see also:

• my ancestors
• my ancestors and Australia

• James LANE of Wreningham (my GGGG grandfather), Norfolk, England, married Sarah BATTLEDORE (b. 1754, d. 19/2/1800)
• It seems that following the death of his wife, James LANE then remarried on 29th July 1800 to a Elizabeth ATKINS.
• it also seems that it was his son, Richard Lane, who was sentenced to 14 years in Van Diemens Land for “running stolen goods” (wheat) by Norwich Assizes on 4 July 1832 arriving there in January 1833 but receiving a conditional discharge in 1840, meaning that he would have had to spend another 7 years in Tasmania before returning to England. Richard's brother, Samuel, was also convicted for 7 years for the same offence.
• Richard's son, my great, great grandfather, Robert LANE (1826-1904), his wife Susannah and his 6 children arrived in Australia in 1855 on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the luxurious “Shomberg” which was shipwrecked en route near Petersborough, Victoria, resulting in loss of all their furniture.
• They were taken to Melbourne and to Tasmania on the “Ladybird” early 1856. 
• Robert settled in Longford, where he and Susannah reared 11 children. 
• interestingly, 2 descendants of Richard George AYTON (1823-86) of Longford married Lanes in Melbourne - could there be a link:
  • Edwin AYTON (1871-1963) d. in Preston, Vic.
    • m. Mary Louisa LANE in 1897 - who are her parents?
  • Oliver AYTON (1874-)
    • m. Eliza LANE in 1903  - who are her parents?

Richard LANE (1788-1874) of Wreningham

• m. Lydia GOOCH (1788-1853) on 11th March 1806 in Wreningham
• Ruth LANE (1806-)
• Sarah LANE (1807-)
• James LANE (1813-) - baptised Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich see ref
• Samuel LANE (1816-1906)
  • James LANE (1860-1937)
    • Samuel LANE (1888-1959)
• John LANE (1821-)
• Eliza LANE (1821-)
• William LANE (c1825-)
• Robert LANE (10/12/1826-14/8/1904) born in Wreningham, died in Longford, Tasmania, Australia (my great, great grandfather)
  • m. Susannah BLACKWOOD (1825-1908) on 29th June 1845 in Lower Westwick, Norfolk, England
  • Samuel LANE (1842)
  • Maryanne Blackwood LANE (1843-1919) b. Henstead, Eng
    • m. Robert AYTON on 6/8/1868 see under AYTON for descendants including me.
  • Elizabeth Jane LANE (1848-1930)
    • m. John ROOTES (1848-1879) in 1871 in Longford
    • William Albert Rootes(1873–1940) b&d. Longford
  • James Blackwood LANE (1850-1934) b. Wreningham, Norfolk, England d. Yarraville, Victoria
    • m. Margaret Ann CRONOLLY (1862-1913) in 1883; b. goldfields; daughter of Patrick Jon CRONOLLY and Margaret Ann CALVIN of Ireland
    • lived in 95 Whitehall St Footscray in 1909, 1913
    • family lived in 1 Somerville Rd, Yarraville 1914 to at least 1949
    • Susan LANE (1884-1904) b. Ballarat East d. Footscray
    • Edward Owen LANE (1886-1887) b&d Footscray
    • Margaret Anne LANE (1887-1976) b. Yarraville d. Geelong
      • m. ? Deans
    • James Blackwood LANE (1889-1957) - served in WWII; b. Yarraville d. Footscray
      • lived in Hyde St and 1 Somerville Rd Yarraville in 1914, 1924, 1949
      • in 1931, lived in Olive Grve Dandenong as a butcher with wife Mary Ann
      • lived as a butcher in 6 Woods St Newport in 1937 with wife Mary Ann
      • m. Mary Ann Jackson (1898-1944) in 1920
      • James Blackwood Lane(1923–2000) b. Sunshine d. NSW
        • m ?
        • 1 son
    • Mary Josephine LANE (1891-1911) b. Yarraville d. Footscray
    • Ruth Lavinus LANE (1894-1951) b. Yarraville d. W Footscray
      • m. Thomas Michael George Killeen in 1916 in Yarraville d. 26 Ormond Parade, Kingsville;
      • Mary Ruth Killeen(1917–1996)
        • m. Norman James Mckillop Paterson in 1940
        • Robert Paterson(1940–1995) b. Sunshine
          • 1 other
      • Thomas Michael Killeen(1919–2001) b. Killeen's Farm, Boundary Rd, Derrimut d. Qld
        • m. Iris Joyce Margaret Sparks in Moonee Ponds in 1942
        • Shirley Lorraine Margaret Killeen(1943–1994)
        • 3 others
      • Robert Blackwood Killeen(1923–2008)
        • m. Nancy May Moore in 1950
        • 4 children
      • Thelma Diosma Killeen(1926–2008)
        • m. Sydney Gerald Jones in 1946
        • 2 children
    • Philomena Veronica LANE (1895-1911) b. Yarraville d. Melb
    • Robert LANE (1896-1928) butcher b. Footscray d. Yarraville
    • Theresa LANE (1896-1915) b. Yarraville
    • David Joseph LANE (1899-unk) b. Footscray
    • Leslie J LANE (1901-unk)
    • Doris LANE (1905-1985) b. Yarraville d. Dandenong
      • m. ? Campbell
    • ?Olive Jean LANE
      • m ? Lawson
  • Samuel George LANE (1852-1875) runaway apprentice aged 17; d. shearer drowned in Wakool Creek, Cobran Station, NSW
  • Rachel Alice LANE (1854-1932)
    • m. George William AYRES (1856-1896 of Hockham, Norfolk) in 1880 in Longford see here
    • Samuel George Ayers(1881–1967)
    • Naomi Almira Ayers(1884–1952)
    • Walter James Ayers(1886–1972)
    • Alice Marcia Ayers(1888–1988)
    • Charles William Ayers(1890–1938)
    • Eva Kezia Ayers(1892–1899)
    • Harold Arthur Ayers(1895–1958)
    • family lived in Perth/Longford/Launceston in Tas
  • Suzannah LANE (1856-1886)
    • m. Charles WILLIAMS (1850-1940) in 1886 b. Little Ellingham, Norfolk, Eng d. Tas
  • Ruth Helena LANE (1858-1953)
    • m. Alfred FERRALL in 1884 and children born in Launceston
    • Bertha May Ferrall(1885–1912)
    • Eva Jessie Ferrall (1887–1888)
    • Eva Isabel Ferrall (1891–1986) d. Altona, Vic
    • Olive Worth Ferrall(1894–1936) d. Williamstown, Vic
    • Ruth and Alfred moved to Williamstown, Vic between 1922 and 1934 with daughter Olive
  • Jabez Jethro LANE (1858-1952) buried in Longford, Tas.
    • in the late 1870s, he planted the avenue of trees fronting the property “Bowthorpe” in Longford which became the first racing club in Tasmania. he played on the wing in Longford's first football team known as the Longford Club.
    • in 1914, 1919, 1922, 1928, 1936 1949 lived in High St Longford as a Gardener and died a bachelor
    • nieces: R & W Stebbings, M. Stewart, P. Mathewson, C. Pinkard
    • nephews: S and HA Ayers, R Cooper, Royce and W Stebbings
  • Naomi Almira LANE (1866-70)
  • Priscilla Winifred LANE (1868-1926) b. Longford, Tas d. Horsham Vic
    • m. Charles BLACKWOOD Mary LANE (1872-1942) in 1905 (b. Hotspur, d. Edenhope)
      • m. Mrs BL Robinson of Ozenkadnook

• as convicts on the first fleet in 1788:
  • Richard LANE of Winchester
  • William LANE of Chelmsford
• as convicts on the second fleet in 1790:
  • Thomas LANE of Devon
  • George LANE of Middlesex
• as convicts on the third fleet in 1791:
  • none.
• others:
  • Ann LANE of Surrey in 1808
  • Ann LANE of Middlesex in 1814
  • Charles LANE of Somerset in 1829
  • David LANE of Cork in 1791
  • Elijah LANE of Hereford in 1808
  • Henry LANE of Bristol in 1802
  • John LANE of Cork City in 1820
  • George LANE of Surrey in 1801
  • James LANE of Kingston in 1791
  • James LANE of Middlesex in 1806
  • James LANE of Torrington in 1827
  • Robert LANE of Norfolk in 1813
  • Samuel LANE of Exeter in 1845
  • Thomas LANE of Worcester in 1811
  • William LANE of Middlesex in 1804
  • William LANE of Cork Co in 1819
  • “Richard Lane, one of 327 convicts transported on the Indefatigable and Minstrel, 09 May 1812″ Convicted at Worcester Assizes for a term of life on 27 July 1811 ¹⁾
  • “Richard Lane, one of 184 convicts transported on the Georgiana, 28 September 1832″ ”Convicted at Norfolk, Quarter Session for a term of 14 years on 04 July 1832. “
  • “Samuel Lane, one of 184 convicts transported on the Georgiana, 28 September 1832″ ”Convicted at Norfolk, Quarter Session for a term of 7 years on 04 July 1832. “²⁾
  • see http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/page49.html 
• Lanes from Ireland arrived in Victoria in the 1840's:
  • http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lanehistory/arrivals.htm

• thanks to Richard LANE for descendants of Samuel LANE (1816-1906) who appears to be a brother of Robert Lane and for details of the other siblings.