Denniss

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NameDennissDescriptionRichard Denniss was born in 1810, Kent, England to Adam and Margaret Denniss (nee Bourne)

In 1831, Richard married Sarah Gillett, daughter of Thomas and Susannah (nee Mackett).

Richard and Sarah arrived in Australia in 1838 with their youngest children aboard 'The Westminster', the same ship that brought to Thomas family to the Marshall Mount area. Also aboard the ship was Richard’s brother William Denniss, his wife, and family.

According to Bert Weston of Albion Park, Richard and Sarah sailed to Wollongong in the small sailing ship 'William the Fourth', and rode in a dray to Marshall Mount, where they took up farming at ‘Gate Farm’.

Richard and Sarah Denniss had;

Sarah b.1832 (married Lionel Hurry, died 1925, Albion Park)
William Adam b.1833 (married Sarah Nesbitt Parkinson, died 1923, Marshall Mount)
Rachel 1835
Ruth b.1837 (married Edmund Sawtell, died 1903, QLD)
Rueben b.1840 (married Ann Bailey, died 1879, Gulgong)
Jacob b. 1841 (married Mary Green, died 1895, Wollongong)
Naomi b.1843 (married Stephen Katte, died 1927, Fivedock)
Rachel b.1845 (married Andrew Moore, died 1926, Manly)
William Seth b.1847 (married Elizabeth Bond, died 1879, Balmain)
Abraham b.1851 (married Naomi Green, died 1918, Tacoma)
Andrew b.1851 (married Hannah Nixon, died Lake Illawarra)
George b.1854 (married Rose Smith, died 1935, Marrickville)
Jeffrey b.1855 (married Jessie Hardaker, died 1932, Canterbury)
Alfred b.1857 (married Jane Evans, died 1929, Dulwich Hill)

Son, William ‘Adam’ Denniss married Sarah Parkinson and they farmed on part of the Weston estate. Their slab cottage was named ‘Goldena Cottage’.

Daughter Sarah Denniss married Lionel Hurry and they lived at ‘Vine Cottage’ Albion Park.

In 1978, Bert Weston of Albion Park wrote his recollections of ‘The Denniss Family of Marshall Mount’. His memories are recorded in the document below.

The book 'Nineteenth Century Dapto' by WG McDonald (document below), gives the history of the Denniss family and a description of Adam Denniss' home.

External LinkAbraham Denniss 1918Abraham Denniss A Tribute by W Ross 1918Death Sarah Denniss 1883The Late WA Denniss 1923Death of Mr HW Denniss 1930Late Miss R Denniss 1941Late Miss R Denniss 1941Ada N Denniss 1941Personal Miss AM Denniss 1942Marshall Mount Nonagenarian 1947Obituary EH Denniss 194690 Years of Age 1947Pioneer's Death Recalls Early Illawarra History 1950

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The Denniss Family home at Marshall Mount, c.1880.

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CollectionFamiliesFamilySawtellHurryThomasGreenLocalityMarshall MountAlbion ParkPersonSawtell, AlfredHurry, SarahPlaceVine Cottage

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