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Ebenezer and Mary Wedd

Spouses mentioned on this page
William Alfred Coleman, Helena Victoria Kelly, John Angus McDiarmid, Rebecca MacKenzie,
William George McMahen, Agnes Miller, Eliza Ross nee Moore, William George Raven, Elizabeth Jane Reid ,
Peter Saunders , Eliza Sibley, George Alexander Snow, William Vaughan, Richard Ward,

William Wedd and Margaret came as Assisted Immigrants on the Palmyra. Arrived at Port Phillip 19 July 1848. Margaret died 1849 #4700 aged 23. William Stockbridge Wedd wed 1850 #29114 to Eliza Sibley

Ebenezer Wedd, Mary and family came as Assisted Immigrants on the Bussorah Merchant, arrived at Geelong 26 June 1850.
Note this ship described at AMPI Picture Gallery and also picture here

William Stockbridge Christening: 22 Apr 1770 at Melbourn, Cambridge, England, son of Mary Smith and Thomas Stockberidge, wed 14 OCT 1789 at Melbourn, Cambridge, England to Sarah Freshwater
Mary Stockbridge Birth: 11 Aug 1793 Christening: 25 DEC 1794 at Melbourn, Cambridge, England daughter of Sarah and William Stockbridge.
Ebenezer Wedd wed 7 NOV 1816 at Melbourn, Cambridge, England to Mary Stockbridge
Ebenezer Wedd 1789 - 1852 #3331 aged 63
Mary died 1854 #692 aged 63, daughter of John Stockbridge.

8 Children

1. William Wedd Birth: 26 Mar 1817 Christening: 27 Feb 1818 and also 07 Sep 1821
2. Joseph Wedd Birth: 17 Aug 1818 Christening: 07 Sep 1821 not in Aust records
3. Thomas Wedd Birth: 24 Sep 1820 Christening: 07 Sep 1821 not in Aust records
4. Elizabeth Henrietta Wedd Christening: 25 Dec 1822
5. Peter Wedd Birth: 09 May 1827 Christening: 30 Apr 1837
6. Matilda Wedd 27 Jan 1832 Christening: 30 Apr 1837 not in Aust records
7. Sarah Wedd Birth: 23 Aug 1834 Christening: 30 Apr 1837
8. Ruth Wedd Birth: 27 Jul 1829 Christening: 30 Apr 1837

1. William Wedd 26 Mar 1817 and Margaret came as Assisted Immigrants on the Palmyra, arrived at Port Phillip 19 July 1848. Margaret died 1849 #4700 aged 23. William Stockbridge Wedd wed 1850 #29114 to Eliza Sibley 1833 - 1888 #921 aged 55, daughter of Eliza and John Sibley

9 Children

1. Mary Wedd 1855 #5683 - 1856 #4549 lived 1 year
2. Joseph Wedd 1858 #9103
3. James Peter Wedd 1860 - 1881 #6943 lived 21 years
4. Elizabeth Alice Wedd 1863 #12719
5. Eliza Ruth Wedd 1865 #20589
6. Emily Dorothy Wedd 868 #1534 - 1868 #5971 lived 7 months
7. Esther Charlotte Wedd 1870 #1022
8. Ellen Margaret Wedd 1872 #22116
9. Thomas Stockbridge Wedd 1875 #7779

2. Joseph Wedd 1858 #9103 wed 1886 #3593V to Helena Victoria Kelly 1864 #10827 born at Pleasant Creek (Stawell)

1st Child

1. Florence Sarah Wedd 1887 #18238

4. Elizabeth Alice Wedd 1863 #12719 wed 1885 #5615 to Richard Ward

2 Children

1. Elsie May Ward 1887 #1831
2. Lilian Rose Ward 1888 #27979

5. Eliza Ruth Wedd 1865 #20589 wed 1885 #3707 to George Alexander Snow 1859 #15981, born at Sandhurst

2 Children

1. Eliza Ruth Snow 1886 #9004
2. George Alexander Snow 1888 #9937

4. Elizabeth Henrietta Wedd Christening: 25 Dec 1822 wed 1850 #5611 to Peter Saunders

4 Children

1. Elizabeth Cather Saunders 1853 #973
2. Matilda Ann Saunders 1856 #836
3. Mary Henrietta Saunders 1860 #924 - 1860 #4338 lived 4 months
4. Ebenezer Walter Saunders 1862 #16142 - 1883 #9108 lived 21 years

1. Elizabeth Cather Saunders 1853 #973 wed 1875 #89 to William Alfred Coleman 1850 #26776 born at Collingwood

4 Children

1. Maud Mary Coleman 1876 #1419
2. Ophelia Alice Coleman 1878 #1405
3. Percy William Coleman 1882 #7997
4. George Coleman 1888 #18913

2. Matilda Ann Saunders 1856 #836 wed 1879 #2633 to William George McMahen born in Melbourne

4 Children

1. Flor May McMahen 1880 #1313
2. Alfred William McMahen 1881 #15100
3. Ebenezer Walter McMahen 1883 #25231
4. Elizabeth Henriette McMahen 1885 #12122

5. Peter Wedd Birth: 09 May 1827 Christening: 30 Apr 1837 wed 1854 #2531 to Rebecca MacKenzie 1831 - 1858 #4692 aged 27 daughter of Margaret and John McKenzie.
She may be Assisted Immigrant Rebecca McKenzie aged 21. The Genghis Khan came Jul 1853 with Assisted British Immigrants John McKenzie 43, Margaret 44, Margaret 27, Andrew 24, Jessie 23, Rebecca 21, Mary 18, Ellen 14, Kenneth 11, Margaret 9, and Infant
Peter Wedd wed 1862 #959 to Eliza Ross nee Moore. She appears to be Eliza Moore wife of Francis Ross and mother of Mary Ann Ross 1858 #4208, Francis Ross 1859 #21461 - 1861 #2796 lived 2 years, James Ross 1860 #21799 and Elizabeth Ross 1862 #5000

2 Children
of Rebecca

1. Ruth Wedd 1856 - 1859 #6649 lived 3 years
2. Letitia Anne Cullen Wedd 1858 #10245 wed 1888 #7910 to John McQueen

6 Children
of Eliza

3. Peter Ebenezar Wedd 1863 #15449
4. Thomas Wedd 1864 #23097
5. Letitia Wedd 1867 #3141
6. Eliza Wedd 1870 #3471
7. Joseph Wedd 1872 #3597 - 1872 #1686 lived 6 days
8. Walter Stockbridge Wedd 1873 #17881

From on Mon, 1 Oct 2007

Subject: Peter Wedd & Elizabeth Ross (Nee Moore)
Peter Ebenezer Wedd married Elizabeth Kerr had family including Allan a Methodist parson in W.A.
Thomas Wedd 1st wife was Katy Cameron (d 1912 S.A.) He remmarried one son being Athol (police commissioner W.A)
Latitia (Tish) married Jack McQueen Children Keith & Mamie?.
Eliza married J Norton of Kalgoorlie.
Walter Stockbridge Wedd was a lieutenant in 5th Vic Mounted Rifles in Boer War. Stayed in South Africa married and had mining & Bike Shop in Johannasburgh. Died in East Africa about 1917 chasing Germans.

Adrian also provided details about Daniel Ross who was married to Eliza Ross in S.A about 1850.
This family is recorded at Daniel Ross. He left Scotland on the India which burned, 153 were rescued by the Roland, and they then came on the Gilmore to Port Phillip.

3. Peter Ebenezer Wedd 1863 #15449 wed 1885 #5236 to Elizabeth Jane Reid (or Keir) possibly Elizabeth Jane Reid 1877 #24525 and lived at Cheltenham

2 Children

1. Rauhamah Eliza Wedd 1886 #9005
2. Allan Joseph Wedd 1888 #6280

2. Allan Joseph Wedd 1888 #6280 wed c1918 to Ruby Ulereca Leonora Quine 1888 #33520

1st child

1. Walter Ian Wedd 1918 #29060

7. Sarah Wedd Birth: 23 Aug 1834 Christening: 30 Apr 1837 wed 1853 #4077 to William George Raven, 2 sons both died as infants

8. Ruth Wedd Birth: 27 Jul 1829 Christening: 30 Apr 1837 wed 1850 #5594 to William Vaughan

5 Children

1. Alice Elizabeth Vaughan 1852 #17402 wed 1872 #1076 to John Angus McDiarmid
2. Mary Jackson Vaughan 1853 #197 - 1857 #6169 lived 4 years
3. William Vaughan 1855 #3326 registered also 1855 #18915
4. Thomas Bartlett Vaughan 1858 #5406 wed 1883 #175 to Agnes Miller
5. Henry Vaughan 1860 #12037 - 1861 #3914 lived 13 months

1. Alice Elizabeth Vaughan 1852 #17402 wed 1872 #1076 to John Angus McDiarmid born at Inverness

5 Children

1. Ruth Marion McDiarmid 1873 #4869
2. John Angus McDiarmid 1875 #1162
3. Walter Ebenezer McDiarmid 1877 #1447
4. Alice Elizabeth McDiarmid 1879 #8014
5. Thomas Bartlett McDiarmid 1881 #1501

4. Thomas Bartlett Vaughan 1858 #5406 wed 1883 #175 to Agnes Miller

2 Children

1. William Thomson Vaughan 1884 #3199
2. Elizabeth Ann Vaughan 1885 #10887 - 1886 #9532 lived 17 months

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