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Re: Selway - Somerset to Durham to Australia
Posted by: Vernon Selway Date: April 30, 2001 at 17:05:32
In Reply to: Selway - Somerset to Durham to Australia by Debbie Howse of 99

Debbie,
Have following information re arrival of Selways into South Australia:-
ARRIVAL unknown but prior to 1883
+Thomas Selway b C1805 d 28 Sept 1884 buried Walkerville South Aust m Susan b C 1816 d 11 January 1883.
ARRIVAL South Aust 1845 (Passage Unknown)
+William Henry Selway b 26 May 1825 Limehouse Middlesex d Adelaide South Aust 13 Nov 1899. Occupation (in South Aust) Stockman, antique dealer miner & others. Resident of North Adelaide & outback stations. Marrioed 30 April 1849 Jane Singer nee Poole b 10 May in Tasmania d 4 May 1904.
6 children of marriage.
ARRIVAL Port Adelaide on 21 November 1849 on "Ascendant"
+Frederick Selway (shown as Carpenter) b C1823, d Adelaide 21 March 1869 buried West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide.
+his wife Sarah (nee Watts) b C1824 d 18 Apr 1909.
+Child Emily Elizabeth Selway (1847-1925)
Other children born in Australia:-
+George Alfred Selway b 31 March 1850 d 3
Sept 1928
+Mary Malvina Selway (1852-1936)
+Frederick Edward Selway (1854-1931)
+Annie Eliza Selway (1857-1930)
+Harry Thomas Selway (1858-1933)
+William Churchill Selway (1861-1910)
+Arthur Watts Selway (1863-1934)
Laura Hannah Selway (later Richards)1868-
1949.
ARRIVED Port Adelaide 14 Feb. 1851 on "Panama"
+Mr. R. Selway
(no further details known)
ARRIVED Port Adelaide 31 August 1854 on "Thetis"
+John Selway (Bootmaker, pack hawker) born Middlesex 15 March 1832 d Norwood South Aust 28 Jan 1898. Bur Payneham South Aust.
+His wife Mary Ann Selway (Nee Mauger)b 24 Feb 1836 d 30 Aug 1884.
+ Shipping records show having 'child' with them on arrival but no later record of that child.
Records show 13 children born subsequent to arrival - Eva, Annie, Amelia, Arthur John, Agnes, Henry S., Mary Ann, Ellen, Caroline Matilda, Lydia, ThiMauger, Alice Margaret and Alfred G.
ARRIVED Pt. Adelaide 23 Feb 1857 on "Saxon"
+Mr. W.H. Selway
(No subsequent details known)
ARRIVED Pt. Adelaide 26 July 1876 on "Astracan"
+Miss M. Selway b C 1851 Shown as "Cook"
(No subsequent details known)
ARRIVED Pt. Adelaide 1 Sept.1876 on "Hydastes" (ex Plymouth 18 June 1876)
+John Selway b C1842, a carpenter
+his wife Anna Selway (Nee Gare) b C 1845
+their children:-
+John Selway C1863 (Shown as "Labourer")
+Bessie Selway (C1864 -?)
+Alice Selway (Later Parham) (1868-1934)
+William Joseph Selway (1874-1948)
Note William Joseph was my grandfather. He
married Edith (nee Hone)and they had
3 daughters and 1 son-William John
Selway, my father)
ARRIVED Pt.Adelaide 28 Oct 1910 on "Orvieto"
+Miss A.E.Selway (b1869)
(No subsequent details known)

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Debbie, hope these details might be of assistance. If you are able to help me with any info on the whereabouts of John and Anna Selway in England, it would be much appreciated.

Vernon Selway


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