The Noakes family line that is relevant to my ancestry, and the stories contained on these pages, has its beginnings in Australia with James Noakes who arrived in New South Wales in 1837 as an Bounty Immigrant on board the Augusta Jessie.
The pedigree register beginning with James Noakes is detailed below. Other family names that feature in my Noakes line of ancestors include; Masters, Moore, Brown, Wheatley, Parris, Whittington and Holgate.
- James Noakes (b.1803) m. Eliza Masters (b.1804)
Children: Emma, Silas (1830), Lewis, Alfred, Herbert, Elizabeth, John, Theophilus. - Silas Noakes (b.1830) m. Julia Moore (b.1832)
Children: Eliza (1853), Mary (1859), Emma (1860), James (1862), Bridget (1862), Silas J (1866), others unknown. - James Noakes (b.1862) m. Emma Brown (b.1869)
Children: Evelyn ‘May’ (1889), James, Elsie, Beatrice, Emma, Silas, Alice, Florence, Ethel, John, George. - Evelyn ‘May’ Noakes m. William ‘Bill’ Whittington (b.1889)
(see Whittington page for more)
Emma Noaks and family at Mayfield
James Noakes (image supplied by B. Gruber)
George Noakes (1905-1983) aka John Charles Noakes
James and Emma Noakes at diamond wedding celebration
Charles Noakes (1909-1972)
Emma Noakes (nee Brown). (image supplied by B. Gruber)
Emma & James Noakes with baby Evelyn May. (image supplied by B. Gruber)
Sources
Holgate Family Genealogy and History booklet
New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages
‘From Udimore they came’ by Marianne R McGowan
County of King 