Robert is a Great-grandson of Kate Fosler Calkin seen above.
| Calkin, Ellis Varnam Middle of 3 children born to Ellis James and Barbara The 1851 census has Ellis (aged 9) living with his mother at 113, Waterloo Road, Rushton Grange, Stoke. Prior to leaving the country Ellis was working in London at St. Paul's as a buyer earning some £130 a year. Ellis left for South Africa in May 1866, arriving there on the 26th of May. We have a lot of detail about the emigration, and Ellis's arrival in South Africa in a superb letter he wrote to his Aunt Sarah. The letter is transcribed in full here: Ellis's Letter to Aunt Sarah. In the 1881 census Ellis is NOT mentioned. His wife and children are listed as living at 82, Mildmay Grove, London, but with the children's place of birth having been listed as in South Africa, it is fairly safe to assume that Ellis was probably still working abroad there at the time of the 1901 census. Ellis was in partnership with J.G. Chapman in South Africa (see Chapman names below). |
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| Born: | 19.11.1841 | at Hilderstone, Stafford | |
| Baptised: | 09.12.1841 | at Christ Church, St. Mary, Stafford | |
| Married: | 08.04.1866 | to Mary Ann Elizabeth Fosler, registered in Islington | |
| Married: | 26.09.1904 | to Alice Chapman, in Johannesburg, South Africa (Ellis re-married after the death of his first wife Mary) |
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| Died: | 15.12.1907 | Aged 66, probably in Rosettenville, South Africa and registered in Halifax. | |
| Calkin (nee Fosler), Mary Ann Elizabeth | |||
| Born: | c. 1845 | in Islington, Middlesex, London | |
| Died: | 08.06.1899 | Aged 58, in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. | |
| Calkin (nee Chapman), Alice | |||
| Born: | ? | in ? | |
| Six Children (all with his first wife, Mary Ann Elizabeth) | |||
| Kate Fosler There is a farm in the Grahamstown district in South Africa called "Varnam Farm". The homestead upon it is an original 1820 settler dwelling and a National Monument. The farm was actually owned by Kate at some time when she was married to J.G. Chapman, and then with her second husband Clarence Sellar. |
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| Born: | 29.12.1866 | in Port Elizabeth, South Africa | |
| Married: | 01.01.1887 | to J. G. Chapman in South Africa | |
| Married: | ? | to Clarence Sellar in South Africa | |
| Died: | 13.10.1944 | Aged 77, in Johannesburg, South Africa. | |
| Ellis Bernard Ellis Bernard is listed in the Register of the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902: Clerk in the Army Service Corps |
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| Born: | 19.08.1868 | in Port Elizabeth, South Africa | |
| Married: | 10.01.1910 | to R. M. Adam in South Africa | |
| Died: | 26.05.1933 | Aged 64, in Tasmania. | |
| Florence Mary | |||
| Born: | 18.09.1870 | in Grahamstown, South Africa | |
| Married: | 13.06.1889 | to Alfred Cooke, registered in Islington | |
| Died: | 11.06.1949 | Aged 78, in London. | |
| Patti Maud | |||
| Born: | 08.11.1871 | in Grahamstown, South Africa | |
| Died: | 02.11.1872 | Aged 11 months, in Kimberley, South Africa. | |
| Edgar Varnam | |||
| Born: | 06.10.1872 | in Kimberley, South Africa | |
| Died: | 13.11.1872 | Aged 1 month, in Kimberley, South Africa. | |
| Sidney Edgar Sidney Edgar is listed in the Register of the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902: Quartermaster Sergeant in the Standerton Mounted Police The Queen's South Africa (QSA) Medal Clasps: Transvaal, South Africa 1901 |
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| Born: | 13.06.1875 | registered in Hackney, London. | |
| Married: | 13.11.1909 | to Heather Elizabeth Osler in Australia. Heather was the daughter of Charles Edward and Louisa Osler She died in 1952 in Manly, Sydney, Australia. Reported Children: |
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| Died: | 16.07.1918 | Aged 43, in St. Leonards, Sydney, Australia. | |