CHILDREN OF JOSHUA & MARY ANN

    Edward
    Ellen Maria
    Joshua John
    Emma
    Amanda
    Arthur
    Edith
    Walter


Edward

Born 25 August, 1858 and registered at the Encounter Bay Registrar (Victor Harbor). Edward or Ted as he was known is said to have gone to New Guinea and worked there before returning to live in the Meningie area. What he did there is not known.

His occupation was a farmer and he lived near Meningie. Here he met his wife, Mary Malone (nee Roberts). Mary had been widowed and had several children when she married Edward. Date unknown as yet.

A short time before he became sick a Mr Battye from Victor Harbor visited him and told him his mother was dying and he had better come straight away if he wanted to see her. (2) Edward contracted tuberculosis and alter a long illness died in c 1917. He is buried in the Meningie cemetery in an unmarked grave.

Edward and Mary (Malone) had one child, a daughter Mary Ellen born 27 May 1904 at the station property called “Waringee”. This was not their property. They had a small farming property near Meningie. After Edward died Mary Ellen went to boarding school at Mount Barker, later worked at the telephone exchange in Adelaide where she met Vinrace Howie

Mary Jarvis married to Vinrace Wilton Howie in 1922 . Vinrace was a farmer from Willunga. After the end of WWI they and their children moved to Nerang and ran a dairy under the land scheme for returned service men. This was near Lake Alexandrina.

Their children were :

Joan born 1923 married Nick Haskett 20 May 1944 and they had 5 children:
Monica Joan b 12/1/1945
Mary Bernadette b 29/10/1947
Anthony James b 25/3/1953
Claire Margaret b 17/11/1955
Peter Damien b 21/5/1959

Ron b 1929 married Mary . They had 4 children :
Mary Terese
Bernard John
Gerard Brenton Paul

Denise b married Pat Francis McNamara and they had 4 children :
Angela
Paul
Catherine
Bernard

Ellen Maria

Born 14 September, 1860 registered at Sheoak Hills Registrar.
Above record shows she married John Mackerell Phillips on 5/10/1877.
(2)This was relayed to Joan Haskett by her mother, daughter of Edward.

Joshua John

Born 19 August, 1862 at Bald Hills, died 1885 at Encounter Bay.

Emma

Born 31 December 1864 registered at Encounter Bay Registrar. Married Harry Duell a dairy farmer and they lived near Salisbury. They had one daughter Gertrude Claire. Gertrude married Jack Carlier and they had a son Robert.

Amanda

Born 9 January 1867 at Yankalilla. Amanda Jarvis married a Harry Smart. No more information on this person.

Arthur

Born 20 November 1868 at Inman Valley - died 16 September, 1946 at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide. Buried at West Terrace cemetery. They had 6 children (Details of children in chapter

Edith Jervis

Born 3 August, 1879 at Inman Valley. This is obviously a mistake in the spelling of the family name JARVIS. Father was named Joshua and mother Mary Ann Barrett. Entry - Book no. 87 on page 148. No marriage.

Walter

Born 4 Jan 1877 at Jamestown - was only 7 months old when his father Joshua was accidentally killed - died 11 November 1969 at Victor Harbor. Recollection of Walter by Eunice Jarvis was that he was a happy soul who only put in his false teeth when he went out and wanted to look respectable. He was a farmer and married Adelaide Matilda Polkinghome born on 17 Oct 1873 at Yankalilla. They had six children :

Edith Maude born 2 June 1894 Yankalilla
married Sydney Millard and they had 5 Children :
Kevin, Lindsay, Rita, Allan & Margaret.

Basil Clarence born 9 Aug 1896 Inman Valley died 1976 Victor Harbor
Married Elizabeth McCallum 1927. Children :
Cora, Audrey, Heather, Matthew

Florence May born 1898 Inman Valley
married Heimich Williams 1923

Frances Pearl born 9 Sep 1900 Yankalilla

Ethel Gladys born 1902 Inman Valley

Sydney George born 1905 Inman Valley