my ancestors
Introduction:
my direct ancestors arrived in Australia as follows:
1796: Captain John
BRABYN aboard the
Marquis of Cornwallis in charge of a detachment of the NSW Corps, and his daughter Jennifer Ann BRABYN
1805: Peter Burnet French
MILLS serving under Captain Bligh
1820: James
GLARE convicted of theft of a 5 pound note, and transported to Tasmania, Australia on the “
Lady Ridley”
John Frederick LOWE/LOVE
1848: Abraham
BATTY and family emigrated on the “
Andromache“
1852: John Thomas
BAKER emigrated to Sth Australia on the barque ”
Sea Park”
historical note: Victoria's gold rush of the 1850's results in some 330,000 emigrating including 86,000 British in 1852 alone. Having separated from NSW in 1851, Victoria's population quickly outstripped that of NSW. Last convicts to Van Diemans land (Tasmania) arrive in 1853.
1854: James Ebenezer LITCHFIELD (aka William
BRILL) and his parents emigrated on the “
America” (? arrived 1853)
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1855: Thomas
HUTCHESSON, brothers and uncle emigrated to Sth Australia via the “
Almora”.
1855:
Robert LANE and his wife, Susannah
BLACKWOOD and his family on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the luxurious “
Shomberg” which was shipwrecked en route near
Petersborough, Victoria, resulting in loss of all their furniture.
1858: Henry
BEAN and his family in 1858 on the “
Trade Winds“
1862: Robert
AYTON in 1862 by assisted immigration on the ”
Black Swan” after his uncle Edward AYTON was transported as a convict in 1837
historical note: by the Victorian census in 1901, the population had risen to 1.2million, 80% of these were descendants of immigrants with the remaining 20% being immigrants - mainly from the British Isles. Indigenous peoples still not included in census. see
http://immigration.museum.vic.gov.au/origins/keydates.aspx?cid=7
my ancestors mainly came from the following places:
Norfolk, England - the AYTON's, LANE's, BLACKWOOD's
Suffolk, England - the BEAN's,
Cambridgeshire, England - the HUTCHESSON's and BRILL's (LITCHFIELD's)
W. Yorkshire, England - the BATTY's
Somerset, England - the BAKER's
Gloucester - the Staffords
Cornwall, England - the BRABYN's
Ireland - the MILLS
Switzerland - the GLEYRE's (via Middlesex, England as GLARE)
this map used with permission, courtesy of www.hotels-england.co.uk who own the copyright.
My parental ancestry:
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Robert Ernest AYTON (1874-1972) - born Longford, died Melbourne
a blacksmith who worked at the H.V.McKay harvester factory in Sunshine, Melbourne
Robert AYTON (1840-86) - born Norfolk, England, died in Longford, Tasmania
Robert Ayton at 22 came to Victoria on the “Solway” and to Tasmania on the “Black Swan” in 1862 with an Edward Ayton aged 23. Died suddenly in a paddock - an inquest found “visitation of God”.
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William AYTON (1807-87) - born, died in Norfolk
Mary WELLS (1808-87) - born, died in Norfolk
Maryanne Blackwood LANE (1843-1919, m. 1868) - born Norfolk, died Launceston, Tasmania
Robert LANE (1826-1904) - born Norfolk, England, died in Longford, Tasmania
Robert Lane, his wife Susannah and 6 children came to Australia on the “Shomberg” 1855 “Aus in 60 days, with or without God's help”. In a calm at Petersborough, Victoria along the infamous “shipwreck coast”, it disintegrated on rocks, all had to be rescued. They were taken to Melbourne and to Tasmania on the “Ladybird” early 1856. Robert settled in Longford, where he and Susannah reared 11 children.
Susan BLACKWOOD (1825-1908 m. 1845) - born Norfolk, England, emigrated with brothers James & Isaac, died in Longford, Tasmania
James BLACKWOOD (1800-49) - born, died in Norfolk
William BLACKWOOD (1777-?) (or was it Sir Henry BLACKWOOD - captain of a ship in Nelson's fleet & Harriet GORE m.1820 Norfolk, Eng.)
Frances SHEARING (1781-1806)
Jane RINGWOOD (1796-?) - born, died in Norfolk
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older sister of Archibald Louis Bean who died in WWI - could he be related to Dr Charles Bean the official historian of WWI?
Reta GLARE (1926-)