Elizabeth Norton

  Research Notes:

source: Jan Senior who notes:
Mrs Henry Griffits arrived in Sydney from Melbourne aboard the Rangatira on 13-1-1867.
This information came from Malcolm Griffits, South Australia. He didn't know how or when she arrived in Melbourne. Her children arrived with her.

  Noted events in her life were:

• connection. ³⁴¹ The connection between WILLIAM NORTON & myself are as follows:
William Norton . . .
May be linked to . . .
Richard Norton (1747)
He had Alexander Norton (1792)
He had Elizabeth Norton (1823) who married * Henry Griffits (1816)
He had John Griffits (1854) who married Elizabeth Train (1862)
Her father was George Train (c1807) & he also had Archibald Train (1842) who married Maria McPhillamy (1844)
Her parents were James McPhillamy (1817) & Mary Keegan (1815) & they also had Elizabeth McPhillamy (1854) who married Thomas Garrett (183)
His father was John Garrett (1805) who married Sarah Stafford (1803)
Her father was William Stafford (1777)
He also had William Stafford (1811) who married Elizabeth Goodall (1814) & they also 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)



Another connection to me through my ex-husband Les Collins is as follows:
* Henry Griffits (1816)
His father was John Griffits (1784) & he also had Richard Griffits (c1823)
He had Zenobia Griffits (1866) who married Theodore Gardiner (1863)
They had Jessie Gardiner (1904) who married Robert Watson (1899)
They had Leonard Watson (1931) who married Valma Harrigan (1930)
Her father was George Harrigan (c1890) who married Alice Martin (1891)
Her father was George Martin (1856) who married Hannah Townsend (1855)
Her father was Henry Townsend (1833) who married Margaret Gosper (1839)
Her father was John Gosper (1801) & he also had Agnes Gosper (1825) who married Charles Ivory (1820)
They had Roland Ivery (1861)
He had George Ivery (1907) who married Ivy Brien (1913)
Her father was Leslie Brien (1878)
His father was William Brien (1846)
His father was Timothy Brien (1813)
His father was Daniel Brien (1769) & he also had Sarah Jane Brien (1825) who married Benjamin Warby (1825)
His father was also Benjamin Warby (1805)
His father was John Warby (1767) & he also had Elizabeth Warby (1802)
She had Eleanor Layton (1821) who married James Keighran (1808)
She had John Joseph Keighran (1845)
He had Joseph William 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) (1950)

Elizabeth married Henry Griffits, son of John Griffits and Nancy (Ann) Way, on 22 Dec 1842 in St Marylebone, Greater London, Middlesex England. (Henry Griffits was born in 1816 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire England and died on 3 Dec 1860 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire England.)