Edythe Mary Darby

#127, (23 January 1876-9 August 1957)
FatherGeorge Leonard Darby (c 1850-3 Jul 1926)
MotherMartha Alice Miller (3 Nov 1850-22 Dec 1921)
ChartsAylott Family - descendants
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Descendents of Richard Darby
Last Edited15 Mar 2023
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Edythe Mary Darby
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Edythe Darby
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(For a brief history and context on the Darby family see this page)

Edythe Mary Darby was also known as Edie.1 Edythe was born on Sunday, 23 January 1876 at Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester.2,3,4,5 She was the daughter of George Leonard Darby and Martha Alice Miller.
Edythe Mary Darby
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She was recorded as living with her parents, two boarders and a servant in the 1881 census at 132 Oxford Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester. She was recorded as being 5 years old.3
Edythe Mary Darby
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She lived with her mother at 103 Oxford Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, in April 1884.6

At the age of 9 Edythe emigrated from London on 24 December 1885 on the liner R.M.S. 'John Elder' with her mother and two sisters.They were on their way to join their father who was already in the colony. Edythe was about 10 years old. Leaving on Christmas Eve, they travelled via Naples, the Suez canal, Aden and the island of Diego Garcia.7,8,9,10

Edythe arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia, on 6 February 1886.7,11
She presumably along with their three daughters lived with her parents at the Adelaide suburb of Parkside in December 1886.12 She was a student at at at Parkside State School in the Adelaide suburb of Parkside in December 1886. She performed in a musical tableau put on by the school where "The Glad New Year," of which the following is the synopsis:— The Old "Year is found hsleep on his throne by two fairies, who rouse him from his slumber. The old year passes out and the new year is introduced. Having been installed, the four seasons are presented, each inturn introducing their respective months, who, singing, bestow their appropriate gifts. A hearty welcome to the New Year concludes the tableau..12 In December 1892 the Darby family had a grand piano at home, as it was lent for the cause of a fundraiser to build an institute and hall for the 700 or so residents.13 On 5 December 1892 there was a visit by legislators (including an M.P.) to the Darby property at Mylor, South Australia, where someone noted that George and his family had the best house in the district. There was perhaps a suggestion that this was inappropriate give George's position in the Land Office. Later that night, George and his wife and daughters contributed items to the programme of the concert in the evening.14

The town was described :
...Mylor is emerging from the embryo stage of existence. Most of the blocks have been sold at prices satisfactory to the Government. At present nothing can be seen except a general store, a carpenter's shop, and the frame of the local Church of England building. The rest is all a partially-cleared area backed and planted by gumtrees and scrub near the old stock road to Scott's Creek.15


A suggestion that the Darbys had the best house in the district was refuted by a T. Murphy (and in a different newspaper, 'Thomas H. Winkworth') who said that Mr. Hughes had a much finer house and that the Darby House was only 2 stone rooms, like several other houses.16,17

On 5 September 1896 Edythe was an accompanist at a fundraising concert for the Mylor Cricket Club.18

In January 1898 there was a bushfire in Mylor that affected the Darby's place. This occurred on a hot and windy day, and there were about 35 people fighting the fire, which saved the house, trap and horse. In all, about 100 acres were burned. Whilst initial reports said that fruit trees, sheds, clothing etc were destroyed, another correspondent said about a dozen fruit trees were burnt. On the contrary, the worst sufferer seemed to be a Mr. Wake who had moved some of this things to the Darby's that day.19,20
Edythe Mary Darby
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The Darby's suffered another unsettling incident involving a horse carriage on 4 May 1902:
"SERIOUS VEHICLE ACCIDENT. Mr. G.L. Darby (chief clerk of the Woods and Forests Department), whilst driving to his home from Aldgate station on Monday evening with his daughters, met with a serious accident. The horse stopped suddenly, and in doing so broke a portion of the harness. The animal then bolted round a curve at the foot of a steep hill, throwing out all the occupants of the vehicle. Mr. Darby's ankle was broken, and he was removed to the Adelaide Hospital. His daughters received a severe shaking and abrasions."21,22




She married Sydney Larter Brown, son of Ellen Hall, at Manthorpe Memorial Congregational Church on Monday, 21 July 1902 at the Adelaide suburb of Unley. She was 26 and her husband Sydney was 31..23 She presumably lived with her parents at at Stanley Street in the Adelaide suburb of North Adelaide in 1904. However, there is some records that suggest that they were still living in Mylor at this time.24

She may have attended the wedding of her sister in the marriage of James Smith and Elsie Florence Darby at Elsie's parent's home at "Kiliora"(?) Stanley St. on Thursday, 22 December 1904 at North Adelaide. Elsie was 5 months pregnant when she married; the effect of this on Elsie's strict Wesleyan Methodist mother isn't known however it is notable that Elsie and James married at Elsie's parent's Adelaide home, far from the town of Mylor where they grew up, and not married in the Congregational church that her sisters were married in. It's also notable that Elsie's mother and her mother's mother were pregnant when they married too.. James and Elsie went on to have four children together, one of whom died young.25
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Edythe, aged 29 and Sydney Larter Brown, aged 34 became the parents of Lorna Gertrude Brown on Thursday, 3 August 1905 at the Adelaide suburb of Hyde Park.26
Headstone for Edyth Darby and her family 2005


Her mother died 22 December 1921 at the age of 71. Edythe was aged 45 when this happened. She and Sydney Larter Brown put a memorial piece in the paper to her mother, dead one year: ' DARBY. — A tribute of love to the memory of our ever dear mother who passed away on the 22nd December, 1921. . 'Oh, for the sound ot a voice that is stilled.' —Inserted by her loving son and daughter, Syd and Edie.' on 22 December 1922.1

Her father died 3 July 1926 at the approximate age of 76. Edythe was aged 50 when this happened. She was ill with eye disorders; she was nearly blind before death in 1950.

Edythe died on 9 August 1957 at South Australia at age 81.27 She was buried in August 1957 at Cheltenham Cemetery, in Cheltenham, South Australia.5

Timeline

DateEventPlace
Family
Family
1876BirthChorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester2,3,4,5
1886Education at Parkside State School in the Adelaide suburb of Parkside12
1896Note memo only CR CRMylor, South Australia18
1902Married Name23
1902Marriage at Manthorpe Memorial Congregational Church in the Adelaide suburb of Unley23
1922Note1
1950Illness
1957DeathSouth Australia27
1957BurialCheltenham Cemetery, in Cheltenham, South Australia5

Family

Sydney Larter Brown (28 Mar 1871-1 Apr 1932)
Children

Citations

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