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James FLEAY

James FLEAY

Male 1834 - 1897  (63 years)    Has 6 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name James FLEAY  [1, 2, 3
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth 23 Jan 1834  Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 9 Jun 1834  Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Travel 15 Mar 1854 
    Per "Aerolite" visited England & returned with wife. 
    Travel 19 Feb 1857 
    Per "Lady Amherst" returned with wife to Western Australia, Australia 
    Census 31 Dec 1859  York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial 1897  Cemetery, Gilgering, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Death 19 Nov 1897  Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Newspaper Article 7 Jan 1898  [6
    Siblings 8 siblings 
    Siblings 5 brothers and 3 sisters 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    George PERKINS,   b. UNKNOWN   d. 18 Aug 1814, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Grandfather) 
    Mary Jane SUTTON,   b. 20 Feb 1791, Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1848, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I13341  MyBradyTree
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2024 

    Father Ancestors John FLEAY,   b. 11 Feb 1815, Calne, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1884, Beverley, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Other Partners: Eliza WILLS  m. 31 Aug 1876  
    Mother Ancestors Jane COOK,   b. 9 Jan 1814, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1872, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 29 Oct 1832  Guildford, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5084  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ancestors Margaret JOHNSTON,   b. 1839, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1896, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 22 Oct 1856  Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Christchurch
    Notes 
    • Excerpt from The Fleays of Western Australia

      "In March 1856, he (James) sailed for England to meet the girl his father had chosen as his bride ----Margaret Johnson. They married on October 22nd, 1856, in the Parish of Christchurch, Middlesex. James was aged 21 years and Margaret was 20 years old at the time. The two witnesses to the marriage were Edward Johnson and Sarah Margaret Ford. Margaret and Edward signed their names with an "X", as did Margaret's father."
    Children 
     1. Emily Jane FLEAY,   b. 1857   d. DECEASED
    +2. John Edward James FLEAY,   b. 2 Jan 1861   d. 10 Aug 1923 (Age 62 years)
    â–» Julia BARTRAM  m. 16 Mar 1881
     3. James Walter FLEAY,   b. Abt 1862   d. DECEASED
    +4. James Henry FLEAY,   b. 9 Nov 1863   d. Jul 1923 (Age 59 years)
    â–» Frances Sophia DONCON  m. 20 Jan 1886
    +5. Francis William FLEAY,   b. 30 Aug 1865, Beverley, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1940, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    â–» Mary Elizabeth Annie LYNCH  m. 6 Feb 1894
     6. Eleanor Sophia Jane FLEAY,   b. Abt 1868   d. DECEASED
    Married: 1x7. Sarah Jane FLEAY,   b. 1 Aug 1870, Beverley, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1932, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    â–» Arthur Brettingham LODGE  m. 8 Jun 1898
    +8. William Walter FLEAY,   b. 27 Dec 1872, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1931 (Age 58 years)
    â–» Elizabeth EYRE  m. 18 Jul 1906
    +9. Ernest Herbert FLEAY,   b. 15 Jun 1875, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1949 (Age 74 years)
    â–» Amy Edith Bessie FLEAY  m. 1901
    +10. Edwin Wallace FLEAY,   b. 28 Mar 1877, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1943, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    â–» Elsie Amelia FISHER  m. 30 Oct 1912
    Family ID F5492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2024 

  • Event Map Click to hide
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Jan 1834 - Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 9 Jun 1834 - Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Oct 1856 - Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 31 Dec 1859 - York, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1897 - Cemetery, Gilgering, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Nov 1897 - Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • James was the first of the Fleay family to be born in Australia. When James was 20 years old his father returned to England. On the voyage he met a sailor by the name of Johnson. He arranged for the marriage of James, to Margaret, the sailor's daughter. They married on the 22nd October 1856 at Christchurch Parish and had ten children. The names of the children are as follows, Emily, John Edward James, James Walter, James Henry, Francis William known as F.W., Elenanor Sophia Jane, Sarah Jane, William Walter known as Sonny, Ernest Herbert known as Young Ernie, and Edwin Wallace who was called Bubs. Seven of the children married, but Emily was born blind and never married. Both James Walter and Eleanor Sophia Jane died at a few months of age.

  • Reference  Darryl Brady. "James FLEAY". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I13341&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed November 24, 2024).

  • Sources 
    1. [S69] Rica Erickson, Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australia pre-1829-1888 Vol III D-J, Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australia pre-1829-1888 Vol III D-J.

    2. [S306] pgdefrenne-at-westnet.com.au, Gudrun Defrenne.

    3. [S1076] anja_dijk-at-versatel.nl, Anja van Dijk, Some Information Submitted by Anja van Dijk.

    4. [S1015] sro-at-sro.wa.gov.au, State Records Office of Western Australia, http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/Investigator/Details/ImageLoad2.asp?entityId=5115551&entityType=Item_Image&imageNumber=404.

    5. [S923] Lorraine Larment, ozburials.com, Gilgering Cemetery http://www.ozburials.com/CemsWA/Beverley/gilgering.htm.

    6. [S954] Trove, Classified Advertising. (1898, January 7). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved December 13, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3191939.