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Francis ANDERSON (1807 - 1860)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Martha ANDERSON (1831 - 1907)
Francis ANDERSON (1833 - 1835)
Abraham ANDERSON (1834 - 1924)
Sarah ANDERSON (1840 - 1885)
Henry ANDERSON (1842 - 1918)
Maria Marcia ANDERSON (1845 - 1875)
 Francis ANDERSON (1807 - 1860)

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Martha ROWE (1809 - 1864)



























Francis ANDERSON Martha ROWE
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Pic S1. Inscription
In Memory of MARTHA ANDERSON
Beloved wife of the above
Departed this life
January 9th 1864
Aged 55 years

Pic 5. Inscription
In Memory of Francis Anderson
Departed this life
June 9th 1860
Aged 51 years

b. 29 Mar 1807 at Canterbury, Kent, England
m. 26 Dec 1829 Martha ROWE (1809 - 1864) at Canterbury, Kent, England
d. 09 Jun 1860 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 53
Near Relatives of Francis ANDERSON (1807 - 1860)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Self Francis ANDERSON 29 Mar 1807 Canterbury, Kent, England 09 Jun 1860 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 53

Wife Martha ROWE Feb 1809 Kent, England 09 Jan 1864 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 54

Daughter Martha ANDERSON 24 Feb 1831 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England 01 Apr 1907 Bombowlee, New South Wales, Australia 76
Son Francis ANDERSON 1833 1835 2
Son Abraham ANDERSON 26 Oct 1834 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England 19 Sep 1924 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 89
Daughter Sarah ANDERSON 24 Jun 1840 Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 02 Aug 1885 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 45
Son Henry ANDERSON 1842 1918 76
Daughter Maria Marcia ANDERSON abt 1845 29 Jul 1875 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 30

Son in Law Francis FOORD 31 Dec 1818 Canterbury, Kent, England 31 Dec 1899 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 81
Daughter in Law Isabella ASHDOWN 1835 10 Oct 1906 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 71
Son in Law James KELL 10 Nov 1837 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 12 May 1906 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 68

Grandson Henry FOORD 05 Feb 1848 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1915 67
Grandson Charles FOORD 03 May 1850 Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 21 Nov 1923 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
Grandson Francis B FOORD 1853 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 29 Jan 1928 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 75
Granddaughter Rhoda Naomi FOORD 1856 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1924 Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia 68
Granddaughter Harriet Elizabeth FOORD 24 Feb 1859 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1928 69
Grandson Edward FOORD 1861 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1915 54
Grandson William Henry Hunnisett FOORD 1864 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 13 Jun 1937 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
Grandson Percy FOORD 1867 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1867 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 0
Grandson Arthur Herbert FOORD 1868 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1942 Perth, Western Australia, Australia 74
Granddaughter Amelia Ethel FOORD 1870 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 25 Dec 1942 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 72
Granddaughter Eva Mary Beatrice FOORD 1872 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1950 78
Grandson Clarence Percy Anderson FOORD 1877 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia Sep 1948 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 71
Granddaughter Martha ANDERSON 03 Dec 1854 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 07 Jun 1890 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 35
Grandson Francis James ANDERSON 01 Oct 1856 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 09 Apr 1913 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 56
Grandson Henry William ANDERSON 29 Apr 1858 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 13 Apr 1941 Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia 82
Grandson Edwin Charles ANDERSON 27 May 1861 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 02 Jan 1940 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 78
Granddaughter Alice ANDERSON 13 Jan 1864 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1906 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 42
Grandson Hebert Owen ANDERSON 17 Apr 1869 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1938 69
Grandson Albert Ernest ANDERSON 16 Sep 1872 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 12 Aug 1944 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 71
Granddaughter Lucy Margaret KELL 1861 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 13 Aug 1947 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 86
Granddaughter Martha Lillian KELL 04 Dec 1863 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 09 Mar 1898 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 34
Granddaughter Jessie KELL 12 May 1866 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1954 88
Granddaughter Sarah KELL 24 Sep 1868 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 08 Feb 1898 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 29
Grandson Andrew KELL 13 Dec 1870 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 17 Jul 1929 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 58
Grandson James KELL 24 Aug 1873 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 02 Jul 1959 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 85
Grandson William KELL 09 Jul 1875 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1969 94
Granddaughter Christina Eva KELL 03 Jun 1878 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1907 29
Granddaughter Harriet Lillian KELL 15 Aug 1881 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1951 70

Events in Francis ANDERSON (1807 - 1860)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
29 Mar 1807 Francis ANDERSON was born Canterbury, Kent, England
26 Dec 1829 22 Married Martha ROWE (aged 20) Canterbury, Kent, England
24 Feb 1831 23 Birth of daughter Martha ANDERSON Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
1833 26 Birth of son Francis ANDERSON
26 Oct 1834 27 Birth of son Abraham ANDERSON Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England 73
1835 28 Death of son Francis ANDERSON (aged 2)
26 May 1839 32 Immigration Sydney, New South Wales, Australia per 'Roxburgh Castle'
24 Jun 1840 33 Birth of daughter Sarah ANDERSON Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
1842 35 Birth of son Henry ANDERSON
abt 1845 38 Birth of daughter Maria Marcia ANDERSON
09 Jun 1860 53 Francis ANDERSON died Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
Personal Notes:
The years 1840 and 1841 saw the arrival of quite a batch of settlers whose descendants still reside in the district. In 1843 Francis Foord arrived in Tumut. With Francis Anderson he constructed the first bridge over the Tumut River at Mill Angle, in 1847. They charged a toll fee of £1 for drays and wagons, and 1/- each for pedestrians and horses. In 1847 he married a daughter of Mr. Anderson and took over a farm at Bombowlee. Later, when the town moved to the present site he carried on a business as wheelwright and undertaker until 1890. A wheel tax was also charged by Anderson and Foord for the use of the bridge. A chap by the name of Ryan came with a wheelbarrow and finding a charge for the barrow, carried it over on his shoulder. Prior to this John Rix used to ply a boat for hire, charging 1/- per head to cross the river.



Items of news from the “Wynyard Times” may be of interest. 23rd September, 1862: “Inspector of Police for Tumut District, Captain Hare, arrived today. At present he has taken up his quarters at the Woolpack Hotel.” July 2nd, 1862: “The first pile of a bridge at the foot of Wynyard Street was driven.” Prior to this the only means of crossing was by Anderson’s Bridge or by fording the river or by boat. This bridge was used for over forty years, the present bridge replacing it in 1904.



Francis Anderson also arrived in Tumut in 1838 and started a blacksmithing business in Bombowlee. In 1847 Mr. Anderson and Mr. Foord built the first bridge over the river at Mill Angle.

Tumut Pioneers book p48 - second Stock Pound Keeper 1841
Source References:
73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004
- Reference = 40 (Death)
- Reference = 40 (Name, Notes)
- Notes: The Anderson Family came to Australia in 1813. It is understood that in 1836 they settled on the Murrumbidgee, but Francis arrived in Tumut in 1838, commenced farming and had an orchard on the Bombowlee side of the river crossing at Mill Angle.

Francis Anderson also set up business as a blacksmith. In 1847 he and Francis Foord built the first bridge over the river close to Anderson's home. It was a private bridge and they charged a toll for crossing. Teamsters paid £1 and horsemen and pedestrians 1/-. When the river was low the bridge was not used. Whilst most squatters were pleased to pay these rather high toll charges, at least one objected and endeavoured to have it made a free crossing. In order to justify the charges Anderson sought to make freehold small areas at either approach to the bridge.

One of Anderson's daughters married Francis Foord. Another daughter, Sarah Anderson, married James Kell of Lacmalac. Francis Anderson's son, Abraham Anderson, carried on the farm after the death of his father who died on 9 June 1860 at the age of 51 years. Francis's wife Martha died on 9 January 1864 aged 55 years.

George Shelley, the leading personality among the squatters, at the request of Anderson and others, journeyed to Sydney to induce the authorities to legalise Anderson's bridge toll charges. Evidently his appeal met with some success for shortly afterwards a surveyor arrived to carry out surveys, but although Anderson made a purchase of land on the eastern bank no such surveys were made on the left bank of the river.

After some years the bridge fell into disrepair and became dangerous. The Sydney Morning Herald of 10 October 1857, recorded that a public petition was made to have repairs carried out at Government expense. The petitioners asked for a Government vote of £100 to put the bridge in a state of “tolerable" repair, but the Magistrate, who controlled road funds in the district, reported that there was no justification in devoting any portion of the road funds for this purpose as it was considered that the bridge was a private project.

It was not until 1862 that the Government constructed the bridge over the river at the foot of Wynyard Street.
76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124031429/francis-anderson (Name, Notes)
77. Type: Book, Abbr: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Title: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Auth: Gay Stuckey and Pam Archer, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 1989
- Reference = page 41 # 240. (Name, Notes)
- Notes: ANDERSON Francis, died 9 June 1860 aged 51 years; also
ANDERSON Martha, died 9 Jan 1864 aged 55 years; also
Maria, youngest daughter of above, died 29 July 1875 aged 30 years.
Footstone “F A 1860 M A 1864”
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