Rev. Thomas BRIDGES, b. 1842, Britain; adopted son of George DESPARD; anglican missionary (SAMS); 1860, Keppel Island, Falklands [Malvinas]; 1868?, ordained in Britain; 1871, mission at Ushuaia; 1887, retired from mission work to ranch at Harberton, Beagle Channel; d. 1898, Buenos Aires ;
(English–Yahgan dictionary)

m. 1869 Totnes, Devon

Mary Ann VARDER, b. 1842, Harberton, Devon; 1910 Ea. Viamonte; d. 1922 Shipbourne, Kent

Children:
1. Mary Ann Varder, b. 1870; (see below)
2. Thomas Despard, b. 1872; (see below)
3. Stephen Lucas [Esteban], b. 1874, Ushuaia; (see below)
4. William Samuel, b. 1876, Ushuaia; (see below)
5. Bertha Milman, b. 1879, Ushuaia; (see below)
6. Alice Couty, b.1882, Ushuaia; unmarried; 1910 acted as foster-mother to brother Will's children after death of Will's wife Minnie.

Wilfred Barbrooke GRUBB, b. 1865; Scottish missionary; 1888 Keppel Island (Falklands), met future fiancée; 1889 Gran Chaco, Paraguay, missionary; 1904 established branch mission in San Pedro, Jujuy; d. 1930

m. 1901, Buenos Aires

Mary Ann Varder BRIDGES, b. 1870; 1880 Bristol, boarding school; 1888 returned to Tierra del Fuego; 1901 worked with husband in Chaco; c1909 moved to Edinburgh; d. 1922 Scotland

Children:
1. Bertha Barbrooke, b. 1904
2. Ethel Mary, b. 1909

Thomas Despard BRIDGES, b. 1872, Ushuaia; 1901 marriage home at Harberton; 1907 to Viamonte; 1913 to Kent, England; 1923 rancher at Devuli Ranch, Southern Rhodesia (taking over from Lucas); d. 1935 Southern Rhodesia

m. 1901

Christina Amalia REYNOLDS, (sister of Percival); b. 1878 Buenos Aires, d. 1944 Southern Rhodesia

Children:
1. Mary Christina, b. 1903; m. 1924 Donald Murray SOMERVILLE
2. Walter Despard, b. 1906; m. 1943 Josephine Mary ALDRIDGE
3. Violet Bertha, b. 1911; m. 1936 Ian Hector DE LA RUE

Stephen Lucas BRIDGES [Esteban], b. 1874, Ushuaia; 1887 Harberton; 1902 established Ea. Viamonte; c1914 enlisted in British army; 1920 rancher in Southern Rhodesia; 1923 rancher manager at River Baker, Aysén; d. 1949, Buenos Aires

m. 1917 Britain

Jannette McLeod JARDINE, b. 1890, of Glasgow

Children:
1. Stephanie Mary, b. 1918 Britain; m. 1939 Montevideo, John RAWLE
2. Ian Lucas, b. 1921; boarding school at Uppingham; 1939, captain in Royal Artillery; m. 1942 Joan FOSSY
3. David McLeod, b. 1928; prep. school in Berkshire; 1939 continued studies in Buenos Aires

William Samuel BRIDGES, b. 1876, Ushuaia; Harberton; 1887 Harberton; 1901 Viamonte; c1920 return to Harberton

m. 1901

Minnie May LAWRENCE; b. 1881; d. 1910 Harberton, in childbirth (see LAWRENCE-MARTIN)

Children:
1. Clara May, b. 1902 m. 1930 John GOODALL
2. Thomas Lawrence, b. 1903
3. William Pakenham, b. 1910

Percival Alfred REYNOLDS; (brother of Christina); b. 1881; c1903 farmer in Paraguay; 1907 to Tierra del Fuego; d. 1942

m. 1903

Bertha Milman BRIDGES, b. 1879, Ushuaia; 1907 to Viamonte

Children:
1. Percival William, b. 1904; d. 1940
2. Robert Thomas, b. 1912; m. 1935 Frances Helene JENSEN
3. Harold Walter, b. 1914