thomas Thompson was born 1843 at West Hartlepool, on the east coast at Tees Bay in Cleveland, UK. He was an engine driver on the local Stockton to Darlington train line and is said to have driven Stevenson's Rocket. He developed TB and migrated to the healthier climate of southern NSW, where he was employed as a customs officer, collecting excise on logs being floated to sawmills at Echuca or taken to Wilcannia by barges to be carried by wagons to Broken Hill for the mines. He died from pneumonia in 1877.

Thomas Thompson's association with trains led me to the story of England's first railway line and the first steam train.

In 1822, while planning a rail link from the Stockton coal mine to the Darlington port (about 10 miles), the directors decided to use steam instead of animal traction.
Robert Stephenson 1803 - 1859, the only son of George Stephenson 1781 - 1852, specialised in railway bridges, cuttings and tunnels.
Father and son first worked together in the survey for this line, which opened on 27 Sept 1825. The first public passenger steam train in the world was drawn by George Stephenson's engine called 'Active' and later renamed 'Locomotion', which is now preserved at bank Top station, Darlington.
The single-flue boiler design was improved to a multiple fire-tube boiler he used in the 'Rocket', which in 1829 won the Liverpool to Manchester contest and is now preserved in the Science Museum, London.
Engineers had new problems to solve - for example Blenkinsop's patent for fish-bellied rolled-iron edge rails replaced cast iron rails in 1829.

Selina Annie Smith was born 17 Mar 1856, eldest daughter of Miss Cook and William Smith who wed in 1854-5 and lived at Dunstable, Bedfordshire before migrating to Melbourne on the Duncastle in 1859 with their 3 daughters. In 1860 the mother and two younger girls died.

Thomas Thompson 1843 - 1877 wed second half of 1873 at Echuca ref 2546 to Selina Annie Smith 17 Mar 1856, the children were born at Moama.

3 Children

1. John Arthur Thompson 27 Sep 1874 wed Leonie Beaupeurt.
2. Walter Thompson 1876
3. Thomas Albert Thompson 1877

Selina was a highly respected nurse. She bought medical books and taught herself, so she would have a better understanding of the diseases she encountered - there were few doctors in inland towns.

Selina wed 1886 in Victoria ref 4497 to Thomas Holmes, who died in 1889. In 1888 the family moved to a homestead lease of 10,240 acres in the Western Division they called Wee Elwan. In an account probably written by Walter, 'we carried on. Each year we cleared several acres. My elder brother trained our homegrown steers to be a bullock team. We had about 3500 sheep in 1899, and leased land beyond Hillston. Then we lost all but about 800.'

From on Tue, 3 Jun 2003 and 12 Dec 2004
I have a photocopy from the parish registers (St Peter's, Dunstable, Bedfordshire) of the record of Selina Annie Smith's baptism (Apr 27 1856). Her parents were William Arnold Smith and Anne Cook.
I also have a photocopy from the Dunstable parish register of the marriage record for William Arnold Smith and Anne Cook (Jan 1 1854).
The history of the Smith/Cook side of the family is very interesting in its own right, but very hard to trace through the BMD records because of the common names involved!
12 Dec 2004 - We visited the Orange cemetery and tracked down a few Thompson graves, including Selina Annie's. At some point we intend cleaning it up and repainting the gold in the letters - the writing has almost completely vanished and is very hard to read.

Titus

IGI has a submitted entries, William Titus 14 AUG 1794 - 20 MAY 1860 of Westchester, , New York, New York, son of Sarah Williams and Frederick Titus, wed 07 Dec 1817 to Hannah Doty born 19 Sep 1800 at Westchester, , New York, New York daughter of Abigail Brown and Elias Doty
John Augustus Titus born 03 Aug 1822 at Westchester, New York, New York son of Hannah Doty and William Titus

John Titus 1822 - 1875 #12010 aged 53, son of Hannah Doughty and William Titus, wed 1854 #1097 in Victoria to Mary Wiggins and they lived in Raglan before moving to the Tarnagulla area about 1866.
Mary Titus, when she wed 1877 #1286 to Charles Taylor, gave her birthplace as Hobart Town, Tasmania. She died at Tarnagulla 1896 #11630 aged 61, and her parents are Ellen Lawrence and Thomas Wiggins.

11 Children

1. William Titus 1855 #2227 - 1900 #2441 aged 45
2. Hannah Titus 1856 #9150
3. Annie Mathilda Titus 1857 - 1940
4. John Titus 1858 #3855 lived 16 months
5. John Titus 1860 #4735
6. Thomas Titus 1862 #9653
7. Mary Ellen Titus 1864 #18185
8. Margaret Titus 1866 #16843
9. Emmeline Titus 1869 #11494 lived 7 years
10. Flora Jane Titus 1872 #5460
11. Henry Titus 1874 #19658 lived 1 year

1. William Titus 1855 #2227 - 1900 #2441 aged 45 wed 1879 #1909 to Elizabeth Emery 1860 #98 - 1889 #2565, aged 28
William Titus wed 1897 #6862 at Talbot to Ada Reason, could be Ada Emily Reason 1874 #11073 born at Percydale

7 Children

1. Adelaide Titus 1880 #20599
2. Sydney Titus 1882 #7194 wed 1906 #3377 to Phillapia Clark, no chn listed
3. John Henry Titus 1883 #14342 lived 1 year
4. Henry Frederick Titus 1885 #7711 lived 8 months
5. Margaret Titus 1886 #15977 lived 1 year
6. Elizabeth Victoria Titus 1888 #5058 lived 7 months
7. William Titus 1898 #12464 lived 2 years

3. Annie Mathilda Titus 1857 - 1940, died at Inglewood, wed 1881 to William John Radnell 1857 - 11 Aug 1948, born at Sandy Creek, 14 Children.
6. Thomas Titus 1862 #9653 wed 1883 #3812 to Eleanor Ann Davies 1862 #9209 only child registered by Ann Esther Smith and Thomas Davies at Maldon, and three children were born at Maldon, after a 15 year gap when the family probably lived outside Victoria

3 Children

1. Furnell Ernest Titus 1898 #12448
2. Flor Marion Clara Titus 1900 #20336
3. Cora Letitia Titus 1902 #11841

7. Mary Ellen Titus 1864 #18185 wed 1888 #2235 to James Edward Strack

2 Children

1. Frances Gladys Titus 1887 #23246 born before Mary's marriage
2. Edwd Alex Strack 1889 #5775

From Anita on Sun, 25 Apr 2004 (my email bounced back 10 Dec 2004)

Subject: Titus-Wiggins

Looking for photos of Titus family. My great grandmother Mary Ellen Titus died in Melbourne in 1892, result of burns. Her husband James Strack then moved to NZ with the 3 children. My grandmother Gladys Frances was not James's aughter. All contact with family was lost. Have no photos of family members

10. Flora Jane Titus 1872 #5460 - 1955 #757 aged 83, wed 1891 #6318 to William Keogh from Dublin

7 Children

1. Thos Jas Keogh 1892 #15834
2. William Aloysius Keogh 1893 #33753
3. Annie Keogh 1895 #14477
4. Jas Keogh 1897 #21317
5. Eileen Flor Keogh 1903 #4990
6. Cath Ena Keogh 1905 #12359
7. Doreen Mary Treasa Keogh 1910 #23373

Todd

Marriages Sep 1852 - William Todd and Sarah Thompson at Kendal Vol 10b page 543. The district Kendal spans the boundaries of the counties of Lancashire and Westmorland

William Todd came Feb 1853 on the Una with Sarah Thompson and registered their children at Linton or Carningham, suggesting they lived between these two places.

11 Children

1. John Todd 1854 #2787
2. James Todd 1858 #12807
3. Mary Todd 1859 #13363
4. Thomas Todd 1863 #8757
5. Richard Todd 1864 #16187
6. Agnes Todd 1867 #2954
7. Joseph Todd 1869 #3228
8. Isabella Todd 1871 #9996
9. Margaret Todd 1872 #24225 - 1878 lived 6 years
10. Edward Todd 1875 #16992
11. Jane Todd 1879 #21780

1. John Todd 1854 - died 1899 #14340 aged 45, wed 1881 #2247 to Jane Tainsh 1859 #19327 - 1953 #13719 aged 94, lived at Kerang

7 Children

1. Eliza Jane Todd 1883 #3778
2. John Todd 1885 #26702
3. William Todd 1887 #21146
4. George Gordon Todd 1892 #14741 lived 7 months
5. Lillian Vict Mary Agnes Todd 1894 #30429
6. Thomas Fred (Francis) Hicks Todd 1898 #4214 - 1922 #5700 aged 24
7. Henry Alfred Todd 1900 #19882 lived 1 month

5. Richard Todd 1864 - 1928 #13254 born at Linton and died in Ballarat, wed c1892 to Mary Ann De Graaf 1868

7 children

1. Alice Eliza Todd 1893
2. Albert Henry Todd 1896
3. Stanley Todd 1898
4. Herbert Leslie Todd 1900
5. Richard Ernest Todd 1903
6. Mary Louise Amy Todd 1906
7. Frederick George Barnett Todd 1908

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