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ISAAC AND ELIZA FRY nee QUIRE

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Isaac and Eliza Fry

The Frys are connected to the Sherwood family through the marriage of Minnie Fry to Arthur Sherwood  in 1882.  Minnie was the daughter of Isaac and Eliza Fry.

Isaac Fry was born in Rooksbridge, Somerset, 1 March 1824. His parents were John and Ann Fry nee Norvill/Norville. Isaac and his twin brother Abraham were the youngest of nine children, seven boys and two girls. Abraham died when he was  five months old. The Frys lived at Rooksbridge  until at least 1832 when shortly after the family home passed out of their hands. By 1851 Isaac had moved to Brean, Somerset where he was working as a farm labourer. It may have been there that he first met Eliza Quire. 
Eliza Fry nee Quire was born in Cannington, Somerset, 14 April 1823.  She was the second oldest of John and Fanny Quire's six children. Around 1826 the family moved to East Brent, Somerset.  Both the Fry and Quire families had  children baptised in the East Brent parish church. Isaac in 1824, Eliza's younger sister Jane in 1826 and her brother  Giles in 1827. 
By 1829 the Quire family had moved again this time to nearby Burnham. 
Eliza had by 1851 left the family home and was working as a domestic servant in Mark. She was 18 years old. Ten years later she was living and working in Brean, Somerset.  
Eliza  married Isaac in Brean in 1852.  Seven years later they  settled in Melbourne. After a short stay in Kew the family moved to Nairne, South Australia.  This would have been about 1861/2.  It was here that they met up with Isaac's older brother Francis who came to Australia ten years earlier. In the latter part of the 1870's the family returned to Victoria where they selected land at Woorak West, near Nhill. They spent the remainder of their lives on their farm at Woorak West. 

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TIMELINE

ISAAC FRY

1824: Born Rooks Bridge, Somerset., England.

1851: Labourer, Brean, Somerset.

1852: Married Eliza Quire at Brean, Somerset.

1854: Daughter Jane baptised in Edith Mead, Somerset.

1859: Arrived Williamstown, Melbourne, age 35.

1860: Living Kew, Melbourne.

c. 1861: Moved to Nairne district of South Australia.

c.1871: Moved to Mt. Gambier, South Australia.

1879: Selected land at Woorak West, Victoria.

1904: Died Woorak West.

ELIZA  QUIRE

1823: Born Cannington, Somerset, England.

c.1826: Living East Brent, Somerset.

1841: Working as a house servant, Mark, Somerset.

1851: Married Isaac Fry in Brean, Somerset.

1853: First child Jane born.

1859: Arrived Williamstown, age 36.

1904: Living with daughter Minnie Sherwood at Woorak West, Victoria.

1909: Living with daughter Ellen Bone at Woorak West, Victoria.

1916: Died at Woorak West age 93.