Jolliffe

Jolliffe

Origin of the Jolliffe surname

The origin of the Jolliffe name is not certain. All the Jolliffes in the UK almost certainly descend from one of William the Conqueror's knights, Guillaume Goulaffre. The surname reputedly means 'glutton' or 'greedy guts'!

Jolliffe migration to Australia

Thomas and Elizabeth Jolliffe emigrated to New South Wales on the Tartar in 1857 with most of their family, arriving in Sydney on 27 July. It is apparent that their three eldest daughters, Mary, Susannah and Elizabeth were married before this time because they did not accompany the family to New South Wales. Thomas' eldest son (John) was married too, but he and his wife, Selina, also emigrated.

The family settled at Dapto in the Illawarra district, on the coast south of Sydney. Thomas came from a long line of farmers and was well suited to farming in the Illawarra.

Jolliffe pedigree

Our Jolliffe ancestors include the following people. Click on any name to access a computer-generated page of information about that person and a list of the information sources.

James Jolliffe (b. abt 1849, d. 22 Jun 1936)
- Thomas Jolliffe, 2 (b. 28 Apr 1810, d. 21 Nov 1867)
  - James Jolliffe (b. abt 1774, d. 20 May 1853)
    - Thomas J Jolliffe (b. abt 1737)
      - James J Jolliffe (b. abt 1699)
        Humphrey J Jolliffe
        Ann, wife of Humphrey Jolliffe
      - Elizabeth Michel
    - Mary Thresher (b. abt 1738)
      - Robert Thresher
      - Mary Hindy
  - Anna Baker (b. abt 1780, d. bef 1841)
- Elizabeth Curry Shepherd (b. 17 Jun 1810, d. 26 Dec 1894)
  - Jeremiah Curry (b. abt 1788)
  - Susanna Shepherd (b. bef 9 Jul 1786, d. aft 1857)
    - Thomas Shepherd (d. Apr 1840)
      - Martin Shepherd, 2 (b. 24 Aug 1703)
        Martin Shepherd (b. abt 1679)
        Jone (b. abt 1680)
      - Joan (b. abt 1710)
    - Ann Talbot (b. abt 1756, d. Apr 1837)

Notable Jolliffe ancestors

Click on the name of any of the notable ancestors listed below to read a short biography that I have written about them.

Jolliffe family memorials

For centuries families have created memorials to honour their forebears, including headstones, church monuments, memorial cards, obituaries and much more. This website is, in a way, just another innovation in this regard. Each of the links below takes you to a memorial page that is dedicated to that particular deceased ancestor.

Stella Jolliffe 1910-2007 – and her husband Jacques Pelissot 1915-1984
James Jolliffe 1883-1969 and Amy Laura Emily Gardner 1892-1952
James Jolliffe 1849-1936 and Susannah Waples 1855-1927
Thomas Jolliffe – 1810-1867
Elizabeth Curry Shepherd – wife of Thomas Jolliffe

Jolliffe clan

The earliest known ancestor of our Jolliffe clan was James Jolliffe (1774). Here are his known descendants.

Legend:
Subject
Daughter
Son
Spouse

(b. Abt 1774, d. 1853)

(b. Abt 1780, d. Bef 1841)

John Jolliffe, 1

(b. 1801)

(b. 1802)

John Jolliffe, 2

(b. 1804, d. 1804)

Thomas Jolliffe, 1

(b. 1808)

Thomas Jolliffe, 2

(b. 1810, d. 1867)

Elizabeth C. Shepherd

(b. 1810, d. 1894)

Anna B. Jolliffe

(b. 1829)

(b. 1830, d. Bef 1894)

(b. 1832, d. 1914)

Selina Plucknett

(b. Abt 1835)

Sarah E. Jolliffe

(b. 1858, d. 1925)

Theodore B. Smith

Mary A. Jolliffe

(b. 1859, d. 1937)

Frederick A. Jolliffe

(b. 1861, d. 1946)

Theresa A. Duncan

Daisy A. Jolliffe

(b. 1889)

(b. 1890, d. 1890)

Sydney R. Jolliffe

(b. 1891, d. 1928)

Sylvia Franklin

Louisa J. Jolliffe

(b. 1897)

(b. 1863)

John T. Jolliffe

(b. Abt 1865, d. 1932)

Anna H. Jolliffe

(b. 1867)

Henry W. Harris

(b. Abt 1863, d. 1949)

(d. Bef 1949)

Ernest H. Harris

(b. Abt 1891, d. Aft 1949)

(b. Abt 1893, d. Aft 1949)

(b. Abt 1895, d. Aft 1949)

Oliver R. Harris

(b. Abt 1899, d. Aft 1949)

Russell R. Harris

(b. Abt 1906, d. Aft 1949)

(b. Abt 1909, d. Aft 1949)

William J. Jolliffe

(b. 1869, d. 1946)

Robert Jolliffe

(b. 1871, d. 1951)

Matilda F. Neaves

Selina A. Jolliffe

(b. 1873, d. 1949)

Alfred W. Duncan

Isabella Jolliffe

(b. 1877, d. 1955)

William J. Thompson

Susannah Jolliffe

(b. 1835, d. 1912)

Elisha Plucknett

Susannah J. Plucknett

(b. Abt 1864)

Sarah J. Plucknett

(b. Abt 1865)

Ellen E. Plucknett

(b. Abt 1867)

Mary J. Plucknett

(b. Abt 1869)

Sofina Plucknett

(b. Abt 1873)

(b. Abt 1872)

(b. 1902)

(b. Abt 1902)

Christina Plucknett

(b. Abt 1876)

(b. 1837, d. 1837)

Elizabeth Jolliffe

(b. 1838, d. Bef 1894)

(b. Abt 1841, d. 1925)

Arthur Jolliffe

(b. Abt 1845, d. 1862)

Thomas Jolliffe

(b. Abt 1847, d. 1905)

Edgar W. Jolliffe

(b. 1890)

Mary E. Jolliffe

(b. 1892)

(b. Abt 1849, d. 1936)

Ada E. Jolliffe

(b. 1875, d. Bef 1936)

Mabel S. Jolliffe

(b. 1876)

Charles W. Langford

Susannah Waples

(b. 1855, d. 1927)

(b. 1876)

Mabel S. Jolliffe

(b. 1877, d. 1964)

Albert Jolliffe

(b. 1878)

Herbert G. Jolliffe

(b. Aft 1880, d. Bef 1936)

William A. Jolliffe

(b. 1881)

Cecilia R. Hurry

Charles Jolliffe

Clarrie Jolliffe

(b. 1883, d. 1969)

(b. 1892, d. 1952)

Stella Jolliffe

(b. 1910)

Reginald A. Fleming

(b. 1908, d. 1984)

Johannes ("Matthijs") Willemsen

(b. Abt 1917, d. 1945)

Jacques Pelissot

(b. Abt 1915, d. 1984)

(b. 1911, d. 2014)

Leo C. Robinson

(b. 1909)

Isobel Jolliffe

(b. 1913, d. 2011)

(b. 1907, d. Abt 1991)

Wilfred J. Jolliffe

(b. 1915, d. Abt 1992)

Unnamed t. Jolliffe

(b. Abt 1917, d. Abt 1917)

Unnamed t. Jolliffe

(b. Abt 1917, d. Abt 1917)

Brian A. Jolliffe

(b. 1924, d. 2013)

(b. 1884)

(b. Abt 1878, d. 1940)

Arthur Jolliffe

(b. 1887, d. 1952)

David T. Jolliffe

(b. 1889, d. Bef 1936)

(b. 1890)

James Rawsthorne

Elva Rawsthorne

James Rawsthorne

Amelia Jolliffe

(b. 1892, d. 1962)

(b. Abt 1870, d. 1964)

Albert Jolliffe

(b. 1894)

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Elizabeth Jolliffe

(b. 1896, d. 1896)

Eileen R. Jolliffe

(b. 1897)

(b. 1851, d. 1916)

Napoleon A. Hurry

Robert Jolliffe

(b. 1855)

Isabella R. Barrett

Arthur Jolliffe

(b. 1877)

George W. Jolliffe

(b. 1878, d. 1951)

Sarah L. Waples

Edith E. Jolliffe

(b. 1880, d. 1881)

Alice M. Jolliffe

(b. 1881, d. 1885)

Thomas J. Jolliffe

(b. 1883)

Albert V. Jolliffe

(b. 1885, d. 1967)

Stanley R. Jolliffe

(b. 1888, d. 1943)

John J. Jolliffe

(b. 1890)

Elizabeth Watson

(b. 1816, d. 1816)

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Subject
Daughter
Son
Spouse