Lilian's Tree

AMELIA NICHOLS   Amelia was born on 26 February 1811, at Prospect and was baptised on 17 March 1811 at St John’s, Parramatta. [i] Her parents were John Nichols, a First Fleeter and Ann Pugh, she was their seventh child. On 27 July 1827 she married Charles Hughes at Christ Church, Newcastle. Both signed the register with their ‘X’ mark. As she was only 16, when she married, it seems that her brother gave permission for her to marry but this isn’t mentioned on the certificate. [ii] Amelia and Charles had eight children, Thomas Dent 1828, Charles Andrew 1830, Jane 1832, Ellen 1834-1835, John Francis 1836, Sydney Joseph 1838-1839, William Edmund 1844 and Henry James 1849. They family lived in the Newcastle, Maitland area, with Charles having licences for several inns, in the area. Charles died 8 January 1869, he was 71. Amelia died on 25 June 1884, aged 73, having lived in Branxton for the previous 15 years. Her cause of death was given as Acute Hepatitis. [iii] Ameli...

AMELIA JANE HUGHES. Born: 22 January 1858 [i] at Black Creek, this is near Maitland. Amelia was the third child to John and Jane Hughes. She had a big brother, William. She would be one of 11 children, with three dying before their first birthdays. Her paternal grandparents were, Samuel Hughes and his wife Ann [ii] and on her maternal side, Charles Hughes and Amelia Nichols [iii] . Amelia was the daughter of John Nichols , a First Fleeter, (Scarborough) and Ann Pugh , thus making Amelia Jane a second generation to be born in the colony of New South Wales. On 5 August 1879 Amelia Jane married Ralph Millar at Gowrie, not far from Singleton, she gave her occupation as Gentlewoman. [iv] Six children would bless this union, Marian Jane 1880, Henry James 1882, Florence 1884, Edith Pearl Amelia 1885, Ruby 1889, and Constance 1892. Sadly just three months after Constance’s, Amelia Jane died on 24 March 1892 of peritonitis and pneumatic congestion. [v] Death notices were i...