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John George Caine was my grandfather. His wife was christened Charity Kellow but she was called "Minnie".  They married in Wesley Church, Perth, Western Australia on January 02, 1912.  They had one son, Wilbur Hall Caine, who was born on 15th June 1915.  Wilbur was born in Albert Park, Melbourne and lived in Melbourne most of his life but he moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland in about 1985 and died there on 17th March, 2013. John and Minnie parted company about 2 years after my father was born and he believed that his father was dead as he had no contact with him at all in his life. He was very surprised when I told him that my research showed that he was living in a neighbouring suburb to him and had died in 1946 in Prince Henry's Hospital (now demolished).
Minnie died in St Kilda on 28th June, 1951. Regarding John's brothers and sisters, Albert James Caine was a miner and was killed in a rock fall in the Broken Hill South Mine on 19th October 1910.  His older brother William Henry Caine died in Broken Hill on 2nd August, 1915 and is buried in the same grave as Albert in the Broken Hill Cemetery.  His death certificate states that the informant for his death was his sister, Mrs A. Dixon.  I have not been able to find any marriage for her, but as stated elsewhere on this site, she appears to have had a child named Constance Ellen "Cane" in 1900 but I can find nothing else on Constance. She also had a son named Jack Dixon who was known to other relatives of mine of the surname Tedmanson, but where he was born I don't know. Agnes Helena Caine died in Adelaide, South Australia on 17th November, 1950 and was buried as "Alice" Helena Dixon.  Her obituary had her christened name of Agnes in parentheses after Alice.  Mary Ann Caine who married Hugh Wallace, appears to have had an unhappy marriage and in addition to the 5 she had with Hugh, is reported to have had an illegitimate child in Birdsville, Queensland in about 1893.  There may also have been 2 others.  She married Alfred Wright in Queensland in 1905 and died in Rockhampton Hospital, Queensland on 6th July, 1912.  Her death certificate does not mention any of her children's names unfortunately.  The informant was the Dispenser at the hospital. Her parents names were correctly identified, however.  Mary Ann Caine (nee Kewley) had been married to James Miller before she married James Caine.  Presumably James Miller died and her second marriage was on 26th Sept 1853 in Lonan, Isle of Man.  Her first marriage was on 2nd June, 1847. James Caine and Mary Ann Kewley had their first two children on the IOM, namely Mary Ann b. 1854 and William Henry b.1856.   I am interested in where Jack Dixon was born and some detail about his father, Charles John Dixon.  Does anyone have any information there please?  arranev