Shackerstone Manor, Leicestershire (Home of the Hall Family)

Sarah Louisa Bracher's (nee Hall) family hailed from Shackerstone Manor in Leicestershire. The freehold contained a large portion of Shackerst one Village, including a corn mill and public house

Hall Family Arms

The crest of the Hall family, who arrived in the Swan River colony in 1829. Sarah Louisa Hall married George Bracher.

Wiltshire County Map

Wiltshire - and especially around Salisbury - was the ancestral hub of the Bracher family in England. Even today, the county is replete with many families carrying the surname Bracher

Sarah Theodosia Hall

The mother of Sarah Louisa Bracher (nee Hall), who emigrated to the Swan River colony in 1829 with her husband Thomas Edward Hall and their children. When the Hall family fell on hard times, this distinguished lady from a well-to-do English family resorted to running a hotel in Georges Terrace, Perth.

Thomas Edward Hall

Husband of Sarah Theodosia Hall. The Hall family emigrated to the Swan River colony in 1829, and are numbered among the pioneering families of W.A. His daughter, Sarah Louisa Hall, married the first Bracher in Australia, George Bracher.

James Anderton Hall

Son of Thomas Edward and Sarah Theodosia Hall, as well as brother to Sarah Louisa Bracher (nee Hall)

William Shakespeare Hall

Shakespeare Hall was the son of Thomas Edward and Sarah Theodosia Hall, as well as brother to Sarah Louisa Bracher (nee Hall). He pioneered the northern area of Western Australia, including the early pearl industry. His wide contribution to the exploration and development of north is recognised in the Shakespeare Hall Museum in Cossack, W.A.

Edward Frank Hall

The youngest brother of Sarah Louisa Bracher (nee Hall). Frank's legacy in Western Australia is as one of the State's minor bushrangers. After a long period of imprisonment in Fremantle, he saw out his days in Northhampton, W.A.

Hall Cottage

Mandurah, W.A. Built 1832 for Thomas Edward and Sarah Theodosia Hall. The cottage is now one of Mandurah's tourist attractions.

Wincanton

Modern day Wincanton, where George Bracher operated a grocery business in its main street between 1817 and 1834, and from where George Bracher junior lived much of his life before emigrating to Australia in 1838.

George Bracher and his daughter

This girl is probably Ada Louise, who died at an early age.

Mauritius

Image of the island of Mauritius, where the Bracher family lived between 1847 and 1852

Mauritius

Image of the island of Mauritius, where the Bracher family lived between 1847 and 1852

Waverley House

Old South Head Road, Sydney, from where Aunt Amelia Hall operated her school for gentlemen during the 1870s (demolished in the 1890s). She had previously operated out of central Sydney for many years, educating many of the significant figures in early Sydney's professional life.

Sarah Fanny Bracher

Probably aged in her 30s. She married fellow school teacher Robert Disney Jones and their marriage features heavily in the life of the Bracher family for about 50 years.

Ada Louisa Bracher

Probably early to mid 1870s

George Henry Bracher

Probably aged about 21, during the mid 1870s. At this point in his life, George Henry was starting his career as a saddlemaker

Pedro Herrara

Believed to be Peter Herrera (later changed to Peter Smith). The Spanish born miner married Catherine Barry, which produced a daughter Catherine. Catherine (Kate) married George Henry Bracher. The Spanish looks has passed down through the Bracher generations.

Sarah Fanny Bracher

Sarah Fanny Bracher was born in Mauritius to George Bracher and Sarah Bracher (nee Hall). She married Robert Disney Jones and although they did not produce children, Sarah Fanny became the matriarch of the family, dying in Camberwell in 1936.

John Howes Bracher

JH Bracher was the half-brother of George Bracher, following the second marriage of his father to Elizabeth Howes. This man played a financial advisory role (by letter) for the children of George Bracher.

Geelong House

George and Catherine (Kate) Bracher's Malop Street, Geelong house during the early 1880s. While in Geelong, George Henry bought into a professional photography studio and was prominent in the sporting life of the town.

George & Sarah Louisa Bracher

This image was probably photographed during the 1880s. George died in 1891, while Sarah lived until 1911.

Sarah Louisa Bracher

Sarah Louisa Bracher (nee Hall) was the wife of George Bracher. She died in 1911. This photograph may have been taken during the 1890s, after her husband died in 1891

George & Sarah Louisa Bracher

At their Kangaroo Flat home, taken during the 1880s. The house was demolished as part of road widening during the early-mid 1960s.

Bracher home 1960s

The Bracher Family home, Kangaroo Flat, in derelict state, presumably early-mid 1960s

Pioneer Plate

Pioneer name plate, affixed to tree outside the former family home in Kangaroo Flat (plate and home since removed) The Avenue of Honour was planted by the Kangaroo Flat Progress Association in 1829 to honour the fallen of WW1. People associated with the early days of the area could pay to have their names commemorated on the trees. One of George and Sarah's children is thought to have paid for the plaques.

Pioneer Plate 1

Pioneer name plate for Sarah Louisa Bracher, affixed to tree in Kangaroo Flat (since removed)

Robert Disney Jones

Robert Disney Jones was the husband of Sarah Fanny Bracher (daughter of George Bracher). They were both school teachers in Central Victoria, before moving to the Bellarine Peninsula, Seddon (Melbourne) and finally to Derby St, Camberwell (Melbourne).

Boomville 1890

This was the home of George Henry and Kate Bracher's family at the height of their business success. They lost it during the crash of the 1890s.

Bracher Family 1896

George Henry and Catherine (Kate) Bracher's family, 1896

Real Estate Agents

Watkins and Bracher Real Estate, Footscray, 1888

George Henry Bracher's business card

George Henry was a well known saddlemaker in Footscray and during rhe early 1900s was President of the Victorian Saddlemakers Association. He was also a Justice of the Peace and sat on the bench of Footscray Magistrates Court. He was heavily involved in the extension of the railway to Seddon.

George Henry Bracher

Date unknown, but presumably taken sometime during the late 1890s-early 1900s

Catherine (Kate) Bracher (nee Barry)

The wife of George Henry Bracher, Catherine (nee Smith-Herrera), died in 1939. This image is possibly taken during the late 1920s / early 1930s, when her descendants remembered her as a small, round and lovely grandmother.

Wodonga Footy 1909 Premiers

Herbert Henry Gladstone (Harry) Bracher, bottom right, in the 1909 Wodonga premiership football team

Ethel & Harry Brachers wedding Nov 1915

Herbert Henry Gladstone Bracher married Ethel Ashton Parker in November 1915. Here they are pictured with: L-R; Ella Dorothy Bracher, Lionel Bracher, Sydney Simmons (married Ella Bracher in April 1916), Kathleen Parker (sister of the bride)

1923 North Melbourne First Eleven cr

Herbert Henry Gladstone (Harry) Bracher, bottom row, second from left, in the 1923 North Melbourne First Eleven cricket team

Herbert Henry Gladstone Bracher

1927, second eldest son of George Henry and Catherine (Kate) Bracher

Louisa (Bracher) and Ferdinand Hester

This handsome couple are Louisa Mary Bracher (1882-1947), who married Robert Ferdinand Hester (died 1932). The marriage produced two children: Joy Hester (famous Australian painter) and Neville Hester. After Ferdie's death in 1931, Lou and Neville entered into a real estate business together.

Robert & Fanny Jones 1927

Robert Disney Jones and Sarah Fanny Jones (nee Bracher) at their Camberwell home, 1927

George Reginald Alberto Bracher

Eldest son of George Henry and Catherine (Kate) Bracher (about 49yrs)

George & Florence Bracher+ family

Part of the family of George Reginald Alberto Bracher (eldest son of George Henry and Catherine Bracher). circa 1954. Pictured left to right are: Alan Bracher, Joan Cutting (nee Bracher), Charles Cutting (Joan’s wife), Elva Wolnizer (nee Bracher), John Wolnizer (Elva’s husband), George R.A. Bracher and his wife Florence (seated), Ivy Gray (nee Bracher), Iris Bracher (nee Cutler; Alan Bracher’s wife), Ian Gray (Ivy Gray’s husband).

George Reginald Alberto & Florence Bracher circa 1950

George Reginald Alberto Bracher was the eldest son of George Henry Bracher. This picture is believed to have been taken around 1950.

Amelia Hall's memorial horse trough

Amelia Hall's memorial horse trough at Waverley Cemetery, Sydney. She left money to fund a number of horse troughs around the suburb of Waverley and Bondi.

Amelia Hall's Tomb

Amelia Hall's tomb at Waverley Cemetery, Sydney

Marjorie Taylor 100th birthday

Marjorie Taylor (nee Bracher) turned 100 on 10 January 2019, making her the first centenarian in this Bracher line. Marjorie is the 2nd child of Ethel and Herbert Henry (Harry) Bracher, and great-granddaughter of George Bracher (1816-1891)

Marjorie Taylor (nee Bracher) & her daughter Elisabeth Cuming.

Harry & Ethel Bracher's 1st home

This is the first house Harry and Ethel Bracher occupied after marriage in 1915 and where their first four children were born. It still stands (2019) at 127 Hyde Street in Footscray