Frances Alley is the daughter of John and Jane Anna Sithes Alley. She married Daniel 4 Jan 1854 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. Children are Frances Mary d 1854, Henry d 1874, Florence d. 1901, Francis Emily, Anna, Frederick George d.
She went with her brother Henry to Australia and met and married Daniel Wilson. Her sister ,Eliza, came later and married Daniel's Brother, George.
The picture is of her daughter Florence. He married second Alice Jackson (1845-1921)
From the Daniel Wilson Journals
Given me by Marilyn Kenny
Living on the goldfields Daniel Wilson [see EHS Journal No 6] was fortunate to encounter two young women who accepted him as a spouse. In his memoirs Wilson was remarkably frank about the circumstances of his two marriages .His account throws some light on the situations in which young ,single women found themselves and the choices before them .Wilson described how he and a friend set up a roadside store in Taradale which was `begun to assume the shape of a township'. Taradale was a gold rush town on the Bendigo line named for the Scots birthplace of the geologist Roderick Murchison .Bushrangers were `troublesome` and Wilson recounts several stories of bail ups . One night, Wilson declared `all the places in the town were held up` except his which he attributed to keeping a guard dog. In 1854, aged 22 yrs, Daniel married Frances or Fanny Alley. The marriage took place according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church at the residence of Daniel Wilson, storekeeper Elphingstone``Soon after I married a young woman who was the sister of a man called Alley from Queens County, Ireland .He had brought his sister out with him from the old country and not knowing what to do with her in the unsettled state this was in then, and he himself being the owner of drays and carting on the road to the diggings was thus always away from her and so left her with some countrymen of his who were living at Taradale`. I went into partnership then with the brother.
Wilson gives the impression that the marriage was part of the arrangement he had made with the brother possibly to provide a more secure home for Frances. However Henry was not one of the official witnesses at the wedding. Henry and Frances Alley had landed in Port Adelaide in 1851 on an assisted passage .Henry was described as an agricultural labourer and Frances as a servant .Despite this description Fanny was literate and signed her marriage lines with an educated hand. They moved to Victoria early in the gold rush period .Henry was born in 1826 in Queens Co, Ireland .Fanny ,born 1830 ,was slightly older than Daniel .This, plus her Irish birth, may have led to Daniel making the comment that `I had reason to think my marriage had greatly grieved my poor father and mother'. Socially she was daughter of an ex Sergeant of the Royal Irish Constabulary who farmed a leased property of some 20 acres. Perhaps it was not so much her person or class as the marriage emphasised the fact that Wilson would probably not return to this parents in the UK.Whatever the situation their feelings may have intensified when in 1858 Daniel's brother ,George Addey, [b 1834], married Eliza Alley who had followed her siblings to Australia. In 1857 Henry Alley and Daniel Wilson dissolved their partnership .By early 1858 Henry was in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand where he married. He bought land near Napier and built the first house in the town he called Taradale .He died there in 1912.Wilson baldly states that `After living about 15 years with my first wife an end was put to them by her death. ` Francis died in 1868 aged 38 yrs after having had six children of whom five survived. Consumption or TB was the cause of her death. However five years before that Wilson had taken his eldest daughter Florence, b 1857, back to the UK.He `scrapped up` the £100 needed for a second class cabin and Daniel and Florence departed on the Result in January 1863. They arrived three months later to learn that Daniel's Mother had died two weeks before. Daniel left his daughter with his sisters and returned to Melbourne in October 1863.Florence attended the school run by Daniel's sister Mary Eliza Wilson [b 1829].She was also ``parented`` by his brother Charles [b 1844 ]and his wife Jane. After his wife's death Wilson states. `I lived singly for two or three years bringing up my children of which there were five. Henry, Florence, Emily, Annie and Fred as well as I could under the circumstances. Mrs Addey [his sister in law] took Henry under her charge. Emily went to the Leigh's, friends of mine and Annie and Fred to some other people .I took a housekeeper, a Mrs B, but as the children were growing up I thought it would be better if I could meet with a good help meetmate and have them near me.`
She went with her brother Henry to Australia and met and married Daniel Wilson. Her sister ,Eliza, came later and married Daniel's Brother, George.
The picture is of her daughter Florence. He married second Alice Jackson (1845-1921)
From the Daniel Wilson Journals
Given me by Marilyn Kenny
Living on the goldfields Daniel Wilson [see EHS Journal No 6] was fortunate to encounter two young women who accepted him as a spouse. In his memoirs Wilson was remarkably frank about the circumstances of his two marriages .His account throws some light on the situations in which young ,single women found themselves and the choices before them .Wilson described how he and a friend set up a roadside store in Taradale which was `begun to assume the shape of a township'. Taradale was a gold rush town on the Bendigo line named for the Scots birthplace of the geologist Roderick Murchison .Bushrangers were `troublesome` and Wilson recounts several stories of bail ups . One night, Wilson declared `all the places in the town were held up` except his which he attributed to keeping a guard dog. In 1854, aged 22 yrs, Daniel married Frances or Fanny Alley. The marriage took place according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church at the residence of Daniel Wilson, storekeeper Elphingstone``Soon after I married a young woman who was the sister of a man called Alley from Queens County, Ireland .He had brought his sister out with him from the old country and not knowing what to do with her in the unsettled state this was in then, and he himself being the owner of drays and carting on the road to the diggings was thus always away from her and so left her with some countrymen of his who were living at Taradale`. I went into partnership then with the brother.
Wilson gives the impression that the marriage was part of the arrangement he had made with the brother possibly to provide a more secure home for Frances. However Henry was not one of the official witnesses at the wedding. Henry and Frances Alley had landed in Port Adelaide in 1851 on an assisted passage .Henry was described as an agricultural labourer and Frances as a servant .Despite this description Fanny was literate and signed her marriage lines with an educated hand. They moved to Victoria early in the gold rush period .Henry was born in 1826 in Queens Co, Ireland .Fanny ,born 1830 ,was slightly older than Daniel .This, plus her Irish birth, may have led to Daniel making the comment that `I had reason to think my marriage had greatly grieved my poor father and mother'. Socially she was daughter of an ex Sergeant of the Royal Irish Constabulary who farmed a leased property of some 20 acres. Perhaps it was not so much her person or class as the marriage emphasised the fact that Wilson would probably not return to this parents in the UK.Whatever the situation their feelings may have intensified when in 1858 Daniel's brother ,George Addey, [b 1834], married Eliza Alley who had followed her siblings to Australia. In 1857 Henry Alley and Daniel Wilson dissolved their partnership .By early 1858 Henry was in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand where he married. He bought land near Napier and built the first house in the town he called Taradale .He died there in 1912.Wilson baldly states that `After living about 15 years with my first wife an end was put to them by her death. ` Francis died in 1868 aged 38 yrs after having had six children of whom five survived. Consumption or TB was the cause of her death. However five years before that Wilson had taken his eldest daughter Florence, b 1857, back to the UK.He `scrapped up` the £100 needed for a second class cabin and Daniel and Florence departed on the Result in January 1863. They arrived three months later to learn that Daniel's Mother had died two weeks before. Daniel left his daughter with his sisters and returned to Melbourne in October 1863.Florence attended the school run by Daniel's sister Mary Eliza Wilson [b 1829].She was also ``parented`` by his brother Charles [b 1844 ]and his wife Jane. After his wife's death Wilson states. `I lived singly for two or three years bringing up my children of which there were five. Henry, Florence, Emily, Annie and Fred as well as I could under the circumstances. Mrs Addey [his sister in law] took Henry under her charge. Emily went to the Leigh's, friends of mine and Annie and Fred to some other people .I took a housekeeper, a Mrs B, but as the children were growing up I thought it would be better if I could meet with a good help meetmate and have them near me.`
Frances Alley is the daughter of John and Jane Anna Sithes Alley. She married Daniel 4 Jan 1854 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. Children are Frances Mary d 1854, Henry d 1874, Florence d. 1901, Francis Emily, Anna, Frederick George d.
She went with her brother Henry to Australia and met and married Daniel Wilson. Her sister ,Eliza, came later and married Daniel's Brother, George.
The picture is of her daughter Florence. He married second Alice Jackson (1845-1921)
From the Daniel Wilson Journals
Given me by Marilyn Kenny
Living on the goldfields Daniel Wilson [see EHS Journal No 6] was fortunate to encounter two young women who accepted him as a spouse. In his memoirs Wilson was remarkably frank about the circumstances of his two marriages .His account throws some light on the situations in which young ,single women found themselves and the choices before them .Wilson described how he and a friend set up a roadside store in Taradale which was `begun to assume the shape of a township'. Taradale was a gold rush town on the Bendigo line named for the Scots birthplace of the geologist Roderick Murchison .Bushrangers were `troublesome` and Wilson recounts several stories of bail ups . One night, Wilson declared `all the places in the town were held up` except his which he attributed to keeping a guard dog. In 1854, aged 22 yrs, Daniel married Frances or Fanny Alley. The marriage took place according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church at the residence of Daniel Wilson, storekeeper Elphingstone``Soon after I married a young woman who was the sister of a man called Alley from Queens County, Ireland .He had brought his sister out with him from the old country and not knowing what to do with her in the unsettled state this was in then, and he himself being the owner of drays and carting on the road to the diggings was thus always away from her and so left her with some countrymen of his who were living at Taradale`. I went into partnership then with the brother.
Wilson gives the impression that the marriage was part of the arrangement he had made with the brother possibly to provide a more secure home for Frances. However Henry was not one of the official witnesses at the wedding. Henry and Frances Alley had landed in Port Adelaide in 1851 on an assisted passage .Henry was described as an agricultural labourer and Frances as a servant .Despite this description Fanny was literate and signed her marriage lines with an educated hand. They moved to Victoria early in the gold rush period .Henry was born in 1826 in Queens Co, Ireland .Fanny ,born 1830 ,was slightly older than Daniel .This, plus her Irish birth, may have led to Daniel making the comment that `I had reason to think my marriage had greatly grieved my poor father and mother'. Socially she was daughter of an ex Sergeant of the Royal Irish Constabulary who farmed a leased property of some 20 acres. Perhaps it was not so much her person or class as the marriage emphasised the fact that Wilson would probably not return to this parents in the UK.Whatever the situation their feelings may have intensified when in 1858 Daniel's brother ,George Addey, [b 1834], married Eliza Alley who had followed her siblings to Australia. In 1857 Henry Alley and Daniel Wilson dissolved their partnership .By early 1858 Henry was in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand where he married. He bought land near Napier and built the first house in the town he called Taradale .He died there in 1912.Wilson baldly states that `After living about 15 years with my first wife an end was put to them by her death. ` Francis died in 1868 aged 38 yrs after having had six children of whom five survived. Consumption or TB was the cause of her death. However five years before that Wilson had taken his eldest daughter Florence, b 1857, back to the UK.He `scrapped up` the £100 needed for a second class cabin and Daniel and Florence departed on the Result in January 1863. They arrived three months later to learn that Daniel's Mother had died two weeks before. Daniel left his daughter with his sisters and returned to Melbourne in October 1863.Florence attended the school run by Daniel's sister Mary Eliza Wilson [b 1829].She was also ``parented`` by his brother Charles [b 1844 ]and his wife Jane. After his wife's death Wilson states. `I lived singly for two or three years bringing up my children of which there were five. Henry, Florence, Emily, Annie and Fred as well as I could under the circumstances. Mrs Addey [his sister in law] took Henry under her charge. Emily went to the Leigh's, friends of mine and Annie and Fred to some other people .I took a housekeeper, a Mrs B, but as the children were growing up I thought it would be better if I could meet with a good help meetmate and have them near me.`
She went with her brother Henry to Australia and met and married Daniel Wilson. Her sister ,Eliza, came later and married Daniel's Brother, George.
The picture is of her daughter Florence. He married second Alice Jackson (1845-1921)
From the Daniel Wilson Journals
Given me by Marilyn Kenny
Living on the goldfields Daniel Wilson [see EHS Journal No 6] was fortunate to encounter two young women who accepted him as a spouse. In his memoirs Wilson was remarkably frank about the circumstances of his two marriages .His account throws some light on the situations in which young ,single women found themselves and the choices before them .Wilson described how he and a friend set up a roadside store in Taradale which was `begun to assume the shape of a township'. Taradale was a gold rush town on the Bendigo line named for the Scots birthplace of the geologist Roderick Murchison .Bushrangers were `troublesome` and Wilson recounts several stories of bail ups . One night, Wilson declared `all the places in the town were held up` except his which he attributed to keeping a guard dog. In 1854, aged 22 yrs, Daniel married Frances or Fanny Alley. The marriage took place according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church at the residence of Daniel Wilson, storekeeper Elphingstone``Soon after I married a young woman who was the sister of a man called Alley from Queens County, Ireland .He had brought his sister out with him from the old country and not knowing what to do with her in the unsettled state this was in then, and he himself being the owner of drays and carting on the road to the diggings was thus always away from her and so left her with some countrymen of his who were living at Taradale`. I went into partnership then with the brother.
Wilson gives the impression that the marriage was part of the arrangement he had made with the brother possibly to provide a more secure home for Frances. However Henry was not one of the official witnesses at the wedding. Henry and Frances Alley had landed in Port Adelaide in 1851 on an assisted passage .Henry was described as an agricultural labourer and Frances as a servant .Despite this description Fanny was literate and signed her marriage lines with an educated hand. They moved to Victoria early in the gold rush period .Henry was born in 1826 in Queens Co, Ireland .Fanny ,born 1830 ,was slightly older than Daniel .This, plus her Irish birth, may have led to Daniel making the comment that `I had reason to think my marriage had greatly grieved my poor father and mother'. Socially she was daughter of an ex Sergeant of the Royal Irish Constabulary who farmed a leased property of some 20 acres. Perhaps it was not so much her person or class as the marriage emphasised the fact that Wilson would probably not return to this parents in the UK.Whatever the situation their feelings may have intensified when in 1858 Daniel's brother ,George Addey, [b 1834], married Eliza Alley who had followed her siblings to Australia. In 1857 Henry Alley and Daniel Wilson dissolved their partnership .By early 1858 Henry was in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand where he married. He bought land near Napier and built the first house in the town he called Taradale .He died there in 1912.Wilson baldly states that `After living about 15 years with my first wife an end was put to them by her death. ` Francis died in 1868 aged 38 yrs after having had six children of whom five survived. Consumption or TB was the cause of her death. However five years before that Wilson had taken his eldest daughter Florence, b 1857, back to the UK.He `scrapped up` the £100 needed for a second class cabin and Daniel and Florence departed on the Result in January 1863. They arrived three months later to learn that Daniel's Mother had died two weeks before. Daniel left his daughter with his sisters and returned to Melbourne in October 1863.Florence attended the school run by Daniel's sister Mary Eliza Wilson [b 1829].She was also ``parented`` by his brother Charles [b 1844 ]and his wife Jane. After his wife's death Wilson states. `I lived singly for two or three years bringing up my children of which there were five. Henry, Florence, Emily, Annie and Fred as well as I could under the circumstances. Mrs Addey [his sister in law] took Henry under her charge. Emily went to the Leigh's, friends of mine and Annie and Fred to some other people .I took a housekeeper, a Mrs B, but as the children were growing up I thought it would be better if I could meet with a good help meetmate and have them near me.`
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