Somerset, England & Tasmania & Southwest Victoria, Australia
George MEADE and Eliza COX from Somerset, England were probably married about 1840 in England. They emigrated to Tasmania in 1841 where two children were born and moved across to Portland Bay in Victoria in 1846 where more children were born.
What happened to George & Eliza MEADE after 1851 in Victoria?
George MEADE & Eliza COX had the following known family...
John MEADE 1842-1913 & Sarah PRICE 1846-1938
John MEADE b. 1842 at sea, son of George MEADE and Eliza COX, was married at St John's, Digby in 1863, Victoria to Sarah PRICE, daughter of Richard PRICE and Jane DRINKWATER. This family went to Western Australia with the parents John and Sarah MEADE being buried in the Bunbury Cemetery, Western Australia and some members returned to Victoria. Two of the daughters married two CLARKE brothers. John & Sarah MEADE had the following children:
- William Joseph MEADE b.1864 Merino, Vic, m. ...........?;
- John Henry MEADE b. 1866 Brit Brit, Vic m. Rose Elizabeth WALTON in Western Australia;
- Jane MEADE b. 1867 Dundas, Vic m. John CLARKE;
- George MEADE b. 1868 Greenvale, Vic;
- Sarah Ann MEADE b 1870 Heywood, Vic m. Frederick CLARKE;
- Richard MEADE b. 1872 Heywood, Vic;
- Mary Elizabeth MEADE b. 1875 Hotspur, Vic;
- Charles James MEADE b. 1881 Digby, Vic;
- Robert Hugh MEADE b. 1883 Hotspur, Vic;
- Percy MEADE b. 1885 Hotspur, Vic.
- enlisted WW1 2-10-1915
- served as Pte 4555, 11th Battalion, AIF
- RTA 9-05-1916
- Named on Tree 30 Hotspur Avenue of Honour
- Named on Hotspur State School Honour Roll
- Jane MEADE 1843-1866 & Charles WARD 1839-1905
Jane MEADE b. c1843, Evandale, Tasmania, daughter of George MEADE and Eliza COX, was married at St John's, Digby, Victoria in 1863, Victoria to Charles WARD and they had the following children:
- Matilda Elizabeth WARD b.1864 Coleraine, Vic, m. Frederick MANNING;
- George Isaac WARD b.1866 Coleraine, Vic, m. Lucy Emily WARD;
- William MEADE 1845-?
William MEADE b. c1845, Evandale, Tasmania, son of George MEADE and Eliza COX. What happened to William........?
Alice Elizabeth MEADE 1846-1916 & William Francis HALL 1830-1916
Alice MEADE b. 1846, 'Moree' Station, Victoria, daughter of George MEADE and Eliza COX was married in 1882, ___, Victoria to William Francis HALL, b. ca 1830, Tasmania, son of John HALL & ___. William HALL and Alice MEADE had a number of children at Coleraine, Victoria.
Joseph MEADE 1851-1895 & Priscilla MALING 1853-1919
Joseph MEADE b. 1851, Balmoral, Victoria, son of George MEADE and Eliza COX was married in 1869, ___, Victoria to Priscilla MALING, b. 1853, Portland Victoria, daughter of Israel MALING and Mary Ann HOUGHTON.
Joseph MEADE & Priscilla MALING had the following known children...
- Jane MEADE, b. 1869, Merino, Vic, m. Phillip Silvester WARD who was b. 1868, Coleraine, Vic, son of Charles WARD and Harriet CHAPMAN. Phillip & Jane WARD lived at Tarrayoukyan and Tahara and had the following family...
- Ethel Jane WARD, b. 1893, Chetwynd, Vic, m. Sydney Matthew BAUDINETTE
- Robert Arthur Phillip WARD, b. 1896, Tarrayoukyan, Vic, ......?
- enlisted WW1 8-08-1916
- served as Pte 6615, 23rd Battalion, AIF
- RTA 15-02-1918
- enlisted in WW2
- Named on Merino War Memorial
- Phoebe Grace WARD, b. 1898, Tarrayoukyan, Vic, ......?
- Elizabeth Priscilla MEADE, b. 1871, Merino, Vic, d. 1897, Hamilton, Vic, m. William CAPLE
- Joseph William MEADE, b. 1873, Merino, Vic, m. Eliza Jane DOUGLAS
- Grace Alice MEADE, b. 1874, Merino, Vic,
- enlisted WW1 17-06-1915, Nurse
- served as Sister / Nurse, AANS
- RTA 25-09-1917
- Named on Merino War Memorial
- John Henry MEADE, b. 1875, d. 1875, Merino, Vic.
- Sarah Ann MEADE, b. 1876, d. 1876, Merino, Vic.
- Robert MEADE, b. 1877, Merino, Vic, m. Emma Hannah ORGILL
- George MEADE, b. 1879, Merino, Vic, d. 1903, Hamilton, Vic.
- Henry MEADE, b. 1880, d. 1880, Merino, Vic.
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