James Stokes commercialised the first brewery in the Colony. Known as the 'Albion' it was built in Spring Street and later was renamed the Stanley Brewery. He had Fremantle Lot 377 in 1834. In 1857 James left the Brewery in the capable hands of his foreman William Meloy and returned to Bristol and married Julia Maria Stokes (a cousin - born 1830 at Bedminster, England). James and Julia arrived on the 'Spartan' to Fremantle on the 17 February 1858 and settled in the home James had built for her on the slopes of Mt Eliza. By then the Brewery was operating successfully and provided James and Julia with a comfortable living and land interests in and around Perth. Sadly Julia died the day after giving birth to a daughter, their first child on 17 May 1858. James never fully recovered from the tragedy of Julia's death and heart-broken he died at home on 3 January 1861. Wittenoom Street in East Perth was formally Stokes Street named after James. The daughter Julia Maria named after her mother, was raised by guardians and received a full education. Eventually Julia married a P & O shipping steward and settled in Albany, Western Australia where her husband William John Parker gained employment in the Albany Post Office. Julia and William had three children, Cyril, Maidie and Jessie. Death came to Julia in 1925 and William died in 1960 at the age of 96 years. Both are interred in the Old Cemetery, Middleton Road, Albany, Western Australia.