Showing posts with label Dealing with Records. Show all posts
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Friday, 1 June 2018

Gravestones, Parish records, Newspapers and Wills

Combining Evidence - Confirming Thomas & Anna Jacka’s family

In Sithney Parish Church Graveyard there are four Jacka family headstones along the path to the front entrance.

Figure 1 Photographer Sandra Williamson, Jacka headstones along the front path of the Sithney Parish church, 2012, Sithney, Cornwall England [J103]
Thomas Jacka & his wife Anna, nee Moyses, are buried on the footpath leading from the road to the front door of the Sithney parish church. Their grave is flanked on both sides by 3 of their children’s gravestones; Eliza(died 1828), John(died 1879) and James(died 1881).
Figure 2 Photographer Sandra Williamson, Thomas & Anna Jacka’s headstone Sithney Parish church, 2012, Sithney, Cornwall England[J096]

Their headstone reads:
“ILMO Thomas JACKA died 9 Nov 1833, aged 73 years. Also Anna his wife died March 2nd, 1857 age 88 years. Reader! Learn ti live as thou wouldst wish to die.”


Thomas died in Lannor at the age of 73 and was buried in the Sithney Church grounds.[i] His death announcement, appeared a week later, in the newspaper as follows:-

“At Lannar, in Sithney, on Tuesday, Mr. Thomas Jacka, a respectable farmer, aged 73.” [ii]

Thomas’s will was written on the third May 1833, five months before he died.[iii]

There is a discrepancy in the regarding his actual death date,
·         Headstone he died on 9th November
·         Death notice published on the 16th November, which indicates he died before the 16th. [iv]
·         Probate records his death as the 18 November 1833.[v]  

His estate was settled five months after his death on the 4th April 1834. The only beneficiaries mentioned in his Will were his wife, Anna; his youngest son, James and his two remaining unwed daughters, Martha and Lucy.[vi] His other children were either married or had predeceased him and were not mentioned in his will

After Thomas’s death I have not been able to trace Anna's whereabouts through the 1841 census, however in 1851 she was living with her daughter Elizabeth (married name Watters) and her family.[vii]
1.       Thomas Watters, widow, aged 68, farmer of 56 acreas
2.       John Watters, head, aged 60, Foreman (Anna's son-in-law)
3.       Elizabeth Watters, wife, aged 53, Foreman wife (Anna's daughter)
4.       John Watters, son, aged 20, unmarried, Foreman son
5.       Thos Watters,  son, aged 18, unmarried, Foreman son
6.       James Watters,  son, aged 16, unmarried, Foreman son
7.       Henry Watters, son aged 14 , unmarried, Foreman son
8.       Elizabeth Watters, aged 11, unmarried, Foreman dau.
9.       Joseph Willey, aged 25, unmarried, Farmer Labourer
10.   Eliza Jacka, servant, aged 28, Farmer Servant (probably Anna's grand-niece daughter of her nephew William Jacka & Grace Hollow)
11.   Anna Jacka, Lodger, 82

Anna (88) died on 2 March 1857: 27 years after her husband Thomas.[viii],[ix] They are buried together in Sithney, Cornwall.[x]

Her death announcement, appeared later that week, in the newspaper as follows:-

“At Sithney, on Monday last, Mrs Anna Jacka, aged 88”.[xi]

Anna’s will was written on the 24th February 1854, three years before her death. Her estate was finalized on 16th May 1857, a year after her death. All of her children except Eliza Jacca, who predeceased her, are mentioned in her will.

While researching this family, I have identified some confusion about the number of children borne by Anna. Some of this confusion may have existed due to similar names. 

To confirm the children’s identities I have examined Thomas’s Will, Anna’s Will and the Sithney Parish Registers and developed the table below having identified nine children.

Child’s Name at baptism
Sithney Parish Register, Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1737-1812.[xii]
Father’s Will
1834[xiii]
(child mentioned)
Date of Marriage of Children
Before father died
After father died
Mother’s Will
1857[xiv]
(child mentioned)
Thomas Jacca
Year 1791, page 70, entry 28
No.
Married Elisabeth Sincock on Sithney on 5 December 1816 in Sithney, Cornwall. [xv]
"the widow of my son Thomas Jacka late of Torleaven in the parish of Sithney aforesaid, shopkeeper deceased"
Anna Jacca
Year 1793, Page 73, entry 35
No.
Married John Stephens (of Mangan) on the 26 December 1821, Sithney, Cornwall. [xvi]
"my daughter Hannah the wife of the said John Stephens"
John Jacca
Year 1795, page 77, entry 46
No.
Married Jane Knight 18 November 1828, Sithney, Cornwall, after banns were read. [xvii],[xviii]
"my son John Jacka of the parish of Grade Farmer "
Elizabeth Jacca
Year 1798, page 81, entry 22
No.
Married John Waters (of Breage), Cornwall, 12 November 1829, Sithney, Cornwall, after banns were read [xix],[xx]
"my daughter Elizabeth the wife of John Watters of Torleaven"
Ann Jacca
Circa 1800 no entry located in the parish register
No.
Married William Harry (of Redruth) 28 September 1828, Sithney, Cornwall. [xxi]
"my daughter Ann the wife of William Harry of Redruth in the said county plasterer"
Eliza Jacca 
Year 1803, page 90, entry 31
No.

Died 1 March 1828, aged 25.
Buried on 4 March 1828.[xxii]
Headstone next to parents.
No.
James Jacka
Year 1806, page 95, entry 21
Son James Jacka
Married Mary Lobb 26 April 1835, Sithney, Cornwall by licence. [xxiii]
"my son James Jacka of Lanner aforeseaid Farmer"
Martha Jacka
Year 1807, page 98, entry 33
Daughter Martha Jacka
Married William Jose, farmer from Million, on 12 December 1839, Sithney, Cornwall. [xxiv]
"my daughter Martha the wife of William Jose"
Lucy Jacca
Year 1810, page 103, entry 48
Daughter Lucy Jacka
Married James White a miner residing in Porthleven on 10 October 1837 Sithney, Cornwall. [xxv], [xxvi]
“my daughter Lucy the wife of James White of the Parish of Perran in the County of Cornwall"
Research Note:- Spelling of the Jacka surname changes from Jacca in 1791 to Jacka in 1906 back to Jacca in 1910.

Post updated 4 June 2018 thanks to feedback via email from Paula Ardern 3 June 2018..

Wiki Tree Link to The_Wills_of_Thomas_Jacka_and_Anna_Jacka_nee_Moyse

Sources



[i] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 30 May 2018), Burial of Thomas Jacka, buried 15 November 1833, Sithney Church Register; Sithney Church Register, Burials, 1813-1850, Cornwall Records Office, Truro. Year 1833, page  88, entry 702. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RFB-Q2D9?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-DP8%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C138680301  (image 47 of 206)
[ii] "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries," The Cornwall Royal Gazette, Falmouth Packet and Plymouth Journal, November 16, 1833; Issue 1576; digital images, British Newspapers 1600-1950 (accessed 22 Feb 2016), 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II. 
[iii] AP/J/2427 Will of Thomas Jacka Yeoman, of Sithney 1834. Cornwall Records Offfice, Turo
[iv] "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries," The Cornwall Royal Gazette, Falmouth Packet and Plymouth Journal, November 16, 1833; Issue 1576; digital images, British Newspapers 1600-1950 (accessed 22 Feb 2016), 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II. 
[v] Photographer Sandra Williamson, Thomas & Anna Jacka’s headstone Sithney Parish church, 2012, Sithney, Cornwall England.
[vi] AP/J/2427 Will of Thomas Jacka Yeoman, of Sithney 1834. Cornwall Records Office, Truro
[vii] 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census HO107/1912/19/6
[viii] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 30 May 2018), Burial of Hanna Jacka, buried 6 March 1857, Sitney Parish Register; Sitney Parish Registers, Burials, 1851-1895, Cornwall Records Office, Truro.  Year 1857, page  31, entry 243; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RFB-Q24S?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-DPX%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C140761701 (image image 20 of 105)
[ix] "Deaths," Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal, 6 March 1857, p. 5, col. 6; digital images(accessed 30 May 2018). 
[x] Photographer Sandra Williamson, Thomas & Anna Jacka’s headstone Sithney Parish church, 2012, Sithney, Cornwall England.
[xi] "Deaths," Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal, 6 March 1857, p. 5, col. 6; digital images(accessed 30 May 2018). 
[xii] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 25 May 2018), Cornwall Records Office, Truro
[xiii] AP/J/2427 Will of Thomas Jacka Yeoman, of Sithney 1834. Cornwall Records Office, Truro
[xiv] SO/W/581 Will of Ann Jacka of Sithney, widow 1857. Cornwall Records Offfice, Turo, England
[xv] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 25 May 2018), Marriage of Thomas Jacka & Elisabeth Sincock, married 16 December 1816 Sithney Church Register; Sithney Church Register, Marriages, 1813-1837, Cornwall Records Office, Truro. Year 1816, page  28, entry 82. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-65X9-CZ1?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-3YX%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C138136501  (image 17 of 183)
[xvi] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 May 2018), Marriage of John Stephens & Anna Jacka, married 26 December 1821, Sithney Parish Church;  Sithney Parish Church, Marriages, 1813-1837, Cornwall Records Office, Truro. Year 1821, page  54, entry 161; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRFB-SXZS?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-3YX%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C138136501  (image 121 of 183)
[xvii] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 May 2018), Mariage Banns read for of John Jacka & Jane Knight, 2, 9, & 16 November 1828, Sithney Parish Register; Sithney Parish Register, Marriage banns, 1824-1856 (vol 13), Cornwall Records Office, Truro. Year 1828, page  68, unnumbered entry  on top of page; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTTT-RG?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-T3X%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C1582898402  (image 37 of 199)
[xviii] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 May 2018), Marriage of John Jacka & Jane Knight, 18 November 1828, Sithney Parish Register; Sithney Parish Registers, Marriages, 1813-1837, Cornwall Records Office, Truro. Year 1828, page 107, entry  319; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-65X9-F39?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-3YX%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C138136501  (image 56 of 183)
[xix] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 May 2018), Banns of Marriage for John Waters & Elizabeth Jacka, read on the 25 October, 1 & 8 November 1829, Breage Parish Register; Breage Parish Registers, Marriage banns, 1823-1840, Cornwall Records Office, Truro. Page  140, unnumberd entry last on the page; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SRQ-SVJ?cc=1769414&wc=3CB4-C66%3A138123201%2C138287901%2C138320901  (image 73 of 202)
[xx] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 May 2018), Marriage of John Watters & Elisabeth Jacka, married 12 November 1829, Sithney Parish Register; Sithney Parish Registers, Marriages, 1813-1837, Cornwall Records Office, Truro. Page  114, entry  341; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-65X9-Z43?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-3YX%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C138136501  (Image 60 of 183)
[xxi] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 25 May 2018), Marriage Banns for William Harry of Redruth & Ann Jacka of Sithney read on 10, 17 & 24 of August 1828, Sithney Parish Register; Sithney Parish Registers, Marriage banns, 1824-1856 (vol 13), Cornwall Records Office, Truro.  Year 1828, page 62, unnumbered entry, last on page; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTTL-J4?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-T3X%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C1582898402  (image 34 of 199)
[xxii] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 May 2018), Burial of Eliza Jacka, buried 4 March 1828, Sithney Church Register; Sithney Church Registers, Burials, 1813-1850, Cornwall Records Office, Truro. Year 1828, page  57, entry  449; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RFB-QKC5?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-DP8%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C138680301  (image 31 of 206)
[xxiii] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 May 2018), Marriage of James Jacka & Mary Lobb, married 26 April 1835, Sithney Parish Register; Sithney Parish Register, Marriages, 1813-1837, Cornwall Records Office, Truro. Page  157, entry  470; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RFB-7Q3N?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-3YX%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C138136501  (image 174 of 183)
[xxiv] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 May 2018), Marriage of William Jose & Martha Jacka, 12 December 1839, Sithney Parish Register; Sithney Parish Registers, Marriages, 1837-1862, Cornwall Records Office, Truro. Page  39, Entry  78; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RFB-73NG?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-3Y6%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C140778601  (image 42 of 508)
[xxv] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 May 2018), Marriage Banns for James White and Lucy Jacka, read  24 September, 1st &  8th October 1837, Sithney Parish Register;  Sithney Parish Registers, Marriage banns, 1824-1856 (vol 13), Cornwall Records Office, Truro. Year 1837, page 189, last entry on page; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTTP-3M?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-T3X%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C1582898402  (image 97 of 199)
[xxvi] Cornwall Record Office, Truro, Cornwall, England., "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," images database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 May 2018), Marriage of James White and Lucy Jacka, married 10 October  1837, Sithney Parish Reigster; Sithney Parish Reigster, Marriages, 1837-1862, Cornwall Records Office, Truro. Year 1837, page  4, entry 8; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RFB-73GV?cc=1769414&wc=3CBW-3Y6%3A138123201%2C140750301%2C140778601  (image 6 of 508)

Saturday, 26 January 2013

2013 Australia Day Challenge - Finding Martha Sarah Ellis

Today I was going to join Helen’s  2013 Australia Day Challenge  and tell the story of my first Australian ancestor - Thomas Crump who arrived in Australia in Botany Bay in 1842 on the "Marquis of Hasting”. But true to Myrt’s wise description of the pinball approach to genealogical research I soon ricocheted off into a different direction. 

The only thing that I can say in my defence is that since diverging I managed to pull my self back on tract albeit it a different track!! So I am still joining the Challenge but instead of discussing my first arrival I have to talk about my most recent find, and just so you know I'm trying to remain calm and focused now that I've found myself in new territory.


So you ask what’s all the fuss about? It’s about my great grandmother Martha Sarah Ellis, born in 1870 in Camberwell, England, I think I may be on the way to locating her arriving into Australia, today I think I may have made a break though, how appropriate given that it’s Australia day.


Recently I had lunch with my 3rd cousin, Yvonne, she had a found reference while doing research in Queensland to both Martha and her sister Kate Ellen Ellis coming out to Australia. She had told me ages ago but I had never been able to duplicate the research so I hadn’t taken much notice but over lunch she showed a scanned copy of her source the indexed cards that she was using as the basis of her assertion. OK I know it’s not the original shipping records but it’s a little more solid than a vague rumour.


That gave me an idea perhaps I should search the newspapers not for Martha Sarah Ellis but for reports on the ship coming to Australia, perhaps there was something in the newspaper that would help unravel the mystery. To see what I found on TROVE and now I've made a list of the 14 newspaper articles called is  S.S. Nairnshire 1889 after the name of the ship.

1889 'Advertising.', The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), 16 September, p. 2, viewed 26 January, 2013, 
From what I can gather there was, on this particular voyage 48 unnamed servant girls on board under the watchful eye of Miss. Monk. The newspaper don’t reveal the girls names or if they were assisted passengers but there are indications that they may have been sponsored by the government as I found an advertisement in the newspaper asking for application for people wanting the services of these immigrants. I know the evidence isn't yet definitive but it’s given direction for the next steps, So now let me see…. I now need to ……  but then that would be the subject of a different post.....

Tuesday, 15 January 2013

The scandal of it all!!


For a long time I had assumed that Hezekiah had only married one wife whose name was Mary, the second marriage certainly wasn't mentioned on his death certificate which was filled out by his daughter, Rebecca, so one would have assumed that she would have known about her step mother – am I detecting some disapproval for his second marriage here?

The death certificate for Hezekiah’s first wife is filled out by a friend, which is consistent with Hezekiah not being able to write.  It is interesting to note that the certifying doctor for Mary (first wife) has the same surname as the woman that Hezekiah eventually marries.  Was there a connection between the doctor and the second wife – it boggles the mind but would perhaps explain why Rebecca didn't acknowledge the second marriage on her father’s death certificate.

Three years almost to the day Hezekiah remarries another Mary.  This marriage happens in a private residence, none of the family were witnesses …. Interesting.

In the intervening period between the marriage and his second wife dying it appears that Hezekiah's daughter Rebecca moves away so when the second wife dies it is his grandson not his daughter or son-in-law who helps fill out the paperwork.  It would also seem that Hezekiah moves to live with his daughter in Clifton Hill before he dies.

It looks like I will be hitting the electoral rolls to find out where everyone was during these years perhaps Mary Malcolm is living with her son the doctor (?) in main street Chewton in 1876/1877.  I haven’t managed to find any in the newspapers at TROVE either, any mention of any of these events.

If only the walls could talk..........

Source Documents

Death Certificate Mary Bennetts
Transcription of Marriage certificate (#2051 yr 1878)
When and where died – 15th August 1875, Mont Street, Borough Chewton, County Talbot
Name & Profession – Mary Bennetts
Sex & Age – Female, 70 years
Cause – Old age, worn out, not known for how long, last seen by Dr. J.B.Malcolm on 5th August 1878
Parents – Thomas Nance Farmer, Rebecca Nance M.N not known
Informant – Philip Hitting, Friend, Chewton
Signature of registrar, date & where registered – James R Nicks, 15 August 1878,Chewton
Burial –18th August 1879, Chewton Cemetery, K.  Dennis
Name of minister & witnesses – J. Carey, Wesleyan Minister, Joshua Jacka, R. Pollard
Where and how long in the colonies – Perranzubla, Cornwall, England, 22 years in Victoria
Married where, at what age and to whom  - Perranzubla, Cornwall, England, age not known, Hezekiah Bennetts.
Children names in order of birth & age – Mary Jane died,  ?? 36, Mary Jane died, Rebecca 29, Mary Ann 26

Marriage Certificate of Hezekiah Bennetts & Mary Bullus
Transcription of Marriage certificate (#4877, 1878)
Schedule D
1878 Marriages solemnized in the District of Castlemaine in the Colony of Victoria
When and where married – The fourteenth day of November 1878, St Simple home, 6 Bant St, Chewton
Groom – Hezekial Bennetts, widower 16th August 1818 Children 2 living, 4 dead Birthplace  Perron, Cornwall, England, Profession Quartz miner, age 60, residence Mount Street, Chewton, Parents Philip Bennetts, farmer  and Nancy Bennetts maiden name unknown
Bride – Mary Malcolm Bullus, widow 21st May 1814 Children 4 living, 2 dead, birthplace ??, ???, Scotland, Rank – Lady, age 66, Residence Main Street, Chewton, Parents David Malcolm, profession ??  Mary Malcolm, maiden name unknown.
I George Hollinghorn, being a Congregational minister do hereby certify, that I have this day, at the Bridegroom’s house, Mount Street, Chewton duly celebrated the marriage between Hezekiah Bennetts Quartz miner of Chewton and Mary Malcolm Bulls of Chewton after Notice and Declaration duly made and published, as by law required.  Dated the fourteenth day of November 1878. 
Marriage by License, was solemnized between us according to the Rites of the Congregational Church Hezekiah Bennetts X his mark, Mary Malcolm Bullus X her mark. Witnesses George Denin’s, ?? Hocking.
  
Death Certificate Mary Bennetts (second wife)
Transcription of death certificate (#1082 yr 1895)
When and where died – March 22nd 1895, Shields Street, Borough of Chewton, county Talbot
Name & Profession Mary Bennetts, Domestic
Sex & Age – Female, 87 years
Cause –  Old Age Debility for Years, Dr Wolley last seen 12 January 1895
Parents – particulars unknown
Informant -  Edwin Knight Jacka, stepgrandson, Chewton
Signature of registrar, date & where registered – Eliza Johnson, March 28th 1895, Chewton, Victoria
Burial – March 24th 1895, Chewton Cemetery, Undertaker Thomas Odyess
Name of minister & witnesses - Thomas Odyess, Weslyan, John Lamb, Henry Dyers
Where and how long in the colonies – Paisley, Scotland, 40yrs in Victoria
Married where, at what age and to whom  - Chewton, Victoria, aged 72 to Hezekiah Bennetts
Children names in order of birth & age - Nil
  
Death Certificate Hezekiah Bennetts
Transcription of death certificate (#1198, yr1900)
Deaths in the District of Clifton Hill in the Colony of Victoria
When and where died - 26 January 1900, Parslow Street, Clifton Hill, City of Collingwood, County of Bourke
Name & Profession - Hezekiah Bennetts, miner
Sex & Age - Male 82 years
Cause – Arthemia(?) 3 months, Dr. F. Laylar Downie last seen 18 January 1900
Parents - William Bennetts, Miner & Nancy Unknown
Informant - Rebecca Jacka, Daughter, 4 Parslow St, Clifton Hill
Signature of registrar, date & where registered - Mary Brookes, 27 January 1900, clifton Hill
Burial - 28 January 1900, Melbourne Cemetery, Undertaker - ?. Fergurson
Name of minister & witnesses -Gill. G,G.A.G. Clowes, James Arehitala
Where and how long in the colonies - Cornwall, England about 45 years Victoria
Married where, at what age and to whom  - Cornwall, England, about 21 years, Mary Nance
Children names in order of birth & age - Mary Jane - dead; Mary dead, Rebecca 50 Mary ann dead