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Generation: 1
Generation: 2
3. | Elizabeth Guest was born 1874, Melbourne, Victoria (daughter of Joseph Guest and Elizabeth McClure); died 1957, Yarraville, Victoria; was buried Footscray Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria. Notes:
Birth:
Name: Elizabeth Guest
Father's Name: Joseph Guest
Mother's name: Elozabeth Mcclure
Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria
Registration Year: 1874
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 17739
Died:
Name: Elizabeth Hawkins
Death Place: Yarra, Victoria
Age: 82
Father's Name: Joseph Guest
Mother's name: Elizabeth Stead
Registration Year: 1957
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 1772
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
NB: Stead should be McClure
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Generation: 3
4. | Cr. Jonathan Stephens, Mayor of Footscray was born 1844, Cornwall, England (son of William Stephens and Rebecca Couch); died 1914, Footscray, Victoria; was buried 1914, Footscray Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria. Other Events:
- Life Story: 19 May 1906, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria; THE MAYOR AND MAYORESS OF THE CITY
CR STEPHENS AND MRS STEPHENS
The Mayor and Mayoress of Footscray, Cr Jonathan and Mrs Stephens have re ceived numerous congratulations during the week upon their succession to the Mayoralty of the City. Herewith we reproduce photos of the new Mayor and Mayoress and some interesting particulars of their careers, and as Cr Stephens is a colonist of 60 years standing his experi ences are specially noteworthy. Cr Stephens' father was a miner in Corunall, England, and was killed at his work when the subject of this sketch was but two years old. In 1848 the mother and family embarked as emigrants bound for South Australia. The sons of the family turned to copper mining at Burra Burrs in that State where they remained till the gold fever caught them up in 1852 and swept them along with others to the Ballarat fields. Cr Stephens was a boy of eight when the most stirring incidents in the gold field's history transpired. He had reason to vividly remember some of those days. When the police rode out on one occasion on their daily hunts to round up miners who had not paid their license money of £2 10s a month; Cr Stephens brother, a boy of twelve, fell into their hands whilst fossicking. Young?? It was then 12 The boy was taken prisoner because he hadn't a license. The handcuffs were put on him and in this ignominious plight the boy was led round the gold fields for the miners to take warning, until seven o'clock at night. It might have gone badly wilth those troopers had they crossed the path of his stalwart brothers at the time. Cr Stephens well re members the Eureka Stockade and the oratory of its noted leader before that episode occurred when Peter Lalor used to harangue his followers on the stump. At seventeen, Cr Stephens migrated to Bendigo where he was one of the first employees of'the late George Lansell, the Quartz King. Returning.to Ballarat four years later, where he was married, Cr Stephens shifted again to Clunes, remain ing on the mines there for 15 years. In 1885 he came to Yarraville and twelve mouths later started the business which he carries on now in the same premises in Ballarat-street. He has grown with the district. It was about ten years ago when he was induced to enter public life, his first position of the kind being a seat on the School Board of Advice. Municipal honors were not long in claiming him. Six years ago he won his seat at the Footscray Council as one of the represen tatives of the South Ward, defeating the retiring councillor, Mr J. W. Fraser, and he has since retained his seat without opposition. Last Week Cr Stephens was unanimously elected by his colleagues as Mayor of the city, a dignity most worthily conferred on a worthy subject. The term will expire in August when Cr. Stephen's office as councillor also ends and when he has definitely decided to retire, so that his public career will terminate with the highest honors he can win in that sphere on his shoulders which is a most fitting end. The Mayoresse, Mrs Stephens, to whom the Mayor owes a greiat part of his suc cess, was born in Scotland and like her husband came in early years to this state. Her father, Mr John Thom, is one of the old survivinug pioneers of Ballarat, where his family was brought up.
Independent (Footscray, Vic. : 1883 - 1922) Saturday 19 May 1906
Notes:
Died:
Name: Jonathan Stephens
Death Place: Footscray, Victoria
Age: 70
Father's Name: Stephens Wm
Mother's Name: Rebecca Couch
Registration Year: 1914
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 9716
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Jonathan — Isabella Morris. [Group Sheet]
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5. | Isabella Morris Notes:
Isabella (born about 1847) was the daughter of Margaret Pickering and is recorded as Isabella Pickering aged 3 years in the 1851 census. Her mother Margaret was born in Longbenton, Northumberland in 1825 and christened on 6 November that year. Margaret Pickering (daughter of Edward Pickering and Jane Fryer) married coalminer John Morris in Bedlington, Northumberland in June 1852 and they emigrated to Australia on the Steadfast, arriving in Adelaide in November 1852 with 4 year old Isabella Morris. They were government assisted migrants.
http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/22609215/person/1269360868/comments?pg=32768&pgpl=pid
Children:
- George William Stephens was born 1870, Brunswick, Victoria.
- Jonathan Stephens was born 1871, Clunes, Victoria.
- 2. John Stephens
- James Henry Stephens was born 1876, Clunes, Victoria; died 1948, Yarraville, Victoria.
- Rebecca Stephens was born 1879, Clunes, Victoria.
- Albert Pollux Stephens was born 1881, Clunes, Victoria; died 1947, Brunswick, Victoria.
- Edward Castor Stephens was born 1881, Clunes, Victoria; died 1949, Parkville, Victoria.
- Rebecca Stephens was born 1884, Victoria.
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6. | Joseph Guest was born 20 Aug 1831, Hill Top, Dalton, West Yorkshire; was christened 1 Apr 1832, St John the Baptist, Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire (son of Maria Martha Guest); died 31 Dec 1886, Wilson street, Yarraville, near Melbourne, Victoria; was buried 3 Jan 1887, Williamstown Cemetery. Other Events:
- Census: 1841, Yorkshire; STEAD, Frank M 25 1816 Yorkshire
STEAD, Martha F 25 1816 Yorkshire
STEAD, Sarah F 11 1830 Yorkshire
STEAD, Esther F 2 1839 Yorkshire
TIFFNEY, John M 20 1821 Yorkshire
GUEST, Joseph M 9 1832 Yorkshire
GUEST, Ann F 7 1834 Yorkshire
Piece: 1273
Book/Folio: 11/26
Page: 16
Registration District: Huddersfield
Civil Parish: Almondbury
Address: Hunter Nab, Almondbury, Farnley Tyas
County: Yorkshire
Notes:
Died:
Name: Joseph Guest
Death Place: Victoria
Age: 55
Father's Name: Jno
Mother's name: Maria Martha
Registration Year: 1887
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 1817
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Joseph married Elizabeth McClure 1867, Victoria. Elizabeth died 31 Mar 1901, Wilson Street, Yarraville, near Melbourne, Victoria; was buried 2 Apr 1901, Williamstown Cemetery. [Group Sheet]
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7. | Elizabeth McClure died 31 Mar 1901, Wilson Street, Yarraville, near Melbourne, Victoria; was buried 2 Apr 1901, Williamstown Cemetery. Notes:
Buried:
An old resident of Yarraville, Mrs Elizabeth Guest. died at her residence, Wilson-street, Yarraville, last Sunday; The deceased was buried at the Williamstown Cemetery on Tuesday, a large number of relatives and friends following the remains to their last resting place.
Independent (Footscray, Vic. : 1883 - 1922) Saturday 6 April 1901
Died:
Name: Elizth Guest
Death Place: Footscray, Victoria
Age: 59
Father's Name: McClure Jno
Mother's name: Isabella McGonnell
Registration Year: 1901
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 5680
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Notes:
Married:
Name: Joseph Guest
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Mcclure
Marriage Place: Victoria
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Year: 1867
Registration number: 3524
Children:
- David William Guest was born 1868, Melbourne, Victoria; died 1949, Fairfield, Victoria.
- John Frederick Guest was born 1870, Melbourne, Victoria.
- Hannah Maria Guest was born circa 1872, Melbourne, Victoria; died 29 Sep 1895, Footscray, Victoria; was buried 2 Oct 1895, Williamstown Cemetery.
- 3. Elizabeth Guest was born 1874, Melbourne, Victoria; died 1957, Yarraville, Victoria; was buried Footscray Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria.
- Mary Ann Guest was born 1876, Footscray, Victoria.
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8. | William Stephens was born circa 1800; died 1846, St. Austell, Cornwall, England. William married Rebecca Couch 9 Nov 1822, St. Austell, Cornwall, England. Rebecca was born circa 1799, Cornwall, England; died 1857, Vctoria, Australia. [Group Sheet]
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9. | Rebecca Couch was born circa 1799, Cornwall, England; died 1857, Vctoria, Australia. Notes:
Died:
Name: Rebecca Stephens
Death Place: Victoria
Age: 58
Father's Name: Couch Richard
Registration Year: 1857
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 3210
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1799
Children:
- Thomas Stephens was born 1823, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; was christened 2 Mar 1823, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; died 17 May 1888, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
- William Couch Stephens was born Circa 1825, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; died 1868, Victoria, Australia.
- Elizabeth Stephens was born 1827, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; was christened 3 Jun 1827, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; died 1910, Coburg, Victoria, Australia.
- John Stephens was born 1830, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; was christened 7 Feb 1830, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; died 1892, Clunes, Victoria, Australia.
- Jonathan Stephens was born 1832, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; was christened 17 Jun 1832, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; died circa 1832, St. Austell, Cornwall, England.
- Rebecca Stephens was born 1833, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; was christened 1 Jan 1834, St. Austell, Cornwall, England.
- Jonathan Stephens was born 1836, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; was christened 29 May 1836, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; died circa 1836, St Austell, Cornwall, England.
- Henry Stephens was born circa 1838, St. Austell, Cornwall, England.
- George Stephens was born circa 1840, St. Austell, Cornwall, England; died 1905, Clunes, Victoria, Australia.
- Martha Stephens
- 4. Cr. Jonathan Stephens, Mayor of Footscray was born 1844, Cornwall, England; died 1914, Footscray, Victoria; was buried 1914, Footscray Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria.
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13. | Maria Martha Guest was born 1813, Brierley, Falkirk, Yorkshire; was christened 18 Jul 1813, St peter with Brierley, Falkirk, Yorkshire (daughter of Hannah Guest). Other Events:
- Census: 1841, Yorkshire; STEAD, Frank M 25 1816 Yorkshire
STEAD, Martha F 25 1816 Yorkshire
STEAD, Sarah F 11 1830 Yorkshire NB Sarah should be aged 4yrs
STEAD, Esther F 2 1839 Yorkshire
TIFFNEY, John M 20 1821 Yorkshire
GUEST, Joseph M 9 1832 Yorkshire
GUEST, Ann F 7 1834 Yorkshire
Piece: 1273
Book/Folio: 11/26
Page: 16
Registration District: Huddersfield
Civil Parish: Almondbury
Address: Hunter Nab, Almondbury, Farnley Tyas
County: Yorkshire
- Census: 1851, 376 Mold Green, Huddersfield, Yorkshire; STEAD, Francis Head Married M 37 1814 Hand Loom Weaver Fancy Woollen
Kirkheaton, Yorkshire
STEAD, Maria Wife Married F 37 1814
Wragby, Yorkshire
STEAD, Ann Daughter Unmarried F 17 1834 Power Loom Weaver Fancy Woollen
Dalton, Yorkshire
STEAD, Sarah Daughter F 14 1837 Mule Piecer
Dalton, Yorkshire
STEAD, Easter Daughter F 12 1839
Dalton, Yorkshire
STEAD, Mary Daughter F 9 1842
Dalton, Yorkshire
STEAD, John Son M 5 1846
Dalton, Yorkshire
STEAD, Eliza Daughter F 0 (1 MOS) 1851
Dalton, Yorkshire
Piece: 2294
Folio: 719
Page: 43
Registration District: Huddersfield
Address: 376, Mold Green
County: Yorkshire (West riding)
Children:
- 6. Joseph Guest was born 20 Aug 1831, Hill Top, Dalton, West Yorkshire; was christened 1 Apr 1832, St John the Baptist, Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire; died 31 Dec 1886, Wilson street, Yarraville, near Melbourne, Victoria; was buried 3 Jan 1887, Williamstown Cemetery.
- Ann Guest or Stead was born circa 1833, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire.
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