Pether Family

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William Thomas Pether was born in 1809 in Crowley, Oxford, England. He married Elizabeth Howse from Baldon, Oxford (born 1817). They moved to Western Australia in 1838 with their first child (3 more being born in Perth).

1. Sophia married Thomas Fruin
2. Richard William married Elizabeth Birch
3. Eliza died as a child
4. Henry married Rebecca Hall (see Hall Family) (4 children)

In 1841 William was employed as a carpenter and in March that year contracted to repair Government House. He died in April 1844 of typhus aged 34. It is believed Elizabeth then took the 2 boys (not sure about Sophia) back to England for their education. Both boys later returned (Richard to Perth and Henry to Adelaide) as printers.

Mine is the family of Henry Pether and Rebecca Hall. Henry established the first newspaper in Burra before dying at just 43 leaving Rebecca and their 4 children to move back to Norwood and the Hall family.

The Pether family of Crowley is well documentented (although all information is welcome). I have details back to John Pether, born 7 Oct 1681 who married a Mary Dickens. John's father was another John and is mother is unknown.

I would particularly like information on William's mother, Ann Russell and her parents. I would also like any information on Elizabeth Pether (nee Howse) and her parents. Where did she go when she went back to England. Where were the boys, Richard and Henry, schooled?