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Dennis families - Connection or coincidence?

Query by VicSearcher

Hello. I have some Dennis ancestors who came to Australia (Victoria) from Cornwall in the UK in 1853.

One of the ongoing puzzles in my research so far is whether my Dennis relatives were part of the Dennis family who lived in the Colac and Birregurra areas. My bunch were originally from Truro and were miners and labourers. The family in the Western District came from Madron and were wealthy.

My reason for querying a connection is that my ancestor, Elizabeth Jane Dennis, was living in Irrewarra in 1881 when she married her husband, Alexander Blair. What was she doing there? She was born in Geelong in 1854 to Ferdinando Pascoe Dennis and Elizabeth Ferze Ferral. Her parents and siblings were living in Creswick. Was it sheer coincidence that she was in Irrewarra or did she have some connection with the Dennis family there?

The wealthy Dennis family (Alexander Dennis and his wife Emma Williams Tregurtha, and their sons - Richard Vinicombe Dennis and Alexander Dennis Junior) lived on properties such as Tarndwarncoort, Uondo, Eeyeuk etc. Did my great-grandmother (Elizabeth Jane Dennis) work in Irrewarra? Was she visiting the Dennis family there? If so, was she actually related or was she attempting to create a relationship?

If anyone out there in the internet either has any ideas (or, better still, some actual information), I'd love to hear from them.

Surnames: BLAIR DENNIS FERRAL
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on 2012-01-06 22:45:14

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by Jaydee3172 on 2012-02-28 05:19:21

Hi Vic searcher. I to have Dennis family that came from Truro Cornwall. They arrived in australia in 1852 they were also Quarrymen and they went to the goldfields at Chewton Victoria. It has been a long time since I opened my chart on the dennis family as I have been researching my mothers family for a number of years now, but from memory there were 3 brothers who came out here together.
George Dennis 1835-1880 14 children
Matthew Dennis ? - ? 4 children
William Wadsly Dennis 1838- 1889 11 children
My father was named after him.
At the moment I do not recognise any of your names but I will dig out my chart as soon as I can and get back to you if I find anything in common.

by VicSearcher on 2012-02-28 05:53:20

Hi Jaydee3172,

Thanks for your response. It'll be interesting to know whether you find anything in your Dennis chart! I wish you luck with your own searches - genealogy is so addictive, isn't it?

Kind regards,
Fiona.

by lizzy25 on 2015-07-12 02:22:47

Hello I also have Dennis relatives who came from
Cornwall. My grandfather was George Dennis and his father was George Greenwood Dennis his father John Dennis would love to know if anyone has history or any information on this family

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