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Groom: Joseph SPOKES.
Bride: Louisa MILLS.

Year married: 1865.
Place: Victoria, Australia.

Marriage note
Joseph recorded VMI under SPEKES.

Joseph died 1910 in Colac, Victoria.
Age: 65 years.
Parents named as James SPOKES and Hannah HALL.

Louisa died 1912 in Colac, Victoria.
Age: 62 years.
Parents named as William MILLS and Catherine unknown.

Thirteen children located Victorian records for Joseph and Louisa.

[1]

James William SPOKES.
Born: 1866 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -
Possible death is 1948, Chatswood, New South Wales.

Married: Elizabeth PEARCE.
Year: 1892.
Place: Victoria.

Eight children located for James and Elizabeth.

1.
Wilfred Ernest SPOKES.
Born: 1895 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Ada Isabel SCANLAN.
Year: 1928.
Place: Victoria.

2.
Albert Gordon SPOKES.
Born: 1897 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1966 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.

Married: Ruby V HURST.
Year: 1922.
Place: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.

3.
Joseph Herbert SPOKES.
Born: 1899 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

4.
James William SPOKES.
Born: 1901 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Dorothy Ellen AYSCOUGH.
Year: 1929.
Place: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.

5.
Lily Elizabeth SPOKES.
Born: 1902 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Walter R CASTLE.
Year: 1922.
Place: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.

6.
Mildred May SPOKES.
Born: 1906 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Arthur R WILLIAMS.
Year: 1928.
Place: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.

7.
Violet Louisa SPOKES.
Born: 1907 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Cyril R PHILLIPS.
Year: 1933.
Place: Mosman, New South Wales.

8.
Clive George SPOKES.
Born: 1910 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Valmai E BROWN.
Year: 1928.
Place: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.

[2]

Frederick Joseph SPOKES.
Born: 1868 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1938 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 70 years.

Married: Maragert Teresa MURRAY.
Year: 1892.
Place: Victoria.

Margaret, aka Maggie, died 1946, Carlton, Victoria.
Age: 75 years.
Parents named as unknown MURRAY and Mary unknown.

Five children located for Frederick and Margaret.

1.
William Frederick SPOKES.
Born: 1893 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

2.
Ada Jane SPOKES.
Born: 1895 Irrewillipe, Victoria.
Died: -

3.
Margaret Mary SPOKES.
Born: 1898 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1898 Colac, Victoria.
Age: Days.

4.
Catherine Agnes SPOKES.
Born: 1900 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

5.
Frederick Joseph SPOKES.
Born: 1909 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1916 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 07 years.

[3]

William Henry SPOKES.
Born: 1870 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1935 Murrumbeena, Victoria.
Age: 65 years.

Married: Alice Emily JONES.
Year: 1893.
Place: Victoria.

Alice died 1908, Colac, Victoria.
Age: 34 years.
Parents named as Abel JONES and Margaret INGLIS.

Nine children located for William and Alice.

1.
Bertie SPOKES.
Born: 1893 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1943 Yarrum, Victoria.
Age: 50 years.

2.
Ernest Albert SPOKES.
Born: 1895 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1950 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 54 years,

3.
Robert Henry SPOKES.
Born: 1896 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1970 Yarrum, Victoria.
Age: 73 years.

4.
William Harold SPOKES.
Born: 1898 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1962 Kyabram, Victoria.
Age: 63 years.

5.
Abel Norman SPOKES.
Born: 1900 Lismore, Victoria.
Died: 1963 Heidelbeg, Victoria.
Age: 63 years.

Married: Ella Margaret YEOMAN.
Year: 1926.
Place: Victoria.

6.
Margaret Elsie SPOKES.
Born: 1901 Lismore, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Nathan CLARK.
Year: 1926.
Place: Victoria.

7.
Olive SPOKES. *
Born: 1905 Lismore, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: George Hugh EMMITT.
Year: 1926.
Place: Victoria.

8.
Walter SPOKES. *
Born: 1905 Lismore, Victoria.
Died: 1984 Surrey Hill, Victoria.
Age: 79 years.

Married: Sibella William SECOMBE.
Year: 1911.
Place: Victoria.

Sibella died 1943 in Murrumbeena, Victoria.
Age: 72 years.
Parents named as John ESCOMBE and Mary Ann HILL.

9.
Nellie Louisa SPOKES.
Born: 1907 Lismore, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Thomas William Greenwell STEWART.
Year: 1926.
Place: Victoria.

* Olive and Walter were twins.

[4]

Stephen Henry SPOKES.
Born: 1872 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1957 Terang, Victoria.
Age: 84 years.

Married: Rosina Mabel GAYLARD.
Year: 1900.
Place: Victoria.

Rosina died 1950, Camperdown, Victoria.
Age: 73 years.
Parents named as Alexander GAYLARD and Jane LEMON.

Eight children located for Stephen and Rosina.

1.
Florence Edna SPOKES.
Born: 1903 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1951 Swan Hill, Victoria.
Age: 47 years.

Married: John Alexander MCDONALD.
Year: 1922.
Place: Victoria.

2.
Bessie SPOKES.
Born: 1906 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1962 Camperdown, Victoria.
Age: 52 years.

3.
Rosina Elsie SPOKES.
Born: 1908 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Sydney Reed HUGGINS.
Year: 1926.
Place: Victoria.

4.
John Stephen SPOKES.
Born: 1910 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1977 Cobden, Victoria.
Age: 67 years.

5.
Ronald Alexander Joseph SPOKES.
Born: 1913 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

6.
Nancy Lillie SPOKES.
Born: 1915 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: John HUMPHREY.
Year: 1934.
Place: Victoria.

7.
Keith Manifold Sunray SPOKES.
Born: 1919 Camperdoen, Victoria.
Died: 1948 Cobden, Victoria.
Age: 28 years.

Married: Florence Maude SMITH.
Year: 1942.
Place: Victoria.

8.
Douglas Edward SPOKES.
Born: circa 1921.
Died: 1984 Terang, Victoria.
Age: 63 years.

[5]

Ernest Albert SPOKES.
Born: 1874 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1894 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 20 years.

[6]

Alfred SPOKES.
Born: 1876 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1876 not recorded, Victoria.
Age: 06 months.

[7]

Ada SPOKES.
Born: 1877 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1961 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 83 years.

Married: Robert James GAYLARD.
Year: 1897.
Place: Victoria.

Robert died 1959, Colac, Victoria.
Age: 88 years.
Parents named as Alexander GAYLARD and Jane LEMON.

Three children located for Robert and Ada.

1.
Wilfred Gladstone Robert GAYLARD
Born: 1898 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1971 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 72 years.

Married: Thelma Margaret WICKFELDT.
Year: 1929.
Place: Victoria.

2.
Ernest Alexander GAYLARD.
Born: 1902 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1971 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 68 years.

Married: Nadine Everard EVANS.
Year: 1926.
Place: Victoria.

3.
Ila Jane GAYLARD.
Born: 1904 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1961 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 57 years.

Married: William Samuel MCCOOMBE.
Year: 1928.
Place: Victoria.

[8]

Samuel SPOKES.
Born: 1880 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1927 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 47 years.

[9]

Elsie Louisa SPOKES.
Born: 1882 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1955 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 75 years.

Married: John ARLOW.
Year: 1903.
Place: Victoria.

John died 1935, Colac, Victoria.
Age: 70 years.
Parents named as John ARLOW and Elizabeth THOMPSON.

Seven children located for John and Elsie.

1.
Janey ARLOW.
Born: 1903 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1903 Colac, Victoria.
Age: Days.

2.
Ella ARLOW.
Born: 1904 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1979 Elliminyt, Victoria.
Age: 74 years.

Married: George Albert HAZELDINE.
Year: 1929.
Place: Victoria.

3.
Doris ARLOW.
Born: 1906 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Thomas Leslie BRENNAN.
Year: 1927.
Place: Victoria.

4.
Lorna Ada ARLOW.
Born: 1908 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: James William JOHNSON.
Year: 1929.
Place: Victoria.

5.
Phillis Jean ARLOW.
Born: 1912 Lismore, Victoria.
Died: 1977 Geelong, Victoria.
Age: 66 years.

Married: Cecil Rhodes FISHER.
Year: 1932.
Place: Victoria.

6.
Elsie May ARLOW.
Born: 1915 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: David Edmund JERRERD.
Year: 1932.
Place: Victoria.

7.
Harold Robert ARLOW.
Born: 1920 Camperdown, Victoria.
Died: -

[10]

George SPOKES.
Born: 1885 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1956 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 71 years.

Married: Elizabeth Margaret BURNETT.
Year: 1911.
Place: Victoria.

Elizabeth died 1959, Colac, Victoria.
Age: 75 years.
Parents named as Thomas BURNETT and Margaret Jan KENNEDY.

Six children located for George and Elizabeth.

1.
Charles William Burnett SPOKES.
Born: 1912 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

2.
Marian SPOKES.
Born: 1914 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1977 Heidelberg, Victoria.
Age: 63 years.

Married: Charles Andrew WILSON.
Year: 1940.
Place: Victoria.

3.
Neil SPOKES.
Born: 1915 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1966 Heidelberg, Victoria.
Age: 50 years.

4.
Thomas George SPOKES.
Born: 1917 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

5.
Alvie Jean SPOKES.
Born: 1920 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Barney James REYNOLDS.
Year: 1937.
Place: Victoria.

6.
Margaret Rita SPOKES.
Born: circa 1923.
Died: 1972 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 49 years.

Married: Leslie George PARKER.
Year: 1941.
Place: Victoria.

[11]

Joseph SPOKES.
Born: 1887 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1963 Heidelberg, Victoria.
Age: 75 years.

Married: Elizabeth Margaret Alicia ELLIOTT.
Year: 1911.
Place: Victoria.

Elizabeth died 1950, Carnegie, Victoria.
Age: 62 years.
Parents named as Thomas ELLIOT and Alicia MOORE.

Five children located for Joseph and Elizabeth.

1.
Hazel Jean SPOKES.
Born: 1912 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Walter Stewart MILNE.
Year: 1936.
Place: Victoria.

2.
Donald Mcalister SPOKES.
Born: 1914 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

3.
Arthur Alexander SPOKES.
Born: 1915 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1974 Maryborough, Victoria.
Age: 58 years.

4.
Andrew Robert SPOKES.
Born: circa 1921.
Died: 1976 Thornbury, Victoria.
Age: 55 years.

5.
Edith Marjorie SPOKES.
Born: circa 1926.
Died: 1979 Heidelberg, Victoria.
Age: 51 years.

[12]

Arthur Robert SPOKES.
Born: 1891 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1959 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 67 years.

Married: Mary Ann HAGGIS.
Year: 1913.
Place: Victoria.

Five children located for Arthur and Mary.

1.
Mary Louisa SPOKES.
Born: 1913 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Archibald Benjamin SPOKES.
Year: 1938.
Place: Victoria.

Archibald died 1966, Murtoa, Victoria.
Age: 49 years.
Parents named as Joseph Henry SPOKES and Mary Jane HEARN.

2.
Edna May SPOKES.
Born: 1914 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Kenneth Henry HUTCHINS.
Year: 1938.
Place: Victoria.

3.
Arthur Thomas SPOKES.
Born: 1916 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1932 Merina, Victoria.
Age: 16 years.

4.
Thelma Ann SPOKES.
Born: 1918 Colac, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Lindsay Joseph FRYERS.
Year: 1942.
Place: Victoria.

5.
Laurence Augustine SPOKES.
Born: 1920 Serviceton, Victoria.
Died: -

[13]

Horace SPOKES.
Born: 1893 Colac, Victoria.
Died: 1893 Colac, Victoria.
Age: 02 months.

Sources:
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.
Registry of Deaths and Marriages, New South Wales.

This family record compiled to assist Peebles looking for SPOKES family in Colac, Victoria.

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