Walter Oke Edye

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Mary-Ann Cook & Christine Fairhall (nee Pearcey) who notes:
You may have noticed Walter had wards, one of whom, Arthur Edwin Pearcey, was my great grandfather. I crave a photograph of Walter - do you have one to share via email? I have a photograph which is absolutely delightful, labelled on the back, "Sheen, Mortlake" in my great grandfather's hand which I can share if you think it is relevant. It shows rather a grand domestic building and in the foreground are four people, a gentleman in an ecclesiastical cap, an old man who may be Walter, and two fat ladies in crinolines, one of whom may be his second wife, Abigali nee Blake. A local historian in Sheen was unable to identify the building so presumably it no longer stands. This photo also shows a lad sweeping leaves and a cockatoo on a stand. Abigail's sister, Mary Ann (Polly) went to India and became governess to the daughter of a maharajah, wrote amazing letters and is buried in Bangalore.

Arthur Edwin Pearcey whose parentage is ambiguous, came to Australia after university, having been well educated by Walter, and became a gold buying agent with Money Miller's Bank of Victoria during the Victorian gold rushes .

• connection. Christine Fairhall (nee Pearcey)'s connection to me is as follows:

Christine Pearcey married John Fairhall
Her father was Arthur Pearcey
His father was Walter Edye Pearcey who married Eveline Steains
Her father was George Steains (c1850) who married Amy Wise (1851)
Her father was George Wise (1823)
His father was George Wise (1793)
His father was Henry Wise (1752) & he also had John Side (c1800)
He had Frances Wise (1824) who married Edward Luttrell (1816)
He had Augusta Luttrell (1849) who married Walter Lovell (1842)
They had Ernest Lovell (1878)
He had Evie Lovell (1927) who married Albert Machin (1921)
His father was Albert Machin (1885)
His father was Levi Machin (1863)
His father was Thomas Machin (1836)
His father was Levi Machin (1796) who married Hannah Lydall (1798)
Her father was Joseph Lydall (1770) & he also had Joseph Lydall (1801) who married Ann Wilkins (1801)
They had James Lydall (1839)
He had Joseph Lydall (1861)
He had Gladys Lydall (1896) who married George Meacham (1894)
They had George Meacham (1920)
He had Gladys Meacham (1943) who married Alan Croft (1943)
His father was Albert Croft (1900)
His father was Albert Croft (1874)
His father was Albert Croft (1845)
His father was James Croft (1801)
His father was Matthew Croft (1741)
His father was John Croft (1706) & he also had Thomas Croft (1736)
He had Matthew Croft (1793)
He had Ann Croft (1834) who married Thomas Bell (1833)
They had Elizabeth Bell (1860) who married Thomas Atkinson (1859)
They had Martha Atkinson (1891) who married Septimus Hunter (1888)
They had Elizabeth Hunter (1916) who married George Heptinstall (1911)
His father was Alan Heptinstall (1877) who married Harriet Evans (1881)
Her father was William Evans (1845)
His father was John Evans (1825) & he also had Josiah Evans (1851) who married Mary Davies (1848)
Her father was Thomas Davis (c1805) & he also had Joseph Davies (1852)
He had G. A. Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Christine Fairhall [chrisfairhall@yahoo.com.au] connection to Robert is as follows:
Christine Pearcey married John Fairhall
Her father was Arthur Pearcey
His father was Walter Edye Pearcey (c1900)
His father was Arthur Edwin Pearcey (c1840)
His father was Walter Oke Edye (1800) (& his mother was Sarah Pearcey)
His father was John Edye (1773)
His father was John Edye (1732) & he also had Lydia Edye (1760) who married Rev James Manning (1754)
They had John Manning (1783)
He had Arthur Manning (1819)
He had Francis Manning (1841) who married Walter McClintock (1836)
They had Frances McClintock (1867) who married Francis Ridley (1860)
They had Grace Ridley (1897) who married Andrew Badgery (1888)
His father was Andrew Badgery (1838)
His father was Henry Badgery (1803) & he also had Ruby Badgery (1853) who married Thomas Yeo (1889)
His father was James Yeo (1857) who married Mary Yeo (1860)
Her father was George Yeo (1833) & he also had George Yeo (1861)
He had Frederick Yeo (1900) who married Ruby Guiver (1903)
Her father was Henry Guiver (1854)
His father was Joseph Guiver (1815) who married Eliza Rich (1819)
Her father was John Rich (1791) & he also had Charles Rich (1817)
He had Matilda Rich (1856) who married Martin Kenny (1849)
They had Catherine Kenny (1893) who married Charles Cook (1889)
His father was William Cook (1845)
His father was John Cook (c1812)
His father was Samuel Cook (c1776) & he also had Benjamin Cook (c1808)
He had Samuel Cook (1851)
He had Carolyn Cook who married Thomas Eavis (c1874)
His father was Jacob Eavis (c1840)
His father was Thomas Eavis (c1797) & he also had Henry Eavis (c1826)
He had John Eavis (c1867)
He had Lilian Eavis (c1899) who married Percy Bailey (c1897)
They had Pamela Bailey (1925) who married Stanley Ward (1921)
His father was John Ward (1882) who married Ethel Bowen (1891)
Her father was George Bowen (1855)
His father was James Bowden (1819) who married Hannah Loveday (c1813)
Her father was Thomas Loveday (c1779) who married Elizabeth Blackburn (1776)
Her father was Henry Blackburn (c1744) and he also had Barnabus Blackburn (1786)
He had Sarah Blackburn (1820) who married William Aldous (1820)
His father was Zephania Aldous (1778) & he also had Amelia Aldous (1818) who married James Peck (1820)
They had Charlotte Peck (1843) who married James Dawes (1843)
They had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
They had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred (1920)
He had Robert Arthur (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

• note. Christine Fairhall (nee Pearcey) notes:
Walter Edye was an important London barrister, a Special Pleader which may mean he drafted appeals for defenders in court cases. He trained a judge or two and was a member of the Inns of Court, I think a member of Lincoln's Inn. His first wife was Charlotte Turner and her father, Thomas Turner of Exeter, with lawyers and an Exeter banker, Sanders, drew up a pre nuptial agreement to protect his daughter's property.
Walter Oke Edye's first illegitimate children were with an Elizabeth (about 5 children) and then he married Charlotte during which time he had an affair with Mrs Pearcey and with her had little William "Oak", Arthur Edwin Pearcey, Herbert Augustus Pearcey, then twins John Edward and Henrietta Leonora Pearcey. Clearly Walter Oky Edye disguised his name on the registration of little William's birth whereas the records show Sarah Pearcey recorded the births of the subsequent children herself. Arthur Edwin Pearcey had a private school education and Walter Oke Edye also sent him to London University which has confirmed he paid the fees for Arthur. Arthur won prizes at school and did well at university studying classics. He came to Victoria in 1861. He married Jane Blackett, a cousin of the Sydney architect Edward Blackett who put the family crest on his buildings. My Blackett pedigree is known back to 1350 and on the Blackett distaff side back to before the Conquest, so to discover Arthur Edwin Pearcey was illegitimate was unexpected. I don't think my father would have coped with it especially with it going on to a website! Walter Oke Edye as you know was a lawyer as was my grandfather and father so it is appalling that Walter Oke Edye was untruthful on important documents.

Walter married Charlotte Hodge Turner, daughter of Thomas Turner and Harriett Hodge Bryett, on 20 Oct 1828. (Charlotte Hodge Turner was born on 2 Mar 1796 in Exeter, Devon England and died on 30 Nov 1851 in Totnes, Devon England.)

Walter had a relationship with Sarah Pearcey (nee Carter). (Sarah Pearcey (nee Carter) was born circa 1820.)