Ross Beattie's HUMPHRIES, HOPUM and JORDEN Genealogy Page

[please contact Ross Beattie for further details of this lineage, especially for details regarding more recent generations]
This Page was Last Updated on 25 March 2014

Provenance
Early Generations (6)
    1                    ♦ Francis Humphris (…1751) m.1723 Hannah Gough (c1703…) 
    1.1                    Sarah Humphris (1739…) m. Samuel Owens (…)
    1.2                 ♦ Stephen Humphrys (c1746…1788-1803?) m1? Mary — (…1774); m2. Nancy [Ann] Yearington (…) 
    1.2.1                 Hannah Humpheris (c1781…) m? Thomas Wenlock (…) [or m? Samuel Stoakes (…)]
    1.2.2                 Sally Humpheris (c1784…) m? James Thorney (…)
    1.2.3              ♦ Stephen Humphries (1786…1865) m. Susannah Hopum (c1801…1886) 
    1.2.3.1              William Humphries (c1820…1897-8) m1. Martha Smith (c1820…1886), m2. Eliza — (c1846…) 
    1.2.3.2              John Humphries (1822…1902) m1. Catherine ?Farrelly (1822…1868), m2. Mary Ann Jackson (née Hill) 
    1.2.3.2.1           Millacent Jane Humphries (1848…1869) m. Joseph Paul (c1838…1908)
    1.2.3.2.1.1        Edith Millie Paul (1867…1952) m. Henry Tonkin (c1859…1947)
    1.2.3.2.2           Margaret Elizabeth Humphries (1849…1917) m. Charles Fitzroy Bayly (1845…1926)
    1.2.3.2.3           Stephen W Humphries (1850…1923 )m. Jane Millicent Pugh (c1855…1935) 
    1.2.3.2.3.1        Ruby Humphries (1881…1923) m. Charles Augustus Moffitt (1880…1957)
    1.2.3.2.3.2        Milton Farley Humphries (1883…1969) m. Ruby Capel (1889…1965)
    1.2.3.2.3.3        Leila Humphries (1885…1963) m. George Wynne Spendley (1885…1955)
    1.2.3.2.3.4        Stanley Humphries (1888…1964) m. Nancy Hope Brown (1898…1962/4)
    1.2.3.2.3.5        Cyril Melville Humphries (1894…1972) m. Iva Edith Sheerman (1907…2004)
    1.2.3.2.4           Susan Maud[e] Humphries (1851…1913) m. Jasper Squire (c1849…1889)
    1.2.3.2.5           John Charles Humphries (1860…) m. Gertrude Sylvestra T Bolzani (1889…1925)
    1.2.3.2.6           Roland Ernest Humphries (1873…1952) m. Elizabeth Morris/Norris (…) 
    1.2.3.2.7           Walter Vincent Victor Humphries (1875…1930) m. Maude May Humphries (1884…1944)
    1.2.3.2.8           Ada May Humphries (1877…19nn) m. Ernest Herbert Hawkins (1879…)
    1.2.3.2.9           Archibald H W Humphries (1883…1902)
    1.2.3.2.10         Daisy Elsie Humphries (1889…1919) m. Frederick Walter Lucas (… 1919+)
    1.2.3.3              Stephen Henry Humphries (1823/7) m. Elizabeth Potter née Littleford 
    1.2.3.4           ♦ George Humphries (1828…1903) m. Ann Elizabeth Jorden (1832) 
    1.2.3.4.1           John Humphries (1852…1932) m. Anna Maria Warren Hawke (..1922) 
    1.2.3.4.2           George Henry Humphries (1853…1920) m. Catherine Maria Smith (…1909) 
    1.2.3.4.2.1        Edwin George Humphries (1881…1955) m. Ruby Maude Spilsbury (1890…1965) 
    1.2.3.4.2.2        Jasper Septimus Humphries (1889…1946) m. Bertice Casia Bell (1893…1982) 
    1.2.3.4.2.2.1     Leslie William Humphries (1918…2001) m. Alisa Maurine Miller (1920…) 
    1.2.3.4.3           Charles William Humphries (1860…) m. Winifred A'Beckett 
    1.2.3.4.4           Emelin Humphries (1861…) 
    1.2.3.4.5        ♦ Amelia Millicent Humphries (1862…1933) m. Jeremiah James Kay (1854…1925) 
    1.2.3.4.6           Albert William Humphries (1864…) m. Elizabeth Ann Miller 
    1.2.3.4.7           Ann Elizabeth Humphries (c1867…) m. Robert Miller (1860…) 
    1.2.3.5              Jane Humphries (1830…1877) m. Thomas Hotchkiss (c1830…1877)
    1.2.3.6              Susannah Humphries (1833…1909) m. William Pugh (1824c…1908) 
    1.2.3.6.1           Susan Elizabeth Pugh (1870…1945) m. Arthur Schofield
    1.2.3.7              Charles Humphries (1841…1845)
    1.2.4                 Mary Humpheris (c1789…) m. Francis Evans (c1778…)

Possibly Related Lineages 
Related Families from the same areas
Other (probably unrelated) Humphries Lineages 
                            Another George and Ann E Humphries, m. 1865 [Sydney & Wee Waa, NSW]
                            James Fairlie Humphries (c1850) [Huntingdon, England -> Australia, 1857]
                            Benjamin Humphries m.(1824) Mary Plimmer [Shropshire & Worcestershire -> New Zealand]

Provenance

The Humphries, Hopum and Jorden families traced herein lived generally in Shropshire, England about 1800; several of the children of Stephen Humphries emigrated to New South Wales in the mid-1800s.

Early Generations

1 ♦  Francis Humphris (…1751) m.1723 Hannah Gough (…)

It seems likely that this lineage can be traced back to Francis Humphris and Hannah Gough, married in Ludlow, Shropshire, on 4 January 1723. It is possible that Hanna was baptised at Stottesden [Stottesdon] and Farlow, Shropshire, on 24 January 1703 [this may be a Julian date, i.e. 1702 Gregorian], the daughter of WILLIAM and MARY GOUGH. Ten children are known to have been baptised to Francis and Hannah in St Mary’s parish church at Stottesden:

Francis Humphris was buried on 26 November 1751 at Stottesdon . [A Hannah Humphrys was buried at Stottesden on 3 January 1780].

Stottesdon is about 11km (7 miles) and Farlow 14.5km (9 miles) SSW of Bridgnorth. Ludlow is a few kilometres southwest..

1.1 Sarah Humphris (1739…) m. Samuel Owens (…)

Sarah Humphris, who married Samuel Owens at Stottesden and Farlow in 1781, was almost certainly the daughter of FRANCIS and HANNAH HUMPHRIS, christened on 28 August 1739 at Stottesden and Farlow. Samuel may have been baptised at Stottesden on 6 July 1721, the son of JOHN and MARY OWENS. It appears Sarah and Samuel were the parents of:.

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1.2 ♦  Stephen Humphrys (1746…1788-1803?) m1? Mary — (…1774) m2. Nancy [Ann] Yearington (…)

Stephen Humphrys was almost certainly the son of FRANCIS and HANNAH HUMPHRIS, christened on 27 July 1746 at Stottesden [Stottesdon] , Shropshire [this is indicated by the Royal Marines service record (early 1800s), census record (1861) and death certificate (1865) of his son Stephen: see below]. It appears Stephen was, by Mary —, the father of:

Mary Humphrys, wife of Stephen, was buried at Stottesdon on 25 May 1774.

Widower Stephen Humphres married Nancy Yearington [also referred to as Ann] at Stottesden on 16 September 1777; they were the parents of:

This author considers it likely that Stephen Humphrys, husband of Nancy Yearington, died between 1778 and 1803. Nancy, as Ann Humphris, married Timothy Tolly on 2 June 1803 at Chetton, Shropshire (about 5km [3 miles] southwest of Bridgnorth). Stephen Humphries baptised 1786 noted his mother as Nancy Tolley when he served on HMS Achille between 1805 and 1812, his death certificate notes his parents as Stephen and Ann and the 1861 census shews him at Acton Round, a 74-year old married Royal Marine pensioner born at Stottesdon (imputing a birth year of about 1786-7). Acton Round is about 8km [5 miles] WNW of Bridgnorth.

1.2.1 Hannah Humpheris (c1781…) m? Thomas Wenlock (…) [or m? Samuel Stoakes (…)]

Hannah Humpheris, baptised on 16 April 1781 at Stottesden and Farlow in Shropshire, eldest of the four children of STEPHEN HUMPHRYS by his second wife NANCY [ANN] YEARINGTON, may have married Thomas Wenlock on 2 May 1805 at Stottesden and Farlow [or, possibly, Samuel Stoakes on 16 August 1807].
It seems Thomas and Hannah were the parents of:

[There are no christenings recorded to any Samuel and Hannah Stoates.]

1.2.2 Sally [a.k.a. Susan] Humpheris (c1784…) m? James Thorney (…)

Sally Humpheris, baptised on 22 April 1784 at Stottesden and Farlow in Shropshire, second of the four children of STEPHEN HUMPHRYS by his second wife NANCY [ANN] YEARINGTON, may (as Sarah Humpheris) have married James Thorney on 9 May 1811 at Stottesden and Farlow. It seems that they settled at Badger, Shropshire (about 10km northeast of Bridgnorth and 20km northeast of Stottesden) where the following seven children were baptised to Sarah and Jane:

The Thorneys do not appear to be listed in the 1841 census, either at Badger or apparently elsewhere. The 1851 English census shews Sarah the widow of an agricultural labourer at Badger [it notes her birth place as Stotherton but this author considers that an error for Stottesdon by the enumerator], together with her unmarried daughter Ann and grandson John (born at Beckbury SAL about 1837), both noted as garden labourers.

By the time of the 1861 census it appears that Sarah had deceased though Ann remains at Badger with her natural son John and niece Ann (born at Beckbury about 1840).

1.2.3 ♦  Stephen Humphries (1786…1865) m. Susannah Hopum (c1801…1886)

The framework for this lineage from here onwards is derived from Keith Humphries's Admirable Ancestors (1992): it is essential reading and includes much more detail for many of the branches. Bev Humphries of Coolangatta has also contributed much to Keith's and this work.
Michael Hulme (SFHS) has kindly contributed detail on William Humphreys, born c1820 in Jamaica.

A native of Ludlow Shropshire, Stephen Humphreys was born at Stottesden SAL, a son of STEPHEN HUMPHRYS and ANN [NANCY] YEARINGTON his wife, and baptised on 31 December 1786.

A labourer, 5'3½" tall, with light hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion, Stephen was accepted into the Royal Marines at Plymouth on 25 February 1805, on his third attempt in six years: at his first attempt he had been but twelve or thirteen. He was nineteen when he reported for duty on 10 April 1805 and given new establishment number 51 on the register of recruits for the Plymouth Division of the Royal Marines. Stephen was embarked upon the 74-gun HMS Achille on 7 June 1805, which sailed with the English fleet on the 28th instant under Nelson to seek the combined French and Spanish fleets. These they engaged off Cadiz on 21 October – the Battle of Trafalgar – with devastating victory.

The [British] National Archives "Trafalgar" WebSite note Stephen's mother as NANCEY TOLLEY - this may not have been her name when Stephen was born (it may have been her maiden name, an alias or she may have married a Tolley). An ANN HUMPHIS married TIMOTHY TOLLY on 2 June 1803 (prior to Stephen's Achille service) at Chetton . This Ann Humphris may have been born NANCY YEARINGTON who married STEPHEN HUMPHRES on 16 SEP 1777 at Stottesden . Stephen's age and birthplace are not noted in the "Trafalgar" WebSite listings [rf: ADM 27/11 p5, ADM 27/11, ADM 37/52, per http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors/details_print.asp?id=263, as at 01jul2005].

The Achille returned to Plymouth, via Gibraltar, in November 1805 for a refit. Further action followed in 1806 off Cherbourg and Rochfort, and at the siege of Flushing, returning briefly to Dover before sailing to Cadiz and from thence to the Gulf of Venice, where the Achille stayed nine months in company with the 74-gun Eagle. Late in 1806 in the Gulf of Venice, Stephen (a Bugleman) and a corporal were captured by the French and marched to Trieste. After two months in the French prison, they were marched over thirty days to Ravenna where they were traded for five French prisoners on the island of Lysea, shortly afterwards rejoining the Achille and transfer to hospital in Portsmouth. William Loney notes the Achille as a 3rd rate Wooden Hull (1981 tons builders measure), launched 16 April 1798 (rebuilt 1823), fate 1865.

Stephen subsequently volunteered to serve as a Bugleman in a Marine Battalion [the 3rd] raised at Portsmouth under Major Lewis for duty in the 1812-1814 Anglo-American War, sailing three weeks later [7 April 1814] [reportedly in a squadron comprising the Tonnant, Melpomene, and Regulus (per Paul Benyon<pbenyon@pbenyon.plus.com>)] for the Bermudas [arriving 9 June] for a fortnight before proceeding to Chesapeake Bay [probably aboard the Terror]. After two months at Chesapeake Bay the British under General Ross marched on Washington in August 1814 (Battle of Bladensburg, 27 August), destroying armaments, sacking parts of the city and burning shipping before withdrawing on news of twenty thousand enemy reinforcements marching from Baltimore. The re-embarked British sailed towards Baltimore, landing safely before an engagement with some five thousand Americans, during which General Ross was killed and Stephen had a bayonet pass between his battle tunic and body [the Battle of Baltimore (Gadfly Wood), 12 September]. Sailing from Baltimore the Marines disembarked at Point Peter. Nine days after a short upstream foray there, peace was agreed between Britain and America and Stephen soon embarked for Portsmouth where the volunteer regiment was disbanded and he returned to his own regiment at Plymouth.

After a few months Stephen again volunteered for an expedition with the Dutch against Algiers under Lord Exmouth. In this campaign Stephen went aboard the Impregnable, which off Algiers by accident of anchor tacking was driven close to the shore and the telling shot of enemy cannon and musket. The Impregnable suffered terribly with over 500 killed and wounded before Lord Exmouth aboard the Queen Charlotte ordered his forces to weigh anchor and stand off for the night. The Governor of Algiers surrendered the city the next morning. The Impregnable made her way back to England via Gibraltar, where after six months Stephen boarded the Eriphegene to convey some of Napoleon Buonaparte’s officers to Malta as prisoners.

 Soon after returning from Malta to England, Stephen’s division was sent to the West Indies. On duty in the West Indies, Stephen married at Port Royal, his wife dying there delivering their child:

After six months in the West Indies during which fever affected the entire ship’s complement excepting Stephen and four others, killing 106 men, the ship was ordered back to England: it is unclear whether he was still in the West Indies when his wife died.

During some eighteen months in barracks at Plymouth, Private Stephen Humphries RMS married Plymouth lass Susannah Hopum (or Hopham [or de Opham?]) on 15 May 1821 at East Stonehouse. Susannah was born circa 1801 in Stoke Damerel, i.e. Plymouth / Devonport.

After his barracking in Plymouth, Stephen was ordered aboard the Thetis commanded by John Phillimore, under whose command he served for three years on the African west coast, which included several engagements fighting the Ashantees at Cape Coast Castle, returning to England in August 1824 and remaining in barracks until he was discharged on 15 February 1827 after nearly 22 years service. He had seen seventeen engagements, been wounded twice, awarded two medals (for Trafalgar and Algiers) and received a small pension on discharge.

About late 1827 Stephen and Susan, with their two first-born, made their way from Plymouth to Gloucester by four-horse broad-wheeled covered wagon, and from there to Bridgnorth, in Stephen’s childhood region, by horse-drawn barge along the River Severn and taking a garden cottage at Muckley Cross (about four miles from Much Wenlock and one mile ENE from Acton Round) where Stephen and Susan remained for about twenty years.

Stephen and Susannah were the parents of six known children:
The family has not been located in the 1841 census [of which no returns seem available on-line for Acton Round]. Stephen Humphries was noted as a gardener when his son George married in Kidderminster WOR in 1850. The 1851 census notes Stephen and wife Susannah at Acton Round:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Acton Round [RD: Bridgnorth / RsubD: Chetton] [1 inhabited dwelling] [HO107; piece 1986; folio 126; page 6; entry 16; GSU roll: 87387]
Stephen Humphreys Head M 63 Greenwich Pensioner Stottesden SAL 1788
Susannah Humphreys Wife M 48 . Devonport DEV 1803
The 1861 census shews Stephen and wife Sarah [sic] still at Acton Round:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Acton Round [RD: Bridgnorth / RsubD: Chetton] [1 inhabited dwelling] [RG9; piece 1848; folio 6; page 6; entry 27; GSU roll: 542877]
Stephen Humphreys Head M 74 Pensioner Royal Marine Stottesden SAL 1787
Sarah Humphreys Wife M 60 . Stoke Dameral DEV 1801
Stoke Damerel is the foundation settlement of modern Plymouth; the church there is still the Mother Church of Plymouth

It appears that Stephen and Susannah had moved to be near their daughter Jane Hotchkiss at Brockton, Stanton Long, by May 1865. "Farm Labourer (Millitry) Pensioner" [sic] Stephen Humphries died aged 78 years on 9 May 1865 at Brockton, Stanton Long. Jane Hotchkis of Brockton, Stanton Long, was present at Stephen's death and the informant for the registration . [His memoirs, written in 1856 at age 71 and copied by his grandson Stephen William Humphries in 1889 and published by Keith Humphries in 1992, note Stephen as dying in 1867.]

The 1871 census has Susannah an annuitant in the civil parish of Long Stanton SAL, next door to the family of her daughter Jane at Feather's Inn:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Brocton Cottages, Long Stanton, Shropshire [] [RG# RG10, piece 2741, folio 41; page 6, entry 32
Susannah Humphreys Head W 70 Annuitant Plymouth DEV 1801
Feathers Inn, Long Stanton, Shropshire [] [RG# RG10, piece 2741, folio 41; page 6, entry 33)
Thomas Hotchkis Head M 41 Innkeeper Much Wenlock SAL 1830
Jane Hotchkis Dau M 40 .  Much Wenlock SAL 1831
Thomas S Hotchkis Son S 12 Scholar Wellington SAL 1859
Alice M Hotchkis Dau . 7 Scholar Long Stanton SAL 1864
Susan E Hotchkis Dau . 5 . Long Stanton SAL 1866
Lucy A Hotchkis Dau . 3 . Long Stanton SAL 1868
Jeremiah Sumbrook Ldgr S 35 Ag. Lab. Long Stanton SAL 1836

Susan was found to be well and prosperous at Brockton SAL (about 5 miles south-west of Much Wenlock) in late 1878 when visited by her repatriated son John in the company of his brother Stephen: Susan would have been aged about 77 years. In the 1881 census, Susan is shewn still at Brocton Cottages, Stanton Long SAL, with her grand-daughter Lucy A Hotchkiss:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Brocton Cottages, Stanton Long, Shropshire [] [RG# RG11, piece 2628, folio 41; page 9, FHL Film#1341632
Susannah Humphreys Head W 79 . Devonport DEV 1802
Lucy AHotchkis GDau S 13 Scholar Stanton Long SAL 1868

Susannah Humphries, aged 85 years, the widow of general labourer Stephen Humphries, died 21 March 1886 at Brocton, Stanton Long. Her death was registered at Bridgnorth by her son S H Humphries, a resident of The Danery, Quatford.

This family information was also being researched by Suzanne Rhonda Buxton [buxtons@nlc.com.au, December 2000, per cache of http://www.firstfamilies2001.net.au/firstfamily.cfm?id=Humphries1914626389 as retrieved on 12 Mar 2005).

Dave Whittingham (db.whittingham@fsmail.net, 21 June 2003) is researching his Great Grandfather, James Fairlie Humphries who came to Australia about 1857 at about age 7 from Huntingdon, England. David thinks there may be some family connection with the Humphries being researched in his work.

Benjamin Humphries (great great grandfather of Dianne Fraser of Whitby, New Zealand [23km north of Wellington, Frasers@xtra.co.nz, 31 March 2000] married Mary Plimmer at Wellington, Shropshire on 16 February 1824; their son William Humphries (born about 1828) married Eliza Lewis on 6 October 1851, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. William and Eliza Humphries came to New Zealand in 1853. Dianne thinks Benjamin's father was a John Humphreys of Stottesdon and Farlow; Benjamin and Mary had a daughter Eliza Humphries.


1.2.3.1 William Humphries (c1820…1897-8) m1. Martha Smith (c1820…1886), m2. Eliza — (c1846…)
 
 
 
Michael Hulme (SFHS) has kindly contributed detail on William Humphreys, born c1820 in Jamaica.

William Humphries, son of Royal Marine STEPHEN HUMPHRIES by a first wife, was born c1820 Jamaica, West Indies. William's mother, who Stephen had married in Port Royal, died during childbirth, and William was …left in the care of a black woman for a considerable time…. Port Royal is at the tip of the peninsula forming the harbour at Kingston.

William later went to England, settling near his father and, on 20 May 1847, marrying Martha Smith at Acton Round SAL, with no known issue. William and Martha appear in the 1851 British census at Chelmarsh SAL [Chelmarsh is 3 miles south of Bridgnorth]:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Chelmarsh, Bridgnorth (parish of St Leonard) [] [HO107, piece 1986, folio 9; page 11, entry 42; GSU roll 87387]
William Humphries Head M 31 Ag. Lab. West Indies (Brit sub.) 1820
Martha Humphries Wife M 31 . Codsall, Stafford 1820
Thomas Fox Ldgr M 27 Sawyer Eyton SAL 1816
Stephen Burton Ldgr M 40 Bricklayer Hull YRK 1811

William has not been located in the 1861 (on-line) British census, as yet [01jul2005].
:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
(Conduit House, Bridgnorth (parish of St Leonard) [] [RG# RG11, piece 2629, folio 64; page 23, entry ?][FHLfilm# 1341632])
William Humphries Head M 61 Cowkeeper (Ag. Lab.) Jamaica, West Indies 1820
Martha Humphries Wife M 62 . Codsall, Stafford 1819
Henry Hinton Serv U 16 Labourer (Ag.) Alverley SAL 1865
Aaron Langford (female?) Vistor W 72 . Coalport SAL 1809
 

By the time of the 1871 British census William and Martha were at Stottesden SAL:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Overton Cottage, Stottesden (ecc. parish of St Mary) [1 inhabited dwelling] [RG10, piece 2739, folio 78; page 5, entry 15]
William Humphries Head M 52 Farm Bailiff Port Royal, Jamaica 1819
Martha Humphries Wife M 53 Bailiff's Wife Codsall, Stafford 1820
 

The 1881 census notes William and Martha at Conduit House, Bridgnorth:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
(Conduit House, Bridgnorth (parish of St Leonard) [] [RG# RG11, piece 2629, folio 64; page 23, entry ?][FHLfilm# 1341632])
William Humphries Head M 61 Cowkeeper (Ag. Lab.) Jamaica, West Indies 1820
Martha Humphries Wife M 62 . Codsall, Stafford 1819
Henry Hinton Serv U 16 Labourer (Ag.) Alverley SAL 1865
Aaron Langford (female?) Vistor W 72 . Coalport SAL 1809
 

The death of Martha Humphries aged 67 years was registered in 4Q 1886 at Bridgnorth. By 1891 William appears to have re-married to Eliza — [a William Humphries married in the Bridgnorth district in 2Q 1883; there was also Elizabeth Evehigh who married a William Humphreys on 17 November 1878 at St Chad's, Shrewsbury, SAL]. The 1891 census shews William with Elizabeth at Conduit House, Bridgnorth:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
(Conduit House, Bridgnorth (parish of St Leonard) [] [RG# RG11, piece 2629, folio 64; page 23, entry ?][FHLfilm# 1341632])
William Humphries Head M 71 Farmer Jamaica, West Indies 1820
Eliza Humphries Wife M 44 Housewife Bridgnorth SAL 1846
William Watkins Serv U 14 Servant (Farm) Ludlow SAL 1877
 

Michael J Hulme (sfhs@mjhulme.fsnet.co.uk, 26may2004) eMailed that the Shropshire FHS photographed and transcribed the gravestones at Acton Round, including that of Stephen Humphries. Michael also offered some information he had about his first son, born in the West Indies:
"William HUMPHRIES was born Jamaica West Indies about 1820. His mother is alleged to have died in childbirth and he was cared for by a local woman until collected by his father at some later stage and brought to the UK. …There is no mention of any children from either [of William's] marriage.
William made a Will in 1892 and Probate of this was made at Sh rewsbury on 23 Feb 1898 so I would guess that he died sometime in 1897. Again there is no mention of any children, only his wife Eliza and a niece Emily SMITH so it would appear he never had any children. I don't have any trace of a gravestone for him.…"

The death of William Humphries aged 78 years was registered in 1Q 1898 at Bridgnorth SAL.

1.2.3.2 John Humphries (1822…1902) m1. Catherine ?Farrelly (1822…1868), m2. Mary Ann Jackson (née Hill, c1843…)

John Humphries was the son of STEPHEN HUMPHRIES and SUSSANAH HOPUM. He was born at Four Street, Devonport, Plymouth DEV in June 1822. John arrived in Port Jackson NSW on 23 December 1841, aboard The Tropic, a barque of 380 tons which had left the Downs on 19 August. John Humphries appears to have been invited (perhaps employed) by Mr John Charles Lloyd of "Burburgate", also aboard The Tropic, to care for four Durham bulls owned by the ?Wrottesbey family on the trip out.
John Lloyd, who died in 1881, was the son of Captain JOHN LLOYD and his wife MARY EVANS of Acton Round SAL. John emigrated to Sydney in 1841 and became superintendant of “Melville Plains” for two brothers of Sir William Denison, then of “Burburgate” for William Charles Wentworth c1848. John was joined in 1848 by his brother Edward Henry Lloyd (who died 1889). After purchasing “Burburgate” in 1853, John needed to return to England for health reasons, Edward then becoming manager.
By 1846 John Humphries was working for a Mr Marsh in the New England area. In August 1847 John, a Protestant, and Catholic servant girl Catherine Farrelly were married at St Mary’s Church in Sydney. Catherine hailed from County Cavan IRL. She was one of 222 emigrants who had come to Australia during 1841 aboard the 389 ton barque Runnymede, departing London on 25 April and gaining Port Jackson an uneventful four months later on 30 August. The immigration Entitlement Certificate isssued to Catherine (Fairlie) said she was eighteen years old, could read though not write, that her health and usefulness were very good, and that her mothers Christian name was Margarate. Disembarking, Catherine probably went to work in Sydney as a servant to Matthew Henry Marsh.
In March 1849 John went to work for Mr Lloyd at "Burburgate", later managing other Runs for the Lloyds into the mid 1850s. In the late 1850s John Humphries bought a store in Gunnedah. He was the first Postmaster in Gunnedah and also built a hotel there.
John and Catherine's children were:
John Humphries stated that he had two children born in the New England area, one at "Burburgate", one at Tipperenal (Narrabri) and one at Gurley (who died several weeks after birth). John's wife Catherine died at Wee Waa near Narrabri in December 1868; one source has her the daughter of PATRICK FARRELLY and JANE CASSIDY, differing from the Margarate’ named noted on her emigration Entitlement certificate.
John Humphries remarried in November 1872 at Gulgong to 29 year old widow Mary Ann Jackson ((née Hill, born on 20 February 1844 in London, daughter of cab proprietor HENRY HILL and JANE AYRES) and in 1875 opened a store in Laidlow Street Boggabri.

Mary Ann Hill had a son and daughter surviving to her first husband, George S Jackson:
George and Mary Jackson are noted in the 1871 English census (2 April 1871) at Chelsea:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
(5 Ann Place, Chelsea, London [RD: Chelsea South / RsubD: Park Chapel) [] [RG10, piece 73; folio 77; p21; entries 138, GSU# 824579]
George S Jackson Head M 40 Cab Proprietor
(employing 3 men 1 boy)		 Hoo KNT 1831
Mary Ann Jackson Wife M 27 . Lambeth SRY 1844
Millicent Jackson Dau . 5 . Lambeth SRY 1866
Ernest Jackson Son . 3 . Lambeth SRY 1868
 
Mary Ann Jackson - or Hill, M A - emigrated to Sydney with Milicent (aged 6) aboard the Dunbar Castle in 1872 [AONSW reels 2140, 2486]. Son Ernest may have stayed with Mary Ann's mother Jane: they were all together again in London by the time of the 1881 census.

John by Mary Ann produced five children:
Following her 1872 marriage to John Humphries and the bearing of five children by him, the family returned to England in 1878. Both Mary Ann's children by George Jackson adopted the surname Humphries after their mother's marriage to John Humphries (probably when she returned to England). The 1881 English census (3 April 1881) notes John as a publican living in Newington, London, with his family, step children and mother-in-law:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
44 (and 43*) Blackman St, Newington, London [RD: St Saviour Southwark / RsubD:Trinity Newington] [1 inhabited dwelling]
[RG11, piece 534; folio 21; p36; entries 242 and 243, GSU# 1341121]
John Humphreys Head M 58 Publican Plymouth DEV 1823
Mary Ann Humphreys Wife M 27 . Lambeth SRY 1844
Ernest Humphreys Son U 13 . Lambeth SRY 1868
Roland Humphreys Son . 7 . Sydney NSW 1874
Walter Humphreys Son . 5 . Sydney NSW 1876
Millicent Humphreys Dau U 15 . Lambeth SRY 1866
Ada Humphreys Dau . 3 . Sydney NSW 1878
Jane Hills M-i-L . 69 . Lynxham OXF 1812
Horace Miles* Son U 23 Shopman Margate KNT 1858
Note Horace Miles [sic] - although enumerated in the census as being the sole person in the next dwelling after John and family, he is noted as 'son' and his entry is preceded by that of Jane Hills: it could be that his name was incorrectly entered on the census returns and that he may have been a younger brother of Mary Ann
 

John Humphries and his family returned to Australia in 1881.
John and his family returned to England in 1878, coming back to Australia in 1881. An obituary appearing in the Boggabri Budget of 5 April 1902 read:
The death of Mr John Humphries, father of the proprietor of this journal, occured at his residence in Marrickville on Wednesday morning last at 6.30. The deceased was in his 80th year having originally landed in the colony in the year 1840, nigh upon 62 years ago. It may easily be recognised therefore that a record of the life of the deceased gentleman would be of interest to our readers, more particularly so as much of it was spent in the immediate neighbourhood of Boggabri, on Burburgate, in Gunnedah and so on. Over 40 years have elapsed since Mr John Humphries opened a store and hotel in Gunnedah. What marvellous changes have taken place in the surroundings of our sister town since then. As it is our intention at as early a date as possible to publish as extensive a biography of his career as possible, wee will not here go into details. Mr Humphriesas we have stated was the father of Mr J C Humphries, editor and proprietor of the Budget. Alos he was the brother of Mr. George Humphries of this town and Mrs. Wm. Pugh like-wise of Boggabri. Two others of the deceased sons Archie and Walter have gone as volunteers to South Africa and are now fighting at the front. Deceased likewise leaves a wife and daughter about 13 Years of age to mourn their loss. May his soul rest in peace.
 

1.2.3.2.1  Millacent Jane Humphries (1848…1869) m. Joseph Paul (c1838…1908)

This information regarding Millicent Jane Humphries is from Michelle Vale (per eMail, 13aug2009).
The marriage of Millacent Jane Humphries, born 1848 in the New England region NSW, daughter of JOHN HUMPHRIES and his wife CATHERINE FARRELLY, to Joseph Paul was registered at Coonabarabran NSW in 1866. They were the parents of (at least):
 
 
The death of Millacent Jane Humphries was registered at Wee Waa NSW in 1869.

Joseph Paul re-married in 1876, to Jane Frances Armdett, as registered at Inverell. Joseph and Jane were the parents of ten or eleven children:
 
 
Joseph Paul, late of Edithville, Tamworth, husband of Jane Frances Armdett, previously the husband of Millacent Jane Humphries, son of JOSEPH and SARA, died on 9 October 1908, aged 70, and was buried in Roman Catholic portion of Tamworth General Cemetery.

The death of Jane Frances Paul, daughter of JOHN and CATHERINE, was registered at Tamworth in 1936.

1.2.3.2.1.1  Edith Millie Paul (1867…1952) m. Henry Tonkin (c1859…1947)

The marriage of Edith Millie Paul, born circa 1867, daughter of JOSEPH PAUL and his wife MILLACENT JANE HUMPHRIES, and Henry Tonkin was registered at Tamworth NSW in 1888 The Sydney Morning Herald of Saturday 12 January 1889 (p1) & Thursday 17 January 1889 (p11) reporting: “TONKIN-PAUL.—December 24, 1888, at Nemingha, Tamworth, by the Rev. Sydney Hawthorne, Henry, eldest son of J. Tonkin, Sandhurst, Victoria, to Edith Millie, eldest daughter of Joseph Paul, of Nemingha, Tamworth.” Henry and Edith were the parents of (at least):
 
The death of Henry Tonkin on 10 August 1947, son of JACOB and MARGARET, was noted in The Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday 12 August 1947 (p22): " TONKIN, Henry.—August 10, 1947, of Tonkin Street, Cronulla, late Headmaster of Hillgrove and Cronulla Public Schools, beloved husband of Edith Millie and loved father of Millicent (Mrs. Fitzgerald), Paul, Edmund (Bud), John, and Josephine (Mrs. A. J. Sutherland), and loved grandfather of Pat, David, John, Geoffrey, Graham, Michelle, and Suzanne, aged 88 years."

The death of Edith Millie Tonkin née Paul was registered at Sutherland in 1952, The Sydney Morning Herald of Thursday 10 July 1952 (p16) and Saturday 12 July 1952 (p16) noting: “TONKIN, Edith Millie.—July 8, 1952, at her residence, Kalorama, Tonkin Street, Cronulla, relict of the late Henry Tonkin and loved mother of Millicent (Mrs. Fitzgerald), Paul, Edmund, John, Josephine (Mrs Sutherland), aged 85 years. Private cremation, Woronora, July 9, 1952.”
 

1.2.3.2.2 Margaret Elizabeth Humphries (1849…1917) m. Charles Fitzroy Bayly (1845…1926)

This information is from William B White (05mar2004) who attended the Humphries Family Reunion at Coonabarabran in October 1992 [which was organised by Keith Humphries from Griffith] and augmented by data from Jenny, aunt of Sharon Delaney (April 2008).
 

Margaret Elizabeth Humphries, born 10 May 1849 and baptised Catholic on 8 June 1849, daughter of JOHN HUMPHRIES and his wife CATHERINE FARRELLY, married Charles Fitzroy Bayly at Gunnedah NSW in 1873  at Bomera, Tambar Springs NSW; Charles was born on 22 November 1845 at Beaudesert, Mudgee NSW, the son of HENRY BAYLY and HANNAH ANNE LAWSON. There were eleven children of the marriage of Margaret and Charles:
Margaret Elizabeth Bayly née Humphries died at "Rossmore" Adams Street, South Yarra on the 20th December 1917, aged 68. Her usual residence was New South Wales. She had been in Victoria for 3 months prior to her death. Margaret was buried in Brighton Cemetery on 21 December 1917. Her husband Charles Fitzroy Bayly,son of HENRY and SARAH, died at "Talarang", Bonshaw, New South Wales in 1925 or 1926.

This information is from William B White , 05mar2004.

1.2.3.2.3 Stephen William Humphries (1850…1923) m. Jane Millicent Pugh (c1855…1935)

Stephen William Humphries (born 7 July 1850, “Tipperina” [now Narrabri ], the son of JOHN HUMPHRIES and his wife CATHERINE FARRELLY) married his first cousin Jane Millicent Pugh (eldest child of WILLIAM PUGH and his wife SUSANNAH HUMPHRIES) at Nundle NSW on 1 February 1881. Stephen was appointed to the second Weetalaba School (built 1884) on 19 December 1884 to fill the vacancy caused by the departure of Miss Helena Simon, the first incumbent. At the time he was married with two children, and resided seven miles away where he paid ten shillings per week rental for a cottage. In 1885 he requested a surrounding fence for the school, to keep cattle and goats off the verandah and to allow the children to tether their horses less than two miles distant; the Chief Inspector denied his application.
The Maitland Mercury of 13 June 1885 reported that Mrs S W Humphries, wife of teacher S W Humphries, gave birth to a daughter at her residence at the Weetalba Public School on 30 May.
On 29 May 1886 an appeal was made by the local M.L.A. on behalf of the parents for a teacher's residence, to cost no more than £150 – a two-room weatherboard with detached kitchen. Stephen Humphries joined the plea stating that there were fourteen girls being denied needlework instruction as the school was too far away from his residence to allow his wife to attend; he added he was also at a pecuniary loss. A tender was agreed for £159, and a residence comprising a two-room house with attached kitchen and bedroom at the back and a verandah at the front was completed on 11 February 1859. Stephen wrote begging the Tamworth Inspector to inspect the construction urgently. At the time, his own landlord's family had grown, on he had been camping at the school under a bark humpy in "dreadfully wet" weather while his wife and family lived at Tambar Springs. The Inspector considered the necessary inspection would inconvenience himself, and it was finally done on 5 April and occupancy allowed.
When he applied for Full Classification in 1887 (as he was being assisted by his wife) the Departmental Accountant – not aware that Stephen was married – promptly reduced his salary, and despite production of his marriage certificate was not restored to his proper salary until June.
By February 1885 dwindling enrolments saw the Weetalaba school reduced to Provisional 3rd Class. The Department declined even to provide a water tank, placing the onus on the parents. On 25 January 1889 Stephen applied for a transfer, and left without regret on 1 March 1890 to a more important post, leaving a roll of fifteen students (including John Smith, Walter Humphries, Milton Humphries, Sheila Humphries and Ada Pugh).
One student, Alvin Slack-Smith, allegedly flogged daily by Stephen Humphries from when he commenced school until his seventh birthday, vowed to kill Mr Stephen W Humphries if he ever caught up with him in adult life.

Stephen and Jane had six children:

Stephen died at Collarenebri on 21 February 1923. Jane Millicent Humphries née Pugh died at the home of her sister Ada at St Marys NSW on 17 February 1935.

1.2.3.2.3.1 Ruby Humphries (1881…1923) m. Charles Augustus Moffitt (1880…1957)

Ruby Humphries, eldest of six children of STEPHEN WILLIAM HUMPHRIES and his wife and cousin JANE MILLICENT PUGH, was born at Cryon NSW in December 1881 (birth registered 1882, Walgett).
Ruby married school-teacher Charles Augustus Moffitt (birth to CHARLES and MARY registered in 1880 at Shoalhaven NSW) of Bilambil [near Tweed Heads] on 13 April 1914; they had one son:

 

Ruby Moffitt née Humphries died in February 1923. The death of Charles Moffitt was registered at Moruya NSW in 1957.

1.2.3.2.3.2 Milton Farley Humphries (1883…1969) m. Ruby Capel (1889…1965)

Milton Farley Humphries, second of six children of STEPHEN WILLIAM HUMPHRIES and his wife and cousin JANE MILLICENT PUGH, was born at Cryon NSW in February 1883 (birth registered at Narrabri).

After a visit to his brother Stanley in Canada and then the USA, Milton married Ruby Capel at Narrabri on 25 March 1925. Ruby, born 1889 at Narrabri, was the daughter of CHARLES and FANNY WILHELMINA CAPEL. Milton and Ruby had no children.

Ruby Humphries née Capel died in 1965: her death was registered at Balmain NSW. Milton Farley Humphries died in November 1969 at Pennant Hills NSW.

1.2.3.2.3.3 Leila Humphries (1885…1963) m. George Wynne Spendley (1885…1955)

Leila Humphries, third of six children of STEPHEN WILLIAM HUMPHRIES and his wife and cousin JANE MILLICENT PUGH, was born at Weetalaba NSW in May 1885 (birth registered at Gunnedah). Leila married George Wynne Spendley in January 1920 at St Alban’s Anglican Church, Epping NSW. George’s birth had been registered at Ryde NSW in 1885; his parents were HERBERT DAVID SPENDLEY and ELIZABETH JANE MIDSON (whose marriage was registered in 1882 at Central Cumberland [Sydney]). George and Leila were the parents of two daughters:

 

George Spendley died in July 1955; his death was registered at Hornsby NSW. Leila Spendley née Humphries died in November 1963: her death was registered at Balmain NSW.

1.2.3.2.3.4 Stanley Humphries (1888…1964) m. Nancy Hope Brown (1898…1962/4)

Stanley Humphries, fifth of six children of STEPHEN WILLIAM HUMPHRIES and his wife and cousin JANE MILLICENT PUGH, was born at Weetalaba NSW in February 1888 (birth registered at Gunnedah). Stanley moved to Canada in March 1909; he married nurse Nancy Hope Brown in England at the end of WWI. Stanley and Nancy had three children:

Stanley Humphries died April 1964 in Canada [Sharon Delaney has ‘died 1966’]. Nancy Humphries née Brown reportedly 1962-4.

1.2.3.2.3.5 Cyril Melville Humphries (1894…1972) m. Iva Edith Sheerman (1907…2004)

Cyril Melville Humphries [“Mel”], youngest of six children of STEPHEN WILLIAM HUMPHRIES and his wife and cousin JANE MILLICENT PUGH, was born Werris Creek NSW in September 1894 (birth registered at Quirindi). Mel’s marriage to Iva Edith Sheerman (born February 1907) was registered at Moss Vale NSW in 1923. Iva had been born at Romford, Essex, near London in 1907. Mel and Iva had three children:

Mel and Iva divorced about 1930, Iva re-marrying in 1945, to William Alfred Murray (marriage registered at Randwick NSW)]. Iva, "late of Fairlight", died in March 2004.

Cyril Melville Humphries [“Mel”] died 24 January 1972 at Cobar.

1.2.3.2.4 Susan Maud[e] Humphries (1851…1913) m. Jasper Squire (c1849…1889)

Susan Maud[e] Humphries, fourth child (third daughter) of JOHN HUMPHRIES by his first wife CATHERINE FARRELLY, was born 24 September 1851 at “Gurley”. Susan married Jasper Squire on 21 July 1880, as noted in The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser on Saturday 14 August 1880 (p4): " MARRIAGES. Squire-Humphries.-On July 21st at Nowland's Grange, Warrah Ridge, by the Rev F. Gough, Jasper, fourth son of the late John Bell Squire, Esq., of Warkworth, to Susan Maude, second daughter of John Humphries, Esq. of London. "

Susan and Jasper had six children:

The death of Jasper Squire, son of JOHN B and MARIA, on 6 June 1889, aged 39, 'late of Warkworth', was registered at Singleton and noted in The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (p1): " On the 6th June, 1889, Jasper, aged 39 years, fourth son of the late John Bell Squire, Esq., of Warkworth, leaving a widow and four children."

Susan Squire née Humphries, daughter of JOHN and CATHERINE, died at Waverley NSW on 21 January 1913, 'late of Alexandria', her funeral advertised in The Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday 22 January 1913.

The death of John Bell Squire, father of Jasper, son of WILLIAM and LUCY, on 30 October 1860, aged 53, 'late of Cocksfighters Creek', was noted in the The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser of Thursday (p1) and registered at Patrick's Plains:
DEATHS. On the 30th of October last, from accident by falling from his horse, Mr. John Bell Squire, of Cockfighter's Creek, aged 53 years..

1.2.3.2.5 John Charles Humphries (1860…) m. Gertrude Sylvestra T Bolzani (1889…1925)

Sharon Delaney [nunuroo@yahoo.com.au and merlindragon14@hotmail.com, 25 April 2008] eMailed information from her Aunty Jenny; Sharon has Keith Humphries’ Admirable Ancestors and a few books on Wee Waa and Narrabri history with some mentions of newspaperman John C Humphries, her great-great-grandfather.
John Charles Humphries (born or baptised 7 July 1860, Parish of S James’ Sydney) was the last of seven children of JOHN HUMPHRIES by his first wife CATHERINE FARRELLY. The marriage of a John C Humphries to Gertrude S T Bolzani was registered at Walgett NSW in 1889. Gertrude had been born 18 December 1889. Their children were:

The death of a Gertrude I Humphries (maiden name Bolyani, mothers name MARION) was registered at Narrabri in 1925.

Newspaperman Mr John C Humphries, Sharon Delaney’s great-great-grandfather, was the proprietor and publisher of Wee Waa's first newspaper, The Namoi Echo and Wee Waa Gazette: [In this lengthy article setting out the Echo’s mission, John Humphries referred to an earlier participation in the editorship of the Collarendabri Chronicle [sic]; This edition also contained the first two instalments of John’s novel Miriam, published serially in 51 instalments]
The Namoi Echo AND WEE WAA GAZETTE, CONDUCTED BY JOHN C. HUMPRIES, SOLE PROPRIETOR.
The cause of the strong, the Cause of the Weak, the Cause of all I advocate – provided always that the advanced Cause be a just and righteous one. … The principle mission of the Echo, and the one end which we will always have in view, will be the welfare, prosperity and advancement of our hitherto unrepresented town and district of Wee Waa. [abridged from the Echo, 11 March 1899, p2, c1-2 (inaugural edition)].

The Echo was welcomed by neighbouring Narrabri’s Narrabri Age on 14 March 1899:
A NEW JOURNAL – The “Namoi Echo and Wee Waa Gazette,” the first issue of which was published on Saturday, March 11, has reached us from the office of the proprietor, Mr. J. C. Humphries. The Echo will be a weekly journal. It is a 12-page paper, with distinct blue cover. The present is a rather risky time to embark in the enterprise of running a newspaper, but we are pleased to note that the redoubtable proprietor anticipates success. We wish the Echo every prosperity, and hope that it will live long to protect the interests of the Namoi and Wee Waa districts.

By October that year however relations had soured, J. C. Humphries writing belittlingly of the proprietor of the Narrabri Age:
The Narrabri Age speaks sneeringly of the fact that the Echo was edited, composed, printed and published solely by its proprietor for some months.
That sort of human enterprise is a crime in the eyes of such men as the Narrabri bantam rooster. It is a crime however that the Age man will never be guilty of. He has neither the brains or energy, the ability or the intelligence to do it.

The death of a Gertrude I Humphries (maiden name Bolyani, mothers name MARION) was registered at Narrabri in 1925.

NSW Electoral Rolls shew John Charles Humphries [printer] and Everard Gladstone Humphries [compositor] at Maitkand st., Narrabri, in 1930.

The death of John Humphries, son of JOHN and KATHERINE, was registered at Narrabri in 1930.

1.2.3.2.6  Roland Ernest Humphries (1873…1952) m. Elizabeth Morris/Norris (…)

Roland Ernest Humphries, born 1873, York Street, Sydney, was the first child of JOHN HUMPHRIES and his second wife MARY ANN JACKSON née HILL [who already had two children by her first husband George Jackson]. The 1906 [NSW] Electoral Rolls (Gwydir Electorate, Moree polling place) shew Rolan Ernest Humphries was a carpenter resident in East Moree [an Elizabeth Humpries, engaged in domestic duties, was also a resident of East Moree]. The death of Roland Ernest Humphries was registered at Newtown in 1952.

Roland Ernest Humphries married Elizabeth Norris on 20 November 1899 in Queensland. Elizabeth bore at least five children during the marriage, including (though the paternity of the fifth child was disputed):

The 1906 [NSW] Electoral Rolls (Gwydir Electorate, Moree polling place) shew Rolan Ernest Humphries [carpenter] and Elizabeth Humpries [domestic duties] resident in East Moree.

The Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser of Tuesday 12 April 1910 (p2) reported on “A Conjugal Difference” which noted the disputed paternity and Roland's departure from Moree in March to live with his mother at 122 Hubert Street, Erskineville: maintenance, re-cohabitation and a divorce summons are also mentioned.

Roland enlisted in the AIF at Sydney's Sports Ground on 18 April 1916, stating that he was married but specifying his mother Mrs R A Humphries, at 152 Camden Street, Newtown, as his next-of-kin: he was described as 42 years and 6 months old, a carpenter, 5' 5½" height, 140lbs. weight, 35"/37" chest, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair and CoE. He was discharged, “services no longer required”, with 'good conduct' , on 5 July 1916.

The Electoral Rolls shew a Roland Ernest Humphries [carpenter] and Ellen Kathleen Humphries [home duties] at Rose Valley, Gerringong, in 1930, Roland Ernest Humphries [carpenter] at Omega, Berry, in 1933, Roland and Ellen at Kirton road, Austimer, in 1936 and 1937, Roland at 20 Waterside crescent, Earlwood, in 1943, and Roland [no occ.] and Allen Keith Humphries [labourer] c/o C. Beck, Towradgi road, Corrimal, in 1949.

The death of Roland Ernest Humphries on 20 May 1952, aged 79, 'at Earlwood', son of JOHN and MARY ANN, was noted in The Sydney Morning Herald on 22 May 1952 (p16) [registered at Newtown]: " HUMPHRIES, Roland Ernest. May 20, 1952, at his daughter's residence, 20 Waterside Crescent, Earlwood, aged 78 years. At rest."

1.2.3.2.7  Walter Vincent Victor Humphries (1875…1930) m. Maude May Humphries (1884…1944)

Walter Vincent Victor Humphries, born 19 September 1875 at “Noolamon”, was the second child of JOHN HUMPHRIES and his second wife MARY ANN JACKSON née HILL [who already had two children by her first husband George Jackson]. Australian War Memorial records state that Walter served in the 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles in South Africa during the Boer War. Walter's marriage to his cousin Maude May Humphries (daughter of GEORGE HENRY HUMPHRIESand CATHERINE MARIA SMITH) was registered at Moree in 1905.

Walter and Maud were the parents of Roland Ernest Humphries

NSW Electoral Rolls shew Walter Vincent Humphries [labourer] at 73 Albert street, Hornsby. The Rolls shew Maud May Humphries [home duties], Ivan Victor Humphries [wire worker] and Allan Raymond Humphries [labourer] at 25 Louis st., West Sydney, in 1930. The Rolls shew Maud May Humphries [home duties], Allan Raymond Humphries [labourer], Iona Catherine Mary Humphries [factory hand] and Irene Elizabeth Humphries [home duties] at 28 Bridge street, Erskinville, in 1933.

The death of Walter Vincent Victor Humphries on 27 September 1930 was registered at Canterbury nsw, The Sydney Morning Herald on Friday 26 September 1930 (p9) noting: " HUMPHRIES.-The Relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. SIMONS are kindly invited to attend the funeral of their beloved BROTHER and BROTHER-IN-LAW, Walter Victor Vincent Humphries, which will leave his late residence, 34 Beamish-street, South Campsie, THIS (Friday) AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock, for Methodist Cemetery, Moorefield.
CHARLES KINSELA, Motor runeral Director, 415 New Canterbury-road, Dulwich Hill. Tele., Pet. 1617."

The funeral of Maud May Humphries née Humphries, daughter of GEORGE HENRY HUMPHRIES and CATHERINE MARIA SMITH, was registered at Auburn in 1944 and noted in The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday 23 December 1944 (p17): " HUMPHRIES.-The Relatives and Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Humphries Mr. and Mrs. Alan Humphries, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sykes and Families, and of Mr Raymond Humphries, are invited to attend the funeral of their beloved Mother and Grand-mother, Maud May Humphries, which will leave her daughter's residence, 36 Coward Street, Mascot, This Afternoon at 3 o'clock, for the Botany Cemetery. Joseph Medcalf A.F.D.A., 172 Redfern Street, Redfern. 'Phone MX2315 (2 lines)."

1.2.3.2.8  Ada May Humphries (1877…19nn) m. Ernest Herbert Hawkins (1879…)

Ada May Humphries, born 13 September 1877 at “Noolamon”, was the third child of JOHN HUMPHRIES by his second wife MARY ANN JACKSON née HILL. Ada's marriage to Ernest Herbert Hawkins was registered in Sydney in 1904; Earnest was born in 1879 at Brisbane Waters NSW.

1.2.3.2.9  Archibald H W Humphries (1883…1902)

The birth of Archibald H W Humphries, born 5 August 1883, fourth child of JOHN HUMPHRIES and his second wife MARY ANN JACKSON née HILL, was registered at Armidale.

A bush-hand, Archibald swore the Attestation for service in South Africa in Brisbane on 9 January 1902 (noting his trade as Bush Hand, age as 21 years 6 months, birth-place as N.S.W., next-of-kin as father John Humphries of Sydney; he was stood 5' 8¾" high, chest 33½"-35¾", weighed 10st 1lb., fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, and was CoE) [perhaps served in the 1st Australia Commonwealth Horse (Queensland) Contingent in the Boer War, returned to Australia with pneumonia] and died in hospital at Point Nepean, Portsea vic on 9 August 1902, and was buried at Point Nepean Cemetery.

1.2.3.2.10  Daisy Elsie Humphries (1889…1919) m. Frederick Walter Lucas (… 1919+)

Daisy Elsie Humphries, born 1889 near Canterburyi, was the fifth child of JOHN HUMPHRIES by his second wife MARY ANN JACKSON née HILL. Dasie's marriage to Frederick Walter Lucas was registered at Newtown in 1912; they were the parents of (at least):

Daisy Elsie Lucas née Humphries died in the infamous Spanish Flu epedemic on 27 June 1919, as registered at Marrickville nsw and noted in The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday 28 June 1919 (p12): " LUCAS.-June 27, 1919, at Marrickville Cottage Hospital, Daisy Elsie, beloved wife of Frederick Walter Lucas. of 71 Camden-street, Newtown, in her 3oth year." and "LUCAS.-June 27, at Marrickville Cottage Hospital, Daisy, dear friend of Mrs. H. Mason and family, 279 Stanmore-road. (Pneumonic influenra.)"

The death of a Frederick Walter Lucas, son of THOMAS and CARON, was registered at Campsie in 1956..

1.2.3.3 Stephen Henry Humphries (1823/7) m. Elizabeth Potternée Littleford

Stephen Henry Humphries was born 1823/7 at Plymouth, son of STEPHEN HUMPHRIES and SUSSANAH HOPUM. Beverly Humphries (1992) mentions that Stephen married Elizabeth Potter, daughter of SAMUEL LITTLEFORD, at Acton Round on 2 May 1849. Their union produced perhaps three children including a daughter Eva.
The 1851 English census apparently shews Stephen and Elizabeth in Birmingham, Warwickshire::
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
(St Thomas’ Parish, 38 Broad Street, Birmingham war [HO107; piece 2052; folio 187; page 49; entry 177; GSU roll 87308-87310])
Stephen Humphries Head M 26 Porter Plymouth DEV 1825
Elizabeth Humphries Wife M 22 . Plymouth DEV 1829
 

Stephen and Elizabeth came to Australia, perhaps via Melbourne to Sydney, around 1853-4 ; his elder brother John took three months leave and travelled from northern NSW to Melbourne via Sydney to meet Stephen, though by that time Stephen had arrived in Sydney and taken temporary residence at Parramatta. Stephen built the first inn in Narrabri NSW. He first legally sold liquor in a little accommodation hut on Lloyd's Tibereenah Run, licensed in 1858. In 1860 the Lloyds, exercising their pre-emptive right, sold the inn (The Greyhound) to Humphries for £500, and for a number of years it became the focus of Narrabri. It was a venue for social intercourse; it provided court facilities and served for religious services including marriages until the first Court House was completed in 1866 (now the Central Public School).

Stephen apparently went back to England after some years, having sold his Tambar Springs Hotel to his sister and brother-in-law (William Pugh) in 1869. The 1871 census has Stephen an annuitant land owner in the civil parish of St Leonard, Bridgnorth sal, with his wife and nephew Stephen Henry Hotchkiss::
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
(Sydney Cottage, St Leonard, Bridgnorth sal [1 inhabited dwelling] [RG# RG10, piece 2742, folio ?; page 61, entry 183])
Stephen Henry Humphries Head M 46 Annuitant Land Owner Plymouth DEV 1825
Elizabeth Humphries Wife M 42 . Ludlow SAL 1829
Stephen Henry Hotchkiss Nphw S 8 Scholar Brockton SAL 1863
 

The 1881 census shews Stephen Henry and his wife Elizabeth at Bridgnorth with niece Susan E Hotchkis:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
(5 High Street, Bridgnorth St Leonard sal [] [RG# RG11, piece 2629, folio 2; page 5, FHL Film#1341632])
Stephen H Humphries Head M 56 Retired Farmer Plymouth DEV 1825
Elizabeth Humphries Wife M 53 . Mainstone, Montgomery 1828
Susan E Hotchkiss Niece S 14 Scholar Brockton SAL 1867

The 1891 census has Stephen Henry and Elizabeth at 50 Whitburn Street, Bridgnorth:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
(50 Whitburn Street, Bridgnorth (parish of St Leonard) sal [1 inhabited dwelling] [RG12, piece 2094, folio 44; page 7])
Stephen H Humphries Head M 66 Living on own means Stonehouse DEV 1825
Elizabeth Humphries Wife M 62 . Bishops Castle SAL 1829

Stephen Henry Humphries, aged 73 years, a man of independent means, died in March 1898 at 6 High Street, Bridgnorth. Stephen was survived by his wife Elizabeth who continued at Bridgnorth through 1901, occupying 2 rooms at 4 Victoria Road:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
(4 Victoria Road (late Millicent Terrace), Bridgnorth (parish of St Leonard) sal [1 inhabited dwelling] [RG13, piece 2518, folio 49; page 21, entry 154])
Elizabeth Humphries Wife M 72 Living on own means Bishops Castle SAL 1829

It appears Elizabeth died aged 81 years at Bridgnorth in 2Q 1910.

1.2.3.4 ♦  George Humphries (1828…1903) m. Ann Elizabeth Jorden (1832…)

George Humphries, son of STEPHEN HUMPHREYS and SUSANNAH HOPUM, was born in January 1828 at either Much Wenlock SAL or Acton Round SAL. Three of his known siblings were also baptised there, Jane Humphries in March 1830, Susannah Humphries in December 1833 and Charles Humphries in August 1841

George, a bachelor wheelwright aged 22, married Ann Elizabeth Jorden (Jurdon, Jurden or Jordun, known as Elizabeth), spinster aged 19, in September 1850 in the Kidderminster district Wesleyan Chapel in neighbouring Worchester. [The Kidderminster district lay in the counties Worchester, Staffordshire and Shropshire (Salop)]. Both George and Elizabeth were at the time residents of Catchem’s End in the Parish of Kidderminster. George was stated to be the son af a gardener; Elizabeth was born c1832, the daughter of foreman JOSEPH JORDEN of Kiddeminister.

In January 1859 Elizabeth’s contact details were noted as “c/o Mrs Jordans, Chorley near Bridgenorth” – Chorley is about 2 miles east of Stottesdon and 6 miles south of Bridgnorth. "Mrs Jordan" was most likely a close relative, possibly Elizabeth's mother.

It is possible that Ann Elizabeth Jorden was, or was a sister of, the Anne Jorden baptised at St Leonards Church, Bilston, Staffordshire, on 23 August 1833 for butcher JOSEPH JORDEN of Bilston and his wife JANE. It seems they also had a son, Humphrey Jorden, baptised 21 June 1835 at Wombourne, Staffordshire. Bilston lies 4.5km south-east and Wombourne 7km south-west Wolverhamptom: thus Wombourne is about 8.5km west-south-west of Bilston. Kidderminster is about 17km south-south-west from Wombourne, Stottesdon about 22.5km west-south-west.

This author has been unable to definitively locate the George and Elizabeth Humpheries or Elizabeth’s Jordan family in either the 1841 or 1851 census. Regarding Joseph Jordan, it is unlikely that he was the Joseph Jordan listed in the 1841 census as a butcher in Mill Street Kidderminster [ages mod5 for those over 10] and in the 1851 census as a maltster and victualler in Oxford Road Kidderminster: both his occupation, and the estimated birth years of his daughters Elizabeth (pre 1826) and Ann (1829) tend to set him aside. He was possibly but probably not the Joseph Jorden, cabinet maker aged 58 years, who died on 29 May 1844 at Borough, Kidderminster (viz, born circa 1786); he was obviously not the Joseph Jordan aged 5 years, who died on 18 August 1840 at Kidderminster, the son of weaver Thomas Jordan and perhaps Sarah Jordan. Neither does he appear to have been
Chorley was at one time part of Stottesdon parish, though slightly closer to Billingsley.

George and Elizabeth do not appear in the 1851 census at either Acton Round or Worfield sal (Worfield lies about 2.5 miles northeast of Bridgnorth). George and Elizabeth had probably nine children:
About the time of the birth of George Henry Humphries, his father emigrated to Australia. The details of his emigration are as yet unknown, though obituaries gave the year as 1853 (see below). He may have been the George Humphries who arrived in Sydney from Liverpool ENG aboard the Lancaster on 12 September 1854, or perhaps aboard the Chowringhee which had departed Southampton on 18 July and arrived 16 November 1855 [though the latter was supposedly a native of Surrey]. As with his brother John, it is likely that George was employed in his early years in NSW by the Lloyds (Humphries, 1992).

Accompanied by her sons John (7) and George Henry (5), Elizabeth Humphries (27) followed her husband to New South Wales as assisted immigrants. A deposit had been paid for their passage by R P Raymond on 28 January 1859, which gave Elizabeth's details as a milliner, c/o Mrs Jordans, Chorley near Bridgenorth, Shropshire. Elizabeth, John and George Henry emigrated aboard the Parsee, departing Southampton on 7 June 1859 and arriving at Sydney on 14 September 1859, a voyage of 95 days. The Parsee, of 1060 tons, had been built at New Brunswick's St John's shipyard, and carried a total of 424 emigrants. On the Immigration Board's List for the Parsee, Elizabeth, housekeeper and dressmaker, and her children are each noted as belonging to the Church of England, capable of reading and writing, and hailing from Salop – the official name for Shropshire.

George was the poundkeeper in Gunnedah from 1860 until 1865, according to the NSW Gazette. However, as early as 1863 George was the Gulligal distributor of the Armidale Express and by December the Tamworth Examiner. Gulligal, about 17km south-east of Boggabri, was founded in the early 1850s, and a store, house and post office was built there by Abraham Johnston in 1854. It was intended to be the major postal distribution centre between Murrunundi and the Queensland border, and Andrew Dewhurst carried out a survey for the village in April 1863. The plan was approved in March 1865, although a pencilled note pointed out that the entire village had been flooded in 1864. Thereafter Gulligal declined in importance, nearby Boggabri assuming the lead.

Despite severe flooding of Gulligal in 1864, George remained in that township for a number of years, and was the landlord of the Gulligal Inn in January 1866 when members of Thunderbolt's bushranging gang acquired some of the wealth of the townsfolk. Quoting the Armidale Express of Saturday 27 January (abridging the Tamworth Examiner of the 20th instant):
Writing on the 17th, our Turrawan correspondent says: The Turrawan Hotel, Mr Jas. Ward's, was stuck up on Saturday evening last, 13th instant, by two of Thunderbolt's gang, Kelly and another, about ten o'clock p.m. The inmates, amongst whom were Mr Alexander Brown and Mr George Brown on their way down with cattle, were about retiring for the night, when suddenly two horsemen rode up and asked for the ostler. On his appearance they dismounted and, giving their horses up to him, ordered him not to stir from the spot. In the bar were the Messrs. Brown and some five or six others. Revolver in hand Kelly appeared at the door, and bidding them good evening, politely requested them to range up, which under the pressing circumstances was at once complied with. Kelly then took his station at the bar door, where he could have an eye on both horses and victims. His mate proceeded to examine all the rooms, the stables, outhouse, &c., bringing in every individual on the premises, who were made to range up with the rest. The work of searching was systematically proceeded with, except with regard to those whom Mr Ward requested the bushrangers not to molest, as being men working for him he knew they had no money on them. The only cash they got was from the person of Mr Ward, about £3 10s. in silver and 10s. in gold. Mr Ward's bedroom was next proceeded to, and every effort made to discover the bank. Fortunately Mr Ward had that week remitted all his valuable money (the last halves having only left by post an hour previous to the attack), so that the cash box presented no very tempting appearance, only "calabashes," (about £10) and some 7s. or 8s. This they declined to touch, thinking, no doubt, to get a larger haul. Observing some trunks upon which the children were sleeping quietly, they thought they were on the track, but upon being told they contained only linen and clothes, they said the children looked very happy and they would not disturb them. The females were treated very respectfully and told not to fear anything. They were allowed to go to their own rooms, which were left undisturbed. From the store a few trousers and about 1 lb. of tobacco was all that was taken, there not being other articles suited to their requirements. They kept open house in the bar for about two hours, calling for grog for all hands, and regretting that, having reaped such an insignificant harvest, they could not afford to pay, and called upon someone else to shout. The call was responded to by Mr A. Brown, after which, taking a bottle of port wine, and bidding all good night, they started down the river at about 12 o'clock. They were splendidly mounted, and each led a spare horse. They had two grey, almost white horses, and two bays or browns, I could not be sure which. Mr Ward sent information to the police as soon as it was possible to get a horse, and about 2 p.m. on the 14th four troopers and a black tracker passed here in pursuit.
Mr Ward's house is situated about 15 miles from Boggabri, and about 31 from Gulligal. It seems that on leaving Ward's these fellows proceeded direct up the river to Gulligal, and just as they neared the township on Sunday morning about 10 o'clock they met the mailman, who had left there with the mail for Wee Waa and Walgett. One of them called on him to stop, but as it is common with some of the men on the station to salute the mailman with "bail up." no notice was taken by him of the summons. Again the demand was made, and the mailman not immediately attending to it, a shot was fired, and the pack horse led by him gave a jump and fell on the ground, having been wounded in the thigh. This served to bring him top, but before he had dismounted from the horse he himself was riding, the two men were beside him, and demanded to know why he had not stopped when called upon. He explained, and Kelly's mate, who is a little fellow, and was subsequently recognised as one of those who stuck up Carroll lately, said he had a good mind to shoot him for not obeying his orders. Kelly, however, said he was not to be harmed, as he was a one-armed man, and that he had only done right in not stopping. They allowed the mailman to take the mail and saddle from the horse which fell, and were proceeding Mr Panton's place, when Mr Johnstone passed with a letter to the post office. They bailed him up, and returned to that gentleman's place, from which they took a six barrel revolver, about 25s. in cash, and some wearing apparel. Other persons in the way were meantime stuck up, and on leaving Johnstone's they marched the lot up to Mr Panton's, about a quarter of a mile further. They bailed up all here also, and made a clean sweep of all the firearms in the house, consisting of two revolvers, as well as powder, caps, &c., but did not take anything else. Continuing up the road they came to Mr George Humphries' public house, where the post office is kept, about a quarter of a mile from Mr Panton's, and, escorting all those they had already bailed up to that place, they stuck it up likewise. When nearing the place, Mrs Humphries had some idea of the character of the visitors, and catching sight of a revolver begged that they would do no harm. This was freely promised on condition of compliance with the orders given. Mr Humphries was in his store at the time on the opposite side of the street, and he at once came over to the inn, and was of course treated like the rest. The whole of the mails were being handed out to the mailmen, three of whom were then at the door, but these were in no way touched by the bushrangers, nor was the mail that had only just left for Wee Waa molested. The house was searched, Kelly remaining on guard, while the other ransacked the place, and they took every shilling that they found as well as cheques, orders, &c., amounting in all to about £50. Having finished this part of their business, they enquired if Mr Humphries had not a "Chow Chow" in the house, and eventually the Chinese cook was produced, whereupon he was ordered to get breakfast. One of them followed the Chinaman into the kitchen and took from him some 25s. in silver and a £2 cheque. John rebelled at this treatment considerably, and drew Mr Humphries attention frequently to the fact that "that fellow had taken his money," but of course no help could be afforded him. They remained here for a considerable time, calling for drink for all hands for which they paid, and took some away with them. They also took a sum of £3 15s. from a Mr H Cooch who happened to be at the inn. Their whole conduct at this place was characterised by free and easy bravado. They said Thunderbolt and another were close at hand to render assistance if necessary.
George remained licencee of the Gulligal Inn from 1867 until 1870. The Gulligal Inn included the Post Office and a store opposite. Partly because of the 1864 floods and the subsequent rapid development of nearby but better sited Boggabri, Gulligal failed to grow as a township and eventually faded. George, while maintaining some interests at Gulligal, moved to Boggabri where for some years he was the licencee of the Clark Arms in Boggabri (1871, 1873-1874; Richard Everingham was the licencee in 1872; James E A Clack took the licence in 1875 and changed the name to the Royal Hotel. The Australian Arms Hotel erected by Mark Turner, g-g-g-grandfather of Marie Tattam of Moree, was the first hotel in Boggabri).
George Humphries encountered several spates of insolvency, appearing in the Tamworth District Court before Mr District Judge Francis owing one Andrew ?Weber £3/2/6, and NL & J ?Schwager £120/2/3. On 30 December 1878 George, then a storekeeper , applied for voluntary sequestration of his assets against outstanding debts totalling £163 15s 1d, which he was unable to pay. His application was heard at 10.20am on 27 March 1879, and by 5 May his half acre of land at Gulligal, together with three horses, tip cart, harness, wearing apparel and furniture had been sold by Mr Lyons, the official appointee. Some £77 was realised by the sale.
That George at least partly extricated himself from his fiscal difficulties is indicated by his being the appointed bailiff in Boggabri in 1880. In 1881, when his son Charles, a resident of Boggabri, was married in Gunnedah, George's occupation was given as wheelwright.

George Humphries was a pensioner newsagent aged 74 years residing in Caxton Street Boggabri when he died at his home on 10 January 1903 (his birthday). He was buried next day later in the CoE Cemetery at Boggabri. His death certificate suggests he emigrated c1854.

The Gunnedah Advertiser of 12 January 1903, carried the obituary:
Death of Mr George Humphries.
Took place at Boggabri on the 10th instant, he was one of the oldest residents of the Liverpool Plains. Mr Humphries had been born on 10th Jan 1829 at Acton Round Shropshire England. He was 74 years of age at death. His father fought in the battle of Trafalgar. Mr G. Humphries came out to N.S.W. in 1853, his brother Mr John Humphries was then managing GURLEY Station for Mr John Lloyd. He was a brother of Mr Stephen Humphries, who was the first man who built a house on the site where Narrabri stands today, which was known by the sign of the GREYHOUND. Mr George Humphries resided 50 years since arrival in the colony on the Namoi.
A Boggabri-local newspaper dated 17 January 1903 wrote:
OBITUARY
In our last issue, just before we went to press, we stated that we had heard that Mr. George Humphries was very seriously ill. Scarcely had our issue gone forth when it became known that the old gentleman had collapsed, and when Dr. Segol, who had been wired for, arrived, he held out no hope whatever.
"Poor old George has gone !"
These were the words which one would hear on every hand on Saturday night. Too true. Poor old George had gone! Gone hence to a sphere that the living know not of, except as a place wherein dwell, in supposition, the souls of departed friends. The familiar figure of poor old George Humphries will be missed by many Boggabrites, who have for many years been accustomed to see and recognise in our departed townsman a connecting link between our older and our later days.
Mr. George Humphries died at 8.34 p.m. on the 74th anniversary of his birthday, having been born on the 10th January, 1829. Thus he arrived and departed in and from this world almost at the same hour of the same date of the year – a remarkable coincidence, which falls to the lot of but few men. The son of an old English soldier, who helped to fight the battles of his native land under Nelson at Trafalgar, George was well equipped to meet and fight the hard and uncertain battles of life, upon which he was launched, single handed, at a very early age.
In the year 1853, shortly after the outbreak of the gold-fields, and when the gold fever was at its height, Mr. George Humphries arrived in the colony, spending the first months of his colonial experience at Gurley station, of which his older brother, John, was at that time manager. They were good and happy days then, and money was plentiful. Later on Mr. Humphries opened a store at Gunnedah, and then his genial form was seen at Gulligal, as proprietor of the Gulligal Hotel, which was built to his order by Smeltzer, afterwards of Mullaly. Some years were passed at gulligal, and business was brisk, until an ungrateful Government shifted the road away to the opposite side of the lagoon. Then the Gulligal Hotel proprietor found his occupation gone, and about 1869 he came to Boggabri and built and open ed the "Clark Arms," the building now occupied as a residence by Mr. Dave Grover. After a few years in Boggabri, our dear friend, ever shifty, left for Gulgong diggings, in which locality, together with his brother John, he spent a couple of years in fruitless search for the yellow metal. Then he came back to Boggabri, about 1872, and here he had remained ever since, and here, as above stated, he eventually died on the 74th anniversary of his birthday. George Humphries was born at Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England; and so he was as near a Welshman as possible. The history of his life would make an interesting book, and some of its incidents would truly be stranger than fiction.
The deceased gentleman was the father of Mr. John Humphries, of the Exchange Stores, Boggabri, and of Mr. George Humphries, butcher, of Moree, Mrs. R. Miller, of this town, being one of his daughters. The proprietor of this paper is a nephew of the deceased.
On Sunday last the remains of our old pioneer townsman were laid to rest in the Church of England portion of the local cemetery.
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE.
It is not yet known when Ann Elizabeth Humphries née Jorden died. Possibilities include 1879 and 1884, but more research is required herele.

[Philip Smeltzer (1836-1909), an ancestor of Mark Dillon [pers comm, 17 July 2002], arrived in NSW in 1857 and was soon at Mudgee as a carpenter. He moved north to the Gunnedah area in the early 1860s and was at Mullaley by 1866, selecting land there and running a wine-shop, then Post Office and Hotel. Philip is mentioned in George Humphries' obituary, above. Philip's first child, Maria Mary Andrew Smeltzer, was born 1 December 1863 at Goolhi and a "Mrs Humphreys" is noted as a witness to the birth on the Certificate. Perhaps she was a mid-wife or a neighbour, or perhaps they had more than just a business acquaintance. Mark would appreciate details on when the Gulligal Hotel was built or any other relevant information].
Another George and Ann E Humphries, m. 1865
Births were registered about the same time for what appears to be another George and Ann E Humphries family. This was the family of George James Humphreys and Ann Emma Pallett, married on 4 November 1865 at Wee Waa NSW, in the same region as settled by George Humphries and his wife Ann Elizabeth Jordan; the similarity of childrens' Christian names and the overlapping of years has caused some confusion. It is possible that of the children included above for George Humphries (1828…1903) and (Ann) Elizabeth Jorden, those not listed on his death certificate belong in fact to this (or another) couple].

1.2.3.4.1 John Humphries (1852…1932) m. Anna Maria Warren Hawke (…1922)

John Humphries (“Boggabri John”), born at Acton Round, Shropshire, in 1852, son of GEORGE HUMPHRIES and ANN ELIZABETH JORDEN, married Anna Maria Warren Hawke in 1875 at Gunnedah NSW, the Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW) of Saturday 29 May 1875 (p35) announcing: "HUMPHRIES-HAWKE.—On May 18, at the residence of the bride's mother, Boggabri, by the Rev. F. Gough, John eldest son of Mr. Geo. Humphries, of Boggabri, Namoi River, to Anna, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Robert Hawke, of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales." John and Anna had five children:
The death of Anna M W Humphries, daughter of ROBERT and HONOURA, was registered at Marrickville nsw in 1922.

John, a retired storekeeper, died in Boggabri on 19 (?or11) January 1932. The informant on his death certificate was his son Norman, at that time resident in Thackeray Street, East Brisbane Qld. Norman's wife Eva May Humphries died February 1954 and was buried next to her husband. Norman and Eva had at least two children, John Eric Hammond Humphries who died February 1906 aged ten months, and Jean Humphries, who died 14 February 1912 aged six weeks.
The Gunnedah Independant and Advertiser of 4 February 1932 carried and obituary for John Humphries:
Late John Humphries.
Says Quirindi Advocate – Mr John Humphries of Boggabri has gone to his last resting place at the age of 80 yrs. Born in England, the deceased gentleman came to this state in 1859, shortly after his arrival with his father, both went to Boggabri district where the father (the late Mr George Humphries) conducted the GULLIGAL HOTEL, midway between Gunnedah and Boggabri, the hotel then being a regular changing place for coaches travelling north prior to the advent of the railway. It was during his sojourn at Gulligal that Thunderbolt was at large and it is on record that the outlaw held up this hotel.
For more information on this line, refer to Carol Boughton.

1.2.3.4.2 George Henry Humphries (1853…1920) m. Catherine Maria Smith (…1909)

George Henry Humphries, second child of GEORGE HUMPHRIES and his wife ANN ELIZABETH JORDEN, was baptised in November 1853 at Worfield SAL. George, a bachelor labourer aged 23, and Catherine Maria Smith, a resident of Millie aged 23, were wed at Narrabri in January 1877, witnessed by Charles Humphries and T Mills Smith. The union produced six children:
George was described as a contractor in 1881, though he later became a butcher. The 1891 census has the family resident at Spencer Street, Moree. The 1906 [NSW] Electoral Rolls (Gwydir Electorate, Moree polling place) shew George Henry Humphries was a butcher resident in Moree [and a Catherine Humphries engaged in domestic duties].
Catherine Maria Humphries nee Smith, a big woman with red hair and a well known midwife, died at Moree in November 1909. George Henry Humphries died in August 1920 at Moree, where he was buried by his brother-in-law Jeremiah James Kay.

1.2.3.4.2.1 Edwin George Humphries (1881…1955) m. Ruby Maude Spilsbury (1890…1965)

Edwin George Humphries (Ted), second child of GEORGE HENRY HUMPHRIES and his wife CATHERINE MARIA SMITH, was born in January 1881. Edwin, a bachelor contractor of Moree aged 27, married Ruby Maude Spilsbury at the Church of All Saints (CoE), Moree, in June 1909. Ruby,a spinster aged 19 engaged in domestic duties, was the child of HENRY SPILSBURY and LOUISA GOUGH. Both Edwin and Ruby had been born in Moree, and were residents thereof at the time of their marriage, which was witnessed by Sep(timus) Jas(per) Humphries and M Spilsbury and to which Ruby’s father consented. Their union produced eleven children:
The 1906 [NSW] Electoral Rolls (Gwydir Electorate, Moree polling place) have Edwin George Humphries working as a carrier, a resident of Moree. The death of Edwin George Humphries was registered in NSW in 1955. He was survived by his wife Ruby Humphries née Spilsbury; she died in 1965.

1.2.3.4.2.2 Jasper Septimus Humphries (1889…1946) m. Bertice Casia Bell (1893…1982)

Jasper Septimus Humphries (Jas.), fifth child of GEORGE HENRY HUMPHRIES and his wife CATHERINE MARIA SMITH, was born in 1889 at Moree NSW. He married Bertice Casia Bell (born 3 December 1893) in 1916. They had three children:
The death of Septimus Jasper Humphries, son of George and Kathleen [sic], was registered at Murwillumbah NSW in 1946. Bertice Casia Humphries nee Bell died in Brisbane Queensland in October 1982.

1.2.3.4.2.2.1 Leslie William Humphries (1918…2001) m. Alisa Maurine Miller (1920…)

Leslie William Humphries, born 7 April 1918, married Alisa Maureen Miller in Launceston Tasmania on 7 October 1947. Alisa had been born at Cooroy in 1920. Leslie and Alisa had three children:
This information was from Sep Humphries, Anne Humphries and Tabitha Humphries (June 2002), augmented by Leigh Oakey [raloakey@bigpond.net.au, 2007].

1.2.3.4.3 Charles William Humphries (1860…) m. Winifred A'Beckett

Charles William Humphries, third child of GEORGE HUMPHRIES and his wife ANN ELIZABETH JORDEN, was born in June 1860 at Gunnedah NSW (his wedding certificate indicates 1857). Charles, a bachelor coach-driver aged 24 and living at Boggabri, married Winifred A'Beckett at Gunnedah in August 1881. Winifred, at 19 a spinster also living in Boggabri, was born in Sydney to PATRICK A'BECKETT and MARGARET DERWENT. Patrick was a Police Magistrate at Coonamble in 1881. Witnesses at the marriage were Albert Humphries and Margaret Kilroy Roberts; Winifred, unable to sign, made a mark in the register. Charles and Winifred parented three children:

The death of Winifred Humphries, daughter of Patrick, was registered in Sydney in 1896.

Sandi (AussiePax@aol.com, 11 March 2001) is a great-great-granddaughter of Charles and Winifred.

1.2.3.4.4 Emelin Humphries (1861…)

Nothing is known of Emelin Humphries, apparently the fourth child of GEORGE HUMPHRIES and his wife ANN ELIZABETH JORDEN, other than that she was born in October 1861 at Gunnedah, and her birth was registered at Tamworth on 24 January 1862. This author contemplates that the Emelin written in copperplate in the records was actually Amelia, and that she died prior to the birth on 22 October 1862 of her sister Amelia, who was then given the name.

1.2.3.4.5 ♦  Amelia Millicent Humphries (1862…1933) m. Jeremiah James Kay (1854…1925)

Amelia Millicent Humphries, fifth child of GEORGE HUMPHRIES and his wife ANN ELIZABETH JORDEN, was born 24 October 1862 at Gunnedah. Amelia, 18, a resident of Boggabri, married Jeremiah James Kay, 26, a miner residing at Vegetable Creek, in the Wesleyan Chapel at Gunnedah in March 1880, their union producing eleven children. Jeremiah, the eldest child of RALPH JACKSON KAY and his wife MARY ANN ROWE, was born in April 1853 at Lochinvar NSW (or ?1854, Grafton).
Jeremiah died in May 1925 at Moree (?or Mudgee); Amelia lived until June 1933, when she died at Moree, aged 70 years. On her death certificate her father is recorded as a Hotel Keeper. She was resident in Boggabri when married in Gunnedah aged 18 years, and at this time her father was listed as a Bailiff. He was a witness at her wedding.
[For more information on their family, refer to the KAY lineage notes.]

1.2.3.4.6 Albert William Humphries (1864…) m. Elizabeth Ann Miller

Albert William Humphries, fifth child of GEORGE HUMPHRIES and his wife ANN ELIZABETH JORDEN, was born at Gulligal in 1863 (or 1864, the year of the big flood) where his father was the innkeeper. Albert married Elizabeth Ann Miller in 1889; their copious brood, all born (or at least whose births were registered) at Boggabri, consisted of:

1.2.3.4.7 Ann Elizabeth Humphries (c1867…) m. Robert Miller (1860…)

Ann Elizabeth Humphries was born c1866-68 at Gulligal NSW; her death certificate mistakenly notes her father as John Humphries, store keeper, and her mother as Elizabeth Conden ; however the obituary for GEORGE HUMPHRIES in the Boggabri newspaper (above) has her as his daughter, and thus her mother as ANN ELIZABETH JORDAN. Humphries (1992) has her birthdate as 3 April 1868.
Sixteen year old spinster housekeeper Annie Elizabeth Humphries married Robert Miller, bachelor and fettler, in the Boggabri Presbyterian Church in April 1883; both were said to be residents of Boggabri. Witnesses to the marriage were Mary Miller and John Miller. (The 1883 marriage might imply Annie's birth being c1866). Robert was born in January 1860 at Anvil Creek NSW (in the Singleton-Maitland district). The couple had nine known children:
Ann and Robert Miller, labourer, and his wife Ann were living in Clare Street, Boggabri in 1897, when Lima was born. Robert was described as a labourer aged 37, born at Singleton; his issue was stated as four males living (named) and two females deceased. The registrar of the birth particulars, provided by Annie at Boggabri on 13 April with Lima present, was Annie's father George Humphries.
Having survived her husband, Ann Elizabeth Miller née Humphries died in June 1945 in Manilla NSW. The informant on her death certificate was her son-in-law H J McNamara, of Rowan Street, Manilla.
 
 

1.2.3.5 Jane Humphries (1830…1877) m. Thomas Hotchkiss (c1830…1877)

 
Jane Humphries, elder daughter and fourth of six known children of STEPHEN HUMPHRIES and SUSSANAH HOPUM, baptised on 8 March 1830 at Acton Round SAL, married Thomas Hotchkiss [apparently son of THOMAS and MARY HODGKISS, baptised 2 November 1828] at least five issue, the last four baptised at Stanton Long SAL [a.k.a. “Long Stanton” ]:

The 1871 census has Jane and Thomas Hotchkis at the Feather’s Inn, Long Stanton sal, with Jane’s mother Susannah an annuitant next door:
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
(Brocton Cottages, Long Stanton, Shropshire [] [RG# RG10, piece 2741, folio 41; page 6, entry 32)
Susannah Humphries Head W 70 Annuitant Plymouth DEV 1801
(Feathers Inn, Long Stanton, Shropshire [] [RG# RG10, piece 2741, folio 41; page 6, entry 33)
Thomas Hotchkis Head M 41 Innkeeper Much Wenlock SAL 1830
Jane Hotchkis Wife M 40 . Much Wenlock SAL 1831
Thomas S Hotchkis Son S 12 Scholar Wellington SAl 1859
Alice M Hotchkis Dau . 7 Scholar Long Stanton SAL 1864
Susan E Hotchkis Dau . 5 . Long Stanton SAL 1866
Lucy A Hotchkis Dau . 3 . Long Stanton SAL 1868
Jeremiah Sumbrook Ldgr S 35 Ag. Lab. Long Stanton SAL 1836
 

The death of Jane Hotchkiss, aged 46 years, wife of innkeeper Thomas Hotchkiss, occurred on 28 January 1877 at Brockton, Stanton Long. The death of a Thomas Hotchkiss, aged 47 years, was at Ludlow on the Herefordshire Shropshire border, some 15 miles southwest of Bridgnorth, also in the March quarter of 1877 .

In the 1881 census, Susan aged 14 was domiciled with her uncle Stephen Henry Humphries at Bridgnorth SAL Lucy aged 13 was with her grandmother Susannah Humphries at Stanton Long. Alice, aged 19, from Brockton SAL, seems to have been an unmarried servant (occupation barmaid) at the Rifleman Tavern run by Joseph William Norton at Battersea in London (St George ecclesiastical parish) .
Thomas S Hotchkiss, born c1858, was an unmarried 23-year old grocer’s assistant at Ellen Parke’s Market Street Grocer & Provisions shop in the parish of Wombridge.

In the 1891 census, Thomas [S] Hotchkiss, grocers assistant aged 32, was in Stafford Road, Oakengates (in the parish of Wombridge), married to Anne (36) and with children Thomas E (7) and Jane E (5).

1.2.3.6 Susannah Humphries (1833…1909) m. William Pugh (1824c…1908)

Thanks are due to Jeff Thorne [jthorne43@optusnet.com.au, 1 June 2007], a descendant of William Pugh and Susannah Humphries, who contributed some corrections to this section.
Susannah Humphries, eldest daughter of STEPHEN HUMPHRIES and SUSSANAH HOPUM, was baptised in December 1833. Susannah married William Pugh at Acton Round in July 1855; born at Linley, near Bishops Castle and baptised at St Peter's Parish Church, More in southern Shropshire in 1824, William was the son of shoe-maker THOMAS PUGH and his wife JANE. William and Susannah emigrated to Australia aboard the Red Jacket which arrived in Melbourne on 21 September 1855, becoming licencees of the “Golden Nugget” at Hanging Rock, located near Rocky River east of Nundle NSW, by 1858. From the late 1860s the family, now with six children, was living at Tambar Springs in northern New South Wales, buying the licence for the hotel from Susannah's brother Stephen, who later returned to England. William Pugh died November 1908, aged 84 years and Susan in December 1909, aged 77 years, both at Boggabri NSW.

The eight children of William and Susannah Pugh were:

William Pugh died 7 November 1908, aged 84 years and Susan on 21 December 1909, aged 77 years, both at Boggabri NSW.

Jeff Thorne [jthorne43@optusnet.com.au, 1 June 2007] is a descendant of William and Susannah.
 
 
 
 

1.2.3.6.1 Susan Elizabeth Pugh (1870…1945) m. Arthur Schofield

 
Susan Elizabeth Humphries, born 1 January 1870 at Tambar Springs NSW, the daughter of SUSANNAH Humphries and WILLIAM PUGH, married Arthur Schofield: the marriage was registered at Boggabri nsw in 1905. They were the grandparents of Roc Schofield [per eMail 15 August 2004], husband of Jeanette.

The death of Susan Elizabeth Schofield née Pugh was registered at Gundagai NSW in 1945.

1.2.3.7 Charles Humphries (1841…1845)

 
 
Charles Humphries, sixth and last child of STEPHEN HUMPHRIES by his second wife SUSSANAH HOPUM (and Stephen’s seventh child), was baptised on 15 August 1841 at Acton Round.

Charles Humphries, son of labourer Stephen Humphries, died aged 3 years on 21 March 1845 at Acton Round. George Humphries of Acton Round was in attendance at Charles’s death and the informant for the registration, making his X mark . It can be fairly assumed George was Charles’s brother, then just 17 years of age.

1.2.4 Mary Humpheris (c1789…) m. Francis Evans (c1778…)

 
Mary Humpheris, baptised on 12 July 1789 at Stottesden and Farlow in Shropshire, youngest of the four children of STEPHEN HUMPHRYS by his second wife NANCY [ANN] YEARINGTON, appears to have married Francis Evans on 9 July 1810 at Stottesden and Farlow. Francis had been baptised at Stottesden and Farlow on 24 August 1778, the son of FRANCIS EVANS and his wife ANN TART who had married 29 March 1777 and whose first-born, John Evans, had been baptised 17 May 1777 at Stottesden and Farlow.

It seems Francis had previously married Margaret Wenlock, on 2May 1805 at Stottesden and Farlow. Francis and Margaret were the parents of:

Francis and Mary were the parents of:
 
 
 
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Possibly Related Families:

None Known.

Related Families from the same areas:

None known.

Other (probably unrelated) Humphries, Hopum or Jordun Lineages:

Another George and Ann E Humphries, m. 1865 [Sydney, Wee Waa and Narrabri NSW]
Births were registered about the same time for what appears to be another George and Ann E Humphries family. This was the family of George James Humphreys, born 1 July 1842 at Pitt Town NSW to shipwright GEORGE JAMES HUMPHREYS (deceased) and MARY ANN HUMPHREYS. The younger George was baptised by W H Walsh at Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney, on 16 October 1842 , by which time his father was deceased and his mother living in Parramatta Street.
George (the younger) Humphries married Ann Emma Pallett on 4 November 1865 at Wee Waa NSW, in a Roman Catholic ceremony. George was described as a bachelor store keeper of ?Millie, and Ann as a spinster house keeper of Quebri, Wee Waa. The consent of the father of the bride was given, and the marriage witnessed by Patrick Powers (his mark) and Maria Thurlow. This George and Ann E Humphries had several children:
Wee Waa is in the same region as settled by George Humphries and his wife Ann Elizabeth Jordan; the similarity of childrens' Christian names and the overlapping of years has caused some confusion. It is possible that of the children included above for George (1828…1903) and Elizabeth, those not listed on his death certificate belong in fact to this (or another) couple.
James Fairlie Humphries (c1850) [Huntingdon, England -> Australia, 1857]

Dave Whittingham (db.whittingham@fsmail.net, 21 June 2003) is researching his Great Grandfather, James Fairlie Humphries who came to Australia about 1857 at about age 7 from Huntingdon, England. David thinks there may be some family connection with the Humphries being researched in his work.
Benjamin Humphries m.(1824) Mary Plimmer [Shropshire & Worcestershire -> New Zealand]

Benjamin Humphries (great great grandfather of Dianne Fraser of Whitby, New Zealand [23km north of Wellington, Frasers@xtra.co.nz, 31 March 2000] married Mary Plimmer at Wellington, Shropshire on 16 February 1824; their son William Humphries (born about 1828) married Eliza Lewis on 6 October 1851, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. William and Eliza Humphries came to New Zealand in 1853. Dianne thinks Benjamin's father was a John Humphreys of Stottesdon and Farlow; Benjamin and Mary had a daughter Eliza Humphries.
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