Jenifer Mary JULIUS [582]

  General Notes:

A Miss J M Julius born 1927 sailed on the 29 Sep 1951 from London to Sydney on the Oranto. Her occupation is recorded as a textile designer.
Ref: findmypast.co.uk

Jenifer recalls she and her Grandfather got on well together and he entrusted her with assisting him, particularly in respect of his very difficult handmade jigsaw puzzles and his family history work.

Jenifer continued the work of her father and grandfather researching and collating Julius family history, supplying much of the data in this record. She has a number of mementos of her Grandfather including a number of his puzzles

J.M. Shellshear
D20/356 Blunder Road, Durack, Queensland 4077 Australia.

Edward L Fenn
PO Box 51-944
Pakuranga
Auckland, New Zealand
Dear Edward,

13 April 2000

At last I am putting pen to paper and I hardly know where to start, but am enclosing a number of items, which may help to fill the gaps in the various charts.
I began to fill in your Family Group sheets, which are most interesting, but decided instead to return these and send you the computer style lists compiled by Valmai Hancock. (She is the fifth daughter of Stanley Villiers Julius, (8-18) & is the second last 'block' on the GAJ 1939 tree.
There are sure to be some mistakes certainly among some of the early entries, such as the St. Kitts ones. You will find occupations, Baptisms etc. in Val's lists.
The other large packet of papers was laid out originally by my father and typed by my elder daughter and has had further details and personal information added over the years. The numbers in red on the 1939 tree correspond to the numbers in this file.
With regard to sub-chart D. Frederick Gilder JULIUS family, I would be very interested in any further information on any of the NZ people such as Elworthy's, Wlson's, etc. Over the years I have met a few of them, John & Hester Elworthy being the couple we saw most on their frequent trips to Australia. All other sub-charts need updating too!
A copy of "Notes on the Julius Family" (1939) by GAJ, which you may have, is enclosed, so, if not wanted please pass on.
Do you have any copies of "Julius Jottings", a family magazine (1900-1) seven editions I think, edited by Julius A. BREWIN. If you do not have these - I have some very rough photocopies of them. I will try & find some photos & send copies when I go through the heaps of paper etc. that I acquired a couple of years ago. Although my father died late 1989, a great deal of books, papers etc. were not passed on to me or my brother George.
We knew very little about the "brown" areas of the 1939 tree (I was responsible for colouring all the little squares when I was about 12 years old), until Graham was transferred in his job & we moved to Brisbane. in 1958. An elderly woman, Miss Goldie, was working there. She turned out to be a relation & so we were able to contact some of the family. We found most of them lived in or around Brisbane or in the north-west of NSW. Over the years we have met quite a few of them. Small world!
You will be up and away on your trip before long, what a good time of the year to go. We went to Suffolk and Norfolk when we spent two years over there in 1950/51. We have had one trip since then.
GAJ was born in Norwich and Archibald Aeneas JULIUS spent many years there as a Minister and is buried in Southery,which is near Norwich. Unfortunately I did not know much about the family then, but I am very interested in anything you may find during your research.
I think Castleacre Priory is in this area (I may be wrong). The de Venci family came over to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. I do not know if they built the Priory but lived there for many years. The name changed over time and with alterations became WANSEY. My mother's maiden name was WANSEY. The Priory used to be open to visitors but when we took my mother there in 19511 think it had been taken over privately and was closed to visitors. If you should be in the area I would appreciate any information that you could gather.
I'm not a good letter writer so please let me know if you have any other information I can send. By the time you return to NZ I hope to have all my records a great deal more organised. I am also helping to get the SHELLSHEAR tree up to date!
We are going to Sydney from 8-29 May, staying mostly at Gosford north of Sydney with Graham's brother and our son Rod.
Rod is bulding a lovely house there for Michael who has just retired.
Best wishes for a safe and happy trip overseas and I look forward to meeting you one of these days in the not too distant future.
Please keep in touch.
Jenifer was the the source of much of the Julius data that came to ELF, also Val Hancock nee Julius from Brisbane supplied most of the data on the descendants of Archibald Aeneas Julius whose 5 boys all came to Australia.
E L Fenn.

  Medical Notes:

Jenifer suffered from severe dementure at the end of her life.

Jenifer married Kenneth Graham SHELLSHEAR [4011] [MRIN: 1376] on 5 Jan 1952 in Shore Chapel Nth Sydney N.S.W. (Kenneth Graham SHELLSHEAR [4011] was born on 2 Aug 1924 in Newcastle N.S.W. and died in Apr 2014 in Brisbane Queensland Aust..)