Wateringbury emigrants to Australia (19th century)

Post date: Feb 04, 2014 5:31:47 PM

This a series of posts from Australian newspapers around the family connections between Australia and Wateringbury in the 19th century.

It is believed that the first one referring to John Lang is a misprint for John Lamb. Julian Armstrong, a descendant of John Lamb, has kindly provided the attached word file which chronicles the story of the Lamb family's emigration from Wateringbury to Australia in 1838 (John) and William (1855). Further details on this site are at Wateringbury in debt (1838) which details the loan taken out by the parish to finance assistance to the Lamb family's emigration. Also see attached excel file to Resettlement orders (18th and 19th centuries)

for details of a resettlement order of July 1812 ordering that John Lamb be resettled from Barming to Wateringbury with his wife and 3 children.

Personal ad in The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser of 21 November 1855

SHOULD this meet the eye of JOHN

LANG, from Wateringbury, Kent, and

now supposed to be at Picton or Penrith, his

brother William would be glad to receive a com-

munication, addressed to him, care of Mr. W.

Parsons, Saddler, East Maitland. 6574

Advert in the Sydney Morning Herald, 19 December 1861.

MR. WILLIAM LAMB, Wateringbury, Kent,--You

are requested to communicate with your BROTHER,

there is news of importance for you, Address THOMAS.

DARTNALL, Post Office, Great Western, Ararat,

Victoria.

Extract from The Argus (Melbourne ) 9 January 1869:

St. Kilda, by the Rev. J. Stanley Low, Thomas Houston, youngest son of John Sears, late of Wateringbury, Maidstone, Kent, to Clara, youngest daughter of the late Henry Palmer, Esq., Hobart Town, Tasmania.

Extract from South Australian Advertiser of 27 May 1884:

MARRIAGES.

ALLWORK-MALCOLM.-On the 23rd May, at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. S. Howard, Frank Allwork, of Parade,

Norwood,youngest son of Henry Allwork, Redhill House, Wateringbury, England, to Jeannie, eldest daughter of William Malcolm, Sunny Brae, Gawler West, South Australia.

No cards. London and Kent papers please copy.

Extract from the Launceston Examiner of 12 June 1899:

OBITUARY.

MR. JOHN SINCLAIR.

In the early hours of yesterday morning Mr. John Sinclair passed away,after a long illness, at the age of 13.

Born in the village of Wateringbury,near Maidstone, Kent, on August 14,1825, he migrated with his parents to Lancashire when 'three years old, his father having been appointed secretary

to the Bolton and Leighand Leigh and Kenyon railways, which junctioned with the Liverpool and Manchester at Kenyon, and has since been absorbed into the Mammoth London and North Western, together with the Bolton and Preston line, constructed afterwards, and of which Mr. P. Sinclair was also secretary. Deceased received his schooling at Little Bolton, and on the completion of his education took up clerical duties in his father's office, and was subsequently employed at J. Burd and Sons' wholesale print warehouse. He then entered the retail trade with Mr. Ed. Blane, of Deansgate, and subsequently commenced business with his brother Peter in Church-street, Paddington, London. Mr. Peter Sinclair died of typhoid, and John then entered the service of J. F. Rawson and Co.,London. Even at that early stage of his career he took a keen interest in social and religious questions, a feature which characterised him all through life.

Deceased came to Tasmania in 1855, under engagement to Dowling, Swain, and Co., and soon after took the position of bursar at Christ College. Subsequently deceased was bookkeeper to Mr. Geeo. Allen, and next purchased a Berlin wool shop in Charles-street. The latter venture not proving successful, Mr. Sinclair took charge of a State-school, and in that capacity lived

at Jericho, Tunbridge,and Breadalbane. Next Mr. Sinclair opened an agency in Launceston, and commenced a long connection with mining, having charge of the Eureka, subsequently amalgamated with the Little Wonder. He joined St. Paul's Church, and took a

great interest in Sunday-school work,being superintendent and churchwarden for years. For a time he was superintendent of St. John's School,and always worked hard in the interest of the young. He promoted the welfare of the Mechanics' Institute, assisted in the formation of a discussion class, the parent of local debating societies, and also an elocution class. For 25 years deceased conducted service for the old men of the Benevolent Asylum,and with many other good works has his name been associated, specially for the benefit of sailor apprentices. He was secretary to the West Tamar Road Trust and the local Oddfellows, Manchester Unity. Mr. Sinclair's death will be widely deplored. The funeral will leave his late residence, 19 Brisbane-street, at 4 p.m. to-morrow.

Extract from Sydney Morning Herald of 30 January 1930.

OBITUARY.

MR. CHARLES COWDERY.

Mr. Charles Cowdery, who died at his residence, at Chatswood, on Saturday last, in his 85th year, was born at Wateringbury,

Kent, England. In 1867 he decided to come to Sydney to join his brother, the late Mr George Cowdery, at one time engineer-in-chief for existing railway lines. Mr Cowdery sailed by the Black Ball liner Landsborough which took 106 days to make the passage. At that time the northern railway line was being extended beyond Singleton, and for some time he served with Messrs Larkin and Wakeford on the construction of the line to Muswellbrook. Shortly afterwards he went to Hill End, and incidentally saw Holterrman's famous nugget brought to the surface. On the goldfields he made a complete survey, laying down a small base line and connecting up to the Government trigonometrical stations by triangulation. In 1873 Mr Cowdery returned to England,

and in September 1874, married Eliza, daughter of John Nash, secretary to the Great Western Railway Co. In 1886 he returned to

Sydney with his wife and children and was shortly again engaged in railway work, engineering the construction of the Rosehill,

Warwick Farm, and Oakey Park railways, and several sections of the duplication of the main suburban railway to Homebush. For about 10 years he was engineer for tramway construction in Christchurch and Wanganui (NZ), and later, for about two years in Brisbane. He was a member of the Chatswood Bowling Club.

He is survived by Mrs Cowdery, three sons-Messrs C E Cowdery (ofPerpetual Trustee Co), J P Cowdery, of Newcastle, and A G Cowdery, surveyor, Lismoro-and two daughters, Miss G Mabel Cowdery, and Mrs Silas Dickson, of Christ church (N Z )

The funeral took place at Northern Suburbs Cemetery on Sunday the Rev C E Adams officiating.

Among those attending at the graveside were Messrs C E and J P Cowdery (sons), Ross Cowdery (grandson),G R, E H, and C S Cowdery (nephews), Geoffrey and David Cowdery (grandnephews), P Cureton and D F Roberts (Perpetual Trustee Company, Ltd ), W P Maschwitz and J Randall Carey (Killara Golf Club), W. A. Stewart, Gilmour, Fordham, and Allman.