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Looking for relations of this name in Australia. Jean Rita Mary born 1907.

Hi Sonya

If you give us more specific details we might be able to help

Who are you looking for and what is the history that you have?


I see she died as a very young child

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Jean R M Brown-Deverell
Death Date: 1910
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's Name: Stephen W
Mother's Name: Mary E
Registration Year: 1910
Registration Place: St Peters, New South Wales
Registration number: 3279

Thats the one.....another dead end. I was trying to find some continuation of the Exall family and Mary Edith Exall married Stephen Brown-Deverell. Perhaps they had more children? The father Joseph was a reporter in NZ and had a few children mostly girls and many died young. Thanks sonya

Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Stephen O H Brown-Deverell
Birth Date: 1905
Father's Name: Stephen W Brown-Deverell
Mother's Name: Mary E
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1905
Registration Place: St Leonards, New South Wales
Registration number: 27670

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
about Charles A Brown-Deverell
Name: Charles A Brown-Deverell
Death Date: 1911
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's Name: Stephen W
Mother's Name: Mary E
Registration Year: 1911
Registration Place: St Peters, New South Wales
Registration number: 7597

Sonya

Can you give us more background info, as in the family names/connections etc

I dont want to repeat what you already have

For ref


Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950
about Mary E Exall
Name: Mary E Exall
Spouse Name: Stephen W Brondeverell
Marriage Date: 1904
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Paddington, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1904
Registration number: 4630

Thank you...I had no info except the marriage of Mary Edith in 1904. So now I have 2 male children alive!! THANKS

Looks like Mary and her 2 sons in 1930:

Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

Name: Mary Edith Brown-Deverell
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1930
State: New South Wales
District: Lang
Subdistrict: Petersham

Also in household: Oswald Stephen Harry - wireless mechanic and Stephen William, a barman.

One of the son's marriage:

Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950

Name: Stephen Oswald Harry Browndeverell
Spouse Name: Olive Jane Larum
Marriage Date: 1938
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Hurstville, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1938
Registration number: 2368

Great many thanks all. sonya

The Stephen W. with Mary Edith in 1930 was her husband. It seems they only had one surviving son, Stephen Oswald, known as Oswald. Daughter Jean R M died 19 Jan 1910 (St Peters district), aged 2 as did son Chas A in 1911. In 1905, the family were living in Milson Street, Milson's Point, NSW.

Mary Edith (known as Edith) died in October 1933 in Petersham, daughter of Joseph & Henrietta (reg 21681).

Stephen remarried to Dorothy Saretta Brandon CREMER in 1938 (reg 3107). She already had a son named John.

The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 10 July 1950
BROWN-DEVERELL, Stephen William.-July 9, 1950, at hospital, late of
Manildra Street, Earlwood, dearly loved husband of Dorothy, and dear father of Oswald, and step-father of John, aged 80 years. -For funeral notice see Tuesday's "Herald."

The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 11 July 1950
BROWN DEVERELL-The Relatives and Friends of the late STEPHEN
WILLIAM BROWN DEVERELL of 3 Leofrene Avenue Marrickville (late of 11 Manildra, Street Earlwood) are Invited to attend his Funeral to leave Geo Andrews Funeral Home 237 Liverpool Road Ashfield This Day at 9 30 a m
for Rookwood Crematorium.

Sons' marriage:
2368/1938 BROWN DEVERELL STEPHEN OSWALD HARRY LARUM OLIVE JANE HURSTVILLE

Oswald attended Trinity College, Dulwich Hill and enlisted in the Army in 1919; his address at the time (as was his father's) was 47 Harrow Rd, Stanmore. He passed his engine-drivers examination in Dec 1937 (as O S H Brown Deverall).

Deaths of wives from Ryerson Index site:
BROWN-DEVERELL Dorothy Saretta Death notice 04APR1963 Death 69 at Marrickville Hospital Sydney Morning Herald 08APR1963
BROWN-DEVERELL Olive Jane Death notice 10MAR1979 Death late of Oyster Bay Sydney Morning Herald 12MAR1979

Hi Sonya,

A bit more information for you:

I will start with Mary Edith's death - 21681/1933 at Petersham.

Sydney Morning Herald - 4/10/1933, Brown-Deverell. The relatives and friends of Mr. Stephen Brown-Deverell and son Oswald are invited to attend the funeral of their dearly loved wife and mother Edith Brown-Deverell, to leave the private Mortuary Chapel of Motor Funerals Limited, 30 City Road, City this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock for the Crematorium, Rookwood.

So only one child surviving. SMH 24/7/1905 On 15/7 at her residence, 35 Milson Street, Milson Point, the wife of S.W. Brown-Deverell of a son (Oswald Harry).

As per info. above Oswald's marriage - Brown-Deverell-Larum Feb 26, 1938 at St. John's Penshurst, Stephen Oswald, son of Stephen and late Mary Brown-Deverell of Sydney to Olive, daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. F.G. Larum, Wellington.

Stephen remarried - 3107/1938 - Brown-Deverell (listed John William) to Dorothy Saretta Brandon Cremer at Hunters Hill.

1949 Rolls Brown-Deverell - Dorothy and Stephen William living at 1 Manildra Street, Earlwood as home duties and waiter.

SMH 10/7/1950 - Brown-Deverell, Stephen William, July 9, 1950 at hospital, late of Manildra Street, Earlwood dearly loved husband of Dorothy and father of Oswald and step-father of John, aged 80 years.

I can't find a death certificate listed in NSW BDM.

SMH 11/7/1950 Funeral Notice - Brown-Deverell - The relatives and friends of the late Stephen William Brown-Deverell of 3 Leofrene Avenue, Marrickville (late of 1 Manildra Street, Earlwood) are invited to attend his funeral to leave Geo. Andrews Funeral Home, 237 Liverpool Street, Ashfield this day at 9.30 am for Rookwood Crematorium.

1958 Brown-Deverell - Dorothy living 3 Leofrene Avenue, Marrickville South, home duties.

10055/1963 death for Dorothy Saretta Brown-Deverell at Ashfield
Ryerson Index for same died 4/4/1963 aged 69 years at Marrickville Hospital - SMH 8/4/1963.

1943 Rolls, Brown-Deverell Olive Jane, home duties and Oswald Stephen Harry living at 48 Reading Road, Brighton-le-Sands - motor driver.

1949 both living cnr. Como Road and Richards Street, Oyster Bay - Olive home duties and Oswald - Radio Technician.

1958 both living 23 Rickard Road, Oyster Bay as Olive home duties and Oswald Radio Technician. Same address through 1963 and 1968.

Then the death of Olive Jane Brown-Deverell - 6207/1979
Ryerson Index - died 10/3/1979, late of Oyster Bay - SMH 12/3/1979.

Then 1980 Rolls, Brown-Deverell, Miriam Frances, 72 Novara Crescent, Como - home duties and Oswald Stephen Harry ---

Looks like they had at least one daughter.

Woronora Crematorium/General Cemetery Oswald Stephen Brown-Deverell died 3/5/1991, ashes scattered 5/12/1991 Garden 15LL.

No listing for Brown-Deverell in white pages for Aus.

Hope this helps somewhat. Cheers.

Sorry, Cherilyn I must have been typing whilst you put in all your info.

Aw, doncha hate that! Still some new stuff from you! :-D

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HI Thanks both..So much information..GREAT. Pity there is only one survivng child after all that. Thanks again sonya

Hi...I don`t suppose you could look for Oswald Walter Exall...brother of Mary Edith Exall who married Stephen Brown Deverell. Last I have of this Oswald..born Hobart 1854 was a passenger list for Christchurch NZ May 1896 nd a report of a fire in Wellington NZ where Oswald Exall raised the alarm and saved people. Just wondered if he ever married and had a family.

My last hope of Exall descendents I think! sonya :-S

At Archway (NZ Archives site) there is this Wellington probate file:

EXALL Oswald Walters 1925
also a Chas Francis EXALL probate for 1929, also Wellington.

At https://www.bdmonline.dia.govt.nz/ his death reg shows Chas was aged 71 (reg 2227). Oswald (reg 3838) was 69. So Chas another brother?

Was the Joseph EXALL who died in NZ on 7th Oct 1888 aged 70 their father? Ah yes I see Mary Edith was born there in 1877 to him & Henrietta Beatrice (m. 1874 after the death of his first wife Mary on 21st April 1874 at Christchurch, aged 46).

Have you followed up Mary Edith's sister Flora Beatrice (1875-1905), who married Wm NIBLETT in 1901? They had 2 sons (Wm Hy 1901 & Thos Walter 1904) and a daughter (Rose Ellen 1903).

Wm Hy died aged 22 on 8 May 1972 and did not marry. Thos Walter died 11 June 1972 aged 69 and was married but can't find his wife's name.

There is a great obituary for Joseph at Papers Past on 8 Oct 1888 in Star. :-)

He was a journalist - as was his son:
The death is announced at Rotorua of Mr. Oswald Walter Exall, lately editor of. the Rotorua Chronicle," and journalist, in New-Zealand for 50 years.

WOW!! How do you do that? THANK YOU . sonya

Thanks...any wives or family for Oswald or Charles Exall? Otherwise end of that male line...sonya