Elijah Nigel QUARTERMAINE

Elijah Nigel QUARTERMAINE

Male 1842 - 1916  (73 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 70 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Elijah Nigel QUARTERMAINE  [1
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth 15 Sep 1842  Katanning, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 31 Dec 1859  York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 7 Sep 1916  Katanning, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 10 siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Elijah QUARTERMAINE,   b. 31 Jul 1814, Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1888, Katanning, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  (Father) 
    Elizabeth DICKENSON,   b. 9 May 1819, Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1873, Beverley, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)  (Mother) 
    Siblings 8 brothers and 2 sisters 
    Person ID I41554  MyBradyTree

    Father Elijah QUARTERMAINE,   b. 31 Jul 1814, Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1888, Katanning, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth DICKENSON,   b. 9 May 1819, Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1873, Beverley, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 30 Dec 1837  Garsington, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5490  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann WARTUM,   b. Between 1846 and 1852, York, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1914, Woodanilling, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Other Partners: UNKNOWN 
    Marriage NEVER MARRIED 
    Notes 
    • Passage from Quartermaine book - Elijah Nigel Quartermaine son of Elijah Quartermaine, built a two room cottage on the family property, intending to marry a school teacher from England whose passage to the colony he had arranged. His plans did not work out, because the woman jilted him and returned to England, allegedly taking with her 200 pounds belonging to Elijah.
      When he was over his disappointment Elijah fell in love with Mary 'Wartum', or 'Wantum', a woman of Aboriginal and European descent living in the Aboriginal encampment. A story is told of how Mary was to have been married to a tribal husband, but she fled from her camp to avoid this. Elijah offered her protection and an alternative to tribal life, and later marriage. Another story tells of how Mary came to work for Elijah as a housekeeper, bringing with her two children by a former marriage. The couple's common unhappy experiences in love provided a bond between them, their feelings for each other grew, and they were married or lived together. It is likely that both of these stories contain elements of what actually happened. In any event, Elijah and Mary remained together for the rest if their lives and had a large family of twelve children, many of whom were named after their uncles and aunts on their father's side.
      On the death of Elijah Quartermaine senior, Elijah inherited part of the estate. This passed to Mary on his death, and then finally two grandchildren, Eva and Emily Rodney.
    Children 
     1. Winnie QUARTERMAINE,   b. 1876   d. DECEASED, Woodanilling, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Phillip QUARTERMAINE,   b. 1885   d. 1942, Woodanilling, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    +3. Fanny QUARTERMAINE,   b. 1887, Woodanilling, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1916, Katanning, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
    â–» Henry Baron RODNEY  m. 1907
     4. Meena QUARTERMAINE,   b. 1888   d. DECEASED, Woodanilling, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Clarence QUARTERMAINE,   b. 1890, Woodanilling, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1953, Northam, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     6. Lily QUARTERMAINE,   b. Jun 1891, Woodanilling, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1950, Katanning, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years)
     7. Edward Edwin QUARTERMAINE,   b. 1892, Woodanilling, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1962, Katanning, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +8. Louise QUARTERMAINE,   b. 1893, Woodanilling, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1942, Woodanilling, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    â–» Oliver Frederick WARD  m. 30 Dec 1915
     9. Lavinia QUARTERMAINE,   b. 1895   d. DECEASED, Woodanilling, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +10. Helen Louise QUARTERMAINE,   b. 1896, Woodanilling, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1980, Katanning, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    â–» Henry Baron RODNEY  m. UNKNOWN
    Family ID F13723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Sep 1842 - Katanning, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 31 Dec 1859 - York, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Reference  Darryl Brady. "Elijah Nigel QUARTERMAINE". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I41554&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed May 3, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S1195] Tilbrook, Lois, Nyungar Tradition, Nyungar Tradition : glimpses of Aborigines of south-western Australia 1829-1914 by Lois Tilbrook.

    2. [S1015] sro-at-sro.wa.gov.au, State Records Office of Western Australia, http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/Investigator/Details/ImageLoad2.asp?entityId=5115551&entityType=Item_Image&imageNumber=351.