JOURDAIN IN AUSTRALASIA
Several members of the JOURDAIN family took the journey 'down-under'.
William Edward JOURDAIN (grandson of Nicholas JOURDAIN and Lydia ROBINSON) with his wife Maria Louise MEGGY, who married in 1859, took their family to New Zealand. Their children were:
- Helen Milicient JOURDAIN, b. 1862, died 1926 Wellington, N.Z.
- Edith Maud JOURDAIN, b. 1864, married R J GILLIES in 1898, died in 1950.
- Ethel Adeline JOURDAIN, b. and died 1866.
- William Robert JOURDAIN, b. 1868, married (1) Crawford Hamilton MURRAY and (2) Mary Elizabeth BARNITT, died 1944 Wellington, N.Z.
- Harold Alfred JOURDAIN, b. 1870, died 1907.
- Lionel Arthur JOURDAIN, b. 1871, married Mary Agnes MARTIN in 1905, died 1945.
- Dorothea Louise JOURDAIN, b. 1873, died 1944.
- Godfrey Owen JOURDAIN, b. 1874, married Cora Isobel FLETCHER in 1915, died 1950.
Next, Nicholas JOURDAIN's nephew Joseph Charles JOURDAIN went to Australia where he married his first wife, Ann MOORE in 1835. They had 4 children, but Joseph later married M A C FORREST and they had 5 children. Joseph died in the U.S.A.
Henry David JOURDAIN, brother to Joseph Charles, also went to Australia where in 1879 he married Lucy ANDERSON in Melbourne, and he died there in 1895.
Two more brothers decided to travel half way round the world, this time nephews of Joseph and Henry, by the names of Albert Stanislaus JOURDAIN and his brother Cornelius B JOURDAIN. They both set their sights on Tasmania, Cornelius as far as is known went alone and Albert took his wife Alice BOUTELL and their 2 children: Claudine Alice and Sydney Albert. Their third child, Henry Edward, was born in Tasmania.
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