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Jacob VIVIAN (1841 - )
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Charlotte FORRESTER (1872 - )
Frederick FORRESTER (1873 - )
Catherine Jane FORRESTER (1875 - 1965)
Jacob VIVIAN (1841 - )

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Rebecca GARDINER (1850 - 1934)
James William VIVIAN (1806 - )











Catherine FORREST











Rebecca GARDINER

Rebecca GARDINER
b. 01 Jul 1841 at Dapto, New South Wales, Australia
m. 1871 Rebecca GARDINER (1850 - 1934) at Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Near Relatives of Jacob VIVIAN (1841 - )
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Henry GARDINER 1802 1850 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 48
Mother in Law Sarah Jane WATSON abt 1828 02 Apr 1903 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 75

Father James William VIVIAN 1806
Mother Catherine FORREST

Self Jacob VIVIAN 01 Jul 1841 Dapto, New South Wales, Australia

Wife Rebecca GARDINER 28 May 1850 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 13 Feb 1934 Allawah, New South Wales, Australia 83

Daughter Charlotte FORRESTER 1872 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Son Frederick FORRESTER 1873 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Catherine Jane FORRESTER 1875 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 14 Jun 1965 90

Sister Mary Jane VIVIAN 02 May 1839 Dapto, New South Wales, Australia
Sister Charlotte VIVIAN 04 Oct 1843 Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia 1890 Central Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia 47

Niece Emily L A Vivian CHURCHMAN 1868 Binalong, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Edward Vivian CHURCHMAN 1870 Binalong, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Clara G Vivian CHURCHMAN 1871 Binalong, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Jessie E Vivian CHURCHMAN 1875 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Janet E Vivian BEGG 1876 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Alexander M BEGG 1878 Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Charlotte Isabella Vivian BEGG 1880 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Vivian A BEGG 1882 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Edward D O'ROURKE 1887 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Mary M O'ROURKE 1889 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Annie O'ROURKE 1894 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Joseph P O'ROURKE 1897 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Michael H O'ROURKE 1899 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Cornelius James O'ROURKE 1901 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1945 44

Brother in Law Henry Thomas GARDINER 16 Jun 1848 New South Wales, Australia 1859 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 11
Brother in Law John James JARVIS 11 Nov 1853 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law George JARVIS 1856 Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law Sophia Jane Catherine JARVIS 1858 Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 28 Aug 1953 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 95
Brother in Law William Henry JARVIS 1860 Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 1929 Jugiong, New South Wales, Australia 69
Brother in Law Joseph Edward JARVIS 1862 Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law Elizabeth JARVIS 1865 Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law Hugh BHERENDT 1917
Brother in Law Henry WHITWORTH 1835 1863 28
Brother in Law Edward CHURCHMAN 1836 1873 37
Brother in Law John BEGG 1849 abt 01 Mar 1907 Auburn, New South Wales, Australia 58
Events in Jacob VIVIAN (1841 - )'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
01 Jul 1841 Jacob VIVIAN was born Dapto, New South Wales, Australia
1871 30 Married Rebecca GARDINER (aged 21) Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 6
1872 31 Birth of daughter Charlotte FORRESTER Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 6
1873 32 Birth of son Frederick FORRESTER Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 6
1875 34 Birth of daughter Catherine Jane FORRESTER Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 6
13 Feb 1934 92 Death of wife Rebecca GARDINER (aged 83) Allawah, New South Wales, Australia 6
14 Jun 1965 123 Death of daughter Catherine Jane FORRESTER (aged 90)
Personal Notes:
(Some info from “Trove” between 1874- 1883 Court cases relating to Rebecca FORRESTER, Bigamy charges etc.)

Gundagai Times 21 Sep 1883
A QUEANBEYAN ROMANCE.
(Queanbeyan Age)
The abductlon case heard at the police
Court on Friday, is altogether a curious and
mixed up affair. A man named Forrester
made his appearance in town on Thursday last,
and after making an examination of the records
of the registrar of births, marriages, and deaths,
went to Mr. Walker's store, and under the
pretext of having an interview with a little girl
residing there named Isabella Forrester, whose
father he represented himself to be, took her
away on the Goulburn coach. The mother of
the child, who is known as Mrs. Robertson,
having a short time ago been married to a man
named John Robertson, on hearing that her
daughter had been thus carried off, applied for
a warrant for the abductor. On Saturday he
was brought up in custody, and committed for
trial for abduction. The child's mother de-
clared on her oath that she had no knowledge
of the accused. He, on his part declares that
he is her lawful husband, and the father of the
child Isabella and those saw the accused,
and who knew Forrester years back, readily
identified the man. In 1875, Mrs. Forrester
(as she was then called), had the man she had
been living with as his wife punished for wife
desertion in the Queanbeyan Police Court, as
the records show ; and shortly afterwards,
somewhere in the northern districts, this For-
rester on his own plea of guilty, was sentenced
to three years' imprisonment for bigamy, on
the allegation that he married another woman,
his first wife Rebecca Forrester being alive and
residing at Queanbeyan. Forrester was
brought before Mr. Wright, J.P., and com-
mitted for trial to the next Circuit Court to be
held at Goulburn. As bail was not forthcom-
ing accused was detained in custody.
Source References:
6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
- Reference = 112 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 112 (Marriage)
18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool
- Reference = Heather Young 23 Sep 2019 (Name, Notes)
- Notes: George James Forrester
Parents

Born Jacob VIVIAN James William VIVIAN Born 1806
Catherine VIVIAN nee FORREST
(both convicts) T.O.L. at time of
marriage.

James William VIVIAN married at Wollongong Catherine FORREST
12 Feb 1839.
They had 3 Children.

1. Mary Jane VIVIAN b. 2 May 1839 Dapto (d.1900) m. 1871 Hugh

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