Living

Mary Ann CHALLEN

1812 - 1894  (82 years)

Birth	30 Apr 1812	Rogate, Sussex, England
Died	28 Nov 1894	Bangerang, Victoria, Australia
Family	Stephen Levett SHERWELL,   b. 5 Feb 1806, Chichester, Sussex, England
Married	13 Oct 1829	Portsea, Hampshire, England
Children	+ 1. Stephen SHERWELL,   b. Between Apr and Jun 1838 + 2. Ann Frances SHERWELL,   b. 17 Sep 1830, Sussex, England + 3. William Stephen SHERWELL,   b. 5 Apr 1832, Chichester, Sussex, England + 4. George SHERWELL,   b. 1 Jul 1834, England + 5. Mary Ann SHERWELL,   b. Between 1839 and 1841, South Australia, Australia   6. John SHERWELL,   b. 3 Mar 1845, Australia + 7. James SHERWELL,   b. 10 Nov 1846, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia + 8. Elizabeth SHERWELL,   b. 19 Mar 1849, Richmond, South Australia, Australia   9. Alfred Thomas SHERWELL,   b. 16 Oct 1851, Australia + 10. Joseph SHERWELL,   b. 13 Nov 1853, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Living

Father	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Ida Esma EASTWELL,   b. 1912, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1930	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Divorced	5 Jul 1945	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Living

Living

Father	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Ida Esma EASTWELL,   b. 1912, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1930	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Divorced	5 Jul 1945	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Living

Robert Albert BRANDIS

1933 - 1985  (51 years)

Birth	13 Sep 1933	Midland Junction, Western Australia, Australia
Died	1985	Queensland, Australia
Father	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Ida Esma EASTWELL,   b. 1912, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1930	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Divorced	5 Jul 1945	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Living

Living

Family	Robert Albert BRANDIS,   b. 13 Sep 1933, Midland Junction, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1954	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Living

Father	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Ida Esma EASTWELL,   b. 1912, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1930	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Divorced	5 Jul 1945	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

John William BRANDIS

1945 - 1949  (4 years)

Birth	1945
Died	27 Feb 1949	South Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
	Cause: Burns he received in a hut fire
Father	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Ida Esma EASTWELL,   b. 1912, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1930	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Divorced	5 Jul 1945	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Living

Father	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Mabel Christina KRISTIANSEN,   b. 1923, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1946	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Living

Father	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Mabel Christina KRISTIANSEN,   b. 1923, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1946	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Living

Father	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Mabel Christina KRISTIANSEN,   b. 1923, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1946	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Living

Father	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Mabel Christina KRISTIANSEN,   b. 1923, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1946	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Sylvia Michele BRANDIS

1948 - 2022  (74 years)

Birth	4 Jan 1948	Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Died	25 Aug 2022	Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
Father	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Mabel Christina KRISTIANSEN,   b. 1923, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1946	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Desley Norman JONES,   b. Abt 1944, Western Australia, Australia
Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living

Desley Norman JONES

Abt 1944 - 2017  (~ 73 years)

Birth	Abt 1944	Western Australia, Australia
Died	15 Jan 2017	East Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Buried	2017	Cemetery, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia
Father	Norman Hugh JONES,   b. 1909, Gingin, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Hannah Elizabeth MURRAY,   b. 1900, Moora, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1942	Gingin, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Sylvia Michele BRANDIS,   b. 4 Jan 1948, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living

Living

Father	Living
Mother	Ida Esma EASTWELL,   b. 1912, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1946	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Living

Father	Living
Mother	Ida Esma EASTWELL,   b. 1912, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1946	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Albert Thomas George BRANDIS

1905 - 1962  (56 years)

Birth	3 Dec 1905	Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Died	25 Jun 1962	Maida Vale, Western Australia, Australia
Buried	1962	Cemetery, Midland, Western Australia, Australia
Father	Living
Mother	Emily Jane BRANDIS,   b. 8 Feb 1882, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Married	UNKNOWN
Family 1	Ida Esma EASTWELL,   b. 1912, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1930	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Divorced	5 Jul 1945	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Robert Albert BRANDIS,   b. 13 Sep 1933, Midland Junction, Western Australia, Australia   4. Living   5. John William BRANDIS,   b. 1945
Family 2	Mabel Christina KRISTIANSEN,   b. 1923, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1946	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living + 5. Sylvia Michele BRANDIS,   b. 4 Jan 1948, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

Mabel Christina KRISTIANSEN

1923 - 1994  (71 years)

Birth	1923	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	29 Jan 1994	Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
Buried	1994	Cemetery, Midland, Western Australia, Australia
Father	Niels Peter Jeans KRISTIANSEN,   b. 1885
Mother	Mary Alice GREGORY,   b. 1894, Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1923	Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1946	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living + 5. Sylvia Michele BRANDIS,   b. 4 Jan 1948, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

Ida Esma EASTWELL

1912 - 1954  (42 years)

Birth	1912	Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Died	4 Jun 1954	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Father	William EASTWELL,   b. 10 Apr 1868, Nr Tothills Creek, South Australia, Australia
Mother	Emmaline Helen RIDING,   b. 19 Aug 1876, Lallat, Victoria, Australia
Married	20 Feb 1893	Nhill, Victoria, Australia
Family 1	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1930	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Divorced	5 Jul 1945	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Robert Albert BRANDIS,   b. 13 Sep 1933, Midland Junction, Western Australia, Australia   4. Living   5. John William BRANDIS,   b. 1945
Family 2	Living
Children	1. Living   2. Living

• Siblings	4 siblings
  1. Living
  2. Living
  3. Robert Albert BRANDIS,   b. 13 Sep 1933, Midland Junction, Western Australia, Australia d. 1985, Queensland, Australia
  4. John William BRANDIS,   b. 1945   d. 27 Feb 1949, South Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Mary Ann CHALLEN,   b. 30 Apr 1812, Rogate, Sussex, England d. 28 Nov 1894, Bangerang, Victoria, Australia  (Age 82 years)  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	3 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Robert Albert BRANDIS,   b. 13 Sep 1933, Midland Junction, Western Australia, Australia d. 1985, Queensland, Australia  (Age 51 years)   4. Living   5. John William BRANDIS,   b. 1945   d. 27 Feb 1949, South Guildford, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 4 years)
  Half-siblings	2 half brothers and 3 half sisters (family of Albert Thomas George BRANDIS and Mabel Christina KRISTIANSEN)
  1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living + 5. Sylvia Michele BRANDIS,   b. 4 Jan 1948, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia d. 25 Aug 2022, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 74 years) â–»Desley Norman JONES
  Half-siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Living and Ida Esma EASTWELL)
  1. Living   2. Living
  Person ID	I30382	MyBradyTree | LPR, VH, KLL, HES, P2, KMS, Descendant of Convict John STEVENS

  
  

  Father	Albert Thomas George BRANDIS,   b. 3 Dec 1905, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia d. 25 Jun 1962, Maida Vale, Western Australia, Australia (Age 56 years) Other Partners: Mabel Christina KRISTIANSEN  m. 1946
  Mother	Ida Esma EASTWELL,   b. 1912, Swan, Western Australia, Australia d. 4 Jun 1954, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	1930	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  Divorce	5 Jul 1945	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  Reference Number	#1222
  Family ID	F1790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

  
  

• Reference

  #BFTWA. "Living". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I30382&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed July 4, 2025).