Blight and Bray Families

Researching:
James William Blight was born in 1850 in St Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands, England. He immigrated to Australia (first to Victoria then South Australia) in 1871. In 1874 he married Mary Ann Marks (born 1855 in Adelaide - daughter of Henry Marks and Mary Ann Reynolds).

1. William Henry married Horeuce J Williams (?)
2. Samuel John married Augusta Amelia Baum (4 children died 1906), Clara Symons (4 children), Charlotte Amber, Bett (?)
3. James married Jane Curtis (3 children)
4. John died as an infant
5. Alma died as an infant
6. Eva married a Whitcombe (2 children)
7. John died as an infant
8. Matthew married Edith Evans (8 children)
9. Olive married Walter Griffin (1 child)
10. Herbert died as an infant

James became a publican (the same occupation as his father in law) and worked at Callington, Kanmantoo, Nairne and Broken Hill in hotels supporting the mining industry. He died at 40 in Broken Hill. Mary Ann later married Clarence James Bray in Broken Hill.

Mine is the family of Samuel John and Augusta Anna Baum. Their sole surviving daughter (Alma Ameilia) was my grandfather.

I welcome any information, but particularly information on:

• James William Blight prior to his arrival in South Australia (his father was William and his mother unknown)
• Mary Ann's grandparents are also unknown (parents were Henry Marks and Mary Ann Reynolds - both were in Adelaide before 1855)

Baum Family

Researching:
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Baum (born 24 Dec 1799, Lautenthal, Prussia - died 13 Jul 1858, Dog Trap Farm) and wife Johanne Christiane Friederick nee Hartmann (born 31 May 1803, Prussia - died 8 Jun 1888 Forest Range)

Left Bremen on 25 Oct 1848 on The George Washington and arrived in Adelaide on 2 Mar 1849 with their 4 children. Settled at Callington farming and mining.

1. Carl Heinrich Wilhelm married Mathilde Caroline Augusta Grimm (8 children)
2. August Wilhelm Philip married Johanna Dorothea Thiele (7 children) and then Anna Augusta Braendler (9 children)
3. Ludewig Johan Wilhelm married Louise Matilde Marks (10 children)
4. Louise Wilhemine Charlotte married Ernst August Wilhelm Grimm (1 child)

Mine is the family of August Wilhelm Philip and Johanna Dorothea [Thiele] - buried at Callington. Family names in this group include Blight, Trevenen, Copeland, Martin, Green, Bartholomew.
Family names from the second family of August with Anna [Braendler] include Gower, Sedgley, Brock. August and Anna moved from Monarto to Forest Range (Broom Hall) and later to Maylands. They are buried at Collinswood.

Family names in Germany include Baum, Hartmann, Kohler, Warlisch, Riemann and Jaacksch.

I would be happy to talk with anyone with information about the German families or any of the descendents, in particular descendents of August Wilhelm Philip and Johanna Dorothea.


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