The Descendants of William Dart of Devon, England


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1. William Dart, born in Devon, England, in 1813, emigrated to Australia with wife Mary Potter and children John (1839-?) and Mary Ann (183?-?), arriving in Brisbane in 1859. Their oldest son, William (1837-1931), arrived before them in July 1855 on the ship "Persia". Their youngest, Samuel (1860-1937), was born after their arrival. They settled at Oxley Creek, Queensland.


2. Samuel Dart, born 11 February 1860 in Blenheim, Queensland, Australia, married in 1880 Eliza Ann Brimblecombe, who was born 1863. Samuel died in Indooroopilly, Queensland, in 1937. They had 9 children:


3. Harold Whitmore Dart was on born in Blenheim, Queensland, Australia, on 2 May 1900 and died in Sydney, NSW, on 23 December 1982. He was an ordained Minister of the Baptist Church who married Elsie Janet England in Canada on 3 July 1930 and was awarded an OBE in 1963 for his Prisons Work. Elsie was born on 25 February 1903 and died in Sydney on 5 April 1977. They had 7 children: 


4. Sylvia Janet Dart, born 2 October 1942, married John Richard Brew, born 19 August 1938. They married in Sydney, N.S.W., Australia on 20 January 1962. They had 5 children: 


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