Arthur Ruddick Stafford

  Research Notes:

source: & Grant & Wendy who note:
Just one thing I noticed \endash Arthur Ruddick Stafford married Doris Eileen Kidd. We used to call her Aunty Dos. Arthur and Doris had three children: Judith, born 15 December 1929 (she died last year), twins: Peter and Paula, born 3 February 1931. Peter is still living, but Paula committed suicide on 16 June 1967 at Neutral Bay. Aunty Dos had the remarkable talent of being able to eat a whole box of chocolates at a sitting! She was a very elegant lady and she and Arthur lived in an impressive two-storey house at Maroubra \endash we spent many Christmases there with the family. She died of bowel cancer on 2 November 1958 at Prince of Wales Hospital.
Arthur joined the Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Battalion 1st Brigade AIET on 17 August 1914 at the age of 20 years and 2 months. He served at Gallipoli and received a serious wound to his face, with his nose practically blown off. This looked a little scary to me as a child, but he was a kind, gentle man and rose to a very high position in the Sydney Water Board (Chairman, or something similar).

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. The connection between Grant & Wendy Donoghoe & myself through my Nicol line is as follows:

Wendy Donoghoe (nee Rivers) (1942) married Francis Donoghoe & also married Grant Garnage
Her father was Frederick Rivers (1907) who married Daphne Bell (c1910)
Her father was Sydney Bell (c1885) who married May Kidd (1886)
Her father was Thomas Wilson Kidd Jn (1864)
He had Doreen Kidd (1867) who married Arthur Stafford (1896)
His father was Thomas Stafford (1870)
His father was John Stafford (1834) -which is the common link between the two lines
His father was William Stafford (1811) who married Elizabeth Goodall (1814)
They had William Stafford (1842)
He had Eva Stafford (1874) who married Arthur Clinton (1868)
They had James Clinton (1895) who married Martha Walker (1901)
Her father was Thomas Walker (1854)
His father was William Walker (1820) & he also had Martha Walker (1865) who married John Sutherland (1861)
His father was John Sutherland (1829) who married Margaret Elliot (1835)
They had Elizabeth Sutherland (1863) who married John Nicol (1844)
They had Margaret Nicol (1889) who married G. A. Davies (1925)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

The convoluted connection between Grant & Wendy Donoghoe & me through my Davies line is:

Wendy Donoghoe (nee Rivers) (1942) married Francis Donoghoe & also married Grant Garnage
Her father was Frederick Rivers (1907) who married Daphne Bell (c1910)
Her father was Sydney Bell (c1885) who married May Kidd (1886)
Her father was Thomas Wilson Kidd Jn (1864)
He had Doreen Kidd (1867) who married Arthur Stafford (1896)
His father was Thomas Stafford (1870)
His father was John Stafford (1834) -which is the common link between the two lines
He had Alfred Stafford (1853)
He had Harold Stafford (1884)
He had Neta Stafford (1914) who married Clive Nixon (1912)
They had Patricia Nixon (1937) who married Barry Neasmith (1936)
His father was David Neasmith (1902)
His father was William Neasmith (1825) & he also had Margaret Neasmith (1864) who married Alfred New (1863)
His father was Thomas New (1838) & he also had Thomas New (1858) who with his second wife Catherain Wirth (1813) had Marizles New (1915) who married James Kirkwood (1913)
They had Lois Kirkwood (1943) who married Keith Shrimpton (1936)
His father was Claude Shrimpton (1904)
His father was William Shrimpton (1869)
His father was Richard Shrimpton (1826) & he also had Richard 3^rd Shrimpton (1855) who married Susannah Jeffery (1857)
Her father was John Jeffery (1834)
His father was John Jeffery (1808)
His father was James Jeffery (1781) & he also had William Jeffery (1803)
He had James Jeffery (1837)
He had Mary Jeffery (1860) who married William South (1854)
They had Annie South (1891) who married Leslie Rice (1885)
They had Hazel Rice (1913) who married Emmett Whyte (1899)
They had Sandra Whyte (1943) who married Colin Parker (1936)
His father was Arthur Parker (1894)
His mother was Martha Parker (1872)
Her mother was Elizabeth Roser (1844)
Her father was John Roser & he also had John Roser (1838)
He had George Roser (1868)
He had Charles Roser (1897)
He had George Roser (1923) who married Olive Elliot (1924)
Her mother was Doris Emery (1903)
Her mother was Phoebe Davies (1876)
Her father was Joseph Davies (1852) & he also had G. A. Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Arthur married Doris Eileen Kidd, daughter of Thomas Wilson Kidd Jnr and Annie Gates, on 20 Oct 1923 in St Stephens Church of England, Sydney, NSW Australia.⁴⁷⁹ (Doris Eileen Kidd was born in 1897 in Granville, Sydney, NSW Australia, died on 2 Nov 1958 in Maroubra, Sydney, NSW Australia and was buried on 3 Nov 1958 in Eastern Suburbs Cemetery, Botany, Sydney, NSW Australia ⁴⁷⁹.)