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Likely farmer or shepherd in Castleton parish

Baker of Langholm, Dumfriesshire — father of Esther Cowan (1783–1856), who married John Murray and is an ancestor of the Australian Telfer line (through her daughter Jean Murray).

Of Langholm, Dumfriesshire — mother of Esther Cowan (1783–1856), who married John Murray and is an ancestor of the Australian Telfer line (through her daughter Jean Murray).

Scottish progenitor — father of South Australian immigrant Francis Telfer (1809–1895)

Scottish matriarch — mother of Francis Telfer (1809–1895) and grandmother of the Australian Telfer branch

Farmer

Shepherd and Agricultural Labourer

**English-born Telfer resident at Newcastleton, Castleton parish** — not a proven member of the main line, but documentary evidence that Telfer people crossed the border into Liddesdale

First Presbyterian minister in South Australia; arrived 1839 with his wife and eight children; minister of the United Presbyterian congregation, Gouger Street chapel, 1839–1855.

Eldest son of James Telfer (1761–1845) — stayed in Scotland when his brother Francis emigrated

NSW-line brother of William Telfer (1802–1850), the Australian Agricultural Company Warrah manager

Sister of Francis Telfer (1809–1895), stayed in Scotland

Brother of Francis Telfer (1809–1895)

Sister of Francis Telfer (1809–1895), stayed in Scotland

Wife of James Telfer (1796–1863) — mother of the South Australian Telfer immigrants

Church of Scotland minister at Adelaide; performed the marriage of Francis Telfer to Margaret Wright on 27 March 1845 at North Adelaide.

Son of the Scottish patriarch — stayed in Castleton, Roxburghshire his entire life

Brother of Francis Telfer (1809–1895), stayed in Scotland

Wife of Robert Telfer (1803–1878)

Immigrant progenitor — founded the Australian Telfer branch. Arrived SA 1838

First wife of Francis Telfer (1809–1895) — mother of his first three children. Arrived SA 1838.

Third wife of Francis Telfer (1809–1895) — mother of John Telfer (1847–1929)

Brother of Francis Telfer (1809–1895), youngest of the siblings

Second wife of Francis Telfer (1809–1895) — mother of his daughter Jean

**English-born Telfer resident at Newcastleton, Castleton parish** — sister and housekeeper to John Telfer (b. ~1791, England)

Caroline Telfer's father; SA pioneer farmer at Wroxton Grange, Angaston

Farmer

Caroline Telfer's mother; SA pioneer at Angaston

Victualler (Scotland), Farmer (SA)

Wife of James Telfer (1829–1913)

Husband of Esther Jane Telfer — patriarch of the Smith line

First son of James Telfer (1796–1863) to emigrate — pioneer of the South Australian Telfer line

Daughter of James Telfer (1796–1863) — emigrated to SA on the *Oliver Lang* 1854 with her brothers James and Robert

Eldest son of Francis Telfer (1809–1895) and Jean Murray — vanished at age 13

Daughter of Francis Telfer — matriarch of the Smith line

Second son of James Telfer (1796–1863) to emigrate — manager of Moorak Station

Husband of Elizabeth Hannah Telfer

Second daughter of Francis Telfer — matriarch of the Farrow line at Hope Farm, Tarlee

First husband of Jean Telfer

Leased/worked farmland at Arden Vale (near Quorn, SA). Later worked properties around Peterborough.

Third son of James Telfer (1796–1863) to emigrate — founder of the Tantanoola Telfer line

Servant (unconfirmed)

Scottish migrant who followed his brothers to Australia — the Tantanoola pioneer

School teacher at Tarlee; matriarch of Willow Plains

Son of the Scottish immigrant Francis Telfer

Second husband of Jean Telfer

Daughter of Francis and Margaret — the one who married her cousin and raised a dozen kids in the South East

Youngest child of Francis Telfer and Margaret Wright — the one who went west

Second wife of John Telfer (1840–1913)

Wife of George Wright Telfer (1850–1913)

Eldest child of Charles and Martha Masters; sailed to South Australia on the *Templar* and died in Adelaide six days after the family landed

Son of Charles and Martha Masters; emigrated to New Zealand where he lived to 89

Daughter of Charles & Martha Masters; married John Radford of Clare

Twin infant son of Charles & Martha Masters; died aged three months

Twin infant son of Charles & Martha Masters; died aged three months

Son of Charles and Martha Masters; died at Farrell Flat, buried at Saddleworth

Infant son of Charles and Martha Masters; the first child born in South Australia; died aged 7 days

Son of Charles and Martha Masters; emigrated to New Zealand where he lived to 90

Daughter of Charles & Martha Masters; married into the Grant family

Farmer at "Bleak Farm," Long Plains, SA

Farmer

? (farmer's wife)

Husband of Mary Jane Paynter — Watson branch of the Telfer tree

Daughter of Charles & Martha Masters; witness at Caroline & John Telfer's wedding; married a Roach

Husband of Jane Murray (Farrow) Stribling — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch, son-in-law of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer)

Son of Charles and Martha Masters; farmer at Bendleby, buried at Johnburgh

Youngest child of Charles & Martha Masters; married Bernard Henry Tuck of Forestville

Husband of Elizabeth Telfer Farrow (1861–1946) — Mount Gambier, South Australia.

Daughter of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer — the Telfer-tree anchor for the Farrow–Stribling branch. Wife of Alfred George Stribling. A **non-Telfer by birth** (Farrow line), connected to the Telfer tree through her mother Elizabeth Hannah Telfer, daughter of the immigrant Francis Telfer and Jean Murray.

Son of pioneer James Telfer (1829–1913) & Janet Welsh — the twin brother of Janet Welsh Telfer (1858–1921)

Daughter of pioneer James Telfer (1829–1913) & Janet Welsh — the twin sister of James Telfer (1858–1944)

Second child of Charles & Elizabeth (Telfer) Farrow of Hope Farm — m. Richard Pelling Latter

Husband of **Esther Farrow** (daughter of Charles Farrow and Elizabeth Hannah Telfer) — engineer and prominent Mannum townsman.

Third child of Charles & Elizabeth (Telfer) Farrow of Hope Farm — m. Thomas Holloway

Wife of James Telfer (1858–1944), the twin son of pioneer James Telfer (1829–1913) & Janet Welsh — mother of seven daughters

Son of pioneer James Telfer (1829–1913) & Janet Welsh — farmed at Big Swamp, near Port Lincoln

Son of John Charles Dillon & Elizabeth Beattie Telfer — 4th child of the Dillon anchor couple

Son of Elizabeth Beattie Telfer

Husband of Amy Farrow Stribling — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch, son-in-law of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer)

Son of Charles Farrow and Elizabeth Hannah Telfer — Hope Farm, Tarlee

Eldest son of Robert Telfer (1835–1907) — station hand at Moorak

Eldest son of Robert Telfer (1835–1907) — station hand at Moorak

Second child of Esther Jane Telfer — matriarch of the Parkins line

Infant daughter of Richard Paynter and Jean Telfer

Daughter of Charles Farrow and Elizabeth Hannah Telfer — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch)

Father of Olive Mary Lillecrapp (m. Cyril Thomas Piper). Alfred is a **non-Telfer in-law line** — his wife Mary Bayes Farrow was a daughter of Charles Farrow and Elizabeth Telfer, connecting this branch to the Telfer tree through marriage.

First-born daughter of Adam Francis Telfer (1842–1925) and Margaret Dougal Telfer (1849–1936) — the eldest of their twelve children, who died young, unmarried.

Son of Robert Telfer and Susan Burton — born in the **German Creek** section of the Grey district, the birthplace later given as the family's South Australian base.

Daughter of Esther Jane Telfer and John Smith

Wife of Francis Telfer Dillon (1864–1942) — Dillon-branch ancestor

Daughter of the Telfer family, married into the Beaton family

Son of Charles Farrow and Elizabeth Hannah Telfer — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch)

Daughter of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer

? | **Buried:** Unknown

Son of Esther Jane Telfer and John Smith

Son of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer

Husband of Amy Ellen Provis

Daughter of Charles Farrow and **Elizabeth Hannah Telfer (1836–1916)** — the **single physical link** between the Lillecrapp in-law branch and the Telfer bloodline. Her son is Ivan Frank Lillecrapp (1917–1996), the DFC bomber pilot.

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Wife of Albert George Telfer; mother of his six children

Youngest daughter of Charles Farrow and **Elizabeth Hannah Telfer (1836–1916)** — married Walter John Hookings in 1911.

Son of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer

Wife of Francis Adam (Frank) Telfer (1875–1955), son of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer

Son of John Telfer and Caroline Amelia Masters — brother of Francis Charles Telfer, missionary, author

Son of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer

Infant son of John Telfer and Caroline Amelia Masters

Son of John Telfer and Caroline Amelia Masters — brother of Francis Charles Telfer. Farmer at Warcowie then Hill River (near Clare).

Son of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer

Husband of **Eva Agnes Farrow** — son-in-law of the Telfer line through her mother Elizabeth Hannah Telfer (1836–1916).

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Daughter of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer

Wife of Francis Charles 'Charlie' Telfer

Son of John Telfer and Caroline Amelia Masters — brother of Francis Charles Telfer

Daughter of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer

Wife of Rev. Ernest John Telfer — First Matron of Dulhi-Gunyah Orphanage

Elder son of George Wright Telfer and Ruth Penna — Merredin storekeeper, Road Board chairman, and MLA for Avon (1943–47). The son who carried the family westward branch into Western Australia's Wheatbelt.

Daughter of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer

Son of John Telfer and Caroline Amelia Masters — brother of Francis Charles Telfer

Second wife of Robert Telfer Dillon (1862–1942); mother of his four later children

Daughter of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer

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Railway ganger (permanent-way employee) | **Buried:** Unknown (Girilambone district)

Daughter of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer; youngest of twelve children

Third child of George Wright Telfer & Ruth Penna — died in the "Knungagen Tragedy" (1914)

Husband of Hazel Rose Telfer

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Dillon-branch descendant — RAAF sergeant lost over the North Sea, WWII

Adopted daughter of John & Caroline Telfer — missionary, "first white woman" in remote NW-Australian postings

Son of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer — the Farrow line at Hope Farm, Tarlee

Mark & Kylie's daughter

Farmer | **Military:** AIF, 5th SA Reinforcements (WWI, enlisted 8 Apr 1918)

Eldest son of Mary Jane Paynter & John Watson — Watson branch of the Telfer tree, Preston Victoria

Daughter of Richard Pelling Latter and **Esther Farrow Latter** — mother of the RAAF airman Rodger Peryman Wishart.

Daughter of Alfred George Stribling and Jane Murray (Farrow) Stribling — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch, granddaughter of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer)

Son of Thomas Holloway and Elizabeth Telfer (Farrow) Holloway — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch, grandson-in-law of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer). WWI casualty who died in Egypt and never made it home to Tantanoola.

Farmer

Daughter of Alfred George Stribling and Jane Murray (Farrow) Stribling — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch, granddaughter of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer)

Husband of **Daisy Vera Latter** — father of the RAAF airman Rodger Peryman Wishart.

Son of Richard Pelling Latter and **Esther Farrow Latter** — third child of the Latter–Farrow marriage.

Son of Mary Jane Paynter & John Watson — Watson branch of the Telfer tree, Sydney NSW

Son of Alfred George Stribling and Jane Murray (Farrow) Stribling — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch, grandson of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer)

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Daughter of Alfred George Stribling and Jane Murray (Farrow) Stribling — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch, granddaughter of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer)

Dillon-branch descendant of Elizabeth Beattie Telfer — grandson; killed at Gallipoli, WWI

Son of Alfred George Stribling and Jane Murray (Farrow) Stribling — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch, grandson of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer)

Farmer, Long Plains

Daughter of Alfred George Stribling and Jane Murray (Farrow) Stribling — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch, granddaughter of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer)

Granddaughter of the Dillon anchor couple (Elizabeth Beattie Telfer & John Charles Dillon), daughter of Robert Telfer Dillon

Son of Alfred George Stribling and Jane Murray (Farrow) Stribling — Telfer in-law line (Farrow branch, grandson of Charles Farrow & Elizabeth Hannah Telfer)

Son of Thomas & Elizabeth (Telfer Farrow) Holloway of the Mount Gambier district

Eldest daughter of Alfred Edward Lillecrapp and Mary Bayes Farrow (Mary Bayes Farrow was a daughter of Charles Farrow and Elizabeth Telfer)

Husband of **Laurel Mary Bosanquet (1911–2000)** — married into the Hookings/Telfer line through Laurel's mother **Eva Agnes Farrow**.

Eldest child of Mark Telfer and Julia Seebohm

Second child and eldest son of Mark Telfer and Julia Seebohm

Grandson of John Telfer (1840–1913) & Martha Allen (via daughter Martha "Mattie" Telfer Cameron) — Lieutenant, killed in action at El Alamein, WWII

Third child of Mark Telfer and Julia Seebohm

Eldest son of Francis Charles Telfer and Amy Ellen Telfer (née Provis) — brother of Murray John Telfer

Second wife of Kenneth William John Telfer (1906–1970)

Fourth child and eldest daughter of Mark Telfer and Julia Seebohm

Daughter of Francis Charles Telfer and Amy Ellen Telfer (née Provis) — sister of Murray John Telfer

Granddaughter of the Telfer line — daughter of **Walter John Hookings (1881–1962)** and **Eva Agnes Farrow**, and therefore a great-granddaughter of **Elizabeth Hannah Telfer (1836–1916)**.

Fifth child of Mark Telfer and Julia Seebohm

Wife of Geoffrey Francis Telfer — Merredin, Western Australia.

Daughter of Francis Charles Telfer and Amy Ellen Telfer (née Provis) — sister of Murray John Telfer

Son of Rev. Ernest John Telfer and Florence Nicholas — the only child of the missionary author whose life is independently documented.

Sixth child of Mark Telfer and Julia Seebohm

Son of William Francis "Frank" Telfer and Ethel May Wisher — Merredin, Western Australia.

First wife of Kenneth William John Telfer (1906–1970); mother of son Murray

Grandson of Robert Telfer & Susan Burton (via daughter Isabella Lucieton Telfer) — killed in action, WWII bomber crew

Daughter of Francis Charles Telfer and Amy Ellen Telfer (née Provis) — sister of Murray John Telfer

Daughter of William Francis "Frank" Telfer (1885–1955) and Ethel May Wisher — Merredin, Western Australia.

Son of Walter John Hookings and **Eva Agnes Farrow** — RAAF Flight Lieutenant, killed in a flying accident off Bowen, Queensland, in 1943.

Dillon-branch descendant of Elizabeth Beattie Telfer (1832–1896) — killed in action, WWII

Daughter of Francis Charles Telfer and Amy Ellen Telfer (née Provis) — sister of Murray John Telfer

Son of Alfred Edward Lillecrapp and Mary Bayes Farrow — great-grandson of Charles Farrow and **Elizabeth Hannah Telfer (1836–1916)**. Younger brother of Olive Mary Lillecrapp (1899–1993). **Distinguished Flying Cross–awarded RAAF bomber pilot** — the only confirmed decorated airman on this branch.

Daughter of Robert Telfer Dillon & his second wife Mary Ann Gelligen — Dillon-branch descendant

Daughter of Francis Charles Telfer and Amy Ellen Telfer (née Provis) — sister of Murray John Telfer

Daughter of James Telfer and Alma Ida Sporer

Son of William Francis "Frank" Telfer (1885–1955) and Ethel May Wisher — Merredin, Western Australia. **RAAF Flight Lieutenant, WW2.**

Youngest child of Mark Telfer and Julia Seebohm

Son of Francis Charles Telfer and Amy Ellen Telfer (née Provis) — brother of Murray John Telfer

Son of Francis Charles Telfer and Amy Ellen Telfer (née Provis) — brother of Murray John Telfer, father of Malvern Reginald Telfer (grandfather of Sam Telfer MP)

Ninth child and youngest son of Francis Charles and Amy Telfer; husband of Shirley Edna Parker; father of Daryll William, John Robert, Grantley Keith, Timothy Neil, Kathryn Mavis and Susan Shirley.

Youngest daughter of Francis Charles Telfer and Amy Ellen Telfer (née Provis) — sister of Murray John Telfer

Second World War serviceman of the Watson (Telfer-descendant) branch — killed in action at Rabaul, 1942

Second World War serviceman of the Watson (Telfer-descendant) branch — died of wounds at Lae, 1943

Able Seaman, Royal Australian Navy — HMAS Perth (I); killed in action, WWII

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Second World War serviceman of the Paynter (Telfer-descendant) branch — killed in action in Papua, 1942

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Son of Harold Peryman Wishart and **Daisy Vera Latter** — RAAF Flight Lieutenant and air gunner, killed over the Netherlands in 1944.

Second World War serviceman of the Paynter (Telfer-descendant) branch — died of wounds in Libya, 1941

Penny Telfer's mother — maternal grandmother of Mark Kenneth Telfer

Penny Telfer's father — maternal grandfather of Mark Kenneth Telfer

Eldest of Murray John Telfer and Shirley Edna Telfer's six children; a retired pastor in the Churches of Christ movement

Uncle (Tim's brother)

First husband of Sheryle Telfer, father of Aaron, Jared, Lauren & Joel Ivory

Uncle of Mark Kenneth Telfer — brother of Timothy Neil Telfer

Wife of Grantley Keith Telfer

Father of Mark Kenneth Telfer

Youngest daughter of Murray John Telfer (1924–2009) and Shirley Edna Telfer (1929–2017); sister of Timothy Neil Telfer (1959–?)

Husband of Susan Shirley Lawrie

Wife of John Telfer

Wife of Daryll William Telfer

Unknown

Daughter of Daryll William Telfer and Rosemary Ruth Curtis

Wife of Mark Kenneth Telfer; mother of Levi & Zabella

Son of Susan Shirley Lawrie

Son of Tim & Penny and stepson of Allen Merrick, husband of Kylie, father of Mitchell, Levi & Zabella

Daughter of John Robert Telfer and Robyn Telfer

Daughter of John Robert Telfer and Robyn Telfer

Daughter of Robert Lawrie (fl. 1998) and Susan Shirley Lawrie

Wife of James John Drew Telfer

Daughter of Timothy Neil Telfer and Penny Telfer, stepdaughter of Allen Merrick

Adopted daughter of John Telfer

Adopted daughter of John

Son of Daryll William Telfer and Rosemary Ruth Curtis

Son of Grantley Keith Telfer — brother of Kristin Stefanoff and Nick Telfer

Cousin of Mark Kenneth Telfer — daughter of Grantley Keith Telfer

Cousin of Mark Kenneth Telfer — son of Grantley Keith Telfer

Youngest of John Robert and Robyn Telfer's five children — adopted after the 2008 family books were compiled

Father of David; stepfather to Mark and Amy

Mother of Mark Kenneth Telfer

Son of Mark Kenneth Telfer & Crystal Rose McDonald

Mark & Kylie's son

Mark & Kylie's daughter

Labourer at BMD Group (since Oct 2023)

Father of Kylie; husband of Sandra Lea Smith (m. 18 Aug 1974)

Mother of Kylie; wife of Leonard Arthur Dance (m. 18 Aug 1974)

**Head of a second Castleton parish Telfer household** — at Broadlee, in the Liddesdale valley

Shepherd in the Cheviot Hills region, Roxburghshire, Scotland