David Henry Pettit^[1]

- 1862

• Name	David Henry Pettit
  Gender	Male
  URL	24 Mar 1862	Blackwood Western Australia
  	Mr David Pettit, an old settler, died suddenly at the Blackwood a few days since. He was en gaged in clearing a passage for his team when he complained of illness and sat down. Shortly after wards he was observed to fall forward, and his companion going to his assistance, discovered that he was dead. It is supposed that he died from dis ease of the heart.
  Death	24 Mar 1862	Blackwood, Western Australia
  Person ID	I894	The Cream Family
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	John Bauchem Pettit,   b. 1786, Brighton, Sussex, England d. 19 Jun 1845, Swan River Colony Perth, Western Australia (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Long,   b. 27 Feb 1778, Thanet, Kent, England d. 9 Jul 1879, Busselton, , Western Australia (Age 101 years)
  Notes	1920 'OLD TIME MEMORIES Old Time Memories By Hugh Kalyptus Mr. E. C D. Keyser, of South Perth, writing under date of Waterloo Days, says: The copy of Colonel Molloy's photograph, so appropriately published in Waterloo weeks issue of the "Western Mail," with your historic references to the Trafalgar Waterloo veteran's distinguished career, are especially interesting to me, the good old Colonel having performed the marriage ceremony which united my father and mother in the bonds of matrimony. It will interest some of your readers of Old Time Memories to learn that my mother before her marriage, was Miss Catherine Thurkle, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth of that clan. She was a sister of the late Mr. Thomas Thurkle who did such yeoman service as a member of the Busselton Road Board, for so many years. My mother was born near the Perth Cause, way, where the police station now stands, on March 14, 1837; and as above stated, was married by Colonel Molloy, at Fairlawn near Busselton, the residence of the Trafalgar Waterloo hero, on December 29, 1853. My father Charles Donat Keyser, was a native of Philadelphia (U.S.A.), and was. born in 1832. He came to Fremantle, direct from the United States, in 1852. Some of my near relatives were members of the old Pettit family, who were pioneers of the Swan River Settlement my mother's grandmother, Mrs. Rebecca Pettit, having arrived at Fremantle, as did, also my mother's grandfather, John Pettit, during the very early 'thirties. Mrs. Rebecca Pettit was a centenarian, and died at Busselton in 1879, a the age of 101. If you could furnish, the name of the vessel that brought the Pettits to these shores I should feel much obliged. Concerning Mr. Keysers inquiry as to the name of the vessel that brought the Pettit family of the Swan River Settlement, I communicated with Mr. Fairbairn who in the 'seventies' succeeded Mr. Joseph Strelby Harris as Resident Magistrateof Busselton. In his reply,'Mr. Fairbairn' states I regret that I cannot give you the name of the ship in which thc Pettit family came to Australia. I have been told that old Mr. Pettit was married here to a Miss Long, in the very early days, when at the Vasse. I knew Mrs. Pettit, she lived with her, daughter. Mrs. George Cross, and died at the advanced age of 101 years. Mrs. Petites son, Edward, also lived at the Vasse. He was engaged in the coasting trade, and met his death by a fall from the Bunbury jetty. One of the Pettits married a Nairn. [2]
  Family ID	F248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann White,   b. 16 Jun 1834, Swan River Colony Perth, Western Australia d. 2 Nov 1920, York, Western Australia (Age 86 years)
  Children	1. Emma Pettit Pettit,   b. 4 Jul 1862, Newton, Sussex, England d. 4 Apr 1931, Geraldton Western Australia (Age 68 years)   2. David Henry Pettit,   b. 21 Oct 1858, Busselton, , Western Australia, Australia d. 20 Jun 1935, 23 Canterbury terrace, Victoria Park Western Australia (Age 76 years)   3. Elizabeth Rebecca Pettit,   b. 21 Aug 1860, Newton, Sussex, England d. 9 Dec 1952, Mt Lawley, Perth Western Australia (Age 92 years)   4. Emma Pettit,   b. 4 Jul 1862, Newton Sussex England d. 4 Apr 1931, Geraldton Western Australia (Age 68 years)   5. Ellen Elizabeth Pettit,   b. 1854, York, Western Australia d. 28 Aug 1926, Avondale, Western Australia (Age 72 years)   6. Edward Pettit,   b. 16 Aug 1856, York, Western Australia d. 7 Jul 1858, Busselton, Western Australia (Age 1 year)   7. William John Pettit,   b. 17 Jan 1852, York, Western Australia d. 22 Dec 1930, York, Western Australia (Age 78 years)   8. Mary Ann Pettit,   b. 1862
  Family ID	F247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2012

  
  

• Notes

  Mr David Pettit, an old settler, died suddenly at the Blackwood a few days since. He was engaged in clearing a passage for his team when he complained of illness and sat down. Shortly after wards he was observed to fall forward, and his companion going to his assistance, discovered that he was dead. It is supposed that he died from disease of the heart. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69136617. [S2] National Library of Australia. 1920 'OLD TIME MEMORIES.', Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), 24 June, p. 31, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37467335