BETHARAS L. BETHARAS were listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Name Index BRADLEY A. BRADLEY was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Name Index BUNKHOUSEN  BUNKHOUSEN was  listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Name Index CAMERON D. CAMERON was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Name Index COSTELLO T. COSTELLO was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Margaret COSTELLO was married to George THOMPSON at Hobart in 1851 and they had a son William b. 1860 at Digby, Vic. Name Index COX C. COX was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Name Index DALTON E. DALTON was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Name Index DESMOND F. DESMOND was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Name Index DRUMMOND A Mrs HIGHLAND was the original teacher at the Digby South School, No 2876 which opened in 1888. Other teachers were Miss RIDDLE and Miss DRUMMOND and the school closed in 1898 through lack of pupils. Name Index EASTWOOD Mr and Mrs EASTWOOD were the first teachers of the Digby Common School which opened in 1864. They were paid 1/- per pupil which opened with an enrolment of 46 pupils but this had risen to 59 by December of that year. This couple appear to be Charles & Anne EASTWOOD who arrived in Victoria in 1857 with a 10 year old son Charles. Both registered as Teachers in Victoria and Charles was appointed to Digby School and later to Bealiba on the Goldfields. Name Index FEATHERSON T. FEATHERSON was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Name Index GIBSON W. F. GIBSON was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Name Index HAMMOND John HAMMOND kept a diary in early 1882 which indicated that he lived at Digby, but worked at Coleraine for a Mr COE. His wife was not well. He was an "Odd-Job-Man" and "Mobile Barber". Name Index HARRIS E. HARRIS was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. There was a bakery operated by Robert HARRIS in Crawford St, Digby. Name Index HIGHLAND A Mrs HIGHLAND was the original teacher at the Digby South School, No 2876 which opened in 1888. Other teachers were Miss RIDDLE and Miss DRUMMOND and the school closed in 1898 through lack of pupils. Name Index JACKSON, William Harvey & CLIFFORD, Jane The marriage entry in the St John's C of E Church at Digby was for the wedding of William Harvey JACKSON, b. Dublin, Ireland and Jane CLIFFORD, b. Cork, Ireland on 23 Sep 1867. No further information available on this couple. Name Index JELBART T. JELBART was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Name Index JOHNSON T. JOHNSON was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Name Index MOON E. MOON was listed as one of the buyers of the first Digby town allotments. Name Index MURRAY R. MURRAY was listed as one of the buyers of  the first Digby town allotments. Name Index PRIOR T. PRIOR was listed as a buyer on the list of original Digby town allotments. Thomas PRIOR, b. 1828, single, was a member of the AOF at Digby in 1862-1863. Thomas PRIOR, b. 1828 was a teacher at Hotspur Common School in 1863. Name Index PROUD & Co PROUD & Co was listed as a buyer on the list of original Digby town allotments. Name Index PURVEY, John John PURVEY, aged 37, born, Sussex, England, son of John & Sarah PURVEY was buried in the Digby Cemetery in 1862. Name Index RICHARDSON T. RICHARDSON was listed as a buyer on the list of original  Digby town allotments. Name Index RIDDLE A Mrs HIGHLAND was the original teacher at the Digby South School, No 2876 which opened in 1888. Other teachers were Miss RIDDLE and Miss DRUMMOND and the school closed in 1898 through lack of pupils. Name Index SEALEY J. SEALEY was listed as a buyer on the list of original Digby town allotments. Name Index SPENCER, Peter Peter SPENCER lived in Digby with descendants still in the area today. Name Index THOMPSON, George George THOMPSON b. 1825 Liverpool, England was married in 1851, Hobart Tasmania to Margaret COSTELLO b. 1829 Dublin, Ireland. It appears they may have moved to South Australia. They had one child in Digby in 1860 where George was recorded as a sawyer: William b. 1860 Digby, Vic. Name Index THURMER F. THURMER was listed as a buyer on the list of original Digby town allotments. Name Index WILKS John WILKS aged 66 was buried in the Digby Cemetery in 1896 and Mary Ann WILKS (nee BREWER) aged 54 was buried in the Digby Cemetery in 1884. John and Mary Ann WILKS had no children and had arrived at Portland on the "Hooghly" in 1854. John WILKS, b. 1828, Brailes, Warwickshire, England, son of William WILKS and Jemima GODSON married at Brailes in 1853 to Mary Ann BREWER, b. 1829, Brailes, Warwickshire, England, daughter of George BREWER and Ann GRIMITT. Name Index Daryl Povey Back to .. Digby Names Page Digby Main Page South-West Victorian Pioneers Main Page