Westbrook Family
Westbrook, James (GGGGGgf)
m Ann ? at St Mary's, Rotherhithe, London 1746 (GGGGGgm)
1 James 12mar1749 St Mary's Rotherhithe
2 Thomas 14oct1750 St Mary's Rotherhithe
3 William 15mar175? St Mary's Rotherhithe
4 Samuel 29dec1754 St Mary's Rotherhithe
5 Mary or Margaret 1may1755 St Mary's Rotherhithe
6 Henry 27aug1756 St Mary's Rotherhithe (see below)
7 Sarah 14sep1760 St Mary's Rotherhithe
6 Henry (GGGGgf)
m Sarah ? (b ~1750) (GGGGgm)
Sarah arrived VDL on "Hope", 29apr1827 [Colonial Times 4may1827]
d died 9may1836 [HTC13may1836] in Van Diemens Land
buried 13may1836 aged 85
1 Ann bap 1781 St Mary's Rotherhithe, London
2 Sarah bap 1782 St Mary's Rotherhithe, London
3 Mary Taylor 7mar1784 St Mary's Rotherhithe [IGI, London]
4 Sally bap 1788 St Mary's Rotherhithe, London
5 James Henry bap 16may1790 St Mary's Rotherhithe, (see below)
6 Margaret bap 1792 St Mary's Rotherhithe, London
7 Samuel bap 31aug1795 (see below) St Mary's Rotherhithe, London
4 James Henry bap 16may1790 (GGGgf)
Baptised St Mary's, Rotherhithe, London
21Apr1820, arrived VDL on "Saracen" (Captain Kent, 300 tons) with
wife, Elizabeth and infant. [HTG 29apr1820]
2may1820 Letter from Lieut-Gov Sorrell to Gov Macquarie 2 May 1820
Notifying arrival of J.Westbrook (surgeon) with wife and infant
per "Saracen", and request of permission to land and remain.
"Has no letter from ?? but states that he forwarded applic.
to your Exc'y per "Saracen". [HRA III/III p17]
3jun1820 Letter from Lieut-Gov Sorrell to Gov Macquarie
recommending Mr Westbrook be appointed 2nd assistant
surgeon and that he is skilled in his profession.
[HRA III/III p35]
1820 Allocated a seat in St David's CHurch, in letter from
Lieut Sorrell to ?? Bigge, suggesting allocation of pews
in the newly-completed St Davis's Church, BAttery Point.
[HRA III/III p681]
1820 Recieved a grant of 500 acres at Alan Rivulet,
in Macquarie Plains district.
1821-36 surgeon, Hobart Town
1823 foundation subscriber to the VDL Bank, established with a
capital of 40000 Spanish dollars [HRA, Series 3,Vol 6,p352-6]
1826 Residence Collins St [HTG 16jun1826]
1827 Signatory to a request for the repeal of the press licencing act
[HRA III/VI p352-6]
1829 Described as "gentleman of fair complection, good stature,
middle age, very slightly marked by the smallpox, wearing
his hair, which was of a light colour, flat and straight
at the sides, pushed up the front in the shape of a cone -
His manner and style were remarkably mild and complacent -
very attentive to the wants of those around him - particularly
the ladies." [The Hermit of Van Diemen's Land, Henry Savery
pp 83-84 14aug1829]
1831/33 Surgeon, &c Collins St. [Tasmanian Almanac 1833]
1833 Freemason :Br JH Westbrook, Provincial Grand Lodge
Master and Warden Tasmanian Lodge 313 [Tasmanian Almanac 1833]
1836 Applied foradditional grant of 60 acres at Sandy Bay.
In application he said previous grant in Macquarie district
sold, 2 crippling accidents and need to provide for wife
and 8 children. [CSO1/362/8316, 8oct1836]
Application refused [GO 1/43/p 26-27]
1836 Moved from corner Murray and Collins St to 70 Murray St
near the infants school [HTC 10dec1836]
m Elizabeth Chapel (married in England 1818) (GGGgm)
Returned to Hobart after death of James in Sydney,
per "Marion Watson" dec1839
d [tasd 1869 7888] 10jun1869 d Liverpool St, b England,
75 years, surgeon's widow, apoplexy and paralysis.
[mercury 12jun1869]
d Sydney 10oct1839 (6oct)
1 Mary Ann born 29sep1817, died London 1818
2 James Samuel b London ~nov1819
d 14feb1821 (Knopwood) [tasd 1821 478]
buried 15feb1821, age 1year 4 months, free
3 Eliza Harriet b 12Apr1821 ??
Eliza b 9Dec1821 bap 13dec1821 [tasbap 1821 1065] Rev Bedford
Eliza Harriet baptised again 22feb1828 [tasbap 1828 2571]
1842 2nd organist of Holy Trinity Church, Hobart
d 8sep1898
4 Joshua Henry b 12Apr1823 bap 15apr1823 [tasbap 1823 1428]
1857 Campbell St, Gentleman
1859 householder Campbell St [Hobart Town Almanac 1859]
1860 banker
1862 Manager, Bank of Australasia
m Elizabeth Ann Norman of Sorrell, 18jan1856
d 12dec1896
1 Joshua James (James) [tasbap 1857 5072] 2sep1856 Holy Trinity
2 Lily Louise [tasb 1858 1999] oct1858
3 Mary [tasb Launc 1860 483] 18nov (m Genders)
4 Dora
5 Claude Hassel b St Leonards 1866
m 1892 Miss Stutterd, 2 children
6 Russel
5 Richard Talbot b 1nov1824
1856-7 cashier Bank of NSW, New Town Road
1859 householder Elizabeth St [Hobart Town Almanac 1859]
1862 Cashier bank of VDL, Elizabeth St
1867-72 Holebrook Place
1867-72 Cashier bank of VDL, res Holebrook Place
1875 JP and Manager Bank of VDL (at Maffra), Macquarie St
m Louisa Sophia Mason 20dec1853
(b 24may1834 dau of Horatio William Mason, surgeon)
d 11aug1900
1 Walter Horatio, born 16jan1855, d 1877 [Family Bible]
1867 Hutchins #694
2 Louisa Amelia (Amy) 23may1856 @St Davids [tasbap 1856 4807]
3 Richard Talbot 25sep1857 St Davids [tasbap 1857 5058]
1868 Hutchins #708
4 Henry Albert Edward 24jul1859 St Davids [tasbap 1859 5417]
1872 Hutchins #774
m Hannah Lord Westbrook (born 1863) m 12jan1886 [Family Bible]
1 Gordon Alan b 23jan1887 [Family Bible]
m Vivien M W McGough 10dec1909
2 Doris Lord b 17sep1888 [Family Bible] [tasb 1889 753]
3 Rita Constance b 28may1894 [Family Bible]
5 Frank Ernest b 31dec1860 [tasb 1861 4072]
d 4dec1862? (on birthday card 1888)
6 Herbert Alfred b 5sep1862 [tasb 1862 5547]
d [tasd 1863 3956]
7 Maria Margaret (Maria Margetts in Family Bible)
d Davey St, b Davey St, 6 months, [tasd 1864 4522]
cashier Bank VDL's child, pneumonia
8 Arthur Percy b 27dec1864 [Family Bible]
9 Horace Leslie b 30apr1866
10 Emily Isabel b 3jun1867 [tasb 1867 9375]
d [tasd 1868 7463] d Holbrook Place, 14 months,
child of cashier bank VDL, bronchitis.
11 George Charles b 6jun1869 [tasb 1869 382] [Family Bible]
m Alice Maud Tofft (born 11feb1872)
d 2jan1904 [Tas mail ]
1 Neil George b 16jul1905
12 Ellen Grace (Nellie) b 1jul1871 [Family Bible]
13 Charles Vivian b 15feb1872 [Family Bible]
[tasbaptised 1873 6386]
14 Flora b 23dec1874 [Family Bible]
15 ? [tasb 1875 977]
6 Sarah Ann b 8jun1826 [Family Bible] (GGgm)
m Henry Armstrong Westbrook, her cousin (see below) (GGgf)
d 24aug1904
7 Walter Horatio b 21Nov1827 bap 26nov1828 [tasbap 2699]
1855 gentleman, Charles St.
1856-7 manager Commercial Bank, Launceston
m Virginia Susan Lord 10nov1853
d 3jan1897
1 Walter Percy b St Leonards [tasb Launc 1855 474]
(Walter Herbert in OA notes)
Worked with WTBell and co
d Launceston 1942 aged 80
1 Percy
2 Harold
3 Jack
4 Eileen (unmarried)
5 Dyllis m Emmett
2 Elizabeth Susan [tasbap 1856 4908] St Johns Launceston
3 Frances Henry [tasb Launc 1857 856]
0?? Emily, Herbert?
0 Thomas J
0 Cecil
0 Maude
0 Lilian
7 Samuel William b 4apr1830 [tasbab 1830 3358], Bedford
1855-75 Solicitor, 28 Macquarie St
1859 householder 26 Macquarie St [Hobart Town Almanac 1859]
1859 Barristers, Solicitors and Attourneys,
[Hobart Town Almanac]
1859 "Westbrook and Butler", Solicitors
1877-82 Macquarie St
m Frances (Fanny) Aldridge Rumney [tasm 1861 4740]20dec1853
d 1905
d 12dec1900
1 Frances (Frank)
m Frances Ann Elizabeth [tasm 1873 639]
0 ????Frances Eliza [tasb 1855 1739] 23jan1855 !!!!
0 Frank [Eliza's birthday card, 1888]
0 Bertie [Eliza's birthday card, 1888]
0 Claude [Eliza's birthday card, 1888]
0 Ida [Eliza's birthday card, 1888]
0 Harold [Eliza's birthday card, 1888]
2 Alethia Isabel [tasb 1859 2163] 1jan1859 "Tiny"?
m ? Cook [tasm 1884 493]
1 Alfred Cook
2 Eric Cook
3 Enid Cook
4 Irene Cook
3 Ethelie Eugenia [tasb 1861 4740] b 16oct1861 "Tiny"?
4 George Tasman [tasb 1863 6374]
d [tasd 1864 4275] d Macquarie St, 5 months,
solicitors child, convulsions from intestinal infection.
5 Rowland William Theodore b 8apr1866
1877 Hutchins #891
6 Wilfred Samuel [tasb 1868 10194] b 26jun1868 (16jun?)
1881 Hutchins #1018
7 ?? [tasb 1872 2379] b 1mar1872 (perhaps
8 Irene Beatrice [tasb 1875 1643] b 17nov1643
8 Thomas b 18sep1832 bap 14oct1832 (Bedford) [tasbap 1832 4342]
1857/1 Auctioneer, Patrick St
1859 householder 4 Patrick St [Hobart Town Almanac
1859 Auctioneers:Brent and Westbrook, 54 Murray St
[VDL Almanac 1859 ]
1863-4 auctioneer, Davey St
1878 Collins St,
1877-84 "Roseville", Kangaroo Point
1914 Several member of the family mentioned in
"Book of Rememberance", by Minnie Rousell
m Elizabeth Ann Lindley oct1856 at Jerico
d 27jun1857
m Fanny Elizabeth Lempriere apr1859 [tasm 1859 114]
d 13sep1900
1 Thomas William 23jun1857 [tasb 1857 522]
inf:uncle SW Westbrook, Macquarie St
1 Lucy Charlotte 1mar1860 [tasb 1860 3244]
m [tasm 1884 207] (Benson)
1 Beryl Benson [Eliza's birthday card, 1888]
2 David Benson [Eliza's birthday card, 1888]
3 Gerald Benson [Eliza's birthday card, 1888]
2 Thomas Lempriere 19May1861 [tasb 1861 4283]
1878 Hutchins #908
1891 "Lineda", Sandy Bay
1893 "Lineda", Bellerieve
m ? Martin
1 Harold Lempriere, b 31mar1877
1891 Hutchins #1388
2 Cyril Lempriere, b 8dec1881
1893 Hutchins #1467
3 Ernest [tasb 1863 5827] b 16feb1863
[tasd 1863 3956] d Macquarie St, 4 months 9 days,
auctioneer's child, bronchitis, chronic form.
4 Elsie Caroline (Elise?) [tasb 1864 7250] b 8oct1864
5 Charles Patterson, b 25aug1866
1877 Hutchins #875 , died 1891
6 Hedley, b 19oct1868 (m Abbott)
1879 Hutchins #970
7 Laura (m Belstead)
8 Percy Norman, b 5aug1872 (twin)
1884 Hutchins #1126
9 Montague George, b 5may1874
1884 Hutchins #1127 , (m Smith)
10 Harold Cyril (m Morton, 1907)
11 Hilda
12 Cyril ? [Eliza's Birthday card, 1888]
9 John Bowen b 6aug1834 bap6aug1834 [tasbap 1834 5331]
d [tasburial 1835 3885]
10 George Corney (Corney) b 16oct1836 bap16nov1836 [tasbap 1836 6864]
1859 householder 185 Elizabeth St [Hobart Town Almanac 1859]
1860-4 auctioneer, Campbell St
1865 auctioneer, Liverpool St
m Harriet Ann Cottrell [tasm 1858 170] 24may1858
d [tasd 1861 2927] 11aug1861 d Campbell St, b tas
22 years, auctioneer's wife, scerofillia asthma
m Fanny Rosina Randall [tasm 1864 248]
d [tasd 1866 6376] d Liverpool St, 23 years, consumption.
d 3may1885 Barrack Square, 48 years,
auctioneer,desease of the heart. [tasd 1885 2374]
1 Edith Harriet [tasb 1859 2605]
m 6aug1879 Giblin [tasm 1879 479]
1 G...llian Giblin [Eliza's birthday card, 1888]
2 Trevor Giblin [Eliza's birthday card, 1888]
3 Gladys Giblin [Eliza's birthday card, 1888]
4 Leonard Giblin [Eliza's birthday card, 1888]
2 George Cotterell (Cotrell) [tasb 1860/1 3915] Nov 6
d [tasd 1862 3188] 11feb1862 , d Macquarie St,
b Campbell St, 15 months, auctioneer's child.
3 Florence Isabel [tasb 1865 7948] b 17jun1865
m ? Westwood
1 ?
Hobart, St Davids Church, "Inscriptions in Stone"
St Davids Burial Ground 1800-1872 [920.996/1 Mitchell]
Headstone no longer in Burial Ground.
Harriet (Hariette) Westbrook
the beloved wife of George C. Westbrook
departed this life 11th Aug 1861 age 22 years 6 months, also
George Cottrell Westbrook, son of the above, died Feby 1862
(buried 13Feb) age 1 year 6 months, also
Fanny Rosina Westbrook, died Aug 14th.
6 Samuel b aug1795 (GGGgf)
Baptised St Mary's , Rotherhithe, London 31aug1795
Arrived VDL with wife and 3 children on "Calista", 24oct1829
[HTC 31oct1829]
1830 jan Applied for allotment in Launceston
1836 surgeon, Hobart Town (Rev Bedford)
1845, M.O.Police, Sorell
20aug1845-52 Medical Officer to Police Watchhouses
and goals, Prosser Plains
1854 JP, Sorrell
1866 169 Macquarie St, Hobart
m Mary Margaret ?, b ~1799 (GGGgm)
died 15aug1853,
buried 22aug1853 at ST George's Church, Sorrell
"In memory of Mary Margaret, the beloved wife of
Samuel Westbrook, surgeon of this parish,
who died August 1853 aged 54 years"
d died 2mar1866, buried 6mar1866[tasd 1866 6099]
died Macquarie st, b England, 71 years, surgeon, age and infirmity
1 Margaret Sarah b~1822 in England
m 17feb1847 Rev Samuel Berjew Fooks in Prosser Plains
Rector St Lukes Anglican Church, Richmond
d Impression Bay, Tasman Peninsular June 1854, aged 32
1 Henry Samuel Cox Fooks
1 Eric Fooks , youngest of many
1 Clare Fooks
2 Roma Fooks
3 Barbara Fooks
m Davis
1 John, of Palmagdena, Sorell
4 Fay Fooks
2 Mary Fooks
3 Amy Fooks
4 Kate Louisa Fooks b Oct 1853, d Feb1854
2Henry Armstrong, ~1825/27 in England (GGgf)
1853 Master "Brightmlan", barque of 383 tons, trading to
Melbourne and Singapore.
1864 Master Mariner
1867 Esq, 287 Liverpool St
1887 (1877)Landing Waiter, Customs Dept, and Tide Surveyor
m Sarah Ann Westbrook 7nov1854(Cousin, see above) (GGgm)
at Holy Trinity Church
d [tasd 1893 149] 25jan d Battery Point
born Tasmania, age 67, master mariner, cancer of penis.
1 Harry Joshua b 8sep1856
Hutchins 1867 #695
m ~
1 Nita
2 Jean m Walter Churches
3 Stanley m ? Peters
2 Eliza Harriet (Lizzie) b 22sep1859
m Rev Robert Fraser
1 Don Fraser
2 Muriel Frazer
3 Eva Fraser
4 Ruth Fraser
5 Hannah Fraser
3 Mary Margaret b 22Jun1864 [tasb 1864 6997] (Ggm)
Informant friend ? Westbrook
m [tasm 1883 379]
groom: Arthur Denison Watchorn(above 21, barrister) (Ggf)
4Sep1883 Tas,Hobart, St Andrews [IGI M310111 1009]
Presbyterian Church, witnesses:Cecil Allport,James F Young
d died 26 July 1942 aged 78 years [CBC Watchorn 2 grave]
3 James Horatio b 26jun1829 in England
bap 29sep1836 [tasbap 1836 6837]
1857 farmer
1860 butcher
m Margaret Bacon m 8apr1853
d 3aug ??
1 Martha Mary [tasb Campbell Town 1857 208] 28oct
2 Louisa M. [tasb Campbell Town 1860 660] 17nov
4 Samuel John b 29nov1832 bap 29sep1836 [tasbap 1836 6838]
seaman then mariner, Argyle St, South St
m Jane Sangwell, 12may1862, signs X, in house of Thomas Drury,
Steam Packet Tavern [tasm 1862 221]
d 30jan1914 in Sydney
1872 lightkeeper, Swan Island
d 18may1877 (age given 40)
1 Alfred Edmund [tasb 1862 5377] b 5jul1861
2 Ernest William [tasb 1864 7250] b 8oct1864
seaman, bachelor, d [tasd 1864 4275]
3 Lucy Margaret [tasb 1865 7948] b 17jun1865
m 21apr1887 Laurence Thompson
d 19aug1942
4 Lillian Downward b 12jan1870,
bap Swan Island [tasbaptised 1872 6340]
m Sextop (alias O'Flaherty)
5 Ada Jessie b 5nov1871 bap Swan Island 1872
m Bert Wigg
6 Charles Henry b 10jul1874 [tasb 1874 586] bachelor
7 Samuel John b 1877, d 1879
6 Harry Fooks (Fookes) 30sep1844 [tasbap 1845 2573]
(Harry Edmund in Rae Strong's notes)
m [tasm 1869 34]
1 Margaret m Rigney
Other Tasmanian Westbrooks
Westbrook, Emma b ~1811
m William Cozens, age 35, free, chemist
[tasm 1111 1841]
age 29, free, spinster
21st Jan 1841 in George Town, Uniting Church of Engl&Irel
Witnesses: George Wilson, WH Browne (minister)
arrived Tas in "Boadicia" 1836 aged 19. ??
Westbrook, Jonathon
Trial:Winchester 1843, life,
arrived 1826 "Blundell", to Norfolk Island 1844,
hired by S Petchey, Kangaroo Pt. PRO 76 (~1845-1847)
Westbrook, Edward [tasd x] Sept d Cascade Invalid Depot, age 75 years,
pauper, serilis.
Westbrook, Margaret [baptised 1878 6601]
?? d [tasd 1864 4522]
Westbrook, Samuel James [tasm 1884 660]
Hutchins School Register
1922 2547 Westbrook, Norman Owen b 26dec1908
1927 2817 Westbrook, Bruce Lempriere b 18may1912
Mr G Westbrook, "Bona Vista", Queenstown
NSW Westbrooks
Westbrook, William
Irish Convict, Convicted London 1808, sentence 7 years.
Off store.
Ship 'Guildford', master Johnson.
Westbrook, James A22273 General Muster of Land and Stock NSW 1822
Westbrook, Mary (born 1804)
Convict in NSW, 1837 age 28, 27072
arrived: 'Buffalo',1832, lives Windsor 1837
Westbrook, Samuel (born 1819)
Convict in NSW, 1837 age 18, 27074
Arrived: 'Lady Nugent', lives Camden 1837
NSW Unassisted Passages
Passengers arriving 1826-53 (Card Index AONSW)
Westbrook, Mrs "Elizabeth" 7/4/1827 COD20
Westbrook, Captain "Medway" 9/10/1839 COD37
NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages
Marriages pre 1856
Westbrook - nothing useful
Births pre-1856
Westbrook, James and Elizabeth had many children between 1815 and 1830
However none relevant to Hobart.
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