The Beeby and Stinton Branches of the family

I did this in a hurry last night and posted on my other blog. It is more relevant to this group. So am reposting.

The Beeby and Stinton branches of the Family

Peter George Dewsnap and Grace Speed arrived in Australia in 1857. Peter George Dewsnap came to work as a Station Master on the Railways.

The family first went to Geelong, where daughter Harriet (b. 18.4.1859) was born. They then moved to North Melbourne and daughter Grace (b.14.11. 1861) was born while they were living in a railway tent there. The family later moved to Footscray.

Grace went on to marry Samuel Beeby of Beechworth Junction on 3 July 1889 at Wangaratta.

There were 7 children:- Samuel Henry (b. 3 May 1890); Lillian Grace (b. 22 October 1892); Walter John (Jack) (b. 17 April 1894); Rose Alice (b. 7 December 1896); Victor Charles (Bob) (b. March 1898); Ethel Frances Anne (b. 25 July 1900); and Hilda Agnes (b. 26 July 1903).

Harriet went on to marry Arthur Stinton on 5 April 1879. There were 7 children:- Ethel; Alice; Grace; George; Claude; Albert and Hilda.

Ethel Frances Anne Beeby married Claude Leonard Stinton (a first cousin) on 20 October 1920 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Wangaratta. Claude had been recently widowed when his first wife, Nell, was killed in a car accident).

Claude, a carpenter, built the family home, a 2 storey house, at 55 Spring Street, Preston in which they lived for 17 years.

There were 6 children:- Ethel May (Et) (b.1 July 1922); Arthur Leonard (Lenny) (b.20 October 1923); Samuel Victor (Vic, Dusty) (b. 17 April 1926); Henry Charles (Harry) (b. 4 August 1927); Helen Grace Mary (b. 26 June 1930); and Hilda Rose (b.3 December 1935).

Following the death of Lenny, Ethel and Claude separated in 1939.

I am the daughter of Helen Grace Mary, and grand-daughter of Ethel Frances Anne Stinton.

And so the two branches of the family are forever intertwined.