The Descendants of James EDGELL circa 1735.

36. Robert Gordon EDGELL [18929] (Henry⁴, Edward Gould³, James², James¹) was born on 06 Feb 1866 in Hunter's Hill Sydney Colony of New South Wales and died on 02 Dec 1948 in 'Bradwardine' Bathurst NSW Australia at age 82.

General Notes: "A Pictorial History of Bathurst" by Theo Baker was published in 1985; and said:-

"Robert Gordon Edgell was born at Hunters Hill in 1866. He was educated privately and at Clemon's School in Tasmania. After qualifying as an engineer, metallurgist and draughtsman, he entered the New South Wales Public Service and came to Bathurst in 1902 in the course of his duties. He left the government service in 1906 and bought "Bradwardine" where he planted over forty hectares of apples and pears and began growing asparagus. He experimented with the canning of fruit and vegetables and in 1926 opened a small cannery which was enlarged in 1932. In 1930 he formed the firm of gordon edgell & Sons Limited which prospered to become one of the best known food producers in Australia. R.G. Edgell died on December 2, 1948, the business being carried on by his sons."

Robert married Elsie Catherine KEEP [17886] [MRIN: 7580] on 20 Aug 1896 in All Soul's Leichhardt Sydney Colony of New South Wales, daughter of John KEEP [3942] and Elizabeth AYERS [3943]. Elsie was born on 07 Apr 1870 in 'Broughton Hall' Leichhardt Sydney Colony of New South Wales, died on 09 Jun 1939 in Bathurst NSW Australia at age 69, and was buried in Rookwood Cemetery Lidcombe Sydney NSW Australia.

+ 41 M i. Maxwell Gordon EDGELL [18926] was born on 28 Jul 1897 in Leichhardt Sydney Colony of New South Wales and died on 30 Jul 1973 in St Vincent's Hospital Bathurst NSW Australia at age 76.

Maxwell married Helen Adelaide BUSBY [18921] [MRIN: 7578] (b. 1905, d. 05 Aug 1944) in 1926 in Bathurst NSW Australia.

+ 42 M ii. Sqdn. Ldr. Broughton Gordon EDGELL [18930] was born on 29 Mar 1899 in Leichhardt Sydney Colony of New South Wales and died on 03 Mar 1978 in Grafton NSW Australia at age 78.

+ 43 M iii. Hampden Gordon EDGELL [18931] was born on 08 Apr 1900 in Sydney Colony of New South Wales and died on 03 Oct 1983 in Woollahra Sydney NSW Australia at age 83.

Hampden married Elaine Laurence BROWN [18934] [MRIN: 7582] (b. 1904, d. 27 Mar 1992) in 1926 in Bathurst NSW Australia.

37. Henry Morduant E EDGELL [18938] (Henry⁴, Edward Gould³, James², James¹) was born in 1868 in St Leonards Sydney Colony of New South Wales and died in 1909 in King Island TAS Australia at age 41.

44 M i. Capt. Henry Colin EDGELL, MM [51681] was born on 14 Feb 1895 in Launceston Colony of Tasmania and died on 01 Jul 1977 in Canberra ACT Australia at age 82.

General Notes: Information provided by Mark Turnbull indicates that:
Henry was awarded the Military Medal for "conspicuous gallantry while in command of a Gun Team east of Ypres on September the 20th, 1917".

Henry married Joan STEWART [51682] [MRIN: 18420]. Joan died on 23 Aug 1980 in Forest Canberra ACT Australia.

45 M ii. Donald Barnard EDGELL [51683] was born on 03 Dec 1900 in Launceston Colony of Tasmania and died in Papua New Guinea.

39. Mabel Ellen Mamie EDGELL [18940] (Henry⁴, Edward Gould³, James², James¹) was born in 1872 in St Leonards Sydney Colony of New South Wales and died in 1942 at age 70.

40. Bayard Hazlewood EDGELL [21430] (Henry⁴, Edward Gould³, James², James¹) was born in 1877 in Greycliffe Nr. Launceston Colony of Tasmania and died on 25 Apr 1949 in Hobart Tasmania Australia at age 72.

General Notes: From the Northern Tasmania Examiner, of 31 March, 2007,

Edgell made his mark as a Midlands farmer
*LOGO:FAMILY ALBUM * By MARION SARGENT

No. 83: Bayard Edgell By MARION SARGENT BAYARD Hazlewood Edgell was born at Franklin Village on February 19, 1877, and christened the following month at St Andrew's Anglican Church, Perth.

He was the youngest of five children of Henry Edgell and his wife Charlotte Packer Gordon, who were married on April 25, 1865, at Hunters Hill, NSW.
Henry, originally from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, came to Launceston in 1872 as manager of the Liverpool, London and Globe Fire Insurance Company. He remained with the company until he retired in December 1905, after 49 years' service. He was a Launceston City Council alderman and a member of the general committee for the Tasmanian Exhibition of 1891-92.
Bayard's mother Charlotte was the daughter of Robert Cruden Gordon and his wife Sarah Birchall Pile, of Sydney. After Charlotte's death in September 1905, a drinking fountain for horses and dogs was erected in Lower Charles St in recognition of her work with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
As a 14-year-old student, Bayard and his school friend Vernon Lawrence were commended for their display of mineral and geological specimens at the 1891-92 exhibition. Bayard was educated at Launceston Church Grammar School, starting there in 1886.
He was employed for two years at his father's insurance office and the Union Bank of Australia, before obtaining four years' practical farming, stud breeding and pastoral work at Strathroy, near Evandale, for Charles B. Grubb. Bayard then secured a position on a NSW property belonging to Sir Samuel McCaughey, the largest sheep owner in the world at the time. He also worked at Junalong Station, near Forbes, in NSW.
In 1903 Bayard returned to Tasmania and rented the grazing and farming property, Meander Rise, near Carrick. About 10 years later he formed a partnership with P.O. Fysh, as Fysh and Edgell. The company acquired Dennistoun, The Armitage and other properties in the Bothwell district. After the death of P.O. Fysh in 1922, H.P. Harrison and W. von Bibra bought his share.
Bayard took an active part in public affairs. He was a councillor and Warden of the Bothwell municipality; an active member of the Tasmanian Farmers, Stockowners and Orchardists' Association from its inception in 1908; a delegate to many interstate conferences; and as chairman of the State Meat Advisory Board, he instigated the export of fat lambs from Tasmania.
On October 1, 1907, Bayard Edgell married Hannah Ethel Gibson, the daughter of W.H. Gibson, of Fairfield, Epping. Their three children were born in Launceston - Geoffrey Bayard Gibson in 1908, Henry in 1910 and Ethel Ellen in 1915. Henry died in Melbourne in 1929, aged 19. He, his parents and brother, had just returned from a world tour.
Bayard's elder brother, Robert Gordon Edgell (1866-1948), founded his vegetable canning business in Bathurst, NSW, in 1926; it prospered and became a well- known Australian Company.
Henry Mordaunt Edgell (1868-1909) married Frances Estelle Barnard from Landfall and moved to Woodlands, Surprise Bay, King Island, where he farmed for six years before he died suddenly from appendicitis just a month after his father's death.
Bayard had two sisters, one of whom is also in the Family Album. It could be Theodora Grace (1870-1963) or Mabel Ellen Mamie, known as Nellie, (1872-1942) who married Wilfred Bourne Barnard in St Aiden's Church, Launceston, in 1907.
Bayard died suddenly at his home at Dennistoun on April 25, 1949, aged 72 and was buried at the Bothwell Cemetery. His wife Hannah had predeceased him on October 3, 1947.

Bayard married Hannah Ethel GIBSON [21431] [MRIN: 8524] on 01 Oct 1907, daughter of William Henry GIBSON [51686] and Hannah TAYLOR [51687]. Hannah was born on 10 Aug 1876 in Epping Sydney Colony of New South Wales and died on 30 Oct 1947 at age 71.

Geoffrey married Gwendolyn Fanny COURTHOPE [21435] [MRIN: 8525] (b. Abt 1909, d. 1987).

49 M ii. Henry EDGELL [21433] was born in 1910 in Launceston TAS Australia and died on 13 May 1929 in Melbourne VIC Australia at age 19.

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