NameBonserDescriptionGeorge Bonser married Kezia Gillard in 1861 and farmed at Peterborough and Croom.
In 1921, their son Edwin, and daughter, Ida Ann (Annie), purchased 189 acres on the Oak Flats Estate and built 'Yovelton', a timber home.
The house was named after her mother's village, Yeovilton, in Somerset, England.
Edwin died in 1947. Ida ran the farm until 1950, then leased it until her death in 1968.
The property was acquired by Shellharbour Council and renovated in 1984.
Lillian Bonser married Nicholas Aron Martin at Shellharbour in 1903. Nicholas' first wife Catherine Toohey died 1899. The couple had 17 children. Nicholas and Lillian had eight children.