Broket settlers in Australia and New Zealand 1800-74 - The Broket Archive

Broket settlers in Australia and New Zealand 1800-74

The first Broket in Australasia was probably William Edward Brockett of Whickham, Gateshead, in the 1830s. Two brothers from Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland then arrived in Melbourne in 1854, and the early 1870s saw 2 brothers in New Zealand from Gateshead and a family from the Bedfordshire Grouping settle in Tasmania and New Zealand. Others followed, such that members of most 19th C British Broket Groupings and clans emigrated.1

This page covers the the period 1800-74. For 1875-99 see this separate page and for the 20th C see this separate page.

Emigration to Australia and New Zealand from Britain before the 1850s was predominantly of landowners and convicts. The discovery of gold in the early 1850s changed this dramatically and up to two per cent of Britain’s population is said to have emigrated to New South Wales and Victoria during the 1850s. Thereafter people from all walks of life were attracted by the opportunities of making a new life.

19th C Brocket/t emigrants to Australasia

  1. By 1836? William Edward of Whickham, Gateshead
  2. 1848 Mrs Brockett
  3. 1854 William and John of Lesmahagow, Scotland
  4. 1871-81 William and Charlotte CHAPPELL of Bedfordshire and family
  5. 1871? Henry of Gateshead
  6. 1873? Francis of Gateshead
  7. 1874 Daniel and Jane WOODWARD of Bromham and family

William Edward Brockett of Whickham, Gateshead ?by 1836

It’s possible that shortly before 1836 William Edward Brockett of Whickham (b 1858) sailed to Sydney and then on to the Torres Straits between Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea. He was the author of a 54 page book Narrative of a voyage from Sydney to Torres’ Straits, in search of the survivors of the Charles Eaton: In His Majesty’s colonial schooner Isabella, C.N. Lewis, Commander.2 His father John Trotter Brockett was a writer, and William Edward updated his Glossary of North Country Words as well as writing a short memoir of him after 1842, so it’s possible that William Edward didn’t actually sail to Sydney himself, but only wrote the account. “In WE Brockett’s Narrative of the voyage of the Isabella, he states he shipped in the Isabella on 25 May 1836. This suggests he signed on as a crew member rather than as a passenger or officer… There are no ships musters or crew lists for NSW for 1825 to 1840. It appears the records were not retained at that time. There are no migration lists for free passengers in that period. The only lists are of convicts and military personnel.”3 So, would William Edward, the son of a prominent Newcastle attorney and citizen, and 2 years after his father had lost his eldest son, sign on as a mere crew member of a sailing ship? William Edward’s wider clan was generally adventurous and enterprising— two uncles had sailed to the West Indies, and in the 1870s other cousins emigrated to New Zealand and China. A 2013 internet article Charles Eaton: Wake for the Melancholy Shipwreck,4 argues that it was William Edward who sailed on the Isabella to Sydney, and that others plagiarised his account. William Edward apparently didn’t defend his copyright and began legal training. The Castaways of the Charles Eaton by Gary Crew,5 is a new story about the wreck of the British vessel on the Great Barrier Reef in August 1834 and attempts to rescue the castaways from head-hunting natives, probably based upon William Edward’s Narrative.

Mrs Brockett 1848

“Shipping Intelligence. Wednesday June 14th—The barque PRINCESS ROYAL, 543 tons, from London and Plymouth with Captain Younghusband, arrived Port Adelaide on. Passengers — Mr and Mrs Renfrey, Master Renfrey, Mrs Brockett, Mr Lyon and Dr Chalmers, Surgeon-Superintendent, in the cabin; and the following [large number of] Government emigrants in the steerage: …”6

She was one of the select few in a cabin, and indeed less than a month later married the Ship’s Captain:

“By special licence, on 12 July, at St John’s Church, [Halifax St, Adelaide,] Capt Joseph Charles Younghusband, of the barque Princess Royale, to the relict of Wm. Brocket Brocket, Esq (only son of Wm. Brocket Brocket, Esq., Staine’s Hall [i.e. Spains], Essex), and only daughter of Mr Wm. Dawbiney of Brownhill Creek, near Adelaide.”7 He was aged 28, Single, she 23, Widow.8

Mary, nee DAWBINEY, was widow of William Brocket Brocket Gent, who had died within months of their marriage. He was the younger son of Stanes Brocket Chamberlayne/Brocket Esq 1782-1873 of Spains Hall, Essex, England, see the separate page. Mary’s father William Dawbiney was described as ‘Master Mariner’ in her first marriage certificate. Passenger lists show that he was a Pilot from 35 Lower Shadwell, London, and had emigrated to South Australia in 1840. Mary and Joseph were in Stoke Newington St Mary, London for the 1871 census, and she died in Kensington, London, 22 Jan 1912.9

William and John Brocket of Lesmahagow 1854

These two brothers sailed from Greenock, Scotland, on the ‘Forest Monarch’, arriving Melbourne Mar 1854, described as “Agriculturalists, Scotch, William aged 33, John 22”.10 William was the eldest of the large family of William and Barbara BROWN, farmers in Bellieshole, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, but possibly from a different mother, see the separate page. That these 2 had emigrated to Australia by 1860 was recorded in FB, an unpublished family history, see the separate page. William had previously emigrated to Canada in 1831 with his aunt and uncle but returned home to Scotland by 1841. There were then 7 younger siblings in the household, and by the time of the 1851 census, William had left again, and was probably in Cambuslang, Scotland. Younger brother John was still in Bellieshole in 1851, aged 18, but neither was recorded in Scotland in the 1861 census. They were in South Australia.

William Brocket appears to have remained single. His gravestone in Kyneton Cemetery, Victoria, records only himself and [brother] John and Ann wife of John. It gives William’s dates as 1819-1886.11 His Will and obituary of 1886 mentioned no Widow or children of his own. The following are particulars:12+Read more


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John Brocket married Anne SMITH in 1872 in Victoria.15 The gravestone in Kyneton Cemetery records John’s dates 1833-1905 and Ann’s as 1843-1923.16 This was his signature as executor to his brother’s Will in 1886:17

He was recorded in Kyneton electoral rolls at Hutton St, with his wife and son, e.g.18

1903: John Brockett senior “independent means”, with Ann Brocket “home duties” and John Brocket junior “artist” at Hutton St, Kyneton, Corinella, Victoria.

John’s Will was dated 18 Nov 1904; he died 28 Mar 1905 and probate was granted 22 May 1905 at the Supreme Court Victoria to executors William Brocket of 237 Collins St, Melbourne, Solicitor, John Brocket of Hutton St, Artist, and David Brocket of Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Bank Clerk, real estate £200 Personal estate £3447 18s.”19 Ann Brocket died 1923, Footscray, Victoria, aged 80, daughter of David Smith.20 The assumption is that John’s three executors were his and Ann’s surviving children:

  1. William Brocket, b 1873 Victoria, father John Brocket, mother formerly SMITH.21 This was his signature in 1905 for probate of his father’s Will:22 Wm Brocket Vic Aus signature 1905 William married Jessie Agnes Macpherson. Here is a selection of electoral rolls.23

    1914-37: William Brocket “solicitor” and Jessie Agnes Brocket “home duties” at 36 Paisley St, Footscray, Melbourne Ports, Victoria.
    1942: William Brocket “solicitor”, Jessie Agnes Brocket “home duties” and William Eckford Brocket “student” at 36 Paisley St, Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria.
    1949: The same except without Jessie.

    Jessie Agnes Brocket died 1943 in Williamstown, Victoria, Age 65, b c 1878, Father’s Name Malcolm Mcpherson, Mother’s Name Mary Eckford; Probate granted 9 Nov 1943.24 Probate was granted for William’s own Will 21 Aug 1952, mentioning that he died 16 May 1952 at Footscray, Occupation Solicitor.25 Comment: Footscray is an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, 5 km from Melbourne’s Central Business District. William and Jessie Macpherson had a son:

    William Eckford Brocket, b 31 Jan 1917 Footscray, Victoria,26 died 27 Apr 1979 Footscray, Victoria, aged 63 [i.e. b c 1916], Occupation Gentleman, father’s name William, mother’s name Jessie Macpherson, probate granted 23 Aug 1979.27 A selection of electoral rolls suggests he never married:28

    1942 and 49: Aged 25 and 32, he was a student living with his parents, see above.
    1954 and 63: William Brocket “student” [aged 37 and 46] on his own at 36 Paisley St, Footscray, Gellibrand, Victoria. [His father had died 1952.]
    1977: William Eckford Brocket “investor” on his own at 59 Droop St, Footscray 3011, Melbourne West, Victoria.

  2. John Brocket, b c 1875. In 1903 he was living with his parents, an “artist”, at Hutton St, Kyneton, Corinella, Victoria, see above. In 1906 John and Sophia Jane CAMPBELL married in Victoria.29
    Here is a selection of electoral rolls.30 

    1909-14: John Brocket junior “artist” and Sophia Jane Brocket “home duties” at Donnithorne St, Kyneton, Mernda, Victoria. [His surname spelt Brockett’ with two ts in 1909.]
    1917-36: John Brocket “orchardist” and Sophia Jane Brocket “home duties” at Hastings Rd, Tyabb, Frankston, Flinders, Victoria.

    This was his signature in 1905 for probate of his father’s Will:31

    John Brocket, Orchardist, died 28 Jun 1940 in Williamstown, Tyabb, Victoria, aged 65 [i.e. b c 1875], father’s name John, mother’s former name Ann SMITH, Probate granted 6 Dec 1940.32 Sophia J Brocket, Widow, died 20 May 1953 in Portland, Victoria, aged 81 [i.e. b c 1872], father’s name Jas Campbell, mother’s former name Helen Bull, Probate granted 6 Dec 1940.33 It isn’t known if the couple had children.

  3. David Brocket, b 1876 Victoria, father John Brocket, mother formerly SMITH.34. This was his signature in 1905 for probate of his father’s Will:35Wm Brocket Vic Aus signature 1905A Bank employee, David moved around, as shown by a selection of electoral rolls:36

    1909: David Brocket “bank manager” on his own at Barkly St, Ararat, Grampians, Victoria.
    1919: David and Ann Brocket at 15 Fairlie St, Yarraville, Melbourne Ports, Victoria. [Ann was his mother.]
    1922: The same except at 22 Fairlie St, Yarraville, Maribyrnong.
    1924: The same except only David. [His mother Ann died 1923.]
    1926 and 1931: David and Lena Brocket at 1 Melby Ave, Caulfield West, Balaclava, Victoria, David “bank officer”, Lena, “home duties”. [Lena was presumably his wife.]
    1936: The same except at the State Savings Bank, Hargreaves St, Sandhurst East, Bendigo, Victoria.
    1954: The same except at 134 Forest Rd. Sandhurst East, Bendigo, Victoria.
    1963: The same except only David.

    Lena Brocket died 23 Jul 1955 in Bendigo, Victoria, aged 73 [i.e. b c 1882], father’s name Charles Grey, mother’s former name Elizabeth Kennedy, Probate granted 13 Sep 1955.37 David Brocket died 4 Sep 1964 in Bendigo, Victoria, Rtd Bank Manager, aged 88 [i.e. b c 1876], father’s name John, mother’s former name Ann SMITH, Probate granted 2 Nov 1964.38 It isn’t known if the couple had children.

William Brockett and Charlotte CHAPPELL 1871-81

It’s assumed from records in Tasmania of 2 Bedfordshire brothers—Albert Lovell and Theed William—and from the lack of records of their parents and siblings in England after 1881 that this entire family emigrated. The parents were William and Charlotte CHAPPELL. William’s parents were Joseph and Sarah CORRALL and William was born 22 Oct 1837. He gave his birthplace as Kempston in the 1861, 71 and 81 censuses, but an IGI patron gave it as Bromham. His birth isn’t registered in the GRO—why, when his ?twin brother’s was, isn’t known.

He married Charlotte CHAPPELL 11 Oct 1859 Kempston, Bedfordshire, he a Shoemaker aged 21 and she a Dressmaker aged 20.39 William’s occupation in 1860 was Master Shoemaker40 and Shoemaker in 186141 but by 1865 he had become a School Master.42 The family moved to Tempsford, Bedfordshire, between 1862-5—perhaps when he became School Master. In 1870 William was probably a witness to sister Jane‘s marriage to Reuben. By 1881 the family, apart from eldest son Albert, were in Kent. After 1881 there are no apparent records in the GRO or IGI of any of the family apart from Albert Lovell’s marriage in 1885. Did they all emigrate to Tasmania soon after 1885?

Census records for William and Charlotte:

1861: At Moor End, Kempston, William, aged 23, Shoemaker, b Kempston; wife Charlotte, 21, Dressmaker; son Alfred [sic], 7 months, infant. They lived next door to his parents Joseph and Sarah.
1871: In the School House, Church End, Tempsford, Bedfordshire, William, aged 33, Schoolmaster, b Bedfordshire Kempston; wife Charlotte, 31, b Bedfordshire Blunham; children: Albert L, 10, b Kempston, Scholar; Frances S, 9, b Kempston, Scholar; Theed W, 5, b Tempsford, Scholar; Selina M, 1, b Tempsford.
1881: [Under Brookett] In the School House, Bethersden, W Ashford, Kent, William, aged 43, Elementary Teacher, b Bedfordshire Kempston; wife Charlotte, 41, Elementary Teacher, b Bedfordshire Blunham; children: Frances S, 19, Elementary Teacher, b Kempston, Scholar; Theed W, 15, Pupil Teacher, b Tempsford, Scholar; Selina, 11, Scholar, b Tempsford.

Children:43

  1. Albert Lovell, b 23 Jun 1860 Kempston,44 bap 16 Sep 1860 Bromham.45 In the 1861 census his name was mistakenly recorded as Alfred, aged 7 months, born Kempston. He married Nina Alice Whittington CADLE 22 Aug 1885 in Edmonton, London.46 He emigrated on the SS Cuzco to Australia Oct 1885, wife Nina arriving 12 Dec 1885 on the ‘Elderslie’ in Perth with her mother and sisters. On 28 Dec 1885 they arrived in Tasmania and the Tasmania Directory recorded them in Launceston in 1903 and 1904. She was born 1862 Gloucestershire, was a nurse in the Homoeopathic Hospital 52 Gt Ormond St in 188147 and d 21 Aug 1911 Launceston, Tasmania, bur Carr Villa Cemetery. The Cyclopedia of Tasmania 1900 gives details of his career, including that he “was trained at the Cheltenham Training College … matriculated at the London University in 1883 in the first division but after two years further study at the Birkbeck Institute a breakdown in health compelled him to give up his purpose of completing his degree. On arriving in Tasmania he was apppointed assistant master at Christ College, Hobart … Early in 1900 he was apppointed inspector of schools for the northern portion of Tasmania…” Children:
    1. Frank Whittington, b 19 Jan 1887 Hobart Tasmania. He lived in Tasmania, occupation Dentist, and died 14 Feb 1961 in Park [Melbourne Australia].48 He married Launceston Tasmania Mabel Lorenina or Lorrenia JARMAN Aug 1906.49
    2. Stella Clare, b 7 Dec 1888 Ulverstone Tasmania; d 11 Oct 1961 Launceston Tasmania. Worked in the Launceston Public Hospital.50
    3. Phyllis Mary, b 30 Mar 1891 Tasmania; m John Russell HOGARTH 1914 Victoria, Australia. She died 1 Jun 1953 Launceston Tasmania.
    4. Kenneth Lovell, b 13 Jan 1896 Port Frederick Tasmania; m Hope Ray WHITAKER. He died 1956 Adelaide.
    5. Marjorie Nina, b 19 May 1897 Port Frederick Tasmania; d 9 Apr 1959 Launceston Tasmania.

    Albert Lovell married again 29 Mar 1913 Isabel Mary DUNCANSON / INGLEDEW in Tasmania. The Tasmania Directory recorded him in Launceston in 1914, 1917 and 1922 – as Inspector of Schools – and 1928 in Newtown. He died 11 Oct 1931 at his home ‘Te Anau’ Tower Rd, Newton and was buried in the Cornellian Bay Cemetery Hobart Tasmania. The Hobart Mercury 23 Jan 1932 recorded the value of his estate left to his family at £2,344.

  2. Frances Sabilla, b 1862 Bedford District,51 bap 2 Feb 1862, Bromham.52
  3. Theed William, b 13 Oct 1865 Tempsford,53 bap 25 Dec 1865 Tempsford.54 His birth was registered 16 Oct 1865 unnamed. Living c 1914-20, presumably in Tasmania.55 Married … …. Child:

    Errol William, b Avoca, Tasmania; enlisted at Pontville c 1914-20, Tasmania, next of kin father Theed William Brockett.56
  4. Selina Maria, b 1869 Biggleswade District,57 bap 17 Apr 1870, Tempsford.58

Henry Brockett of Gateshead, c 1871

Fifth son of William Henry and Margaret WILSON of Gateshead, born 1854, 5 Catherine Terrace, Gateshead,59 bap 16 Aug 1854 Gateshead.60 Henry probably arrived in New Zealand 1871. Joined the Fellmongering and Woolscouring business of John Matheson & Co at Woodlands in Southland in 1888. Married John’s younger sister Mary Ellen MATHESON 1892 Ngapara. In the early 1890s Henry went to work at the Ocean Beach Freezing Company near Bluff. Committed and admitted to Mataura mental hospital 2 and 3 Sep 1908 and died there 14 Jan 1909 aged 54 of apoplexy, occupation Woolclasser,61 buried in the Mataura cemetery, NZ. Mary was born 1869 and died 1956. Descendants living in NZChildren:

  1. a son died in infancy, possibly stillborn.
  2. Harry Aynsley Brockett, b 1896, d 1961. Ship’s Captain with the Union Steamship Co (based in Auckland) and on the San Francisco run for most of the 1920s, for instance for the MV Hauraki’s trip, arriving there 16 Oct 1929 from Wellington.62 During the war he captained a hospital ship and after the war was appointed Harbourmaster in Suva, Fiji. Had sandy-coloured hair. Married Minnie SHERBORNE from Gore, b 1895, d 1982. Children:
    1. William “Bill” Henry Brockett, b 1922, d 20..; Medical Doctor. Married Mary Ellen KILROY, resided Christchurch, NZ. Issue: 3 sons, 1 dau.
    2. Graeme Sherborne Brockett, b 1929, d 1988; Lawyer with his own firm in Christchurch, NZ. Married Avril Edith Derry BREDIN. Graeme was a Judge Advocate for the NZ Army in Singapore in the late 1970s and 80s. Avril died 15 Jun 2011, buried in Avonhead Cemetery. Issue: 3 daus, 2 sons.

Francis Brockett of Gateshead, 1873?

Fourth son of William Henry and Margaret WILSON of Gateshead, born 1852 Gateshead,63 bap 2 Aug 1852 Gateshead.64 Francis probably arrived in New Zealand 1873. He died unmarried 7 Dec 1913 Cecil Peak, near Queenstown, NZ65 of heart failure, and chronic alcoholism,66 buried in the Mataura cemetry, NZ.

Daniel Brockett and Jane WOODWARD of Bromham, 1874

Third surviving son of John and Ann JAMES of Bromham, Daniel was born 27 Apr 1842 in Bromham and died 9 May 1919 in Allanton, New Zealand of cardiac disease.67 He married Jane WOODWARD 30 May 1864 in Sandy Parish Church, he a Labourer of full age (22 on death certificate), she a Spinster under age.68 Daniel’s occupation 1872 Farm Labourer69 1919.70 On 16 Nov 1874 Daniel and Jane and 5 children sailed from Plymouth on the SS Rakaia and arrived in Canterbury, New Zealand 7 Feb 1875. Daniel contined working as a farm labourer in Allanton, Taieri, New Zealand until his death. Jane died 21 Jan 1929 in Oamaru, NZ.71

Census records for Daniel and Jane:

1861: In Webbs Lane, Bromham, Bedfordshire, with parents and grandmother, Daniel, 18, Agricultural Labourer.
1871: In Grange Lane, Bromham, Bedfordshire, Daniel, aged 28, Agricultural Labourer, b Beds ; wife Jane, 27, Lacemaker; children Frederick, 5, Scholar; Emily, 3; Frank, 2—all b Bromham except Jane, b Beds Northill.

Children:72

  1. Frederick, b 30 May 1865, Bedford District,73 bap Bromham 25 Jun;74 died 15 Aug 1945 in Puketi Greenfield, bur Dunedin, NZ. He married 1st Ellen Jane LYNDSAY 11 Apr 1902, bur Waitahuna. Children:
    1. Helen Jane, b 1903, Green Island; married Charles Herbert HYSLOP, issue 5 children; d 1986, bur Waitahuna.
    2. Daniel, b 1904, Lawrence; d 1986, bur Oamaru.
    3. John ‘Jack’ Lyndsay, b 1908; d unm 1929, bur Waitahuna.
  2. Frederick married 2nd in Oamaru, Otago, NZ, 3 Jan 1912 Agnes Mary GENGE (died 27 Nov 1967).
  3. Emily, b 1867, Bedford District,75 bap Bromham 14 Jul;76 married 19 Oct 1892 in Allanton, NZ, Joseph Benjamin SNELL, issue 4 children. She died 28 Jul 1954 in Invercargill, NZ.
  4. Frank, b 11 Aug 1868, Bedford District,77 bap Bromham 6 Sep;78 died 24 Jun 1943 in Otaki.79 He married 17 Apr 1900 in Kurow, Otago, NZ Agnes Amelia MILMINE. 1911 residence: Kurow; his occupation: Labourer. 1928 and 38 residence: Duntroon; his occupation: Government Rabbiter. Agnes died 18 Sep 1957. Children:
    1. James Frederick, b 9 Jun 1901 Dunedin;80 married 1924 in NZ Myra HAUGH. Oamaru Electoral Roll 1935: 396 South Rd, SWI, railway employee with Myra.81 He died 1980 in Oamaru. 6 daughters.
    2. Frank. Married Florence Catherine FYFE. The couple resided 1 Wakefield Avenue, Sumner in 1938, he a Grocer.82
    3. Arthur Allan, b 1905 Otiake,83 d 6 Jun 1953 in Waikouiti,84 bur there 9 Jun. He married Elizabeth “Bessie” Agnes ROBERTSON, bur 25 May 1945, Waikouiti. The couple resided Merton in 1938, he a Surfaceman.85 4 sons, I dau.
    4. Violet Milmine, b 12 Oct 1906 Dunedin;86 married 1924 in NZ Eric Keith HAUGH. She died 1993 in NZ. 5 children.
    5. Charles, b 28 Oct 1908 Dunedin;87 married Zena Annie McQUADE. The couple resided Merton in 1938, he a Labourer.88 He died Mar 1982 at 16 Baker St, Timaru, NZ. 5 children.
    6. Herbert John, b 1910 Dunedin;89 married Nonie Marion CONROY. He died 16 May 1969 Dunedin. 5 children.
    7. Caroline. Married Horace DEAVOLL.
    8. Ethel. Married Ronald ELDER. 3 children.
  5. Alfred, b 1870, Bedford District90 bap 2 Oct 1870 Bromham;91 d Bromham 25 Nov 1870,92 aged 1 month.
  6. George, b 16 Dec 1872 Bromham,93 and died 20 Mar 1913 in Dunedin, bur Allanton. Wallace Electoral Roll 1896: Avondale, Shepherd. He married 1901 in NZ Jessie Isabella JOHNSTON. Children:
    1. Jane ‘Tot’, b 27 Mar 1902, Otautau;94 married 1926 Dunedin Jack LANE. She died 13 Aug 1967, Dunedin. 3 children.
    2. Daniel, b 1903 Dunedin; died Allanton, Dunedin 1 Jun 1919.
    3. George, b 18 Jun 1903 Otautau;95 m 1927 Ann Dorothea NEILSON. He was in the NZ infantry and died 24 Sep 1933. She died 52 years later on 24 Sep 1985 at 147 Dalrymple St, Invercargill, NZ. 1 dau, I son.
    4. Jessie Crawford, b 28 Dec 1909 Dunedin; m Lew TELFER.
  7. Arthur, b 1874, Bedford District,96 bap Bromham 8 Mar;97 d 5 Jan 1875 on the sea voyage to New Zealand, aged 8 months,98 or 12 months and of measles and bronchitis,99 listed as Arthur Brackett.
  8. Arthur, b 12 Feb 1876, Taieri;100 d 1961,101 Ngaruawahia, Waikoto, NZ. Farm Manager at Glen Massey.102 He married 1910 Ethel Daw DAY.
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    Arthur and Albert Brocket's Wedding 1910 NZ
    Children

    1. Ethel Miriam, b 14 Jul 1911, Hamilton; d 16 Aug 1992, Hamilton. Married William FRIZZEL
    2. Arthur John (Jack), b 11 July 1912 Ngaruawahia; m Mary Shaw Carrick LEES. Farm Worker at Te Akatea.103 He died 2005 in Raglan, Waikoto. Children:
      1. Arthur Robert John, b 11 May 1943 Ngaruawahia; m ; d 31 October 1997 Hamilton. 2 children.
  9. Celina “Leana”, b 1878, Taieri;104 married 5 May 1904 in East Taieri, Dunedin, Henry Fowler CHRISTIE, issue 9 children. She d 9 Jul 1966, Pleasant Point.105
  10. John ‘Jack’ William, b 20 Jan 1880 Outram, Dunedin;106 d 31 Jul 1948 in Paeroa, Hauraki Plains. Serviceman in World War 1. Then a Storekeeper/Grocer in Karangahaki with brother-in-law Hugh SHAND. He married Christina Crawford GIBB 25 Dec 1920 in Hikutaia. In the early 1920s they built at 16 Hill St, Paeroa, where they remained. They were both victims of polio in 1950 and were in wheelchairs for the rest of their lives. She died 2 May 1964 in Paeroa, Hauraki Plains. Children:
    1. John ‘Jock’ Crawford, b 5 Jul 1921, Karangahake;107 d 15 Oct 1942, Amersfoort, Holland. The War Graves Commission has this information:    Read more
    2. Josephine Woodward, b 2 Mar 1923.
    3. Arthur Hugh, b 16 Mar 1924, NZ; m Jane Ruth MANN. He died 13 Oct 2010 in Whangarei, NZ. 4 children.
    4. Trevor Gibb, b 30 Apr 1925, Paeroa, Hauraki Plains; m 28 Jun 1952 Avery Dawn WHITE. The couple both contracted polio in 1954 but ran a business—Matangi Motors—from their wheelchairs. He died 7 May 2001 at 534 Matangi Rd, Hamilton, NZ. 3 children. One of Trevor’s descendants participated in the Broket DNA project. His results and those of 3 other participants revealed that although they came from 4 different Broket clans, they actually belonged to a single Genetic Group—called no.2. This had been suspected but no documentary evidence had been—nor probably will be—found to prove it. But now as a result of this DNA evidence we know for certain that they all descend from a common late 16th C ancestor, and no further evidence is needed.
  11. Alice Jane, b 26 Dec 1882, W Taieri;108 married 24 Nov 1904 Hugh McCaw SHAND in Allanton,109 issue 3 children. She d 20 Mar 1974, Gisborne.110
  12. Albert, b 4 Apr 1884, Allanton, W Taieri; d 1973 Oamaru. He married 7 Sep 1910 in S Taieri, Oamaru Jane ‘Ginny’ MORRISON (d 1981). Residing 11 Rutherford St, SWI, Labourer, with wife Jane and spinster Alice Jane.111 One child:
    Alice Jane, b 7 Nov 1911 Oamaru; d Auckland 8 Mar 1992; married 1937 Oamaru Harold Joseph STRACHAN. He died 1996. 1 son.
  13. Charles Edmund, b 22 Oct 1885, Taieri;112 d Apr 1923, Westport, South Island, NZ. Serviceman in World War 1. Occupation: Customs Examining Officer. He married 1913 in NZ Frances Lillian SIBBALD. She died in Christchurch 1963. Children:
    1. Elmar Noel, married Ray BOYLE, d 1991. No children.
    2. others still living.
    3. Edmund Arthur, b 25 Jul 1920, Christchurch; d 5 Jul 1996, Christchurch.

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Footnotes

For full bibliographical details please see the sections Publications or Glossary.

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[1] Many thanks to many descendants for information on their families.

[2] Publisher: Henry Bull 1836.

[3] Extracts from a 12 May 2002 reply by G Roderick McLeod, Honorary Research Officer for the Museum Maritime Museum, Australia, to an enquiry by Richard W Brockett about William Edward and the voyage of the Isabella, kindly sent to the Broket Archive by Richard 11 Jan 2021.

[4] By Veronica Peek, extracts kindly sent by Richard 11 Jan 2021.

[5] Publisher: Lothian Books, 2002.

[6] The South Australian Register, 26 Jul 1848, accessed from https://tinyurl.com/yxn9xxj5 22 Nov 2020, via https://tinyurl.com/y55ytytz. Many thanks to Yvonne Bendell for all this information about Mary Brocket, Nov 2020.

[7] Adelaide Observer 19 July 1848, available on Trove, The Australian Newspaper Collection 22 Nov 2020.

[8] Genealogy SA, District: Adelaide, Microfiche Book/Page: 65/97..

[9] Many thanks to Yvonne Bendell for this information, Nov 2020.

[10] Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) (Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947); Series: VPRS 7666, image accessed from Ancestry.com 21 Nov 2020.

[11] Findagrave MEMORIAL ID 209379827.

[12] Kyneton Observer (Vic : 1856-1900), 27 Nov 1886, p 2. 2020. Many thanks to Yvonne Bendell for this information, Jun 2020.

[13] The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ref no. 9661, transcription accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020; Kyneton Observer (Vic : 1856-1900), 14 Sep 1886, p 2. 2020. Many thanks to Yvonne Bendell for this information, Jun 2020.

[14] Kyneton Observer (Vic : 1856-1900), 27 Nov 1886, p 2. 2020. Many thanks to Yvonne Bendell for this information, Jun 2020.

[15] The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ref no 3278, transcription accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020.

[16] Findagrave MEMORIAL ID 209379827.

[17] Courtesy of the Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591, image accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020.

[18] Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, images accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020.

[19] Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591.

[20] The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Death Records, ref no. 5811, transcription accessed from Ancestry.com 24 Nov 2020.

[21] The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ref no. 17512, transcription accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020.

[22] Courtesy of the Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591.

[23] Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, images accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020.

[24] Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, Registration Number 1971; Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591; transcriptions accessed from Ancestry.com 25 Nov 2020.

[25] Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591; transcription accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020.

[26] National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australia; Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947; Series: B884, Service Number: V71490, Next of Kin: W Brocket; transcription accessed from Ancestry.com 25 Nov 2020.

[27] Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591; The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ref no. 10769, transcriptions accessed from Ancestry.com 25 Nov 2020.

[28] Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, images accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020.

[29] The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ref no. 8850, transcription accessed from Ancestry.com 24 Nov 2020.

[30] Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, images accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020.

[31] Courtesy of the Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591.

[32] The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ref no 5905; Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591; transcriptions for both accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020.

[33] Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, ref no 19199; Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591; transcriptions for both accessed from Ancestry.com 24 Nov 2020.

[34] The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ref no. 3602, transcription accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020.

[35] Courtesy of the Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591.

[36] Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, images accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020.

[37] Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, ref no 20258; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591; transcriptions accessed from Ancestry.com 24 Nov 2020.

[38] The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ref no 20097; Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591; transcriptions for both accessed from Ancestry.com 22 Nov 2020.

[39] Marriage certificate.

[40] BC son.

[41] Census.

[42] BC son and 1871 and 81 censuses.

[43] Some of the information on this family was kindly supplied by Janet Rogers, 2011.

[44] Birth certificate.

[45] IGI patron entry; TR.

[46] GRO qtr 3.

[47] Census.

[48] DDI, Victoria 1921-85, aged 74.

[49] DEI, Victoria 1902-13, second name also either Lorena or Louisa.

[50] Obituary of father.

[51] GRO qtr 1.

[52] IGI patron entry; TR.

[53] Birth certificate.

[54] IGI.

[55] Son’s enlistment record, National Archives of Australia, Sep 2005.

[56] National Archives of Australia, Sep 2005.

[57] GRO qtr 4.

[58] IGI

[59] GRO Q3.

[60] IGI. Thanks to Michelle McConnell for information on this family..

[61] DC.

[62] The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Francisco; NAI Number: 4482913; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85, image accessed from Ancestry.com 6 Mar 2020.

[63] GRO quarter 3.

[64] IGI.

[65] Gateshead Tracts n d p 4.

[66] DC: occupation Woolclasser.

[67] Death certificate.

[68] Marriage certificate.

[69] Birth certificate of son George.

[70] Death certificate.

[71] Many thanks to Briar McKeown of New Zealand (BM) and Janet Rogers of Australia (JR) in 2011, for information on later members of this clan. Details from BM are the first source, with additions and differences noted from JR..

[72] BM recorded Daniel and Jane’s first child as Sarah, b 1865, died young. The GRO recorded a Sarah Jane born that year in Bedford,(GRO qtr 3) but she was daughter of Charles and Mary Ann WESTON of Biddenham and Bedford, b 10 Jun 1865 Bedford St Paul,(Birth certificate) and who probably died 1867 Bedford District, aged 2.(GRO qtr 4) The GRO also recorded the death of a Sarah in Bedford in 1865,(GRO qtr 4) but she was Sarah, who died Bromham 14 Nov 1865, the wife of Joseph son of James and Lucy BATES.(TR) BM also conflated eldest son Frederick with Alfred, b 1870.

[73] GRO qtr 2; TR.

[74] TR.

[75] GRO qtr 3.

[76] TR ‘Emma’.

[77] GRO qtr 3; TR.

[78] TR.

[79] Oamaru, according to JR.

[80] Reg. no. 13481.

[81] JR.

[82] Electoral Roll.

[83] Reg. no. 6930; Dunedin, according to JR.

[84] Oamaru, according to JR.

[85] Electoral Roll.

[86] Reg. no. 23917.

[87] Reg. no. 25823.

[88] Electoral Roll.

[89] Reg. no. 18525.

[90] GRO qtr 3.

[91] IGI patron entry; TR.

[92] GRO qtr 4; TR.

[93] Birth certificate.

[94] Dunedin, according to JR.

[95] Dunedin, according to JR.

[96] GRO qtr 1.

[97] TR.

[98] JR.

[99] According to goo.gl/45UAWh (accessed 2 Sep 2018).

[100] Outram, Dunedin, according to JR.

[101] 1960, according to JR.

[102] 1936 Raglan General Roll.

[103] 1936 Raglan General Roll.

[104] Oamaru, according to JR.

[105] Otago, according to JR.

[106] JR.

[107] Paeroa, Thams/Coromandel, according to JR.

[108] 28 Dec 1881 in Outram, according to JR.

[109] In E Taieri, Dunedin, according to JR.

[110] Hawkes Bay, according to JR.

[111] Oamaru Electoral Roll 1935.

[112] Oamaru, according to JR.