JEFFERY/JEFFREY
Paton/Patten, Dixon, Seymour, Wight/Wright,JeffreyJeffery 28. 08. 2009
Brown,Smith,Murphy.
I am tracing my family tree. Any information on any of these Surnames is very much appreciated,Willing to share my genealogy with you.
John Henry Murphy m Hannah Wright/Wight Seymour JEFFERY/Jeffrey my ggrandmother. I was told that nana's names were family names hence Wright/Wight, Seymour, they came from Scotland her father was
Henry Seymour Jeffery b1850 Shetland Isles Scotland m 3rd Feb.1877 Ellen Dixon (Ellen's parents were Edward Dixon m Margaret Patten/ Paton) Henry Seymour JEFFERY b31/12/1839 Girvan, Ayr, Scotland, parents were Frederick JEFFERY m Hannah Wright/Wight SEYMOUR.
I have no further information as yet to add except they settled in Yarraville/Footscray Victoria, Australia.
Comments
JEFFERY - JEFFREY ... same name different spelling.
Had a dig in the Victorian records and found the following.
Henry Seymour JEFFREY.
Died 1918 East Melbourne, Victoria, aged 71 years. *
Parents recorded as Frederick JEFFREY and Hannah White SEYMOUR.
Ellen SMITH. **
Died 1926 East Melbourne, Victoria, aged 79 years.
Parents recorded as Edward DIXON and Margaret PATTEN.
* If Henry was born in 1839 he would have been about 77 years old when he died in 1918. The error may have been made when the indexes were being compiled, or the informant gave the wrong age. This does happen a lot.
** Ellen remarried in 1922 to John SMITH.
Hope this will be of some help to you.
Thank you tonkin I appreciate your help.