Fifth Generation  

16. Charles Lawrence Roberts, son of William Thomas Roberts and Ann Doolan, was born on Apr 24, 1898 in Cobden, Victoria, died on Nov 2, 1970 in Maffra, Victoria, Australia at age 72, and was buried in Springvale Lawn Cemeteryand Crematorium, Victoria, Australia. The cause of his death was Diabetes.

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• Notes: Charles opened the Blacksmith shop at Bungaree on the 20th of February 1933. He worked as a Blacksmith, Wheelwright and Farrier at Bungaree and Toora, also Dairy Farmer at Kernot and salesman for Rawleighs products, before retiring to Robertson's Beach near Port Albert, Victoria where he bred budgerigars for a hobby and regularly showed them throughout Victoria, winning many prizes. He was also called upon to judge at shows. He spent his last years with his brother-in-law, Arthur (Mick) Coffield.

Charles married Pearl Penna on Feb 13, 1920 in Methodist Parsonage, Ballarat East. Pearl was born on Aug 2, 1896 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia and died on Mar 9, 1928 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia at age 31. The cause of her death was Consumption.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Laurice Mirri Roberts was born on Jun 3, 1922 in Brownhill, Ballarat, Victoria. Laurice married Ernest George Murphy on Apr 23, 1949. Ernest was born on Nov 27, 1922 in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.

8        ii.  Cyril Maddern Roberts (born on Mar 19, 1925 in Kilcunda, Shire of Philip Island, Victoria). Cyril married Marjory Heeps on Jun 6, 1950 in Tinamba, Victoria, Australia. Marjory was born on Jul 18, 1929 in 33 Sheffield St, Coburg, Vic.

        iii.  Raymond Edward Roberts was born on Nov 2, 1926 in Glen Park, Ballarat, Victoria. Raymond married Dorothy May Ronalds on Mar 20, 1948 in Morwell, Victoria. Dorothy was born on Nov 16, 1927 in Heyfield, Victoria and died on Dec 7, 1986 in Sale, Victoria, Australia at age 59. The cause of her death was Cancer. Raymond next married Marje Felmingham on Feb 22, 1987. Marje was born on Apr 30, 1926 in Morwell, Victoria.

Charles next married Florence Russell, daughter of Henry Russell and Mary Anne Louisa Carnell, on May 2, 1931 in Bride's residence, Glenormiston South. Florence was born on Dec 18, 1910 in Dennis Street, Colac, Victoria, Australia and died on Jan 16, 1956 in Kernot via Loch, Victoria, Australia at age 45. The cause of her death was Cancer.

• Marriage Banns: Church of England ,Terang by Rev T. M. Smith.

The child from this marriage was:

          i.  Russell Charles Roberts was born on Jul 20, 1933 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Russell married Judith Emily Hayes on Jul 11, 1959 in Glenhuntly, Victoria. Judith was born on Nov 19, 1935.

17. Pearl Penna, daughter of Edward Penna and Emma Charlotte Sophia Maddern, was born on Aug 2, 1896 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia and died on Mar 9, 1928 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia at age 31. The cause of her death was Consumption.

Pearl married Charles Lawrence Roberts on Feb 13, 1920 in Methodist Parsonage, Ballarat East. Charles was born on Apr 24, 1898 in Cobden, Victoria, died on Nov 2, 1970 in Maffra, Victoria, Australia at age 72, and was buried in Springvale Lawn Cemeteryand Crematorium, Victoria, Australia. The cause of his death was Diabetes.

18. Robert James Heeps, son of James Heeps and Jane Rosanne (Eliza) Cummins, was born on Mar 18, 1905 in 644 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, Victoria, died on Mar 5, 1980 in Maffra Hospital, Victoria, Australia at age 74, and was buried in Maffra, Victoria, Australia. The cause of his death was Cancer.

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• Occupation: wharfie, jeweller, dairy farmer.

• Residence: Coburg, Mt Best, Greenvale, Kernot and Charles st, Maffra.

Robert married Florence Lillian Cleaver on Nov 6, 1926 in 77 Ball st, Coburg, Victoria. Florence was born on Oct 11, 1906 in Kallaroo, Boulder, Western Australia.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Phyllis Isabella Heeps was born on Jun 11, 1927. Phyllis married Clarence Robert Simmons. Clarence was born on Jun 11, 1927.

9        ii.  Marjory Heeps (born on Jul 18, 1929 in 33 Sheffield St, Coburg, Vic). Marjory married Cyril Maddern Roberts on Jun 6, 1950 in Tinamba, Victoria, Australia. Cyril was born on Mar 19, 1925 in Kilcunda, Shire of Philip Island, Victoria.

        iii.  Valda Lilllian Heeps was born on Sep 14, 1932. Valda married Robert Blair on Sep 19, 1953 in Newry, Victoria. Robert was born in 1934 and died in Nov 2004 in Loch Sport, Vic at age 70.

         iv.  Barbara Vera Heeps was born on Feb 21, 1936 in Mt Best, Victoria. Barbara married Raymond Bernard Bates in Newry, Victoria. Raymond was born on Mar 5, 1935.

          v.  Ian James Heeps was born on May 10, 1938. Ian married Kay Martin in Warragul, Victoria, Australia. The marriage ended in divorce. Ian next married Margaret Lorainne Jones. Margaret was born on Nov 18, 1949 in Frankston, Victoria.

Robert had a relationship with Mason.

Their child was:

          i.  Margaret Mason was born on Jul 10, 1933. Margaret married Reginald Percy White. The marriage ended in divorce. Reginald was born on Jun 19, 1932.

19. Florence Lillian Cleaver, daughter of John Keen Cleaver and Ada Isabella Sykes, was born on Oct 11, 1906 in Kallaroo, Boulder, Western Australia.

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• Occupation: Knitter.

Florence married Robert James Heeps on Nov 6, 1926 in 77 Ball st, Coburg, Victoria. Robert was born on Mar 18, 1905 in 644 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, Victoria, died on Mar 5, 1980 in Maffra Hospital, Victoria, Australia at age 74, and was buried in Maffra, Victoria, Australia. The cause of his death was Cancer.

20. George Edward Anderson Leighton, son of William Leighton and Ellen Francis Stevenson, was born on Nov 21, 1890 in Bonnie Doon, Hayfield, Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, died on Apr 17, 1971 in Sale, Victoria, Australia at age 80, and was buried on Apr 20, 1971 in Sale Cemetery, Allot 37, Sect 1, Plan 7.

George in his younger days was quite a renowned horsemn, having won the Victorian Rough-riders Championship on one occassion. He and his brother Robert were often bringing strings of wild horses out from the hills and breaking them in for selling.
George enlisted in the Australian Imperial Army on the 23rd of March, 1916 and trained at Ballarat before being shipped to England on the 16th of August, 1916 aboard the RMS Orantes to be stationed at the Bulford Camp. It was during this term in England that he met Marie Berridge who was working as a clerk and living at the YWCA in Amesbury and a child was born.
George married Marie on the 24th of December, 1917 in the Parish of Amesbury in the County of Wiltshire, England.
George was admitted to the Army hospital on the 28th of February, 1918 suffering with Mephritis and was returned to Australia on the 17th of May, 1918 and medically disharged on the 22nd of August, 1918. He applied for and was granted free passage to Australia for his wife and child.
As a returned serviceman he was granted a Soldier Settlement block of 40 acres at Lyndhurst. It is not sure what the conditions were at the time, but he and Marie were seperated and their child Stanley was put in several Foster homes before finally being made a Ward of the State and placed in the Salvation Army's Box Hill Boys Home on the 21st of December, 1925.
Stan was transferred to the State Research Farm in Rutherglen at the age of 14. It was while he was stationed at the Farm that he met Winifred whose father was also an employee there. Wyn had married Len Stanton, however they were divorced in July 1939 before their child was born
At the age of 18 when Stan's Wardship came to an end he went to Melbourne where he began as an apprentice boiler-maker welder to John's and Weygood.
George and Marie were seperated on the 29th of October, 1921.
It is believed that Marie may have returned to England.

George re-married Mary Corcoran at Brunswick on the 17th of May, 1923.
Stan met his half brothers Edward (George) and Athol for the first time on the 31st of May, 1991.

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• Military Service: Australian Imperial Forces, Mar 23, 1916 to Aug 22, 1918, Europe.

• Occupation: Farmer.

• Marriage Settlement: Whilst serving in the Australian Imperial Forces and stationed at Bulford camp in England, met Marie Berrage and on the 1-Jul-1917, their son Stanley was born. George and Marie were married on 24-Dec-1917 at Wiltshire (England). Marie was working as a Clerk and living at the YMCA in Amesbury at the time of their marriage.

George suffered from Nephritis and was returned to Australia and medically discharge on 22-Aug-1918. During this year he applied and was granted Assisted Passage for his wife and child. What happened between 1918 and 1921 is not clear, but George and Marie were seperated on 29-Oct-1921 and Stan went to live with Emma Klarke and her husband in Camberwell until 25-Jul-1923 when he was made a Ward of the State and sent to the Boys depot until 21-Dec-1925 when he was put into the care of the Box Hill Boys Home (Salvation Army).

George married Marie Louise Berridge, daughter of William Robert Berridge, on Dec 24, 1917 in Amesbury, England. The marriage ended in separation on Oct 29, 1921. Marie was born in 1894 in England.

The child from this marriage was:

          i.  Stanley Arthur Leighton was born on Jul 17, 1917 in Essex, UK. Stanley married Winifred Anne Stanton on Feb 10, 1940 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Winifred was born on Apr 29, 1916 in Lilliput, Victoria, Australia, died on Feb 18, 1971 in St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne at age 54, and was buried in Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria. The cause of her death was Cancer. Stanley next married Sylvia Jones on Dec 18, 1976 in Albury, NSW. Sylvia was born on Feb 9, 1914.

George next married Mary Corcoran on May 17, 1923 in Gordons, Coburg, Vic. Mary was born Feb 29, 1895 in Blakeville, Ballan, Victoria, died on Feb 20, 1978 in Gippsland Base Hospital, Sale, Victoria, Australia, and was buried in Sale Cemetery, Allot 37, Sect 1, Plan 7.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.  Margaret Mary Leighton was born on May 3, 1925, died on Jul 17, 1988 in Sale, Victoria, Australia at age 63, and was buried in Sale Cemetery, Vic. Margaret married George Dunn on Nov 17, 1955 in Bentleigh, Victoria.

10       ii.  Edward George Leighton (born on Jun 3, 1926 in 403 George St, Fitzroy, Vic - died on Jul 9, 1997 in Noonamah, Northern Territory, Australia). Edward married Thelma Margaret Hams on Oct 10, 1953 in Presbyterian Church, Maffra, Victoria, Australia. Thelma was born on Dec 27, 1933 in St Helens Private Hospital, Sale, Victoria, Australia, died on Jul 9, 1997 in Noonamah, Northern Territory, Australia at age 63, and was buried on Jul 18, 1997 in Sale, Victoria, Australia. The cause of her death was trauma suffered in a car accident, Noonamah, NT.

        iii.  Athol James Leighton was born on Nov 16, 1928 in Windsor, Victoria, Australia.

21. Mary Corcoran, daughter of William Corcoran and Lilly Herrod, was born Feb 29, 1895 in Blakeville, Ballan, Victoria, died on Feb 20, 1978 in Gippsland Base Hospital, Sale, Victoria, Australia, and was buried in Sale Cemetery, Allot 37, Sect 1, Plan 7.

Mary married George Edward Anderson Leighton on May 17, 1923 in Gordons, Coburg, Vic. George was born on Nov 21, 1890 in Bonnie Doon, Hayfield, Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, died on Apr 17, 1971 in Sale, Victoria, Australia at age 80, and was buried on Apr 20, 1971 in Sale Cemetery, Allot 37, Sect 1, Plan 7.

22. Tasman Charles Hams, son of Ebenezer Charles Hams and Annie Mason, was born on Nov 25, 1905 in Moores Plains, Wynyard, Tas and died on Apr 25, 1994 in Sale, Victoria, Australia at age 88. The cause of his death was Cancer.

Tasman married Evelyn Margaret Hulley on Nov 5, 1932 in Sale, Victoria, Australia. Evelyn was born on Jul 3, 1910 in Mount Best, Toora, Vic and died on Oct 4, 1958 in Maffra, Victoria, Australia at age 48. The cause of her death was Cancer.

Children from this marriage were:

11        i.  Thelma Margaret Hams (born on Dec 27, 1933 in St Helens Private Hospital, Sale, Victoria, Australia - died on Jul 9, 1997 in Noonamah, Northern Territory, Australia). Thelma married Edward George Leighton on Oct 10, 1953 in Presbyterian Church, Maffra, Victoria, Australia. Edward was born on Jun 3, 1926 in 403 George St, Fitzroy, Vic, died on Jul 9, 1997 in Noonamah, Northern Territory, Australia at age 71, and was buried on Jul 18, 1997 in Sale Cemetery, Vic. The cause of his death was trauma suffered in a car accident, Noonamah, NT.

         ii.  Baden Charles Hams was born on Aug 6, 1938 in Mirboo North, Vic. Baden married Rosemary Price on Dec 12, 1962. Rosemary was born on Mar 21, 1936.

Tasman next married Elsie May Hulley, daughter of Ellis David Hulley and Ethel Maude White. Elsie was born on May 31, 1903 in Mount Best, Toora, Vic, died on Apr 24, 1988 in Maffra Hospital, Victoria, Australia at age 84, and was buried in Yarram Cemetery, Victoria.

23. Evelyn Margaret Hulley, daughter of Ellis David Hulley and Ethel Maude White, was born on Jul 3, 1910 in Mount Best, Toora, Vic and died on Oct 4, 1958 in Maffra, Victoria, Australia at age 48. The cause of her death was Cancer.

Evelyn married Tasman Charles Hams on Nov 5, 1932 in Sale, Victoria, Australia. Tasman was born on Nov 25, 1905 in Moores Plains, Wynyard, Tas and died on Apr 25, 1994 in Sale, Victoria, Australia at age 88. The cause of his death was Cancer.