HOMEWOOD FAMILY

 

                                                The HOMEWOOD family came from London, Middlesex. The earliest we can                                                  go back is to Thomas HOMEWOOD marrying Mary FIGDIN pre 1754. The                                                  family lived around the Bishopsgate, Stepney, Bethnal Green area of London.                                                  John & Jane (nee EDWARDS) HOMEWOOD came to Melbourne, Australia                                                  in January 1857 on the ship the IDA. The had left their eldest son Charles and                                                  his wife in England, they followed several years later after he finished his                                                  apprenticeship. The family settled in Williamstown, Melbourne - the house has                                                  just been sold in the last few months

                                                                                Descendants of: Thomas HOMEWOOD