Seven children of Frederick William COMMONS and Emily Ada WILLIAMS:

1. Emily Jane COMMONS 1884 Ballarat d/o Frederick William COMMONS/Emily WILLIAMS [Vic 14384]
Emily Jane JANETZKI d 1952 aged 69 yrs Brighton [Vic 5992
Emily Jean COMMONS bp Ballarat m Harry JANETZKI bp Victoria [Vic 932]
Henry Ernest FIETZ b 1880 Dimboola s/o unk/Anna Susana FIETZ [Vic 21972] (later JANETZKI, known as Harry)
(Anny Susanna FIETZ bp South Australia m 1880 Ernst Gotthilf JANETZKI bp Germany [Vic 2328])
Henry Ernest JANETZKI d 1955 aged 75 yrs Coburg s/o Ernest Gotlieb JANETZKI/Anna Susana TIETZ [Vic 5840]

2. Frederick William COMMONS 1886 Ballarat s/o Frederick William COMMONS/Emily WILLIAMS [Vic 7792]
Frederick William COMMONS d 1920 aged 33 yrs Ballarat s/o Frederick William COMMONS/Emily WILLIAMS [Vic 12925]
Frederick William COMMONS, 33, 29 Loch Avenue, Ballarat, Stone Mason, bur 30 Sep 1920 Ballarat New Cemetery [C of E C 5/04]
Frederick William COMMONS m 1915 Minnie Edith HORGAN [Vic 5606]
Minnie Edith HORGAN b 1891 Ballaarat East d/o Robert John HORGAN/Emma Jane WESTERN [Vic 29768]
Minnie Edith COMMONS d 1956 aged 64 yrs Ballarat d/o Robert HORGAN/Emma Jane WESTON [Vic 20039]
Minnie Edith COMMONS, Widow of 9 Dunn Street, Ballarat, purchase 28 Nov 1932 BNC [C of E G.2.15R2, Remarks: 1st HORGAN] This was the grave of her parents Emma Jane (d 1928) and Robert John HORGAN (d 1933).
Minnie Edith COMMONS, 64, 14 Dunne Street, Ballarat, Widow, bur 7 Sep 1956 Ballarat New Cemetery [C of E C 5/04]
Son William Robert Weston COMMONS b 1917 Ballarat s/o Frederick William COMMONS/Minnie Edith HORGAN [Vic 26086]

3. Robert Handford COMMONS 1887 Ballarat s/o Frederick William COMMONS/Emily WILLIAMS [Vic 25691]
Service Number 6789A Pte Robert Haniford COMMONS, 24th Battalion, enlisted 13 Sep 1917 Ballarat, aged 28 yrs 10 mos, Trade or Calling: Physicist, Single, NOK Father Frederick William COMMONS of Webster Street Ballarat, Victoria, (crossed out), then 29 Loch Avenue, Ballarat, (also crossed out) then Creswick Road, Ballarat. KIA 19 May 1918 in France, buried by Rev. W. C. Smith at 6th Australian Infantry Base, Heilly-sur-Somme Cemetery No. 2, three miles NNE of Corbie. On 6 Dec 1918 payment from his estate was passed to his mother Mrs E. COMMONS of 41 Ackland Street, St Kilda, Victoria. Memorial Scroll 346055 to his father on 6 Jul 1921 and Memorial Plaque 346055 to his father on 3 Nov 1922 and Victory Medal No. 2322. [Australian War Memorial, National Archives of Australia]

4. Richard Mario Brali COMMONS b 1890 Ballarat s/o Frederick William COMMONS/Emily WILLIAMS [Vic 9630] (known as Mario)
Richard Mario Brali COMMONS died 1974 aged 84 yrs Brisbane, Queensland, bur 4 Sep 1974 Mt Gravatt Cemetery. Brisbane City Council Online Services Aerial view of the location of grave of Richard Mario COMMONS Mt Gravatt Cemetery Lawn L4 Number 284.
Richard Marie (Mario) Gurali (Burali) COMMONS m1. 1913 Margaret DOWLES (DOWLER) [Vic 5870]
Richard Burali COMMONS m 29 Sep 1913 St Paul's Anglican, Margaret DOWLER [R/N B4/142]
Margaret DOWLER b 1894 Learmonth d/o William DOWLER/Jeannie Smitt SCOTT [Vic 30685]
In 1926 Richard and Margaret were divorced. Margaret died in 1986 [Information from Emma Hegarty]
Richard Marie (Mario) Burali COMMONS m2. 1932 Elsie May KENWORTHY [Vic 7972]
Elsie May KENWORTHY b 1904 Ballarat East d/o George Samuel KENWORTHY/Sarah Ann ADAMS [Vic 7736]
Elsie May COMMONS d 1932 aged 28 yrs Ballarat d/o George Samuel KENWORTHY/Sarah Ann ADAMS [Vic 8225]

COMMONS Mario son of F W COMMONS; member firm Commons & Sons, monumental sculptors, Creswick-rd; born Ballarat 1890; educated Ballarat College; member of staff Commonwealth Bank, at Ballarat and Beulah before joining firm named; active member and coach Ballarat Rowing Club; sculling champion of Ballarat (2 yrs.); one of founders and for some time captain Jeparit Rowing Club and largely instrumental in popularising rowing in the Wimmera; Vice President Ballarat Harriers Club. [M. McCallum's Ballarat District Citizens and Sports, 1916, online, digitised by the University of California]

5. Olga Pearl COMMONS 1892 Ballarat d/o Frederick William COMMONS/Emily WILLIAMS [Vic 29285]
Olga Pearl COMMONS b 14 Oct 1892, chr 19 May 1913 St Paul's Anglican, Ballarat [R/N 4838]
Olga Pearl HANDFORD d 25 Oct 1959 aged 66 yrs Ballarat d/o Frederick COMMONS/Emily WILLIAMS [Vic 26930]
Olga Pearl HANDFORD age 66, Wife, Norman Street, Ballarat bur 28 Oct 1959 Ballarat New Cemetery [PRIV G2.2.25
Olga Pearl COMMONS m 1913 George Charles Henry HANDFORD [Vic 2974]
Olga Pearl COMMONS m 19 May 1913 St Paul's Anglican, George Charles Henry HANDFORD [R/N B4/136]
George Charles Henry HANDFORD b 1894 Ballarat s/o Henry Charlton HANDFORD/Eva MALLETT [Vic 8773]
George Stanley Henry HANDFORD d 8 Aug 1961 aged 67 yrs Ballarat, parents unknown [Vic 15942]
George Charles H HANDFORD age 67, Builder, Norman Street, Ballarat bur 10 Aug 1961 Ballarat New Cemetery [PRIV G2.2.25]

Children of George Charles Henry HANDFORD and Olga Pearl COMMONS

6. Henrietta May COMMONS 1894 Ballarat d/o Frederick William COMMONS/Emily WILLIAMS [Vic 8719]
Henrietta May COMMONS b 20 Apr 1894, chr 28 Sep 1913 St Paul's Anglican [R/N 4851]
Henrietta May BAYFIELD d 1940 aged 45 yrs Elsternwick d/o Frederick William COMMONS/Emily WILLIAMS [Vic 9853]
Henrietta May COMMONS m 1922 Edwin Henry BAYFIELD [Vic 11725]
Henry BAYFIELD b 19 Footscray s/o Samuel Joseph BAYFIELD/ [Vic]
Edwin Ernest BAYFIELD d 1977 aged 70 yrs Box Hill s/o Edwin Henry BAYFIELD/Rosina ISBISTER [Vic 25158]

7. Rhoda Eleanor Gertrude COMMONS 1899 Ballarat d/o Frederick William COMMONS/Emily WILLIAMS [Vic 15460]
Rhoda Eleanor COMMONS b 3 Aug 1899, chr 28 Sep 1913 St Paul's Anglican Church, Ballarat East [R/N 4852]
Rhoda Eleanor Gertrude SKEWES d 1960 aged 60 yrs Caulfield d/o Frederick COMMONS/Emily unknown [Vic 32968]
Rhoda Eleanor Gertrude SKEWES crem 16 Nov 1960 Springvale (remains collected)
Rhoda Elenor COMMONS m 1920 Claude SKEWS [Vic 9494]
SKEWS Claud b 1897 Ballarat East s/o John Henry SKEWS/Margaret Ellen SYMONS [Vic 16346]
SKEWS Claude d 1964 aged 66 yrs Heidelberg s/o Jack SKEWS/Margaret unknown [Vic 11581]

Deaths of some children:
1. Olga Pearl KING (b abt 1921) d 1974 aged 53 yrs Prahran d/o Claude SKEWS/Rhodda Gertrude COMMONS [Vic 29292]
2. Robert SKEWES (b abt 1922) died 1929 aged 7 yrs Ballarat s/o Claude SKEWES/Rhoda Eleanor COMMONS [Vic Index 7902]
Robert SKEWES, age 7, Doveton Street, Ballarat, bur 22 Jul 1929 Ballarat New Cemetery [C of E Block C, Section 5, Grave 05] This child was buried with his grandparents Frederick William COMMONS (1925) and Emily (1937).
John SKEWS (b abt 1926) d 1961 aged 35 yrs Wonthaggi s/o Claude SKEWS/Rhoda Ellenor COMMONS [Vic 4351]
Loris LAFFAN (b abt 1935) d 1984 (no age) Melbourne d/o Claude SKEWS/Rhoda - [Vic 24866]
Loris LAFFAN d 22 Oct 1984, age 49, crem 25 Oct 1984 Springvale [Garden 15, Bed 11, Shrub 31]
Edward SKEWS d 1940 (no age) Carlton s/o Claude SKEWS/Rhoda Eleanor CONNOR [Vic 10015] (b abt 1940)

Glenda Tilley will you please contact me about other members of the SKEWS family (17 Feb 2012)