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Elizabeth BROOKER (1810 - )

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Sophia LOWE (1828 - 1893)	Elizabeth BROOKER (1810 - ) + Daniel LOWE (1810 - )	Jonathan BROOKER (1760 - 1833)
		Mary Anne WADE (1777 - 1859)

b. 07 Dec 1810 at Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia

m. 27 Nov 1826 Daniel LOWE (1810 - ) at Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia

Near Relatives of Elizabeth BROOKER (1810 - )
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father	Jonathan BROOKER	1760	Kent, UK	14 Mar 1833	Airds, New South Wales, Australia	73
Mother	Mary Anne WADE	1777	London, Middlesex, England	17 Dec 1859	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	82
Self	Elizabeth BROOKER	07 Dec 1810	Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia
Husband	Daniel LOWE	07 Oct 1810
Daughter	Sophia LOWE	14 Apr 1828	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	29 Mar 1893	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	64
Sister	Sarah WADE	27 Sep 1793	Norfolk Island	05 Jul 1887		93
Brother	William James WADE BROOKER	10 Dec 1796	Norfolk Island	09 Oct 1885	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	88
Brother	John BROOKER	24 Jun 1809	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia	07 Dec 1886	Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia	77
Sister	Mary BROOKER	28 Nov 1812	Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia	29 Sep 1890	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	77
Brother	James BROOKER	30 May 1814	Airds, New South Wales, Australia	15 Mar 1880	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	65
Half Brother	Edward BROOKER HARRIGAN	20 Aug 1803	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jul 1891	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	87
Son in Law	Daniel GRIFFIN	1814		02 Jan 1904	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	90
Niece	Mary RAY	16 Sep 1809		1837		28
Niece	Sophia RAY	28 May 1812	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	1877	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	65
Nephew	William RAY	07 Dec 1814		30 May 1885	Marrickville, Sydney, Australia	70
Nephew	John RAY	12 Oct 1817	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	10 Sep 1859		41
Niece	Maria RAY	16 May 1822		22 Apr 1924	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	101
Nephew	Nathaniel BOON	14 Sep 1825		11 Feb 1911	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	85
Niece	Margaret BOON	17 Sep 1826		09 Jul 1904		77
Nephew	Thomas BOON	12 Aug 1828
Nephew	James BOON	20 Nov 1830
Nephew	Jonathan BOON	20 Nov 1830		15 May 1901		70
Nephew	Nicholas BOON	20 Nov 1830		18 Nov 1899		68
Niece	Sarah Ann BOON	02 Jun 1832		12 Oct 1854		22
Nephew	Daniel BOON	25 Nov 1852		19 Jul 1876		23
Niece	Mary Ann BROOKER	24 Mar 1821	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jan 1863	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	41
Niece	Sarah Elizabeth BROOKER	20 Mar 1823	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	23 Nov 1890	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	67
Nephew	William BROOKER	26 Dec 1824		09 Jun 1892		67
Nephew	Jonathan BROOKER	16 Jun 1827	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	14 Feb 1829	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	1
Niece	Elizabeth BROOKER	11 Mar 1830		08 May 1905		75
Nephew	Jonathon BROOKER	19 Jul 1832	New South Wales, Australia	03 Jun 1888	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	55
Nephew	James BROOKER	16 Oct 1834	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	17 Sep 1907	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	72
Niece	Sophia Jane BROOKER	19 Jul 1838	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	1916	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	78
Nephew	Joseph Henry BROOKER	27 Feb 1840	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	21 Dec 1840	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Eliza BROOKER	21 Feb 1843		20 May 1877		34
Niece	Mary BROOKER	18 Dec 1848		20 Jul 1931	Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia	82
Nephew	Jonathan BROOKER	03 Dec 1849	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	17 Jun 1906	Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia	56
Nephew	William BROOKER	24 May 1851	Charcoal Creek, New South Wales, Australia	05 Apr 1935	Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia	83
Nephew	Murdo BROOKER	13 May 1853	Charcoal Creek, New South Wales, Australia	29 Jun 1913	Robertson, New South Wales, Australia	60
Nephew	John Christopher LEDWIDGE	26 Jul 1832	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	01 Jul 1873	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	40
Nephew	Christopher LEDWIDGE	05 Feb 1834	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	08 Aug 1869	Balranald, New South Wales, Australia	35
Nephew	Henry ANGEL	16 Nov 1836	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jul 1924	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	87
Nephew	William ANGEL	17 Oct 1838	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	28 Oct 1891	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia	53
Niece	Keturah ANGEL	05 Oct 1841	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	22 Nov 1932	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	91
Nephew	Robert ANGEL	05 Oct 1841	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	19 May 1870	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	28
Nephew	Richard ANGEL	19 Feb 1844	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jun 1907	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	63
Niece	Mary ANGEL	10 Feb 1847	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	07 Jul 1932	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia	85
Niece	Sarah M ANGEL	10 Feb 1847	Hay, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	James ANGEL	08 Mar 1850	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	05 Jun 1926	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	76
Nephew	Edward Jonathon ANGEL	13 Jun 1852	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	08 Nov 1934	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	82
Nephew	Samuel ANGEL	18 Feb 1853	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	21 Apr 1938	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	85
Niece	Louisa Willison BROOKER	1853		1854		1
Niece	Rosina BROOKER	1855	Tarrawanna, New South Wales, Australia	20 Jan 1944	Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia	89
Nephew	James Albert BROOKER	22 May 1858		27 Oct 1939		81
Niece	Mary Louisa BROOKER	15 Mar 1860		02 Nov 1937		77
Nephew	William Willison BROOKER	03 Nov 1862	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	19 Mar 1863	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Mary Anne HARRIGAN	1835		07 Aug 1870		35
Niece	Elizabeth HARRIGAN	10 Jun 1837		20 Dec 1915		78
Nephew	James Edward HARRIGAN	28 May 1839		12 May 1929		89
Niece	Sarah Jane HARRIGAN	1855		28 Oct 1893		38
Nephew	William HARRIGAN	22 Dec 1857		04 Sep 1948		90
Niece	Louisa Emily HARRIGAN	22 Mar 1860		17 Jan 1889		28
Niece	Alice Clara HARRIGAN	05 Aug 1863		17 Jan 1956		92
Brother in Law	William RAY	abt 1759		17 Oct 1835		76
Brother in Law	Nathaniel BOON	1792		18 Feb 1839		47
Sister in Law	Sophia MITTON	24 May 1801	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	17 Jan 1892	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	90
Sister in Law	Janet MCKENZIE	abt 1809		04 May 1901	Robertson, New South Wales, Australia	92
Brother in Law	John HART			1830	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	Christopher LEDWIDGE	1799		05 Feb 1834	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	35
Brother in Law	Henry ANGEL	abt 08 Jan 1791	Woodgreen, Hampshire, England	07 Dec 1881	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	90
Sister in Law	Elizabeth Willison WOOD	abt 1821	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	03 Jan 1916	Gosford, New South Wales, Australia	95
Sister in Law	Mary WEBBER	abt 1797	Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK	07 Feb 1854	Dapto, New South Wales, Australia	57
Sister in Law	Jane Willison WOOD	1820	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	1916	Tarrawanna, New South Wales, Australia	96

Events in Elizabeth BROOKER (1810 - )'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
07 Dec 1810		Elizabeth BROOKER was born	Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia		85
27 Nov 1826	15	Married Daniel LOWE (aged 16)	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia		85
14 Apr 1828	17	Birth of daughter Sophia LOWE	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia		85
14 Mar 1833	22	Death of father Jonathan BROOKER (aged 73)	Airds, New South Wales, Australia
17 Dec 1859	49	Death of mother Mary Anne WADE (aged 82)	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
29 Mar 1893	82	Death of daughter Sophia LOWE (aged 64)	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia		85

Source References:

85. Type: Book, Abbr: Mary Wade to Us, Title: Mary Wade to Us, Auth: Mary Wade Family History Association, Publ: Mary Wade Family History Association, Date: 1986, Locn: https://www.marywadefamily.org/items/show/1

- Reference = page 63, 171++ (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Elizabeth, Mary Wade's sixth child and second daughter, was born in the Hawkesbury district on 7th December, 1810. At a young age Elizabeth accompanied her family's move to Airds where she was christened on 19th April, 1819. The attending minister was Reverend Youl who duly recorded the christening at St. Luke's Anglican Church, Liverpool. A month before she turned sixteen, Elizabeth married Daniel Lowe, an assignee convict to Nathaniel Boon, who later married Elizabeth's elder sister, Sarah. Daniel's conviction in England had been for highway robbery: an assault of William Izod and the theft from him of a watch valued at forty shillings. For this he was sentenced to hang but when the sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life he joined those transported to New South Wales on the Grenada, arriving at Sydney on 16th September, 1821. The ship's indent described him as follows: - "native place, London Wall, Warehouseman, age 17, height 5’5¼ inches; fair blond complexion, fair hair, hazel eyes." Elizabeth and Daniel's marriage was conducted on 27th November, 1826 by Reverend Thomas Reddall at St. Peter's Church, Campbelltown. Banns were read and the Governor's consent obtained. Daniel signed his own name on the marriage certificate whereas Elizabeth used 'X', as did the witnesses Evan and Sarah Evans. The Evans' worked for Dr. Redfern at Airds, the husband as a fencer and his wife as housekeeper for Mrs. Redfern. Elizabeth and Daniel may have had a son, Daniel, but we have no definite record of this. Their daughter, Sophia, born 14th April, 1828, was baptised at St. James' Church, Sydney on 22nd July, 1832. The baptismal certificate states that Daniel was a sawyer at Wollongong in that year. Beyond this date information about Elizabeth and Daniel is sketchy. It is likely, however, that they followed some of Elizabeth's relatives to the Murrumbidgee and possibly joined Henry Angel on his large station, 'Yangunjular'. It was here that Sophia met and married Daniel Griffin (born 1814), a native of Cork, Ireland. The Mutch Index records: "Sophia Lowe of Yangungalee was married to Daniel Griffin of Police Point, Murrumbidgee, by the Rev. Charles Lovat, a Roman Catholic Priest, then officiating in the district of Yass, on 1st December, 1845” . Both Sophia and Daniel were recorded on the marriage certificate as Roman Catholics, even though Sophia was baptised Church of England. Daniel marked his signature 'X'. The witnesses were "Thomas Walsh of Yass and Mary Angel of Yangungalee". At some time after Sophia's marriage, her parents Elizabeth and Daniel probably moved to Melbourne. A will prepared by Daniel on 27th April, 1865 indicated that he was then residing in Melbourne. He had apparently prospered, since his will made ample provision for Sophia and benefitted her children when they reached twenty-one years. Sophia and Daniel Griffin had thirteen children. The first child, Emily, may have been born on the Murrumbidgee property, before Daniel moved his family in about 1848 to Charcoal Creek, Wollongong, where he became a butcher and had considerable land dealings. It appears that he retained cattle on land by the Murrumbidgee, perhaps at Henry Angel's station, while he worked as a butcher at Wollongong. The other twelve children were born at Wollongong. Her large family kept Sophia very busy; all the more so when Emily was widowed and rejoined the household with her own five children. A vivid insight into how this household functioned has been provided for us by Sophia's great-grandchild, Patricia Trevor. She recalls that her grandmother, Sophia's daughter Clara, spoke of the women of the family as being good house-keepers and cooks - the latter being substantiated by the quality of recipes in a cook book handed down through the family. Clara related that her mother had the family organised so that "two of the girls were cooks for the day, and as the fuel stove had to be stoked it was a busy day for the ones whose turn it was!" Clara also recalled that she and her sisters used to get "quite hysterical lifting the clothes basket containing so many towels - sixty or more and sheets and tea towels - a mammoth task. They were put through a huge mangle which was over 6' in length - not ironed. Fireplaces, steps were whitened even day and as stainless steel knives were not very well known those had to be polished too. All dresses for the family were bought at Farmers' Dept. Store - white for best... it took an hour to iron a sleeve. "Sophia had wonderful pot plants and ferns on the verandah. She had a green thumb with the garden. This gift passed on to the next generations for my granny (Clara) made a lovely garden and my mother (Olive Dence) enjoyed it and her sister too and I do. The daughter that brought her family back to Sophia taught music. the piano, to help things along. I think there were a couple of pianos, and after dinner a rush to play and also to obtain the settees so that one could really be comfortable and have a doze. One of the greatest thrills and enjoyment was to picnic at Mt Keira with hampers of marvellous food - sucking pig and other specialties. The mountain was beautiful - bird's nest ferns and lush greenery. When bathing on the beach, males and females were separated. Sophia was artistic and made most beautiful things from shells, houses and villages, but no-one knows what happened to them." "Sophia's husband, Daniel, had a very warm nature. He had cattle but not anywhere near home. He was a Catholic and they both went their own way until something happened and right near his death he was offended and changed. Some of the family were christened in the Catholic Church and a few of them followed this faith. When Sophia died, her will was a most complicated one and couldn't be wound up until the last child died. Over the years sums of money used to arrive out of the blue to the following generations." Sophia died at the age of sixty five on 29th March, 1893 at Wollongong. The cause of death was heart disease. She was buried at the Church of England Cemetery, Wollongong. Her husband, Daniel, and eleven children survived her - two female children having died at an early age. In accordance with her will, dated 6th May, 1886, Daniel was provided with an income for life. Her three sons, Daniel, Frederick and George each received £1,000 and the residue was divided among all her children in equal shares, with further provision for her grandchildren. There was also a parcel of land called 'Corrimal' given to her daughter, Selina, if she remained unmarried for life. Another block of land, left to Sophia by Thomas Lewis, was held in trust for her daughter, Ada Sophia, for life if she had no issue. When probate was granted in 1893 the sworn value of the estate was less than £5,000. The will proved awkward for its executors, Frederick Lowe Griffin and George Herbert Griffin, to administer and was finally wound up in 1955 following the appointment of a Public Trustee. Sophia's husband, Daniel, died of senile decay on 2nd January, 1904, aged ninety years. He was survived by his eleven children. Available information about Sophia and Daniel's family is limited. As indicated above, heir first child, Emily, was probably born at ‘Yangunjular' by the Murrumbidgee. Born 17th August. 1846, she was baptised on the 24th January, 1849 by Reverend Peter Young, Parish or Wollongong, who recorded her father, Daniel, as being a settler residing by the Murrumbidgee. We next hear of Emily when she marries Charles Morris at Wollongong on 15th November, 1865. The couple raised at least five children after their fIrst-born, a son named Charles, died in infancy n 1867. The other known children are George Herbert (born 1868), Emily Lowe (born 1870), Lila Shepherdess (born 1874), Mildred Sophia (born 1876) and a son, R.E. Morris (birth date unknown). The father, Charles, died a few years before his wife Emily died on 25th January, 1908. She was killed in a railway accident at Stanwell Park, the only fatality of several people who were injured. A report in the Illawarra Mercury (28th January, 1908) noted that Emily was "of a gentle retiring disposition, and also very much beloved by all who knew her". Sophia's next child, Daniel Edmund (or Amos) was born at Fairy Meadow, Wollongong, on 17th September, 1848. He was baptised on 24th January, 1849 by Reverend Young, Parish of Wollongong. The infant's sponsors were Patrick and Catherine Daly. Daniel became a butcher with his father at Wollongong. At twenty-two years he married Joan Jackson, at St. Phillip/s Church of England, Church Hill, Sydney, on 28th July, 1870. Joan was London-born, the daughter of Robert Jackson, a farmer, and Frances Ann Wood. The couple's first child, Frank Carlton Griffin was born at Crown Street, Wollongong on 26th July, 1871 - Dr. Lyons and Mrs. Weller assisting at the birth. Frank became a railway employee at Wollongong, married Florence Ann Penney on 22nd April, 1897 and raised two sons, Victor Carlton (born 1898) and Elton Reginald (born 1906). Victor served with the A.I.F. at Gallipoli, Egypt, France and Flanders, and had a distinguished career in the British Indian Army. He was a Captain of the Mahratta light Infantry, serving in Sind Province, India, in 1925 when he met and married Myra Julie Rieu, only daughter of Sir Louis Rieu, Commissioner of Sind (see photo). Victor saw further action during World War II and rose to be Brigadier General. He died at Sydney in 1973, survived by his wife, Myra, three children, Denis, Brian and June, and eight grandchildren. Victor's younger brother, Elton, had an equally distinguished career in business, being the founding manager of Boral Oil. Sophia's third child, Adeline Jane, was born in September 1850, at Charcoal Creek, Wollongong. She was baptised on 24th November, 1852 by Father T. Murray. Adeline married Charles Septimus Guest, a saddler in the Richmond District, on 24th February, 1876, and had two children. The first-born, Frank, married Dora Walker, apparently without issue. At the age of seventeen, Frank was run down and killed by a tram whilst attempting to cross Pitt Street in Sydney. The second-born was a daughter, Elfie, who married Norman Cox - of the pioneering Cox family, on 20th June, 1875. It is interesting to note that all five of Elfie and Norman's children were given the middle name Richmond, apparently after the district in which they were raised. Sophia's fourth child, Matilda (born 1853), married Harry Richardson on 14th September, 1871. The couple raised two daughters, Ethel May and Maud, neither of whom married. Harry rose to be a Commissioner of Railways. The fifth child, Anglina May (born 1855) married Fred Richardson, who also worked with the Railways. This couple's third child, Russel Burton Richardson (born 1890), became a well-known Stock and station agent in Dubbo. Russel enlisted during world War I, was badly wounded in Europe and became a P.O.W. in Germany. The Dubbo Liberal reported that Russel was one of the town's best-respected citizens when he died there in 1960. Sophia's ninth child, Alice Amelia (born 1863), married William Archibald McDonald on 12th August, 1885. William was one of the earliest estate agents in the Neutral Bay area, where he remained in business for many years - though he lived at Waverton. The couple raised three children, Ray Grantley (born 1886), Dora (born 1889) and Raymond (born 1890). With these few profiles of some direct descendants of the convict lass, Mary Wade, our family history comes to an end. It has, of course, been quite beyond our resources, and indeed our intention, to tell the stories of each and every one of Mary's descendants. With the limited time and space available to us, we have tried to record mainly that part of Mary's story most in danger of becoming obscure, if not lost to memory. In this chapter, therefore, as in the others, we have tried as accurately as our means permit to give the reader a general flavour of Mary's family history. In so doing, many omissions of people and events must inevitably occur. We nevertheless hope that in telling what we have of Mary's history, a very human and very Australian story has been depicted.

- Reference = page 63 (Birth)

- Reference = page 171++ (Marriage)

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