Joseph GULL arrived in Portland on 12 Nov 1852 on the "Helen", came to Digby about 1854 where he selected 60 acres of land on Blackfellow Creek. Further information indicates that Joseph GULL b. 1830 Lincolnshire, England, the son of Joseph GULL and Hannah FULCHER and was married in 1849 in Lincolnshire to Ann SAWYER b. 1827 Rushall, Ireland, daughter of Daniel SAWYER and _____.

Ann SAWYER was a widow when she married Joseph GULL as she had been previously married to Edward Henry CLARKE and they had one child Edward CLARKE who came with his new family on the "Helen".

M. G. and S. GULL were listed as some of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments.

Joseph GULL & Ann SAWYER had the following children:

1. Hannah GULL b. 1851;

2. Ellen / Helen GULL b. 1853, at sea, m. Frederick PERRY;

3. Susan GULL b. 1855, Mt Gambier, SA, m. Michael Thomas WATERS;

4. Martin GULL b. 1856 Digby, Vic, m1 Sophia CROSS; m2 Mary Ethel HALE;
   1. William Joseph GULL b. 1877, Digby, Vic m. Kath WINTER

   2. Ella May GULL b. 1879 Digby, Vic, m. Martin HOLLAND

   3. Annie Emily Elizabeth GULL b. 1881, Digby, Vic m. William John ROBERTSON

   4. Martin George GULL b. 1883, Digby, Vic, m Ulyear Ann 'Totti' WOMBWELL

   5. Edward Alexander GULL b. 1887, Digby, Vic

      

   6. Russell Sawyer GULL b. 1889, Digby, Vic
      • WW1 1st AIF, 39th Battalion [MM]
      • WW1 enlisted 10-04-1916
      • RTA 7-07-1919
      • Dergholm Memorial Hall Honour Roll
      • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 85, planted by Mrs T N BURGESS

   7. Herbert James Johnson GULL b. 1890, Dergholm, Vic;

   8. Beatrice Maud GULL b. 1892 Casterton, Vic.

5. Joseph Stephen GULL b. 1858 Digby, m. Mary Martha CAMERON 1860-1897;
   1. Levinia GULL b. 1885, Digby, Vic, m. ____ MAPLE;

   2. Ewen Martin GULL b. 1887, Digby, Vic, d. 1892;

      

   3. Joseph Stephen GULL b. 1889, Digby, Vic
      • WW1 1st AIF, 8th Battalion, enlisted 31-03-1916
      • RTA 30-01-1918
      • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 17, planted by Mr J S GULL
      • Henty State School No2020 WW1 Honour Roll

   4. Catherine Christian GULL b. 1891, Digby, Vic, m. James MURRELL;

   5. Clarence Sawyer GULL b. 1894, Digby, Vic, m. Harriet COULSON;

      

   6. William Angus GULL b. 1896, Digby, Vic
      • WW1 1st AIF, 58th Battalion, enlisted 30-07-1915
      • RTA 12-12-1918
      • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 6, planted by Mrs C GULL
      • Henty State School No2020 WW1 Honour Roll

6. Ann Elizabeth GULL b. 1859 Digby, Vic, m. William BAUDINETTE;

7. Isabella Rachel GULL b. 1861 Digby, Vic, d. 1928;

8. Hannah Margaret GULL b. 1863 Digby, Vic, m. John HORNIBROOK.

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