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Name/TitlePioneer register: WELLS, David

About this objectFamily name: WELLS
Given name: David
Birth year: 1823/24
Birth place: Kent, England
Parents: Benjamin WELLS & Elizabeth SHEPHERD
Arrival: 1853/54
Victorian residence: Geelong area farming, Swanston St, Geelong.
Death date: 1908

Family name: WILEY
Given name: Martha
Marriage year: 27 July 1845
Marriage place: Workington, Cumberland, England
Victorian residence: Geelong.

2nd Marriage: to Jane Scott BUTTERWORTH in 1883 in Geelong. No children.

David and Martha WELLS had about 7 children: 1846 Jane; 1847 Elizabeth; 1855 Mary; 1857 Margaret; 1861 Hannah.
Several children died early. (James & Martha deceased in 1908.)

Note: Pioneer Register records are submitted by individuals to the RHSV and information should always be verified in primary sources such as civil indexes, shipping records and directories.

Publication PlaceVictoria, Australia

Subject and Association KeywordsFamily history

Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers

Named CollectionManuscripts Collection - Pioneer Register

Object TypeForm

Object numberPR W-0043

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