John William DEVEREUX, b. 1823 Green Ponds, Tasmania, son of John DEVEREUX and Harriet McCARTHY was married in 1851 at Digby to Mary OSBORNE b. 1830 Co Armagh, Ireland. John was a shepherd and overseer at 'Rifle Downs' Station near Digby. Further details on DEVEREUX family history can be viewed at the following external link:

John was the grandson of First Fleeters, John McCARTHY (marine) and Ann BEARDSLEY (convict), with his mother Harriet McCARTHY being born at Sydney Cove in 1789. Further details on this family can be viewed at the following external link:

John & Mary DEVEREUX are buried in the Branxholme Cemetery.

John William DEVEREUX & Mary OSBORNE had the following children at Digby and Branxholme:

1. John William DEVEREUX b. 1852, Digby, Vic, m. Sarah Jane HANKS;
   1. Sarah Jane DEVEREUX b. 1879, Branxholme, Vic,
   2. John William DEVEREUX b. 1882, Branxholme, Vic,
   3. Alexander DEVEREUX b. 1883, Branxholme, Vic, m. Jane Laura ROBERTSON
   4. Margaret Ann Elizabeth DEVEREUX b. 1885, Branxholme, Vic, m. Ernest John RUNDELL
   5. George DEVEREUX b. 1887, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1965
   • 1st AIF, Dvr 23, 37th Battalion & 3rd Divisional Train
   • enlisted 24-02-1916, RTA 9-07-1919
   6. Windelan Martha DEVEREUX b. 1889, Branxholme, Vic,
   7. Thomas Owen DEVEREUX b. 1891, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1957
   • 1st AIF, L/Cpl 24, 37th Battalion & 3rd Divisional Train
   • enlisted 18-02-1916, RTA 9-07-1919

2. Alexander DEVEREUX (1853-1905) b.1853, Digby, Vic, m1. Ann BALL (1860-1906), m2. Alice BULL (1870-1919);
   1. John DEVEREUX b. 1880, Mil Lel, SA,
   2. Ann DEVEREUX b. 1882, Dartmoor, Vic,
   3. Mary Jane DEVEREUX b. 1885, Strathdownie, Vic,
   4. Alexander William DEVEREUX b. 1888, Strathdownie, Vic,
   • 1st AIF, Pte 1684, 19th Battalion
   • KIA, 1917, Bullecourt, France
   • Strathdownie Honour Roll
   5. George DEVEREUX b. 1890, d. 1892, Strathdownie, Vic,
   6. Margaret Agnes DEVEREUX b. 1891, Strathdownie, Vic,
   7. Alice May DEVEREUX b. 1894, Strathdownie, Vic,
   8. Edward James DEVEREUX b. 1897, Strathdownie, Vic, m. Norma ___
   9. Kathleen Victoria DEVEREUX b. 1900, Strathdownie, Vic, m. Francis Herbert McCORMACK
   10. Edith Minnie DEVEREUX b. 1901, d. 1914, Strathdownie, Vic,
   11. Donald Peter DEVEREUX b. 1904, Strathdownie, Vic, m. Theresa Frances McSHEEHY
   12. George Lindsay DEVEREUX b. 1905, d. 1905, Strathdownie, Vic,

3. George DEVEREUX b. 1855, Digby, Vic, d. 1911 Hamilton, Vic;

4. Hugh Owen DEVEREUX b. 1856 'Rifle Downs' Digby, m. 1885 Mary BALL;
   1. Annie Margaret DEVEREUX b. 1886, Hotspur, Vic, d. 1904, Hamilton, Vic

5. Harriet DEVEREUX b. 1858 Branxholme, Vic, m. John McLEAN and they had children at Branxholme, Hotspur & Stawell before they moved ......?;
   1. Ann Lillian McLEAN b. 1878, Branxholme, Vic,
   2. Mary Haidee McLEAN b. 1880, Branxholme, Vic,
   3. Margaret Agnes McLEAN b. 1882, Branxholme, Vic,
   4. John William Devereux McLEAN b. 1883, Branxholme, Vic,
   5. Hector James Alexander McLEAN b. 1886, Hotspur, Vic,
   6. Francis George McLEAN b. 1889, d. 1890, Stawell, Vic,

6. Margaret DEVEREUX b. 1860, Digby, Vic, d. 1861 Branxholme, Vic;

7. William John DEVEREUX b. 1861, Digby, Vic, d. 1929;

8. Mary Ann DEVEREUX b. 1863 Branxholme, Vic, m1. Edmund FINN, m2. Alfred CLASSON;
   1. Kathleen Rose DEVEREUX b. 1889, Fitzroy, Vic,
   2. Mary Pearl Garyiwen FINN b. 1893, Fitzroy, Vic,
   3. Joseph CLASSON b. ca 1919, ___, Vic,

9. Elizabeth DEVEREUX b. 1865, Branxholme, Vic d. 1865 Branxholme;

10. Margaret Agnes DEVEREUX b. 1866 Branxholme, Vic, m. Daniel McGUINNESS;
    1. Vernon Daniel McGUINNESS b. 1897, d. 1898, Hopetoun, Vic,
    2. Edmond Wilford McGUINNESS b. 1899, Branxholme, Vic,

11. Philip DEVEREUX b. 1868 Branxholme, Vic, ___?;

12. Henry DEVEREUX b. 1868 Branxholme, Vic, ___?.

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