Hi Ann,
I don’t know where Mary Howard was born. I am now trying to find Francis Edwards’ and Mary Howards’ details. I have a few Victoria Public Records CD’s that have come in handy so here is as much info as I know about this line so far. You are welcome to email me at any time.
Francis Edwards
+ Mary Howard
James Francis Edwards chr. Jul 25, 1813, St Peters Church, Liverpool, UK d. 1879 Victoria, Australia. Died aged 65 years.
+ Elizabeth Carin b Abt. 1818 Braddan, IOM m. 28 Oct 1837 d. 1886 Prahran, Victoria, Australia. Died aged 68 years.
Jane Edwards chr. 4 Oct 1838, Saint Barnabas, Douglas, IOM
James Francis Edwards b. Cal 1849 d. 1887 Prahran, Vic, Australia. Died aged 38 years.
+ Mary Roughead b. 1856 Melbourne, Vic. Australia m. 1874
James Frederick Edwards b. 1876 Rose (as on Vic Record, somewhere in Victoria). D. 1876 Gipps (as on Vic Pub Record, somewhere in Victoria). Died aged 1 year.
James Francis Edwards b. 1878 Collingwood, Vic, Australia
Christian Parker Edwards b. 1860 Hepburn, Vic, Australia
d. 1914 East Melbourne, Vic., Australia. Died aged 54 years.
+Margaret (possible middle name Ruby) Maloney b. 1861 Windsor, Vic., Australia of Daniel & Elizabeth Maloney m. 1882 Castlemaine, Vic., Australia d. 1932 Fitzroy, Vic., Australia. Died aged 65 years. Family knowledge has it that she ran a confectionary shop for many years before her death in the Richmond/Collingwood area.
Elizabeth Florence Edwards b. 1883 St. Kilda, Vic. Australia d. 1883 St. Kilda, Vic., Australia. Died aged 7 days.
Elizabeth Edwards b. 1884 St. Kilda, Vic., Australia d. 1884 St. Kilda, Vic., Australia. Died aged 2 months.
James Francis Edwards b. 1886 Clifton Hill, Vic., Australia d. 1887 Nth Fitzroy, Vic., Australia. Died aged 1 year.
Christian Parker Edwards b. 1889 Nth Fitzroy, Vic., Australia
d. 1957 Brunswick, Vic., Australia. Died aged 68 years.
+ Lily Florence May Joyce m. 1914
Lily Dorothy Ethel Edwards b. 1916 Clifton Hill, Vic., Australia
Unconfirmed son of Christian & Lily is Christian Thomas Edwards b. Cal 1922 d. 1978 Preston, Vic., Australia. Died aged 56 years.
William Frederick Edwards b. 1892 Nth Fitzroy, Vic., Australia
d. 1945 Preston, Vic., Australia. Died aged 52 years. Family knowledge has it he was a tanner for the nearby shoe factories around Richmond, Preston & Clifton Hill. Died of a heart attack. Family home in Noone Street, Clifton Hill.
+Amelia Myrtle Gilchrist b. 1892 Albert Park, Vic., Australia. Daughter of James Watson Gilchrist & Florence Mabel Peters, both born in Victoria. m. 1914 Nth Fitzroy, Vic., Australia d. 1968 Clifton Hill, Vic., Australia
William Leslie Edwards b. 1915 Richmond, Vic., Australia. Deceased with living widow and one son with family.
John Alfred Christian Edwards b. 1917 Clifton Hill, Vic., Australia d. 1917 Clifton Hill, Vic., Australia. Died under 1 year.
Living Female Edwards
George John Edwards b. 1927 Clifton Hill, Vic., Australia d. 1991 Keilor, Vic., Australia. Died aged 64 years from complications of diabetes. He played professional Aussie Rules Football for Hawthorn 1947 - 1952.
+ Living Cole widow
Gary Edwards b. 1965 Moonee Ponds, Vic., Australia
+ myself
Leslie Edwards b. 1894 Nth Fitzroy, Vic., Australia d. 1970 St. Kilda, Vic., Australia. Died aged 76 years.
Evelyn Grace Edwards b. 1897 Nth Fitzroy, Vic., Australia d. 1980 Fitzroy, Vic., Australia. Died aged 83 years.
+BLEASDALE
Margaret Dorothy Edwards b. 1900 Collingwood, Vic., Australia d. 1955 Fitzroy, Vic., Australia. Died aged 54 years.
+ MCKRELL
According to Castlemaine Historical Society, Francis Edwards may have had a connection with the then Regional Aboriginal Protector Mr. Edward Parker. Whether this influenced James Francis to name his son Christian Parker after Edward Parker is unclear. There was a large Methodist missionary movement in the Castlemaine/Daylesford/Hepburn area at the time and Parker was a Methodist minister. Methodism was consolidating its membership in the mid-1800’s. James Francis may have been neighbours with Parker or been a lay preacher in a local church. Perhaps it is just coincidence that the names and time periods are found together. I have not been able to establish if James Francis was a CofE worshiper in Liverpool, and if so then changed to Methodism during his time on the IOM. The Victorian Gold Rush was on at the time of James Francis and Elizabeth’s arrival in Victoria. The lure of gold may have brought them to Australia. I have not yet found emigration details for them.
I am happy to send Victoria Public Record Registration numbers related to any of the above details. I would like to hear from anyone with any firm details about this family, family anecdotes or thoughts. I would especially like to know what brought James Francis to the Isle of Man and any details about their daughter Jane Edwards and the Carin Family.
Cheers,
Helen Edwards
newvelvet35@hotmail.com
Sunbury, Victoria, Australia