William Townsend's First Family

This is now somewhat out of date - I have some newly discovered descendants to go in, some thanks to Thomas plus others I have found.

Colour Coded:
Children of William Townsend
Grandchildren of William Townsend
Great-Grandchildren of William Townsend

Great-great-Grandchildren of William Townsend

Great-great-great-Grandchildren of William Townsend

William TOWNSEND (Padang, 6th June 1810 - 11th August, 1893, Sandgate)
m. (1) Clementina Cecilia Sophia CHEW (Calcutta, 18th February 1812 – 17th June 1862, Padang) Calcutta, 4th March 1832

1. Isabella Cornelia TOWNSEND b: 15 Feb 1833, Calcutta, West Bengal, India, d: 22 Jan 1836, Sumatra’s Westkust (Padang), Indonesia

2. Eduard TOWNSEND b: 21 Jun 1834, Soerabaja (Surabaya), Java, Indonesia, d: 29 Jan 1835, Sumatra’s Westkust (Padang), Indonesia

3. Euphemia Clementina TOWNSEND b: 13 May 1835, Padang, Indonesia, d: 11 Jan 1913, Den Haag, The Netherlands.

m. Henri Maximiliaan ANDRE-WILTENS (1823-1889) 27th May 1850, Padang

1. Henri William ANDREE-WILTENS (16-9-1851, Padang - 14-2-1917)
a. m. Josephina van HOLSTEIN (HULSTIJN) (3-11-1855, Semarang -22-2-1929, s’Gravenhage) Batavia, 14-3-1880
2. Albert John ANDREE-WILTENS (6-8-1853, Padang - 4-4-1915, Batavia) Lawyer and president of (Hooggerechtshof - something to do with legal matters) in the Dutch East Indies.
m. Elise AMENT (21-6-1863, Cirebon – 13-9-1925, Brussels) 8th December 1884 (or 1881), Batavia

1. Euphemia Clementina ANDREE-WILTENS (14-10-1882, Batavia-11-2-1965, De Bilt)

m. (1) Joan Evert Snellen van VOLLENHOVEN (4-7-1877, s’Gravenhage-1-8-1952, Utrecht), Batavia, 24-4-1904.

m. (2) Henri Daniel PIERSON (7-11-1856, Leuven – 22-4-1943), 20-2-1936, Ommen

2. Henri Maximiliaan ANDREE-WILTENS (20-4-1884, Batavia - 1948)

3. Gustavine Adelphine ANDREE-WILTENS (1-10-1885, Batavia - ????)

4. William ANDREE-WILTENS (21-9-1886, Batavia -????.

m. Louise Susanna MUNDT on 8th February 1914 at Wassenaar. Louisa was born 29-10-1885 in Parakan Salak.

1. Albert John ANDREE-WILTENS (23-9-1914, Semarang – 30-7-1990)

5. Albert John ANDREE-WILTENS (19-7-1888, Sukabumi - ????)

m. Perine HAAG (10-1-1890, Madiun-????), 8-12-1916, Sumedang.

6. Johanna Rosina Carolina Elisabeth ANDREE-WILTENS (17-3-1890, Sukabumi - ????)

m. Edmund Peter WELLENSTEIN (15-12-1880, Batavia - ????), 22-2-1911, Batavia.

7. Johan Frederik Hubert ANDREE-WILTENS (22-1-1895, Batavia - ????)

m. Jean Marie Johanna Sophia Alida van der PERS (7-9-1895, Amsterdam - ????), 25-3-1920, Batavia

3. Maximiliaan Leonard ANDREE-WILTENS (23-7-1856-1935) Lawyer and president of the Council of Justice (Raad van Justitie), Batavia.

4. William Roger TOWNSEND b: 17 Sep 1837, Sumatra’s Westkust (Padang), Indonesia, d: 2 Apr 1863, Sumatra’s Westkust (Afdeeling Priaman), Indonesia

5. Louisa Cecilia TOWNSEND b: 25 Jul 1840, d: 8 Jun 1929, Buitenzorg (Bogor), Java, Indonesia.

m. Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm VOGLER (25th October 1823, Weilburg - 2nd June 1872, Wiesbaden) 18th April 1857, Padang

1. Harriet Clementine VOGLER b. 6 April 1858, Padang, d. 22 June 1864, Batavia. (Died of cholera she contracted when the family was waiting for the boat in Batavia to return to Germany.)

2. Carolina Euphemia VOGLER b. 30th March 1859 in Padang, d. 24 December 1927, Buitenzorg.

3. Louise Emily Maria VOGLER b. 9 Jun 1861, Padang, Sumatra, d. 25 Dec 1951, Den Haag.

4. Ludwig Leopold VOGLER b. 17th September 1862 in Padang, d. 29 June 1864, Buitenzorg.

5. Emma Sophie VOGLER b. 1863 Padang, d. 22 Jun 1864 Batavia.

6. George VOGLER b. 31 January 1865 Ambon, d. Nov 1865 Ambon, Moluccas.

7. Emil Berthold VOGLER b. 5 August 1866 Wiesbaden, Hessen, d. 1890 Malang, East Java.

8. Helene Mathilde VOGLER b. 20 Jul 1867, Wiesbaden, d. 25 April 1938, Den Haag.

m. Gerrit ELINK-SCHUURMAN (her first cousin, son of Maria Augusta Townsend). (See entry in Maria Augusta TOWNSEND, below.)

9. Isabella Mary Auguste VOGLER b. 30 March 1870 Wiesbaden, d. 23 Apr 1943 Batavia.

10. Karl William Maximilliaan VOGLER b. 6 April 1870 Padang, d. 17 Feb 1940 Semarang.

m. (1) Maria Wilhelmina ANKRINGA 28 April 1883 in Pasoeroean (Pasuruan), East Java.

m. (2) Wakidjah about 1920.

11. Emma VOGLER b. 2 July 1871 Wiesbaden, d. 8 Aug 1871 Wiesbaden.

12. Elisa VOGLER b.2 July 1871 Wiesbaden, d. 31 July 1871 Wiesbaden.

6. Isabella Sophia TOWNSEND b: 19 Sep 1841, Sumatra’s Westkust (Padang), Indonesia, d: 6 Dec 1841, Sumatra’s Westkust (Padang), Indonesia

7. Maria Augusta TOWNSEND b: 3 Oct 1842, Sumatra’s Westkust (Padang), Indonesia, chr: 8 Jan 1843; d: 16 Jun 1926, Sumatra’s Westkust (Padang), Indonesia.

m. Theodorus ELINK-SCHUURMAN (27th June 1821, Utrecht - 4th May 1876, Padang) January 1862, Padang

1. Clementine Cecilia Antoinetta ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.16 October 1862, Padang, d 14 December 1924, Padang

m. Karel Constant Hubert SADEE (on 8th February 1843, Venlo- 9th June 1919, Padang) 20th September 1879, Padang

1. Maria Augusta SADEE b. 10-5-1881, d. 10-5-1881.

2. Cecilia Margaretha SADEE b. 5-3-1883, d. ????

3. Maria Augusta SADEE b. 13 October 1884, d.????.

m. D.K.BOELE in 1906. No information on children.

4. Gustaaf Theodoor SADEE 1887-????.

5. Clementine Caroline SADEE b. 22 January1890, d. 13 April 1945 in den Haag.

m. Marie Henri Alexander de ROOIJ in 1913. No information on children.

6. Louis Hubert SADEE b. 17 September 1894, d. 22 September 1894.

7. Antoinette Henriette SADEE b. 22 August 1896, d. 13 March 1987 in den Haag.

m. Albertus Franciscus Reinerus KLEYN (b 24 June 1893, Amsterdam, d. 15 May 1963, Paradiso, Switzerland) 16 October 1919, Padang.

2. Hendrikus ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.7 October 1863, d.????

m. Johanna Christina Oceana BERGSMA, b.20 September 1861 on board the “Zaanstroom”, South Africa. Date and place of marriage unknown

1. Theodoor ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.8 December 1887,Malang, d.????

m. Anna Jacoba Mathilda HIEMSTRA, date and place unknown. No information on children.

2. Cornelie Wilhelmina ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.25 February 1894,Malang, d.19 January 1965, Zeist.

m. Anton Reinhard Clifford Kocq van BREUGEL, date and place unknown. No information on children.

3. Antoinetta Gerardina ELINK-SCHUURMAN b. 1 January 1865, Padang, d. 28 May 1900, Padang.

4. William Theodoor ELINK-SCHUURMAN 1866-1866

5. Gerrit ELINK-SCHUURMAN b. 5-9-1867, Padang, d.27-12-1921, Malang, East Java.

m. Helene Mathilde VOGLER (his first cousin, daughter of Louise Cecilia Townsend) on 4 February 1891 in Malang

1. Theodoor ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.30 December 1892, d. 1 April 1968.

m. Elizabeth Johanna van MIERLO, date and place unknown.

2. Louise Maria ELINK-SCHUURMAN b. 7 March 1894 in Padang, d.????.

m. Johannes Hendrik van KLEEF (15 Aug 1881 - 13 Dec 1940), date and place unknown.

3. Isabella ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.30 April 1895, d.????.

4. Heille ELINK-SCHUURMANN b.14 July 1897, d.????

m. Cornelis Bernardus van der RIET, date and place unknown.

5. Josephine Wilhelmine ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.4 November 1898, d.????

m. George van DAM (14 Feb 1895 - 7 May 1945), place and date unknown.

6. H.I. ELINK-SCHUURMAN 1870-1871

7. Johannes ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.9 September 1871,Padang, d.12 September 1948, Weert.

8. Wilhelm Ludwig ELINK-SCHUURMAN b.25 August 1873, Padang, d.22 August 1934, Malang.

m. (1) Hendrika Elizabeth ROELAND (b.27 January 1874,Serang, d 27 April 1929, Arnhem) 7th October 1902, Probolinggo

1. Theodoor ELINK-SCHUURMAN (b. 30 December 1892, Pasuruan, d.????) No further information.

2. Cornelie Wilhelmina ELINK-SCHUURMAN (b. 5 February 1894 in Pasuruan, d.????) No further information.

m. (2) J.W. WISSE in 1923. No further information

9. Euphemia Clementina ELINK-SCHUURMAN (b. 25 July 1875,Padang, d.29 January 1905, Semarang)

m. Nicolaas COMPANJEN (1862, St. Petersburg - 11th October 1921, Apeldoorn ) 18th July 1893, Padang

1. Maria Augusta COMPANJEN 16-9-1894 in Semarang, d. 13-4-1944 in Apeldoorn.

m. Carel Johan Anton SNORN in Apeldoorn on 3rd August 1915.

2. Evelina Maria COMPANJEN b. 2-8-1901 in Semarang, d. ????

3. Euphemia Clementina COMPANJEN b. 7-5-1903 in Semarang, d.????

8. Austin Edward TOWNSEND b: 17 May 1844, Calcutta, West Bengal, India, d: 15 Mar 1895, Batavia (Buitenzorg), Java, Indonesia.

m. (1) Suzanna Sara van der VLIST (14th December 1848, Benkoelen - 19th February 1885, s’Gravenhage) 2nd October 1869, Batavia

1. Caecilia Helena TOWNSEND b.1870, d. 21-11-1870, Batavia.

2. William TOWNSEND b. 7-4-1871 in Batavia, d.11-3-1956 in Eindhoven. Married in Batavia on 5th November 1913, but further details unknown, except address for 20th October 1946 in The Netherlands, (Ermelo, Groeneweg 17)

3. Edward TOWNSEND b. 23-1-1873 in Batavia, d. 14-2-1938 in Ermelo

m. Petronella Wilhelmina van KRUISTUM (Ede, 19th June 1887¬ – Utrecht, 24th December 1970) 22nd April 1909, Ede

1. Just TOWNSEND b. 9-1-1910 in Apeldoorn, d. 3-4-1945 in Brandenburg, Germany. Buried in Oranienburg, Germany. He appears to have died in Sachsenhausen labour camp.

2. Edward TOWNSEND b. 23-2-1911 in Apeldoorn, d.???? No further details.

3. Sophia TOWNSEND b. 27-2-1915 in Ede, d. ? in New Zealand. Migrated to New Zealand on 18th May 1951. (Sophia Anja POSTMA, date of birth 27 February 1915, died on 31 July 1996. As she can be found by a search for “Sophia Townsend”, this is a likely candidate. Retired poultry farmer. Buried in Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland.)

4. William TOWNSEND b. 15-5-1916 in Amsterdam, d. ? in New Zealand. Migrated to New Zealand on 18th May 1951. (There is a death of a William Townsend, retired poultry farmer, died 6 June 1989, cremated at Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, date of birth given as 13 May 1916.)

5. Austin Edward TOWNSEND b. 29 -1-1920 in Veenendaal, d.????. Married on 8th November 1945. Spouse appears to still be living. No further details.

6. Pieter TOWNSEND b. 29-7-1922 in Ermelo, d. 9-3-1923 in Ermelo.

4. Marij Maria Eleonora Anna TOWNSEND b. 16-4-1874 in Batavia, d. 14-12-1944 in Cideng Internment Camp, Batavia. Buried in Kalibanteng, Semarang.

5. Theodoor TOWNSEND b. 1875?, d. 7-5-1875 in Batavia.

m. (2) Diedja

1. Isabella Mary TOWNSEND b. 29-4-1892 in Cicuruk, Sukabumi, d. 20-10-1969 in Almelo, Netherlands.

m. Saronus Alphonsus Hendrinus GOEDHART (1892-1965) 5th July 1911, Semarang

1. Louise Justine Hendrina Goedhart b. 11-9-1911, Semarang, d. 6-9-1982, Enschede.

m. Frans PORTIER (b. 27-10-1915, Solo, d. 17-6-2007, Enschede) Solo, 24th May 1944

1. Donald Maximiliaan PORTIER b. 26-6-1945 in Solo, d.1967 in Amsterdam.

2. Eugenie Marie (Mies) PORTIER b. 15-9-1949 in Semarang, d.?

2. Hendrik Jacques Alphons GOEDHART b. 1-10 1912, Blora, d.2-10-1945, Batavia.

m. Jaenette HERBIG (b.4-8-1913, Kendal, d. 1-1-1988, Bergen op Zoom) Semarang, 3rd August 1938.

1. Ilse GOEDHART

2. Eduard Jacques GOEDHART

3. Johan Napoleon GOEDHART b. 1-9-1914 in Meester Cornelis, Batavia, d.9-9-1945 in Surakarta, Central Java.

m. Loeki C M LEIDELMEYER in 1937. There appears to be 1 child still living, Tilly GOEDHART.

4. Nico Rudolf GOEDHART b. 9-10-1915, Sabang, Aceh, d.31-1-2005, Almelo.

m. (Sophia Amelia?) Soepitah (b. 15-4-1928, Tangerang, d. 10-11-1993, Almelo) Batavia, 20th November 1946. There appears to be 10 children still living, in addition to Christina F GOEDHART, b. 31-7-1951 in Semarang, d. 4-8-1951 in Semarang.

5. Hugo Eduard GOEDHART b. 25-2-1917 in Sabang, Aceh, d. in action against the Japanese on 11-2-1942. Buried in Bandung, West Java.

6. Lambertus Martinus GOEDHART b. 17-7-1918 in Weltevreden, Batavia, d.18-10-1945 in Batavia.

m. N N PORTIER, date and place unknown. It appears that their sole child is still living: Bernard (Bart) Goedhart

7. Harry Austin GOEDHART b.19-9-1922 in Meester Cornelis, Batavia, d. 16-12-2005 in Almelo.

m. Ada Nio Lie (b. 5-3-1918 in Madiun, d. 15-1-2003 in Almelo) on 30th November 1955 in Semarang

1. ****** GOEDHART

2. ***** GOEDHART

3. ******* GOEDHART. Married ***** Calot, one child ***** GOEDHART

4. *** GOEDHART

5. ***** GOEDHART

2. Marianne Angela Edmunde TOWNSEND b.14-3-1894, Buitenzorg, d.6-12-1957, Apeldoorn (Descendants in Apeldoorn and Netherlands Antilles?)

m. Jules Charles CIRCKENS (1-1-1892, Wirosari – 16-2-1945, Semarang)

9. Clementine Rosalie TOWNSEND b: 7 Jun 1845, Calcutta, West Bengal, India, d: 1888, Prince Of Wales Island.

10. Henry John TOWNSEND b: 14 Apr 1847, Sumatra’s Westkust (Padang), Indonesia.

11. Edwin James TOWNSEND b: 24 Oct 1848, Sumatra’s Westkust (Padang), Indonesia, d: 1895, Coen, Queensland. Migrated to Queensland 6 Aug 1866, Netherby/City of Melbourne.

12. George Robert TOWNSEND (b: 8 Jun 1850, Padang, d: August 1917, Brisbane). Migrated to Queensland 6 Aug 1866, Netherby/City of Melbourne.

m. Jessie Jane SINCLAIR (1858, Sydney – 29 Jul 1933, Wooloowin) 1881, Brisbane

1. Edwin Alexander Sinclair TOWNSEND (31-5-1882 – 1913)

2. Noel Sinclair TOWNSEND (21-12-1889 – 18-1-1965, Tin Can Bay)

m. Elizabeth Crichton STARK (1903-????) 1923

1. **** TOWNSEND.

m. SOANES. A son, **** ***** SOANES (known as “Jim”), had two sons, one now deceased.

2. “******” TOWNSEND

3. ***** TOWNSEND

4. ****** TOWNSEND

5. *** TOWNSEND

6. ******* TOWNSEND

13. Isabella Rachel TOWNSEND (b: 19 Feb 1852, Padang, d: 1931, Brisbane). Migrated to Queensland 6 Aug 1866, Netherby/City of Melbourne

m. (1) Donald Grant MACLEAN (???? – 1875), 1874

1. Donald Fitzroy MACLEAN (1876-1876)

m. (2) Robert RAFF (22nd January 1845 – 1921) Sydney, 21st July 1880

1. George Wyven RAFF born 27th March 1881, Thursday Island, died 1952

2. Harriet RAFF born Brisbane, 4th May 1882, d. 1930

m. William Alexander FOX in 1914

3. Robert RAFF born in Sandgate, Brisbane on 3rd August 1883, died 23rd March 1968

4. William Moray RAFF born Sandgate, 1st August 1886, died 1960

m. Nellie McGregor FOORD, 1914

5. Isabella Clementina RAFF born Brisbane, 31st March 1888 and died Brisbane, 13th December 1979.

m. George Alexander Campbell AINSLIE in 1915

1. Mona Campbell AINSLIE

6. Charles Stewart RAFF born Brisbane, 26th July 1890 and died Brisbane, 30th January 1981.

m. Minnie May QUINN in 1917.

14. Mary Catharine TOWNSEND b: 6 Dec 1853, Padang, d: on 24th January 1944, Brisbane. Migrated to Queensland 6 Aug 1866, Netherby/City of Melbourne.

m. Robert Rickards DAVIDSON (b: Brisbane, 24th April 1845, d: Townsville, 14th January 1899) 29th July 1874

1. Stuart Hastings DAVIDSON (5-8-1875 – 15-10-1915)

2. Percy MacLean DAVIDSON (29-12-1876 - ?-1-1877)

3. Henry Clement DAVIDSON (1878-1943)

m. Norma Cicely Gray PHIPPS in 1916

4. Grace Muriel DAVIDSON (1880-1880)

5. Edith Pryer DAVIDSON (1886-1887)

6. Alan Geoffrey DAVIDSON (1887-1919)

7. Phyllis Grace DAVIDSON (1889-?)

m. George Haliford Barton WATSON in 1919

15. Cecilia Jemenria TOWNSEND b: 2 Oct 1854, Sumatra’s Westkust (Padang), Indonesia

16. Victor Louis TOWNSEND b: 8 Jan 1856, Padang, d: 8 Oct 1933, Brisbane. Migrated to Queensland 6 Aug 1866, Netherby/City of Melbourne.

m. (1) Sarah Ann WINN (???? – 1890), 1882, Brisbane.

1. Alma Chew TOWNSEND (5-8-1884 - 1907) Born at Prospect Cottage, Merton Road, South Brisbane.

2. Edwin Louis TOWNSEND (27-6-1887 - 31-1-1913). Born Pimpama Creek, Queensland, and died of a fractured skull in a horse accident while driving cows.

3. William TOWNSEND (18-3-1900 - 1900) (This date of birth appears to be incorrect, possibly 18-3-1890, and mother died in childbirth?)

m. (2) Daisy Ferrers SHIRLEY (b. 7th June 1875, Birmingham, d. 7th May 1937, Brisbane)

1. Claude TOWNSEND (21 -12- 1898-after 1949

m. Cecilia May JONES (1897 - ???) 1922

2. Colin TOWNSEND (21st June 1900 -17th July 1987)

m. (1) Jean Elizabeth SMART (1905 - ????), 1932

1. *** TOWNSEND

2. ***** TOWNSEND

3. ********* TOWNSEND

m. (2) Doris

m. (3) “Marge”

3. Garnet TOWNSEND (22-10-1901 – 12-4-1957)

m. Alice Mary BAHR (1906 - ????)

1. ****** TOWNSEND

2. ******* TOWNSEND

3. ******* TOWNSEND

4. ***** TOWNSEND

5. ****** TOWNSEND

6. ***** TOWNSEND

4. Ina TOWNSEND (10-5-1903 - 28-7-1985, England)

m. Owen O'BRIEN (???? – 1962) They had no children.

5. Mabel TOWNSEND (1905-1985) was born in Brisbane on 14th February 1905 and died on 29th May 1985

m. (1) William Norman FOWLES (????-1963) in 1929. Details of children not known.

m. (2) Arthur RAVEN

6. Enid TOWNSEND (1906-1979) was born in Brisbane on 23rd December 1906 and died on 16th July 1979

m. Alexander William OHMSEN (???? – 12-12-1982)

1. ****** OHMSEN

2. ***** OHMSEN

3. **** OHMSEN

4. ***** OHMSEN

5. “*****” OHMSEN

7. Beryl TOWNSEND (1908-1979) was born in Brisbane on 7th July 1908 and died on 16th July 1979

m. James Thomas CARMODY (12th December 1901 - 16th March 1983) 17th November 1933, Brisbane

1. ***** CARMODY

2. ****** CARMODY

3. ***** CARMODY

4. *** CARMODY

5. ******** CARMODY

8. Olive TOWNSEND (1909-1991) was born in Brisbane on 17th June 1909 and died in Brisbane on 6th June 1991.

1. *****

2. ***

3. ****

4. ****

5. *****

9. Owen TOWNSEND (1911-1991) was born in Beenleigh, Logan City, on 5th September 1911 and died 21st July 1991

m. Beryl Algar MOORE, 14th February 1942

1. **** TOWNSEND

2. **** TOWNSEND

3. ***** TOWNSEND

10. Donald TOWNSEND (1913-1989) was born in Brisbane on 2nd March 1913 and died on 21st January 1989

m. Heather BECK

1. ***** TOWNSEND

2. ****** TOWNSEND

3. ******* TOWNSEND

4. ***** TOWNSEND

(Isabella Mary Townsend and Marianne Angela Edmunde Townsend, orphaned when very young, both married and eventually moved to the Netherlands. Neither knew the other existed, it seems. Descendants (Ron and Jeffrey) have now been able to contact each other because of this blog.)