Mary Ann Ratcliffe

  Noted events in her life were:

• connection. The connection between Alexander & Debra Yastreb (nee Elton)& Les is as follows:
Debra Elton (1957)
Her father is Raymond Elton (1921) who married Joyce Dowling (1923)
Her father was Thomas Downing (1898) who married Florence Henry (1902)
Her father was George Henry (1866) who married Florence Cross (1872)
Her father was Robert Cross (1843) & her mother was Mary Adamson (c182) but Robert also married Jane Jackson (c1780)
They had William Cross (1807) who married Mary Ratcliffe (c1818)
They had Ann Cross (1842) who married Alexander Matheson (c1837)
They had Annabella Matheson (1870) who married Frederick Cross (1861)
His father was Ralph Cross (1810)
His father was Robert Cross (1776) & he also had Jane Cross (1803) who married Thomas Millington (1807)
They had Mary Millington (1842) who married William Hinton (1842)
They had William Hinton (1872) who married Emily Keighran (1881)
(There is another link to the Keighran's through one of their children that I haven't listed here)
Her father was William Keighran (1854)
His father was James Keighran (1808) & he also had John Keighran (1845)
He had Joseph Keighran (1879)
He had Leslie William Keighran (1904)
He had Mary Keighran (1927) who married Mervyn Collins (1924)
They had Les Collins (1950) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies)

Mary married William Henry Cross, son of Robert C. Cross and Jane Jackson, in 1837 in NSW Australia.¹⁹ (William Henry Cross was born on 12 Jul 1807 in Sproatley, East Yorkshire England, died on 3 Nov 1863 in Penrith, Sydney, NSW Australia ¹⁹ and was buried on 11 Nov 1863 in Liverpool Pioneer Memorial Park, Sydney, NSW Australia.)