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Janet Martin

• Birth*: Janet Martin was born circa 1845.
• Marriage*: Janet Martin married Peter Clegg, son of Joseph Clegg and Ann Parker, in 1867 at Paisley, Victoria, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 1867, her married name was Clegg.
• Death*: Janet Martin died on 16 May 1918 at "Heathfield", Daphne Street, Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.¹
• Burial*: Janet Martin was buried on 20 May 1918 at Box Hill Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.¹
• Anecdote*: The following death notice appeared in The Argus (Melbourne) on Monday 20 May 1918:
  CLEGG -On the 16th May, at her residence, "Heathfield," Daphne street, Canterbury (late of Wandin), Janet, beloved wife of Peter Clegg, and loving mother of Frederick (Auburn), Mrs. G. Giles (Auburn). Mrs. W. Upton (Coburg), and Ernest (on active service abroad); also lov-sister of Mrs E. Clegg (W.A.), Mrs J. Whiffin, and Mrs R. Simpson; aged 73.
  CLEGG. - The Friends of Mr. PETER CLEGG (late of Wandin) are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his beloved wife, Janet, to the place of ¡nternment, the Box Hill Cemetery. The funeral will leave his residence, "Heathfield", Daphne street, Canterbury, THIS DAY (Monday, 20th May). at 2 o'clock p.m. W. FERGUSON, Undertaker, Vere street, Collingwood, Northcote, and Brunswick.¹

Mavis Ravenall Douglas

• Birth*: Mavis Ravenall Douglas was born in 1881 at Cardiff, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Wales.
• Marriage*: Mavis Ravenall Douglas married John Henry Bartlett, son of Josiah Bartlett and Jane McManus, on 27 October 1909 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 27 October 1909, her married name was Bartlett.

Olive Kathleen Bartlett

Parents:

• Birth*: Olive Kathleen Bartlett was born on 29 May 1907 at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
• She was the daughter of John Henry Bartlett and Norah Julia Saunders.
• Death*: Olive Kathleen Bartlett died on 14 May 1975 at age 67.

Norah Julia Saunders

• Birth*: Norah Julia Saunders was born in 1876 at Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand.
• Marriage*: Norah Julia Saunders married John Henry Bartlett, son of Josiah Bartlett and Jane McManus, on 28 August 1910 at St Francis Church, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 28 August 1910, her married name was Bartlett.
• Death*: Norah Julia Saunders died on 26 November 1915 at Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Ellen Piggot Bryant

• Birth*: Ellen Piggot Bryant was born in 1872.
• Marriage*: Ellen Piggot Bryant married John Henry Bartlett, son of Josiah Bartlett and Jane McManus, on 4 March 1917 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 4 March 1917, her married name was Bartlett.
• Death*: Ellen Piggot Bryant died on 29 May 1937 at Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
• Burial*: Ellen Piggot Bryant was buried after 29 May 1937 at Fawkner, Victoria, Australia.

Catherine Bartlett

Parents:

• Birth*: Catherine Bartlett was born on 26 July 1872 at Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia.
• She was the daughter of Josiah Bartlett and Jane McManus.
• Death*: Catherine Bartlett died in September 1872 at Koroit, Victoria, Australia.

David Edwin Birtles

David Birtles with wife Sarah Bartlett c1910 and daughter Iris Valinda (born 1907).

• Birth*: David Edwin Birtles was born in 1851 at Cheshire, England.
• Marriage*: David Edwin Birtles married Sarah Jane Bartlett, daughter of Josiah Bartlett and Jane McManus, on 23 March 1876 at Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, date needs to be checked (1880?)
• Death*: David Edwin Birtles died on 14 April 1926 at Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Frances Edwin Birtles

Francis Edwin Birtles

Parents:

• Birth*: Frances Edwin Birtles was born on 7 November 1881 at Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
• He was the son of David Edwin Birtles and Sarah Jane Bartlett.
• Marriage*: Frances Edwin Birtles married Frances C Knight in 1920 at Australia.
• Marriage*: Frances Edwin Birtles married Nea McCutcheon in 1935 at Australia.
• Anecdote*: BIRTLES, FRANCIS EDWIN (1881-1941), overlander, was born on 7 November 1881 at Fitzroy, Victoria, son of David Birtles, a bootmaker from Macclesfield, England, and his wife Sarah Jane, née Bartlett. He was educated at South Wandin State School, and at 15 joined the merchant navy as an apprentice. In 1899 he jumped ship at Cape Town, South Africa, and tried to enlist with Australian militia, but was attached to the Field Intelligence Department as part of a troop of irregular mounted infantry until May 1902. He returned briefly to Australia, then joined the constabulary in the Transvaal as a mounted police officer. His experiences there equipped him with bushcraft skills in a semi-arid environment and he undertook several cycling and photographic excursions; his police service ended when he contracted blackwater fever.
  Birtles disembarked at Fremantle, Western Australia, and on 26 December 1905 left to cycle to Melbourne, an achievement which attracted widespread attention. After brief employment as a lithographic artist, in 1907-08 he cycled to Sydney and then, via Brisbane, Normanton, Darwin, Alice Springs and Adelaide back to Sydney, where he was thereafter based. In 1909 he published the story of his feat, Lonely Lands, which he illustrated with his own photographs. That year he set a new cycling record for the Fremantle to Sydney continental crossing, then in 1910-11 rode around Australia. In 1911 he was accompanied from Sydney to Darwin by R. Primmer, cameraman for the Gaumont Co.: Across Australia was released next year. Birtles had continued on to Broome and Perth, then lowered his record by riding from Fremantle to Sydney in thirty-one days. By 1912 he had cycled around Australia twice and had crossed the continent seven times.
  Birtles next turned to the motor car and in 1912 completed the first west-to-east crossing of the continent with Syd Ferguson and a terrier, Rex, in a single-cylinder Brush car. In 1914 with Frank Hurley as cameraman he made Into Australia's Unknown (1915); next year he retraced their route and was responsible for the film Across Australia in the Track of Burke and Wills; in 1919 he made Through Australian Wilds, following by car the track of Sir Ross Smith. On his many other trips, with companions such as his brother Clive, he shot much film footage.
  On 27 November 1920 at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, he married Frances Knight; they soon separated and she divorced him in 1922. In 1921 he and his companion Roy Fry had been extensively injured when his car caught fire near Elsey station while he was employed by the Prime Minister's Department on a survey mission for the proposed north-south railway to Alice Springs; he later finished the survey by air. In 1926 he set motoring records from Melbourne to Darwin and Darwin to Sydney (seven days) in a Bean car named 'The Sundowner'. By mid-1927 he had completed more than seventy transcontinental crossings. Impecunious, he depended on manufacturers to sponsor his expeditions and wrote about many of his journeys for newspapers and periodicals.
  In July 1928 Birtles became the first person to drive from London to Melbourne, a nine-month part-solo journey completed in 'The Sundowner' which he donated in 1929 to a proposed national museum in Canberra. With M. H. Ellis he undertook an unsuccessful search for L. H. B. Lasseter. In the Depression he spent several years gold-prospecting in arid areas and discovered a payable gold-mine in 1934. On 11 February 1935 at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, he married Nea McCutcheon. That year he published Battle Fronts of Outback (Sydney).
  Survived by his second wife, Birtles died at Croydon of coronary vascular disease on 1 July 1941 and was buried in the Anglican section of Waverley cemetery.
  Select Bibliography
  M. H. Ellis, The Long Lead (Lond, 1927); T. R. Nicholson, The Trailblazers (Lond, 1958), and Five Roads to Danger (Lond, 1960); I. Bertrand, ‘Francis Birtles — cyclist, explorer, Kodaker’, Cinema Papers, Jan 1974; private information. More on the resources
  
  This is written by Terry G. Birtles; 'Birtles, Francis Edwin (1881 - 1941)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 297-298
  http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070303b.htm.
• Death*: Frances Edwin Birtles died on 1 July 1941 at Croydon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at age 59. Died of coronary vascular disease.

John Picket

• Birth*: John Picket was born circa 1857 at Victoria, Australia.
• Marriage*: John Picket married Mary Ann Bartlett, daughter of Josiah Bartlett and Jane McManus, on 28 June 1877 at Koroit, Victoria, Australia.
• Anecdote*: They are said to have had no children.
• Death*: John Picket died in 1918.

Phoebe Walker

Parents:

• Birth*: Phoebe Walker was born in 1844 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• She was the daughter of John Walker and Sarah Mobbs.
• Marriage*: Phoebe Walker married Robert Bartlett, son of Charles Bartlett and Mary Anne Hooper, on 10 March 1868 at Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 10 March 1868, her married name was Bartlett.
• Death*: Phoebe Walker died on 16 October 1923 at Tower Hill, Victoria, Australia.

George Hodges

Parents:

• Birth*: George Hodges was born circa 1758 at England.
• He was the son of Henry Hodges and Mary Appleby.
• Marriage*: George Hodges married Mary House on 25 November 1776 at Charlton Adam, Somerset, England.

Mary House

• Birth: Mary House was born in 1756 at Axbridge, Somerset, England.
• Baptism*: Mary House was baptized on 7 December 1756 at Axbridge, Somerset, England.
• Marriage*: Mary House married George Hodges, son of Henry Hodges and Mary Appleby, on 25 November 1776 at Charlton Adam, Somerset, England.
• Married Name: As of 25 November 1776, her married name was Hodges.

Henry Hodges

• Birth*: Henry Hodges was born circa 1711.
• Marriage*: Henry Hodges married Mary Appleby circa 1755 at England.
• Death*: Henry Hodges died in 1758 at Charlton Adam, Somerset, England.
• Burial*: Henry Hodges was buried in September 1758 at Charlton Adam, Somerset, England.

Mary Appleby

• Birth*: Mary Appleby was born circa 1731.
• Marriage*: Mary Appleby married Henry Hodges circa 1755 at England.
• Married Name: As of circa 1755, her married name was Hodges.

Robert Masters

Parents:

• Birth: Robert Masters was born in 1713 at Somerset, England.
• Baptism*: Robert Masters was baptized on 17 May 1713 at Somerset, England.
• He was the son of Thomas Masters and Ann Stokes.
• Marriage*: Robert Masters married Hannah (?) circa 1734 at Somerton, Somerset, England.
• Death*: Robert Masters died in 1784 at Somerset, England.
• Burial*: Robert Masters was buried on 9 May 1784 at Somerset, England.

Thomas Masters

Parents:

• Birth: Thomas Masters was born in 1682 at Somerton, Somerset, England.
• Baptism*: Thomas Masters was baptized on 7 January 1682 at Somerton, Somerset, England.
• He was the son of Thomas Masters and Elizabeth Driver.
• Marriage*: Thomas Masters married Ann Stokes on 4 June 1707 at Pitney, Somerset, England.

Ann Stokes

• Baptism*: Ann Stokes was baptized in 1686 at Pitney, Somerset, England.
• Birth: Ann Stokes was born in 1686 at Pitney, Somerset, England.
• Marriage*: Ann Stokes married Thomas Masters, son of Thomas Masters and Elizabeth Driver, on 4 June 1707 at Pitney, Somerset, England.
• Married Name: As of 4 June 1707, her married name was Masters.

Hannah (?)

• Marriage*: Hannah (?) married Robert Masters, son of Thomas Masters and Ann Stokes, circa 1734 at Somerton, Somerset, England.
• Married Name: As of circa 1734, her married name was Masters.

John Bartlett

Parents:

• Baptism*: John Bartlett was baptized in 1708 at Pitney, Somerset, England.
• He was the son of Samuel Bartlett and Mary Inman.
• Marriage*: John Bartlett married Elizabeth Classey, daughter of Edward Classey and Joan Lucas, on 22 October 1733 at Long Sutton, Somerset, England.
• Burial*: John Bartlett was buried on 16 September 1771 at Pitney, Somerset, England.

Elizabeth Classey

Parents:

• Baptism*: Elizabeth Classey was baptized on 11 June 1716 at Pitney, Somerset, England.
• She was the daughter of Edward Classey and Joan Lucas.
• Marriage*: Elizabeth Classey married John Bartlett, son of Samuel Bartlett and Mary Inman, on 22 October 1733 at Long Sutton, Somerset, England.
• Married Name: As of 22 October 1733, her married name was Bartlett.
• Burial*: Elizabeth Classey was buried in 1755.

Edward Classey

• Baptism*: Edward Classey was baptized in 1690 at Pitney, Somerset, England.
• Marriage*: Edward Classey married Joan Lucas circa 1715 at England.

Joan Lucas

• Baptism*: Joan Lucas was baptized on 1 February 1694 at Pitney, Somerset, England.
• Marriage*: Joan Lucas married Edward Classey circa 1715 at England.
• Married Name: As of circa 1715, her married name was Classey.
• Burial*: Joan Lucas was buried on 19 April 1777 at Pitney, Somerset, England.

Samuel Bartlett

Parents:

• Baptism*: Samuel Bartlett was baptized in 1714 at Pitney, Somerset, England.
• He was the son of Samuel Bartlett and Mary Inman.
• Marriage*: Samuel Bartlett married Love Hill on 19 June 1736 at Long Sutton, Somerset, England, both of Pitney.¹

William Bartlett

Parents:

• Baptism*: William Bartlett was baptized in 1717 at Canford Magna, Dorset, England.
• He was the son of Samuel Bartlett and Mary Inman.
• Anecdote*: This person may not be part of the family - needs to be checked.

Elizabeth (Eliza) Lee

Gravestone for Elizabeth Bartlett at Longford Methodist cemetery.

• Baptism*: Elizabeth (Eliza) Lee was baptized on 15 October 1819 at Somerset, England.
• Marriage*: Elizabeth (Eliza) Lee married Thomas Bartlett, son of Robert Bartlett and Ann Hodges, on 4 December 1837 at Pitney, Somerset, England.
• Married Name: As of 4 December 1837, her married name was Bartlett.
• Death*: Elizabeth (Eliza) Lee died on 8 July 1888 at Longford, Tasmania, Australia, at age 68.
• Burial*: Elizabeth (Eliza) Lee was buried after 8 July 1888 at Longford Old Methodist Cemetery, Longford, Tasmania, Australia.

Thomas Masters

• Baptism*: Thomas Masters was baptized on 4 June 1663 at Abbey, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.
• Marriage*: Thomas Masters married Elizabeth Driver circa 1680 at England.
• Burial*: Thomas Masters was buried in 1710 at Abbey, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.

Elizabeth Driver

• Marriage*: Elizabeth Driver married Thomas Masters circa 1680 at England.
• Married Name: As of circa 1680, her married name was Masters.

James Clegg

Parents:

• Baptism*: James Clegg was baptized in June 1777 at Birstal, Yorkshire, England.
• He was the son of Richard Clegg and Grace Betty (?)
• Marriage*: James Clegg married Mary Walker in 1804 at Birstall, Yorkshire, England, (12th or 17th Dec - needs to be checked.)

Mary Walker

• Baptism*: Mary Walker was baptized on 8 March 1788 at Birstall, Yorkshire, England.
• Marriage*: Mary Walker married James Clegg, son of Richard Clegg and Grace Betty (?), in 1804 at Birstall, Yorkshire, England, (12th or 17th Dec - needs to be checked.)
• Married Name: As of 1804, her married name was Clegg.

Mary Elizabeth Papworth

• Birth*: Mary Elizabeth Papworth was born in 1850 at Warboys, Huntingdonshire, England^B.
• Marriage*: Mary Elizabeth Papworth married Paul Clegg, son of Joseph Clegg and Ann Parker, in 1867 at Victoria, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 1867, her married name was Clegg.
• Death*: Mary Elizabeth Papworth died on 8 February 1894 at Victoria, Australia.