Sydney Arthur WEAKLEY

Notes:

Trade or Calling as listed on Sydney Arthur's Marriage
Certificate: Tobacco Twister
When he was younger his trade was a Shoemaker.

Sydney married Emily PECKHAM on 23 Jun 1888 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, and was divorced. Emily (daughter of Valentia PECKHAM and Mary BOYCE) was born on 14 Oct 1867 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; died on 13 Jun 1925 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Sydney married Bridgett McKEOUGH in 1895 in ,Victoria, Australia. Bridgett (daughter of Daniel McKEOUGH and Ellen BROWN) was born about 1869 in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia; died in 1944 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 6 Nov 1944 in Fawkner Memorial Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet]

1. Ellen Amelia WEAKLEY was born on 14 Dec 1892 in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; was christened on 29 Jan 1893 in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; died on 22 Feb 1981 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia .
2. Sydney Arthur WEAKLEY was born in 1898 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia; died in 1950 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
3. Marjory Hilda WEAKLEY was born on 31 Oct 1904 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
4. Thelma WEAKLEY was born on 3 Jul 1910 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; died on 6 Sep 1991 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Notes:

Family tradition said that William Weakley, father of William Rooke Weakley, (Son of Amelia Rooke and William Weakley) was one of the Life-Guards of Queen Victoria in the 1830s and was killed in Spain while on a vacation watching a duel between two Dons.

When William left with the military he never knew about his child William Rooke Weakley.

Researched by Mrs. Lucy Ripley, (in Yorkshire, England) to prove or disprove this family tradition. Lucy wrote to the Editor of the Household Brigade Magazine (Horse Guards, Whitehall) London, to find information on William Weakley. Her letter was passed on to the Headquarters of the Regiment, who sent the following information:
?Number 371 ? William Weakley, served as a Private in the First Life Guards. Enlisted 1st Life Guards on 25 Oct 1828
Age on enlistment: 20 years nil months
Trade on Enlistment: Farmer
Discharged by purchase on 28 Dec 1833
Total service ? 5 years, 67 days
Character on discharge: Very good.
(According to our records he was not married during his service.)?

This and other information also personal stories have been handed down from Emily Hales Duncan Weakley wife of William Rooke Weakley, (Son of Amelia Rooke and William Weakley.)

William Rooke Weakley came to Australia on the ship ?Abberton?. He arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia on October 29th 1850. On board with William was his Mother Amelia Rooke Davies and Stepfather James Davies. There was also 3 other children listed, no names, which we have not been able to trace as yet.

Amelia and James had a child Fanny Amelia Davies, born 21 May 1852 and died 18 Sep 1852 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

William married Emily Hales DUNCAN on 12 Sep 1861 in Christ Church Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia. Emily (daughter of John Hales DUNCAN and Mary Ann SHAW) was born on 16 Dec 1840 in Gravesend and Milton, Kent, England; died on 28 Mar 1932 in Logan, Cache, Utah; was buried on 31 Mar 1932 in Lewiston, Cache, Utah. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth name information for Emily.
Registration District Gravesend and Milton
Volume 5, Page 182
Births December 1840
Emily HALES "Elizabeth" Duncan Female
Birth 1840 Gravesend, Kent, England
Parents:_Father: John Hales DUNCAN
Mother: Mary Ann SHAW
This information from research by
Helen Smallman Searle.

Emily never used the name "Elizabeth" and
on her Birth Certificate sent from England
in 1959 you will see only the name Emily is
listed. Emily would sing to my mother, "I'm
Emily Hales Duncan from Gravesend, Kent.
Kicked up her heels and away she went."

I am Geraldine Lyons and my mother is Beula
Naomi Sloan Lyons. My mother said that since
her grandmother Emily sang this so often that
this is the reason when mother started research
for this family she first sent for information
form Gravesend, Kent, England.

Notes:

Family tradition said that William Weakley, father of William Rooke Weakley, (Son of Amelia Rooke and William Weakley) was one of the Life-Guards of Queen Victoria in the 1830s and was killed in Spain while on a vacation watching a duel between two Dons.

When William left with the military he never knew about his child William Rooke Weakley.

Researched by Mrs. Lucy Ripley, (in Yorkshire, England) to prove or disprove this family tradition. Lucy wrote to the Editor of the Household Brigade Magazine (Horse Guards, Whitehall) London, to find information on William Weakley. Her letter was passed on to the Headquarters of the Regiment, who sent the following information:
?Number 371 ? William Weakley, served as a Private in the First Life Guards. Enlisted 1st Life Guards on 25 Oct 1828
Age on enlistment: 20 years nil months
Trade on Enlistment: Farmer
Discharged by purchase on 28 Dec 1833
Total service ? 5 years, 67 days
Character on discharge: Very good.
(According to our records he was not married during his service.)?

This and other information also personal stories have been handed down from Emily Hales Duncan Weakley wife of William Rooke Weakley, (Son of Amelia Rooke and William Weakley.)

William Rooke Weakley came to Australia on the ship ?Abberton?. He arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia on October 29th 1850. On board with William was his Mother Amelia Rooke Davies and Stepfather James Davies. There was also 3 other children listed, no names, which we have not been able to trace as yet.

Amelia and James had a child Fanny Amelia Davies, born 21 May 1852 and died 18 Sep 1852 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

William married Amelia ROOKE. Amelia (daughter of John ROOKE, Gentleman and Ann OKE) was born in 1814 in Devonport, Devon, England; was christened on 2 Jul 1814 in Morrice St. Wesleyan, Devonport, Devon, England; died in 1866 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Family tradition said that William Weakley, father of William Rooke Weakley, (Son of Amelia Rooke and William Weakley) was one of the Life-Guards of Queen Victoria in the 1830s and was killed in Spain while on a vacation watching a duel between two Dons.

When William left with the military he never knew about his child William Rooke Weakley.

Researched by Mrs. Lucy Ripley, (in Yorkshire, England) to prove or disprove this family tradition. Lucy wrote to the Editor of the Household Brigade Magazine (Horse Guards, Whitehall) London, to find information on William Weakley. Her letter was passed on to the Headquarters of the Regiment, who sent the following information:
?Number 371 ? William Weakley, served as a Private in the First Life Guards. Enlisted 1st Life Guards on 25 Oct 1828
Age on enlistment: 20 years nil months
Trade on Enlistment: Farmer
Discharged by purchase on 28 Dec 1833
Total service ? 5 years, 67 days
Character on discharge: Very good.
(According to our records he was not married during his service.)?

This and other information also personal stories have been handed down from Emily Hales Duncan Weakley wife of William Rooke Weakley, (Son of Amelia Rooke and William Weakley.)

William Rooke Weakley came to Australia on the ship ?Abberton?. He arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia on October 29th 1850. On board with William was his Mother Amelia Rooke Davies and Stepfather James Davies. There was also 3 other children listed, no names, which we have not been able to trace as yet.

Amelia and James had a child Fanny Amelia Davies, born 21 May 1852 and died 18 Sep 1852 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Notes:

Birth: Family records
Christening: St. Peter & St. Paul, Milton next Gravesend,
Kent, England Parish Records 1730-1844;
FHL Film #992511,992512,991513.
Marriage: All Souls, St.Marylebone, London, England Parish
Record 1825-1837; FHL FILM #580898
Death: Old hand written records of Emily Hales Duncan,
child #8. All these records in the possession of
Geraldine Lyons.

John married Mary Ann SHAW on 10 Jun 1825 in All Souls, St. Marylebone, London, England . Mary (daughter of Alexander SHAW and Sarah BROOKS) was born on 1 Jul 1807 in Gravesend, Kent, England; was christened on 9 Aug 1807 in St. George's, Gravesend, Kent, England; died on 23 Nov 1882 in Hamley St., Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; was buried on 24 Nov 1882 in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Grave and burial site of Mary Ann Shaw Duncan: "Family
Mystery" - from Pat (g g g grand daughter) of James
Duncan of Adelaide, and formerly of Rothesay, Isle of
Bute, Scotland, paid for the lease of Mary Ann Duncan's
grave. James came to Adelaide in 1859 as a 19 year old
and it is said that he had a relative living in the
Adelaide area.
Pat said that another "Family Mystery" is that James
Duncan's aunt gave him enough money to start his own
business - - who is this aunt and how come she had
money to give him? James Duncan's coachbuilding/car
business eventually became one of the biggest in
Adelaide.
Letter from cousin in Australia mentioned a connection
with family in Scotland maybe Stornway, Ross & Cromarty.
This may even be Mary's husband John Hales Duncan's
family that is from Scotland.

Robert married Sarah in 1800 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England. Sarah was born about 1773 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England; died in Jun 1844 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Certified Copy of Marriage entry of Daughter Amelia
Rooke to James Davies, lists her Father as John
Rooke, Gentleman.

John married Ann OKE on 19 Dec 1800 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England. Ann (daughter of Mr. OKE and Mrs. OKE) was born on 12 Jan 1784 in Bradworthy, Devon, England; died on 30 Apr 1862 in Devonport, Devon, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth date & place researched and compiled
by Helen Smallman Searle.
Alexander was a surgeon in the district
of Kent, England.

Death: Wills, Episcopal Consistory Court
of Rochester. GSSLC Film #188,830
"In the Name of God Amen I Alexander Duncan
Surgeon - - - " Alexander mentioned his wife
Sarah Duncan and a Mr Don d McRae in will.
Witnesses - John Hales - Don d McRae.
John Hales may be father or brother.
Who is Donald McRae and how do you fit into
this family? Alexander's youngest son was
named Frederick McRae Duncan.
"Testator died 7 Oct 1814 at Gravesend"

Old hand written records of Emily Hales
Duncan, grand daughter of Alexander.

Alexander married Sarah HALES in 1795 in St. George's, Gravesend, Kent, England. Sarah (daughter of John HALES and Elizabeth) was born on 17 Mar 1771 in Gravesend, Kent, England; died on 26 Jul 1856 in Gravesend, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Information researched and
compiled by Helen Smallman Searle.

Notes:

Birth: & Death: For this family; Old hand written
records of Emily Hales Elizabeth Duncan, grand daughter
of Alexander.
Birth: Princes Street-Independent, Gravesend, Kent, England
Parish Records FHL Film #596908.
Marriage: Parish Records of St. Peter & St. Paul,
Milton next Gravesend, Kent, England; 1730-1876;
FHL Film #992511, 992512, 992513.

Alexander married Sarah BROOKS on 15 Jul 1806 in Gravesend and Milton, Kent, England. Sarah was born about 1786 in Gravesend and Milton, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Information researched and compiled
by Helen Smallman Searle.