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Bashford family
BASHFORD, William, b. c.1799, d. 12.11.1865. arr. 12.10.1829 per Caroline, m. 1828 (England) Lucy BREEDING or BRAITHING b. 1807/11 d. 1.6.1859. Chd. William? b. at sea 1829 d. at Rio de Janiero, Catherine b. 1830 d. infancy, Raine b. 1831, William b. 1835 d. 1893? David b. 1841 d. 1897, Margaret Harriet b. 1843 d. 1895, Sarah b. 1847 d. 1863 burnt to death. Indentured to William Everard. Labr. for J.S. Harris & for Samuel Moore 1841 when Moore child was killed. Small farmer Swan district & Dandaragan. Hutkeeper at Dandaragan for Brockman & was lost in bush at time of death. C/E.
BASHFORD, William II, b. 12.1835, son of William & Lucy, m. Jane STEVENSON b. 1839 d. 3.6.1905 (Dandaragan). Chd. William. Overseer, shepherd, Dandaragan 1868-82 employed by Brockman "Bulgamarra" (Midl. Adv. 14.6.1929).
BASHFORD, William III, son of William & Jane (nee Stevenson), m. 13.10.1894 Sarah Martha ROCK b. 16.5.1874 d. 18.2.1964 , dtr. of William & Emma. Pastoralist farmer, Dandaragan at "Carro". Sold to Wedge 1933.
References and Links
Gunning, F.W. 2020, A Shepherd of the Plains: the Life of William Bashford, Hesperian, Carlisle.
Fremantle mayor Brad Pettitt is descended from this Bashford family.
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