My G. Grandfather’s Sister, Eliza Clay married Thomas “Tom” Petty in 1873
Thomas & Eliza Petty with family 31st August 1907
Standing: Robert “Edwin”, Frederick “Fred”, Ethel, Albert “Bert”, Rosamund “Rosa”, Thomas “Henry”, Francis “Frank”
Sitting: Lillian “Lily”, Elsie, Thomas “Tom” & Eliza, Ruby, Violet
Petty family tree – Web version
Thomas Petty (snr) came to Australia in Aug 1853 to establish a new life for his family, purchasing 47 acres of bush land along Koonung creek in west Doncaster. Five years later, he wrote to his wife asking her to come out and bring the family to a two-storey house he had built on this land. Jane Petty (Thompson) with her children, Thomas aged 13, George 8, and John 6, left Liverpool on the ship “Red Jacket” on 20th July 1858 and arrived in Melbourne on 13th October. (Elizabeth 11, stayed in England – Later came on the “Red Jacket” in Nov 1866)
Thomas and Eliza Petty (Clay)
in the garden at “Dingley” abt.1918