"Merino Downs", "Warrock" & "Runnymede" Stations, Glenelg area, Victoria, Australia
William John PETERS b. 1827, London, England, son of John PETERS and Elizabeth CLARKE was married in 1850 in the Wannon Region of south-west Victoria to Jane Teresa ENNIS, b. c.1837 Dublin, Ireland, daughter of John and Jane ENNIS. He appears to be commonly known as John PETERS in the various indexes for births and deaths of his children. John PETERS appears to have been christened along with other siblings in the Parish Church of Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London from 1827 to 1836.
William John PETERS (recorded as Alfred John PETERS) died at Strathdownie in 1893 and Jane died in 1911 in Gippsland, Victoria.
It appears from the births of children that the family lived at "Merino Downs", "Warrock" and "Runymede" Stations in the Casterton, Merino, Strathdownie area of south-west Victoria.
William John PETERS and Jane Teresa INNES had the following known family...
- Elizabeth Jane PETERS b. 1851, Mocamboro (nr Merino), Vic, d. 1923, m. Henry Harris LANG 1848-1911;
- Alfred John PETERS b. 1852, Sandford, Vic, d. 1857;
- Mary Ann PETERS b. 1854, "Merino Downs" Station, Vic, d. 1933, m. George HUTCHINS 1854-1929;
- James PETERS b. 1856, "Warrock" Station (nr Casterton), Vic, d. 1928, m. Hanna Maria SIMKIN 1861-1935;
- Emma PETERS b. 1858, d. 1860, Casterton, Vic.;
- Alice PETERS b. 1862, "Runnymede" Station (nr Sandford), Vic, m. 1892 John Thomas MITCHELL 1845-1909;
- Henry PETERS b. 1864, Merino, Vic, ........?;
- John PETERS b. 1867, Merino, Vic, ........?;
- George PETERS b. 1868, Merino, Vic, d. 1951, Horsham, Vic, m1. Emily Jane TRELOAR 1872-1898, m2. Jane Elizabeth McDONALD 1878-1943;
- Victoria Annie PETERS b. 1871, Merino, Vic, m. Charles BLAIR 1879-1950;
- Herbert John PETERS b. 1876, Merino, Vic, d. 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey
- Served in WW1 L/Cpl 433, 8th Light Horse Regiment, 1st AIF enlisted 18-09-1914
- enlisted 18-09-1914
- KIA, Gallipoli, Turkey, 30-08-1915
- Grave, Hill 10 Cemetery, Suvla, Gallipoli, Turkey.
- Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 13 Planted by Miss SHAW
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