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Maria PHILLIPS

Female 1816 - 1907  (91 years)   Has 15 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Maria PHILLIPS  [1, 2] 
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth 16 Jun 1816  Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 16 Jun 1816  Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 6 Jun 1841  Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Street, age 23 
    Census 1851  Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Union House, Chesterton, Mary, Pp- Wf, m, 33, b 
    Immigration: Dep. 9 Jul 1855  Plymouth, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Immigration: Arr. 11 Oct 1855 
    Per "Thames" to Geelong, Victoria, Australia 
    Death Record 1907  [3] 
    #14420 
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    AKA Mary Filips 
    Medical Ref:14420 
    Death 20 Nov 1907  Watchem, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial 21 Nov 1907  Cemetery, Watchem, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Presbyterian-25
    Siblings 8 siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    William PHILLIPS,   b. UNKNOWN   d. DECEASED  (2 x Great Grandfather) 
    Elizabeth UNKNOWN,   b. UNKNOWN   d. DECEASED  (Grandmother) 
    Siblings 5 brothers and 3 sisters 
    Person ID I890  MyBradyTree | Ancestor of Darryl William BRADY

    Father AncestorsSimon PHILLIPS,   b. Abt 1782   d. 27 Jan 1828, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Mother AncestorsSarah MILLER,   b. 1777, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1844, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jun 1803  Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F556  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AncestorsWilliam FLAVELL,   b. 21 Apr 1805, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1863, Inverleigh, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 7 Aug 1836  Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Taken from the LANDBEACH PARISH REGISTERS. The microfiche has been transcribed from the original records and collated with the Bishop's Transcripts by the CFHS.

      Marriage, -1836 Aug 7, FLAVELL William (X) batchelor, And Maria PHILLIPS (X) spinster, both of this parish, by banns Witnesses: Charles WEBB (X), Sarah HEWITT (X)

      William FLAVELL married Maria FILIPS on 7th August 1836 at Landbeech, Cambridgeshire, England.
    Children 
    +1. James FLAVEL,   b. 9 Jul 1837, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1899, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    â–» Susan BELL  m. 1857
     2. Harriet FLAVELL,   b. Abt 1838, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1847, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 9 years)
    +3. Eliza FLAVELL,   b. 29 Nov 1840, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1925, Corack, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    â–» William FREE  m. 26 May 1856;   William BRUCE  m. 7 Nov 1894
    >4. Phoebe FLAVELL,   b. 1843, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1916, Donald, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    â–» Alexander BRUCE  m. 1866
    +5. Martha Rachel FLAVELL,   b. 2 Mar 1845, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1881, Lorne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    â–» William SNOWDEN  m. 2 Jul 1863
    +6. William FLAVELL,   b. 27 Jun 1847, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1913, Ararat, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    â–» Sarah PARISH  m. 1884
     7. John FLAVELL,   b. Abt 1849, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1850, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 1 years)
    +8. John FLAVELL,   b. 16 Jan 1852, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1932, Ararat, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    â–» Elizabeth Ann ROWE  m. 9 May 1876;   Jessie Matilda MCBAIN  m. 1898
     9. Harriet FLAVELL,   b. Between 1853 and 1854, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1855 (Age ~ 2 years)
    +10. Benjamin James FLAVELL,   b. 1855, Inverleigh, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1942, Ararat, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    â–» Mary Anne BULLOCK  m. 1888
     11. Alice Eliza FLAVEL,   b. 1855   d. 1 Jan 1863 (Age 8 years)
    +12. George Kenneth FLAVELL,   b. 4 Oct 1858, Inverleigh, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1938, Ararat, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    â–» Sophia PARISH  m. 7 Apr 1885
    Family ID F552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Jun 1816 - Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 16 Jun 1816 - Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Aug 1836 - Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - The Street, age 23 - 6 Jun 1841 - Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - The Union House, Chesterton, Mary, Pp- Wf, m, 33, b - 1851 - Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration: Dep. - 9 Jul 1855 - Plymouth, Devon, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Nov 1907 - Watchem, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 21 Nov 1907 - Cemetery, Watchem, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Histories
    		Phillips
    Name Meaning

    Ships
    		Thames
    Flavel, William - 11 Oct 1855 Per "Thames" to Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Flavell, Eliza - 11 Oct 1855 Per "Thames" to Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Flavell, Harriet - 11 Oct 1855 Per "Thames" to Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Flavell, John - 11 Oct 1855 Per "Thames" to Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Flavell, Martha Rachel - 11 Oct 1855 Per "Thames" to Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Flavell, Phoebe - 11 Oct 1855 Per "Thames" to Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Flavell, William - 11 Oct 1855 Per "Thames" to Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Phillips, Maria - 11 Oct 1855 Per "Thames" to Geelong, Victoria, Australia

  • Notes 
    • There is some doubt over Maria Flavell (nee Phillips) date of birth. According to her obituary, Maria was born on 28 May 1808. The 1841 and 1851 censuses gives her age as 23 and 33 which means she would have been born in 1818. The shipping record has her as 39 which puts her birth date as 1816. The Landbeach parish records show that a Mary (and Robert) Phillips were baptised there on 4 December 1808 - which accords with the obituary’s account - and that a Maria Phillips was baptised there on 16 June 1816 which supports the latter dates. I am assuming that the last date is the most likely one.

      Maria grew up in Landbeach in Cambridgeshire and married William Flavell there on 7 August 1836. She and William and six of their children emigrated to the colony of Victoria on the THAMES in 1855. For details of her life in Australia see the entries for William Flavell.

      Maria Flavell (nee Phillips) died at Watchem in Victoria on 20 November 1907 and was buried there the next day. Her death certificate states that she was a ‘widower and old-age pensioner’, that she was 99 years old, and that she died of influenza and heart failure. The informant was Maria’s great grandson Francis Gilchrist who stated that: 1) Maria’s parents were Simon Phillips, a husbandsman, and Maria Miller; 2) she had been born in Cambridgeshire and been in the colony of Victoria about 57 years; 3) she was married in England at the age of 21 years to a James Flavell; and 4) issue were James (70 years), Harriet (deceased), Eliza (65), Phoebe (63), Martha (deceased), Billie (61), John (59), Benjamin (57) and George (53).

      The following obituary appeared in the Donald Times on Friday 29 November 1907:

      ‘Another old colonist in the person of Mrs Flavell passed away at Watchem on Wednesday evening of last week, at the ripe age of 99 years and six months. She enjoyed remarkable health throughout her long life until the 11th of the present month when she had to take to her bed through an attack of influenza which turned to pneumonia. Dr Calhoun was called in, but from the first could not hold out any hope of her recovery. She gradually sank and passed peacefully away at about 7 o’clock on Wednesday evening. The funeral took place at Watchem on Thursday afternoon, when her remains were followed to their last resting place by a large number of old friends and relations., the Rev G. Brodie (Presbyterian) of Birchip officiating at the home and the graveside.

      ‘Deceased was born at Cambridge (England) on 28 May 1808, her maiden name being Maria Phillips. At the age of 28 she was married to Mr Wm Flavell. In 1855 they emigrated to Australia in the vessel known as the ‘Thames’. Her husband and she landed at Geelong where Mr Flavell engaged in pastural pursuits on Mr Swanston’s station at Inverleigh. In 1861 her husband died, leaving her with seven children. She remained in Inverleigh until 1879 and then went to Wickliffe, where she lived with one of her sons until 1897. The remaining ten years of her life were spent with her daughter, Mrs [Eliza] Bruce, at Watchem. Her family consisted of 14 children, seven of whom survive her, and her descendents are: 43 grandchildren, 68 great grandchildren, and 36 great great grandchildren.’

  • Reference  Your Name Here. "Maria PHILLIPS". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I890&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed April 1, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S122] cherylette-at-bigpond.com, Cheryl Ette Kerr (nee Bourke), Some Information Submitted by Cheryl Ette Kerr (nee Bourke).

    2. [S719] robyn.vander1-at-bigpond.com, Robyn Van der Vlugt (nee Jamison), Some Information Submitted by Robyn Van der Vlugt (nee Jamison).

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    4. [S918] Australian Cemeteries, Watcham Cemetery http://www.australiancemeteries.com/vic/buloke/wetchamsite.htm.


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