According to Naturalization Certificate 118 dated 20 November 1850

Franz Anton Joraslafsky age 32 Occupation: farmer res: Black Forest

in Colony 14 Months (Arrived Sept 1849?) Native of Prussia in Germany

married MARY BRACELIN b Ireland?? 1833 d Aldinga, South Australia 1895

on 5 Oct 1853 at St Patrick's RC Adelaide S.A. v17 p97

Franz and Mary settled on a farm in the Aldinga area of South Australia. Their children spread to the York Peninsula ( Francis Julius & Mary Anne) and Burra (Mary Elizabeth & Otto) with the exception of Margaret and her husband who settled in Melbourne, Victoria.

Descendant Chart

1. Franz Anton JORASLAFSKY (About 1818 - 3 Apr 1899) & Mary BRACELIN (About 1833 - 14 Jul 1895)

• 1.1 Mary Elizabeth JORASLAFSKY (25 Aug 1854 - 23 Jun 1943) & Thomas Thorman SHORTRIDGE (5 Oct 1855 - 1 Jun 1941)
• 1.1.1 William Kennedy SHORTRIDGE (1879 - )
• 1.1.2 Mary Elizabeth SHORTRIDGE (1884 - ) & INGHAM
• 1.1.3 Alfred George SHORTRIDGE (1885 - 1966) & Lily Marian EWING
• 1.1.4 Mabel Annie SHORTRIDGE (1887 - ) & MOORE
• 1.1.5 Frank SHORTRIDGE (1889 - )
• 1.1.6 Lindsay Gordon SHORTRIDGE (1895 - )
• 1.1.7 Kathleen SHORTRIDGE (After 1896 - ) & EMMETT

• 1.2 Francis Julius JORASLAFSKY (19 Oct 1856 - 23 Oct 1921) & Marion Wilson CLIFT (11 Apr 1859 - 31 Oct 1935)
• 1.2.1 Elizabeth Mary JORASLAFSKY (4 May 1882 - 22 Sep 1940) & E.A.C. Chas LUTZ (11 Feb 1884 - 13 Jan 1967)
• 1.2.2 Marion Edith JORASLAFSKY (4 Jun 1883 - 27 May 1924) & William Elijah MELVILLE
• 1.2.3 Frederick Julius JORASLAFSKY (14 Sep 1885 - 22 Oct 1948) & Constance Bessie PAGE (1887 - 3 Dec 1971)
• 1.2.4 Margaret Ritchie JORASLAFSKY (14 Mar 1888 - 16 Mar 1973) & Frederick Charles BUTLER (2 May 1884 - 21 Dec 1956)
• 1.2.5 George Thorman JORASLAFSKY (9 Jul 1890 - 5 Jul 1965) & Gladys Ruby? (22 Jul 1888 - 21 Dec 1985)
• 1.2.6 Annie Maud JORASLAFSKY (17 Aug 1892 - 1940) & Claude CLOAK
• 1.2.7a Amos Hurtle JORASLAFSKY* (30 Sep 1894 - 5 Sep 1967) & Elsie Muriel ?( - Sep 1923)
• 1.2.7b Amos Hurtle JORASLAFSKY* (30 Sep 1894 - 5 Sep 1967) & Daisy Marian Elizabeth PORTER (9 Dec 1896 - 2 Apr 1975)
• 1.2.8 Wilfred Anton JORASLAFSKY (24 Apr 1898 - 24 Aug 1900)

• 1.3 Teresa JORASLAFSKY (28 Sep 1858 - Before 1869)

• 1.4 Maryanne JORASLAFSKY (23 Nov 1860 - 19 Jan 1932) & James Beath CLIFT (27 Sep 1851 - 12 May 1925)
• 1.4.1 John James CLIFT (5 Nov 1881 - )
• 1.4.2 Laura Octavia Grace CLIFT (12 Aug 1883 - 1970) & COOK
• 1.4.3 Constance Mary Elizabeth CLIFT (12 Nov 1886 - )
• 1.4.4 Frederick George CLIFT (7 Mar 1888 - 1959)
• 1.4.5 Ruth Muriel CLIFT (1890 - )
• 1.4.6 Howard James Joseph CLIFT (1892 - 15 Jul 1969)
• 1.4.7 Kathleen Penzie CLIFT (1894 - ) & COOK
• 1.4.8 Doris Annie CLIFT (1898 - )
• 1.4.9 Marjorie Alberta CLIFT (1901 - )
• 1.4.10 Thelma Iney CLIFT (1903 - )
• 1.4.11 Vera Marion CLIFT (17 Dec 1905 - )

• 1.5 Rose JORASLAFSKY (7 Oct 1862 - ) & Harold Herbert LE COUTEUR (1862 - 22 Feb 1902)

• 1.6 George James JORASLAFSKY (25 Jul 1864 - 10 Jun 1935) & Rose Gertrude STEVENS (1867 - 3 Oct 1893)
• 1.6.1 Maggie May JORASLAFSKY (4 May 1892 - 18 May 1966) & GULLIDGE
• 1.6.2 Nelson JORASLAFSKY (9 Dec 1893 - 30 Jun 1940)
• 1.6.3a Clifford Thorman JORASLAFSKY* (30 Jun 1895 - 25 Jun 1962) & Gladys Ruby ? (1895 - 26 Jan 1927)
• 1.6.3b Clifford Thorman JORASLAFSKY* (30 Jun 1895 - 25 Jun 1962) & Mary Elizabeth RANDALL

• 1.7 Otto Joseph JORASLAFSKY (23 May 1866 - 1938) & Bridget NUGENT (About 1867 - 23 Jun 1923)
• 1.7.1 Lindsay Joseph JORASLAFSKY(18 Aug 1898 - 14 Nov 1974) & Rose Catherine ROUSE (29 Oct 1897 - 29 Jun 1990)
• 1.7.2 Otto Francis JORASLAFSKY (11 May 1900 - 1963) & Muriel Levinia LINES (1903 - 30 Mar 1972)
• 1.7.3 Hannah Theresa JORASLAFSKY (8 Nov 1901 - 7 Feb 1994) & William FARRELLY (19 Oct 1894 - 2 Mar 1988)
• 1.7.4 John Edward JORASLAFSKY (30 Apr 1903 - 24 Nov 1969)
• 1.7.5 Thomas Anthony JORASLAFSKY (30 Jun 1906 - 10 Dec 1983) & Emma Jean HARRIS (1 Nov 1909 - )
• 1.7.6 Reginald George JORASLAFSKY (28 Jul 1908 - 1970) & Margaret Agnes ?

• 1.8 Hannah Theresa JORASLAFSKY (23 Mar 1869 - 16 Sep 1885)

• 1.9 Margaret JORASLAFSKY (29 Apr 1871 - ) & Joseph Morgan BRENNAN
• 1.9.1 Eileen Emma BRENNAN (1893 - )
• 1.9.2 Ray Fran BRENNAN (1894 - )
• 1.9.3 Olive Marguerite BRENNAN (1897 - )
• 1.9.4 Leo George BRENNAN (1900 - )

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