Jane (Gray) Dickins (1854 - 1933)

Born 12 Jan 1854 in Campbells Creek, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of John Dickins — married 17 Aug 1873 in Sutton Grange, Colony of Victoria

Descendants

Died 3 Aug 1933 at age 79 in Elmore, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Jane (Gray) Dickins was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Jane Gray was born at Campbells Creek near Castlemaine, Colony of Victoria on 12 January 1854 to parents James Gray & Jean Scott.^[1]

John Dickins married Jane Gray at Sutton Grange, Colony of Victoria on 17 August 1873.^[2] They had the following children:

1. Elizabeth Jane Dickins, born 1874 at Kyneton^[3]
2. Margaret Ann Dickins, born 1877 at Kyneton^[4]
3. Zella Zipporah Dickins, born 1879 at Toolleen^[5]
4. John Dickins, born 1880 at Toolleen^[6]
5. Joseph Dickins, born 1882 at Toolleen^[7]
6. James Dickins, born 1883 at Toolleen^[8]
7. Jessie Dickins, born 1885 at Toolleen^[9]
8. Isabella Emily Dickins, born 1887 at Toolleen^[10]
9. Martha Dickins, born 1889 at Toolleen^[11]
10. Frederick William Dickins, born 1890 at Toolleen^[12]
11. Maud Dickins, born 1892 at Toolleen^[13]
12. Jane Gray Scott Dickins, born 1894 at Toolleen^[14]
13. Olive Dickins, born 1896 at Toolleen^[15]

Jane died at Elmore, Victora on 3 August 1933, age 79.^[16][17]

Research Notes

Birth certificate notes birth as Campbells Creek. Father is James Gray, farm labourer, age 26 from B?????, Scotland. Parents married 1852 at Glasgow Mother is J??? Scott, age 26 years of Glasgow

Death certificate notes her parents as James Gray (farmer) and Jeanette Scott. She was 19 when marriage at Sutton Grange. Married surname was spelt Dickins on the certificate. Issue was listed as:

• Elizabeth Jane 59 years
• Margaret Ann 56 yrs
• Zella Zipporah 54
• John Dickins 53
• Joseph 51
• James 49
• Jessie 47
• Emily Isabella 46
• Martha 44
• Frederick William 42
• Maud 40
• Jean Gray Scott 38
• Olive (deceased)

Obituary notes the Deceased is survived by four sons, John (Oaklands), Joseph (Berrigan), James (Oaklands), Frederick (Runnymede East) ; and eight daughters, Elizabeth (Mrs C. S. Dickins, Barfold), Margaret (Mrs G. Butcher, Colbinabbin), Zella (Mrs H. A. Smith, Oaklands), Jessie (Elmore), Emily (Mrs C. Rogers, Wyalong) , Martha (Mrs E. M. Hamblin, Ganmain), Maud (Mrs J. C. Wright, Elmore), Jean (Mrs C. Vickers, Melbourne.

Sources

1. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 889/1854 for ‘Jane Gray’, 27 Feb 1854. Castlemaine, Victoria. Father = James, Mother = Jane Scott
2. ↑ Victorian Marriage Registration No. 3361 / 1873 for John Dickins & Jane Gray
3. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 16740/1874 for Elizabeth Jane Dickens, Kyneton district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Gray
4. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 16681/1877 for Margaret Ann Dickins, Kyneton district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Gray
5. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 5912 / 1879 for Zella Zipporah Wickins, Toolleen district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Grey
6. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 19275/1880 for John Dickins, Toolleen district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Grey
7. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 5899/1882 for Joseph Dickens, Toolleen district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Grey
8. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 20310/1883 for James Dickens, Toolleen district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Gray
9. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 6556/1885 for Jessie Dickens, Toolleen district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Gray
10. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 7278/1887 for Isabella Emily Dickins, Toolleen district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Gray
11. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 8141/1889 for Martha Dickins, Toolleen district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Gray
12. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 37083/1890 for Fred Wm Dickins, Toolleen district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Gray
13. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 37013/1892 for Maud Dickins, Toolleen district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Gray
14. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 33514/1894 for Jane Gray Scott Dickins, Toolleen district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Gray
15. ↑ Victorian Birth Certificate No. 23937/1896 for Olive Dickins, Toolleen district, Father = John, Mother = Jane Gray
16. ↑ Victorian Death Certificate No. 1024/1933 for ‘Jane Dickins’ nee Gray, 19 Dec 2017. Elmore District, Victoria. Age 79
17. ↑ MRS. JANE DICKENS (1933, August 24). Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser (NSW : 1898 - 1958), p. 2. Retrieved July 7, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134595910

• ‘Jean Gray’ (1904) Copy of death certificate for Jean Gray nee Scott, 17 Mar 2018. Number 59/14137. Sutton Grange District, Victoria.