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Gwenneth Rita Strudwick

1916-1989 Father John Strudwick Mother Bedelia Mary Ann Jenkins Siblings Gertrude, Mary Rebecca, Elva Myrtle, Ethel Bedelia, John Samuel, Arthur Joseph, Edward Milton, Dorothy Isabel Married Charles Oliver Doust Children Joyce Gwenneth, Margaret Lorna, Beverley, John Charles Gwen’s Life Gwen was born in Kingower, Victoria on March 31, 1916 the eighth child and fifth daughter […]

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Joseph Doust

1820-1907 Father Stephen Doust (Goudhurst, Kent, UK) Mother Eleanor Sands (Goudhurst, Kent, UK) Siblings Louisa, Stephen, Ellen, William, Edwin, David, Sarah Ann Married Louisa Nash Children Joseph, Stephen, Sabina, Ellen, David, Miriam, William, Frank, Caleb Joseph, Elizabeth, Frederick John, Herbert, Edwin Joseph’s Life Joseph arrived in Australia from Kent on the Berkshire in 1841 as

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Louisa Doust (nee Nash)

1825-1897 Father Joseph Nash Mother Elizabeth Rootes Siblings Ann, Henry, Elizabeth Sarah Ann, Sabina, Sarah, Miriam, Joseph, Caleb Married Joseph Doust Children Joseph, Stephen, Sabina, Ellen, David, Miriam, William, Frank, Caleb, Elizabeth, Frederick John, unnamed male, Herbert, Edwin Louisa’s Life Louisa was born in Northiam, Sussex on 28 January 1825. She arrived in Sydney from

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Thelma Elsie Doust

1910-1991 Father George Doust Mother  Martha Anna Loomes Siblings  David Anthony, Norman Arnold, Florence Edith, Charles Oliver, Harriet Irene, Rebecca Ella, Benjamin Albert, Joseph Orlando, Lillian Ann, Miller Adele, Grace Iris Married  John Samuel Strudwick Children Norman John , Clifford George, Ronald Edward, Kenneth William, June Elsie, Gordon Bruce. Thelma’s Life Thelma was born at

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Jesse Dunk

1787-1860 Father John Dunk Mother Sarah Blunden Siblings Thomas, John, Robert, William, Sarah, Elizabeth Married Charlotte Martha Sellen – mother of the children Susanna Silvaris and Sarah Hilder (no Children) Children John, William Henry, Jesse, Sarah Ann, Martha, Thomas Benjamin, Elizabeth Jesse’s Life Jesse Dunk was born in Battle, Sussex in 1787 Jesse was a

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Catherine Thompson Fitzgerald Carney

1852-1947 Father William Fitzgerald Mother Amelia Agnes Thompson Siblings Mary Jane Thompson (stepsister), Louisa Thompson, Matthew Thompson, John Henry, William, Henry James Married John Joseph Carney/Kearney Children Amelia, William Peter, Mary Ann, John, Joseph Henry, Catherine, David Married Thomas White Children Elizabeth, Agnes Catherine’s Life Catherine was born in Oswestry, Shropshire, England in 1853. In

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Mary Ann Haywood

1836-1919 Father William Thomas Haywood Mother Mary Eardley Siblings John, Rebecca, Joseph, Richard, James, Stephen, Mary Eardley, Sarah Eardley  Married Joseph H Jenkins Children Edward, Ann Maria, Susannah Ruth, Benjamin (died in infancy), Elizabeth, Martha Jane, Benjamin Joseph, Thomas, Laveria, Jane, Catherine, Sophia, Bedelia Mary Ann Mary’s Life Mary was born to William and Mary

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Gustavus Adolphus Hosie (Dolph)

1858 – 1922 Father William Hosie Mother Rosa Lydia Tremenheere Michell Siblings Emma Hamline, William Tremenheere, Florence Theresa Married Sarah Jane Marsh Children John Hamline, Edith Marsh, Ethel, Agnes, Jennie, Walter, Annie Olga, Gladys Ruby, Alexander, Elizabeth, Bertha Ada, Lydia Gustavus’ Life Gustavus Adolphus Hosie was born on 04 Jul 1858 in Frederick Valley, New

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Isabel Aitken Scott Hosie (Byrnes)

1922-2000 Father John Hamline (Jack) Hosie Mother Minnie Florence Isabel Larkings Siblings Keith Hamline, William James Austin, Leith Marsh Married William James Byrnes Children Barry James, Jeanette Ann Isabel’s Life Isabel was the second child and only daughter of John (Jack) Hosie and Minnie Larkings, they resided at ‘Tarbolton’ on Yambora Road, Tullamore. Jack’s father,

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