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16. Abraham Ditton, son of Abraham Ditton and Lydia Wimble, was born on 3 Nov 1839 in Woodchurch, Kent England UK. At eighteen years of age he migrated to Australia as a passenger on the ship Alfred. The Alfred arrived in Moreton Bay Queensland on 19 September 1858. Refer to Moreton Bay immigration database at State Records NSW.

Australian Pioneer records indicate that Abraham, his first wife Marian Stevenson and their eight children were Queensland pioneers. More detail in an extract from The Jubilee of Mackay, 1862-1912 booklet published by the Mackay Mercury. The eldest son Abraham has his own pioneering history and family records archived in Townsville's James Cook University Library.

16a. Marian Stevenson daughter of Alexander Stevenson, Engine Keeper and Marian McLeay, was the first spouse of Abraham Ditton. Marian and Abraham were married on 20 Jun 1864 at Calliope Station, in the District of Rockhampton, Queensland Australia. Marian was born in 1834 in Glasgow Scotland UK and died 29 March 1891.

Abraham initially a Bullock Driver then Farmer first married Marian Stevenson, daughter of Alexander Stevenson Engine Keeper and Marian McLeay, on 20 Jun 1864 at Calliope Station, in the District of Rockhampton, Queensland Australia. Marian was born in 1834 in Glasgow Scotland UK.

Obituary in Daily Mercury, Wed 19 Jan 1916 Page 4 PERSONAL.There passed away yesterday a very old resident in Mr. Abraham Ditton at the ripe age of 78 years. The deceased arrived in Mackay in 1863, and worked at Pleystowe breaking in bullocks for ploughing maize and cotton, then the principal crops grown on the plantation. He also worked in the district as a butcher and teamster, most of the heavy machinery for the Homebush and other sugar mills having been drawn by his team. In 1884 he selected the farm now well known as "Ashford" on Sandy Creek, where, after dairying, he commenced growing cane in 1897, which occupation he followed at "Ashford" until his decease. Mr.Ditton was an Englishman born in Ashford, county Kent, and reared two families in Mackay. He leaves a wife and thirteen children to mourn their loss. Source - TROVE

In August 2015 the Mackay Regional Council renamed the Alligator Creek Reserve at Balberra the Abraham Ditton Reserve. ... Cr Morgan said Abraham Ditton had great attachment to the land in Balberra.

Abraham and Marion's children were:

  1. Isabella Stevenson Ditton (born on 16 Apr 1865)
  2. Abraham Ditton (born on 15 Aug 1868)
  3. Alexander Stevenson Ditton (born on 19 Nov 1870)
  4. John Archibald Ditton (born on 11 Apr 1873)
  5. Alan Archibald Ditton (born on 25 Mar 1875 - died on 1 Apr 1875)
  6. Marian Ditton (born on 7 Mar 1876)
  7. Charles Ditton (born on 10 Feb 1878)
  8. Lydia Wimble Ditton (born on 15 Nov 1880 - died on 9 Nov 1882)

After Marian's passing on 29 March 1891 Abraham later married Sarah Jane Barron.

17. Sarah Jane Barron , daughter of Carrier/Sea Captain James Barron and Annie Laurie , was born in 1864 in Townsville Queensland Australia. Sarah married Abraham Ditton widower of Marian Stevenson on 3 Nov 1891, the 52nd anniversary of his birthdate, when Abraham resided at Ashford, Sandy Creek, Mackay, Queensland Australia. Sarah died in Mackay on 15 August 1935.

Abraham and Sarah's children were:

  1. Arthur (Tim) Ditton (1891 - 1944)
  2. Ivy May Ditton (1894 - )
  3. Earnest Ditton (1895 - )
  4. Rupert James Ditton (1896 - 1904)
  5. Cecil Francis Roy Ditton (1898 - 1899)
  6. Robert Albert Ditton (born 1900 in Mackay Queensland, died 1991 in Laidley Queensland Australia)
  7. Sarah Ditton (1902 - 1902)
  8. William Leslie Ditton (1906 - )
  9. Clarence Isaac Ditton (1911 - )
  10. Catherine Muriel Ditton (1913 - )


The following obituary for Sarah Jane is from the Mackay Daily Mercury - "Mrs Ditton, who died in a private hospital in Mackay last week, was long enough in the district to see Mackay develop from a primitive township to the place it is today. With her late husband, Abraham Ditton, she was a resident on Sandy Creek (Marwood) for about 45 years. Mrs Ditton left a grown up family."

Family realises long-held goal to place headstone on grave - Click to read Daily Mercury story.



Sarah's headstone - Source: Clem Ditton




18. Theodor Bernhardt Julius Wenck , son of Reimer Wenck and Trincke Paysen, was born in 1872 in Flensburg, Schleswig Holstein Germany and died in 1960 in Brisbane, Queensland Australia. In 1878 when Theodor was six years old he migrated from Germany with his parents Reimer and Trincke together with siblings Christine, Bertha, Johann, Mathilde, Carl, Ernst, Adolph and Gustav on the ship Charles Dickens (formerly SS Danube) which departed from Hamburg for Rockhampton, Queensland. Theodor married Christina Josefski. He was naturalised in 1895. His oath is recorded in the Register of Aliens 1893-1901. See image below.











19. Christina Josefski, daughter of Johann Josefski and Julianna Kaminski was born in 1876 in Jakubowo Poland and died in 1966 in Brisbane Queensland Australia. Christina married Theodor Bernhardt Julius Wenck. Christina migrated to Brisbane, Australia with her mother and siblings as free nominated immigrants via Hamburg and London in 1887 on the RMS Dorunda. I was fortunate to visit Christina and Theodor several times in my early teens because their eldest child, my Grandmother Florence, arranged for me to receive maths lessons from Theodor. They both spoke with accents and were very interesting to visit. Looking back I was really privileged to get to know my great grandparents. I believe this was possible because of their longevity and I was the 1st born of a 1st born of a 1st born.

Theodor and Christina's children were:

  1. Florence Christine Wenck - Ditton (born 17 May 1894 Ipswich - died 1989 Brisbane Aust.)
  2. Violet Martha Wenck - Cook (1895 - 1964)
  3. Victor Reimer Carl Wenck (1897 - 1963)
  4. Gustav Theodor Walter Wenck (1898 - 1899)
  5. Wallace Andrew Adolph Wenck (1899 - 1901
  6. Harold Ewin Francis Wenck (1901 - 1977)
  7. Blanche Adeline Wenck - Heazlwood (1903 - 1985)
  8. Clarence Edward Stanley Wenck (1905 - 1998)
  9. Catherine Ruth Wenck - Neilson (1906 - 1984)
  10. Llewellyn Theodor Percival Wenck (1908 - 1982)
  11. Laurence Ronald Johan Wenck (1912 - 1992)
  12. Helen Muriel Wenck - King (1919 - 1988)


20. Edward Norris gamekeeper being of full age and son of labourer John Norris, married Mary Jane Roberts also being of full age and daughter of farmer Thomas Roberts, at Petham, Kent UK on 18 August 1883, in the presence of Harriet Roberts and William Stephen Norris.

Edward and Mary's children were:

  1. William Edward Norris (born 1884 Petham Kent England - died 1958 Brisbane Qld Aust.)
  2. Frederick (born 1885 Petham Kent England UK)
  3. Lou Norris (-)
  4. Jessie Norris (-)
  5. Isabella Caroline Norris
  6. George Hilder Roberts Norris


21. Mary Jane Roberts daughter of farmer Thomas Roberts married Edward Norris son of labourer John Norris in Petham, Kent UK on 18 August 1883.


22. Tom Stagg son of George John Stagg and Sarah Ticknell was born 1 August 1869 in Bagley, Wedmore UK. Tom married Frances Emily Denton on 4 May 1891 in Aston, Birmingham UK.

Tom and Frances' children were:

  1. Elsie Maud Stagg (born in 1898 England UK - died in 1986 at Redcliffe Qld Australia)
  2. Clarice Stagg (-)
  3. Walter Thomas Stagg (1891-1975)
  4. Majorie Stagg (-)
  5. Bearl Stagg (-)
  6. Arnold Stagg (-)
  7. Norman Stagg (-)
  8. Hubert Stagg (-)
  9. Horace Stagg (-)


23. John Frawley born in Tipperary, Ireland married Margaret Cantwell in 1876.

John and Margaret's children were:

  1. John Thomas Frawley (born 1877 Templestowe Victoria -)
  2. Nora Frawley (born 1881 Flemington Victoria - died 1956 Preston Victoria Aust.)


24. Margaret Cantwell married John Frawley in 1876.


25. John Joseph Smith son of Joseph Smith (silk weaver and shoemaker's boy) of London and Ellen Mulherin (a child's maid) of Co. Donegal married Mary Minnie Wyatt.

John and Mary's children were:

  1. John James Smith (born 1881 Carlton Victoria Aust.)
  2. Thomas Arthur Gordon Smith (born 1882 Fitzroy Victoria Aust.)
  3. Elizabeth Mary Smith (born 1883 Fitzroy Victoria Aust. Died 1953)
  4. Edward Smith (born 1885 Fitzroy Victoria Aust. Died 1978)
  5. Ada Louisa Smith (born 1887 Coburg Victoria Aust.Died 1926 Prahran)
  6. Alice Maud Smith (born 1889 Fitzroy Sth Victoria Aust. Died 1979)
  7. Fred Smith (born 1891 Collingwood Victoria Aust. Died 1891)
  8. Rosina Violet Smith (born 1892 Collingwood Victoria Aust. Died 1892)
  9. Ethel Lavinia Smith (born 1893 Collingwood Victoria Aust.)
  10. Ambrose (Charlie) William Gordon Smith (born 1896 Coburg Victoria Aust. Died 1988)
  11. Thomas Earnest Smith (born 1898 Fitzroy Nth Victoria Aust.)
  12. Arthur James Victor Smith (born 1901 Fitzroy Nth Victoria Aust. Died 1983)
  13. Myrtle May Smith (born 1903 Collingwood Victoria Aust.)
  14. Grace Mavis Smith (born 1905 Collingwood Victoria Aust. Died 1967)


26. Mary Minnie Wyatt daughter of James Guyer Wyatt and Elizabeth Sims married John Joseph Smith.


27. Ellen Rostron daughter of Thomas Rostron and Alice Booth, married George Bailey on 21 April 1879 in Cooma, NSW, Australia.


28. George Bailey Blacksmith in Queanbeyan NSW married Ellen Rostron of Botany Rd Sydney NSW, servant on 21 April 1879 in Cooma NSW, Australia. Their marriage was witnessed by Joseph Bailey and Mary Ann Hawkins. In 1872, George lived in Massie Street, Cooma. Not sure this and following data is correct. Please contact us with any info.

George and Ellen's children were:

  1. Ernest Bailey (1879 - ?? )
  2. George Alfred Bailey (born 1880 Cooma, NSW Australia, died 1880) Re-researching
  3. Arthur C Bailey (Born 1882 Cooma, NSW)
  4. Victor Bailey (Born 1883 Cooma, NSW)
  5. Frederick William Bailey (born 21 February 1885 Cooma, NSW)


29. Frances Emily Denton was born on 11 May 1869 and married Tom Stagg on 4 May 1891 in the district of Aston, Birmingham, UK. Frances died 14 October 1961.


31. Heinrich Rudolph Hamann was born 7 June 1869 at 'New Chum' Mine, Sandhurst (Bendigo) Victoria, Australia. The third son of Hans Jochim Hamann a Miner, and Spinster Catharina Rathjen. Heinrich married Alice Bridget Fisher. Alice was born in Sandhurst also. Heinrich's second spouse was Sadie and together they had four children.

Heinrich and Alice's their children were:

  1. Christina (Tina) Violet Louisa Hamann (1896-19??)
  2. Ida Hamann
  3. Hilda Hamann


32. Alice Bridget Fisher daughter of Patrick Fisher was the first spouse of Heinrich Rudolph Hamann. Alice was born in Sandhurst (Bendigo), Victoria, Australia.

Heinrich next married Sadie, daughter of Unknown and Unknown.

Heinrich and Sadie children were:

  1. Patrick (Paddy) Hamann
  2. 'Boofy' Hamann
  3. Jimmy Hamann
  4. Glory Dawn Hamann


33. Sadie was the 2nd spouse of Heinrich Rudolph Hamann.


34. Charles Bailey was married to Mary Anne Sands.

Charles and Mary children were:

  1. George Alfred Bailey.
  2. ?

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