PIDGEONs of Australia (Enos) Enos Pidgeon was born in England in 1832, the son of a Birmingham brickmaker – see the PIDGEONs of Birmingham (Samuel) family tree. Family lore says that son Enos liked to drink, gamble and chase the ladies so much, that in 1857 his father suggested he might like to forge a new life in Australia. Enos arrived in Australia near Melbourne, Victoria in March 1858, having lost what money he set out with by gambling on the ship. But in Australia, as in Birmingham, the population was increasing rapidly, and brick makers were as much in demand. By 1864, he had met and married Elizabeth Jenkinson, the daughter of a convict found guilty at the Old Bailey of larceny and sentenced to 7 years’ transportation to van Diemen’s Land, where he arrived in January 1840. The birthplaces of Enos’ and Elizabeth’s children tell the tale of a slow migration northwards through New South Wales, until they arrived near Toowoomba, Queensland where Enos and his sons were working Pidgeon’s Brickworks at the turn of the 20 th century. Contributors: Malcolm Pidgeon , Neville Pidgeon , Hilda Warren , Stanley Pidgeon , Emma Pidgeon , Marilyn Nugent Note: ab. = about, b. = born, bp. = baptised, bu. = buried, d. = died, m. = married, (+) = extra-marital relationship Enos PIDGEON (b.31/7/ 1832, Winchcombe – d.3/9/1905, 73y, Highfields, Qld, Australia) Brickmaker : EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA IN 1858 ON ‘T ORNADO ’ m.(12/3/1864, Sandhurst, Vic, Aus) Elizabeth JENKINSON (b.27/10/1848, Morven, Tasmania – d.26/7/1911, 63y, | Maryborough, Qld) | 1903-1906: at Pidgeon’s Brickworks, Meringandan, nr Toowoomba, Qld – Enos senr & Elizabeth; | Enos Junr, James & Edith Ellen |– Sarah Matilda PIDGEON (b.2/6/1864, Sandhurst, Vic – d.1925, Manilla, NSW) | m1.(17/5/1882, Gunnedah, NSW) James Henry COAKLEY (b.1860, Vic, Aus – d.18/5/1882, 25y, | : Gunnedah, brain tumour, day after marriage) | m2.(3/7/1882, Narribri, NSW) William James WINDSOR (b. – d? disappeared) | : | (+?) Charles SING (b.1844, Japan – d.) | | | |– Minnie Henrietta Joyce Carmeline PIDGEON (aka SING ) (b.1883, Gunnedah, NSW – d.) | |– Norah J SING (b.1884 – d.1885, Gleninnes, NSW) | |– Charles Henry SING (b.1885 – d.1893, Boggabri, NSW) | |– Sarah E SING PIDGEON (b.1886, Gunnedah, NSW – d.) | : | m3.(1887, Gunnedah, NSW) Charles SING (b.1844, Japan – d.) | | | |– Alfred John SING (b.1887, Gunnedah, NSW – d.28/10/1951, Sydney) | |– Arthur W SING (b.1889, Gunnedah, NSW – d.1889, Gunnedah) | |– Samuel Harold SING (b.1890, Gunnedah, NSW – d.3/6/1970, Manilla) | |– James Valdemar SING (b.1892, Gunnedah, NSW – d.) | |– Ruby A SING (b.1893, Boggabri, NSW – d.1924) | |– George Rueben SING (b.1894, Quirindi, NSW – d.9/8/1973, Tamworth) | |– Edward LeMont SING (b.1895, Tamworth, NSW – bu.20/11/1968, Manilla, NSW) | | (+) Violet May PIDGEON (aka CHAIN ) (b.9/11/1890, Narrabri, NSW – d.) | | | [1 st cousin – see below ] | | |– Lawrence Edward Lemont (Digger) SING (b.8/1/1921 – d.) | | |– Neville Gordon CHAIN (b.1922 – d.1940) | | |– Ronald Desmond (Pod) SING (b.16/9/1925 – d.) | | |– Betty May CHAIN (b.1931 – d.1931) | | └ Samuel Harold SING (b.16/6/1932 – d.) | | | |– Percy R L SING (b.1898, Manilla, NSW – d.) | |– Archie William G SING (b.11/1899, Manilla, NSW – d.30/3/1900, 4m, Manilla) | |– Ernest William SING (b.1900, Manilla, NSW – d.1900, Manilla) | |– Thomas Gilbert SING (b.1900, Manilla, NSW – d.27/2/1981) | |– Clarence Frederick Roy SING (b.1903, Manilla, NSW – d.11/5/1974, NSW) | |– Daisy Pearl SING (b.1904, Manilla, NSW – d.) | |– Rosina Florence Ula May SING (b.1906, Manilla, NSW – d.) | └ Emily Clorene SING (b.7 May 1907, Manilla, NSW – d.7/7/1993, 86y) | m.() William SUN | └ → 11 children | |– Mary Ann PIDGEON (b.15/2/1865, Sandhurst, Vic – d.25/4/1865, 2m, Sandhurst) | Last updated: 14 September 2018 1 © 2002-2018 Ian C Pidgeon |– Charles PIDGEON (b.24/9/1867, Wentworth, NSW – d.10/8/1868, 10½m, Wentworth) | |– James John PIDGEON (b.2/6/1869, Wentworth, NSW – d.1926, Qld) Brick-maker, saw-miller | m.(26/2/1901, Sydney) Edith Ellen PEARSON (b.13/6/1873, Birmingham, England – d.1950, Qld) | | [1 st cousins – see below ] | | 1903-1906: at Pidgeon’s Brickworks, Meringandan, nr Toowoomba, Qld – James & Edith Ellen | | with Enos senr &Elizabeth; Enos Junr, | | 1908-1909: at Meringandan, nr Toowoomba, Qld – James & Edith Ellen | | 1913: at Kleinton, nr Toowoomba, Qld – James & Edith Ellen | | 1925: at Dalveen, Darling Downs, Qld – James John & Edith Ellen; Edith Maud (dau) | | 1928-1932: at Dalveen, Warwick, Qld – Edith Ellen; James John (son) | | 1928-1930: at Dalveen, Warwick, Qld – Edith Ellen; James John (son) | | 1932: at Dalveen, Warwick, Qld – Edith Ellen; James John, Stanley Edgar | | 1937: at Dalveen, Warwick, Qld – Edith Ellen; Clifford Harold, Pearl | | 1943: at Dalveen, Warwick, Qld – Edith Ellen | | 1949: at “Maelyn”, 139 Adelaide St, Clayfield, nr Brisbane, Qld – Edith Ellen | | | |– Edith Maude PIDGEON (b.13/1/1904, Queensland – d.1973, Qld, 70y) | | m1.(1928, Qld) Edmund Chapman BUTLER (b.1897, Qld – d.1930, Qld) | | | | | | |– James John PIDGEON (b.20/4/1905, Dalveen, Qld – d.1956) Brick-maker, saw-miller | | : 1925-1932: at Dalveen, Warwick, Qld – James John + Edith Ellen (mother) | | m.(1934, Qld) Edna May NEWLANDS (b.1914, Qld – d.) | | | 1937: at Dalveen, Warwick, Qld – James John & Edna May | | | 1943-1949: at Thulimbar, Stanthorpe, Qld – James John & Edna May | | | 1954-1958: at 2 Phyllis St, Toowoomba, Qld – (James John &) Edna May | | | | | | |– Enos Benjamin PIDGEON (b.19/12/1907, Qld – d.19/12/1907, Qld) | | | |– Stanley Edgar PIDGEON (b.2/6/1909, Qld – d.22/3/1978, k. in car crash) labourer | | : 1932-1934: at Dalveen, Warwick, Qld – Stanley Edgar + Edith Ellen (mother) | | m.(1935, Qld) Jean COOMBES (b.10/10/1902 – d.) | | 1937-1980: at Dalveen, Warwick, Qld – (Stanley Edgar &) Jean | | | |– Pearl PIDGEON (b.7/11/1911, Qld – d.25/7/1984, 72y, Townsville, Qld) | | : 1934-1937: at Dalveen, Warwick, Qld – Pearl + Edith Ellen (mother) | | m.() Gordon Blackett STEPHENS (b. – d.28/11/1976) | | | | | | └ Clifford Harold PIDGEON (b.11/1/1914, Dalveen, Qld – d.27/4/1981, 67y) Saw-miller | : 1937: at Dalveen, Warwick, Qld – Clifford Harold + Edith Ellen (mother) | m.(1939, Qld) Myra Hay JACKSON (b.ab.1920 – d.11/9/2004, 84y) | | 1943-1958: at Dalveen, Qld – Clifford Harold & Myra Hay | | 1963: at Dalveen, Qld – Clifford Harold & Myra Hay; Ian Clifford | | 1968-1980: at Dalveen, Qld – (Clifford Harold &) Myra Hay | | | → Malcolm PIDGEON | |– Mary Ann PIDGEON (b.13/1/1872, Gulgong, NSW – d.4/3/1949, 77y, Brisbane, Qld) | (+) Thomas William CHAIN (b.1863 – d.1910) [see below – married 1907] | | | |– William A F PIDGEON (aka CHAIN ) (b.1889, Narrabri, NSW – d.) | | | |– Violet May PIDGEON (aka CHAIN ) (b.9/11/1890, Narrabri, NSW – d.) | | m1.(26/8/1908, Manilla NSW) George Organ RIXON (b.1/9/1883, Quirindi. NSW – d.1920) Blacksmith | | | | | |– William George Alexander RIXON (b.1909 – d.) | | |– Esmeralda Mary RIXON (b.6/6/1914 – d.) | | : | | (+) ? ? | | |– William CHAIN (b.1920 – d.1920) | | |– John CHAIN (b.1920 – d.1920) [ twins ] | | : | | : Last updated: 14 September 2018 2 © 2002-2018 Ian C Pidgeon | | m2.(1920, Petersham, NSW) Ronald LORD (b. – d.) | | : | | (+) Edward Lemont SING (b.1895, Tamworth, NSW – bu.20/11/1968, Manilla, NSW) | | └ → 5 children [1 st cousin – see above ] | | | |– Rose Henrietta PIDGEON (aka CHAIN ) (b.9/3/1892, Narrabri, NSW – d.) | | | |– Thomas William PIDGEON (aka CHAIN ) (b.22/2/1895, Narrabri, NSW – bu.30/7/1955, 71y, | | Brisbane, Qld) | |– Frederick John Harold PIDGEON (aka CHAIN ) (b.15/3/1897, Collarenebri, NSW – d.24/7/1970, | : : Brisbane, Qld) | : m.(19/1/1932, Herston, Qld) Victorine Adrienne HARCLA (b.27/9/1895, Wallumbilla, Qld – | : | [ see below ] d.12/9/1998, 102y , Brisbane, Qld) | : | | : |– Frederick James HARCLA (aka MILLIGAN ) (b.13/8/1917, Brisbane – d.23/9/1984, Birkdale, Qld ) | : | : [Frederick was adopted by Mary Ann & Thomas MILLIGAN , and took their name.] | : | m.() Irene L M DRYDEN (b. – d.) | : | m.() Jean A HILLIAR (b. – d.) | : | m.() Eunice Amelia WICKHAM (b. – d.7/2006) | : |– Mary Ann Myrtle CHAIN (b.19/1/1920 – d.) | : | m.(16/1/1951, Brisbane) Leslie W STRAND (b. – d.8/1988) | : |– Eva Elizabeth Rose CHAIN (b.25/5/1933, Brisbane, Qld – d.) | : | m.(9/8/1952, Brisbane) Robert H ROOT (b. – d.6/5/1974) | : └ John Frederick Harold CHAIN (b.11/10/1936, Brisbane – d.7/10/2001, Brisbane, Qld) | : m.(17/2/1963, Brisbane) Gladys SNELL (b. – d.) | : | m1.(22/3/1898, Narrabri, NSW) Thomas William CHAIN (b.1863, Wallabadah, NSW – d.2/11/1910, 47y, | : Leper Hospital, Little Bay, NSW) | m2.(29/12/1910, Manilla, NSW) Thomas W MILLIGAN (b.1887, Tamworth – d.) | | | |– Enos Leslie Alexander CHAIN (aka MILLIGAN ) (b.15/9/1907, Tamworth, NSW – d.) | | m.(11/4/1931, Qld) Sophia Maud Augusta STRELOW (b. – d.) | | | └ Thomas William Vincent MILLIGAN (b.1914 – d.4/10/1914, 1m, Tamworth, NSW) | |– Charlotte PIDGEON (b.19/10/1873, Cassilis, NSW – d.7/11/1882, 9y, Moree) | |– Samuel PIDGEON (b.24/8/1875, Tamworth, NSW – d.4/4/1876, 7m, Tamworth) | |– Selina PIDGEON (b.22/4/1877, Tamworth, NSW – d.21/2/1959, 82y, Brisbane) | m.(1/1/1901, Toowoomba, Qld) Tom HARDWICK (b.2/11/1879, Mackay – d.5/4/1956, 76y, Brisbane) | | | |– Emily Elizabeth HARDWICK (b.1/11/1901, Qld – d.1984, Qld) | | m.(19, Qld) David FORDYCE (b. – d.) | |– Selina HARDWICK (b.11/2/1902, Qld – d.1975, Qld) | | m.(1932, Qld) Harold James SHINER (b. – d.) | |– Amelia Eliza HARDWICK (b.8/4/1904, Qld – d.1943, Qld) | | m.(1927, Qld) David Irvine FORDYCE (b. – d.) | |– Margaret Isabella HARDWICK (b.19/4/1905, Qld – d.1939, Qld) | | m.(1939, Qld) Henry McGUINNESS (b. – d.) | |– May HARDWICK (b.28/12/1906, Qld – d.) | | m.(1932, Qld) Albert Johann DARGUSCH (b.