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John Roscoe HOYLE m 1871 Clara PARKER
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Siblings of Clara PARKER were Ellen, Arthur and Henry who were all christened on 4 Feb 1849 at Saint George, Gravesend, Kent, England, Henry Robert PARKER/Eliza [IGI Batch Number C131332 extracted from parish records]
It could be worthwhile to follow up these marriages for possible siblings of Clara.
Ellen PARKER m 1864 John GYLES [Vic 440]
Henry PARKER m 1865 Ann BISHOP [Vic 2934]1. Mary Ann PARKER b 1866 Happy Valley, Henry/Alison BISHOP [Vic 15073]
2. Thomas James PARKER b 1867 Happy Valley, Henry Harford/Alison BISHOP [Vic 22175]
3. Alice PARKER b 1867 Ballarat, Henry Harford/Allison BISHOP [Vic 13854]Arthur PARKER bp Gravesend m 1879 Annie CAMERON bp Geelong [Vic 2021]
Child was Herbert Roscoe HOYLE b 31 May 1872 Richmond, Vic s/o John Roscoe HOYLE/Clara PARKER [Vic 11507]
Herbert Pascoe HOYLE d 1940 aged 67 yrs Mildura s/o Herbert HOYLE/Clara PARKER [Vic 16094]
Herbert Pascoe HOYLE bp Richmond m 1895 Janet Rosina GUY bp Staffordshire Reef [Vic 282]
However, before her first marriage in 1872, Clara PARKER had a son named Frank PARKER born in 1867 at Ballarat s/o -/Clara PARKER [Vic 12648]
Frank HOYLE bp Ballarat m 1897 Jane BIRNEY bp Rushworth [Vic 1904]
Frank HOYLE d 24 Feb 1943 Chatswood, NSW s/o John Roscoe HOYLE/Clara (PARKER) [NSW 1733]
Jane BIRNEY b 1876 Whroo d/o William BIRNEY and Rose SHERIDAN [Vic 12979]
(William BIRNEY m Rose SHERIDAN 13 Apr 1864 at St Kilian's Church, Sandhurst, Vic [1820] and had ten children born 1865-1878 at Whroo which is 7km S of Rushworth. The goldrush began there in 1853.)
Only child of Frank HOYLE and Jane (ms BIRNEY) was Roscoe W(illiam) G(yles) HOYLE b 1905 Tocumwal, NSW [NSW 38348]
Clara (PARKER) HOYLE bp Kent m2. 1879 Henry James German RICHARDS bp Cape of Good Hope [Vic 821]
Henry James Germain RICHARDS (b abt 1848) d 1915 aged 67 yrs Illabarook s/o Frederick RICHARDS/Charlotte CHAMBERLAIN [Vic 13794]
(Frederick Samuel RICHARDS aged 84 yrs bur 17 Oct 1896 and wife Charlotte aged 65 yrs bur 11 Jun 1888 Rokewood Cemetery. Headstones.)
Henry James Germain RICHARDS aged 67 yrs bur 23 Oct 1915 Rokewood Cemetery, husband of Sarah Jane SMITH. Headstone.
Henry James German RICHARDS bp Cape of Good Hope m2. 1898 Sarah Jane Agnes Mary SMITH bp Chewton [Vic 2168]
Sarah Jane SMITH b 1857 Castlemaine d/o Joseph SMITH/Sarah Ann RIDGWAY [Vic 16631]
Sarah Jane Agnes Mary RICHARDS d 1939 aged 81 yrs Ballarat d/o Joseph SMITH/Sarah RIDGWAY [Vic 13971]
Sarah Jane Agnes Mary RICHARDS aged 82 yrs bur 29 May 1939 Rokewood Cemetery, wife of Henry. Headstone.
(Rokewood Cemetery Burials by Dianne Hughes)
Five children of Henry James Germain/German RICHARDS and Clara PARKER HOYLE:
1. Ernest Henry RICHARDS b 1880 Illabarook s/o Henry RICHARDS/Clara PARKER [Vic 3276]
2. John Arthur Clar(ence) RICHARDS b 1882 Illabarook s/o Henry RICHARDS/Clara PARKER [Vic 3492]
John Arthur Clar(ence) RICHARDS d 1956 aged 74 yrs Mildura s/o Harry RICHARDS/Clare PARKER [Vic 18988]
3. Nelly Beatrice E RICHARDS b Illabarook d/o Henry RICHARDS/Clara PARKER [Vic 24256]
Nellie Beatrice DARE d 1958 aged 73 yrs Mildura d/o Henry RICHARDS/Clara Annie PARKER [Vic 22972]
Nelly Beatrice Ethel RICHARDS m 1913 Percival Edgar DARE [Vic 6391]
Percival Edgar DARE (b abt 1882) d 1939 aged 57 yrs Northcote s/o John DARE/Annie DUNN [Vic 2946]
4. Ettie Florence Annie RICHARDS b 1886 Illabarook d/o Henry RICHARDS/Clara PARKER [Vic 3742]
5. Arthur Edward Stanley RICHARDS b 1888 Illabarook d/o Henry RICHARDS/Clara PARKER [Vic 3742]
Arthur Edward RICHARDS m1. Zillah Ethel Elizabeth DAWE, Sep Qtr 1919 Eton, Buckinghamshire, England [FreeBMD Vol/Pg 3a/2526] This marriage ended in divorce. In 1940 Zillah married Samuel Leonard HUNTER. They died childless, he in 1948 and she in 1974. This may have affected Arthur's relationships with his family back in Australia.
Arthur Edward RICHARDS was a schoolteacher in Victoria before signing up in 1915 with the AIF and subsequently fought at Gallipoli and the Somme before learning to fly with the Australian Flying Corps in 1918. He was discharged as a Captain and returned to Australia where he taught for several years at Collingwood School in Melbourne. He came back to England under a teacher exchange scheme with the London Council and never again returned home to Australia.
When I was a child, he used to talk about being brought up in the goldfields and about life in the bush; also about how his mother (Clara) had died when he was young and he didn't get on with his stepmother. His father had died while he was away at war and when in the UK he subsequently lost touch with his family.
I have been trying to discover some links to my Australian heritage, which has become increasingly important to me as I get older (I am 67); my daughter moved to Sydney last year and is also keen to explore her historical associations with the country.
I'm not sure how tenuous our family link is but would welcome any guidance or advice on discovering my father's lost family and my own distant relatives.
[Information provided by Tim Richards, son, June 2014]
[Additional information from Viv Loveday nee Hunter 10 Sep 2015]