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Descendants of
Andreas Balthasar Dreis, vinedresser and farmer
baptized 30 November 1808 Lorchhausen, Germany
married Martha Korb (1811-1851, daughter of Nicholas and Anna Elisabetha Korb) in 1835
married Anna Maria Hübinger (1823-1868, daughter of Johann and Margarethe Hübinger) on 18 October 1852, Lorchhausen
emigrated on Triton to New South Wales 1853
he died 5 March 1883, Lochinvar, New South Wales
Note: some family histories mistakenly give Andreas's baptismal date as 13 November
There is no documentary evidence for this whatever.
marriage to Martha Korb
I. Heinrich
* 1836, Lorchhausen, emigrated to NSW,1853
% Anne Johnson (- c 1848-1921: both these dates are subject to dispute), 1866
two children, Alice 1879-1882, James A 1886-1890, died as infants
Naturalization: 10 Apr 1865 vol. 3, p. 63 no. 43 (memorial no. 65/1370)
Name: Henry Dries
Age: 29
Origin: Lorchhausen, Nassau, Germany
Ship: Triton 1853
Residence: Ashton, Singleton, Patrick Plains
(information kindly supplied by Jenny Paterson)

Parliamentary Returns of Landholders 1885:
Henry Dries
Stringybark Creek Ravensworth
Held 265 acres
4 horses
11 cattle
240 sheep and 2 pigs.

+ 23 April 1924, Ravensworth, Singleton
Some family histories show him dying at Lochinvar: no documentary evidence for this has been found.
(Leanne White, a greatx-niece of Anne Johnson, takes an interest in the descendants at right.)
A. Margaret Elizabeth
* 1866, Patrick Plains
some accounts mistakenly have her marrying Jacob Holz below
B. Anne
* 1868, Patrick Plains
% Jacob Holz, 1898, Singleton
+
Mary M. 1899-
C. Andrew
* 8 July 1870, Patrick Plains
% Florence Blanche Armstrong (1875-1939) 1894, Singleton
+ 4 June 1944, Singleton
Una M 1894-
% George E. Taylor, 1917
Reginald W 1897-1954
% Ruby --- ( c 1901-1979)
Alan Claude 1899-1969 (a shearer of some repute through northern NSW, according to his grandson Arthur Scriven)
% Hazel Grace Taylor (c1905-1973) They had 6 children.
Vivian Keith 1902-1939
% Florence Grace --- (1896-1980)
D. John
* 1872, Patrick Plains
+ 1 June 1925, Singleton
E. Martha
* 1874, Patrick Plains
% Peter Stenz, 1910
+ 1950/04/22 Narrabri
F. Henry
* 1876/04/16 Stringy Bark Corner
+ 1886/04/26 Stringy Bark Corner
G. Catherine Alice
* 1878, Patrick Plains
+ ?
William J 1896-
H. Mary
* 1881, Patrick Plains
% Alex Cameron, 1909
+
J. Thomas
* 1884
+ 1897, Singleton
K. Elizabeth
* 1888 (1886 in one family history is an error!)
% Harry Williamson, 1916
+ 1972/07/23 (both buried Sandgate)
Kevin
% Stella Murray
Claude
other children?
II. Andreas (Andrew)
* Lorchhausen, 28 January 1838

emigrated to NSW 1853

% Margaret Nettle (1846-1923: some versions have her born 1842, but there seems little doubt she was the child born 1846/05/29 at Warkworth NSW to parents Peter and Mary) on 14 June 1863 at Jerry's Plains

One child, Martha Eveline (1883-1885), died in infancy

Naturalized 10 April 1865
Record: vol. 3 p. 63 no. 44 (memorial no. 65/1371)
Name: Andrew Dries;
Age: 26;
Origin: Lorchhausen, Nassau, Germany
Ship: Triton 1853;
Residence: Ashton, Singleton, Patrick Plains
(information kindly supplied by Jenny Paterson)

Parliamentary Returns of Landholders 1885:
A. Dries
living at Owensfield Ravensworth
Held 500 acres
10 horses
66 cattle
95 sheep and 3 pigs

described as vineyard-orchard-grazier on property "Lochinvar", Jump Up Creek, Belford (material made available by Barbara Daymond, source not given)

+ 8 August 1925
A. Henry Augustus
* 1864/03/18 Ashton's Farm
(% Mary Spinks? It is more likely this groom was the Henry Dries who was the son of Wilhelm 1842-1896.)
+
B. Barbara Ann
* 1866, Patrick Plains
+ 1882/03/13 Singleton
C. Andrew William
* 1868 (family bible has 1869/10/23)
% Ellen Sophia Steiger (1880-?), 1897 Inverell
+ 1956/07/18 (from family bible; other sources had 8 August 1925 or 1950) at Gloucester
Irene
Norman C
Edward E
Sidney C
Verena M
Dorothy K (Desc: KP)
Annie M
Leo F
Roy T
Alice M
Ruby J
D. Mary Magdalen (Magdeline)
* 7 June 1870, Patrick Plains
+ 23 May 1969, Mayfield
E. Agnes Elizabeth
* 15 February 1873, Patrick Plains
+ 22 July 1942 Singleton?
F. Frederick Peter
* 1875/08/06 Patrick Plains
+ 1966/01/06 Sandgate
G. Edward Albert
* 1877, Patrick Plains
+ 1964/08/19 Singleton
H. Margaret Mary
* 1880/08/17 Patrick Plains
+ 1923/12/15
(reg. no. 16889: unmarried! earlier suggestions that she married George Cosstick are plainly wrong). Daymond has a photo of her gravestone at Singleton: "Margaret Mary Dries, aged 43".
J. Patrick Joseph A
* 1886/02/13 Singleton
% Maria Adelaide Medhurst (1888-1953), 1907 Shortland (reg. no. 11791 Singleton)
+ 1965/08/27 Shortland
William Albert 1915-1976
% Olga Maude Merrick, 1936 at Singleton. He gave Olga as next of kin during WWII service. Olga later married Allan Bell
% Joyce Doreen Hicks 1950: 10 children
Ivan James
+
III. Friedrich
* Lorchhausen, 1840, emigrated to NSW 1853
% Julia (or Juliana) Tynan (-1878), about 1876
+ 1915, West Maitland
A. Thomas H.
* 1878
IV. Barbara (Eliza)
* 1842, Lorchhausen, emigrated to NSW, 1853
% William Stenz 1861/04/15 at West Maitland
+
Andrew Stenz, who survived WWI and returned to Australia in 1918 ?
Henry Stenz Raymond Daniel Stenz, who was killed in action at Bullecourt on the Hindenberg Line on 5th April, 1918. He is buried at Millencourt Cemetery, France
marriage to Anna Maria Hübinger
* 9 January 1823, Winkel
emigrated to New South Wales 1853
one child, Catherine (1857-1859), died as infant
V. Anna, christened "Hannah Barbara", recorded as "Hannah Theresa" at marriage and "Anna Maria/Mary Ann" at death, but note that the name "Hannah" was borne by her younger sister below!
* 1854/05/08 Jerry's Plains
% Archibald Bourke (1851-1932), 29 September 1875 at Singleton
check a further child, Catherine T (1878-)
+ 1935? (they lived at Seaforth, near Manly NSW: see photograph)
A. William James
* 1876, Jerrys Plains?
+
B. Edith Maud
* 1879, Patrick Plains
+
C. Victor Ronald
* 1881, Patrick Plains
+
Fletcher descent,
Cruickshank descent
D. Florence G
* 1884, Singleton
+
E. Elsie M
* 1885, Patrick Plains
+
F. Clara A
* 1888, Singleton
+
G. Archibald S
* 1890
+
H. Rupert R
* 1893
+ 1944 Manly
VI. William (see separate sheet on him)
* 1856, Lochinvar? (birth unrecorded)
% Catherine Dries (his first cousin's daughter) 1884
+ 12 May 1897 at Wyong, NSW
Both are buried at Lisarow, Central Coast
Two of their children died as infants:
  1. Catherine (1885-1886)
  2. Annie (1888-1889)
Only the four children at right are mentioned in the Wyong and Tuggerah Lakes District Pioneer Register (second edition).
William's death certificate reads as follows:
Date of Death: 12 May 1897
Place of Death: Wyong Creek
Occupation: Bushman
Age: 41 yrs 3 mths
Father: Andrew DRIES
Father's Occupation: Farmer
Mother - Maiden Name: Annie Mary IRVAN
Informant: George DRIES, Brother, Wyong Creek
Where born: Singleton, NSW
Age at Marriage: 28
Spouse: Catherine DRIES
Children of Marriage: Mary A. (illegitimate) 14, William 7, John 4, Annie R.J. 18 months, living; 2 females deceased.
It is assumed (but not proven) that these deceased children are those listed above.
A. Mary Ann
[Named so by Wyong and Tuggerah Lakes District Pioneer Register. Question: She is described at left as illegitimate. There is indeed an 1882 registration of the birth of a Mary Ann Dreis without any father, but why would she then be described as the illegitimate daughter of this man? Answer (Gillian Baker): Prior to 1902 legislation, a prior-born illegitimate child was not legitimized by the parents' marriage. Mary Ann was William's daughter born out of wedlock and thus still illegitimate in 1897. By the time Catherine died in 1940, Mary Ann's birth was retroactively legitimate.]
* 1882, Patricks Plain
% John T. Honnery, 1899 ["Mary A. Dries", reg. no 3386]
+ 1962 (according to Wyong and Tuggerah Lakes District Pioneer Register)
A list of descendants by Mary-Anne Cashman has been published.
B. William
* 1890, Wallsend
% Adeline (Babis) Timmins, 1919 (according to Wyong and Tuggerah Lakes District Pioneer Register)
+ 4 August 1941, Richmond
C. John
* 9 November 1892 (registration 1893, Singleton)
WWI enlistment in Australian National Archives: John Dries, place of birth Wyong, enlisted Gosford, next of kin (mother) Kathleen Dries
% Pearl Grace Culley, 1922 (according to Wyong and Tuggerah Lakes District Pioneer Register)
+ 3 Sept 1945, Jilliby
Daymond descent
D. Annie Rebecca Jane
* 6 Dec 1895, Wyong Creek (1896, Gosford registration)
% Leslie S. Deaves, 1915, Gosford
+ 26 April 1996, Wyong (according to Wyong and Tuggerah Lakes District Pioneer Register)
VII. Herman
* 1859, East Maitland
% Frances Baker (1863-?), 1882
one child, Herman 1886-1887, died as infant
+ 1946, East Maitland
A. George A
* 1885, Brisbane Water
% Marion R Stevenson, 1915
+ 1954, Marrickville
Oloph G -1970
Trevor S -1975/05/13
See Ryerson Index to Sydney Morning Herald: "aged 58, late of Peakhurst"
Noel E -1987/01/12
See Ryerson Index to Sydney Morning Herald: "aged 68, late of Marrickville
B. Emily A
* 1888, Wallsend
% Joseph H Ryan, 1914
+
C. Herman
* 1892, Singleton
+ 1949, Wyong
D. Frances H C
* 1894, Singleton
% Leslie F Berthold, 1914
+
Doris I
E. William E
* 1896, Singleton
+
F. Maud
* 1899, Gosford
Ronald J
G. May
* 1901, Gosford
H. Albert J
* 1905, Gosford
VIII. Catherine
* 24 October 1862 (Crawley has 1861), Belford
% John Bourke
two children died as infants: Annie (1883-1884), James (1891-1891)
+ 26 May 1947
A. Clara
* 1882
+ 1967
B. Hugh
* 1885
+ 1922
C. John
* 1887
+ 1939
D. Henry William
* 1889
+ 1967
E. Arthur William
* 1892
F. Edward
* 1894
+ 1946
G. Eric
* 1897
+ 1917
IX. George
* 1864, Lochinvar?
% Evelyn Louise Lower (1875-1936), 1895
+ 1911, Newcastle
X. Hannah (who was brought up by a couple surnamed Justin, but kept the surname Dries)
* 1867 (Maureen Crawley and Jenny Paterson have 6 April: others have 6 March), Belford (birth indexed as "Mary A Dreis", number 14363, Patricks Plain.
~ 5 May 1867 as "Johanna Trice", parents "Andrew Trice/Mary Hybumah" at West Maitland; this record (RC vo1. 121B no. 4015) says she was born 6 Apr 1867
% Bulger Balthasar Buffier, cattle dealer, 1 May 1887 at East Maitland
+ 20 November 1949, Maitland
13 children (A-N following) grew to adulthood. A female infant died says BBB's death cert.
see photograph
A. Arthur Bulger, auctioneer, hotelier, Taree
* 1887
% Maude McCarthy ( -1969) 5 Aug 1912
% Olive Mumford
+ ? - he and she are buried at Maryborough, Queensland (grave unmarked)
B. Josephine "Cissy"
* 1888 (late 1887?)
% Joseph FitzPatrick, c. 1910 (wedding photo survives)
+ 1960s
C. Frances Hannah "Fanny"
* 3 January 1890, East Maitland
% Arthur William Kelly (1889-1965) 1910: one child died in infancy c.1927
+ 1977, East Maitland
Descent: Piggin
D. WALter Francis, grazier
* 1891 (late 1890?)
% Josephine "Josie" Atkinson
+ 1963
E. Francis Patrick
* 1893
% Mildred "Milly" Dumbrell
+ 1970
Descent: Anne B., Margaret E.
F. Henry Alphonsus "Harry", builder
* 1894 (or 1893?)
% Jean Rutherford
+ c1975
G. Myra Mary
* 1896
% Herbert Humphries
+ 196_
H. Clare
* 1897 (or 1898?) East Maitland
% Richard "Dick" Buchhorn (-1976)
+ 1980s
J. Florence "Floss"
* 1898
% Frederick "Derry" Buchhorn (1895-1986)
+ 1982
K. Bertha, spinster
* 1901
+ 1932
L. Joan
* 1905
+ 1945
M. Mary
* 1907
+ 1985
N. Brian, lawyer, lived at Tenambit
* 1909
% Mercia Markey
+ 1992

This chart is based on research by the Buffier descendants (Jean-Baptiste Piggin, Anne Buffier, Margaret Edgley) together with 19th century information compiled by Barbara Ames. Later details were contributed by Christine Fletcher. We would like to thank Barbara Daymond (whose research findings reached us indirectly). Recent additions were based on information from Leanne White, Arthur Scriven, Kathy P. and Stefanie Stanley.
Document history: Version 1: circa 1988; Version 2: 1990/08/29; Version 3: 1992/01/09; Version 4: 1998/02/26;
This version: January 2001 with minor additions in March 2002, May 2003, May 2004 and July 2004.

Key:
* ... born
~ ... baptised
% ... married
/ ... common law partner
# ... living at
+ ... died

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