Rev. 26 May 2005, Gen. 683
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS
GRAVES AND ANN ------
OF COTTENHAM,
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND & ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
GENERATION 1
Thomas Graves (1) married Ann ‑‑‑‑‑‑. In addition to John and Sarah, they probably
had 12 other children. (R‑1, R‑3)
Children - Graves
+2. John Graves, b. 1805, m. Lydia Woods, 18 May 1831, d. 18 May 1877.
3. Sarah Graves
4. other children
GENERATION 2
CHILDREN OF THOMAS GRAVES (1)
AND ANN ------
John Graves (2) was born 11 Oct.
1805[1]
in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England, was baptized in 1807 in All Saints,
Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, and died 18 May 1877 in Adelaide, SA,
Australia. His death certificate shows
that he was at his son William’s house at Melbourne Street, North Adelaide, and
he died of prostatic disease/cystitis, aged 70. His executors were Henry Job Packer of Mills Street, Adelaide,
and Martin Fulston of Gumeracha, farmer.
He married Lydia Woods, daughter of
William Gunnell and Ann Woods, on 18 May 1831 in Milton, Cambridgeshire,
England. She was born about March 1809[2]
in Cambridgeshire, baptized in 1810[3]
at Milton, and died 5 June 1886 in Adelaide, Australia. They were both buried in Walkerville
cemetery, South Australia.
Their daughter, Ann, and her
husband, emigrated from Southampton, England in 1853. The following year, John and Lydia emigrated with 6 of their
children on the “Pestonjee Bomanjee” or “Prestongee Bomangee”. The shipping list for the “Prestongee
Bomangee” showed it left Southampton and arrived in Port Adelaide, South
Australia on 8 Oct. 1854 with the following passengers:
Graves John Ag. Lab. 43
Lydia 37
John Ag. Lab. 17
Elizabeth Servant 14
Harriot 10
Caroline 7
Ezra 3
William 1
On the same ship were the parents
of Martin Fullston (Ann’s husband), John and Jemima (Watts) Fullston, and 7 of
Martin’s siblings. They were all from
Cambridgeshire.
James Graves, the first child of
John and Lydia, was married prior to the family migrating. It appears he remained in England.
The 1851 census shows the family
living at Back Lane, Cottenham, with children Ann, Elizabeth, Harriet,
Caroline, and Ezra. John was listed as
agricultural laborer, and they were all born at Cottenham except for Lydia who
was born at Milton.
There may be a connection of this
Graves family with other Graves families of Cottenham (gen. 269 and gen. 648),
and also with the Graves family of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire (gen. 139), since
that place is only about 5 miles north of Cottenham. (R‑1, R‑2)
Children - Graves
+5. James Graves, b. 1 Oct. 1832, m. Mary Pierson, 21 May 1854.
6. John Graves, b. 1 Oct. 1834, d. 15 Oct. 1854[4].
+7. Ann Graves, b. 23 Nov. 1836, m. Martin Fullston, 14 Feb. 1853, d. 2
June 1926.
8. Elizabeth Graves, b. 3 July 1838, m. Henry
Packer, 20 July 1859 (North Adelaide, SA).
9. Harriet Graves, b. 15 Dec. 1843, m. Thomas
Henry Western, June 1865. However,
Chris Graves said she married Samuel Rhodes on 11 Nov. 1868. Her obituary from the Observer
newspaper. “Mrs. Harriet Western – the death occurred on Sunday of Mars.
Harriet Western, a colonist of nearly 70 years. She came to SA as a girl of 8 or 9 with her parents Mr. &
Mrs. William[5] Graves of
Cottenham, Cambridgeshire on the ship P.B.
She married a Mr. Thomas Henry Western, a storekeeper successively of
Gumeracha, Clare and Laura. There is a
surviving family of six sons and three daughters.”
+10. Caroline Graves, b. 28 Aug. 1846, m. John Bounsall Stapleton Crabb,
14 Nov. 1867, d. 29 Dec. 1921.
+11. Ezra Graves, b. 6 Oct. 1849[6],
m. Sarah Jane Merritt, 22 Jan. 1871, d. 30 Aug. 1908.
+12. William Graves, b. 16 Aug. 1852, m(1) Ann Elizabeth Rebecca Martin,
7 Oct. 1874, m(2) Clara Ann ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 14
July 1910. Chris Graves said he m(2)
Mary Louisa Philip on 20 May 1886.
13. Bertie (probably Albert) Graves; he was not
found in the South Australia birth index, and did not emigrate with the
others. Perhaps he was born between
other children and died before the family left England.
GENERATION 3
CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (2) AND
LYDIA WOODS
James Graves (5) was born 1 Oct.
1832 in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England.
He married Mary Pierson on 21 May 1854 in Cottenham Parish Church, by
banns. She was probably born about 1834
in Cottenham. The 1881 census showed
James living at Rooks Lane, Cottenham, and his occupation as butcher. All their children were born in Cottenham. (R‑3)
Children - Graves
14. Emma Graves, b. 1858.
15. John Graves, b. 1862.
16. Thomas William Graves, b. 1869.
17. Sarah Elizabeth Graves, b. 1871.
18. Harriet Graves, b. 1873.
19. Caroline Graves, b. 1879.
20. Ethel Graves, b. 1881.
Ann Graves (7) was born in 1837[7]
in Cambridgeshire, England, and died 2 June 1926 at 81 Albert Street, Goodwood,
South Australia. She married Martin
Fullston (or Fullstone[8]),
son of John Fullston and Jemmima Watts, on 14 Feb. 1853 at the Parish Church,
Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, by banns. He
was born in 1832 and died 18 Aug. 1903.
The Fullston name is sometimes spelled Fulston, Fullstone and
Fullston. Fulstone appears to be the
original spelling.
Ann and Martin emigrated from
Southampton, England to Adelaide, South Australia on the “Calabar”, arriving 1
Aug. 1853. Ann was 18 and Martin 21,
both from Cambridgeshire, according to the shipping list.
Birth records for all the children
(except Minnie) were provided by R‑2 from the SA Birth Index,
1842-1906. The first 3 children were
born in Prospect Village, SA, and the others in Gumeracha or North Gumeracha,
SA. (R‑1, R‑2)
Children - Fullston
21. Lydia Fullston, b. 29 Nov. 1853.
22. Emma Fullston, b. 3 Nov. 1855[9],
m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Hill.
+23. John Martin Fullston, b. 24 June 1857, m. Christina Selina
Battersby, d. 1921.
24. James Fullston, b. 6 June 1860[10],
never married, d. 2 Feb. 1862.
+25. James Fullston, b. 19 Nov. 1862, m. Norah Riordan Reading, 4 Dec.
1880, d. 19 March 1947.
26. Ezra Fullston, b. 15 April 1865[11],
m. Emily ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 20 Feb. 1892.
27. Minnie Ann Fullston, b. 1872, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Phelps, d. 1927.
28. Ernest Graves Fullston, b. 16 Sept. 1873.
29. Albert Fullston, b. 2 Dec. 1874.
30. Martha Jane Fullston, b. 10 May 1877, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Phelps.
31. Samuel Graves Fullston, b. 13 June 1878.
Caroline Graves (10) was born about
1847 in Cambridgeshire, England, and died 29 Dec. 1921 in Adelaide, SA,
Australia. She arrived in South
Australia on the Pestonjee Bomanjee
in 1854. She married John Bounsall
Stapleton Crabb, son of Richard Stapleton Crabb and Elizabeth Foot, on 14 Nov.
1867 in Prospect, South Australia. He
was born in Feb 1844 in Liskeard, Cornwall, England, and died 26 May 1919 in
Adelaide, SA. They were both buried in West Terrace. His occupation was miller and hotelier. He arrived in South Australia in 1850. (R‑2)
Children - Crabb
32. Blanche Elizabeth Crabb, b. 28 April 1868
(Murray Flats, SA).
33. Lydia Crabb, b. 27 July 1869 (Watervale, SA),
m. Edward James Gibson, 27 June 1892 (Adelaide, SA). He was b. 20 Sept. 1867 in Bowden, SA, son of William Gibson and
Emily Ellis.
34. Emily Crabb, b. 15 Nov. 1870 (Watervale, SA).
35. Nancy Crabb
36. Percy John Crabb, b. 8 Sept. 1872 (Hoyleton,
SA).
37. Arthur Charles Crabb, b. 26 April 1874 (North
Adelaide, SA).
38. Walter Graves Crabb, b. 29 April 1876
(Portland Estates, SA), d. 1944.
39. Oscar Taunton Crabb, b. 1 July 1880 (Bowden,
SA), d. 1966.
40. Mabel Alice (“May”) Crabb, b. 9 April 1882
(Ridleyton, SA).
41. Herbert George Crabb, b. 6 Dec. 1883 (Henley
Beach, SA), d. 1916.
Ezra Graves (11) was born 6 (or 9)
Oct. 1849 in Cambridgeshire, England, and died 30 Aug. 1908 in Rosewater,
SA. His occupation was butcher. He arrived in South Australia on the Pestonjee Bomanjee in 1854. His death certificate shows he was 21 when
he married, spent 53 years in Australia, and died of pulmonary oedema after 8
weeks of pneumonia. He married Sarah
Jane Merritt, daughter of Joseph Albert Merritt and Jane Franklin, on 22 Jan.
1871 in Adelaide, SA. She was born 4
Aug. 1849 in North Adelaide, SA, and died 9 July 1915 in Rosewater, SA. They were both buried in Cheltenham,
SA. All their children were born in
South Australia. (R‑2, R‑3)
Children - Graves
+42. Marion Louise Graves, b. 17 Oct. 1871, m. William Innes.
43. Alice Maud Graves, b. 29 April 1873 (North
Adelaide, SA), d. 28 Sept. 1938 (Adelaide, SA). Bur. in Cheltenham.
44. Ezra Graves, b. 28 July 1875 (North Adelaide,
SA), d. 19 Sept. 1875 (SA).
45. Florence Lydia Graves, b. 4 Sept. 1876
(Gilbert Town, SA), d. 15 March 1877.
+46. Frank Graves, b. 31 Jan. 1878, m. Florence Webling, 18 July 1902,
d. 14 Dec. 1951.
+47. Ernest Alfred Graves, b. 29 March 1880, m. Ada Florence Johnson, 22
April 1903, d. 9 June 1928.
48. William Bertrand Graves, b. 27 Feb. 1882
(Adelaide, SA), d. 9 April 1889.
+49. Frederick Charles Graves, b. 30 March 1884, m. Bertha Brusche.
+50. Olive Ethelwin Graves, b. 29 July 1886, m. Gerald Marshall Gerard,
3 April 1912, d. 25 Aug. 1974.
+51. Norman Stanley Graves, b. 3 Aug. 1888, m. Maude Rix, d. 25 Sept.
1921.
52. Clifton Roy Graves, b. 19 Oct. 1891 (Adelaide,
SA), m. Vida James.
+53. Muriel Gertrude Graves, b. 4 Sept. 1893, m. Ralph Holker, d. 1959.
William Graves (12) was born about
1853 in Cambridgeshire, and died 14 July 1910 in Adelaide, SA. His occupation was storekeeper. He arrived in South Australia on the Pestonjee Bomanjee in 1854. He first married Ann (“Annie”) Elizabeth
Rebecca Martin, on 7 Oct. 1874 in SA.
She was born about 1854, and died 28 May 1878 in Adelaide, SA. He second married Clara Ann ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1856, and died 14 July
1932 in Adelaide, SA. They were both
buried in Walkerville. (R‑2)
Children - Graves, by Annie E.
R. Martin
54. Eva Amy Graves, b. 13 Sept. 1875 (North
Adelaide, SA), m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Peters, d. 1934.
55. Arthur William John Graves, b. 1877.
GENERATION 4
CHILDREN OF ANN GRAVES (7) AND
MARTIN FULLSTON
John Martin Fullston (23) was born
24 June 1857 and died in 1921. He
married Christina Selina Battersby. She
was born in 1856 and died in 1942. (R‑3)
Children - Fullston
56. George John Fullston, b. 1876, d. 1954.
57. Frank Martin Fullston, b. 1879.
58. Jemima Jane Fullston, b. 1881.
James Fullston (25) was born 19
Nov. 1862 and died 19 March 1947. He
married Norah Riorden (“Rebecca”) Reading on 4 Dec. 1880. She was born 18 Feb. 1857 and died 23 Jan.
1936. (R‑1, R‑2)
Children - Fullston
59. Lydia Ann Fullston, b. 21 May 1881 (Gumeracha
dist.), m. Stewart Cameron.
60. James Ernest Fullston, b. 17 Sept. 1882 (Port
Adelaide, SA), m. Elsie Lower. She d.
15 June 1972.
61. Mabel Maud Fullston, b. 27 June 1884
(Gumeracha, SA), m. John Harold Fewster.
62. Elsie May Fullston, b. 6 Aug. 1885, m.
Alexander Badenoch. (According to R‑2,
this is daughter of James Fullston and Norah Hartwig, b. 18 May 1886 in North
Gumeracha.)
63. Florence Adelaide Fullston, b. 15 March 1888,
m. Julius Eugene Wilheim Schultz, 10 Jan. 1910. He was b. 25 Oct. 1888.
64. Arthur Alfred Fullston, b. 26 April 1891
(Dowlingville, SA), d. 16 July 1891.
65. Alice Emma Fullston, b. 10 Sept. 1894
(Maitland, SA), m. William Ralph Sandercock.
+66. Gladys Ruth Fullston, b. 4 Aug. 1896, m. William George Haylock, 6
May 1926, d. 28 Nov. 1989.
CHILDREN OF EZRA GRAVES (11) AND
SARAH J. MERRITT
Marion Louise Graves (42) was born
17 Oct. 1871 in Gumeracha District, South Australia. She married William Innes.
(R‑3)
Children - Innes
67. Kenneth Innes
Frank Graves (46) was born 31 Jan.
1878 in Kingston District, Port Adelaide, South Australia, and died 14 Dec.
1951 in Adealide, SA. He married
Florence Webling, daughter of Alfred Charles Webling and Marie (Mary Ann)
Deslandes, on 18 July 1902 in Port Adelaide, SA. She was born 26 Nov. 1870 at Cape Borda Lighthouse (Flinders),
died 15 Feb. 1951 in Adelaide, SA, and was buried in Cheltenham cem., Adelaide,
SA. (R‑3)
Children - Graves
+68. Dulcie Florence Graves, b. 18 April 1903, m. Kenneth Charles
Thomas, d. 14 April 1990.
+69. Lennard Frank Graves, b. 12 Nov. 1904, m. Hazel Flora Cotton, d. 31
Oct. 1968.
+70. Ezma Mary Graves, b. 17 Nov. 1908, m. Victor Clifford Francis.
Ernest Alfred (“Ern”) Graves (47),
or Alfred Ernest Graves, was born 29 March 1880 in Rosewater, SA, and died 9
June 1928 in Woodville, SA. He married
Ada Florence Johnson, daughter of George Johnson and Louisa Florentina
Westbury, on 22 Apr 1903 in St Paul, Pt. Adelaide, SA. She was born 13 Jan. 1878 in Woodville, SA,
and died 10 March 1959 in Adelaide, SA.
They were both buried in Cheltenham.
Both their children were born in Rosewater, SA, died in Adelaide, SA,
and were buried in Cheltenham, SA. (R‑2,
R‑3)
Children - Graves
71. Norman Ernest (“Norm”) Graves, b. 17 Jan.
1904, never married, d. 9 Nov. 1935.
72. Horace Alfred (“Horrie”) Graves, never
married, d. 19 July 1973.
Frederick Charles Graves (49) was
born 30 March 1884 in Bayswater District, Port Adelaide, SA. He married Bertha Brusche. (R‑3)
Children - Graves
73. May Graves
74. Milton Graves
75. Ila Graves
Olive Ethelwin Graves (50) was born
29 July 1886 in Bayswater District, Port Adelaide, SA, and died 25 Aug. 1974 in
Adelaide, SA. She married Gerald
Marshall Gerard (or Gerrard), son of Henry Marshall Gerard and Eliza Fleetwood
Lewis, on 3 April 1912 in Alberton, SA.
He was born 2 Jan. 1881 in Kensington, SA, and died 9 Sept. 1964 in
Cheltenham, SA. They were both buried
in Cheltenham. (R‑3)
Children - Gerrard
+76. Elma Gerrard, m. Harry Meadows.
77. Jack Gerrard, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
m(2) Norma ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
78. Cliff Gerrard
+79. Geraldine Gerrard, m. Ken A. J. Stevens.
Norman Stanley Graves (51) was born
3 Aug. 1888 in Bayswater District, Port Adelaide, SA, and died 25 Sept.
1921. He married Maude Rix. (R‑3)
Children - Graves
80. Helen Graves
81. Graham Graves
Muriel Gertrude Graves (53) was
born 4 Sept. 1893 in Bayswater District, Port Adelaide, SA, and died in
1959. She married Ralph Holker. (R‑3)
Children - Holker
+82. Nancy Gertrude Holker, b. 1921, m. Don Langsford, d. 1951.
+83. Margaret Holker, m. Ivor Harry.
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[1] The 1851 English census confirms this year of birth.
[2] According to R-2.
[3] According to R-1.
[4] Chris Graves said he married Ellen Briggs 14 June 1856 and gave his death date as 1908, but William Haylock (R‑1) gave 8 Oct. 1854 in RAH, Adelaide, Australia, bur. West Terrace. Colin Graves (R‑3) said he died 15 Oct. 1854 in Adelaide.
[5] This should read John, not William.
[6] R‑3 gave Ezra’s birth date as 9 Oct. 1849.
[7] The 1851 census shows Ann Graves as 14 years of age (born 1837). When she migrated 2 years later, she was listed as 18. Perhaps she said she was 2 years older than she was to migrate.
[8] R‑3 gives this name as Fullstone.
[9] Given as 8 Nov. 1855 by R-1, and 3 Nov. 1855 by R-2.
[10] Given as 6 June 1860 by R-1, and 16 April 1860 by R-2.
[11] Given as 13 April 1865 by R-1, and 15 April 1865 by R-2.