Our ancestor Joseph Matthews,
With his wife Ellen (Mary) Cox,
left Galle, Ceylon in 1881
on the passenger ship "Hydaspes"
listed as Private and Mrs Matthews with 6 children,
arriving at the Port of Melbourne, Victoria on 26 June 1881.
They had 16 children and they were:
Elizabeth, Ada M (Twin), Samuel (Twin), Abraham William, Joseph (Twin),
Sarah E (Twin), Alice M (Twin), Charles Kitchener (Twin), George Henry,
Rose Ann, Alfred, Nimrod Nelson (Nim), Nelson, Benjamin, Walter, Ermest
To make their home and our heritage,
For us they faced the unknown,
For us they laboured and toiled,
Their endurance is our prosperity.
Their struggle is our freedom,
Their dream is our reality.
Their dawn is our day,
By reaping the great harvest of their lives and work,
We prosper.
We remember them with our blessings.
Great, Great, Great, Granddaughter Angela Matthews
2004