Elijah HANDLEY b. 1823, Birmingham, England, son of Elijah HANDLEY & Martha WALKER was married in 1851 at "Muntham" Station, near Casterton to Frances 'Fanny' JAY, b. 1814, Cornwall, England daughter of Richard JAY and ___.

Elijah HANDLEY 1855-1896, a son of this couple, appears to have been the Storeman in the 1882 Commercial Sector Plan of Henty Street, Casterton.

Elijah and Frances HANDLEY are both buried in the Old Casterton Cemetery.

Elijah HANDLEY & Frances JAY had the following known family:

1. Elijah HANDLEY b. ca 1852, Vic, d. 1854
2. Martha Walker HANDLEY b. ca 1853, Vic, m1. Thomas CASEY, m2. William DYSON
3. Elijah HANDLEY b. ca 1855, Vic, m. Jessie FERGUSSON
1. Marion Fanny HANDLEY
b. 1889, Casterton, Vic
2. Frederick Alfred HANDLEY
b. 1890, Casterton, Vic, m. Ellen Victoria LINDSEY
• WW1 AIF Pte 1308, 13th Light Horse Regiment, AIF
• Enlisted 23 Jul 1915, RTA 22 Sep 1919
• Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
• Langkoop Soldier Settlers' Memorial
• Tree in Greenwald Avenue of Honour
3. Barbara Ferguson HANDLEY
b. 1891, Casterton, Vic
4. Gordon Elijah HANDLEY
b. 1892, Casterton, Vic
5. Cora Martha HANDLEY
b. 1895, Casterton, Vic
4. Benjamin Elijah HANDLEY b. 1857, Casterton, Vic, m. Mary Maud MANNING
1. Frances Martha Jay HANDLEY
b. 1881, Casterton, Vic, d. 1906
2. Elizabeth HANDLEY
b. 1883, Chetwynd, Vic
3. Elijah HANDLEY
b. ca1884, d. 1886, Chetwynd, Vic
4. Benjamin Alfred HANDLEY
b. 1885, Chetwynd, Vic
5. Alfred Frederick HANDLEY
b. 1888, Chetwynd, Vic
6. Herbert Jay HANDLEY
b. 1891, Chetwynd, Vic
7. Martha Walker HANDLEY
b. 1893, Harrow, Vic
8. Mafeking Mary HANDLEY
b. 1900, Casteron, Vic
5. Leslie Charles HANDLEY b. 1859, Casterton, Vic, m. Jane Sim NEIL
1. Elizabeth Kemp HANDLEY
b. 1887, Casterton, Vic
2. Charles James HANDLEY
b. 1889, Casterton, Vic
3. Mary Jane Haxton HANDLEY
b. 1891, Casterton, Vic
6. Alfred Frederick HANDLEY b. ca 1860, Vic, _____

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