Richard ELSTON b. ca 1813, England m. 1857 at Merino, Victoria to Maria CONNOR b. 1836 Co Wexford, Ireland, daughter of James CONNOR and Catherine ____.

Richard ELSTON may have been transported from London to Van Diemen's Land as a convict in 1830 as there was a convict named Richard HELSTON transported at this time. This may explain Richard was so old when he married at Merino in 1857.

Richard ELSTON and and Maria CONNOR had the following known family...

1. Catherine Ann ELSTON b. 1857, Digby, Vic, m1. Edward MOYLES (1850-1880) 3 children in Merino or Coleraine, m2. Thomas Richard McANALLY (1838-1916) 6 children in Coleraine;

2. James Edward ELSTON b. 1859, Merino, Vic, m. Harriet BISHOP (1869-1922) and had the following children;
   1. Sarah Alice / Ann ELSTON, b. 1882, d. 1905 Merino, Vic,
   2. George Edward ELSTON, b. 1884 Merino, Vic ____? WW1 ?
   3. Charles James ELSTON, b. 1886, d. 1897 Merino, Vic
   4. James ELSTON, b. 1888 Merino, Vic, d. 1909 (result of accident)
   5. Frederick ELSTON, b. 1891 Merino, Vic, m. Caroline BRUNTON
   6. Reuben ELSTON, b. 1895 Merino, Vic, m. Bertha May RICHARDS
   • WW1 1st AIF, L/Cpl 5th Pioneers
   • enlisted 18 Jul 1915, RTA 8 Jul 1919
   • Merino War Memorial
   • Glenorchy Soldier Settler
   7. Charles ELSTON, b. 1897, d. 1898 Merino, Vic
   8. Harriet ELSTON, b. 1899 Merino, Vic, m. Joseph Humphrey THOM
   9. Daisy ELSTON, b. 1902 Merino, Vic, m. ___ BARNES

3. Sarah Ellen 'Lena' ELSTON b. 1861, Merino, Vic, m. Edwin George MORRIS (1864-1924).

4. Samuel George ELSTON b. 1863 Merino, Vic, m. Sarah Elizabeth Ruth SHIPHAM (1867-1937) and had the following known family....
   1. George Hamilton ELSTON, b. 1893, Hamilton, Vic, d. 1967
   2. Flornce May ELSTON, b. 1895, d. 1901, Hamilton, Vic
   3. William Charles ELSTON, b. 1898, Hamilton, Vic, d. 1968
   4. Emily Ruth ELSTON, b. 1900, Hamilton, Vic
   5. Stella Mary ELSTON, b. 1903, Hamilton, Vic, d. 1969, m. ___ DUNSTAN
   6. Robert James ELSTON, b. 1905, Hamilton, Vic
   7. Arthur Edward ELSTON, b. 1907, Hamilton, Vic

Richard ELSTON died in 1866 at Merino, Victoria and was buried in the Merino Cemetery.

Maria, widow of Richard ELSTON married again in 1867, this time to James BREBNER from Scotland.

James BREBNER b. 1837, Tarland, Aberdeen, Scotland, son of Charles BREBNER & Isabella SIMPSON. He appears to have been the youngest member of a large family all born at Tarland, Aberdeen between 1813 and 1837.

James BREBNER m. 1867, Victoria to Maria CONNOR b. 1836 Co Wexford, Ireland, widow of Richard ELSTON (above).

James and Maria BREBNER had the following children:

1. Robert William BREBNER b. 1868, Merino, Vic, m. Sarah Ann FAULKNER (1865-1955);
2. Charles Edward BREBNER b. 1870, Merino, Vic, m. Elizabeth Josephine MILLS (1862-1941);

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