The Maple Family of Yankalilla, South Australia

Last update July 2009 Created by Tony Maple: imlac2005@grapevine.com.au

Introduction

This is a record of some of the descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth Maple, their oldest son, Charles, and of his fourth child, William Henry Maple. The family represented is but one branch of a large and dispersed Australian family.

Thomas Maple’s family lived east of Canterbury in Kent, England, the main villages being Kingston, Wingham, Littlebourne, Ickham, Adisham and Bridge. The family emigrated to South Australia in 1852 and settled at Hay Flat near Yankalilla on the Fleurieu Peninsula.

While Thomas and Elizabeth have many descendants still living in South Australia, few now live at Yankalilla. Some have moved to other Australian states and some founded new lines such as the Maple-Brown family of Goulburn, NSW, and the Malpas family of North Queensland.

This short record preserves the story of the early members of the family.