James Jefferis

Family He married Mary Louisa Elbury (c. 1832 – 3 April 1864) in Bristol on 21 October 1858. He married again, to Marian Turner (4 January 1847 – 26 September 1930) on 11 April 1866 in St. Kilda, Victoria. Their children included:

J(ames) Eddington Jefferis M.B., C.M., M.R.C.S. (28 August 1860 – 25 April 1901) married Louie Tarlton on 27 March 1888. She was a daughter of Hon. Robert A. Tarlton, M.L.C.

Mary L(ouisa) Elbury Jefferis (30 March 1864 – 1 July 1953) married Harry Chambers Kent on 12 May 1886 (William) Harry Jefferis A.R.I.B.A. (11 April 1867 – 7 September 1947) married Minnie Cowen in July 1899, lived in "Yelkie", at the corner of Lyall Street and Labouchere Road, South Perth, then Albany, Western Australia.

Minna Maude Jefferis (15 July 1869 – 2 February 1954) married Ernest Thompson on 14 August 1895

Elsie Marian Jefferis A.R.C.M. (8 September 1872 – 1947) studied pianoforte in London and Germany Nellie Tarlton Jefferis (14 September 1874 – 1959) married Alfred Hodsoll Gordon Heath in 1903, lived in Western Australia

Annie Adelaide Jefferis (5 December 1880 – 22 April 1968) married Carrington Payne Hodge on 11 October 1904 (Sophie) Muriel Jefferis (24 November 1881 – 8 February 1967) married Rev. Fred Priest in 1906. She was a poet, author of In Sun and Shade pub. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son, (1900). This wedding was not reported in the papers. They later lived in Western Australia Joanna Priest (1910–1997), dance teacher and choreographer. (Arthur) Tarlton Jefferis (22 July 1884 – 15 August 1965) married Lucy Barbara Ingoldsby Smythe (1888 – 28 September 1917) in Perth on 1 June 1911. He was a noted industrial chemist. Barbara Jefferis AM (25 March 1917 – 3 January 2004) was a noted author.

There were another five children who died in infancy.