Chronology

August 22nd, 1794: Birth of George Bracher
April 12th, 1816: Birth of George Bracher (junior), Salisbury, Wiltshire
1820: Death of Sarah Jenks, George's (jnr) mother
February 1823: Re-marriage of George Bracher (senior) to Elizabeth Howes of Wincanton
October 1829: The Hall family arrives in Fremantle and settle in the Murray District, south of Perth
1835: Brothers Henry James Bracher and George Bracher establish the Wiltshire and Dorset Bank in Salisbury
July 17th, 1838: George Bracher (junior) leaves England on the S.S. Britomart
December 4th, 1838: George arrives in Fremantle aboard the Britomart
Early 1839: George establishes a grocery store in Guildford
March 10th, 1841: George receives title to Lot 9, Guildford
Early-mid 1840s: George commences a butchery in Perth
June 12th, 1846: The marriage of George Bracher to Sarah Louisa Hall in Perth
July 1847: Birth of Sarah Fanny Bracher
September 10th, 1847: George Bracher sails to Mauritius
March 1849: Sarah Louisa and Sarah Fanny Bracher sail to Mauritius
1852: Birth of Ellen Theodosia in Mauritius
September 6th, 1852: George, Sarah Louisa, Sarah Fanny and Ellen Theodosia Bracher return to Australia (Melbourne) on the Rival
January 1853: Death of Ellen Theodosia in Melbourne
1853: The Bracher family move to Sandhurst (Bendigo)
November 15th, 1853: Birth of Emma Amelia Bracher in Sandhurst
October 7th, 1857: Birth of George Henry Bracher in Sandhurst
February 1858: Death of Sarah Theodosia Hall in Western Australia
February 12th, 1859: Birth of Ada Louisa Bracher in Sandhurst
April 1859: Death of Henry Edward Hall in Mandurah, W.A.
April 1859: The Bracher family relocates to Axe Creek from Sandhurst
1860: Bushranger Edward Frank Hall wanted and captured in Western Australia
1861: William Shakespeare Hall joins the Gregory exploration party to explore north western W.A.
1861: 14 year old Sarah Fanny Bracher leaves Victoria to live with her great aunt
Amelia in Sydney
November 1864: George Bracher placed under sequestration in the Supreme Court of Victoria
January 1866: Sarah Fanny Bracher returns from Sydney to Sandhurst
January 1869: Sarah Fanny Bracher begins teacher training in Prahran, Melbourne
July 25th, 1869: Death of Emma, Amelia Bracher at Kangaroo Flat
June 4th, 1871: Death of George Bracher Snr at Alderbury, Wiltshire, England
September 8th, 1871: George Bracher jnr discharges his debts in the Supreme Court of Victoria
1872-1873: George Bracher jnr speculates heavily on Bendigo mining stocks
1873: George and Sarah Louisa Bracher are living in Willis St, Sandhurst
1874: Sarah Louisa begins running a boarding house at 4 Victoria Terrace, Sandhurst
1876: Sarah Fanny Bracher is appointed First Assistant Teacher at Dunolly
March 1876: Death of Ada Louisa Bracher at Kangaroo Flat
1876-1877: George Henry Bracher working in Hay, NSW
1877: George Henry Bracher moves to Melbourne for work
June 1878: Sarah Louisa and George Bracher move to Footscray to live with George Henry
August 1878: George and Sarah Louisa move to Echuca to run a temperance hotel and to manage the farm on Maloga Native Mission
September 25th, 1878: George Henry Bracher marries Catherine Smith (Herara) in Emerald Hill
Early 1879: George and Sarah Louisa Bracher return from Echuca to live in Footscray
March 1879: George Henry Bracher moves to Geelong for work
Mid 1879: Sarah Fanny Bracher transfers from Dunolly to Epsom to teach
June 1879: Birth of Fanny Victoria in Footscray to George and Catherine (Kate) Bracher
1879: Catherine (Kate) joins George Henry in Geelong
1879: Sarah Louisa and George Bracher run a boarding house in Nelson Place, Williamstown
1880: Sarah Louisa and George Bracher return to Kangaroo Flat to live
1880: Birth of George Reginald Alberto Bracher to George and Catherine (Kate)
1880: George Henry Bracher begins a decade of property speculation and investment
July 1881: George Henry Bracher buys a half share in a Geelong photographic business
1882: Marriage of Sarah Fanny Bracher to Robert Disney Jones
1882: Birth of Louisa May to George Henry and Catherine (Kate)
Sept 1883: George Henry leaves Geelong to work in Bourke Street, then in Footscray
1884: Birth of Amy Maud to George Henry and Catherine (Kate) Bracher
August 25th, 1886: Birth of Henry Herbert Gladstone to George and Catherine Bracher
April 1887: Death of Peter Smith (Pedro Herara), aged 64 in White Hills, Bendigo
1888: Birth of Laura Alexandrina to George and Catherine (Kate) Brache
Late 1888: George Henry Bracher joins with a Mr Watkins to operate 'Watkins and Bracher', Nicholson Street, Footscray
1891: Birth of Lionel Wilfred to George and Catherine (Kate) Bracher
1891: George Henry Bracher builds "Boomville" as the family home, cnr Leeds and Ryan Streets, Footscray
January 1891: Death of Aunt Amelia Hall in Sydney
February 8th, 1891: Death of George Bracher at Kangaroo Flat
1891: George Henry''s business ventures are devastated by the financial crisis in Victoria. The family moves into their parents house at Kangaroo Flat
1891: George Henry begins work on the Western Australia goldfields
Mid 1890s: The Bracher family moves from Kangaroo Flat into Golden Square, in a house next to Sarah Fanny Bracher
1895: Sarah Fanny Jones (nee Bracher) retires from teaching
1897: Death of Laura Alexandrina in Golden Square
1897: George Henry Bracher returns from the W.A. goldfields
Early 1897: Sarah Fanny and Robert Disney Jones move from Golden Square to Portarlington
1897: George Henry Bracher returns from the W.A. goldfields and opens a saddlery shop in Golden Square
1899: George Henry Bracher moves to Melbourne to work, leaving his family in
Golden Square
July 13th, 1900: George Henry Bracher is declared insolvent
1901: The Bracher family move from Golden Square to join their father in Footscray
1902: George Henry Bracher elected President of the Victorian Saddlers and Harness Makers Union
July 2, 1904: George Henry Bracher is discharged from his debts
October 1910: Death of Sarah Louisa Bracher
1911: Harry Bracher is selected to play cricket for Victoria
1912: Sarah Fanny and Robert Disney Jones are living in Seddon
1915: Herbert Henry Gladstone Bracher married Ethel Ashton Parker at St Johns Church, Footscray
1936: Death of Sarah Fanny Jones (nee Bracher) in Camberwell
1939: Death of Catherine (Kate) Bracher in Royal Park
1940: Death of Robert Disney Jones in Camberwell
July 25th, 1945: Death of George Henry Bracher in Footscray