John William DEVEREUX, b. 1823 Green Ponds, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), son of John DEVEREUX and Harriet McCARTHY was married in 1851 at Digby, S-W Victoria to Mary OSBORNE b. 1830 Co Armagh, Ireland. John was employed by Richard LEWIS as a shepherd and overseer at "Rifle Downs" Station near Digby.

Additional details on DEVEREUX family history can be viewed at the following external link:

Devereaux Family History : (Hartley Budd)

John was the grandson of First Fleeters, John McCARTHY (marine) and Ann BEARDSLEY (convict), with his mother Harriet McCARTHY being born at Sydney Cove in 1789. Further details on this family can be viewed at the following external link:

1st Fleeters John McCARTHY & Harriet BEARDSLEY : (Hartley Budd)

John & Mary DEVEREUX are buried in the Branxholme Cemetery, S-W Victoria.

John William DEVEREUX & Mary OSBORNE had the following children at Digby and Branxholme:

  1. John William DEVEREUX b. 1852, Digby, Vic, m. Sarah Jane HANKS;
    1. Sarah Jane DEVEREUX b. 1879, Branxholme, Vic,
    2. John William DEVEREUX b. 1882, Branxholme, Vic,
    3. Alexander DEVEREUX b. 1883, Branxholme, Vic, m. Jane Laura ROBERTSON
    4. Margaret Ann Elizabeth DEVEREUX b. 1885, Branxholme, Vic, m. Ernest John RUNDELL
    5. George DEVEREUX b. 1887, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1965
      • 1st AIF, Dvr 23, 37th Battalion & 3rd Divisional Train
      • enlisted 24-02-1916, RTA 9-07-1919
    6. Windelan Martha DEVEREUX b. 1889, Branxholme, Vic,
    7. Thomas Owen DEVEREUX b. 1891, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1957
      • 1st AIF, L/Cpl 24, 37th Battalion & 3rd Divisional Train
      • enlisted 18-02-1916, RTA 9-07-1919

  2. Alexander DEVEREUX (1853-1905) b.1853, Digby, Vic, m.1 Ann BALL (1860-1906), m.2 Alice BULL (1870-1919);
    1. John DEVEREUX b. 1880, Mil Lel, SA,
    2. Ann DEVEREUX b. 1882, Dartmoor, Vic,
    3. Mary Jane DEVEREUX b. 1885, Strathdownie, Vic,
    4. Alexander William DEVEREUX b. 1888, Strathdownie, Vic,
    5. George DEVEREUX b. 1890, d. 1892, Strathdownie, Vic,
    6. Margaret Agnes DEVEREUX b. 1891, Strathdownie, Vic,
    7. Alice May DEVEREUX b. 1894, Strathdownie, Vic,
    8. Edward James DEVEREUX b. 1897, Strathdownie, Vic, m. Norma ___
    9. Kathleen Victoria DEVEREUX b. 1900, Strathdownie, Vic, m. Francis Herbert McCORMACK
    10. Edith Minnie DEVEREUX b. 1901, d. 1914, Strathdownie, Vic,
    11. Donald Peter DEVEREUX b. 1904, Strathdownie, Vic, m. Theresa Frances McSHEEHY
    12. George Lindsay DEVEREUX b. 1905, d. 1905, Strathdownie, Vic,

  3. George DEVEREUX b. 1855, Digby, S-W Vic, d. 1911 Cavendidh, S-W Vic;

  4. Hugh Owen DEVEREUX b. 1856 "Rifle Downs" Digby, S-W Vic., d. 1921, Branxholme, S-W Vic., m. 1885 Mary BALL 1863-1938, daughter of Henry BALL & Jane SUTTON;
    1. Annie Margaret DEVEREUX b. 1886, Hotspur, S-W Vic, d. 1904, Hamilton, S-W Vic.

  5. Harriet DEVEREUX b. 1858 Branxholme, Vic, m. John McLEAN, b. abt 1850 Argyllshire, Scotland, son of John McLEAN & Ann McINNES and they had 6 children at Branxholme, Hotspur & Stawell from 1878-1889. John McLEAN died 1890, Stawell, Vic. Harriet remarried to James GOODLET in 1890 and they had 5 children in Victoria and Western Australia. Harriet died in 1929 in Western Australia.
    John McLEAN & Harriet DEVEREUX had the following family...
    1. Ann Lillian McLEAN b. 1878, Branxholme, Vic, m. 1896 Edward Henry BELLIS 1874-
    2. Mary Haidee McLEAN b. 1880, Branxholme, Vic, m. 1902 John Thomas PETERS 1875-
    3. Margaret Agnes McLEAN b. 1882, Branxholme, Vic, ........?
    4. John William Devereux McLEAN b. 1883, Branxholme, Vic, ........?
    5. Hector James Alexander McLEAN b. 1886, Hotspur, Vic, KIA, 1916 Somme, France [Spr 4421, Hector McLEAN, No 6 Tunneling Company, AIF], m. 1914, Subiaco, Perth, WA to Henrietta "Ettie" HEATH c.1890-.
    6. Francis George McLEAN b. 1889, d. 1890, Stawell, Vic.
    James GOODLET & Harriet DEVEREUX married in 1890, Stawell, Victoria and had the following family...
    1. Emily Ettie GOODLET b. 1891, Stawell, Vic, m. 1914, Perth, WA Ernest Roger NORMAN
    2. James Thomas GOODLET b. 1893, Stawell, Vic, m1. ........?, m2. 1921, Perth, WA Ellinor M "Elly" SILVESTER
    3. Walter William GOODLET b. 1895, Stawell, Vic, m. 1920, Perth, WA Ivy DEVLIN
    4. Lila May GOODLET b. 1898, Bellevue, WA, d. 1969. m. 1920, Perth, WA to Harold Richard MOORE 1889-1970
    5. Daisy b. abt 1897, Western Australia, m1. ...... RPER, m2. ...... GREEN

  6. Margaret DEVEREUX b. 1860, d. 1861, Branxholme, S-W Vic.;

  7. William John DEVEREUX b. 1861, Digby, S-W Vic, d. 1929, Branxholme, S-W Vic.;

  8. Mary Ann DEVEREUX b. 1863 Branxholme, Vic, d. 1927, Melbourne, Vic., m1. Edmund FINN, m2. Alfred CLASSON;
    1. Kathleen Rose DEVEREUX b. 1889, Fitzroy, Vic,
    2. Mary Pearl Garyiwen FINN b. 1893, Fitzroy, Vic,
    3. Joseph CLASSON b. ca 1919, ___, Vic,

  9. Elizabeth DEVEREUX b. 1865, d. 1865, Branxholme, S-W Vic.;

  10. Margaret Agnes DEVEREUX b. 1866 Branxholme, Vic., d. 1949, Melbourne, Vic., m. Daniel McGUINNESS 1868-1938;
    1. Vernon Daniel McGUINNESS b. 1897, d. 1898, Hopetoun, Vic,
    2. Edmond Wilford McGUINNESS b. 1899, Branxholme, Vic,

  11. Philip DEVEREUX b. 1868 Branxholme, S-W Vic., .................?;

  12. Henry DEVEREUX b. 1868 Branxholme, Vic, d. 1931, Kyneton, Vic.


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