NameJolliffeDescriptionJohn and Selina Jolliffe moved from England to Australia in the 1850's. They had several children in the Illawarra area; Sarah 1858, Mary 1859, Frederick 1861, John Thomas 1865, Anna 1867, William 1869, Robert 1871, Selina Jnr 1873, and Isabella 1877.
John Thomas (Tom) Jolliffe was born at Dapto in 1865, to John Jolliffe and Celina/Selina Plucknett. The residence listed on his baptism records from 1866, is Yalla (Yallah).
Tom married Edith Jane Reiman (nee Arney) at Helensburgh in 1903 and they had six children; Jack, Violet (Swan), Rubena, Thomas, Ethel, and Ivy (Hazelton). Edith had been married previously and two children; Hildora and Julius.
The Jolliffe's came to Tongarra about 1920 and took up farming.
Tom and Edith's daughter Violet, married Ernest Swan in 1927.
Tom and Edith's daughter Ethel, married Roy Green in 1933.
Tom and Edith's son John, married Annie Hazelton in 1935.
Tom and Edith's daughter Ivy, married Roy Hazelton in 1936.
Tom and Edith's son, Thomas Albert married Nellie Kathleen Swan in 1937. In the 1940's they moved from Jamberoo to Yellow Rock, where they farmed.