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The first generation

Jeffrey, Ada and their 12 children.

In the beginning ...

IN ENGLAND

JOSEPH BRUER 1823-1888 + Elizabeth Marianne Jones 1823-1922

JEFFREY JAMES BRUER 1855-1936 m Ada Kate Southouse Greene 1856-1953

MABEL 11.03.1876 to 26.10.1910

IN AUSTRALIA **

VERNON* 20.11.1877 to 17.4.1955

BLANCHE 14.10.1879 to 16.5.1965

LEONARD (Leo) 29.5.1881 to 23.09.1961

LILLIAN (Lily) 11.5.1883 to 10.4.1975

OLIVE (Daisie) 08.07.1884 to 10.04.1977

RITA 12.4.1887 to 21.1.1958

CYRIL 17.2.1889 to 12.4.1949

MURIELLE 11.06.1890 to 27.10.1914

CLAUDE (Tonty) 21.12.1892 to 06.06.1979

LIONEL (Greg) 22.02.1895 to 03.02.1972

GLADYS 21.02.1898 to 08.02.1922

* Vernon was born on the voyage from England to Australia. His birth was registered in Adelaide, making him an Australian citizen -- the first of many Bruers to be.

**Jeffrey had two sisters who came to Australia -- Ada Elizabeth and Alice Emily. Alice's story is told elsewhere on this site. Ada was the middle child and came to Australia with her husband, Henry Jones, and two boys.