People in Chart 1
No birth year recorded for people alive now.
Birth in Melbourne of John Ernest RUFFIN*
Married to Lynne BLACK in 1993.
John Ernest RUFFIN is the author / researcher of this family history - ruffinstory
Retired from secondary school teaching, nurse education and management of nurse education for Intellectual Disability Nursing and many other adult training roles.
Now: Watching my grandchildren grow, walks on the beach, painting, dancing with my wonderful wife Lynne Black, playing chess, running a U3A course on Current Affairs and lots more.
It’s wonderful to have a peaceful, serene home together.
My Twitter profile is - Interested in social justice, gender equality and equal opportunity & outcomes, supporting a muliticultural society, fair play, due process and access to law issues, and footy! See jackruffin1
Lynne BLACK and Jack RUFFIN
I'm very interested in the understanding of global warming and changes we need to make to save our environment for our descendants.
The glaring inequality in our societies and our failures in social justice are further interests.
I have been interested in painting throughout my life - but not getting very far. Others like the realistic ones, I often like the others.
John Ernest RUFFIN* has been married twice before and has 2 children from a previous marriage and four grandchildren.
Jack RUFFIN and Ronald Douglas RUFFIN in Geelong 2012
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Parents: Edwin Joseph RUFFIN* 1863-1934 and Sarah Elizabeth ANDERSON* 1880-1966
1920 December 11 Birth of Ernest James RUFFIN* in Geelong, Australia
He attended St Patrick’s School in Carlton as did his two brothers
As a boy during the Great Depression in the 1930s he caught rabbits for the family to eat. He also worked at the Victoria Market and learned to box. Dad was good at cards and pool and encouraged us all to keep fit and active. He was 6'2" tall while Mum was 5'2".
1939 On enlisting (WW2 war record serial No. VX29234) he stated that he was born in Carlton Victoria, 1918 December 11 He put his age up to 21yrs to avoid needing his parent’s permission. WW2 National Archives
1942 March 10 Ernest James RUFFIN* married Beryl May DOWD* 1920-2008
in Melbourne. They married ten days before her sister Edna Mavis DOWD married Ernest James RUFFIN”S brother Edward Barrat RUFFIN 1910- 1989
Australian Army enlistment in Caulfield North: 1939 Serial No. VX29234 from Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria (NOK – B RUFFIN*) see above
Voted in Melbourne in 1949 and La Trobe in 1954
They lived in North Melbourne and then in Burwood in a Housing Commission House at 6 Spence Street. Dad worked in factories and as a cleaning contractor.
1988 June 15 Ernest James RUFFIN* died at 69 year old at 31 Brisbane Road, Labrador, Queensland, Australia. Both he and his brother Edward died of a heart attack.
Served as a “Rat of Tobruk”, at El Alamein and on the Kokoda trail in New Guinea
Ernest James RUFFIN and Beryl May DOWD 1945
Children of Ernest James RUFFIN:
4 Children
Including John (Jack) Ernest RUFFIN*
and Gary Michael RUFFIN
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Parents: Bernard Thomas DOWD* 1880- 1951 (1/6) and Adeline Mary JENNINGS* 1878-1954 (1/7)
1920. May16. Birth in 12 Tyrone St North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Birth Certificate No.13420
c.1945 Married Ernest James RUFFIN* 1919 -1988 (1/2) Reg no 25774
Beryl lived in North Melbourne and married Ernest James RUFFIN who was from Carlton (both poor areas then). In the 1950s they moved to the housing commission area at No. 6 Spence Street Burwood a suburb of Melbourne. Later in life moved to Queensland. Divorced and lived at Nerang near Southport, Queensland Australia. Beryl came to live near Lynne and I on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria for the last years of her life.
Children: See Ernest James RUFFIN* 1919 -1988 Chart 1 No.2 1919 -1988 (1/2)
2008 June 2 Beryl RUFFIN* died aged 88 years in Rosebud, Victoria, Australia. Ashes scattered from Rosebud pier.
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Parents: Edwin Barratt RUFFHEAD* (Later RUFFIN) 1838- 1915 (1/8) and Louisa Emma ADAMS* 1845-1882? (1/9)
1863. Edwin Joseph RUFFIN* born Ballarat Victoria Australia. Birth cert. No.11892
Of Ballarat, Victoria Australia, a labourer who lived in Moorabool Street Geelong before marriage
1889 February 18 there is a record of a person called Edward RUFFIN (Note: on Electoral Roll Edwin Joseph RUFFIN is called Edward) – Also see Edward RUFFIN son of William Joseph RUFFIN
Reg. No. 280 Offence: rogue and vagabond , result Gaol: Geelong Court of Petty Sessions Index to Convictions 1888- VPRS 1474/PO/1 He seems to have been homeless at this time.
A person named Edward Joseph RUFFIN voted in Corio in 1909, 1919, 1924, 1931
The family oral history has him as a wharf worker as was his son John (Jack) Joseph RUFFIN.
1909. May 5. Married Sarah Elizabeth ANDERSON* 1880-1966 (1/5) at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Geelong), Victoria Australia. Marriage Certificate No. 3409
An official extract wrongly says they were married in Kialla.
Voted in Corio, Geelong, Victoria - 1909-31
Record Electoral Year: 1909
State: Victoria
District: Corio
Subdistrict: Newtown and Chilwell
Name: Edward Joseph Ruffin
Gender: Male
81 Clarke St, Newtown, labourer
+ Elizabeth, home duties
There is a record in 1916 of a person called E RUFFIN as an employee of Harvey,Dann & Co. in Geelong From: Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum June 1916
Children: Also see section 3 for more information on these children
1910 April 5 Birth of Edward Barrat RUFFIN 1910- 1989 in Geelong (spelt Barret on his WW2 record) enlisted in Caulfield Serial No. VX28083 next of kin Sarah RUFFIN barcode 6218591
1913 May 5 Birth in Geelong. John (Jack) Joseph RUFFIN 1913- 1975 Chart 1 father of Anne Shirley Rose RUFFIN and Margaret Louise RUFFIN c 1940 - 1983 and Jennifer Kerry RUFFIN 1945 - 1945 .John (Jack) Joseph RUFFIN died April 1975 in Cowes, Victoria, Australia. John ( Jack) Joseph RUFFIN married Emily Edith PINK 1915-1960
Burial of John (Jack) Joseph RUFFIN on 17 April 1975 in Fawkner Cemetery Victoria Australia
1920 December 11 Birth of Ernest James RUFFIN* 1919 -1988 (1/2) in Geelong, Australia
He attended St Patrick’s School in Carlton as did his two brothers
1934. Edwin Joseph RUFFIN* died in Geelong aged 71. Death Certificate No. 16307
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Parents: John ANDERSON* 1834-1884 (1/10) farmer, and Margaret DOHERTY* 1845- (1/11)
1880. Birth in Shepparton of Sarah Elizabeth ANDERSON*
1903 Voted in Bourke or Moira electoral district (Shepparton).
1909. May 3. Marriage of Sarah Elizabeth ANDERSON*to Edwin Joseph RUFFIN* 1863-1934 (1/4)
at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Geelong), Victoria, Australia, Marriage Certificate No. 3409 an official extract wrongly says they were married in Kialla.
See correct certificate below
1966. February 13.Death from Myocardial failure at 86 years old in Kew. Death Certificate No. 5889 Sarah was buried with her brother James Anderson at Fawkner Cemetery.
From: Maureen RUFFIN
Sarah was from Kialla West and before Marriage lived in Myers Street Geelong.
Recorded as a cook on her marriage certificate
Later in life her address was in 33 Dunston Pde. Garden City, Melbourne. (Was this the address of my Uncle John (Jack) Joseph RUFFIN 1913- 1975 Chart 1 ?
Children: See Edwin Joseph RUFFIN* 1863-1934 (1/4) 1863-1934 Chart 1 No. 4
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Parents: Bernard DOWD* 1839 - 1890 (1/12) Chart 1 No 12 and Stella GOODMAN* 1849 - (1/13)
or to be more exact - Stella BEONE 1849 -
1880 Birth of Bernard Thomas DOWD* in Carlton, Melbourne Register No. 1111
1911. March 28. Married to Adeline Mary JENNINGS* 1878-1954 (1/7) in Christ Church 44-46 Splatt St. Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia. Marriage Certificate No. 148. Reference No. 3289 Historical Index of BDM in Victoria, Record No. 1089864322704
He was never educated and was put in the Suntherland Boy’s Home when 7 years old.
In 1908, Selina Sutherland founded Sutherland Homes for Neglected and Destitute Children, following her departure from the Victorian Neglected Children's Aid Society, which she had established in 1893.
Bernard Thomas DOWD worked as a fruit picker from a young age. He voted in Swan Hill in 1914.
He was a Roman Catholic and met Adeline in Bendigo and some time after their marriage they moved to North Melbourne. From: Maureen RUFFIN
Beryl May DOWD* said that her father Bernard Thomas DOWD*(1/6), worked on this boat as an engine driver. His marriage certificate also states that he was an engine driver.
Over the years, the Marion went through many changes of ownership. Her shape and function also changed many times as she evolved from cargo with passengers to passengers with cargo and eventually to a passenger boat alone. In her final working guise Marion had accommodation spread over three decks, lounges on the top and middle decks with the dining room on the main deck.
They lived in 12 Tyrone Street, North Melbourne and in 82 Molesworth Street, North Melbourne.
Maureen Kerry RUFFIN stated that he was a tobacco worker.
Children:
1912 April 26 Birth of Thomas Bernard DOWD, in Swan Hill Reg No.15931 - died in Bohn, Victoria in 1985 aged 72. Reg 506
Thomas Bernard DOWD married Iris Irene BOOTH (died 1997) in 1939 in Victoria Reg No.353 They had children one of whom was -
Geoffrey Phillip Neil DOWD born in June 1947 in Melbourne Reg No. 9983 who died in August 1947 and was buried on the 26th of August 1947 in the Church of England Section M Grave 1980 Fawkner Cemetery Victorian Inquest# 1947/1181 Died of Asphyxia.
Thomas Bernard DOWD c 1940s
1914 birth of Mary Adeline DOWD in Swan Hill Reg no.17234
1914 November 8 Mary Adeline DOWD died aged 7 months in Geelong, Victoria
Reg No.14064,
Mary Adeline DOWD was buried on the 10th of November 1914 in the Church of England Section 1 Grave 1171 Western Cemetery, Manifold Heights, Geelong
1915 April 13 Birth of Edna Mavis DOWD 1915 - 1999 in 12 Tyrone Street, North Melbourne
1916. Death of Bernard James DOWD aged 3 months who died of Ricket’s Disease in Hoth E. Register No. 14686 buried on the 1st of January 1917 in the COE Section E Grave 396 Fawkner Cemetery
1920 May 16 Birth of Beryl May DOWD* 1920-2008 (1/3) in 12 Tyrone Street, North Melbourne
Beryl died on 2 June 2008 in Rosebud, Victoria, Australia.
1922 Birth of John Thomas DOWD in 12 Tyrone Street, North Melbourne who died in Carlton from accidental burns in 1925 aged 3 Register No. 8611 He was buried 18-AUG-1925 in COE Section M Grave 1980 Fawkner Cemetery; Inquest #1925/907 17/08/1925 Died of Toxaemia, accidental burns
Also see Ruby Mary JENNINGS under Adeline Mary JENNINGS* 1878-1954
The house at 12 Tyrone Street is no longer extant.
They lived in North Melbourne in very early 1950s.
1951 Death of Bernard Thomas DOWD* aged 71 at Parkville. His parents are named on the certificate – No. 14720 My cousin, Kevin RUFFIN tells me that he died of mouth or throat cancer due to chewing tobacco.
He was buried 10-DEC-1951 in COE Section M Grave 1980 in Fawkner Cemetery
A Bernard Thomas DOWD voted in “Wimmera” Swan Hill in 1914 and in North Melbourne from 1919 till 1954 (he was not the only Bernard DOWD). His wife had a similar voting pattern.
My DOWD grandparents seemed tiny to me (Jack RUFFIN) even when I was a small child.
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Parents: James JENNINGS* 1842- 1919 (1/14) and Susan Elizabeth BENNY* 1842-1883
1878. Born. Bendigo, Birth Certificate No. 25487.
1911. March 28 Married Bernard Thomas DOWD* 1880- 1951 *(1/6). marriage certificate No. 148. Her age was recorded as 30 on the marriage certificate though she must have been 33.
1954 February 9 Adeline died in Mont Park, Mental Hospital, Macleod Death Certificate No. 3289 Historical Index of BDM in Victoria, Record No.10899263
Adeline was buried on the 11th of February in the Church of England Section M Grave 1980 Fawkner Cemetery.
Adeline was 3 at the time her mother died. She said her stepmother was very good to her through she had a large number of her own children to look after.
Birthday card from Adeline to her grandson John Ernest RUFFIN
Adeline had a daughter before she married Bernard DOWD –
1899 Birth of Ruby Mary JENNINGS who went by the name of Ruby DOWD Ruby’s father is unknown, mother Adeline Mary JENNINGS,
in Bendigo, Reg. No. 16002
There is a photo of her in the Gallery, click the link at the top of the page.
Adeline died of senile dementia, cerebral atheroma, cerebral softening, and bronchial pneumonia
From the Inquisition on her death carried out by the James Robert Burke State Coroner
Adeline came from Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia. Parents given as James JENNINGS and Susan BENNEY
Lived in Leverson Street North Melbourne in 1926 – see “Resented Being Called Magpie”
Adeline* voted in Wimmera in 1914 and in Melbourne from 1919 till 1949.
Children: See Bernard Thomas DOWD* 1880- 1951 1880- Chart 1 No. 6
Also see Ruby Mary JENNINGS 1911 - above under Adeline Mary JENNINGS* 1878-1954
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Parents: William Joseph RUFFHEAD* (Later RUFFIN) 1810-1885 (1/16) and Isabella ELSLEY* 1810-1869 (1/17)
1838. January 7 Birth of Edwin Barratt RUFFHEAD* and christened in Christ Church Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, London, England. Married twice
He lived mostly in Geelong except for a stint at Ballarat. He was a storekeeper and noted rifle shot winning medals.
(I was a very good shot- family trait? –Jack RUFFIN)
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) Thursday 10 September 1868, Page 5 - A rifle match between ten of the Creswick Rifle Rangers and Second Ballarat Corps and ten of the Geelong Corps has boen arranged, to take place in Geelong on the 25th inst., the distances to be 200, 5OO, and 6OO yards. Tho following members have been appointed on behalf of the Geelong Corps :-Lieutenant Hague, Sergeants Ritchie and Dupe; Guanera Swift, Wilmot, Meakin, Bowen, Hobday, Fraser, Martin, Ruffin, and Nicholson.
1861. Edwin married Louisa Emma ADAMS* 1845-1882? (1/9) in St Paul’s Church Geelong (C of E)
He was 23 and she 16. Marriage Certificate No. 160 On certificate as a Tailors Chandler
- Wood Merchant. Lived in Ashby Victoria (in/near Geelong)
Children
1861. Birth Georgina RUFFIN 1861-1934 in Geelong ref No. 14608 died Preston, Victoria in 1934 aged 72. Georgina RUFFIN married William Henry GUBBY their children can be found in section 3 below.
1863. Birth of Edwin Joseph RUFFIN* 1863-1934 (1/4), in Ballarat Ref. No. 11892
He voted in Corio in 1919, 1924, 1931
Georgina RUFFIN
1865. Birth. Henry Alfred RUFFIN Ashby, Geelong Ref No. 15440
1867. Birth. Angelo Vanward RUFFIN 1867- 1934 in Geelong Ref No. 21888 He died 1934 in Geelong, Victoria. Reg. No. 14370. Angelo married Sarah Jane BRAIDIE in 1890 in Geelong. Sarah was born in Geelong and died in 1919.
Children of Angelo Vanward RUFFIN 1867- 1934 and Sarah BRAIDIE were -
1890 Angelo Vanward RUFFIN (2nd) born in Geelong, Victoria, died 1891, Ballarat, Victoria.
1897 Allan Gordon RUFFIN born Geelong, Victoria, died in 1897, Geelong, Victoria
Note the name of Minnie RUFFIN”S husband was Allan Gordon McINTOSH see below
1893 Florence RUFFIN born in Geelong Victoria
1870. Birth. Minnie RUFFIN in Ashby, Geelong Ref No. 15864 Married Allan Gordon McINTOSH in Geelong in 1896. Allan Gordon McINTOSH was born in Geelong
1873. Birth of George Neven Smart RUFFIN Reg. No. 16725R This child also registered with surname ADAMS
1878. Death of Henry Alfred RUFFIN aged 13 when he fell from a tightrope. Inquest No.856. Victorian Deaths Ref No. 8607
1878. Familysearch records the birth of a Henry RUFFIN in Geelong; it does not show up in Vic BDM register. Maybe it should be a record of his death.
“A frightful and fatal accident occurred on Saturday night in front of the Botanical Gardens Hotel, Malop street east. A boy named Henry Alfred RUFFIN, who was exhibiting in conjunction with Alexander, the local Blondín, was walking on a wire rope stretched across the broad roadway 30 feet from the roof of the hotel named, and on reaching the centre of the wire he met Alexander, who had walked from the opposite side of the street. Both shook hands, and when RUFFIN. who had sat down to allow Alexander to pass him, was about getting up to return, he became giddy and fell from the wire on to the road, the height being twenty-seven feet. RUFFIN was at once picked up, and it was found that his skull was fractured and the right thigh broken in two places. He was at once taken to the hospital, in Ryrie-street, and died there at 5 o’clock this morning. Geelong. Aumist4.”
Another record of the accident – found in the papers from Maureen RUFFIN
1882 A person named Louisa Emma Adams died in Carlton, Melbourne, Australia aged 47. If it was our Louisa her age should be 37 Reg 809. This may not be our Louisa as it is under her maiden name. . Her husband married Emma COLBERT in 1882 and this may be evidence indicating that the record pertains to Louisa Emma ADAMS/RUFFIN.
1882 Edwin Barratt RUFFIN* married Emma COLBERT 1847 - 1905 - Emma JONES nee COLBERT in Victoria,
Reg No.4438. Emma JONES 1846-1905 was born in September 1847, in Bedford or nearby Huntington. Emma JONES/RUFFIN died 1905 in Victoria, Australia.
See my Colbert File for information on Emma JONES nee COLBERT.
A researcher on Ancestry suggests that Emma was born Spaldwick, Huntingdonshire. Spaldwick is about 15 miles from Bedford, but I have not found proof for this.
Children of Edwin RUFFIN* and Emma COLBERT 1847 - 1905
Also see Emma JONES 1846-1905
1883. Birth of Henry RUFFIN in Geelong. Reg No. 2949
[1884. There is also another record in Victorian BDM of the birth of a Henry RUFFIN in Carlton Melbourne, mother’s name Edith. Reg No. 7981]
1885 Birth of Arthur RUFFIN in Geelong Reg 25793
1909 Marriage between Arthur RUFFIN and Elizabeth Clara CURTIS in Geelong (Reg 7476)
(refer to section 3 below for more information)
1889. January 2 Birth of Emma Louisa RUFFIN, Reg No.3835. Mother Emma COLBERT (mother called Emma RUFFIN C008487 Family Search Australia-EASy film 1368450 ref 1853-1932).
1889 February 21 Baptism of Emma Louisa RUFFIN in Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Emma JONES/COLBERT and Edwin Barratt RUFFIN* named their first daughter ‘Emma Louisa RUFFIN in 1889 probably after Emma herself and Louisa her baby who died in 1869 aged 6 months old
Emma born 1889 may be the same person as the Emma MOORFOOT recorded on the Victorian Women’s Petition site -
“Emma MOORFOOT d 1934 bur Geelong aged 43 dau Edwin Ruffin / Emma Colvert (sic) “
From the information above it seems that Edwin Barratt RUFFIN had 6 children with Louisa Emma ADAMS and 3 with Emma JONES nee COLBERT and Emma JONES had 10 or 11 children over two marriages
In the 1980s I met a woman in Stawell, Victoria whose surname was COLBERT. She outlined the family history. At the time I had no interest in genealogy and was not sure what to make of the story (Jack Ruffin).
Record Electoral Year: 1903
State: Victoria
District: Corio
Subdistrict: Bellarine
73 Bellarine Street, Geelong,
Edwin Barrett, wood merchant
+ Edwin, Labourer; + Emma, Home Duties
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1905 Emma RUFFIN nee Colbert Dies
Digger - Edwardian Index Victoria 1902-1913
Surname: RUFFIN
Given Names: Emma
Event: D
Spouse Surname/Father: Colbert William
Spouse Given Names/Mother: Mary Ann BARCLAY ( maybe this should be BARFIELD see my Colbert file for more information)
Age: 59
Death Place: Geelong Hospital
Year: 1905
Reg. Number: 12747
Burial 25 Dec 1905, Geelong Eastern Cemetery, age 59 (Public-A-368), Res. Bellarine Street
Record Electoral Year: 1909
State: Victoria
District: Corio
Subdistrict: Bellarine
Name: Edwin Barrett Ruffin
Gender: Male
73 Bellarine Street, Geelong, wood merchant, no other Ruffin at address (Edwin Joseph had married and moved)
A person named Edwin Barrett RUFFIN* voted in Corio 1903 -09, in Melbourne from 1931-49, in Darebin 1954
1915 Death of Edwin “Barrett” RUFFIN*, Registration No. 13523 aged 78 years
Death 1915
Name: Edwin Barrett Ruffin
Death Place: Geelong, Victoria
Age: 78
Father's name: Ruffin Joseph
Mother's name: Isabella Elslie (sic)
Registration Year: 1915
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 13523
Burial 20 Nov 1915, Geelong Eastern Cemetery, age 78, ( MET-5-181), Residence Bellarine Street.
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1882 Edwin Barratt RUFFHEAD* (Later RUFFIN) 1838- 1915 married Emma JONES nee COLBERT in Victoria,
Also see Emma JONES 1846-1905
Reg No.4438.
Emma JONES was born in September 1847, in Bedford or nearby Huntington. Emma JONES/RUFFIN died 1905 in Victoria, Australia.
For children with Edwin Barratt RUFFIN see Edwin Barratt RUFFHEAD* (Later RUFFIN) 1838- 1915
From the information above it seems that Edwin Barratt RUFFIN had 6 children with Louisa Emma ADAMS and 3 with Emma JONES nee COLBERT and Emma JONES had 10 or 11 children over two marriages
This could be her arrival in Victoria - June 1849
COLBERT EMILY 1 JUN 1849 SAXON 4A 109
COLBERT MARY ANN 22 JUN 1849 SAXON 4A 109
COLBERT WILLIAM 26 JUN 1849 SAXON 4A 109
And possibly her parent’s marriage
Name: William Colbert
Gender: Male
Father's name: Robert COLBERT
Spouse's name: Mary Ann BARFIELD
Spouse's Father's Name: Samuel BARFIELD
Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1845
Marriage Place: Leighton Bromswold, Huntingdonshire, England
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The first marriage of Emma Jones
Digger-Pioneer Index, Victoria 1836-1888
Surname: COLBERT
Given Names: Emma
Event: Marriage
Spouse Surname/Father: JONES
Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Richard James
Birth Place: HUNTINGDONSHIRE
Death Place:
Year: 1866 – marriage with Richard James JONES
Reg Number: 2018
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Children of Richard James JONES and Emma COLBERT
They had 7 children, between 1866 and 1878, 4 of whom died as infants, including one with second name Louisa
Possible death of first husband -
Name: Richard Jones
Death Place: Victoria
Age: 31
Father's name: John
Mother's name: Mary Barlow
Registration Year: 1878
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 5293
Burial - JONES RICHARD 16 Apr 1878 Geelong Eastern Cemetery METO*X***X
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Parents: John Henry ADAMS* 1807-1859 (1/18) born 1807 and Emma NORCUP* 1817- (1/19)
Emma may be from near Strafford, England
1845. Marriage certificate states born Launceston, Tasmania.. See John Henry ADAMS* (1/18) for more information.
September1852. Immigration to Victoria from Tasmania
John Henry ADAMS* aged 45, Emma ADAMS* aged 35, and daughter Louisa ADAMS* aged 6, on ship BENGAL MERCHANT departed from London, England fiche 007 page 003 Digger Immigration to Victoria. I take it that they boarded in Tasmania and disembarked in Victoria.
In 1852 the Bengal Merchant built in Calcutta in 1812, 503 tons, made a voyage from London to Melbourne, Australia and remained in Australian waters until at least 1 June 1854. The captain was James DONOVAN.
Parents lived in Hope Street Ashby, Geelong, Victoria, Australia in 1861 Louisa’s father was a store-keeper. The Geelong Advertiser 1859 called him “a very early colonist”.
1861. March 16. Married Edwin Barratt RUFFHEAD* (Later RUFFIN) 1838- 1915 (1/8)
in St. Paul’s Church Geelong. Married at 16 years old Marriage Certificate No. 160
Children: See RUFFIN, Edwin Barratt RUFFHEAD* (Later RUFFIN) 1838- 1915
1882 A person named Louisa Emma ADAMS died in 1882 aged 47 in Carlton, Melbourne, Australia. If it was our Louisa her age should be 37 Reg 809. The record is under her maiden name. Her husband married Emma COLBERT in 1882 and this may be evidence indicating that the record pertains to Louisa Emma ADAMS/RUFFIN.
1882 A person named Emma Louisa ADAMs married William Parttridge who was from Hobart Victorian BDM Reg 1344 This presents another alternative.
I could not find a record of her voting in Victoria.
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Parents: James ANDERSON* c1800 (1/20), commercial traveller and Agnes MANN* 1796-1898
(1/21)
c 1834. His daughter’s marriage certificate states that he was born in Glasgow, Scotland
Labourer of Wallan, Victoria.
There is a record of a John Anderson marrying Agnes Mann at Mearns in Renfrewshire, Scotland on May 30, 1832. This may be the father of John ANDERSON* (1834-1884). It may be that his son knew him as “James”.
There is also a record of an Agnes MANN being born in Mearns, Renfrew on 25 December 1803 Parents: John MANN and Janet Renfrew. Janet probably came from around Maidenhill farm and Barrance in Mearns about 10km from Paisley, Glasgow.
The Mearns Kirkyard contains graves of members of the Anderson, Mann and Renfrew families.
1856 Electoral Roll for the District of Kilmore lists John Anderson as a labourer with a freehold of “Bylands” Kilmore. It is half way between Kilmore and Wallan on the Northern Highway.
1868. 19 October Married Margaret DOHERTY* 1845- (1/11) born in Tipperary, of Wallan, at the Parsonage Kilmore by a Wesleyan Minister. (1089857918188) Reg. No.3889
There is an Anderson Road in Kilmore.
Record of Marriage of Immigrants to Victoria from Tipperary No. 797 of 3737
Witnesses: William and Isabella Scott.
Read the notes below under Agnes MANN* (b 1796) -fascinating!
Children:
1864. Birth of Margaret ANDERSON at “MERE”. Is this Lake MoodeMERE, WestMERE, WinderMERE, HeathMERE, EllesMERE, GrasMERE, SandMERE or MEREdith? Certificate No. 23784
1874 Birth of Annie ANDERSON a possible child, see record of death below-
1883 Saturday January 14 Argus: Death: Anderson
On the 18th inst at Malton, Riversdale Road, Hawthorn after a very painful illness, Annie STUART the beloved eldest daughter of John and Margaret ANDERSON aged 19 years.
1878 Birth of Elizabeth ANDERSON at “MERE” Certificate No. 24343
1880 Birth of Sarah Elizabeth ANDERSON* 1880-1966 (1/5) in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
1884 John ANDERSON died in Shepparton aged 50, if correct then born in 1834
Registration no. 6176 I think that he was probably a few years older when he died.
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Parents: William DOHERTY* (1/22), farmer and Ellen BERGIN* (1/23)
1845. Birth of Margaret DOHERTY* in Tipperary Nth. Riding Ireland
1868. October 19 Married John ANDERSON* 1834-1884 (1/10) at the Parsonage Kilmore. Reg. No. 3889
Lived in Wallan in 1868
This record may be of a relative as he lived in the same area-
1870 January 21 Argus: “Another fatal accident by a fall from a horse- the third in this immediate neigh-bourhood since Christmas Day-has this week to be recorded," observes the Kilmore Free Press. "As Mr. John Doherty, farmer, Lancefield-road, was riding home from Kilmore on Tuesday, he was thrown from his horse, and sustained a severe fracture of the skull. Dr. Brock was in attendance soon after the un-fortunate occurrence, but surgical skill was of no avail;”
In 2011 there is an address for Doherty at Old Lancefield Road, Forbes, Victoria 3764 which must be very close to the site of the accident.
Voted in the Bourke or Moira electoral district (Shepparton) in 1903
1857. May. A Margaret DOHERTY arrived in Victoria on the GRAND TRIANON in May 1857 aged 13. There was another Margaret DOHERTY of unknown age aboard the same ship.
Children: See John ANDERSON* 1834-1884 Chart 1 No.10
Tipperary is in central south of the Republic of Ireland, south west of Dublin. The lands of Tipperary have always been ranked amongst the most productive in Ireland. It has, however, been always a great grazing county. It has also extensive tracks of bog and mountain. South of a range of bog, and between the small town of Kinnenaule and the county of Kilkenny, is the coal district. The high hills adjoining Limerick are called the Keepe Mountains, from the highest of them.
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It has been difficult to find information on Bernard DOWD* because of the convoluted nature of his relationships.
1853 - 1864 The New Zealand Electoral Roll has him as a resident of the Southern Division Auckland New Zealand.
His first marriage was to Stella BEONE 1849 - his second to Stella GOODMAN. The issue is that they two marriages may have been to the same woman.
We need to disentangle this strange set of relationships and clarify the actual events and people involved.
1871 August 15 marriage of Bernard DOWD to Stella BEONE at 174 Gertrude street Fitzroy, Melbourne Australia. On the marriage certificate he is stated to be a bachelor and mariner from Dublin in Ireland. He was aged 32 of Church Street, Melbourne. His parents are recorded as Patrick DOWD and Hannah DOWD nee KENNY. Patrick DOWD is stated to be a Medical Officer. Stella BEONE is a spinster of Kentucky, America. Stella was 22 years old and a housekeeper of Church Street Melbourne. Her parents were Theodoer (sic) BEONE and Stella BEONE nee Washington. Theodore BEONE was a Master Mariner. They were married in the Victorian Free Church. Reg No 3497
Both the names BEONE and WASHINGTON can be found in Kentucky USA.
Danial BEONE is said to be the first settler in Kentucky in the book " Biographical Memoir of Daniel Beone the First Settler of Kentucky Interspersed With Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country " by Timothy Flint written in 1837. This seems to be the same person as the Col. Daniel BOON/BOONE. The 1837 copy of the Book uses BEONE in the title while in 2010 edition BOONE is used.
The interesting thing about all this is the events surrounding his marriages - Bernard DOWD has probably intended to mislead. He signs his name in his earlier marriage and in the later one he uses a cross - as if he cannot write. Upon his second marriage in 1875 he said that he was a bachelor. Were Bernard and Stella trying to hide their/her background? Reading the judgement against Bernard DOWD indicates that the judge did not think Stella was a dependable person.
Both wives gave different parents so presumably were not the same person. In my research, I could find no evidence of a Sarah GOODMAN prior to her marriage. Stella BEONE, Stella GOODMAN and Sarah GOODMAN are the same age. The articles below show that Bernard may have tried to find a form of formal separation from Stella BEONE.
Did he then "remarry Stella/Sarah after he was released from gaol?
A further complication was that Bernard DOWD spent 18 months in gaol in 1971-1872 because he stabbed Stella BEONE !
Saturday 18 November 1871 Argus REMAND OF BERNARD DOWD
A case of a husband stabbing his wife in consequence of jealousy came before the City Court yesterday. A labouring man named, Bernard Dowd was accused of stabbing his 'wife and using threatening language towards her landlady, Anne Murray. It appeared that the couple had only been recently married, but that the husband had been away for some weeks, and on returning thought he had reason to believe that his wife had been unfaithful to him. On Thursday evening he went to the house of Murray, at which his wife was stopping, and with a large open pocket knife in his hand, threatened to stab anyone who attempted to leave, and declared ; that some one's life must be sacrificed. He also threatened his wife's life, and his hands were seized while the wife made an attempt to run out, He got one arm loose, however, and stabbed at her as she passed, inflicting, it was afterwards found, a wound in the stomach, and was locked up on a charge of threatening language, it not being noticed in the disturbance that the woman had been stabbed. Afterwards, she was conveyed to the hospital, where the surgeons stated that she had been severely wounded, and would not be able to leave the hospital for some days. Dowd was remanded for a week.
Monday 18 December 1871 Argus
Bernard DOWD, WOUNDING WITH INTENT. The Trail
Bernard Dowd, a sailor, about 35 years of age, was charged with having stabbed his wife, Stella Dowd, on November 16th, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm.
The facts of this case were of a somewhat peculiar character. Some three months or so before the assault was committed, Dowd became acquainted with a servant-girl in a boarding house at which he was stopping. He asked her one day why she did not get married, and she replied that he was the only man she cared to become united to. He, it seems, took her at her word, and they got into a cab, went to a registrar, and were married, after an acquaintance of only a week. Dowd, according to his own statement, was drinking heavily at the time, and was unconscious of what he was about. His wife, however, asserted that he was as sober then as ever she had seen him. At any rate, next day, on learning that he had been unknowingly married, Dowd refused to have anything more to do with his wife. She insisted that he should maintain her, threatening that if he did not, she would appeal to the law. He subsequently wished her to live with him at Sandridge, but she refused to go there, and he was obliged to go to sea, leaving her in a boarding house, kept by a married woman, in Lonsdale Street. On returning from one of his voyages, he was informed that his wife had been on more than one occasion guilty of immoral conduct during his absence, and though this was denied by her, there were, as the judge pointed out in his charge to the jury, circumstances almost sufficient to justify the suspicion. As she still refused to live with him, and denied that she was at all sorry for what she had done, Dowd obtained her signature to a document, purporting to be, a separation between them for'ever. The next evening, however, he crept into the boarding house where she was staying, in by the back way, took off his boots, and suddenly entered the room where she and several of her acquaintances were. He demanded that certain things which he claimed; should be given up to him, but Mrs. Murphy, the landlady, told him there was no property of his in the house and ordered him to leave, at the same time endeavouring to push him out of the room. A man named Jones, who happened to be present, assisted Mrs. Murphy, and a scuffle ensued, in the course of which Mrs. Dowd attempted to escape. As she was passing through the door Dowd stabbed her in the right side, inflicting a wound which would have been very dangerous had it not been that the violence of the blow was diminished by the quantity of clothing his wife was wearing at the time. Dowd's explanation of the affair was, that he was desirous of seeing his wife to get from her some jewellery she had of his and knowing that he would be prevented from seeing her if he went to the front door, he got in the back way, and took out his penknife to cut his bootlaces, in order that he might take off his boots so as to enter the house without giving the alarm. He forgot to close the knife, and in the scuffle that subsequently ensued might have struck his wife, but if he did so it was unintentional.
The jury found the prisoner "Guilty," and he was sentenced to l8 months' hard labour.
RECEIVI
OLD COURT-HOUSE - SATURDAY, DEC. 16
(Before his Honour Mr. Justice Molesworth.)
Mr. C A. Smyth prosecuted for the Crown.
Part of the Lonsdale Street area was the red light district of Melbourne at the time - know for its houses of ill repute.
Justice Molesworth's comments indicate that he did not think that Stella was a dependable person and that Bernard had evidence that was "almost sufficient to justify the suspicion." It is difficult to see this clearly from the present day. You will have to draw your own conclusions.
There is more to the story - read on.
The further history concerns the names Stella GOODMAN and Sarah GOODMAN. There are I believe a number of links that, I believe, lead to the conclusion that his wife named Stella GOODMAN* 1849 - and Sarah GOODMAN* are the same person. I also think that Stella BEONE 1849 - is the original name for this person.
These are -
Let us look at Bernard DOWD* from this perspective.
1839 birth on May 19 and baptism on May 24 of Bernard DOWD* in St Paul's Arran Quay, (Roman Catholic) Co Dublin, From the Church Baptism Records. Record 222 form 1839.
One record has his parents as Patrick DOWD* and Francis KENNY*. though it is clear from his birth record that his parents names were Patrick DOWD* 1808-1873 and Hannah KENNY* . The name Frances only has to become Hannah.
There is also record of birth for a Bernard DOWD 1839 Co. Dublin – from “Obbie” on http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/member.php/33731-obbie - probably the same person.
1839 Birth of Bernard DOWD* in Dublin, Ireland (on the birth certificate of B T DOWD , also see the 1847 passenger list of the MINERVA in Auckland)
1847 July 1 Emigration to Auckland, New Zealand on the MINERVA from Gravesend, England to Auckland. The family arrived on the 8 October 1847; See Patrick DOWD* 1808-1873 for details of the voyage and the family in New Zealand.
1875. January 11. Stella GOODMAN* married Bernard DOWD*(1/12) (b. 1839) at the Registry Office 174 Gertrude Street Fitzroy in Melbourne Victoria Australia. Reg No. 1190
Parents: Patrick DOWD* 1808-1873 Chart 1 No.24 and Hannah KENNY* 1812-1871 Chart 1 No.25
Patrick DOWD* was recorded as being a surgeon on Bernard’s Marriage Certificate
Bernard DOWD* was recorded as being a labourer and Stella GOODMAN* as a housekeeper
Bernard DOWD* signed their Marriage Certificate with a cross. Witnesses: J. Mortimer, Joseph Lee.
Marriage Certificate No.1190
In 1880 the birth certificate of Bernard Thomas DOWD states that in 1871 January 11, his father, Bernard DOWD had married Sarah GOODMAN in Collingwood, Victoria (and his trade given as a carpenter) Note the day and month are the same as for the marriage with Stella GOODMAN which was in 1875
The family lived in Rathdown Place Carlton Victoria Australia
Children:
1871/2 Birth of George DOWD His name is on the birth certificate of B T DOWD, though I could not find his birth certificate in the Victorian BMD
(a George William DOWD died in 1973 Brunswick –too late)
1874 Birth of Charles Patrick Joseph DOWD 1874 - 1943 (His age is 6 years on the birth certificate of B T DOWD.)
Charles Patrick DOWD'S was born in North Melbourne and his birth certificate gives his mother as Sarah Mary BROWN Reg No. 10157.
There is something odd about Stella?Sarah BEONE/GOODMAN/BROWN did she have a past to hide?
c 1875 Birth Bernard DOWD in Australia. Birth Certificate No. 24147. I'm assuming here that this child is the Bernard Thomas DOWD who died in 1876 as they had another child of the same name in 1880.
1876 Bernard Thomas DOWD died aged 7 months in Carlton. Mother Sarah GOODMAN Register No. 5003
1877. Birth of Hannah Sarah DOWD 1877 - 1954 in Collingwood Certificate No. 8063.
Possibly Hannah was named after her grandmother Hannah KENNY, though her mother was named Sarah Ann GOODMAN*
In 1896 Hannah married Charles George WINTER in Collingwood Reg No. 1856
Hannah DOWD'S children were Elizabeth Anne DOWD (1895-1895), Margaret Teresa WINTER (1896-1972),
Annie Elizabeth WINTER (1899-1989), Gladys May WINTER (1901-1950), Charles George WINTER (1906 -1959)
1954 death of Hannah Sarah WINTER nee DOWD aged 76 Certificate No. 16854
See - Hannah Sarah DOWD 1877 - 1954
1880 Birth of Bernard Thomas DOWD* 1880- 1951 in Carlton (1/6) Reg. No. 1111 & 24147 mother Sarah GOODMAN
1881 birth of John Edward DOWD in Carlton. Certificate No. 14965 mother Sarah GOODMAN he died in St Kilda in 1884 aged 3. Reg 10747 Mother Sarah GOODMAN
1883 birth of John Edward DOWD in Carlton. Certificate No. 14949
1886 birth of Mary Ellen DOWD 1886 - 1958 in Carlton. Mother Sarah GOODMAN Certificate No. 8827
1887 July, birth of Margaret Teresa DOWD in Hotham West/ North Melbourne –mother Sarah GOODMAN Reg No.29236
1890 August 19 death of Margaret Teresa DOWD aged 11 months in Little Brougham Place Geelong Reg No. 11961 and was buried on the 20th of August 1890 in the old catholic section of Eastern Cemetery Geelong, Victoria, Australia
1890 March 5 death of Bernard DOWD* in East Melbourne age 50 Reg 3216 and buried on the 8th of March 890 in R/C Section X Grave 175 Melbourne General Cemetery Parkville occupation carpenter/dealer. He died at 118 A'Becket Street MELBOURNE of Phlebitis
A Bernard DOWD voted in Wimmera in 1909, there is no record of a Bernard DOWD voting in Melbourne.
Other possible child: Patrick,
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For the full story see Stella / Goodman /Beone below and under Bernard Dowd above.
1849. Stella GOODMAN* born Melbourne Victoria Australia
1875. January 11. Stella GOODMAN Married Bernard DOWD* 1839 - 1890 (1/12) at the Registry Office 174 Gertrude Street Fitzroy in Melbourne Victoria Australia. Marriage Certificate No. 1190
Bernard signed the Marriage Certificate with a cross.
Witnesses: J. Mortimer, Joseph Lee.
Stella GOODMAN* was a housekeeper before marriage at age 26
Called “Sarah” on the marriage certificate of her son - Bernard Thomas DOWD* 1880- 1951
see Bernard DOWD* for how this all fits together
Children: See Bernard DOWD* 1839 - 1890 Chart 1
If you read the material placed under Bernard DOWD* 1839 - 1890 above you will find that I believe that Stella GOODMAN, Sarah GOODMAN, Sarah Mary BROWN and Stella BEONE are all the same person. They were hiding something. Look at the record under Bernard DOWD for the details.
Stella BEONE is most likely her correct name and her parents were Theodoer (sic) BEONE and Stella BEONE nee Washington. Theodore BEONE was a Master Mariner.
1871 August 15 Stella BEONE married Bernard DOWD* 1839 - 1890 in the Victorian Free Church. Reg No 3497 Stella states that she is from Kentucky USA
Both the names BEONE and WASHINGTON can be found in Kentucky USA.
Danial BEONE is said to be the first settler in Kentucky in the book " Biographical Memoir of Daniel Beone the First Settler of Kentucky Interspersed With Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country " by Timothy Flint written in 1837. This seems to be the same person as the Col. Daniel BOON/BOONE. The 1837 copy of the Book uses BEONE in the title while in 2010 edition BOONE is used.
The record on the PDF charts about Sarah Goodman' parents is incorrect. Since I made that record I found the information recorded above. I will fix the PDF when I have time.
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Don’t get carried away this does not mean you are related to Irish Kings.
The people mentioned in this brief history are not necessarily relatives. This part is for those interested in the origins, traditions and the many stories about the Dowd clan.
O'Dowd is an uncommon Irish surname. Many modern variants of the O'Dowd surname exist. The prefix has been widely retained, O'Dowd being more usual than Dowd. Other modern variants are O'Dowda and Dowds, with Doody and Duddy, found around Killarney, where a branch of the Connacht family settled. All are Ó Dubhda (pronounced O'Dooda) in Irish, the root word being "dubh" black. A quite distinct minor sept of O Dubhda was located in County Londonderry. Survivors of this in Ulster today are usually called Duddy.
See notes by Michael Subritzky-Kusza Ct, NSC on - http://arwen.homestead.com/awen1.html
And from http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/793408
Arms from:
For the Coat of Arms of the O'Dowd Clan see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Dowd
Ancient History: The "O'Dubhda" family (pronounced O'Dooda), descended from a tribal people in the west of Ireland once known as the Ui Fiachrach ("Ee Fee-a-crock").
The O'Dowd clan or sept traces its descent from Fiachra, brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages (c 378-405AD), through Daithi, the last pagan King of Ireland who, legend has it, was killed by a bolt of lightning as he led an army to the foot of the Alps in 455 AD.
In about 800, the Vikings became a serious threat to the coast of western Ireland and Ui Fiachrach, burning Inishmurray in 807. Cathmug's nephew Dubhda became King of North Connacht in the 9th century, and in 891 the Clan slaughtered a Viking party, killing Elair, son of Barid of Limerick.
It is interesting that I (Jack RUFFIN) have Dupuytren’s contraction (removed by surgery) in my right hand, generally attributed to Viking ancestry. Then again, there were Viking settlements near Glasgow See Agnes MANN (1/21).
The O'Dowds were a maritime power of considerable ability in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. On land they managed to hold their territory intact against the superior forces of the Burkes and Birminghams. Their territory at its widest embraced the baronies of Erris and Tirawley in Mayo and Tireragh in Sligo. They forged a kingdom in North Connacht which they ringed with 20 castles, often referred to as "10-Pound Castles," and held off all comers for centuries until the incursion of the Anglo-Normans.
The style and design of these small Irish castles is said to have originated from a subsidy of 10-Pounds which was granted by King Henry IV in 1429. However, many of the O'Dowd castles have a far more ancient history of being built directly over the site of stone age and bronze age fortifications.
The O'Dowds remained kings of their kingdom in North Connacht until the late 13th century, however as history records, great changes were taking place in all aspects of Irish society. They were considerably reduced by the Anglo-Norman incursion into Connacht in the thirteenth century but were still powerful and in 1354 Sen-Bhrian O'Dowd succeeded in driving all the Anglo-Norman settlers out of Tireragh for a time.
Taoiseach: As a direct result in the reduction of their lands and power the Clan gradually dropped the use of the title of king, and this title was replaced over time with the title of Taoiseach ("Tea-shock"), which translates as Chieftain. That man who became Taoiseach was generally referred to by his surname only...O'Dubhda, or The O'Dubhda. In this way he came to be referred to in history as "Chief of the Name."
The Great Book of Lecan: The O'Dowd Clan is unique among the Irish Clans in having a written, detailed account of the ceremonies associated with, and the inauguration ceremony of their Taoiseach (Chieftain). This was written in an ancient manuscript known as the Great Book of Lecan, written by the Clan historian Duald MacFirbis, near Enniscrone in Tireragh between 1397 and 1418, and now carefully preserved in Dublin. Duald was a noted scholar with knowledge of Latin, Greek and English, as well as his native Irish, and was the foremost authority of the age on Brehon Law.
The inaugural ceremony of each succeeding O'Dubhda (O'Dowd) was presided over by a MacFirbis, the hereditary chroniclers of the O'Dowd Clan.
The Modern O'Dowd Clan: Due largely to the efforts of a few dedicated people, led by Clan historian Conor MacHale and his Mother Gertie MacHale, both of whom are fluent Gaelic speakers, historians, and as well can read and write the language, the Clan was reformed in 1990.
Sources and References:
"The O'Dubhda Family History" Conor MacHale, Clan O'Dowd Historian, Inniscrone, 1990
"Clan Ui Dhubhda Nauchtlitir" Clan Newsletter ISSN: 0791-5799, 1990 - .
HY-FIACHRACH - O'Dowda's Country. John O'Donovan, ISBN: 0-940134-38-1republished 1993.
Ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_of_the_Nine_Hostages
The Official Clan O'Dubhda Website
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Parents: Richard John JENNINGS* 1803-1858 (1/28) and Mary BENNY* c.1806- 1858 (1/29)
1842. Birth of James JENNINGS* in Helston, Cornwall (AFN:1BM6-G14)
1844. April 22 James JENNINGS* Christened in Breage, Cornwall, England ID. 1071498
1863. December 5 Married Susan Elizabeth BENNY* 1842-1883 (1/15) in Breage, Cornwall, England, both aged 21. (AFN:1BM6-G2B)
He married his first cousin.
Note: Susan Benny and her 1st cousin Susanna Benny married brothers James and Richard respectively.
James lived in Church Town, Breage, Cornwall, England before they went to the USA and coming to Australia.
Profession: sailor; Adeline JENNINGS' Marriage Certificate states that he was a carter
His father was a tin miner.
The married couple travelled to the United States.
Moved from the United States to Australia in 1875 (From Anita Woodward)
Breage Church, Cornwall
They later came to Australia to Separation Street, Northcote. Later they moved to Bendigo to take over a wood yard left to him in his brother’s will.
He had a large family and was a devote Methodist with his own pew in the church.
This is from the Australia immigrant ship website:
JENNINGS ---- MAST 3, 1875 APR AGAMEMNON B 334 2
JENNINGS ---- MISS 5, 1875 APR AGAMEMNON B 334 2
JENNINGS ---- MRS 32, 1875 APR AGAMEMNON B 334 2
JENNINGS E W MR 33, 1875 APR AGAMEMNON B 334 2
Research Notes:
1870 U.S. Federal Census:
Age given: 28 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling: Clifton, Keweenaw, Michigan, USA
Occupation: Copper Miner
Present were wife Susan (28) of England, keeping house, children: Jas. Jr. (6) of England, Susan Annie. (1) of Michigan
Moved from the United States to Australia about 1877
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Australian Electoral Rolls (1901-1936) > Victoria > 1903 > Bendigo > Golden Square
Number: 788
Name: James Jennings
Place of Living: High Street, Golden Square
Occupation: Contractor
Present were daughter Adeline, home duties, and son William, catter?
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Australian Electoral Rolls (1901-1936) > Victoria > 1909 > Bendigo > Golden Square
Number: 1541
Name: James Jennings
Place of Living: 662 High Street, Golden Square
Occupation: Labourer
Son William Elmer (No. 1545) was living at 171 Woodward Rd., Golden Square. He was a miner. Living with him was [wife?] Matilda.
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Australian Electoral Rolls (1901-1936) > Victoria > 1914 > Bendigo > Golden Square
Number: 1459
Name: James Jennings
Place of Living: 662 High Street, Golden Square
Occupation: -
Present was Phillipa Jennings, home duties
Son William Elmer (No. 1463), miner, and [wife?] Matilda, home duties, were living at 557 High St., Golden Square
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Australian Electoral Rolls (1901-1936) > Victoria > 1919 > Bendigo > Golden Square
Number: 1277
Name: James Jennings
Place of Living: 662 High Street, Golden Square
Occupation: -
Son William Elmer (No. 1280), miner, and [wife?] Harriet Matilda, home duties, were living at 682 High St., Golden Square.
Marriage Notes:
James Jennings of Church Town, 21, bachelor, sailor, son of Richard Jennings, miner, married:
Susan Benney of Church Town, 21, spinster, daughter of Richard Benney, miner
Married after Banns by E. M. Pridmore, Vicar
Witnesses: Richard Goodman, Henry Nicholls
“The Argus 16 March 1883 JENNINGS
IN the SUPREME COURT -Probate Jurisdiction
Notice is hereby given, that after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication of this application will be made to the Supreme Court of the colony of Victoria, In Its Probate jurisdiction, that LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION of the estate of Susan JENNINGS, late of American Gully, near Sandhurst, married woman, deceased, Intestate, may be granted to James JENNINGS, of American Gully aforesaid, the husband of the said deceased
Dated this sixteenth day of March, A D 1883”
American Gully was a gold prospecting area during the Victorian gold rush around 1850.
American Gully is near Sandhurst
- May have lived at Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia as that was the area recorded for Adeline on her marriage certificate.
Children:
1864 Birth of James Jr in Cornwall
1865 Birth of James Henry Benney JENNINGS in Breage
1876 Birth of William Elmer JENNINGS - married unknown, but had a Bertie Elmer Jennings
1881 Birth of Henry Benney JENNINGS
1878. Birth of Adeline Mary JENNINGS* 1878-1954 (1/7) in Bendigo,
Birth Certificate No. 25487.
1869 Birth of Susan Annie JENNINGS in Michigan USA
“Susan Annie married a Daniel Miller in 1888 in Victoria.
Was this their son?
Date of death: 26-Jul-1874 Ledger Page: 225 Record Number: 924 Place of death: Calumet County of Death: Houghton Sex: Male Race: White Marital Status: Single Age: 14 days Cause of Death: Diarrhea Birthplace: Michigan Occupation: Father's Name: Jennings, James Father's Residence: Osceola Mother's Name: Jennings, Susan Mother's Residence: Osceola Date of record: 16-Jun-1875
Found on deaths in Houghton County; Ross collection
James had William Elmer Jennings, born in America, and buried at Kangaroo Flat Cemetery, Bendigo, Australia. William had Bertie Elmer Jennings who also is buried there.” From Anita Woodward
James possibly married Susannah WILLIAMS in 1883 Reg 2274
1919 Death of James JENNINGS aged 77 in Golden Square, near Bendigo.
Victorian BDM Reg 17406
Date of Death: not available: Date of Burial: 28/11/1919: Interment Number: 17210:
Cemetery - WHITE HILLS: Section: MON K2: Grave Number: 9562
Ref. Bendigo Cemeteries Trust
1860 There was a miner called James Jennings on the gold fields in Tooloom and Pretty Gully near Bendigo. Was our James influenced by a relative? Anita Woodward thinks he may have come to Victoria to be with his brother Richard JENNINGS
There is also a death of a James Jennings in Bendigo - recorded it here for future research.
Date of Death: not available: Date of Burial: 25/08/1893: Interment Number: 004473
Cemetery - EAGLEHAWK: Section: MON A2: Grave Number: 155
Burial records from Bendigo for others in the Jennings family are recorded in -
JENNINGS family the Bendigo Cemeteries Trust records
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Parents: Richard BENNY* 1812 -- 1845 (1/30) and Martha PASCOE * 1809-1882 (1/31)
(See Susan’s marriage certificate No. 3250, Cornwall Parish Record ID 304930)
Parent’s residence at Susan’s birth – Colvarry (sic), Cornwall
1842 February 13 Baptism: Susan Elizabeth BENNY* (AFN: 1BM6-G2B) Breage, Cornwall, England. Cornwall Parish Record ID 1071123
Fathers of both were tin miners and Susan lived in Church Town, Breage, Cornwall, England before coming to Australia via the USA
1863. December 5 Marriage of James JENNINGS* 1842- 1919 (1/14) and Susan BENNY* in Breage, Cornwall, England Cornish Parish Record ID 304930
James JENNINGS*(AFN: 1BM6-G14) was a sailor. They were both 21years old. Susan was called Susan BENNEY on her marriage record – ID 304930.
Susan married her 1st cousin James JENNINGS, son of Richard JENNINGS and Mary BENNY, on 5 Dec 1863 in Breage, Cornwall
Note: Susan BENNY and her 1st cousin Susanna BENNEY, (christened 3 April 1831, Breage, Cornwall ID 1075909) married brothers James and Richard respectively. Her cousin’s marriage was probable Cornwall ID No. 304678 Susanna died 14 Mar 1926, Backhaus St., Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
1853 January 15 in Breage, daughter of John BENNEY a miner,
Travel to the USA
A Susan Jennings, 22 and James, 1, emigrated 1867 on the City of Boston into NY. ancestry.com” (From Anita Woodward)
1870 U.S. Federal Census:
Age given: 28 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling: Clifton, Keweenaw, Michigan, USA
Occupation: Keeping House
Present were husband Jas. Jennings (28) of England, children: Jas. Jr. (6) of England, Susan A. (1) of Michigan
Moved from the United States to Australia about 1877
Ref: http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/8/8020.htm
1883 January 3 Death aged 41 in Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia Certificate No. 3250
“Susannah was the first victim in an extensive typhoid outbreak in Bendigo. "She is the wife of Mr. James Jennings, a miner, and is related to Mr. Jennings, manager of the Victory and Pandora mine". Her death caused general uneasiness throughout the city and there was a fair amount of concern about the state of cess pits, drains etc. in the whole area. A number of others then died. (From Anita Woodward)
“The Argus 16 March 1883 JENNINGS IN the SUPREME COURT -Probate Jurisdiction
Notice is hereby given, that after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication of this application will be made to the Supreme Court of the colony of Victoria, In Its Probate jurisdiction, that LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION of the estate of Susan JENNINGS, late of American Gully, near Sandhurst, married woman, deceased, Intestate, may be granted to James JENNINGS of American Gully aforesaid, the husband of the said deceased.
Dated this sixteenth day of March, A D 1883”
May have lived at Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia as that was the area recorded for Adeline on her marriage certificate.
Children: See James JENNINGS* 1842- 1919 Chart 1 No. 14
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Parents: Richard RUFFHEAD* (c1770- ) (2/2) and Agnes BUTLER*1771- (2/3) married 1798
1810. January 30 christening at Saint Andrew’s church of England, Holborn, Middlesex, London, England 155-1934 Film or Fiche 0374356 No. 34
1831. December 6 Marriage of William Joseph RUFFHEAD* to Isabella ELSLEY* 1810-1869 (1/17) in St Botolph, Aldgate, London, England. (Ref. Marriages and Banns 1754-1921)
England Marriages 1538-1973 M00081-7 England-EASy film 380131 ref p 252 No.1268 - gives 4th of December; they lived in Dove Court as did his parents from at least 1810
Lived with his brother Richard Winchester RUFFHEAD Snr. (Later RUFFIN) 1799 – 1863 Chart 2 and Ann TURNER in Spring Street, Little Scotland, Geelong on arrival from England.
In 1861 Lived in Preston Street, Ashby, Geelong
1885. Death. In William Street, Collingwood aged 75. He died from chronic Bronchitis and exhaustion after a 12 day illness. Death Registration No. 1004
1885 February 27 Buried in Melbourne General Cemetery
Spitalfields Market
Census Records:
1841 census transcription details for: Vine Court, Christchurch, Tower Hamlets
National Archive Reference:
RG number: HO107 Piece: 710 Book/Folio: 5/12 Page: 16
Reg. District: Whitechapel Sub District: in the Hundred of Ossulstone in Tower Division, Spitalfields
Parish: Christchurch Enum. District:
Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough: Tower Hamlets
Address: Vine Court, Christchurch, Tower Hamlets County: Middlesex
Name Relation Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
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RUFFHEAD, William M 30 1811 Middlesex (Bacon Dryer)
RUFFHEAD, Isabella F 30 1811 Middlesex
RUFFHEAD, William M 8 1833 Middlesex
RUFFHEAD, George M 5 1836 Middlesex
RUFFHEAD, Edwin M 3 1838 Middlesex
RUFFHEAD, Charles M 1 1840 Middlesex
1851 census transcription details for: 2, Little George Street, Saint Matthews Bethnal Green,
(present location Buxton and Code Streets 500m NNE of Spitalfields Christ Church)
From: Ken RIPPER
Little George Street was probably the tiny alley north of Spicer Street and east of George Street.
Tower Hamlets
National Archive Reference:
RG number: HO107 Piece: 1542 Folio: 353 Page: 18
Reg. District: Bethnal Green Sub District: Town
Parish: Saint Matthews Bethnal Green Enum. District: 15
Ecclesiastical District: Saint Mathias City/Municipal Borough: Tower Hamlets
Address: 2, Little George Street, Saint Matthews Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets County: Middlesex
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation ,
Disability Where Born
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RUFFHEAD, William Joseph Head Married M 41 1810 Porter Christchurch Middlesex
RUFFHEAD, Isabella Wife Married F 40 1811
Christchurch Middlesex
RUFFHEAD, William Joseph Son Unmarried M 17 1834 Pastry Cook Christchurch Middlesex
RUFFHEAD, George Unmarried M 15 1836 Errand Boy
Christchurch Middlesex
RUFFHEAD, Edwin M 13 1838 Scholar Hackney Middlesex RUFFHEAD, Charles M 11 1840 Scholar Christchurch Middlesex RUFFHEAD, Richard M 9 1842 Scholar Christchurch Middlesex RUFFHEAD, Edward M 4 1847 Scholar Christchurch Middlesex
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Children:
1831. April 8 Christening of Isabella RUFFHEAD in Christ Church, Commercial St. Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, London. Family’s Address: Union Street.
Father’s Occupation – Bacon dryer Parish record No. 759 ref. NX024/002
1833. June 2. Christened William Joseph RUFFHEAD 2nd (later RUFFIN) 1833- in Christ Church, Commercial St Spitalfields, Stepney, London, England, Family’s Address: Tenter St. Father’s Occupation – Cheesemonger Parish record No. 1302 ref NX024/002
1836 May 15 Baptism of George Hall RUFFIN 1836-1916 /George Hall RUFFHEAD Christ Church Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England. Died 1916 in Cheltenham, Victoria
Family’s Address: Crispin St. Father’s Occupation – Porter
Parish record No. 134 ref NX024/002
A George RUFFIN voted in Bourke in 1909 and 1914.
1838. January 7 Baptism of Edwin Barratt RUFFHEAD* (Later RUFFIN) 1838- 1915 (1/8) in Christ Church Commercial St. Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, London, England.
Family’s Address: Crispin St. Father’s Occupation – Labourer
Parish record No. 926 ref NX024/002
1839. Birth of Charles Frederick RUFFHEAD (later RUFFIN) (1839- c1907) Chart 2 in Spitalfields, Middlesex, London, England. Died c. 1907 in Geelong Victoria
1839. September 15 Charles Frederick baptised at Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green London
IGI C04698-4 England-ODM 855944
Charles Frederick RUFFHEAD was probably named after Charles Frederick WATSON a friend of his father who is a witness on William Joseph RUFFHEADS marriage to Isabella ELSLEY. Charles Frederick WATSON lived in Spitalfields and was married to Jane. They had a son named after his father christened in Christ Church Stepney London on November 4 1832. IGI C 06969 England-ODM 592621/2/3
They also had a daughter called Isabella WATSON born October 8 1837 and christened on 29 October 1837, possibly named after Isabella ELSLEY. IGI P00626-1, England-ODM 0254571-0254577
Interestingly they also had a child called William Dowse WATSON christened 20 April 1834 IGI C 06969 England-ODM 592621/2/3 probably named after William Dowse ELSLEY 2nd 1815- 1877
1842 Birth of Richard RUFFHEAD (Later RUFFIN) 1842 -1916 in Spitalfields, Middlesex, London, England
1842 January 9 Richard RUFFHEAD baptised in Christ Church, Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, (now part of London) England.
England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 Batch C06969-3 England-ODM film 592623
Family’s Address: Pine (or Vine) Court. Father’s Occupation – Warehouseman
Parish record No. 2134 ref NX024/002
A person with the same name voted in 1903 in Melbourne.
1846 September Birth of Edward RUFFHEAD (Later RUFFIN) 1846 -1917 Chart 2 in Bethnal Green 2 77, Greater London, London, Middlesex Volume: 2 Page: 77
Year of Registration: 1846 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
1846 September 6 Baptism of Edward RUFFHEAD, in Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney (IGI C069693) The age record given on THE QUEEN OF THE SEAS when he went to Australia would give him a birth date in c 1848.
Birth Record for Edward RUFFHEAD for 1846
Name: Edward Ruffhead
Year of Registration: 1846
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Bethnal Green
County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 2
Page: 77
Births Sep 1846
Ruffhead Edward Bethnal Green 2 77
Baptised, 6 Sep 1846 Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney (IGI C069693)
1850 January 20 Baptism of William Joseph RUFFHEAD at Christ Church Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, London, England
In Australia he was a victualler.
A person named Edward Joseph RUFFIN voted in Corio in 1909, 1919, 1924, 1931
See Edwin Joseph RUFFIN* 1863-1934
1889 February 18 there is a record of a person called Edward RUFFIN (Note: on Electoral Roll Edwin Joseph RUFFIN is called Edward) –
Reg. No. 280 Offence: rogue and vagabond , result Gaol: Geelong Court of Petty Sessions Index to Convictions 1888- VPRS 1474/PO/1 He seems to have been homeless at this time.
1855 Voyage to Australia
The family came on 2 ships
1855 January Ship ASIA with
William RUFFHEAD aged 21, fiche 084 page 004, clerk
George RUFFHEAD aged 18 f 084 p 004, servant
Edwin RUFFHEAD* aged 13(?) f 084 p 004
1855 November On the Ship QUEEN OF THE SEAS
William Joseph RUFFHEAD* aged 45 fiche 100 page 002
Linin dryer
Isabella RUFFHEAD* age 43 F 100 p 002
Charles Frederick RUFFHEAD age 13. F100 p 002
Richard RUFFHEAD age 11. F 100 p 002
Edward RUFFHEAD age 7 f 100 p 002
My cousin Maureen Kerry RUFFIN, who
also did extensive research into the family, agreed that their ages were probably adjusted to save having to pay full fare for Charles.
It is probable that the costs involved in the voyage were covered by Richard RUFFIN, brother of William Joseph RUFFIN*as they came as unassisted migrants.
Their daughter Isabella RUFFHEAD, born 1831, may have died as she was not on either ship. Could it be that she travelled with her uncle Richard RUFFIN and his wife Ann in 1856-7? See the record under Richard RUFFIN in Section 3
1850 Richard RUFFIN, William’s brother became the licensee of another Hotel the William Wallace Inn on the corner of Spring Street and RUFFIN’S Lane, Geelong (see diagram)
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Parents: William Dowse ELSLEY* c. 1777- married 1797
(IGA Index 1B)
1810. April 15. Birth Isabella ELSLEY*
1810. May 25. Christening OF Isabella ELSLEY* in Christ Church of England, Spitalfields, Stepney, London -Parish Register. Christ Church Spitalfields 1729-1916, Middlesex London C06969-2 England-ODM
Film/Fiche 0592621 Film 6903950 fiche No.8
1831. December 6 Marriage of Isabella ELSLEY* to William Joseph RUFFHEAD* (Later RUFFIN) 1810-1885 (1/16) in St Botolph, Adgate, London, England. (Ref. Marriages and Banns 1754-1921
England Marriages 1538-1973 M0001-7 England-EASy film 380131 ref p 252 No.1268 - gives 4th of December
1841 English Census - lived in Middlesex in Christ Church Spitlafields area with WJ RUFFHEAD and children.
In 1861 Lived in Preston Street, Ashby, Geelong
Children:
See : William Joseph RUFFHEAD* (Later RUFFIN) 1810-1885 (1/16)
1869 Isabella ELLESLEY* (sic) wife of William Joseph RUFFHEAD* died aged 59 Victorian Reg No. 6688
The family came to Geelong in 1855 the year before Eugene von Guerard painted his “View of Geelong” in 1856, five years after the discovery of gold in Victoria. It is a view from the Barrabool Hills to Geelong by Corio Bay, with the You Yangs in the distance. The young settlement of Geelong was at that time the busiest wool port in Victoria, and the port of arrival for those seeking their fortune on the Victorian goldfields.
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1807 Birth
Parents: Unknown
Married to Emma NORCUP* 1817- (1/19)
Emma and John Henry ADAMS* lived in Hope Street, Ashby, Geelong, Victoria, Australia in 1861. John Henry ADAMS* (Louisa’s father) was a store-keeper.
1845 April 7 There is marriage of a John Henry ADAMS aged 38 to Emma CLEGG aged 24 in Launceston Reg. No.1968/1845 Ref. RGD 37. Still looking for more information on Emma Norcup. See the records I have below under Emma NORCUP* 1817-
There are records of a John ADAMS as an employer of convicts in Tasmania from 1833 to 1855
And Jury duty in Tasmania from 1839 to 1855.
A John Henry ADAMS voted in early Tasmania, Lower Piper Roll 4 Bass Division. Lower Piper would be near the Pipers River near Lefroy which is north of Launceston.
GEELONG HERITAGE CENTRE GEELONG ADVERTISER INDEX 1850-1866 A-McL
“22 January 1859 Hope Street property for auction on 24 January, 1859”
“16 April, 1859
Died 15 April 1859 at Hope Street, Ashby, John Henry, 54 years,
storekeeper, late of Launceston - a very early colonist”
“Adams Store Hope Street -29 October 1860 Stock etc. for auction (opposite Railway Hotel) that day.” www.geelongaustralia.com.au
Child:
1845 Birth of Louisa Emma ADAMS* 1845-1882? (1/9)
1845. Marriage certificate states born Launceston, Tasmania.
September1852. Immigration to Victoria from Tasmania
John Henry ADAMS aged 45, Emma ADAMS aged 35, and daughter Louisa ADAMS aged 6, on ship BENGAL MERCHANT departed from London, England fiche 007 page 003 Digger Immigration to Victoria. They arrived in Victoria from Tasmania, - probably through the port of Geelong See Louisa Emma ADAMS (1/9)
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A relative has told another family researcher that -
“She believes that Emma Norcup is in fact Emma Clegg, Norcup being her stepfathers name. She came as a convict to Tas. on-board the Royal Admiral on 24th Sept 1841. Permission to marry J H Adams granted in 1845. She was transported for theft of 2 Sovereigns. Seems she had been married but had been deserted for 4 years. I found dates etc. seem to tie in with what we know. She possibly came from Lancashire, parents Thomas & Isabella Clegg (Dumas).”
1817 Birth
Married John Henry ADAMS* 1807-1859 (1/18)
Emma* and John Henry ADAMS* lived in Hope Street Ashby, Geelong, Victoria, Australia in 1861. John Henry ADAMS (Louisa’s father) was a store-keeper.
1845 Birth of Louisa Emma ADAMS*(1/9)
1845. Marriage certificate states born Launceston, Tasmania.
For information on her move from Tasmania to Victoria see John Henry ADAMS (1/18)
Other references in Australia to the name NORCUP -
An Ellen and a Catherine Norcup played up on ship during a voyage to Geelong.
See The Report of the Immigration Board, Geelong on the ship "Sir Robert Sale"16 July 1852
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~russellhudson/hud-robsale.htm
The Courier (Hobart, Tasmania: 1840-1859): Friday 23 May 1856 and several other date records warning not to trespass on the land belonging to a “J Norcup”.
For children see : John Henry ADAMS* 1807-1859 (1/18)
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Parents: John ANDERSON*1770-1859 (5/2) and Jean DUNLOP*1773 -1846 (5/3)
There is a record of a John ANDERSON* marrying a Agnes MANN [ Agnes MANN* 1796-1898 *(1/21)] at Mearns in Renfrewshire, Scotland on May 30, 1832. This may be the father of John ANDERSON* (1834-1884). It may be that his son knew him as “JAMES”.
Scotland Marriages 161-1910 M11571-4 film 1041279
Anderson headstones in Mearns Kirkyard
The Mearns Kirkyard contains graves of members of the Anderson, Mann and Renfrew families.
The Anderson family may have originally come from Bearhill 10km north of Glasgow and be part of the ancient house of Candacraig and Clan of Anrias. This may be worth pursuing as it would link James ANDERSON* to the 10 generations of the Candacraig House.
Child: John ANDERSON* 1834-1884
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Parents: John MANN* 1771- 1838 (6/2) and Agnes PATTERSON* m 1806 (6/3)
Agnes PATTERSON is on Agnes MANN’S death certificate.
The age I attribute to Agnes MANN taking a mid-line view of her age as being 102 years at the date of her death (see details below).
Having researched the life of Agnes what does stand out is the accuracy of the facts related by Agnes. She had the right ship, correct voyage dates – even that it got lost, her family did come with her, her father’s profession was as she said, her brother was murdered in Tasmania, in fact all of her story that I have been able to check has been accurate. Her age may have been knowingly “adjusted” to gain entry to the Benevolent Asylum
Agnes stated that John MANN*, her father had an office in the gaol, and he kept a couple of clerks.
Agnes MANN* married James ANDERSON* c1800 (1/20), commercial traveller
There is a record of a John ANDERSON marrying Agnes MANN at Mearns in Renfrewshire, Scotland on May 30, 1832. This may be the father of John ANDERSON* (1834-1884). It may be that his son knew him as “JAMES”.
Scotland Marriages 161-1910 M11571-4 film 1041279
1834. April 14. Marriage of Agnes ANDERSON* to Isaac SMITH in Hobart
Batch M39039-9 Australia-ODM Film 1368285
Agnes stated that “Mr Smith was the first white farmer in the Colony of Tasmania and that she herself was the first white woman. After staying in Hobart for some time, Mr and Mrs Smith came to Victoria. At this time Melbourne was not in existence.” It seems that he died in the 1840s in Victoria possibly in an “asylum” near Brunswick of a paralytic stroke. Agnes lived with her son in the Shepparton area, looked after Mrs Lee in Cobram when that lady was a child and went to live in the Benevolent Asylum when her son died in 1884. Then went back to Shepparton and later returned to live in the Benevolent Asylum in 1892 until her death. The full story is in the newspaper articles below.
Note: The word “asylum” in those days did not have the same connotations we put to the word today.
1833. When about 100 years old Agnes stated that she left Greenock in 1833 for Tasmania in the ship Eldon (Lord Eldon), the name of the captain being McAlpine, and her brother and his family were fellow passengers.
The voyage seems to have actually arrived in 1834. Here is the record
Arrival: ship Eldon 1834 March 6
203 tons
Master: McAlpine
Origin: Greenock Left 23 October 1833 Destination: Hobart Town
Background: 23 passengers, 17 passengers for Sydney, cargo goods SH: 17/3/1834
http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/
Source: Kate Beadle
“I guess if there were 23 passengers and 17 went on to Sydney that would leave six for Hobart. Robert, his wife Agnes Ferguson and their two daughters, plus Agnes and her husband James Anderson. Or maybe James was already dead and it was Agnes and her son John Anderson. I noticed that the reference to the death of John Anderson mentions his father as being James not John so maybe the marriage in 1832 is another couple. I did note in the past that is seemed to be a rather long voyage as they left 23 Oct 1833; it is interesting to see why it took so long. It would seem very likely that this is the voyage that Agnes refers to. I know for sure that Robert came with two daughters who were born in Glasgow, the last on 18 Nov 1832, so the voyage can have been no earlier than that.” – From: Kate Beadle
The voyage took longer than usual as the ship got lost! – see the recollections of Agnes MANN below.
Agnes married Isaac Smith in 1834 so the person with her on the ELDON was most likely her son John ANDERSON.
This would place her with settlers who arrived in the very early 1830s.
“Indigenous” Australians were the first settlers followed approximately 40,000 years later by Europeans. Many Indigenous people were killed by Europeans or died of introduced disease as the Europeans wrested possession of Australia from Indigenous tribes.
Tasmanian History: From site- cultureandrecreation.gov.au
Van Diemen’s Land
The first British settlement on the island was made at Risdon in 1803 when Lieutenant John Bowen landed with about 50 settlers, crew, soldiers and convicts. The site was abandoned and in 1804 Lieutenant David Collins established a settlement at Hobart in February 1804. This group included 3 female convicts and Mr and Mrs Birt, free settlers.
Victorian History: From site- cultureandrecreation.gov.au
In 1851 Victoria (Port Phillip District) separated from New South Wales. The first attempt at settlement was made in 1803 by Lieutenant David Collins but the harsh conditions forced him to move on to Tasmania where he eventually settled Hobart in February 1804. It was not until the Henty brothers in Portland Bay in 1834, and John Batman settled on the site of Melbourne, that the Port Phillip District was officially sanctioned (1837). The first immigrant ships arrived at Port Phillip in 1839.
Child:
c 1834. Birth of John ANDERSON*(1/10) in Glasgow, Scotland
1898. November 2. Death of Agnes MANN* (Smith) at the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, Agnes Smith, was thought to be one of the oldest colonists, and opened
the first Wesleyan Sunday School in Brunswick.
From the death certificate of Agnes Smith it states her age
as 116 years and daughter of John MANN and Agnes
Patterson. See below for the full story.
Agnes MANN’S* Extraordinary Life!
The Melbourne Argus
Saturday December 6, 1884
THE OLDEST COLONIST
To the editor of the Argus
Sir, the colony now has something to tell of quite surprising for a settlement that is celebrating on our Jubilee Exhibition. The end of the first half century only. We have a colonist amongst us a century and two years old. The Melbourne Benevolent Asylum among its applicants today, has an old lady of that age and honoured the application, and the institution is admitting her as an inmate. There were many other applicants whom it was heart-breaking to deny admission to, but there was but one vacancy for females, and one bearing the burden of 102 years was unanimously held, entitled to the vacant place.
As I have no doubt that she will excite much interest with the public, I may mention that this Mrs Agnes Smith is an intelligent and superior looking woman, wearing no spectacles, and having good hearing faculty. There is that, however, in the much furrowed face that speaks of great age, but there is nothing of senility about her. To the questions put by the chairman of the committee as to some old colonist, her answers were clear and satisfactory, dating back to nearly 50 years. She described herself as a native of Glasgow, the daughter of a solicitor, long time a widow, and arriving here with one son who has since died. It is easy to read her endorsement made on her application paper, that this relict of the past century, whose youthful days were also of Bonaparte and Wellington, was suffering only from “old age and debility.” Now that Great Britain is so jubilant over Sir Moses Monteflore’s completed 100 years, we, of Victoria may be, in sporting language, proud of beating that record in this case of our oldest colonist.
(Agnes must have applied to enter the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum in 1884 when her son died. It seems it did not suit her at that young age. Agnes left and re-entered in 1892 as she grew older)
The Melbourne Argus
Friday February 26, 1892.
A REMARKABLE CENTENARIAN
Mrs Agnes Smith, a widow who claims that she will be 109 years of age on Tuesday next, was a few days ago admitted into the Benevolent Asylum. Her maiden name was MANN, and she was born in Glasgow, in which city, she avers, her father occupied a prominent position. His office was in the gaol, and he kept a couple of clerks. She avers that she left Greenock in 1833 for Tasmania in the ship Eldon (Lord Eldon), the name of the captain being McAlpin, and her brother and his family were fellow passengers. Those were not the days of steamships, so that under fairly favourable circumstances, the voyage would have been a long one, but the captain had the misfortune to mistake his course, and it was not until six months after the voyage had been commenced that the vessel arrived at its destination.
The party lived at Hobart, and whilst there Miss MANN* was married to a farmer named Smith, and who she alleges, was the first white farmer in the colony, she herself was the first white woman. Her brother was subsequently murdered in Hobart by his own servant. After staying in Hobart for some time, Mr and Mrs Smith came to Victoria. At this time of course, Melbourne was not in existence. The presence of the newcomers did not meet with the approval of the blacks, so hostile being their attitude, that, according to Mrs Smith they contemplating burning her and her husband and child (a son). A long time passed and many white people come to the colony, she herself being the first white woman. Mrs Smith conceived the idea of getting a school and commenced on a very unpretentious scale, having only one scholar, this being a half caste girl. The state of affairs for a considerable time in the colony must have been far from comfortable, but when the police came into the country, the blacks became quieter. The aborigines had not always lived on the most amicable terms between themselves. On one occasion Mrs Smith saw about 400 of them. There had been a great fight between two parties, one of them being from Geelong and the Geelong party proved the victors. She once had an unpleasant experience, being attacked by five natives and violently seized by the throat. Twice she raised the cry of “Murder” and this fortunately was heard by a Mr Thompson, who in consequence of the alarm, put spurs to his horse and rode to the rescue, the animal when he arrived was covered in blood. The blacks made off, and though a reward of £200 was offered for their capture, they were never brought to justice. Mr Smith purchased 12 acres of land. In addition to farming, he sold wood, a load which could fetch 2/6d a load and Mrs Smith would cut up to two loads a day. Mr Smith died a good many years ago, his death taking place in a lunatic asylum after a paralytic stroke. His widow sold her interest in the farm, and subsequently she and her son went to the diggings, but if they had visions of great fortunes, they were not destined to see them realised. On the contrary, they quickly lost all the money they possessed, which amounted to £200. Later on however the son prospered. The latter married and dwelt at Shepparton, his mother living with him and assisting to bring up his family until his death, which occurred between nine and ten years ago. After this Mrs Smith lives at Dr Singleton’s remaining there for some years.
Subsequently she was admitted into the Benevolent Asylum. This institution she quitted in order to go and live with friends at Shepparton, but now as already indicated, she has again become an inmate of the Benevolent Asylum. Notwithstanding her great age she retains her faculties. She is capable of holding quite a long conservation, and is by no means confined to a bed or even her ward. She is able to walk around the garden of the institution without assistance, but finds it necessary to stop for a rest now and again. As for sight she can write a letter and thread a needle without glasses. Indeed she asserts that she cannot use glasses now. Mrs Smith is not the only member of the family who has lived to a centenarian, for she states that her father’s mother reached the age of 105.
The Melbourne Argus,
Thursday November 3, 1898
DEATH OF A VERY OLD WOMAN
A claimant to 116 years.
A very old woman, probably the oldest in Australia, died at the Benevolent Asylum yesterday, where she has been an inmate, off and on since December 4, 1884. She was Mrs Agnes Smith, who claimed to be 116 years old, though, when she was interviewed some years ago by a representative of the Argus, the statements she made was so ridiculous and confused as to render her claim open to grave doubt. Her knowledge of life in the early days of the colony was romantic. Nevertheless, if not quite 116 years old, Mrs Smith must have attained a very great age, for there still living in Cobram, on the Murray, a Mrs Lee, who in her infancy by Mrs Smith. Mrs Lee states that she has frequently heard by relatives refer to the great age of Mrs Smith and avers that they stated she was an old grey haired women at the time she acted as the nurse.
Mrs Smith arrived in Australia with her husband in 1830 and is said to be the first white woman who undertook the task of educating and Christianising (sic) the aborigines.
Her husband died 50 years ago, and subsequently one of her sons was murdered in the bush.
Mrs Smith’s father was a Glasgow solicitor, named John MANN, who left a family of 21, the youngest of whom was 74 at the time Mrs Smith first entered the asylum.
(From Kate Beadle - The story of the 21 children may be a bit overstated unless there were many daughters. James Corkindale MANN’s death notice states he was the second eldest son, meaning I guess that my Robert was the eldest. Perhaps John MANN didn’t marry until he was in his thirties.)
The Melbourne Argus
Tuesday November 8, 1898
CLAIMANT TO 116 YEARS
Letter to the Argus
Sir, I note in your issue of today the death of Mrs Agnes Smith, who claimed to be 116 years of age. Seeing you express doubt of her getting to great age as claimed, some of your readers may be interested to learn the result of enquiries made by me 11 years ago when Mrs Smith was an inmate of my home in Brunswick. I traced out her brother, who was then living in Hobart, a retired bailiff and he ridiculed the idea of her then being 105 years of age. Proving from various family circumstances that she would at that time be more than 90 years, if as much, assuming the brother’s statement being correct. It would make her 101 or 102 at time of death, an age justified by many statements made by her when cross-questioned by me. That Mrs Smith was of great age possibly 100, their need be little doubt, but her memory was often at fault.
Yours etc. A. Rivett, Beachworth, Victoria
The Melbourne Argus
Thursday, November 3, 1898
Death Notice
Smith: On November 2, 1898, at the Benevolent Asylum, Agnes Smith, aged 116 years. Supposed oldest, as well as one of the oldest colonists, and opened the first Wesleyan Sunday School in Brunswick. From the death certificate of Agnes Smith it states age
as 116 years and daughter of John MANN and Agnes PATTERSON.
(On FamilySearch the only marriage for John MANN and Agnes Patterson was on July 28, 1806 at Cathcart, Renfrewshire and believe Agnes was born after this date if I have correct parents. Searching the Tasmanian Pioneer Index I found no trace of a marriage for Agnes MANN, but did find a marriage for Agnes Anderson to Isaac Smith in Hobart on April 14, 1834 and have a death at Shepparton Victoria in 1884 for John Anderson aged 50, son of Jas. Anderson and Agnes MANN. It appears Agnes married prior to arriving in Tasmania.
Ref. “Grapevine”)
The Melbourne Argus, Nov. 14, 1894.
A very old woman, probably the oldest in Australia, died the other day at the Benevolent Asylum, Melbourne, where she had been an inmate, off and on, since Dec. 4, 1884.This was Mrs Agnes Smith, who claimed to be one hundred and sixteen years old, though, when she was interviewed some years ago by a representative of the “Argus”, the statements she made were so ridiculous and confused as to render her claim open to grave doubt. Her knowledge of life in the early days of the colony was romantic. Nevertheless, if not quite one hundred and sixteen years old, Mrs Smith must have attained a very great age, for there is still living in Cobram, on the Murray, a Mrs Lee, who was nursed in her infancy, sixty years ago, by Mrs Smith. Mrs Lee states that she was frequently heard her relatives refer to the great age of Mrs Smith, and avers that they stated that she was an old grey haired women at the time she acted as the nurse.
Mrs Smith arrived in Australia with her husband in 1830, and is said to be the first white women who undertook the thankless task of educating and Christianising the aborigines. Her husband died fifty years ago. Her father was a Glasgow solicitor, named John MANN, who left a family of twenty-one, the youngest of whom was seventy-one at the time Mrs Smith entered the asylum in 1884.
(Looking at the Victorian BDMs found Agnes was a daughter of John MANN and Agnes
Patterson, The IGI states they were married at Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Scotland on July 28, 1806.)
From an article by Robin Parker in the Grapevine
March 2010 Vol .10 No.1
Mildura & District Genealogical Society Inc.
P.O. Box 2895 Mildura, Victoria 3502 Email: milduragenealogy@gmail.com
For children see: James ANDERSON* c1800 (1/20)
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Married to Ellen BERGIN* (1/23) c 1838.
They were both from Tipperary North. Ref rootsireland
Children:
1838 Birth of Charles DOHERTY
1840 Birth of Michael DOHERTY
1843 Birth of Mary DOHERTY
1845 Birth of Margaret DOHERTY* 1845-
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Patrick DOWD* 1808-1873 married Hannah KENNY* 1812-1871 Chart 1 No.25
Patrick's Parents: Unknown
1808 Birth in Easky, County Sligo Ireland (see his British Army Service Record).
Easkey or Easky is a coastal village on the R297 regional road in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located on the Atlantic coast, 26 miles from Sligo and 15 miles from Ballina, County Mayo. The village name derives from the Gaelic term for fish ('iasc') and 'Iascaigh' literally means "abounding in fish," due to the Easkey River that lies adjacent to the village itself
Children:
1839 May birth of and May 24 baptism of Bernard DOWD* 1839 - 1890 in St Paul's Arran Quay, (Roman Catholic) Co Dublin, From the Church Baptism Records. Rcord 222 from 1839 (also on the birth certificate of B T DOWD his son).
There is also record of birth for a Bernard DOWD 1839 Co. Dublin – from “Obbie” on http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/member.php/33731-obbie - probably the same person.
1839 Birth of Bernard DOWD* in Dublin, Ireland
1841. Birth of Sarah DOWD
DOWD Died 12th October 1851, Sarah Dowd, daughter of Pensioner Patrick Dowd, of consumption, aged 10 years.
1843. Birth of Charles DOWD
DOWD Died 18th June 1858, Charles Dowd, of consumption, aged 15 years.
Informant - Patrick Dowd, father of deceased, labourer, Howick.
1847. Birth of John DOWD 1847- 1924 either in Manchester, England in 1847 or at sea in the SS MINERVA on the way to New Zealand.
There was famine in Ireland at this time.
1848 November 7 Birth of Thomas DOWD 1848 – 1913 in Howick, Auckland, New Zealand
A Thomas DOWD, seaman, from New Zealand served on the USS AUGUSTA in the American Civil War 1861 - 1863.
Our Thomas DOWD would have been too young.
See Chart 38 for this family and their descendants.
Patrtick DOWD* and Hannah KENNY* and their family migrated with the Chelsea Pensioner group to Howick in New Zealand.
The Settlement at Howick
Howick was the largest of the fencible settlements. ‘Fencible’ comes from the word ‘defencible’, meaning ‘capable of defence’. These soldier-settlements, called the Royal New Zealand Fencible Corps, had served in the wars for Britain in the 1830s & 1840s & had retired on a pension (English military pensioners – “Chelsea Pensioners”)
They were offered a new life in New Zealand, a free passage with their families, & a cottage with an acre of land to become theirs after a seven year term, in return for certain military duties including compulsory Sunday church parade. Patrick DOWD was with the group but possibly not a soldier-settler/pensioner as he was only 42 years old.
Patrick’s history and the New Zealand O'Dowds
The New Zealand branch of the O'DOWDS (and DOWDS), are descended from Patrick O'DOWD and Anna (nee: Kenny). Patrick O'DOWD was born in Easky, Sligo in Ireland in 1805. He enlisted into the 97th Regiment of Foot (The Earl of Ulster's - also known a the "Celestials" due to the colour of their flashes on their uniforms) in 1824, aged 16 (note that the Chelsea Pensioner’ records have Patrick being born in 1808). He was a Private and served 16 years in the British Army, including 11 years with the Regiment in Ceylon. In November 1832, the regiment's cricket team played the Colombo Cricket Club at the Rifle Green in Colombo, in the first recorded cricket match in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Upon his retirement from the British Army he was living in Manchester with his wife Anna and 4 children. He enlisted into The Royal New Zealand Fencibles] (from the word defencible) and sailed for New Zealand from Gravesend, with his family aboard the "SS Minerva.
1847 Record of arrival in New Zealand
1847 October 8 The SS MINERVA, barque, 691 tons, which left Gravesend 1 July 1847, arrived in Auckland, 8 October 1847.
The ship was one of three carrying the Fencibles, 2nd Detachment under the command of Capt Charles HM Smith, 55th Regt. and included 80 Fencibles, 67 wives and 145 children.
The Minerva was anchored in Auckland harbour at the same time as the 'Ramillies' and 'Sir Robert Sale'.
The Fencibles from the Minerva mainly settled the Howick area, in Auckland New Zealand, during the early period of colonisation of Auckland.
Passengers on the Minerva
Dowd, Patrick 1805 SLG IRE - 1875 Auckland
Dowd, Anna (Kenny) (This is Hannah KENNY*)
Dowd, son 1837 (This I believe is Bernard DOWD*)
Dowd, Sarah 1841
Dowd, Charles 1843
Dowd, John 1847”
1848 November 7 Birth of Thomas DOWD 1848 – 1913 in Howick, Auckland, New Zealand
See: John DOWD 1847- 1924
The New Zealand Jury list has Patrick DOWD as a resident of the Auckland, New Ulster area in 1848.
There are about 180 families living in New Zealand, mainly in the Auckland region with the surname O'Dowd or Dowd. Craig Dowd the well known All Black is one of these descendants.
From - http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/793408
1866 October 10 John DOWD married Mary Margaret PEARCE who was born on the 5th of October 1847, one of the five children of Patrick PEARCE , born 1801 and Mary Ann ALLEN born 1813. Patrick PEARCE was a Chelsea Pensioner with a rank of Colour Sargent. His wife, Mary Ann ALLEN was most likely the daughter of a serving soldier as she was born at Brampton Barracks.
Patrick’s Profession:
Both brothers in different countries, and without reference to each other, stated on significant documents that he was a surgeon.
He is described as a surgeon on the marriage certificate for his son, Bernard DOWD* 1839 - 1890 Reg No. 1190.
John DOWD’s Golden Wedding notes state that Patrick DOWD was assistant surgeon to Dr Mahon, of Onehunga, who was identified with the old pensioners' settlement in Howick, near Auckland in New Zealand.
Patrick was also a signatory to a letter to the Local Member of Parliament on behalf of the Howick community. It the kind of task requested of a respected, well established member of the community.
Contrary evidence:
Patrick DOWD*’S history on Wikipedia states he joined the army aged 16.
Patrick DOWD* was the Informant on Charles DOWD’S death information as father of deceased, labourer, of Howick
1850/98 March 18 A person named Patrick DOWD was employed as orderly at the expense of the Medical Officer during the period Hospital orderlies were disallowed (S. A. S. Bacot, Howick)
The discrepancy may be due to confusion with another Patrick DOWD present in Auckland. I have found several records of other people named DOWD and of another person(s) named Patrick DOWD living at the same time and in the same area.
See http://ouraucklandstuff.freeservers.com/CFPatrickPearce.htm
1873 May 23 death of Patrick DOWD* of Provincial Hospital, in Auckland, New Zealand
Burial: Under the Church. Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Howick, Auckland
See chart No.38 for information on this DOWD family and their descendants in New Zealand.
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Parents: Unknown
Hannah KENNY* married Patrick DOWD* 1808-1873 Chart 1 No.24
1847 October 8 the family arrived in Auckland, New Zealand on MINERVA
They lived in Howick, New Zealand after 1847
Children: See Patrick DOWD* 1808-1873 Chart 1 No.24
1871 April 11 Hannah DOWD* died, of a fracture of the neck of the right femur, aged 59 years at the Provincial Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Parents: Patrick DOWD* 1808-1873 and Hannah KENNY* 1812-1871
Bernard DOWD* 1839 - 1890 was his brother
1848. November 7 Birth of Thomas DOWD in Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. Reg No.1848/1797
Thomas DOWD married twice
1873 August 11 Elizabeth BOWDEN married Thomas DOWD 1848 – 1913 at St John the Baptist Church, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand NZSC Matching bride & groom collection folio 0588
Children
1874 Emily Elizabeth DOWD 1874 - born in New Zealand Reg No.1874/681 Emily married John Thomas COX in 1897 Reg No.1897/3191 Their children were - John Thomas COX born 1998 Reg No.1898/1086, Reginald COX born 1899 Reg No.1899/18144, Harry Monteith COX born 1901 October 13 Reg No.1901/2323 and died 1985
1910 birth of Mona Elizabeth LE BRUN the daughter of William Peter LE BRUN and Emily Elizabeth
DOWD in New Zealand Reg No.1910/6990 Mona Elizabeth LE BRUN died in 1914 in NZ Reg No.1914/316
1877 June 7 John Thomas DOWD 1877 1947 born in New Zealand who died in 1947 Reg No.1947/19945
1879 July 6 Alice Maud DOWD 1879 - 1932 born in Baillie St, Thames, Waikato, New Zealand Reg No.1878/14635 who married Dominic DELGROSSO (1860 - 1948) in 1898 Reg No.1898/4454
1882 Thomas Charles DOWD born in New Zealand Reg No.1882/10090 Thomas Charles DOWD died in 1959 in New Zealand Reg No.1959/25401
Marriage of Thomas DOWD 1848 – 1913 to Margaret BROOKS 1850 - 1923 Reg No.1923/11805
Children:
1893 birth of Hannah DOWD born in Auckland, New Zealand Reg No.1893/7977
1894 October 16 Mabel DOWD born in Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand Reg No.1894/11882.
Mabel married Roy James JOHNSON (b. 1893) in 1920 (1920/2512) in New Zealand
Mabel DOWD died on the 4th of August 1947.
1897 April 16 birth of Amelia Elizabeth DOWD born Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand Reg No.1896/5837
1913 December 10 Amelia when 16 married Leonard Augusrus William SUBROTZKY Reg No.1913/7085
Leonard Augusrus William SUBROTZKY was born on the 16th of June 1891 in Awanui, New Zealand
and died on the 22 of December 1920 in Auckland New Zealand
1969 Amelia DOWD died on December the 13th at Mount Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand. They had 2 children
1913 August 26 death of Thomas DOWD 1848 – 1913 at Costley Home, cerebral and spinal sclerosis (a year’s duration). Reg No.1913/6015
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Parents: Unknown
Farmer
Married to Mary FAHAN* 1810? - 1881? Chart 1 No.27
Father of Stella GOODMAN* 1849 - he and his wife are noted on Stella GOODMAN’S Marriage certificate.
1849, Stella GOODMAN*(1/13) born in Melbourne
To understand all this please go to the records on Sarah / Stella Goodman and Bernard Dowd. The record here is part of the story put out by the couple.
Possible Records of Edward GOODMAN
1853 January 27 death of Henry John GOODMAN youngest son of Edward Goodman Esq. aged 9 months. From the Argus
The Sydney Morning Herald 1853 21 April reports that an Edward GOODMAN was appointed in Victoria as Inspector of sheep for the County of Bourke and the Pastoral Districts of Westernport and the Murray
1856 an Edward GOODMAN, an old colonist, by the death of Rev. John GOODMAN, inherits large estates in Wiltshire and Warwickshire.
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Parents: Not proven
Mary Fahan was the wife of Edward GOODMAN* Chart 1 No.26 and mother of Stella GOODMAN* 1849 - (1/13)
1849, Stella GOODMAN* born in Melbourne
This record has to be read with the record for Stella / Sarah / Beone/ Goodman. The chances of this record being correct are low. The correct records are laid out Bernard Dowd and his wife Sarah / Stella.
Possible records -
I have a few leads on her parents but nothing definite
1810 August 16 Mary FAHAN christened in Westminster, London, England
102570-8 England-ODM Film 558350
Father: Owen FAHAN? (13/2)
Mother: Ann THEEDY? (13/3)
There are also records of some people called Fahan on ship to Australia from Tipperary
The following two records seem to be referring to the same person and are placed here as they may assist someone to link them to Mary FAHAN who became Mary GOODMAN
Name: GODWIN, Sarah, Father: Edward, Mother: Mary FEEHEN, Place: MELB, Year: 1847, Reg Number: 2176, Denomination: ROMAN CATHOLIC, Parish: ST FRANCIS, MELBOURNE, Fiche: 27
And in what appears to be another record of the same birth -
Name: GODWIN Sarah, Father: Edward, Mother: Mary ZEHEN, Birth Place: MELBOURNE, Year: 1847, Reg Number: 39805, Denomination: ROMAN CATHOLIC, Parish: ST FRANCIS, MELBOURNE, Fiche: 542 }
This death record is possibly of Stella GOODMAN’S* mother Mary GOODMAN* nee FAHAN*
1881. December 17. The death of Mary GOODMAN, aged 70 years, native of Leicestershire, England, Mary died of congestive pulmonalis (?), being resident for 4 months 13 days at Benevolent Asylum in Victoria. Argus 23 December 1881
This record would seem to suggest that our Edward GOODMAN* was probably not the one who inherited property in England.
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Married to William DOHERTY* (1/23) c 1838. They were both from Tipperary North, Ireland Ref rootsireland
For children see: William DOHERTY*
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Parents: Richard JENNINGS* 1779- 1832 (8/2) and Mary BARNES* 1779- (8/3)
1803. October 26 Birth. Richard John JENNINGS* (AFN 1BM6-H19) ?
1803 June 5 Christened, Breage, Cornwall, England. ID No.1590123
Tin miner, of Ashtown (in 1844), Cornwall, England
1828. March 9 Richard John JENNINGS married Mary BENNY* c.1806- 1858 (1/29) in Breage, Cornwall, England (England Marriages 1538-1973 England-ODM film 0240) ID 11316 & 307322
1858. October 26 Died aged 56 in Rinsey Croft Breage, Cornwall. ID 1371440
1858 October 26 burial in Breage
Children:
1829 Birth of Richard JENNINGS in Camborne, Cornwall, England
1829. August 7 Christening of Richard JENNINGS in Kennegy Downs, Breage, Cornwall, England. Richard married Susan(na) BENNEY born 1853 January 15 in Breage and died 14 Mar 1926, Backhaus St., Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Richard JENNINGS died 1917, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
1832 Birth of Mary JENNINGS in Kennegy Downs, Breage, Cornwall,
1832. April 1 Christening of Mary JENNINGS in Germoe, Cornwall, England
Mary JENNINGS married Richard BECKERLEG a cordwainer, son of Richard BECKERLEG, on 26 Dec 1850, Breage, Cornwall ID 304623 and died after 1901
1833 May Birth of John JENNINGS in Camborne, Cornwall, England
1833. May 17 Christening of John JENNINGS in Breage, Cornwall, England
John married Elizabeth ROGERS 20 Nov 1851, Tuckingmill, Camborne, Cornwall and died Marquette Co., MI, USA in 1892
1835. Birth of Hugh JENNINGS in Camborne, Cornwall, England
1835 April 14 Christening of Hugh JENNINGS, Camborne, Cornwall, England died young
1841 Birth of Ian
1837 Birth of William Benny JENNINGS in Camborne, Cornwall, England
1837. February 13 Christening of William Benny JENNINGS in Breage, Cornwall, England
1838. 29 December Birth of Hugh JENNINGS in Camborne, Cornwall, England
1848 Christening of Hugh JENNINGS, Camborne, Cornwall, England -confirm
1841 Birth of Ian JENNINGS in Camborne, Cornwall, England -confirm
1841. July 5 Christening Ian JENNINGS
1841 Birth Jane JENNINGS
1841 Christening of Jane JENNINGS in Breage, Cornwall, England
1842 Birth of James JENNINGS* 1842- 1919 (1/14)
1844. April 22 Christening of James JENNINGS* in Breage, Cornwall, England .ID. 1071498
(Married Susan BENNY* 5 December 1863, Breage, Cornwall) see above
Birth of Elizabeth Jane JENNINGS (died young)
1845 Birth of Elizabeth Jane JENNINGS
1846 May 21Birth of Elizabeth Ann JENNINGS Breage, Cornwall;
1846. June1 Christening of Elizabeth Ann JENNINGS in Breage, Cornwall, England
(Married Edward Branch LUKE 28 September 1868, Redruth Register Office, Redruth, Cornwall)
Elizabeth Ann JENNINGS died 2 December 1931, 39 Thompson St., Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
1903. April 7 Death of Hugh JENNINGS, born c 1848 Camborne, Cornwall, England
1903. Burial of Hugh JENNINGS, (born 1838) Camborne, Cornwall, England
1841 Census
Piece: HO107/136/2 Place: Kerrier -Cornwall Enumeration District: 1
Civil Parish: Breage Ecclesiastical Parish: -
Folio: 17 Page: 27
Address: Kenneggy Down
1851 Census
Piece: HO107/1916 Place: Camborne -Cornwall Enumeration District: 1j
Civil Parish: Camborne Ecclesiastical Parish: All Saints
Folio: 317 Page: 46 Schedule: 151
Address: Carn Entral
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Richard John JENNINGS* 1803-1858 married Mary BENNY*, in Breage, daughter of “John BENNY* of Breage” * 1777-1863 of Rosladden and Mary PATTIN* 1777-1859 , on 9 Mar 1828 in Breage, Cornwall. (Mary BENNY was born about c.1806 in Breage, Cornwall, christened on 5 Jan 1806 in Sithney, Cornwall ID.1611698, died in January 1858 in Rinsey Croft, Breage, Cornwall and was buried on 19 Jan 1858 in Breage, Cornwall, aged 52 years.)
(1805 June 7 Baptism of William Benny (brother) in Helston Cornwall online parish clerks record No. 621807)
1806. Birth. Mary BENNY* (AFN:1BM6-GGS) probably in Breage, Cornwall, England
1806 January 5 Christened in Sithney, Cornwall, England
1828. March 9 Married Richard John JENNINGS* 1803-1858 (1/28) in Breage, Cornwall, England (England Marriages 1538-1973 England-ODM film 0240) ID. 307322
Marriage Notes:
Richard Jennings* of Breage, bachelor and Mary Benny* of Breage, spinster, were married by Banns, H. Willyams, curate.
Witnesses: Edward Bawden & George Hebbard Jnr.
Children: See Richard John JENNINGS* 1803-1858 Chart 1 No.28
Sithney
Sithney is a short walk from Breage and you can see the Breage church from Sithney. It is a lovely walk if you have the time. The parish of Sithney (sometime called St Bartholomew) is situated in the deanery and Hundred of Kerrier. It is bounded on the north by Crowan, on the east by Wendron and Helston and the Looe Pool which separates it from Gunwalloe, on the south by the sea, and on the west by Breage. It is named after the St Sezni. When God was deciding which saint was going to be the patron saint of what, he offered to make St Sezni the patron saint of young women. The saint moaned saying to God I shall never get any peace then! I’d rather be the patron saint of mad dogs! To which God said what a good idea! Thereafter St Sezni became the patron saint of mad or sick dogs. It is said that the water from the well of St Sezni can cure madness and over the centuries, people have drunk from the well in this belief. The parish lies about three miles north west of the town of Helston in a mainly agricultural area. In the 19th century there were at least eight tin mines in the area, none of which are working today. There are the ruins of an old farmhouse Plane-an-Gwary, meaning 'place of the plays'. Here Cornish Miracle plays were acted in medieval times, and later Cornish wrestlers were seen here on feast and fair days.
The principal villages are the Churchtown, Porthleven, St Johns, Penrose, Mellangoose, Lower Prospidnick, Dowga, Sithney Common, Sithney Green, Coverack Bridges, Crown Town (or Gudna), Lowertown, Chyreen and Lower Tregadjack. Porthleven, which was originally part of this parish, became a separate parish in 1846.
1858 Mary BENNY* died in January in Rinsey Croft, Breage, Cornwall and was buried on 19 January 1858 in Breage, Cornwall, aged 52 years.
Research Notes: Ref: http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/7/7224.htm
Re the identity of Mary Benny, wife of Richard Jennings, two possibilities present themselves:
(1) Perhaps because one of Richard and Mary's sons was called William Benny Jennings, a number of secondary sources show Mary Benny as the daughter of William Benny and Sarah, christened on 24 April 1807. One secondary source indicates this christening took place in Breage. However, William and Sarah had a daughter Mary Ann Benny who was christened on this date in Helston (p. 61, 4PR, Baptisms, Helston Parish Register).
(2) the Sithney Parish Register records the christening of Mary Benny on 5 Jan 1806, daughter of John Benny and Mary (transcription found here: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engcopc/sithney_baptisms_1737-1812_a-j.htm)
The 1851 Census for Camborne (Carn Entral) indicates that Richard and Mary Jennings were both born in Breage.
However, the 1851 Census also indicates four of the siblings of Mary (2) - Ann, Richard, Edward & James - as having been born in Breage, even though they were christened in Sithney, keeping in mind that the parents of Mary (2), John and Mary, were living in Breage both before and throughout the Census period; indeed, the Sithney Parish Register indicates that, at the time of the christenings of sons Edward & James, John & Mary's abode was Rosladden in Breage, noting that Breage is only 2 miles west-south-west of Sithney.
Richard Jennings was definitely christened in Breage in 1803. No record of Mary (1)'s christening can be found in the Breage Parish Register (even taking into account orthographic variations such as Benney, Binney etc.), and in respect of the time period in question, the name
"Mary Ann" does not appear anywhere other than in the Helston Parish Register. A Mary Ann Benny married a James Burt in Helston on 26 Jan 1837 and is likely to have been the daughter of William Benny and Sarah.
Mary Jennings presumably died in 1858 at age 52 which gives her a birth year of c.1806. Richard Jennings died in the same year (not in 1852 as secondary sources state) at age 56 and hence born c.1802.
In conclusion, Mary (2) is more likely to have been the wife of Richard Jennings.
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1841 England Census:
Age given: 35 years
Birthplace given: Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Kenneggy Downs, Breage, Cornwall
Present were husband Richard Jennings (35), tin miner, children: Mary (10), John (8), William (4), Hugh (2), Jane (1)
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1851 England Census:
Age given: 42 years
Birthplace given: Breage, Cornwall**
Dwelling Place: Carn Entral, Camborne, Cornwall
Present were husband Richard Jennings (47) of Breage, miner, children (all born in Breage): Richard (22), miner, Mary (19), mining girl, Jno. (18), miner, Willm. (12), miner, Jane (10), James (8), scholar, Elizth. Ann (5), scholar, and Hugh (3) of Camborne.
** See note above
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Last Dwelling, Rinsey Croft, died aged 52 years, Henry Stone, Curate (Breage Parish Register, Page 266, #2123)
Marriage Information
Mary married Richard JENNINGS, son of Richard JENNINGS and Mary BARNES, on 9 Mar 1828 in Breage, Cornwall. (Richard JENNINGS was born in 1803 in Breage, Cornwall, christened on 5 Jun 1803 in Breage, Cornwall, died in October 1858 in Rinsey Croft, Breage, Cornwall, and was buried on 26 Oct 1858 in Breage, Cornwall, aged 56 years.)
Marriage Notes
Richard Jennings of Breage, bachelor and Mary Benny of Breage, spinster, were married by Banns, H. Willyams, curate.
Witnesses: Edward Bawden & George Hebbard Jnr.
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Born: 10 May 1812, Sithney, Cornwall
Christened: 31 May 1812, Sithney, Cornwall ID. 1611992
Parents: “John BENNY* of Breage” * 1777-1863 and Mary PATTIN* 1777-1859 ,
1835 March 28 Richard married Martha PASCOE * 1809-1882, probably daughter of John PASCO (14/2) and Mary ELLIS (14/3), in Sithney, Cornwall. ID. 347264
Married by Bann
Witnesses: Samuel Polglase & Thomas Russell (presiding)
Sources: Sithney Parish Register transcripts; Cornwall OPC; England Census records
Buried: 17 Jul 1845, Sithney, Cornwall aged 33 ID. 569644
Research Notes:
1841 England Census (surname spelt Benney):
Age given: 25 years
Birthplace given: Cornwall
Dwelling: Colvory?, Breage, Cornwall
Occupation: Copper Miner
Present were wife Martha (25), daughters Maryann (4), Martha (2)
Children:
1837 August 6 Baptism of Mary Ann BENNY in Breage, Cornwall. Residence: Trequean in Breage. IGI Batch P01554-1 England-ODM film 254177; CPR ID 1077190
Mary Ann BENNY married William BULLEN 29 Jul 1860, Breage, Cornwall and died in 1891
1839 July 22 Baptism of Martha BENNY in Breage, Cornwall Residence: Trequean Breage
Batch P01554-1 England-ODM film 254177 CPR ID 1077507
Breage Church
1842 February 13 Birth: Susan Elizabeth BENNY* 1842-1883 (1/15) (AFN: 1BM6-G2B) Breage, Cornwall, England. Residence Colvarry, Cornwall Parish Record ID 1071123
(Married James JENNINGS on 5 Dec 1863, Breage, Cornwall)
1845 January 12 Baptism of Henry Pascoe BENNY in Breage Note that the mother’s name is recorded as Mary, father Richard as a miner Culvarry (sic) near relative?
Batch P01554-1 England-ODM film 254177 ID 1071641
(Henry married Sarah Ann TAYLOR during the 4th Quarter of 1867 in Plympton St. Mary, Devon, England)
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1809 April 9 Christening of Martha PASCOE* (Pasco) in Sithney, Cornwall. ID 119631
Parents: John PASCOE* c1766- (14/2) and Mary PASCOE* 1764- /Mary ELLIS*(14/3) 104088-2 England-EASy 1596227 ref 101 See Susan’s marriage certificate No. 3250
1835 1/3, 8/3, 15/3 Banns in Breage and Sithney, Cornwall,
1835 March 28 Marriage to Richard BENNY* 1812 - 1845 (1/30) in Sithney, Cornwall, England. Cornwall Parish Record ID 347264
Children: See Richard BENNY* 1812 - 1845
Richard BENNEY* was a tin miner in Cornwall from Breage.
Richard and Martha, Susan’s parent’s, residence at her birth – Colvarry (sic), Cornwall
1881 Census: Lived in Trewarvas Lane, Breage, Cornwall as a “worker in the fields”
Widow, birthplace Sithney
1882 September died I Trewarvas near Breage, September 30 Burial of Martha BENNY* in Breage aged 73, Martha had lived at Trewarvas near Breage ID 466792
Research Notes:
In 1851, Martha Benny (38) of Sithney, widow, was living & working as an agricultural labourer in Trewavas, Breage. With her were children Mary A. (13) and Henry (6), both born in Breage. Daughter Susan was staying with Richard's sister Ann Goodman in Church Town in Breage.
In 1861, Martha Benny (48) of Sithney, widow, was living & working as an agricultural labourer in Trewavas, Breage. Present were daughter Mary A. Bullen (23), miner's wife, son-in-law William Bullen (22) of Probus, tin miner, grandson Richard B. Bullen (4 months) of Breage.
In 1871, Martha Benny (61) of Sithney, widow, agricultural labourer, was staying with her daughter Mary A. Bullen and her family.
In 1881, Martha Benney (70) of Sithney, widow, was living in Trewavas Lane and working in the fields.
Martha died in 1882, aged 73 years
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