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  Michael  
  1816-1877  
 
  WILLS  
 
 
  Son of  
  William 1772 Michael[1]   Thomas 1836[2]   Alfred Henry[3]   Charles 1883[4]  
  of West Mill 1816-1877       1860-      
  Ann     Michael 1838[5]   Sarah Ann     Alfred J 1885[6]  
  Belcher       McDougall      
    Ellen Anne 1841[7]     Mary Ann 1887[8]  
         
    Elizabeth 1843[9]     Rubena 1888[10]  
         
    Richard 1847[11]     James J 1889[12]  
         
    William 1850[13]     Elizabeth[14]  
         
    George 1857[15]     Herbert 1892[16]  
     
    Richard 1896[17]  
     
    Herbert 1901[18]    
     
  Ronald 1935[19]    
  1996 Pic at Buscot  
 
 
 
 
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[1]
Michael was baptised at Buscot 1816. Michael and Ann married 1839. They migrated to Lyttelton NZ in 1851 but resettled in Prahan
Melbourne 1854
[2]
Thomas Belcher born 3 years before Anne and Michael married. He travelled to NZ with the family in 1851 then to Melbourne about 1854. Married Georgina Williamson 1859 in Prahan Melbourne.
[3]
Alfred Henry William born at Collingwood
[4]
Charles Henry married Elizabeth Hill4 children
[5]
Michael Belcher born before parents married in 1839. Travelled to NZ in 1851 with family aged 11, only child not mentioned in Anns will 1887.
[6]
Alfred John, didn't marry.
[7]
Married name Metson in Ann's 1887 will.
[8]
Mary Ann "Polly" married Fred Bees 10 children
[9]
Marriedsurname Ruff in Ann's will of 1887.
[10]
Rubena Harriet Esther, married Stan Mitchell, 5 children.
[11]
Richard was noted as cabdriver in Ann's will of 1887
[12]
James Joseph married May Bullpitt 2 children
[13]
Shown on the passenger list of the Steadfast to NZ as an infant. Last of family born in England
[14]
Elizabeth May born about 1890 married Frank Henderson 4 children
[15]
George was born in Melbourne. Noted in Ann's will of 1887 as a labourer of Malvern.
[16]
Herbert Henry, died aged 7 months
[17]
Richard Leslie married Katherine Doran, 3 children
[18]
Herbert McDougall married Florence Lavinia Shiell, 2 children
[19]
GG grandson of Michael who migrated to Melbourne about 1854. Ron died in Melbourne in January 2004.
His DNA test matched exactly to others of the Grittenham line descended through Benjamin1689 from John1660