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Andrew Bickley b. 1730 Shropshire, England
Samuel Bickley b. 1780 Surrey, England
Wallace Bickley b.1810 England, d. 1876 Fremantle, Australia
Agnes Elizabeth Margaret Bickley b. 14 July 1809
Henry Bickley b. 1830
Francis Bickley b. 1832
John Bickley b. 1782 d. 1818
Cobley family in England and Wales
Thomas Cobley b. abt. 1802/3 Pensford, Somerset d. Oct.
27,1891
Sarah Cobley b. abt. 1804, Pensford,
Somerset d. Dec. 4, 1887
Matthew Cobley b. abt. 1825, Mynyddislwyn, Monmouthshire, d. Feb. 14, 1899,
Mark COBLEYb.abt. 1827, Myn. d. March 19, 1898, buried Tabor
Luke Cobley b. abt. 1830 Myn. d. May 13, 1907, buried Tabor
Mary Cobley b. abt. 1834, Myn.
Elizabeth Cobley b. abt. 1837, Bedwas christened Sept. 26, 1838 Bedwas upper
Sarah Cobley b. abt. 1840, Bedwas upper, christened Oct. 2, 1840 Bedwas upper
Martha Cobley b. abt. 1843, Bedwas upper
John Cobley b. abt. 1846, Bedwas upper
Margaret Cobley b. abt. 1849 Bedwas upper
Mark COBLEY b. 1827 Mynyddyslwyn, Monmouth, England coal miner
Ruth COBLEY b. 1829 Bedwas, Monmouth, England
Edward COBLEY b. 1863 Bedwas, Monmouth, England
Daniel COBLEY b. 1868 Bedwas, Monmouth, England
Sarah COBLEY b. 1871 Bedwas, Monmouth, England
Possible son of Mark Cobley and wife?
Thomas COBLEY b. 1858 Bedwas, Monmouth, England coal miner
Sarah A. COBLEY b. 1860 his wife Bedwas, Monmouth, England
Another son of Mark Cobley and wife?
Obed COBLEY b. 1851 Bedwas, Monmouth, England coal miner
Ann COBLEY b. 1854 Bedwas, Monmouth, England
Lemuel COBLEY b. 1876 Bedwas, Monmouth, England
Sarah COBLEY b. 1878 Bedwas, Monmouth, England
Ruth COBLEY b. 1880 Bedwas, Monmouth, England
Widow of John Cobley b. 1846?
Mary A. COBLEY b. 1842 Bristol Kingswood coal miner's widow
Charles COBLEY b. 1864 Bedwellty, Monmouth, England coal miner
Emma COBLEY b. 1867 Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales apprentice
Mary E. COBLEY b. 1872 Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales
Joseph COBLEY b. 1875 M Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales
Elyisa COBLEY b. 1877 Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales
Possibly unrelated or son of Samuel Cobley b. 1807(below?)
Thomas COBLEY 1841 M Trevethin, Monmouth, England
William COBLEY b. 1869 M Trevethin, Monmouth, England
Joseph COBLEY b. 1871 M Trevethin, Monmouth, England
Mary J. COBLEY b. 1873 Trevethin, Monmouth, England
Annie COBLEY b. 1875 Trevethin, Monmouth, England
Thomas COBLEY b. 1879 Trevethin, Monmouth, England
Ellen COBLEY b. 1870 Trevethin, Monmouth, England
Possible sibling of Thomas Cobley b. 1802 Pensford, Somerset?
Samuel COBLEY b. 1807 Pensford Pubton coal miner
Ann COBLEY b. 1813 wife Mynyddislwyn, Monmouth, England
Emily COBLEY b. 1869 grand-daughter Bedwellty, Monmouth, England
Samuel COBLEY b. 1873 grandson Bedwellty, Monmouth, England
Possible widow of a sibling of Thomas Cobley?
Jane COBLEY W 55 F Kingston, Somerset, England retired innkeeper
Matthew Cobley and Elizabeth Cobley (Elizabeth b. 1829 d. Jan. 18, 1901,
buried Hephzebah, Bedwas)
Their children:-
William Cobley b. abt. 1849
Thomas Cobley b. abt. June 20, 1851, Bedwas to USA c.1875
Lydia Cobley b. abt. 1853, Van, Caerphilly, Glamorgan
Charles Cobley b. abt. Feb. 1855, d. Dec. 21, 1955
Charles Cobley b. abt. 1859, Van, Caerphilly to Australia c. 1895
John Cobley b. abt. 1862, Van, Caerphilly
Mary Cobley b. abt. 1864, Van, Caerphilly
Matthew Cobley b. abt. 1865 Van, Caerphilly
Catherine Cobley b. abt. 1868, Bedwas
Cobley family in Western Australia
Elizabeth Jane Cobley
Sarah Jane Richards
Charles Cobley died Gwalia (Leonora) Western Australia
Gwyneth Cobley b. 11 December 1901 m. Bill Green
Gertrude Cobley
Catherine Cobley b. 6 June 1893 m. George Potter
Sarah Cobley 14 May 1886 m. William Hodgins
The Cobley Cousins in the United States
Mary Elizabeth Cobley b. 1882
Thomas Wyndom Cobley b. 1885
Lillian Cobley b. 1888
Matthew Cobley b. 1890
Catherine Cobley b. 1895
Charles Cobley b. 1897 d. 1902
Morris Cobley b.1900 d. 1901
Annie Morris d. 1908
Thomas Cobley b. 1851 Wales d. 1923 Colorado
Clarence Cobley b. 1912
Edmond Thomas Cobley b. 1914
Katherine Cobley b. 1916
Lillian Cobley b. 1919
Compton family in Western Australia
Agnes Isa Compton b.1892 Southern Cross
Ailsa Compton b. 21 Mar 1926 m. Irwin Poynton
Alfred Alwyn Ormuz Compton b.1900
Edward Alfred Frederick Compton b. 1867 St Kilda
George Compton b.1921
George Spencer Compton b.1891 Southern Cross
George Spencer Compton b. 1833 Totnes, Devon
David Compton b.1934 d. 1975 Karratha
Jessica Fredericka Compton b.1897
Henry Compton b. 1800 Paignton, Devon d. New Zealand 1876
Winnifred Mitchell Compton b.1893
Annie Bickley Compton b.1896
Compton family in Victoria, Australia
Charles Spencer Compton 14 September, 1857 d. 5 December 1857
Elizabeth Annie Compton 15 September, 1858 d. 18 October 1858
Edith Jane Compton 29 June, 1861 Sandridge, Victoria.
Kate Compton 30 June, 1862, Richmond, Victoria.
Marion Elizabeth Compton 7 June 1864 East St Kilda, Victoria.
Louise Maude Compton 11 June 1865 East St Kilda
Laura Beatrice Compton 6 August 1866 East St Kilda
Cecil Ernest Compton 4 September 1869 Perth, Western Australia
Charles Henry Compton 31 March 1871 Perth, Western Australia d. 6 June 1871
Clarence Henry Compton 16 September 1874 Perth. d. Jerusalem, 4 September 1916
Compton ancestors in Devon, England
Christian Compton b.27 June 1826
Mary Jane Compton b.8 October 1827
Charles Henry Compton b.10 August 1830
Anna Maria Hoyles Compton b.7 Jan 1832
Frederick Spencer Cavendish Compton b.6 December 1835
Samuel Compton b. 1754 Paignton, Devon
Christian Eastley Compton b.6 March 1784
Samuel Compton b.26 March 1785
Charles Compton b.15 February 1788
George Spencer Compton b.23 May 1790 d 1826.
Francis Compton b.29 June 1793
Henry Compton b.15 March 1800
Christian Compton b.8 October 1803
Christian Eastley b.9 March 1760
Charles Eastley
Susanna Eastley b.21 June 1720
Anne Fowle
Mary Anne Holmes first wife of William Mitchell
Margaret Izon m. Samuel Bickley on 18 July, 1779 at Ellesmere, Shropshire
Caroline Frances Anne Leddiard
Elizabeth Ley b. 1833 Exeter, Devon
Elizabeth Miller
William Miller and Elizabeth Patterson
Margaret Meldrum b. Wemyss, Scotland c. 1705
James Meldrum and Barbara Dunsyre
The Reverend William Mitchell and descendants in Western Australia
The Reverend William Mitchell b. 1803 Ireland
Ann Mitchell b. 13 October 1826 d. 16 August 1916
Susan Augusta Mitchell b. 11 April 1828 d. 30 September 1867
William Owen Mitchell b. 20 October 1829 d. 4 August 1914
Frances Tree Tatlock (born 6 July 1806) on 24 January 1832
Blayney Mitchell b. 12 November, 1832 d. 16 August 1833
Samuel Mitchell b. 5 February 1834 d. 26 September 1908
Frances Tree Mitchell b. 25 May 1841 d. 1 July 1879
Charlotte Mitchell b. 11 May 1843 d. 6 September 1922
Andrew Forster Mitchell b. 7 March 1846 d. 31 May 1870
Isa Frances Anne Mitchell b. 5 October 1854 d. 4 July 1949
Edith Charlotte Mitchell b. 21 June 1856 d. 2 April 1932
William Wallace Mitchell b. 7 August 1858 d. 2 April 1932 (?error)
James Owen Mitchell b. 29 January 1860 d. 2 December 1945
Ernest Augustus Mitchell b. 6 April, 1862
Graves Bickley Mitchell b. 6 March 1862 d. 31 July 1962
Agnes Maria Mitchell b. 18 September 1865 d. 22 September 1951
Valentine Camfield Mitchell b. 14 February 1868
Susan Ferguson Mitchell b. 9 January 1870
Theresa Florence Mitchell b. 8 August, 1872
Andrew Clement Chauncy Mitchell b. 25 December, 1874
Clement Chauncey Mitchell b. 30 March 1876
Poynton family in Victoria, Australia
Alexander Poynton born Castlemaine 8 August, 1853
Charles Poynton born Avoca 11 March, 1855
Mary Jane Poynton born Bunniyong 31 August, 1856 d. 14 April, 1934
Joseph James Poynton born Carngham 10 June, 1858 d. 4 December, 1859
Rosanna Poynton born Happy Valley 23 June, 1860
Edward Poynton born Happy Valley 23 October, 1861
Catherine Poynton born Illabrook, 24 October, 1863
Ellen Poynton born Illabarook, 3 October, 1865
Henry Niel Poynton born Illabarook, 31 December, 1866
William Frederick Poynton born Illabarook, 26 July, 1868, d. 13 May, 1929
Joseph James Poynton born Illabarook, 7 May 1870
Samuel Poynton born Illabarook, 21 August, 1872 (stillborn)
John Poynton born Illabarook, 23 October, 1872, d. 26 April, 1876
David Poynton born Illabarook, 7 January, 1876, d. 14 August, 1916
Poynton family in Western Australia
Anthony Irwin Poynton b. 1951
James Spencer Poynton b. 1956
Jennifer Anne Poynton b. 1969
Charles Edward Poynton b. 1949 Norseman, Western Australia
Irwin Hartley Poynton b. 1925 Midland Junction, W. Australia
Ailsa Gwyneth Poynton b. 1926
Edward Poynton 1861 - 1949
Ida Poynton
Liela Poynton
Laura Gladys Poynton
Erskine Edward Poynton
Enid Poynton
Alexandra Poynton b. 1949
Joseph Clement Hartley Poynton 1922 - 1993
June Patricia Sims 1925 - 1992
John Hartley Poynton b. 1951
Blaire Hartley Poynton b. 1979
Lauren Sarah Poynton b. 1982
Olivia Madeleine Poynton b. 1987
Beryl Poynton
Stokes ancestors in England
The Reverend John Stokes 1773 - 1859
His wife Elizabeth Arabella Franks
Edward Stokes 17 Nov 1822
Elizabeth Jane Stokes 14 April 1827 died scarlet fever 1834
Isabella Sophia Stokes 6 August 1830 died scarlet fever 1834
Francis William Stokes 16 Sept 1832
Isabella Elizabeth Stokes 17 March 1841
Emily McGeorge
Carolyn Ada Giles
Mary Stokes and Thomas Giles
Family of Lt General Sir John Stokes in England
Henrietta Georgina de Villiers Maynard b. 1829 Grahamstown, South Africa
Georgina Elizabeth Stokes, b. 14 November, 1849 in South Africa
Charles Edward Stokes b.20 August 1851 South Africa
Arthur Stokes 9 April, 1853
Francis Herbert Stokes 29 December, 1854
Edith Stokes 29 January, 1857
Alice Stokes 15 August, 1858
Alfred Stokes 14 October, 1860
Constance Stokes 10 May, 1862
Stokes family in South Australia
Charles Edward Stokes b. S.Africa 1851
Caroline Ada Giles
John Maynard Stokes(1878)
Charles Hartley Stokes (1881)
Francis William Stokes
Henrietta Georgina Stokes
Clement Sismey Stokes
Hubert Stokes
Ada Isobel Stokes
Caroline Stokes
Thomson family in the Swan River Colony, Western Australia
Robert Thomson 1794 - 1865
Charles Leddiard Thomson 1814
Marianne Amelia Thomson 6 December 1815
David Thomson 24 December 1816
Eleanor Frances Thomson 20 October 1817
Alfred Thomson 1818
Adelaide Thomson 7 July 1819
Henry Thomson 1820
Laura Morland Thomson 6 January 1822
Francis George Thomson 1825
Isabella Thomson 1826
Robert Thomson 1827
Horace Thomson 1828
Thomson ancestors in England and Scotland
David Thomson (IV)
Anne Thomson 15 July 1792
Robert Thomson 21 January 1794
Jane Thomson 18 June 1795
Elizabeth Thomson 10 September 1801
Charles Thomson 7 January 1804
Susanna Thomson 6 February 1805
David Thomson I 1678 - April 1730
David Thomson (II) b. 1701 Prestonpans
William Thomson b. 1674
William Thomson b. 1699
William Thomson and Margaret Dreddin
Tozer family in Devon, England
Charles Tozer Marldon, Devon
Jane Tozer b. 1804 Marldon, Devon
Susanna Tozer Marldon, Devon
Elizabeth Agnes Wallace
Sir John Stokes - people he met in 1870s while working for the Cave Commission
Marquis D'Aste: formerly member of Danube Commission(Ch 11);
Col. Brooke: son of Rajah Brooke of Borneo (Ch 11);
Dr Blake: seeker of geological explanations of biblical miracles(Ch11);
Canon Curtis Vicar at English Church (Ch11);
Lord Derby Foreign Secretary (Ch 11);
Capt. Eads American engineer opening Mississippi (Ch11);
Edhem Pasha: Turkish Grand Visier (ch11);
Sir Henry Elliott and
again
British Ambassador in Constantinople (ch11);
Mr. Farrer: Secretary of the Board of Trade(ch11);
Lord Granville : Foreign Secretary (Ch 11);
Colonel Gordon of Sudan fame (ch 11);
Karl Haag, the artist (ch 11
Sir Charles Hartley: hydrological engineer on Danube (Ch 11);
Ferdinand de Lesseps: President of the Suez Canal Company (ch11);
Sir Philip Francis: British representative (ch11);
M. Girette: represented the Messageries Maritimes(ch11);
Khedive Ismail: Khedive of Cairo (ch11);
Capt. Jansen: Dutch representative (ch11);
Lord Lyons: HM Ambassador at Constantinople(Ch11);
Capt. Mattei: Italian representative (ch11);
Mr Moorsom: instigator of Manchester Shipping Act (ch11);
Lord Napier of Magdala : looter of Beijing (Ch 11);
Nubar Pasha: Grand Vizier of Cairo (ch11);
Admiral Lord Clarence Paget (ch11);
M. Pierre Superintendent of Ismailia waterworks (Ch 11);
Kate Ranken: One of the Miss Rankens (ch11);
M. Ruysnaer Dutch Consul General in Egypt (Ch 11);
Col. Stanton: Her Majesty's Consul General in Egypt (ch11);
General Stone: American commander of Egyptian troops (Ch 11);
Tewfik: eldest son of Khedive of Cairo (ch11);
Mr and Mrs Grant Thorold Frank Stokes' travelling companions (Ch 11);
Duke William of Wurtemberg (ch11);
Colonel Peter Egerton Warburton: Australian explorer(ch11);
Admiral Willoughby(ch11);
Sir John Stokes - people he met in 1879 en route to or at Alexandria, Egypt
Mr. Bensley: Stokes' private secretary
Morice Bey: head of the lighthouse service
Capt. Blomfield R.N.: Captain of Port Alexandria
Mr Brock: British Vice-Consul in Trieste
Sir Richard Burton
Mrs Burton, wife of the above
Mr. Carver, merchant of Alexandria
Mr. Chapman, the Agent of the P. and 0. Company
Mr. Cookson: British Consul at Alexandria
M. Dionisio the Italian member of the Port of Alexandria Commission
Sir George Elliott
Gordon Pasha
Lord Granville: Foreign Secretary
King John of Abyssinia
Victor de Lesseps
Lady Augusta Loftus: her husband was Governor of New South Wales
Louis Mallet
Mr. Rainals, H.M. Consul at Brest
Miss Ranken
Riaz Pasha: Grand Vizier;
more of Riaz Pasha
M. la Roche from France
Rodocanachis: old Galatz friends
Lord Salisbury
Tewfik Pasha: Khedive of Cairo
M. Zamara: Austrian member of the Constantinople Commission of 1873
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