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The Hunt genealogy of this history can be
traced to William Henry Hunt (abt
1833-January 30, 1902) and Alice Jewell both of Poplar, a surburb
in East London that is situated in the Thames dockyards
area. William was employed as a Ship's Sawyer.
Two of their sons, William Henry
(1866-1902) and Thomas migrated to Australia in the mid
1870s. It is believed that they travelled from London to
Port Adelaide on the ship 'Blackwell' arriving on October
25, 1861.
Thomas settled at Kalangadoo in South Australia and
William Henry married Margaret Beattie and they settled at
Glen Alvie, Gippsland,
Victoria. One of their children was
Alfred Thomas Hunt the
great-grandfather of Marion Helen Clark (nee Hunt), the author of this
web.
Surnames include: White, Ward, Beattie,
Pearce
The Collings genealogy of this history
can be traced to St. Mary's parish, Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire at the end of the 17th century. The earliest
record is of William Collings (abt 1688).
Thomas
George Collings (1833-1909) was the eldest son of
William Collings (b.abt.1804) and Sarah Cope of 6 Kensington
Place, London. He married Clara
Elizabeth Pearce on December 2,1855 in London. At that time
his residence was 1 Kensington Place, London and his
occupation was listed as a Dyer. He was buried in the Box
Hill Cemetery on Mary 24, 1909.
Thomas George and Clara Elizabeth migrated to Australia in
1866 with their 4 children and returned to Colchester
between 1873 and 1876. In 1879 the family, then having 9
children, one being Amelia
Madeline, returned to Australia from London on the
'Hampshire'. It is known that the family lived in St. Kilda
at one time and in 1893 were living on a
farm at South Wandin, Victoria, Australia.
These two families came together when
Alfred Thomas Hunt
(1866-1911) married Amelia Madeline Collings (1870-1943) in
1890.
Surnames include: Flatman, James, Matthews
The
Foley genealogy of this
history can be traced to James Foley (Shoemaker) and Ann MacAlister
(born c.1810). Ann MacAlister came to Australia in 1843 on the
'Woodbridge' to serve a 7 year sentence for shoplifting. Her
son, Thomas, then 4 years old, accompanied her. Thomas is
the great-grandfather of Marion Helen Clark (nee Hunt) the
author of this web.
Surnames include: Whichelow, Stamp, Hogkins,
The Hunt,
Collings and
Foley
families came together with the marriage of
Leslie Thomas
Hunt (1898-1956) to Gertrude Esther Hewlett
(1899-1990) on 30th March 1935 at Wesley Central Mission, Melbourne,
Australia. The mother of Gertrude Esther Hewlett was
Helen Laura Foley
who was born at Donnely's Creek (Walhalla Goldfields) in
1865 and died in 1945. Her parents originated from Northern
Ireland.
Link to
Hewlett-Beuzeville-Roussel Family History
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