In the section dealing with Charles Sherwood senior, it was suggested that his sister Jane's decision to emigrate to Australia in 1853 may have prompted Charles and his family to do the same. Evidently the bond between Charles and Jane was strong. Jane named one of her sons, Charles Sherwood Morley. 

     Although Jane and her family settled in Victoria and Charles and his family in South Australia, there is evidence to suggest that members of both families met again in Australia. According to a letter written by Florence Craker, a great grand-daughter of Jane and Thomas Morley, we find that Jane's daughter Hannah Morley went to stay with her grandmother, Elizabeth Sherwood (c. 1790 -1873) in Adelaide.

             Further meetings between the two families may have taken place at Harrow and Mt. Arapiles, Victoria from about 1875 on. It was at this time that Charles and Mary left South Australia and settled at the foot of Mt. Arapiles where they lived up until 1880. Thomas Morley is listed in Baillieres Victorian Directory, as a labourer and gardener living at Harrow from 1860 through to 1870 and for the year 1875. With the Sherwoods living at Mt. Arapiles and the Morleys at Harrow (separated by a distance of some 60 km.) it was now possible for the two families to maintain closer contact.

            The following is further support for the notion that the Sherwood and Morley families kept in touch. Graham Morley, a great, great grandson of Jane and Thomas, has a very old family photo album. It holds about 40 small portrait photographs, none of which have names or dates on them. As the album belonged to Samuel Morley (one of Thomas and Jane's sons) I was hopeful that some members of our family might appear in it. To my delight, two photos, one of Charles and Mary and the other, a photo of their daughter, Harriet Jarvis and her family appear in the Morley album. It's of some interest to note that these same two photos also appear in a very old Sherwood family photo album kept by Eva Chambers. Eva is a great granddaughter of Charles and Mary. The photo of Charles and Mary was taken at Mt. Barker circa 1870. The photo of Harriet and family was taken at Mt. Barker Springs at about the same time. A third photo of Stephen Sherwood, one of Charles and Mary 's sons, also appears in the Morley album.

            This exchange of photos, either by mail or in person, furthers the idea that the two families maintained close contact. It's quite remarkable that the first two photos mentioned have been kept by both families for well over 100 years.

© R J Sherwood. 2001