Wickham, Amy Gertrude (b. , d. 14 May 1958)

Given Name: Amy Gertrude

Change: Date: 16 Jun 2004

Note: Children to this marriage were -



Thomas Murray

Neil Hurtle Winship

Leslie

Harry Gordon

Grace Hope

Further detail is contained in Joan Haigh's writings. She also has written -



"Tom Forster took formal possession of 'Gracedale', Maxwelton, North Queensland, on 5 April 1898.



"In 1900 he married Grace Margaret Pegler at Adavale, the groom aged 35 and his bride 21. Their daughter Hope Spence writes -



"Their honeymoon was a three weeks trip by buggy from Adavale to 'Gracedale'. For six years they lived in a two-roomed cottage with a verandah and a completely detached kitchen. During that time the four boys were born. Two slept head to toe in
one bed, the next in a cot and the baby in mother and dad's bed. The original cottage was still part of the homestead until it was demolished recently.



"The only white woman in the area was a rather unsavoury character who ran a wayside pub 20 miles away. The nearest doctor and railway in those days was at Hughenden, over 90 miles away - quite a jaunt by buggy".



Joan Haigh continued " Neil Forster, in supplying detail of interest about the family referred to the nickname his father bore for many years "Honest Tom". The name was given prominence by a man who ran a paper in Richmond, about 1920, one
Henry Maxwell, who was a member of the Labor team that contested the Shire elections. Prior to the elections he had a 'rundown' of the Opposition [mostly, if not all, graziers] in his paper and in this article he referred to Tom Forster as
"Honest Tom".



"Neil considers that the name originated a considerable time before that and probably Henry Maxwell got ot from the townspeople, many of whom would have been employed at 'Gracedale' over the years as stockmen, drovers, carriers, cooks,
housemaids etc. Neil writes "He was well named. I never knew him to do a single thing that was not fair and above board. He was plain HONEST."



Tom Forster was a member of the Flinders Shire Council based in Hughenden for a number of years prior to the formation of the Wyangarie Shire Council based in Richmond, which eventually became the Richmond Shire Council. He served on it from
its inception in January 1916 to December 1936 as Councillor and Deputy Chairman. Two of his sons, Murray and Neil, both carried on this Forster tradition, playing their part in Council affairs, following in their father's footsteps.



Tom Forster was also a Foundation Member of the Clutha Picnic Race Club and became President about 1915 and held that position until he died. Again Murray and then Neil followed on in the role of President, a position which Neil held from 1947
to 1965 when he left the district. Just prior to this the Clutha Picnic Race Club name was changed to the Richmond Amateur Race Club and Murray's eldest son John was elected President and is still in the Chair [1972?]

Given Name: Thomas

Change: Date: 27 Mar 2004

Given Name: Armorer Winship

Change: Date: 27 Mar 2004

Given Name: Annie

Change: Date: 27 Mar 2004

Given Name: Agnes Eva [Nursie]

Change: Date: 6 Aug 2004

Note: Joan Haigh's writings read "Previously married, had two girls".

Given Name: Lily

Change: Date: 27 Mar 2004

Note: Joan Haigh's recording of this bride is Gladys Ellcoat.

Given Name: Gladys Belle Sennett

Change: Date: 27 Mar 2004

Note: Children to this marriage were -



Beth Merritt

Nancy Berkeley

Further detail is contained in Joan Haigh's writings. She also has written -



"In supplying details of her particular branch of the family, Beth Merritt Nickolls mentioned that her father was born in Tasmania and spent a number of years on Aramac Station in Queensland, where she was born. In November 1914 the Nickolls
family left Aramac and went to live in Melbourne where, in the following year, Ted Nickolls died of pneumonia at age 51 years.



"Beth said that she has interesting old photographs of the days at Aramac, one being a photo of the local Councillors, Ted Nickolls being one of them, on the occasion of the opening of the railway to Longreach. Another photo is of the first car
to belong to the Station, believed to be a Darracq or Chandler.

Given Name: Edward

Change: Date: 9 Apr 2004

Note: Children to this marriage were -



Eric Clarence [Jock]

Joan Merritt - did not marry, awarded MBE 1965 - author of the Pegler Family Tree and History from which these Pegler writings have been compiled and added to.

Richard Meredith

Robert Charles

Patrick Frank



Further detail is contained in Joan Haigh's writings. She also wrote -



"Charlie Haigh was a returned soldier from the Boer War when as a young banker in Charleville he met and married Helene Pegler. Those who remember him will recall his very English accent and mannerisms, which he retained despite a lifetime
spent in Australia,

Note: (Medical):Children to this marriage were -



Eric Clarence [Jock]

Joan Merritt

Richard Meredith

Robert Charles

Patrick Frank



Further detail is contained in Joan Haigh's writings. She also wrote -



"Charlie Haigh was a returned soldier from the Boer War when as a young banker in Charleville he met and married Helene Pegler. Those who remember him will recall his very English accent and mannerisms, which he retained despite a lifetime
spent in Australia.



"In 1907 Margaret Murtho Pegler and Helene Pegler were married at a double wedding in Charleville and it was said that it was old A.H.Pegler's proudest moment when he walked down the aisle with a beautiful bride on each arm.



"Helene Pegler was named after a racehorse and now [1972?] her little Great-grand daughter, Kathlyn Helene, is quite unaware of her link with a one-time favourite."

Given Name: Charles Eric

Change: Date: 9 Apr 2004

Given Name: James

Change: Date: 4 Apr 2004

Given Name: Elizabeth [later]

Change: Date: 4 Apr 2004

Given Name: Maurice

Change: Date: 8 Apr 2004

Given Name: H.G.James

Change: Date: 8 Apr 2004

Given Name: Stewart Fred

Change: Date: 15 Jun 2018
Time: 16:30

Given Name: Lizzie Isabella

Change: Date: 15 Jun 2018
Time: 16:30

Given Name: Frederick Thomas

Change: Date: 11 Apr 2004

Given Name: Mary Alice

Change: Date: 11 Apr 2004

Note: The Family History notes do not give information concerning James's activities but they do include some details of children of James's marriage to his cousin Agnes Jane Knight, who was a daughter of Charles Johnston Knight 1 and Sarah Donnen.



Information about the children -



#Stewart Fred Knight - married Lizzie Isabella Stanford on 17 May 1934 at Scotts Church, North Adelaide. They had a son James Stanford Knight and it is down through this line of descendants that this Family Tree of the Knights moves into the
21st century.



#Isabelle [Belle] K. Knight - married Thomas Napier Sprod in 1916.



#Charles Johnston Knight 2 - married Fernella [Fern] Maud Smyth.



#Hannah [Betty] Johnston Knight - married Walter James F. Sage in 1922.



#John Hector Knight - married Mary Melrose Giggison Knight in 1931.



Searches have not been undertaken for information about the following children -

#Sarah [Sadie] Donnon Knight

#George Johnston Knight 2

#James Gemmell Knight

#Robert Russell Knight

Given Name: James

Change: Date: 23 Jun 2018
Time: 11:41

Note: Agnes Jane Knight married her cousin James Knight 2, son of George Johnston Knight 1 and Jane [Jeannie] Gemmell Brown [nee Paterson]. Details of their children are contained in James's Notes.



Agnes Jane Knight had 5 brothers and 1 sister, as follows -



William Lindsay - born 12 June 1856 at Lake Alexandrina, Strathalbyn, died 9 June 1860 at Lake Plains, Strathalbyn.



Arthur - born 8 May 1858 at Lake Alexandrina, Strathalbyn, died 8 June 1860 at Lake Plains, Strathalbyn.



John Stephenson - born 31 January 1864 at Langhornes Creek, Strathalbyn.



Joseph Borrett - born 28 March 1868 at "Mulgundawa", Strathalbyn.



James Fleming - born 28 April 1870 at "Mulgundawa", Strathalbyn.



Margaret Stewart - born 8 December 1871 at "Mulgundawa", Strathalbyn, died 10 April 1872 at "Mulgundawa", Strathalbyn.



No other searching has been undertaken.

Given Name: Agnes Jane

Change: Date: 3 Nov 2017
Time: 11:49

Note: Besides daughter Lizzie Isabella, other children born to this couple were -



Gordon, born 9 Sep 1917, died 11 Dec 1943



Nancy Edith, born 18 Nov 1919, married Alan Keith Cushion 28 Nov 1942



Raymond, born 10 Dec 1922, died 1993, married Mavis Jaench



Phyllis Jeannie, born 15 Apr 1924, married Brian Duane.



Cyril, born 13 Oct 1926



Lionel, born 5 Nov 1929

Given Name: Mark

Change: Date: 16 Mar 2005