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NameSawtellDescriptionAnn Downtown was b.1799 to Harrison and Mary Downtown (nee Nutt) at Somersetshire, England. In 1824, she married Edmund Sawtell, son of Edmund and Mary (nee Marshall).

Ann and Edmund had several children;

Mary Ann b.1824 (married Albert Sawtell, England, died 1906, Rosebank, NSW)
Frederick b.1824 (married Ann Travis, died 1892, Somerset, ENG)
Thomas b.1826 (died 1847, Somerset ENG)
Adelaide Martha b.1831 (married George Hayes, died 1911, Lismore, NSW)
Maria b.1833 (died 1847, Somerset ENG)
Edmund b.1835 (married Ruth Denniss, died 1909, QLD)
Eliza b.1837 (died 1857, Wollongong)
Elizabeth Jane b.1840 (married James Rogan, died 1921, Albion Park, NSW)
Edward b.1844 (married Caroline Amelia Rogan, Hannah Hazelton, Martha Baker, Emma Baker, died Albion Park 1927)

In 1847 Typhus Fever swept through the family. Maria 13 years old, died 13 March, Father Edmund 47 years old, died 3 April, and Thomas age 21 years, died 10 April.

Mary Ann and her husband Albert Sawtell were the first to arrive in Australia aboard ‘Victoria’ in 1849. Mary Ann was 25 and albert 23 years. They had no relatives in the colony.

Six years later, in 1855, mother Ann age 50, decided to make the voyage aboard ‘Queen of England’ with children;

Edmund age 20
Eliza age 16
Elizabeth 14
Edward 14

Married daughter Adelaide 32, also came on this ship, with her husband George Hayes, and their one-year-old daughter Abie Maria.

The family settled in the Albion Park/Tullimbar area.

Edmund Jnr and Ruth Sawtell’s son, Alfred Edmund b.1861, Margaret Falloon, daughter of Samuel and Annie Falloon. They farmed at 'Lake View', Tongarra, where his parents Edmund and Ruth, had farmed before him.

Alfred and Margaret’s three children were all born at 'Lake View' farm, and attended Tongarra School which once stood near the foot of Macquarie Pass.

Leslie Edmund b.1888 (married Eva Jane Queenie McIntosh, died 1948, Victoria)
Bessie b.1891 (married James Liddell Aitken, died 1960, Kiama)
Jane b.1895 (died 1967, Kiama)

Alfred purchased 'Riversford' at Tullimbar and entered the milk trade. The family moved into the new home he built on the farm.

Margaret died in 1939 and Alfred in 1941, and both are buried at the Albion Park Anglican Cemetery.

External LinkMary Ann Sawtell 1906Obituary Mr Edward Sawtell Aged 85 1927Death Mrs Margaret Sawtell 1939Obituary Mr Alfred Sawtell 1941Obituary Rev L Sawtell 1948

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Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Society Staff

Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Society Ltd

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Riversford, Tullimbar

Riversford', Tullimbar, Albion Park

The Sawtell Family of Albion Park

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Hazelton

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Tullimbah Inn

Riversford

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Sawtell, Alfred Edmund

Riversford', Tullimbar, Albion Park, 1917.

L-r: Alfred Edmund Sawtell, Margaret Sawtell (nee: Falloon), Bessie Sawtell (standing), Jane (Jenny) Sawtell.

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CollectionFamiliesFamilyFalloonDennissLocalityTullimbarTongarraPersonSawtell, AlfredPlaceRiversfordRelated ItemRiversfordAlan Dawes and Fred Sawtell with railway transport Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy factoryCaroline Amelia Sawtell 1846-1876Harry Erskine, Bernie Willis, Bill Sawtell, Noel Erskine and Mervyn Swan at Hanging Rock, Clover Hill, Macquarie PassSawtell, AlfredSawtell, Arthur Raymond Leslie & JeanSawtell, JohnSawtell, William (Bill)The Price & Sawtell families outside Ted Price's log cabin built in 1938 near Nurrewin, Macquarie PassThe Sawtell Family of Albion ParkRiversford', Tullimbar, Albion Park

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