131. Frances Ann Austin
She was born in British Guiana and married Dr Charles Gordon and they had three children. They were: Charles, who died a bachelor; Mary, who married J. B. Taylor; and Sally, who died young. Mary had four children, Gordon, Leno, Iris and Daphne. Their father died before 1881, when Frances was living in London with her children.
133. Rev. Christopher Edward Lefroy Austin
He was christened in Surinam, probably while his parents were staying with his grandfather, Richard, on Plantation Kleinhoop, en route for Pernambuco, Brazil.
A Christopher Edward Lefroy (1785- ) was for ten years British commissary judge in Surinam for the suppression of the slave trade. He wrote ‘Outalissi: a tale of Dutch Guiana’, a novel about the brutality of slavery in the colony. It seems likely that Richard Austin was acquainted with Judge Lefroy and, in admiration of his work to suppress the slave trade, honoured the Judge by persuading his son Charles Adye to confer the Judge's names on his grandson born in 1841. The forename Lefroy was subsequently given to several of Christopher’s descendants.
Christopher was educated at Gloucester Cathedral School and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he gained his B.A. in 1862 and M.A. in 1870. He was ordained a deacon at Gloucester in 1865. He was assistant master at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire (1862-1865), a deacon at Gloucester in 1865, a priest at Oxford in 1866, during which time he was also a curate at Tormarton, Gloucestershire. From 1866 to 1867 he was a curate at St Sebastian, Wokingham. He was assistant master at Blackheath Proprietary school from 1868 to 1870, headmaster at Rossall Preparatory School and then was at Cheltenham Juvenile Proprietary School (1870-1885) and was headmaster of the Junior Department of Cheltenham College (1885-1896).
In 1867, at St Mary de Lode Parish Church, Gloucester, Christopher married Emily Jane Ashbee ( -1930), the daughter of John and Ada Ashbee, from Wotton-under-Edge. His father Charles Adye officiated. Christopher and Emily had six children.
In 1896 Christopher was appointed as the Vicar of Broughton (near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire). He retired from this appointment in 1922 and, with his wife Emily Jane, went to live in Bournemouth where he died in 1931. He and his wife and three unmarried daughters, Ada Maud, Kate Evelyn and Jessie Constance, are buried in the cemetery at Boscombe, Hampshire.
315. Charles Bruce Lefroy Austin
He and his two brothers were known by their second forenames. Bruce was born in England and was educated at Cheltenham College. He served in the Bechuanaland Police and went on the Matabele expedition. He also served in the Chartered Company’s Police. He died of typhoid in Johannesburg in 1896 and is buried in a common grave in Braamfontein Cemetery there. He did not marry.
318. Ada Maud Austin
Born in Cheltenham, she died a spinster.
319. Kate Evelyn Austin
Born in Cheltenham, she died a spinster.
She died a spinster
He emigrated to South Africa where in 1874 he was appointed third clerk in the General Post Office, Natal and in 1878 was authorised to practice as a chemist and druggist and to dispense medicine, also in Natal. He served as a Medic in the 1st Boer War, 1880-1881.
Æmilius married Helen Sarah Berning, who died in 1874. In 1878, he married his deceased wife’s sister, Margaretha Maria Johanna Theodora ‘Maggie’ Berning (1857-1932) and they had five children.
138. Rev. Edward Austin
He took Holy Orders and married Elizabeth Sarah Clark. They had six children.
Born in New York, she married Francis W. Peters, of Boston, Mass. and they had five children, Austin, Alice, Francis, William Morris Austin and Lucian Haynes.
Of Boston, Mass
148. Edmund Hayes Austin
He was born in New York and married Hannah Fuller of Gaylordsville, Connecticut. They had four children.
She married Lewis W. Burr from Bridgeport, Connecticut.
343. Thomas Austin
He married Julia Genevieve Hungerford in 1905
149. James Chapman Austin
He was born in New York and married Susan and they had two daughters. He was named after his uncle, Elvira's brother in law, James Chapman.
The following biographical note appeared in Who Was Who in America, 1897-1942, vol. I, p.37:
AUSTIN, Leonard S., Mining engr.; b. Stratford Conn., Feb 26, 1846; s. Thomas and Elvira (Reed) A.; Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale), Ph.B. 1868; post grad. Work, Yale, Columbia, and Colo. State Sch. Of Mines; m. Mary E. Watson, June 7, 1881. Mech. Engring. Work until 1877; chemist, Exploration Co., E. Coast of Patagonia, S.A., 1877-79; chemist and foreman, Germania Lead Works, 1880-86; supt. various smelting works in U.S. to 1902; prof. metallurgy and ore dressing, Mich. Coll. of Mines, 1903-09; pvt. practice, 1909-. Episcopalian. Author: Metallurgy of the Common Metals, 1906, 5th edit. 1920; The Fire Assay, 1907. Annual contbr. to Mineral Industry, on ‘Metallurgy of Copper’, 1903-; contbr. to Appleton’s Yearbook, 1911-20. Home Los Angeles, Calif. Died 1929.
He married Mary Elizabeth Watson (1856-1933) in Salt Lake City in 1879 [cf. above] and they had three sons. He visited Demerara when he was an old man and went to Land of Plenty, where his grandfather John had been part-owner. He met younger relatives in the colony and contacted D.H.A. with whom he carried on a correspondence on family matters. She always referred to Leonard as ‘Our Mormon cousin’ because he lived then in Salt Lake City. He submitted numerous entries to the International Genealogical Index.
347. Arthur Austin
He was killed in an explosion in the U.S.A.
He was born in Stratford and married Mary Lucy Weston, believed to be from a Maine family, in New York and they had two children.
He married and had a daughter who went to live in Germania, Utah.
159. Sarah Pierce Austin
Sarah Pierce was married to John Sutherland Gordon in 1866 at St. Paul's Church, Georgetown, by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, William Piercy Austin, assisted by the Revd. Thomas Farrar. John Sutherland Gordon was manager of Plantations Enmore and Paradise in 1862. He had been widowed in 1864. After his marriage to Sarah, Josias Booker II sold him a half share in Plantation Greenfield, the Booker family’s private estate which had never been part of the wider Booker partnership. In the late 1870s, John Sutherland Gordon was attorney for Plantations Melville, La Belle Plaine (Wakenaam) and Skeldon. He died in Edinburgh.
Sarah and her husband had five children, John Richard Colin ‘Dick’ (1868-1947), who was born at Plantation Enmore; William James Sutherland (1870- ), who was born at Plantation Greenfield, lived in Concrete, Washington; and Josephine Maxwell (Jo), who also lived in U.S.A. Sarah Pierce died at Plantation Greenfield the day after the birth of twins (named Sarah Pierce and Melicent), who survived for only two months, and she was buried at St Mark’s Church, Enmore, East Coast, Demerara. Dick was born in British Guiana and married Hilda Sloman (1884-1982) in 1906. He was for some time manager of Blairmont Estate, Berbice, but in 1926, he and Hilda moved to Nickerie in Surinam, again to work in the sugar industry, before retiring to Georgetown. Dick died in Georgetown, British Guiana, and is buried in the churchyard at St Sidwell’s Church. He and Hilda had two sons:
Colin Ernest Sutherland (1907-1960) was born at Bath Estate (adjacent to Blairmont, and to the west of it). He was educated at Charterhouse School, Surrey, and Christ Church College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1930 with a M.A. in classics. Colin was an exceptionally fine sportsman. He gained his ‘blue’ in athletics at Oxford and became President of the Oxford Athletic Club. Colin represented Great Britain at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, and the 1930 inaugural Empire Games in Hamilton, Canada. In both these games (and at Oxford), Colin was a competitor in the high jump event. Whilst at Oxford he cleared 6' (a height only once previously achieved in the history of Varsity Sports). At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam, he cleared 6' 3 ½? - only 1? less than the gold medallist. On leaving Oxford, Colin went to Canada, where he taught in Ontario for a year before going to Melbourne, Australia. There he joined the staff of Geelong Grammar School, where he later became Housemaster. In 1940, he married Patricia Hayward Newbigin (1913-1997) of Melbourne, and shortly thereafter joined the staff of King’s School Parramatta with the position of Senior Classics Master. In 1945, Colin enlisted in the R.A.A.F., was commissioned, and served in the Administration and Special Branch of the service. He became head of a rehabilitation unit that did much valuable work helping ex-servicemen find their feet in civilian life again. After he was demobilised in 1945, Colin became the first lay Headmaster of the Collegiate School of St. Peter (known as ‘Saints’), Adelaide, an appointment that lasted from 1946 until he retired in 1960, due to ill health. Colin was regarded by his peers as one of the leading educationalist of his time in Australia, and is credited with helping to create the Australian College of Education, of which he was made a Fellow. He is remembered by colleagues as a man who “ has always placed much importance on the tone or spirit of the school [Saints] holding that ‘it is not enough that a boy should aim to win prizes and get into school teams. His standards should be absolute standards of honesty, courage, and consideration to others’. He has said that it is character building more than anything which enables a school to produce worthy and useful citizens.” Colin and Patricia had two daughters: Sarah Victoria (‘Vicky’) (1944- ) and Dinah Jillian Hayward (1948- ).
Michael Ian Newnham (1914-1999) was born at Blairmont Estate and was also educated at Charterhouse School. In 1944, he married Margaret Noreen 'Peggy' Payne (1924- ) at St Mark's Church, Enmore. Michael served in the British Guiana Police Force until, in 1948, he was transferred to the Gold Coast (now Ghana), where he became Assistant Commissioner in the Gold Coast Police Force. He was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal and the Colonial Police Medal. In 1956, Michael retired from the Colonial Service and went to England with his family, where he settled in Reading, Berkshire. He worked for the Ministry of Defence, vetting individuals who occupied highly sensitive positions in the Public Service, until he retired in 1976. Upon the death of his kinsman, Sir Home Seton Charles Montagu Gordon (1871-1956), 12th Baronet of Embo, the Baronetcy became vacant. Debrett’s Peerage listed Michael as the probable heir to the 13th Baronetcy. However, this had to be established and Michael decided not to pursue and claim it. He is remembered by Barry Lane, a friend and fellow officer as a“ member of the top echelon of Colonial Police Officers, who brought nothing but credit to their Force and to the British Empire. He was held in great respect by his brother officers-and those who served under his command… He had a deep understanding of the Gold Coast, its people and their way of life.” Michael and Peggy had three children: Helen Elizabeth (1945- ), Philip Michael Sutherland (1946- ) and Carol Margaret (1947-).