Valma Louisa Saunders

Valma married Lindsay Alan Bennett [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Andrew Kim Bennett
2. Jennifer Roslyn Bennett

Notes:

On marriage certificate, Billion Graves Index and Grave Marker name is given as William Charles.

Edward married Alice Jessie Thomson on 28 Sep 1935 in Scots Church, cnr Fryers and Corio Streets, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. Alice (daughter of Charles Thomas Thomson and Elizabeth Moores) was born on 24 Nov 1900 in Glenluce, Yarroweyah, Victoria, Australia; died on 24 Jun 1988 in Nursing Home, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 27 Jun 1988 in Presbyterian Section, Numurkah Cemetery, Corke Street, Numurkah, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: "Lal" or "Al"
• Religion: Presbyterian
• Occupation: Between 1939 and 1968, Glenluce, Katandra West, Tallygaroopna, Victoria, Australia; Home and Farm Duties

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Presbyterian

Charles married Elizabeth Moores on 16 Aug 1880 in Rochester, Victoria, Australia. Elizabeth (daughter of William Moores and Mary Sheder) was born on 2 Jul 1861 in Pickpocket, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died on 2 Jan 1936 in Yarroweyah, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 3 Jan 1936 in Numurkah, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Between 1901 and 1936, Yarroweyah, Victoria, Australia; Home Duties, Farming
• Will: 17 Jan 1930, Numurkah, Victoria, Australia; Morrison and Teare, Solicitors

Notes:

Buried:
Presbyterian Section, Numurkah Cemetery, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

Married:
'The Manse'

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 May 1820, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
• Immigration: 22 Oct 1841, Port Phillip District of New South Wales, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
• Will: Aft 2 Aug 1879, Mooroopna West, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
• Probate: 6 Oct 1879, Supreme Court, Colony of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

Battalion 43rd Regiment of Light Infantry
Date of the Child's Birth: 3rd April 1820
Place and Date of the Child's Baptism:
Place: Belfast
Date: 7 May 1820
Christian Name of the Child: William Matthew
Parents' Names:
Christian Surname
William Thompson
&
Francoise Adelide
Rank of the Father: Serjeant
Name of the Chaplain or other Clergyman by whom the ceremony was performed:
A.C. Macartney
Vicar of Belfast
No. 78 I certify the above Registry to be correct
Signature of the Adjutant: J. Harris Lt Adjt

Groom

Name: William Mathew Thomson
Address:126 Causewayside, Edinburgh
Occupation: Shop Porter

Bride
Name: Janet McDonald
Address: 42 Causewayside, Edinburgh
Father’s Name: Andrew McDonald
Father’s Occupation: Gardener
Banns Read: “There have been Three several times daily and regular proclaimed in order to Marriage in each of the Parish Churches of St Cuthbert’s and Newington and no Objections offered.”

Date of Marriage: 9 July 1840
Minister: Reverend George Johnston, Minister of the United Associate Secession Congregation in Nicolson Street
Place: St Cuthbert’s Nicolson Street, Edinburgh

William married Janet Elisabeth McDonald on 9 Jul 1840 in St Cuthberts Church, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Janet (daughter of Andrew McDonald and Agnes Robertson) was born on 12 Sep 1819 in Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 8 Apr 1873 in Glenluce, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 10 Apr 1873 in Fryerstown Cemetery, Fryerstown, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Nov 1819, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland
• Arrival: 22 Oct 1841, Port Phillip District of New South Wales, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia; "Grindlay"
• Immigration: 22 Oct 1841, Port Phillip District of New South Wales, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia; "Grindlay"

Notes:

Signed with a cross when registering the birth of her son. Charles Thomas, 19 March 1860.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 21 Jul 1886, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Probate Granted

Notes:

May have been born in Salford, Lancashire. In the 1970's Salford became a part of Outer Manchester.
On Marriage Certificate gives Mother's name as Sarah. Maiden name unknown. On Death Certificate gives Mother's name as Ann.
Meagan (Tuck and Evans Family Tree) says family diary gives William Moores birth as 2 June 1821 and his death as 26 June 1886 aged 65 years.

Buried:
Church of England Section, Numurkah Cemetery

William married Mary Sheder on 24 Dec 1859 in Christchurch United Church of England & Ireland, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. Mary (daughter of John Sheder and Sarah Richards) was born in 1822 in Wadhurst, Sussex, England; died on 6 Sep 1897 in Edinburgh Farm, Strathmerton, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 9 Sep 1897 in Church of England Section, Numurkah Cemetery, Corke Street,, Numurkah, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Apr 1822, Wadhurst, Sussex, England
• Departure: Bef 2 Oct 1853, Southampton, Hampshire, England; Oithona
• Arrival: 2 Oct 1853, Portland, Victoria, Australia
• Immigration: 2 Oct 1853, Portland, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

Husband (John Games was Welsh, but was Mary?

Meagan (Tuck and Evans Family Tree) says "Family diary states Mary's birth date and place as 12 April 1822, Wadhurst, East Sussex, England. The death certificate states she was born in Surrey, England".

Died:
At her son-in-law's residence -