1	The Maple Family of Yankalilla South Australia A partial record of the descendants of Thomas & Elizabeth Maple
2	Introduction
3	Family origins
4	East Kent, England Wingham and Littlebourne are on the road to Sandwich four miles east of Canterbury. Set in pretty scenery and woodland, there are oast houses (for hop production), a water mill and a fully restored tithe barn. The Little Stour or “Nailbourne’ is an intermittent river that runs through the area. The 13th century church, St Vincent of Saragossa, is thought to have been founded by the monks of St Augustine's Abbey and contains an ancient wall painting depicting St Christopher, patron saint of travellers. It is also thought that the convent of St Augustine used Littlebourne for the plantation of vines. Ickham is five miles east of Canterbury, off the road to Sandwich. The name Ickham derives from the Saxon `yeok', a yoke of arable land. A typical peaceful Kentish village, it is centred around a single thoroughfare with many old and well preserved houses, with the 13th century Parish Church of St John the Evangelist in the midst.
5	Thomas Maple & Elizabeth Ansley
6	“Push factors” in emigration
7	“Pull factors” in emigration
8	Passage in the Shackamaxon
9	Arrival in South Australia in 1853
10	Thomas & Elizabeth Maple at Yankalilla
11	Yankalilla locations
12	Charles Maple & Elizabeth Gann
13	Elder children of Charles & Elizabeth
14	Younger children of Charles & Elizabeth
15	Kinship
16	The extended Maple Family at Yankalilla
17	Hillside
18	Charles Thomas Maple & Leila Ada Tonkin
19	James Austin Maple & Emily Jane Tonkin
20	John Robert Maple & Una Olive Tonkin
21	A glimpse of life at Hillside
22	Alice Emma Maple & Alfred Richard Brown
23	William Henry Maple & Ethel Marion Pridham
24	Harry’s children
25	Howard Clifford Maple & Elsie Beda White
26	Raymond Kingsley Maple & Dallas Wood
27	Paternal Family Line
28	From where did the “Blundell” name come?
29	Acknowledgements The information in this brief document was mostly drawn from a variety of papers, cuttings, copies of birth and death certificates and notes kept by Howard Clifford Maple and Raymond Kingsley Maple. Some of these documents are clearly the work of other family researchers. Regrettably the titles of some books have not been added to certain photocopied pages making due attribution difficult. Some oral history material has been incorporated. Fundamental information of value can be drawn from Roy Williams’ excellent book, To Find the Way – History of the Western Fleurieu Peninsula published by the Yankalilla and District Historical Society Inc. Other useful information can be obtained from Early Settlers in the Yankalilla District, again compiled by Roy Williams. Joy L. Nunn’s Schools of the Western Fleurieu Peninsula 125 years 1856-1981 published by the Yankalilla Area School Council Inc., contains helpful material. I also acknowledge the work of other family historians and archivists. In particular Lila Bowyer (nee Maple), Lionel and Bev Bowyer, Nancye Kopunic (nee Maple), Robert Lakin, Clifford Malpas, Bruce Maple, Walter Blundell Maple, Jim and Pamela Maple-Brown, Michael Parkinson, Monty Smith and Beda Wagener contributed invaluable detail and records on branches of the family. Brian Dove also provided enormous help in tracing the UK origins of the Maple family as well as information from his extensive database of births, deaths and marriages. For information on the Maple and related families in the UK, see Brian Dove’s website Contact Details: Tony Maple, e-mail: imlac2005@grapevine.com.au More information is available to those who would like copies