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The McConachy Clan
Wesley Anderson Family
Edward Piper Family
ONE MANS FAMILY
Thomas McConachy, took unto himself a wife, Margaret McComb in 1813. That one man’s family now consists of a family of over 10,000, including descendants and their spouses.
Both Thomas and Margaret were honoured by having descendants name after them. Of their grandchildren, five were named Thomas and eight were named Margaret. It is little wonder that they were often known by a descriptive term prefixing their name, life Big Tom, Tall Tom, Skinny Tom, and Old Tom.
Four places bear the McConachy name. McConachy Street in Winchelsea,
McConachy’s Road at Patho,
McConachy Road at Three Bridges
McConachy’s Road at Henty, Victoria
Edward Piper Family
Wesley Anderson Family
Edward Piper Family
THE PIPER FAMILY FROM CERES
James Piper was an early colonist, having arrived in Melbourne on July 30, 1841. He is said to have worked for a time as a produce merchant’s assistant in the village.
James was a native of Devonshire, a county which was subsequently to provide many settlers for the Barrabool Hills area, notably the Walters, Chings and some of the Heards. There is some evidence to suggest that the Pipers, Walters and Chings had already intermarried in earlier generations, and it may well be that the success of James in the colony overseas influenced some members to try their luck in the Geelong area.
John Piper, born in 1785, died at Bradworthy, Devon in 1865, and James, his son, was born there in 1819. So, it is likely that James was about 20 when he set sail for Melbourne.
James and Elizabeth probably married shortly after their arrival and the two eldest sons were born in Melbourne.
The Barrabool Hills had been surveyed and sold in 1840, and most of it was held by Charles McLachlan (Barrabool area) Swanston and Willis (Merrawarp Rd & Valley)
William Robertson (Ceres-Highton).
Wesley Anderson Family
Wesley Anderson Family
Wesley Anderson Family
The beginnings of the Anderson family in Australia.
Wesley Anderson was born in 1820, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Zebedee Anderson, was 29 and his mother, Mary Parmelia Billingsley, was 29.
He married Sarah Jane Clark on 25 April 1840, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 4 September 1859, in Winchelsea, Victoria, Australia.