Fleet

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NameFleetDescriptionJohn Fleet was born c.1825 Buckinghamshire, England. He arrived in Australia aged 33, aboard ‘Asiatic’, in 1855.

Five years later, he married Anna Maria ‘Hannah’ Slusher at Kiama.

Anna was the daughter of William and Annie Mary Schlosser (nee Artzell), who anglicised their name to Slusher. The Slusher’s were from Bavaria, Germany, and farmed at Albion Park.

John and Hannah Fleet had several children;

Mary Ann b.1862 (married Henry James Cole)
Barbara b.1865 (married Benjamin Carpenter)
Elizabeth b.1867 (married Walter Cole)
John b.1869
George b.1872 (married Mary Anne Greenland)
Margaret Theresa b.1873 (married William Parkhill and Carlino Foglietta)
Annie b.1875 (married Ernest Meredith)
Florence b.1882 (married Martin O’Keefe)
Harriett b.1882 (married John Carew)
Selina b.1882 (married Alfred Keevers)

George married Mary Anne Greenland and they had four children; James, Blanche, Marie and Veronica. They farmed at 'Green Valleys', presumably named after Mary Anne's family, from about the 1920's.

Their son, James Fleet was rescued from flood waters at Yallah by Henry and William Green in 1925, when he 19 years old.

Daughter Blanche married Stanley Mattinson, a WWI veteran who was severely wounded. Stan never fully recovered from his injuries, though he was engaged in dairy farming at Tongarra.

Blanche and Stan farmed 'Green Valleys', after her parents moved to 'Beechgrove' at Yallah in 1923.

Blanche and Stan's daughter, Gwendoline, married Sydney Louis Haertsch in 1944, at Albion Park. Their son, Peter, is a leading Australian plastic surgeon and was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2003 for his work treating the Bali bombing burn victims. Dr Haertsch treated Turia Pitt for her burns, at Concord Hospital.

External LinkUnclaimed Letters 1873John Fleet Benefit Jamberoo 1873Death Fleet 1875Marriage Fleet - Mattison 1924Wedding Heininger - Fleet 1929Wedding Fleet - Heininger 192920 Pounds Stoles A Tongarra Case 1939Obituary Mr George Fleet 71 Years 1942Obituary Mrs Walter Cole 1933Obituary Mrs Mary Anne Fleet 1948Death Mary Ann Fleet 1948Burns surgeon Peter Haertsch honoured

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'Green Valleys' the Fleet family home at Tongarra, c.1985.

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CollectionFamiliesFamilyMattinsonHaerstschSlusherLocalityTongarraPersonHeininger, ConradPlaceGreen ValleysRelated ItemChimney of the Fleet's house 'Green Valley'Water tank at Jim Fleet's home 'Green Valley'Jim Fleet's home 'Green Valley'Eastern side of Jim Fleet's house 'Green Valley'The Fleet Family home, Albion Park

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