By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Winter 2001 and Revised 13 Sep 2011
Update of 1 Dec 2016: . This article has now been divided into 2 separate articles in our Winter 2016 newsletter. #1(iii), 3, 4, 5 and 6 go together in one article with the same title as this article, and #2 is the subject of a separate article entitled William Edward Prentice of Northamptonshire, England and Australa.
Update of 13 Sep 2011: Gail Parmar's email of 13 Sep 2011 advises that she is a descendant of William Edward Prentice of Australia, but that her William is not the William Edward Prentice who is #2 in our article, below. She describes a different marriage and line of descent for her William Edward Prentice. Accordingly, we have removed any references to Gail's line and have set out an article on Gail Parmar's line in our upcoming Prentice Newsletter:
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We are helping William Edward Prentice 1. William (middle name=Edward?) Prentice, perhaps b. c. 1790-1820. In 1854 he emigrated to Australia with his wife and 3 children. They disembarked at Port Fairy and travelled overland to Melbourne. Family tradition says that he was a 'free man' from Kent.
He m. Mary Wombell. Gail Parmar's email of 12 Sep 2011 relates that Mary was pregnant on the voyage out to Australia and that, sadly, her baby died nd was buried at Port Fairy, where they had disembarked. The name of this baby girl, Gail was told, was Evelyn Prentice. Other children of William and Mary per Gail Parmar:
Children:
2. William Edward Prentice II, b. c. 1825, Northamponshire, England, and d. 1887 in Fitzroyt, Victoria, Australia per Ancestry.com . He became a carpenter then a successful builder before severe arthritis ruined his life.
He m. Sarah Anne Roff on 17 Apr 1858, St. Georges Church. She was b. 1835 in Stow On The Wold, Gloucestershire, England, and d. 7 Sep 1891, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was the dau of Robert Roff (1798-1876) and Ann (1798-1887). Children, probably all born in Melbourne and Masons at a Lodge in inner Melbourne:
The cemetery was begun in March 1915 and used by units holding this sector until February 1918. At the Armistice it contained 335 burials but was then increased when graves were brought in from the battlefields south of Armentieres and from other cemeteries. Y Farm Military Cemetery now contains 820 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 284 of the burials are unidentified and special memorials commemorate one casualty believed to be buried in the cemetery and an Indian soldier known to have been buried in Marquillies Communal Cemetery German Extension whose grave could not be found. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
3. William Edward Prentice III, b. 1859, Melbourne or Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. We have conflicting information on his death and children:
Another source at
Ancestry.com says he d. 27 Nov 1916, Fitzroy, Victoria, and had the following children by
his wife, Helen Claringbold who he m. 14 Jun 1886, Fitzroy, Victoria:
4. William Edward Prentice IV was b. c. 1884, probably Melbourne, and d. c. 1936 while attending an athletics meet in which his son,William Edward Prentice IV was competing.
He m. Hilda Catherine Bromley from Ballarat. She was b. c. 17 Dec 1886 and was descended from a family who were among the earliest settlers in Geelong. Children:
5. William Edward Prentice V, b. 12 Sep 1916, Melbourne. He d. in 1991 at the age of 75. He m. Mavis Cecilia Pauling.
She was b. 4 Aug 1917He had 3 children, including:
6. William "Peter" Edward Prentice VI, b. 1952 in Melbourne. I2002 lived in Tweed Heads, NSW, and 2010 in Banora Point, NSW Australia. He has 2 or more children, including:
If you have any information about the folks mentioned in this article, please contact us at
dewald@prenticenet.com.
One source said he d. 1887, Melbourne, age 28 years. He had 1 or more children
by an unidentified wife, including:
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