My Sixteen Great-Great-Grandparents

Following the excellent example of Mightier Acorns and others, I will endeavour to write stories about each of my 16 Great-Great-Grandparents.

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John William GILES 1817-1872, born Effingham, Surrey, England, died Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.

Elizabeth FOREMAN 1825-1893, born Cranbrook, Kent, England, died Campbelltown, NSW, Australia.

Edward PAYTEN 1829-1898, born Parramatta, NSW, Australia, died Goulburn, NSW, Australia.

Hannah Rebecca Pye ROSE 1831-1915, born Campbelltown, NSW, Australia, died Mosman, NSW, Australia.

William FLICKER 1824-1883, born St Paul’s Wharf, London, England, died Auckland, New Zealand.                

Alice Jane BAILEY 1837-1915, born Hackney, Middlesex, England, died Parramatta, NSW, Australia.  

Edwin WALTON 1845-1881, born London, England, died Dubbo, NSW, Australia.

Isabella CAWOOD 1847-1928, born Parramatta, NSW, Australia, died Parramatta, NSW, Australia.

Charles Sampson TEESON 1820-1874, born Crowle, Lincolnshire, England, died Enmore, NSW, Australia.

Ellen DEAN 1823-1910, born Darrington, Yorkshire, England, died Marrickville, NSW, Australia.

Theophilus DRINKWATER 1828-1911, born Padiham, Lancashire, England, died Marrickville, NSW, Australia.

Mary Emma STEPHENS 1836-1894, born West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, died Marrickville, NSW, Australia.

George CHAMBERS 1828-1908, born Deerness, Orkney, Scotland, died North Botany, NSW, Australia.

Frances BECKINGHAM 1843-1910, born Lyford, Berkshire, England, died North Botany, NSW, Australia.

Robert Charles BROWN 1853-1912, born Sydney, NSW, Australia, died Waterloo, NSW, Australia.

Elizabeth STEVENS 1855-1919, Sydney, NSW, Australia, died Annandale, NSW, Australia.

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These ancestors were born between 1817 and 1855 and died between 1872 and 1919. The longest living of My Sixteen was Ellen Dean at 87. The youngest to die was Edwin Walton at 36. The least number of children to a couple was 1 to Charles Sampson Teeson and Ellen Dean. The highest number of children was 12 to William Flicker and Alice Jane Bailey. The longest widowhood was 47 years for Isabella Cawood. Only one husband outlived his wife, Theophilus Drinkwater by 17 years. Of the 11 who came to Australia from another country, there was only one known to have returned to his home country, John William Giles. Only two widows remarried, Elizabeth Foreman and Alice Jane Bailey. 6 of the 8 couples named a son after their father. Only 3 named a daughter after their mother and only one was their first name.