Genealogy of The Dingle Family

THE SERGEANT FAMILY
of South Australia
and of Lincolnshire, England

Descendants of William SERGEANT and Catherine GILDERDALE, who arrived in Port Adelaide, South Australia aboard the "Canton" on 22 May 1838.

The vessel departed London on 15 Dec 1837, and Falmouth on 26 Sep 1837, and was under the command of Captain J. Mordaunt. The "Canton" was a ship, of 510 tons, and carried 143 passengers, being 83 adults and 60 children.

The passenger list includes a transcript of a letter of appreciation from the passengers to Captain Mordaunt.

William Foster SERGEANT
b. 1801, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England;
d. 28 Oct 1858, Marion, South Australia.
son of William SERGEANT
b. abt. 1775, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England;
and Mary FOSTER
m. Catherine GILDERDALE
b. 1801, Lincolnshire, England
d. 14 Apr 1884, Adelaide, South Australia.
For Catherine's ancestry, see The Gilderdale Family
William and Catherine married on 28 Jun 1824,
in Scawby, Lincolnshire, England,
and had issue:
1. Joseph Gilderdale SERGEANT
  b. 17 Mar 1825, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England;
  d. 22 Dec 1851
  Further information unknown
2. William Foster SERGEANT
  b. 21 Oct 1826, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England;
  d. 11 Jun 1902, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
  m. Bridget McGUIRE
  daughter of Anthony McGuire and Anne O'Brien
  b. 1835, Co. Clare, Ireland
  m. 9 Jan 1858, Geelong, Victoria, Australia,
  and had issue:
  1. Catherine Jane SERGEANT
    b. 12 Mar 1859, Shelford, Victoria, Australia;
    d. 26 Oct 1899, Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
    m. Luke KNIGHT-VAIL
    b. 27 Aug 1858, Prahran, Victoria, Australia;
    d. 11 Oct 1919, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
    married 17 Feb 1881, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
    and had issue:
    1. Elizabeth Alice KNIGHT-VAIL
      b. 3 Jan 1882, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia;
      d. 1968, Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
      m. Frank WELLINGTON
      b. 25 Oct 1885, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia;
      m. 1 Jun 1912, Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
      Further information unknown
    2. Charles William KNIGHT-VAIL
      b. 1884, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
      d. 1947, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
      m. Catherine (last name unknown) in New Zealand.
      Further information unknown
    3. Bertie Luke KNIGHT-VAIL
      b. 1887, Malvern, Victoria, Australia;
      d. 21 Sep 1912, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
      m. Grace Anne CARRUTHERS
      b. abt. 1891, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
      m. 1912, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
      Further information unknown
    4. James Gordon KNIGHT-VAIL
      b. May 1889, Malvern, Victoria, Australia;
      d. 10 Apr 1890, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
      James died in infancy
    5. Amy Rubina KNIGHT-VAIL
      b. 1891, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
      m. Wilmot Charles STAMPS
      b. 1892, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;
      d. 1945, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
      married 1918 in Victoria, Australia.
      Further information unknown
    6. Malvern William KNIGHT-VAIL
      b. 1893, Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
      m. Iris JONES
      b. 1896, Casino, New South Wales, Australia.
      married 1917 in Casino, New South Wales, Australia.
      Further information unknown
    7. Henry KNIGHT-VAIL
      b. 1895, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;
      d. 1899.
      Henry died in childhood.
    8. Cecil Ross KNIGHT-VAIL
      b. 1895, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
      Further information unknown
    9. Henry KNIGHT-VAIL
      b. 1899, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
      Further information unknown
  2. Mary Anne SERGEANT
    b. 1861, Shelford, Victoria, Australia;
    d. 1870, Shelford, Victoria, Australia
    Mary died in childhood
  3. William Foster SERGEANT
    b. 1863, Shelford, Victoria, Australia;
    d. 1869, Rokewood, Victoria, Australia
    William died in childhood
  4. Alice SERGEANT
    b. 1865, Shelford, Victoria, Australia.
    m. Francis Gothorp BULLING
    b. abt. 1867, Shelford, Victoria, Australia;
    d. 1946, Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia
    m. in 18897, Shelford, Victoria, Australia,
    and had issue:
    1. Susie Ellen BULLING
      b. 1890, Armadale, Victoria, Australia.
      Further information unknown
    2. Charles Ernest BULLING
      b. 1893, Prahran, Victoria, Australia;
      d. 1973, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
      Further information unknown
    3. Frederick William BULLING
      b. 1898, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
      Further information unknown
  5. Francis Foster SERGEANT
    b. 1868, Rokewood, Victoria, Australia
    Further information unknown
  6. Charles SERGEANT
    b. 1871, Rokewood, Victoria, Australia
    Further information unknown
  7. John SERGEANT
    b. 1873, Rokewood, Victoria, Australia
    Further information unknown
3. John SERGEANT
  b. 27 May 1828, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England;
  d. 20 Jul 1903, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
  m. Sarah IDE
  daughter of Henry Ide and Mary Anne Stokes
  b. 27 Sep 1845, Sturt, South Australia;
  d. 13 Jul 1928, Plumpton, New South Wales, Australia.
  married 22 Jul 1963, Marion, South Australia
  and had issue:
  1. William Henry SERGEANT
    b. 8 Aug 1864, Marion, South Australia;
    d. 1918, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    Further information unknown
  2. Frederick George SERGEANT
    b. 21 Dec 1865, Marion, South Australia
    m. Josephina MITCHELL
    in 1894, New South Wales, Australia.
    Further information unknown
  3. Sydney George SERGEANT
    b. 6 Jan 1866, Marion, South Australia;
    d. 1871.
    Note:- Sydney's date of birth and that of his brother Frederick, directly above, are
    questionable - Frederick's is 15 days before Sydney's.
  4. Catherine Mary SERGEANT
    b. 28 Apr 1867, Marion, South Australia;
    m. William RICHARDS
    in 1898, New South Wales, Australia.
    Further information unknown
  5. Ellen Marian SERGEANT
    b. 12 Sep 1868, Marion, South Australia;
    d. Nov 1888, Gladstone, South Australia.
    Ellen did not marry, but had a daughter:
    1. Ruth SERGEANT
      b. abt 1888, Georgetown, South Australia
      Further information unknown
  6. Clara Ide SERGEANT
    b. 6 Oct 1872, Marion, South Australia.
    m. George MERRIMAN
    m. 1898, New South Wales, Australia.
    Further information unknown
  7. Mary Goodwin SERGEANT
    b. 17 Mar 1875, Marion, South Australia;
    d. 1945, Leeton, New South Wales, Australia
  8. Jessie SERGEANT
    b. 2 May 1877, Caltowie, South Australia.
    m. Robert GUTTERSON
    in 1902, in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
    Jessie had a daughter before she married (not Robert's child):
    1. Armenia May SERGEANT
      b. 1897, South Australia;
      d. abt 1905, South Australia.
      Armenia did not return to Broken Hill with her mother;
      she died in childhood.
  9. Walter SERGEANT
    b. 1880, Clare, South Australia;
    d. 1924, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
    m. Florence GASMEIER
    1904, New South Wales, Australia.
    Further information unknown
  10. Francis Charles SERGEANT
    b. 16 Feb 1883, Laura, South Australia;
    d. 1965, Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia.
    m. Albertha PATTERSON
    b. 17 Apr 1884, Adelaide, South Australia;
    d. 16 Apr 1975, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia.
    m. 21 May 1910, Rydalmere, New South Wales, Australia.
    and had issue:
    1. Stuart George SERGEANT
      b. 21 Jun 1913, Dundas, New South Wales, Australia.
      m. Joy Noeline WITHERS
      b. 28 Nov 1923, Gordon, New South Wales, Australia.
      m. 24 Dec 1945, Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia.
      Stuart and Joy have descendants, but further information is unknown
    2. Allan Francis SERGEANT
      b. 18 Jun 1911, Rydalmere, New South Wales, Australia;
      d. 6 Sep 1973.
      m. Edith Margaret OLIVER
      on 23 Dec 1940, New South Wales, Australia.
      Further information unknown
    3. Bertha Rae SERGEANT
      b. 25 Aug 1915;
      d. 7 Jan 1990.
      Further information unknown
  11. Oliver SERGEANT
    b. 2 Apr 1886, Georgetown, South Australia;
    d. 1891, New South Wales, Australia.
    Oliver died in childhood
  12. Olive SERGEANT
    b. 1892, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
    m. William TYSOE
    in 1923, Granville, New South Wales, Australia.
    Further information unknown
4. Mary Goodwin SERGEANT
  b. 14 Mar 1830, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England;
  d. 23 Oct 1867, Adelaide, South Australia.
  m. Thomas MOSS
  b. 14 Feb 1828, Lincoln, England;
  d. 20 Feb 1886, Adelaide, South Australia
  m. 22 Apr 1857, Adelaide, South Australia.
  For Thomas' ancestry, and for their descendants, see
  The Moss Family
5. Charles Robert SERGEANT
  b. 11 Apr 1832, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England;
  d. 7 Sep 1870, South Australia.
  m. Anne SEDUNARY
  b. abt. 1837, Langhorne Creek, South Australia
  m. 7 Jun 1858, Langhorne Creek, South Australia
  and had issue:
  1. Ada Marion SERGEANT
    23 Nov 1861, Marion, South Australia.
    Further information unknown.
6. Henry Antony SERGEANT
  b. 9 Dec 1833, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England;
  d. 26 Jun 1838, South Australia
  Henry died in childhood.
7. Richard Walkden SERGEANT
  b. 21 Jan 1836, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England;
  d. 26 Feb 1838, South Australia
8. Jane Adelaide SERGEANT
  b. 11 May 1838, South Australia
  d. 9 Jul 1923, Swan Reach, South Australia.
  m. William TRENOWETH
  b. May 1835, Penzance, Cornwall;
  d. 9 Oct 1903, Woodside, South Australia
  Jane and William married 18 May 1874, Adelaide, South Australia
  and had issue:
  1. Jane Adelaide TRENOWETH
    b. 18 Apr 1875, Woodside, South Australia;
    d. 28 Apr 1875, Woodside, South Australia
    Jane died in infancy
  2. William TRENOWETH
    b. 18 Apr 1875, Woodside, South Australia;
    d. 22 Apr 1875, Woodside, South Australia
    William died in infancy

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