Family History Publications

Convict Beginnings: The Jones Family Story

Additional information about these families and their stories which has been received since publication in 2004.

(Page references refer to the Page number within our family history, CONVICT BEGINNINGS, within either the Text or the Family Trees)

Page Section/Topic
102 Portrait of Sarah Elizabeth Jones & William Henry JEFFRIESS
102 & 206 Descendants of Sarah & William Jeffriess – expanded family tree
118 Correction – Hawkesbury Boating Tragedy 1936
(Updated February 2005)
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Pages 102 - CONVICT BEGINNINGS:

Portrait c.1885 - Sarah Elizabeth Jones (1847-1923)
& William Henry Jeffriess (1844-1919)
Portrait c.1885 - Sarah Elizabeth Jones (1847-1923) & William Henry Jeffriess (1844-1919)

(provided by Sonia Jones)

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Pages 102 & 206 - CONVICT BEGINNINGS

DESCENDANTS OF SARAH JONES & WILLIAM HENRY JEFFRIESS

(Additional information on the descendants of B9.C9 Frederick J. Arthur Jeffriess (1882-1957) was received from his descendant, Sonia Alice Jones (B9.C9.D1.E1) - November 2004)

(Expanded extract - pp. 206-209 in the Jones Family Tree, commencing on Page 191 in "CONVICT BEGINNINGS: The Jones Family Story")

B9.
Sarah JONES
B. 14.10.1847 at Howard Alnwick (baptised at Hexham)(Ref: Baptism - 32A/1847/2202);
D. 9.8.1923 Sarah Elizabeth JEFFRIESS @ Randwick (Parents: Jacob Jones & Mary Phelps on death cert.)
Residence in 1884: 72 Queen Street, Woollahra (on Frank Leslie's birth record)
Residence in 1923: Barrodale Road, South Kensington, Randwick - place of death
(Birth record of Frank Leslie in 1884 confirms Sarah Jones's age as 36 (i.e. born 1847-48) and birth place as Hexham, NSW)
M. 1867 @ Sydney - William Henry JEFFRIESS (Jeffries)
B. 1844
D. 1919 @ Randwick (Parents: Job & Harriet)(Parents on birth reg'n: Joel & Harriett Jeffriess)
C1.
Harriet JEFFRIES
B. 1868 @ Paddington
M. 1889 @ Paddington to David McB BRENNEKE
D1.
Edith M BRENNEKE
B. 1890 @ Paddington
D. 1894 @ Paddington
D2.
Doris McB BRENNEKE
B. 1896 @ Paddington
M. 1924 @ Paddington to Allan L HOPE
D??
(MSW BDM births on line are not available after 1905)
C2.
Matilda M JEFFRIES
D. 1868 @ Sydney
C3.
Emily S JEFFRIES
B. 1870 @ Paddington
M. 1897 @ Wollongong to Alexander W D LESLIE
D1.
Alma M LESLIE
B. 1898 @ Paddington
M. 1923 @ Waverley to Christopher M BLACK
D2.
Hilda M LESLIE
B. 1902 @ Ashfield
D??
(MSW BDM births on line are not available after 1905)
C4.
Matilda M A JEFFRIESS
B. 1871 @ Paddington
M. 1897 Woollahra to Frederick L DALE
D1.
Frederick A DALE
B. 1898 @ Waverley
M. 1920 @ Canterbury to Muriel A RUSH
D2.
John S DALE
B. 1902 @ Woollahra
D. 1902 @ Woollahra
D3.
George J DALE
B. 1903 @ Paddington
M. 1927 @ Woollahra to Ethel P BODIN
D4.
Muriel A DALE
B. 1905 @ Paddington
D??
(MSW BDM births on line are not available after 1905)
C5.
William H JEFFRIESS
B. 1873 (listed on Sarah's death cert - 1923)
C6.
Arthur I or J JEFFRIESS
B. 1876 @ Paddington
D. 1878 @ Paddington
C7.
Alice JEFFRIESS
B. 1878 @ Paddington
D. 1929 @ Rockdale as Alice Jeffriess
OR M. 1897 @ Sydney TO Ernest C MULHOLLAND
D1.
Ellen S MULHOLLAND
B. 1899 @ Waverley
(Father: Charles E - reversal??)
D2.
Madge MULHOLLAND
B. 1902 @ Waverley
M. 1925 @ Waverley to Reginald WILSON
D??
(MSW BDM births on line are not available after 1905)
C8.
Florence M JEFFRIESS
B. 1880 @ Paddington
D. 1887 @ Paddington
C9.
Frederick J Arthur JEFFRIESS
B. 1882 @ Paddington
D. 1957 (no record of death or marriage)(Birth registered in 1882 as Arthur; listed as Frederick J A on Sarah's death cert - 1923)
M. 25.4.1906 at Bondi to Alice CROW(E) B. ???..; D. 1929
(Residence until 1929: "Hexham", Fitzgerald St, Kensington)
D1.
Norman Frederick William JEFFRIESS B. 1908; D. 18.4.1979 @ Concord West
M. 12.10.1939 @ Bellevue Hill to Olga Mabel BISHTON
(Residence: Concord West)
(Olga was a neice of Alf Bishton who married Ida Jeffriess (C11))
E1.
Sonia Alice JEFFRIESS B. 1943
M1.
Malcolm McAlpine ROSER D. 1998
(No children)
M2.
8.6.2001 in Childers Qld to Desmond Patrick JONES
E2.
Brian Norman JEFFRIESS B. 1945
M1.
Leonie MULLER (divorced)
F1.
Kristy Lee JEFFRIESS B. 1981
G1.
Declyn B. 2002
F2.
James Norman JEFFRIESS B. 1984
M2.
Narelle SILVIA - live in Brisbane
E3.
Leonie Elsie JEFFRIESS B. 1954
M. 1984 to Peter QUIN
(Residence: Albury, NSW)
F1.
Benjamin Patrick QUIN B. 1986
F2.
Madeline QUIN B. 1988
F3.
Jane QUIN B. 1990
D2.
Elva JEFFRIESS (deceased)
M. Clive ARNOTT (deceased)
(Residence: Killara, NSW) (No children)
D3.
Ida JEFFRIESS (deceased)
M. Rex HALLETT (deceased)
(Residence: Maroubra and Laurieton) (No children)
D4.
Sidney JEFFRIESS (deceased)
M. Eliza ?????.. (deceased)
(Residence: Anzac Parade, Kensington)
E1.
Helen JEFFRIESS B. 1942
Married with children - details unknown
E2.
Raymond JEFFRIESS B. 1944
Married with children - details unknown
C10
Frank Leslie JEFFRIESS B. 1884 @ Paddington D. 1938 @ Auburn (Occupation: Coopermonger)
(Residence: Bruce Street, South Kensington - on Sarah's death cert - 1923)
M. 1907 @ Paddington to Ada COTTRILL
D1.
William Francis JEFFRIESS B.1908 D. (Occupation: House painter)
M. Patricia Pearl O'DONNELL
E1.
Francis Thomas JEFFRIESS B. 1943
M1.
Carolyn Jean NASH
F1.
Kelly Ann JEFFRIESS
M. Maurice Walter NAYLOR
H1.
Joel Francis NAYLOR
H2.
Brooke Ann NAYLOR
F2.
Karen Louise JEFFRIESS
M2.
Robyn Florence DICKENS
F3.
Adam Francis JEFFRIESS
F4.
Prea Elizabeth JEFFRIES
E2.
Ronda Joan JEFFRIESS B. 1945
M. Alan HATCH
F1.
Darren Alan HATCH
F2.
Tony Martin HATCH
E3.
Marie Lynette JEFFRIESS B. 1953
M. David MARCH
F1.
Raymond Ronald MARCH
F2.
Julie Maree MARCH
G1.
Jade Maree MARCH
D2.
Ronald Leslie JEFFRIESS B. c.1910
M. Elaine Alisa KILPATRICK
E1.
Michelle Anne JEFFRIESS
M. Peter Russell BROWN
F1.
Rebecca Louisa BROWN
F2.
Ratchel Anne BROWN
E2.
Sharon Ellaine JEFFRIESS
M. Kim Phillip BURTON
F1.
Grant Stewart BURTON
M. Heidi HOLME
G1.
Blake Tyler Leigh BURTON
F2.
Craig Anthony BURTON
F3.
Laura Jane BURTON
G1.
Cody James BURTON
D3.
Eileen Olive Ada JEFFRIESS B. c.1912
M. Edward Richard George PRICE
E1.
Beverley Fay PRICE
M. Brian William FAGAN
F1.
Narelle Anne FAGAN
F2.
Greg Ronald FAGAN
M. Melanie Karlin JEFFREE
G1.
Emily Christine FAGAN
G2.
Luke Brian FAGAN
C11.
Ida or Ada M JEFFRIESS B. 1886 @ Paddington
M. 1911 @ Woollahra to Alfred BISHTON D. 1945 @ Sutherland
(Parents: William & Mary Ann)
(NSW BDM births on line ends 1905 - several of the following children need to be confirmed)
D??
John BISHTON B. ?? D. 1912 @ Randwick
(NSW Reg. 12443/ 1912 - Parents: Alfred & Ida M.)
D??
Edward BISHTON B. ?? D. 1913 @ Randwick
(NSW Reg. 13580/ 1913 - Parents: Alfred & Ida M.)
D??
(Male Infant) BISHTON B. ?? D. 1915 @ Randwick
(NSW Reg. 1074/ 1915 - Parents: Alfred & Ida M.)
D??
Eileen Elsie BISHTON B.??
M. 1941 Francis John WOODS @ Woollahra (Parentage to be confirmed)
D??
Jean Sarah BISHTON
M. 1944 @ Sutherland to Norman Arthur HART (divorced)
(Parentage confirmed by Sonia Jones 12.1.05)
E1.
Helen JEFFRIESS B. 1942
(Parentage confirmed by Sonia Jones 12.1.05)
D??
Joyce BISHTON M. ??????
(Parentage confirmed by Sonia Jones 12.1.05)
D??
Ada Dorothy BISHTON B.??
M. 1942 Stephen John BURGE @ Randwick
(Parentage confirmed by Sonia Jones 12.1.05)
D??
Alma Florence BISHTON B.??
M. 1942 Arthur Lewis BENJAMIN @ Woollahra
(Parentage to be confirmed)
D??
Norman Joseph BISHTON B.??
M. 1944 Ida Olive Fitz-Alan @ Woollahra
(Parentage to be confirmed)
C12.
Dead male child, not recorded in 1884, so born after 1884
(listed as a Dead male on Sarah's death cert - 1923)
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Page 118 - CONVICT BEGINNINGS

CORRECTION - Hawkesbury Boating Tragedy 1936

To clarify the author’s confusion, the Norman Jones, who was on the boat with Clifton when it capsized, was Clifton’s nephew, Norman Henry Jones, born 1910 the son of Clifton's brother, Joseph Henry, not Clifton’s brother, Norman, born 1900.