Joseph POVEY 1811-1884 & Ann LIVINGSTONE 1822-1866 & Johanna McCARTHY 1829-1895

North Nibley, Gloucestershire, England;
Hobart Town, Jericho, Van Diemen's Land, Australia;
Portland, Greenwald, Dartmoor, "Tea Kettle Creek" Digby, Victoria, Australia

Joseph POVEY b. 1811, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England, son of Thomas POVEY and Ann GREY arrived at Portland Bay from Van Diemen's Land in December 1846 and worked as a splitter and shepherd at Glenaulin, Deep Creek, Dartmoor, Rifle Downs before selecting land at Tea Kettle Creek (Digby-Dartmoor), Victoria.

Joseph POVEY was married at Portland, Victoria in 1855 to Anne LIVINGSTONE, b. c1822 Morven, Argyllshire, Scotland, daughter of Adam LIVINGSTONE and Margaret "Peggy" McDONALD.

Anne LIVINGSTONE appears to have been a decendant of Donald LIVINGSTONE 1728-1816 of Savary, Morven, Argyllshire who saved the STEWART Banner after the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Joseph and Anne had five children including twin boys Thomas and George b. 1855, Adam b. 1857, Elizabeth b. 1859 and Sophia b. 1862.

Joseph's first wife Anne LIVINGSTONE died from TB at Dartmoor in 1866 as did two of their sons George and Adam who are both buried in the Digby Cemetery. Elizabeth who married Samuel YOUNG is also buried in the Digby Cemetery.

Joseph was working as shepherd at "Rifle Downs" Station when he selected 97 acres at Teakettle Creek near "Rifle Downs" on the Digby - Dartmoor Road. He built a house and established his farm which was expanded by his eldest surviving son Thomas.

Joseph's second marriage was to a widow, Johanna COOPER (nee McCARTHY) from Digby in 1875 when they were in the 70s and they are both buried in the Digby Cemetery.

Joseph's eldest son Thomas POVEY married Rachel BURGESS at St John's Church of England, Digby in 1894 and their first three children, George, Ernest and Les were born in Digby before the family moved to a property called "Tulse Hill" at Carapook c1900 where Thomas POVEY became the overseer for many years.

George POVEY has a tree in the WW1 Soldiers' Avenue as he was born in Digby and served with the 1st AIF (46th Battalion) in France.

Joseph POVEY and Anne LIVINGSTONE had the following family:

  1. Thomas Joseph POVEY, b. 1855 (twin) m. Rachel Annie BURGESS
    1. George Thomas POVEY, b. 1895, Digby, Victoria, d. 1929, Hamilton, Victoria, m. Olive Emily Mary OWENS 1891-1975
    2. Leslie Livingstone POVEY, b. 1896, Digby, Vic, d. 1976, Hamilton, Victoria, m. Ada Victoria TATCHELL 1897-1951;
    3. Ernest Arthur POVEY, b. 1898, Digby, Victoria, d. 1965, Warrnambool, Victoria, m. Lucy Ann McCALLUM 1901-1969;
    4. Alice May POVEY, b. 1900, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1970, Coleraine, Victoria, m. Leslie ANSON 1898-1981;
    5. Ivan Frederick POVEY, b. 1903, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1981, Macedon, Victoria, m. Margaret Ruth "Peg" GILBO 1901-1979;
    6. Walter Joseph POVEY, b. 1905, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1983, Coleraine, Victoria, m. Meta Agnes GRINHAM 1906-1984;
    7. stillborn POVEY, b & d. 1907, Carapook, Victoria;
    8. Alan Keith POVEY, b. 1909, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1984, Casterton, Victoria, m. Amy Victoria DAVIES 1912-1990 of Sandford, Victoria.;
      • WW2, 2nd Tank Battalion & 4th Port Operating Company, New Guinea
    9. Norman James POVEY, b. 1911, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1995, Geelong, Victoria, m. Grace Elizabeth WAREHAM 1909-?;
    10. Murray Burgess POVEY, b. 1913, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1988, Portarlington, Victoria, m. Meryl Jean "Merle" WALKER 1914-1999 (operated POVEY's Store at Merino, Victoria);
    11. Sylvia Annie POVEY, b. 1916, Carapook, Victoria, d. 2005, Casterton, Victoria. (Carapook Post Mistress, single).

  2. George POVEY, b. 1855 (twin), Drumborg, Victoria, d. 1875, Teakettle Creek, nr Digby, Victoria;

  3. Adam Livingston POVEY, b. 1857, Greenwald, Victoria, d. 1873, Teakettle Creek, nr Digby, Victoria;

  4. Elizabeth Ann POVEY, b. 1859, Greenwald, Victoria, d. 1923, Hamilton, Victoria, m. Samuel Evans YOUNG 1846-1925;

  5. Sophia Grey POVEY, b. 1862, Greenwald, Victoria, d. 1904, Stawell, Victoria, m. George MOULDEN 1858-1942 and they had the following children...;
    1. Annie Povey MOULDEN, b. 1890, Goroke, Victoria, d. 1934 Port Pirie, South Australia, m. Richard Thomas "Dick" LAWRY 1878-1934;
    2. Jessie Townsend MOULDEN, b. 1895, Horsham, Victoria, d. 1965, Melbourne, Victoria (single).



Thomas POVEY 1783-___ & Ann GREY 1783-1843

Kingswood, North Nibley & Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England

Thomas POVEY b. 1783, North Nibley, Gloucestershire, England, son of Joseph POVEY 1748-1807 and Ann LEWIS was married in 1804 at Kingswood, Gloucestershire England to Ann GREY.

Ann GREY was born 1783, Kingswood, Gloucestershire, England, daughter of William GREY and Elizabeth "Betty" HARDING and she was buried at North Nibley, Gloucestershire in 1843.

Thomas POVEY and Anne GREY had the following known family...

  1. Mary Ann POVEY b. 1805, Kingswood, Gloucestershire, England, d. 1876, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England and m. 1826 to James BENDALL 1802-1878.
    James BENDALL & Mary Ann POVEY had the following known family...
    1. Thomas BENDALL b. 1826, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England m. Elizabeth RUDGE and had six children from 1857 to 1870.
    2. Ann BENDALL b. c.1828, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England...?
    3. Caroline BENDALL b. c.1830, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England, d. c1849.
    4. Samuel BENDALL b. c.1832, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England m. Ellen TAVENDER and had six children from 1869 to 1880.
    5. Martha BENDALL b. c.1835, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England d. 1851.
    6. Hannah BENDALL b. 1837, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England d. 1847.
    7. William BENDALL b. 1838, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England and .......?
    8. Lucina BENDALL b. 1841, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England d. 1926
    9. Joseph BENDALL b. c.1843, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England d. 1886
    10. Mary BENDALL b. 1847, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England d. 1850.

  2. Hannah POVEY b. 1808, Kingswood, Gloucestershire, England, d. 1880, Pontlottyn, Monmouthshire (Mon), Wales m. 1842 to Daniel GREENING c.1819-1851+. Hannah POVEY had a daughter Eliza Holloway POVEY, b. 1834, Uley Gloucestershire, who had a son Thomas POVEY, b. 1853 Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire. Eliza POVEY married William MARSH in 1857 and she d. 1861.
    Daniel GREENING & Hannah POVEY had the following known family...
    1. Joseph GREENING b. 1842, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England m. Eliza Ann RACKETT and had six children born in Liverpool from 1870 to 1881. Joseph GREENING was a cab owner in Liverpool from 1870-1881.
    2. Zechariah GREENING b. 1845, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England m. Elizabeth PEGLER and had six children born in Liverpool from 1880 to 1891.
    3. Daniel GREENING b. 1848, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England m. Eliza ___ and had four children born at Gelligaer, Glamorganshire, Wales from 1870 to 1879.
    4. Thomas GREENING (aka Thomas POVEY) b. 1853, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England m. Mary Ann BROWNING from Newport, Glamorganshire, Wales and had five children born in Glamorganshire, Wales from 1878 to 1888. [NOTE:- This Thomas GREENING appears to have been born Thomas POVEY, son of Eliza Holloway POVEY, grandson of Hannah POVEY but raised as Thomas GREENING by his grandmother.]

  3. Joseph POVEY b. 1811, Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England......(details above)