FAMILY AU6
Info from JessieCunnington@aol.com March 2001
GEORGE HENRY ( ) Believed born UK (London?) c1820-30
Apparently came to Australia attracted by the Gold Rush in
Victoria - but as Jessie says many thousands from many
countries came, lived, died, and records were not kept.
Jessie has many documents about descendants, but cannot
identify his origins.
He was married to an Emma (Bean?)but his sons second marriage
certificate says her maiden name was Cole
His children included :
GEORGE HENRY (7558)born Sandhurst, Victoria (now Bendigo)
c1857. He died North Carlton, Victoria, 16.12.1925.His death
certificate says he was 15 years in Western Australia, and 53
years in Victoria, his fathers occupation farmer/miner.
He married (1) 12.11.1881 at Fitzroy, Victoria to Mary Maude
Schrader, she age 19, born Berlin, Germany.They had no
children, and were divorced in 1886.
He married (2) 22.04.1889 at Hamilton, Victoria to Kate
Williams, she age 20, born Hamilton. Kate died 21.06.1909.
Children :
25.01.1890 at Sth Fitzroy, Victoria Emma Millicent
18.02.1892 at Fitzroy, Victoria GEORGE HENRY (7559)
He died NSW 1927
18.11.1893 at Carlton, Victoria Isobel Victoria
......1896 at................... FRANK GRANVILLE (7560)
....Jessie has been unable to find any birth details.
....Was he Frank or Francis ?
17.09.1898 at Carlton, Victoria Louisa Alice
.......she died aged 2 months
Apart from Louisa A, all above children married and lived in
Victoria.
He married (3) 18.12.1912 at Yarraville, Victoria to Jessie
Brown, she age 38, born Brunswick, Victoria
Child :
16.04.1913 at Brunswick, Victoria ALAN LEONARD FYFFE (7561)
He married Yvonne Anne Vickers. He was in Royal
Australian Navy, they had daughter Jessie Ann, who is
an Australian Registered Nurse, currently working in
Toronto, Canada
19/20.11.1941 Ordnance Artificer "A L F Cunnington" HMAS Sydney,
sunk off W Australian coast in battle with German ship Kormoran.
..........he was one of 645 persons lost.
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