Joshua
Swallow
Daff
Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Daff
and Jane (Swallow) Daff
Husband of
Barbara (Dick) Daff
— married
21 May 1874 in Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia
Husband of
Evelyn Martha (Clayton) Haydon
— married
29 Sep 1923 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
William Frank Daff, John Fawcett Daff, Joshua Herbert Daff, David Henry Daff, Frederick Gordon Daff, Albert Victor Daff, Arthur Leslie Daff, Edward Norman Percival Daff and Graham Clayton Daff
Died
at age 78
in Scott St, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Dec 2011
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Biography
Joshua was born in England in 1848, the son of William Daff and Jane Swallow.[1]
Emigrated to Australia on the Thorwaldsen in 1852 with parents and siblings.[2]
In 1923, in Victoria, Australia, he married Evelyn Martha Clayton (1884-1971) [3]
They had one child:-
- Graham Clayton (1925-1987).
Joshua passed away in 1927, aged 78 [78y 9m 14d]. [4]
- Death Notice. 1927 [5]
- DAFF.—On the 5th July, at his residence, Scott street, Moorabbin, Joshua, the dearly beloved husband of Evelyn, and loving father of Frank, Jack (South Africa), Herbert, Harry, Gordon, Victor, Arthur, Edward, and Graham, aged 78 years.
Sources
- ↑ GRO-UK Index
- Name: DAFF, JOSHUA SWALLOW
- Mother's Maiden Surname: SWALLOW
- GRO Reference: 1848 S Quarter in WAKEFIELD UNION
- Volume 22
- Page 681
- ↑ Public Records Office of Victoria - Search Terms: DAFF - Ship: THORWALDSEN - Date Arrived: 1851 to 1853
Family name Given name Age Year arrived Month Ship Captain DAFF WM 34 1852 NOV THORWALDSEN BIRNIE WILLIAM DAFF JANE 32 1852 NOV THORWALDSEN BIRNIE WILLIAM DAFF ROBT 13 1852 NOV THORWALDSEN BIRNIE WILLIAM DAFF EMMA 11 1852 NOV THORWALDSEN BIRNIE WILLIAM DAFF JOSHUA 3 1852 NOV THORWALDSEN BIRNIE WILLIAM DAFF WM Inf. 1852 NOV THORWALDSEN BIRNIE WILLIAM - ↑ Vic BDM. Marriages. 19165/1923.
- ↑ Vic BDM. Deaths. 9331/1927.
- ↑ 1927 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 7 July, p. 1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3865165
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