See also

Family of George Denny Edwards and Emily Fletcher

Husband: George Denny Edwards

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Farmer's Hotel original

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Farmer's Arms now

  • Name:

  • George Denny Edwards3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Nicholas Edwards (1787-1840)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Kaley (1798-1874)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shipwright1

  • Birth:

  • 18 Jul 1832

  • Suffolk, England3,4,5

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Feb 1834 (age 1)

  • St. Matthew's Church, Mill Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3,4

  •  

  • son of Nicholas Edwards (whitesmith) and Elizabeth late Kealy of Ipswich, private baptism. Born on 18th July 1832

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 8)

  • Crown Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son living with his mother Elizabeth, brothers Solomon and George, and sisters Dudley, Mary, Naomi and Ruth, born in Suffolk

  • Emigration:

  • 7 Jan 1850 (age 17)

  • from Plymouth, Devon, England to Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia6

  •  

  • on the Arabian arriving on the 14th May 1850 with his brother Nicholas, sister-in-law Sarah, nephew Frederick and niece Emily

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 12 Sep 18627

  •  

  •  

  • applied for mining of gold on crown land

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 1864

  • St. Arnaud, Victoria, Australia7

  •  

  • purchased the Tottington Hotel and renamed the Farmers Arms in 1876 after he got his first licence in 1875 and took over running it

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 30 Jan 18827

  •  

  •  

  • applied for a mining patent

  • Death:

  • 12 Aug 1894 (age 62)

  • St. Arnaud, Victoria, Australia1,7,8

  •  

  • rego no:11220

Wife: Emily Fletcher

  • Name:

  • Emily Fletcher1,2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1842 (app)1,9

  •  

  • Death:

  • 27 Sep 1916 (age 74)

  • St. Arnaud, Victoria, Australia1,7,9

  •  

  • Cause: at 5pm

    father George Fletcher, rego no:12325

Child 1: Mary Elizabeth Edwards

Child 2: Arthur George Edwards

Child 3: Ottilie Emily Edwards

  • Name:

  • Ottilie Emily Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1873

  • St. Arnaud, Victoria, Australia10

  • Death:

  • 1875 (age 18 mns)10

  •  

Child 4: Ada Victoria Edwards

  • Name:

  • Ada Victoria Edwards10

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1876

  • Star, Victoria, Australia10

  • Death:

  • 1884 (age 8)10

  •  

Child 5: Martha Ivy Edwards

Sources

1.

Errol Edwards personal communication. email dated 4th January 2020. Cit. Date: 4 January 2020.

2.

Ancestry Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Victoria 1863 no:1232. Cit. Date: 4 January 2020.

3.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 15 November 2000. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

4.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Ipswich St. Matthew baptisms entry:1116. Cit. Date: 14 July 2017.

5.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1043 book:14 folio:11 page:15. Cit. Date: 24 December 2019.

6.

Errol Edwards personal communication. email dated 22nd December 2019. Cit. Date: 23 December 2019.

7.

Ibid. email dated 10th February 2021. Cit. Date: 16 February 2021.

8.

Ancestry Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Victoria 1894 no:11220. Cit. Date: 4 January 2020.

9.

Ibid. Victoria 1916 no:12325. Cit. Date: 4 January 2020.

10.

Errol Edwards personal communication. email dated 27th December 2021. Cit. Date: 28 December 2021.