Kaye and Wilson Family Tree

This tree follows the Kaye and Wilson families of Linda Ruff (née Kaye), and her marriage to Richard Ruff. Linda's place in the Ruff family is on the Ruff Family Tree.

How to use it: drag to move around, scroll or pinch to zoom, and use Start from to jump to another branch or further back in time. Tap ▸ children to open a family, and tap anyone to see their details and sources. Use Find a person to search by name.

Privacy: for people who are, or may still be, living we show only their name. The only exceptions, which the family has agreed to publish, are Linda's birth date and place (22 February 1973, Home Hill, Queensland), Richard's birth date (7 February 1971), and Linda and Richard's marriage date and place (8 November 1997, Brisbane, Queensland). No other dates, places or contact details are published for living people.

How sure are we? Cards with a green ✓ are backed by a record we have linked (a civil index, cemetery register or digitised parish record). Dashed cards are likely identifications: family knowledge, or a record that has not yet been proved to belong to this line. Dotted cards are unverified or conflict with another source. If you can confirm or correct anything, please use the contact form or the chat assistant. Your message comes straight to us privately.

How the family came to Australia. Percy Garret Loyd Kaye (born 13 August 1891 at Evandale), Muriel Frances Davey (born 20 January 1904 at Launceston / Evandale) and Maurice John Kaye (born 21 July 1935 in Tasmania) were all born in the colony, so they did not themselves arrive.

Mary Cecelia Ducie, who married Thomas John Kaye in 1887, was also born in Tasmania. Her civil birth is treated as the unnamed girl registered at Morven (Evandale) on 23 June 1868, father Garret Ducie, mother Catharine Casey (NAME_INDEXES:1019282). Garrett Ducie's will (and a digitised copy), made on 26 July 1916 and proved after his death on 25 August 1920 at Invermay, names his daughter Mary Kaye and his son-in-law Thomas Kaye of Blessington, confirming those parents. His wife Catherine Ducie died on 29 June 1917 at the same Invermay address. How Garrett and Catherine themselves got to Tasmania has not been found: no convict, arrival or marriage record for them was located in the Names Index. Two female convicts named Catherine Casey are not confirmed as Mary's mother. A same-district convict, Patrick Ducie (Hyderabad (2), 1849), is a possible relative, not proved as her father, and is not shown as a parent on this tree.

Thomas John Kaye was about 28 at his 1887 marriage, implying a birth in or about 1858–59. No Tasmanian birth in that name has been found, so it is still open whether he was born in the colony or arrived as a child. A strong but still unconfirmed lead in the same district is the convict Joseph Kaye, who left Woolwich on 9 July 1844 on the Agincourt (origin Leeds, Yorkshire; NAME_INDEXES:1407887) and arrived in Van Diemen's Land on 9 November 1844. Joseph, a bachelor aged 25, married Henrietta Moore at Morven on 29 May 1857 and died at Deddington on 1 March 1900. That couple's confirmed children do not include a civil birth in 1857–59. Compiled family-history pages list Thomas John as their first child; those pages are a lead only, not proof. The parentage remains likely, not confirmed. A convict named John Mawer has been suggested in compiled trees as Henrietta's father; he is not attached here until that step is proved.

Francis Davey and Ann Reynolds, Muriel's parents, were in the Longford district by their confirmed marriage on 4 January 1903. No convict or arrival record has been attached to Francis, and no civil birth clearly named him was found. A possible birth for Ann Reynolds on 13 October 1879 at Morven, parents Patrick Reynolds and Catherine Kieley (NAME_INDEXES:1030780), remains a likely lead until a record names her parents.

No confirmed arrival ship was identified in this research for the Queensland Wilson, Batten or McAndrew lines. Earlier searches found no Queensland births for Alfred Henry Batten (about 1865), Catherine McAndrew (about 1873–74), or a clean origin for Thomas Wilson, which is consistent with arrival from another colony or from overseas, but that is not the same as a found passenger list.

I have taken all due care to respect the privacy of individuals. Information published in the family tree is to be respected. If you believe any information in this website is wrong please inform me with reference material and I will rectify it as soon as possible. Richard Ruff - website manager.

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