Category: Individuals

Augusta was born on Christmas Day 1875 in Waverley Sydney to Benjamin Quiddington Poole and Clara Ann (nee Wonnocott). Her father was a quarryman and

Edward Maher, son of Irish-born James Maher, a convict who arrived in the colony in 1816 on a seven-year term. James Maher became a sawyer

Ernest Martin  was the son of William Arthur Martin (born 1854), who was the grandson of Mary Martin who had lived on the Field of

Mary Martin, (1793-1857) was the daughter of John Randall and Mary Butler. As she is identified as living in what is now known as Beecroft

Eliza and Frederick Mason with their six adult sons and daughters left Wolverhampton, England, in the 1880s and made their home on the newly subdivided

Charles McKern, son of Irish-born parents, was born in Newtown, Sydney, in 1859 and grew up in that suburb. In 1882 he married Emily White,

Albert Edward Moore (1872-1942) came to Beecroft in 1906 with his wife Lillian (née Williams) and their two young children. Albert was the son of

Moowattin (c1790-1816) was adopted at about the age of 5 years by Richard Partridge and his wife Mary Greenwood – who had a grant of

Andrew Murray was born in Galashiels, Scotland, in 1853, son of Andrew and Euphemia Murray. In 1878, when he was living in Ladhope, he married

Lady Sybil Maud Murray (1863-1929) lived with her family in Cheltenham from approximately 1914 until her death in 1929. There seems to have been no