Aileen I've only just come across this thread so forgive me if you have the info by now.
George William Church was my great, great grandfather. He died in Coolup, Western Australia on 13 Sept 1937. It appears that he and Ernestina came to WA and Mary Elizabeth Church (nee Meyer) and the rest of the family stayed in Victoria and most of them ultimately moved to QLD when Mary married Alan Barr in 1900. This is a very complicated family and it has taken me a long time to work them out, or at least most of them.
George married Jane Moore in WA in 1903 and his marriage certificate lists him as widower, when in fact Mary was still alive, and by that time, married to Alan. I can find no record of a divorce anywhere in Australia.
Also, Hannah Craxton was born illegitimate to Elizabeth Craxton in Northamptonshire. When Hannah was 7, her mother married George Smart. Hannah's death certificate lists "George Craxton" as her father but there is no such person. Her father is unknown, but George Smart was her stepfather. Incidentally, George William Church's marriage certificate to Jane Moore lists Hannah Smart has his mother. As she died when he was 3 or 4 years old, he probably never knew that she was not George Smart's biological daughter.
If you have any info you'd like to share on the Church/Craxtons let me know. I also have quite a bit more info if you are missing any.
regards
debrao
