Malachi WATERS b. ca 1831, Co Limerick, Ireland was married in 1856 in Ireland to Mary KANE b. ca 1836, Co Clare, Ireland.

Malachi & Mary arrived at Portland in Oct 1856 on the "General Hewett" and were employed near Horsham by Mr I SMITH.

Their first child, Michael Thomas WATERS was born in the Horsham area and the remainder of their children had births registered at Portland in S-W Victoria.

Malachi & Mary WATERS were living at Digby in 1892 when their youngest son Thomas WATERS, then aged 14-15 years accidentally shot himself when rabbitting and was buried in the Digby cemetery.

Malachi & Mary WATERS died at Wallacedale and were both buried at Digby in 1902 & 1908 respectively.

Malachi WATERS & Mary KAIN appear to have had the following family:

  1. Michael Thomas WATERS b. c.1856, Horsham, Vic m. Susan Mary GULL
    Michael appears to be a member of the large WATERS family of Malachi WATERS and Mary CAIN and was born near Horsham, although his birth does not appear in the birth Index. Michael WATERS became a labourer and selector on "Pieracle Station" near Digby and they had the following family:
    1. Annie Elizabeth WATERS b. 1876, Digby, Vic ..... (last heard of at the "Henty Tea Rooms" Casterton in 1916);
    2. Helen May WATERS b. 1878, Digby, Vic, d. 1962, m. Robert John BLACK 1876-1961;
    3. Susan Blanche WATERS b. 1880, Digby, Vic, d. 1960, Sandford, Vic;
    4. Rachel Honora WATERS b. 1882, Digby, Vic, d. 1950, m. Donald Fraser SMITH 1881-1972;
    5. William Thomas Joseph WATERS b. 1884, Digby, Vic, d. 1885;
    6. Joseph WATERS b. 1886, Digby, Vic, d. 1965 m. Edith Mary PRESSEY 1876-1969;
    7. Sophia Mary WATERS b. 1887, Digby, Vic, d. 1979, m. Ewen "Hughie" ANDISON 1884-1973 (went to NSW);
    8. Edward Henry WATERS b. 1889, Digby, Vic, d. 1916, Western Front, France
      • WW1 1st AIF, 5th Battalion
      • WW1 1st AIF, 2nd Machine Gun Company
      • DOW 19 Nov 1916, France
      • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 40, planted by Miss Annie WATERS

    9. Thomas Patrick WATERS b. 1893, Digby, Vic; d. 1946, m. Olga Eva McWHIRTER 1899-?
      • WW1 1st AIF, 39th Battalion, enlisted 7 Apr 1915
      • WW1 1st AIF, transferred to 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, 5 Aug 1916
      • Wounded on 2 occasions in 1917
      • WW1 1st AIF, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, RTA 28 Jun 1919
      • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 5, planted by Mrs H ANDISON

    10. Martin William WATERS b. 1895, Digby, Vic. d. 1967, m. Christina JELLY 1895-?
      • WW1 1st AIF, 39th Battalion, enlisted 22 Mar 1916, served in France
      • WW1 1st AIF, transferred in France to 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, 11 Aug 1917
      • WW1 1st AIF, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, RTA 29 Jun 1919
      • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 55, planted by Mr G L SIMKIN

  2. Thomas WATERS, b. 1859, d. 1965 Portland, Vic;

  3. Ellen Mary WATERS, b. 1861, Portland, Vic. d. 1953, m. William Ross FRASER 1861-1929. William FRASER was b. 1861, Edinburgh, Scotland, son of Duncan FRASER & Grace ROSS. William ROSS & Ellen WATERS had 9 children at Mount Gambier, Condah & Wallacedale as follows...
    1. Mary Grace FRASER b. 1886, d, 1886, Mount Gambier, SA.;
    2. Mary Grace FRASER b. 1886, Mount Gambier, SA., d. 1889, Hamilton, Vic;
    3. William Ross FRASER b. 1891, Condah, Vic, d. 1959, m. Rose May SPURLING 1889-1957;
    4. Nora Grace FRASER b. 1894, Digby, Vic, d. 1963, m. James Alfred PALMER 1886-1948;
    5. Kathleen Margaret FRASER b. 1896, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1973, m. James William BREBNER 1898-1975;
    6. Mary Josephine FRASER b. 1899, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1964, m. Edward John WHITE 1894-1959;
    7. Isabella Helen FRASER b. 1901, Wallacedale, Vic, d. 1983, m. Charles James GRUNDY 1902-1909;
    8. Norman Machi Patrick FRASER b. 1905, d. 1905, Branxholme, Vic;
    9. Ewen Keith FRASER b. 1907, Wallacedale, Vic, d. ___, m. Gwendoline Isabelle HARTUP 1914-;

  4. Peter John WATERS, b. 1863, Portland, Vic. ...............?

  5. Patrick Joseph WATERS, b. 1864, Portland, Vic, d. 1934, m. Isabella Tasman CARTER 1880-1946 (9 children in the Branxholme area);
    1. Arthur Joseph WATERS b. 1902, ___, d. 1973, m. Doris Emily BOWKER 1904-1984;
    2. Stella WATERS b. 1905, d. 1905, Branxholme, Vic;
    3. Eric Francis WATERS b. 1907, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1984, m. Ilma Jean AINSWORTH;
    4. Mary Isabel WATERS b. 1909, Branxholme, Vic, m. Alan Carl James DEAN 1907-;
    5. John Robb WATERS b. 1910, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1983, m. Eileen Margaret HICKMER 1915-;
    6. Wallace Michael WATERS b. 1912, d. 1917, Branxholme, Vic;
    7. Norman WATERS b. 1913, Branxholme, Vic, m. Mavis Beryl McINTYRE 1917-;
    8. Michael WATERS b. 1916, d. 1916, Branxholme, Vic;
    9. Elspeth Eliza WATERS b. 1919, Branxholme, Vic, m. Edward James "Ted" SPENCER;

  6. John Alexander WATERS, b. 1864, Portland, Vic, d. 1943, m. Mary Elizabeth LEONARD 1869-1939 (14 children in the Branxholme area 1891-1913);
    1. William Thomas Francis WATERS b. 1891, Hamilton, Vic, d. 1952;
    2. James Martin WATERS b. 1892, Heywood, Vic, d. 1955, m. Annie Josephine CROTTY 1898-1962;
    3. Thomas John WATERS b. 1894, Digby, Vic, d. 1936, m. Gladys Muriel JENKINS 1896-1974;
    4. Peter WATERS b. 1895, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1958;
    5. Winifred Mary WATERS b. 1897, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1956, m. Ivan John James HAMILTON 1902-1961;
    6. Catherine Elizabeth WATERS b. 1898, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1955, m. ___ BROWN;
    7. Mary Ethel WATERS b. 1901, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1961, m. James Stanley DARK 1893-1977;
    8. Eileen Margaret WATERS b. 1903, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1968, m. Andrew Joseph RITCHIE 1907-1979;
    9. Lilian Frances WATERS b. 1903, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1978, m. ___ ALLINSON;
    10. Annie Frances WATERS b. 1905, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1958, m. ___ ALFORD;
    11. Leo Malachi WATERS b. 1908, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1971;
    12. Rosalie Josephine WATERS b. 1909, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1972, m. Leslie Joseph GROWNEY;
    13. John George WATERS b. 1911, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1963;
    14. Leonard Matthew WATERS b. 1913, Branxholme, Vic, d. 1969 ;

  7. Mary Ann Ethel WATERS, b. 1866, Portland, Vic. d. 1954, Perth, WA, m. 1893 Victoria, to George Windsor MENAGH 1864-1949 (went to WA after 1893);
    1. William Thomas MENAGH b. 1893, Carlton, Vic, d. 1968, Perth, WA, m. ..?.. (Served in WW1 as Pte 1417, 10th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, enlisted from WA);

  8. William Francis WATERS, b. 1869, Portland, Vic, d. 1932 m. Grace Elizabeth CLARKE 1877-1925 (12 children in the Digby area 1895-1919);
    1. William Thomas WATERS, b. 1895, Digby, Vic, d. 1967, m. Pearl Florence Allen McLEAN 1900-?
      • WW1 1st AIF, 8th Battalion, enlisted 3 Feb 1916
      • WW1 1st AIF, 8th Battalion, wounded twice in France
      • WW1 1st AIF, 8th Battalion, RTA 12 May 1919
      • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 64, planted by Mrs W WATERS

    2. Edward John WATERS, b. 1897, Digby, Vic, d..........? (went to NSW and last heard of working in outback Queensland in 1939)
      • WW1 1st AIF, 9th Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 7 Jul 1915
      • WW1 1st AIF, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, transferred to 30 Nov 1916
      • WW1 1st AIF, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, wounded in France
      • WW1 1st AIF, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, RTA to 6 Jan 1919
      • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 58, planted by Miss E WATERS
    3. Leslie Francis WATERS, b. 1899, Digby, Vic, d. 1976, m. Lilian May LANYON 1902-1965;
    4. Elizabeth Lily May WATERS, b. 1901, Digby, Vic, d, 1973, m. Duncan McCALLUM 1895-1968;
    5. Mary Ethel "Mollie" WATERS, b. 1904, Digby, Vic. m. John Stanley O'BRIEN 1899-1977;
    6. Rose Shand WATERS, b. 1906, Digby, Vic, d. 1981, m. Frantz John "Frank" KOCH 1881-1952;
    7. Florence Shaw WATERS, b. 1906, Digby, Vic...........?;
    8. Nora Grace WATERS, b. 1909, Digby, Vic, d. 1997, m. John Vernon SPENCER 1904-1968;
    9. George Windsor WATERS, b. 1910, Digby, Vic, d. 1954;
    10. Louise Annie WATERS, b. 1912, Digby, Vic, d......, m. ____ HAYDEN;
    11. Ruby May WATERS, b. 1917, Digby, Vic.......
    12. Beryl Grace WATERS, b........., m. _____ STRANGE

  9. Kate WATERS, b. 1870, Portland, Vic., d. ..?.., m. 1896, Victoria to George CARLSON, b. .... Sweden and they moved to Western Australia;

  10. Bridget Mary WATERS, b. 1872, Portland, Vic. d. 1952, m. Simon Peter DARCY 1864-1950, b. Hamilton, S-W Vic.;

  11. Elizabeth WATERS, b. 1873, Portland, S-W Vic., d. 1952, Fremantle, WA, m. 1897, Perth, WA, to George Hills RUNDLE 1872-1937, b. Tasmania, d. WA;

  12. Margaret Mary WATERS, b. 1875, Portland, S-W Vic, d. 1959, Melbourne, Vic., m. Bruce Hilliard JOHNSTON 1877-1956 b. NSW, d. Kyneton, Victoria and they had the following known family....
    1. Leo Edward Malachi JOHNSTON b. 1902, Perth, WA, d. 1973, Melbourne, Vic., m. ...?...
    2. Calvin Martin JOHNSTON b. 1904, Perth, WA, d. 1972, Melbourne, Vic., m. Kathleen O'CONNOR
    3. Bruce Joseph JOHNSTON b. 1908, Perth, WA, d. 1952, Melbourne, Vic., m. Olive Alice Mary ADAMS
    4. Elsie Mary "Bonnie" JOHNSTON b. 1911, Melbourne, Vic., d. ...?..., m. David William KETTELS
    5. Gordon Hope JOHNSTON b. c.1914, ...?... d. 1983, Melbourne, Vic., m. ...?...
    6. Lanloh Malachi JOHNSTON b. c.1917, ...?... d. 1982, Melbourne, Vic., m. ...?...
    7. Robert Matthew JOHNSTON b. 1920, ...?... d. 1953, Melbourne, Vic., m. Catherine Phyllis POOLE

  13. Hanora Vera "Nora" WATERS, b. 1877, Portland, Vic, d. 1918, Subiaco, WA, m. 1907 to Edward MYERS ..?..;

  14. Thomas WATERS, b. 1879, Portland, Vic, d. 1892, Digby, S-W Vic (accidentally shot himself when rabbitting).



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