The children of WILLIAM DITCHBURNwere all born in England but as a number of them emigrated to Australia it is convenient to consider them together on this page.
A. WILLIAM DITCHBURN b. Rennington, Northumberland in 1803, married first ELIZABETH PAXTON (died 1843, Bedlington, Northumberland). He emigrated to Victoria, Australia arriving December 1854 together with his second wife ANN DODDS (b.1811); he died 1876 in Ballarat, VA, Australia
He had 7 children by his first wife and 2 by his second.:-
B.1. JOHN DITCHBURN b.1825 in Shilbottle, Northumberland. He emigrated to Australia in 1850; married ELIZA CROWDY in Melbourne VA in 1852.
He had 3 children:-
C.1.1. JOHN DITCHBURN b.1854 in Collingwood, VA; married AGNES HUGHES of Emerald Hill, VA (1857-1938).
He had 5 children:-
D.1.1.1. CLARICE MAY DITCHBURN (b.Prahran VA in1881; d.Mont Albert, VA in 1974); she married ARTHUR BERNARD MORGAN.
D.1.1.2. VIOLET ETHEL DITCHBURN (b.1882 in Ballerat; d.1955 Melbourne VA). She married GEORGE KINLOCH (b.circa 1882 in Kyneton VA; d.1944 in in Hawthorn, VA.
She had 2 children:-
E.1.1.2.1 DONALD GEORGE KINLOCH (b.1912 in Hawthorn, VA; d.1978).
E.1.1.2.2. BERTHA JEAN KINLOCH b. Hawthorn, VA.; she married JOHN HUON SCOTT (b.1917Geelong, d.1998 in Waverley, VA.).
She had 2 children, including:-
F.1.1.2.2.1 ANTHONY KINLOCH SCOTT b.Hawthorn VA.
D.1.1.3. HERBERT LESLIE DITCHBURN b.1884 in Hawthorn, VA; married ELSIE MARION MASSINA.
He had 3 children:-
E.1.1.3.1. NANCY DITCHBURN
E.1.1.3.2. PEGGY DITCHBURN ,
E.1.1.3.3. JOHN DITCHBURN(d.1918)
D.1.1.4.Infant DITCHBURN
D.1.1.5. CECIL VERNON JOHN DITCHBURN (b.1899 Hawthorn, VA; d.circa 1930 at Old Gympie).
C.1.2. ELIZABETH DITCHBURN (b.1859 in Ballarat East; d.1935 in VA)
C.1.3. FRANK OSCAR DITCHBURN (b.1862 in Ballarat West; d.1921 in Ballarat East, VA); married LOUISA THOMSON.
He had 3 children:-
C.1.3.1. HAZEL DITCHBURN b.1893.; married ERNEST JOHNSON.
C.1.3.2. ERIC DITCHBURN b.1898.
C.1.3.3. IVAN DITCHBURN b.1904.
B.2. ANN DITCHBURN b.1827 in Shilbottle, Northumberland. Did not emigrate.
B.3. SARAH DITCHBURN b.1829, Shilbottle, Northumberland. Did not emigrate.
B.4. ROBERT DITCHBURN b.c.1834 in Northumberland; Emigrated to Australia with his wife in 1854;d.in Ballarat 1915. He had married JANE WILSON (b.1834 in Northumberland, d.1918 in Ballarat)
They had 9 children:-
C.4.1. GEORGE DITCHBURN b.1855 in Collingwood, Victoria; d. 1916 in Sandringham.
C.4.2. ANN DITCHBURN (1857-1858)
C.4.3. JANE DITCHBURN b.1858 in Ballarat,VA.
C.4.4. WILLIAM JOHN DITCHBURN b.1861, d.1862 in Ballarat VA
C.4.5. ELIZABETH ANN DITCHBURN b.1863 in Ballarat, VA; d.1975 in Ballarat, VA. She married JOHN JOSEPH GILES (b.1862 in Cobram, VA; d.1916.
She had 5 children:-
D.4.5.1. HERBERT JOHN GILES (1885-1922 Ballarat, VA).
D.4.5.2 ELIZABETH GILES (1887-1975) Ballarat, VA; married CHARLES POLLARD.
D.4.5.3. NORMAN STANLEY GILES. b.1892 Ballarat, VA; d. 1970 Glen Iris; married ELLEN CHRISTINA RAE (1896-1979)He had 3 children:-
E.4.5.3.1. BERYL MURIEL GILES b. Kew, VA; married GRAHAM HARRIS HOWARD.
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E.4.5.3.2. ELVA GILES m. ALAN MACFARLANE (d.1974)
E.4.5.3.3. HERBERT RAE JOHN GILES b.Kew, VA. m. PATRICIA FRANCES WAYMAN.
He had 4 children, including:-
F.4.5.3.3.1. PAMELA LESLEY GILES m. FIELD.
D.4.5.4. DORIS GILES b.1894m. BILL PALETHORPE.
D.4.5.5. AMY GILES. b.1896
C.4.6. ROBERT WILFRED DITCHBURN b. 1865 in Ballarat, VA; m. MARY SLATER.
C.4.7. ROSE ADA DITCHBURN b.1869, Ballarat, VA.
C.4.8. SYDNEY WILSON DITCHBURN b.1874, Ballarat, VA.
C.4.9. ERNEST NORMAN VERE DITCHBURN b.1878, Ballarat,VA.
B.5. ELIZABETH DITCHBURN b. 1835 Shilbottle, Northumberland; d. 1840. Did not emigrate.
B.6. WILLIAM DITCHBURN b. 1837, Shilbottle, Northumberland; m MARY LYNCHfrom Co.Clare, Ireland. They emigrated to Australia in 1855. He later married MARY ANN URWIN; hedied in 1880 in Ballarat, VA.
He had 5 children by his first wife and 3 by his second wife:-
C.6.1. MARTIN DITCHBURN b.1865, Ballarat,VA.
C.6.2. ELIZABETH ANN DITCHBURN b.1866, Ballarat,VA
C.6.3. WILLIAM DITCHBURN b.1867, Ballarat,VA
C.6.4. ROBERT LYNCH DITCHBURN b.1869, Ballarat,VA
C.6.5. MARY CATHERINE DITCHBURN, b.1870, Ballarat,VA
and by Mary Ann Urwin:-
C.6.6. CHARLES URWIN DITCHBURN b.1877, Ballarat,VA
C.6.7. DAISY ANN DITCHBURN, b.1878, Ballarat,VA
C.6.8. WILHELMINA(?) MARION DITCHBURN, b.1880, Ballatat,VA
B.7. ELIZABETH DITCHBURN, b.circa 1840 in Bedlington, Northumberland. Emigrated to Australia in 1854.
B.8. GEORGE DITCHBURN (Mother Ann Dodds) b. in England
B.9. ISABELLA DITCHBURN, b.circa 1846 in Co.Durham, England;emigrated d.1857 in Australia.