Children of Alfred COMMONS and Susan RUSSELL:

1. Holly Mary (May) COMMONS b 1892 Ballarat d/o Alfred COMMONS/Susan RUSSELL [Vic 553]
Holly M COMMONS age 18 of 416 Drummond Street, Single, White Worker, Methodist, admitted to Ballarat Base Hospital 27 Jun 1910, discharged 8 Jul 1910, Relieved, Birthplace: Victoria, Recommender: Heinz Bros.
Holly May COMMONS d 1969 aged 77 yrs Ballarat d/o Alfred COMMONS/Susan RUSSELL [Vic 971]
Holly May COMMONS, 77, Hospital, Ballarat, Spinster, bur 17 Nov 1969 Ballarat New Cemetery [Lawn F 49 R1]
Holly lived at 315 Ligar Street with her spinster aunt, Annie COMMONS (1864-1931).
Holly had a son born out of wedlock, William Henry HENNESSEY, known as 'Fred'. He never married and died aged 77 yrs, crem 5 Oct 2006 Ballarat New Cemetery. 'Fred' was in possession of two family bibles. One was a gift to Annie COMMONS on her 45th birthday from her mother Elizabeth Jane ms BARKLA and the other belonged to Mary Ann ms HOBBA, mother of Elizabeth Jane COMMONS ms BARKLA. These bibles were given to 'Fred' HENNESSEY's carer. In May 2008 they were recovered from Ballarat solicitor Morrow & Morrow, 45 Lydiard Street, by Graeme MARTIN, gr gr grandson of Elizabeth Jane BARKLA COMMONS and grandson of Sarah Myrtle HUTCHINS ms COMMONS (below).

2. Ruby Pearl COMMONS b 1893 Ballarat d/o Alfred COMMONS/Susan RUSSELL [Vic 460]
Ruby Pearl McIVOR d 1969 aged 76 yrs Footscray d/o COMMONS/unk [Vic 18745]
Ruby Pearl COMMONS m 1920 Harold Angus McIVOR [Vic 14013]
Harold Angus McIVOR b 1893 Footscray s/o Donald McIVOR/Flora PEARCE [Vic 31629]
Harold Angus McIVOR d 1962 aged 67 yrs Footscray s/o Donald McIVOR/unk PEARCE [Vic 4236]

3. Sarah Myrtle COMMONS b 1894 Ballarat d/o Alfred COMMONS/Susan RUSSELL [Vic 17431]
Sarah Myrtle HUTCHINS d 3 Feb 1972 aged 76 yrs Ballarat d/o Alfred COMMONS/unk [Vic 3703]
Sarah Myrtle HUTCHINS, 76, 4 Clissold Street, Ballarat, Widow, bur 5 Feb 1972 Ballarat New Cemetery [Lawn D 5R6]
Sarah Myrtle COMMONS m 1920 John Gordon HUTCHINS [Vic 6673]
John Gordon HUTCHINS b 13 Feb 1894 Kingston s/o John Henry HUTCHINS/Charlotte Sandow ROBERTS [Vic 4580]
John Gordon HUTCHINS d 18 Aug 1960 aged 65 yrs Ballarat s/o John Henry HUTCHINS/Charlotte ROBERTS [Vic 24244]
John Gordon HUTCHINS, 65, 4 Clissold Street, Ballarat, Fitter Welder, bur Ballarat New Cemetery [Lawn D 5R6]

John Gordon HUTCHINS m 1920 Sarah Myrtle COMMONS

4. Alfred Roy Russell COMMONS b 1895 Ballarat s/o Alfred COMMONS/Susan WILLIAMS (should be RUSSELL) [Vic 26335]
Alfred Roy Russell COMMONS d 1896 age M Ballarat s/o Alfred COMMONS/Susan RUSSELL [Vic 244]
Alfred Roy COMMONS, 4 mths, Drummond Street, Ballarat, bur 13 Feb 1896 Ballarat New Cemetery [Priv B 6 12]

5. Richard Claude COMMONS b 1896 Ballarat s/o Alfred COMMONS/Susan RUSSELL [Vic 25201]
Richard Claude COMMONS d 1898 aged 1 yr Ballarat s/o Alfred COMMONS/Susan RUSSELL [Vic 10636]
Richard Claud COMMONS age 1, Drummond Street, Ballarat, bur 11 Sep 1898 Ballarat New Cemetery [Priv B 6 12]

6. Leila COMMONS b 1899 Ballarat d/o Alfred COMMONS/Susan RUSSELL [Vic 23817]
Leila NEWLAND d 1956 aged 58 yrs Brighton d/o Alfred COMMONS/Susan RUSSELL [Vic 3915]
Lila COMMONS m 1920 Oliver NEWLAND [Vic 6702]
Oliver Marcus Bolden NEWLAND b 1897 Ballarat East s/o Samuel George NEWLAND/Eliza LOVEDAY [Vic 25567]
Oliver NEWLAND d 1970 aged 72 yrs Richmond s/o George NEWLAND/Eliza LOVEDAY [Vic 1326]
Oliver NEWLAND enlisted in the AIF on 3 Oct 1914. He served with the 8th Battalion at Gallipoli and transferred to the 58th in Egypt. In a letter he wrote to his father which was published in the Ballarat Courier on 12 Sep 1916, Pte NEWLAND said from the trenches in France that "there are 200 Ballarat boys in the one company here." Following gunshot wounds incurred on 11 Mar 1917, NEWLAND was evacuated to England, repatriated to Australia and discharged as medically unfit on 22 Feb 1918. [p197 Dinkum Oil, Letters published in the Ballarat Courier during the Great War, (2006) A. M. Taylor]

7. Hector George COMMONS b 1901 Ballarat s/o Alfred COMMONS/Susan RUSSELL [Vic 16085]
Hector George COMMONS age 1 yr of 118 Drummond Street, Father/Labourer, Anglican, admitted to Ballarat Base Hospital 7 Mar 1902, emergency, discharged 7 Mar 1902, Dead: Yes, Birthplace: Victoria.
Hector George COMMONS d 1902 age M Ballarat Hospital s/o Alfred COMMONS/Susan RUSSELL [Vic 294]
Hector George COMMONS, 8 mths, Drummond Street, Ballarat, bur 9 Mar 1902 Ballarat New Cemetery [Priv B 6 12]