Thanks for that info, Ros, much appreciated!
Jude, my father has done a little research on Mr Dellow too, so I will post that here as post #1 toward my goal of personal messages :-) I have copied the below from an email my father sent me, he mentions a copy of a headstone that someone can send him, so if we manage to receive it, I can send a copy on to you.
"
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/24816755McKECHNIE—DELLOW.—On the 14th March, at the Bible Christian Church, Balaklava,
by the Rev. John Pearce, Malcolm, eldest son of Mr. John McKechnie, of Victoria
to Priscilla, sixth daughter of Mr. Luke Dellow, of Balaklava.
Luke Dellow (19) married Margaret Ford (18) in Adelaide on 23 November 1853.
According to their golden wedding announcement in the Advertiser in 1903
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5021413DELLOW-FORD.-On the 28th November, 1853, at Trinity Church, Adelaide, by the
Rev. Dean Farrell, Luke, second son of William Dellow, Hertfordshire, England,
to Margaret Ford, Ireland. Present address. Findon. S.A.
Good luck finding the origins of "Margaret Ford, Ireland". She arrived in
South Australia in 1949 on the Elgin from Liverpool via Plymouth, unaccompanied
by any family members. It would that seem she never told anybody anything except
"Ireland".
Luke Dellow was baptized in Great Hormead, Hertfordshire, on 16 September 1834.
His parents were William Dellow and Elizabeth Fitzjohn, who were married in
Layston, Hertfordshire, on 30 January 1826. See
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NL3M-QMXTheir youngest son, Thomas Edward,
was born in Brompton on 26 April 1850. Go to
http://www.familyhistorysa.info/births-marriages-deaths/births.htmland search for a birth with the surname "Della".
William and Elizabeth Dellow, your greatgreatgreatgreatgrandparents, are
buried in the Hindmarsh Cemetery. See
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~deadsearch/hindmarsh_ag.htmThere is a nice person who has photographed the headstones and will send
us one for free if we ask."
- Kat
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