Frank Moon (1836 - abt. 1924)

Born 9 Nov 1836 in Kent, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elisa (Gregory) Moon — married 18 Nov 1861 (to about 1874) in Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died about 1924 at about age 87 in New South Wales, Australia [uncertain]

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Biography

Frank Moon the son of William & Hannah Moon was born in or about Rolvendon in Kent England in November 1836.

Frank Moon immigrated to Australia with his family at the age of 2 as a Bounty Immigrant on The Maitland in 1838.

Frank Moon a shoemaker by trade married Matilda Kershaw in about 1857 at or about Braidwood in southern New South Wales, Australia. They would have two children before Matilda's unfortunate death in complications from childbirth in 1860.

Frank Moon would then go on to marry Eliza Gregory the step daughter of local Post Master George Knight in November 1861, at or about Ulladulla in New South Wales, Australia.

While raising Frank's 2 children from his first marriage, Frank and Eliza would also go on to have at least 8 children of their own; between 1862 and 1873.

Frank Moon was a keen and active cricketer and Temperance League member in the Bega and Ulladulla areas of southern New South Wales.

After Eliza's death in 1874 also as a result of complications in childbirth Frank went on to marry at least 2 more times before his death in probably 1924 (I will check and confirm this). He had fathered at least 10 children and was generally highly regarded by all.

Sources

• Basic Information from Gregory Edward Rogers, Deborah Maria Miller, Kerin Ann Southam and Wendy Lyn Phillips' Family Tree on GENI at: [1]
• Basic information from The Ancestry Australian Moons webpage at: [2]
• Basic information from the Reed Kerr Extended family page at: [3]
• Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842," database with images, FamilySearch [4] : 3 December 2014), Frank Moon, 6 Nov 1838; citing Ship Maitland, volume 8, Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood; FHL microfilm 416,875.
• Kiama Total Abstinence Society article On TROVE: [5]
• Cricket article/advertisement on TROVE: [6]
• NSW Death Certificate No. 630/1924
• A Funeral Notice on TROVE: [7]