John Ambrose WILSON 1847 to 1935 married to Maria Peck

John Ambrose Wilson was the first son of Edward Wilson and Susannah Riley. He was born in Kurrajong, NSW in 1847 and died at Riverstone, NSW in 1935.

John married Maria Peck at Kurrajong in 1869. They had 9 children.

You can read John's newspaper obituary here. You can also read information about Maria, in this article. They are buried in the Riverstone cemetery. 

1. Arthur 1870 -? Believed to have moved to Bunbury W.A

2. Ambrose John 1872 -? Moved to Bunbury W.A. Married Florence Amy Shepherd in 1903. Had three boys.

3. Emma Jane 1874 -? married James Maxwell and then Arthur Marriott. Had 3 children.

4. Ethel 1877 - 1946 married James Douglas in May 1899. James was the son of James Douglas and Louisa Hurst. Ethel and James had 10 children.

5. Grace 1880-1881 Twin

6. Jane 1880-1880 Twin

7. Stephen 1882 - 1945 married Ina Selina Howard in 1911. They had two boys.

8. Lydia Mabel 1884 -? married Arthur Banting in Bunbury W.A

9. Alice Gertrude 1887 - 1949 married Robert Madden in 1907. Robert was the son of William Madden and Mary Leonard (see Mary Barwick for descendants)

Ellen Matilda Hawkins 1865 - 1925 married John Wilson and George Wilson

Ellen Matilda Hawkins was the fifth child of Susan Wilson and Joseph Hawkins. She was born at Kurrajong in 1865 and died in 1925 at her home in Westmead. She is buried in Rookwood Cemetery as Helen Wilson.  

Ellen was married twice. She married John Wilson (1854 -1899) in 1885.

John had previously been married to her older sister Margaret. When Margaret died young, Ellen married John and reared his and Margaret's two daughters (Priscilla and Amelia) as her own. With John, Elsie had 8 children.

1. Elsie Jane (1885 - ?) married Cyrus Wilson in 1905.

2. Fanny (1886 - 1886)

3. Harold (1887 - 1887)

4. Elwin Alfred (1890 - 1966) married Jessie Pearce in 1920. In this newspaper article Elwin had a bit of trouble with his cousin Thomas Wilson. 

5. Reuben (1893 - 1918) died in France during WW1 a few weeks before his brother Melbourne.

6. Ada (1894 -1976) married Darcy Pye (son of 

7. Melbourne (1897 - 1918) died of pneumonia in France during WW 1.

8. John Darcy (1899 - 1969)

Following John's death in 1899 from Typhoid, Ellen married George Henry Wilson (1871 - 1959). She had two children from this marriage. 

1. Daisy Miriam 1901 - 1976 married George Quartermain in 1923. Charles died in 1947. 

2. Brinsley Bruce Septimus 1903 - 1972 married Beryl Wilson (descendant of Edward Wilson and Emily Jane Hurst) in 1934 at Richmond. 

Edward Thomas Wilson 1865 to 1932 married Emily Jane Hurst

Edward Thomas Wilson was the fourth child of Thomas Wilson and Hannah Douglass. He was born in Kurrajong in 1865 and died there in 1932. He married Emily Jane Hurst, the daughter of Joseph Hurst and Alice Overton.

Edward and Emily had eight children.

1. Garnett Aubrey 1898 - 1964 married Dorothy May Douglass. They had six children.

2. Edward Joseph 1914 - 1915.

3. Beryl Ann 1916 - ? married Brinsley Bruce Wilson.

4. Hector Thomas 1919 - ?

5. Daisy Mary 1921 - ?

6. Jane Edna 1926 - ?

7. Edgar Harold 1928 - 1938.

8. Donald James 1932 - 1965.