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Isabella ELSLEY* 1810-1869 Chart 1 No.17

Parents: William Dowse ELSLEY* c. 1777- married 1797

and Maria TOWNSEND* 1774-

(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 4^th 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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John Henry ADAMS* 1807-1859 Chart 1 No.18

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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Emma NORCUP* 1817- Chart 1 No.19

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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James ANDERSON* c1800 Chart 1 No.20

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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Agnes MANN* 1796-1898 Chart 1 No.21

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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William DOHERTY* Chart 1 No. 22

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 Chart 1 No.24

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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Hannah KENNY* 1812-1871 Chart 1 No.25

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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Thomas DOWD 1848 – 1913 Chart 38

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

Elizabeth BOWDEN

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

Margaret BROOKS 1850 - 1923

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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Edward GOODMAN* Chart 1 No.26

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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Mary FAHAN* 1810? - 1881? Chart 1 No.27

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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Ellen BERGIN* Chart 1 No. 23

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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Richard John JENNINGS* 1803-1858 Chart 1 No.28

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