| Notes |
- BOOKPAGE: Page 73, Level 10
-----------------------------------------------------
Perhaps the easiest way to understand this very large family is, first, through the offspring
of John, all of them generation nine. Readers will note a large Australian branch. Almost half of this
line now has roots in that country. It all began with the emigration of three cousins – Mark (1813 -
1899), son of Joshua, who went to Moyston in the State of Victoria in 1852; William (1832 - 1916), son
of Thomas, who settled in Encounter Bay, South Australia in 1855; followed by Ben (1835 - 1889), son
of George, who made his home first in Millicent, South Australia in the late 1850s. They were later
followed by two nephews, Albert (1852 - 1915), who settled in Victor Harbor, South Australia in 1876
and George Alfred (1860 - 1897), a younger brother of Albert, who went to live in Koolunga.
A little is known of these early settlers. Fisher (1838 - 1897), the eldest, adopted son of
Mark, worked first as an engine-driver for a number of mines in the Moyston area. He then went to
Glenthomson as the innkeeper, finally settling in Ararat as proprietor of the Shire Hall Hotel. He was
best known in the area, however, as an ardent cricketer, playing in early matches with the All- England Eleven.
-----------------------------------------------------
A second baptism is recorded for Mark in Bradfield but don't know which church
-----------------------------------------------------
Occupation at marriage:- Miller
Address at marriage:- Brown Hill
-----------------------------------------------------
Census 1841
Source:- HO107/1277, Book 2, Folio 58, Page 23
Address:- Hillhouse, Cartworth
Age:- 25
Occupation:- Woollen Weaver
Born in Yorkshire:- Yes
-----------------------------------------------------
Census 1851
Source:- HO107/2292, Folio 403, Page 9, Schedule 34
Address:- Hillhouse, Cartworth
Age:- 37
Occupation:- Hand Loom Weaver (Wool)
Place of Birth:- Yorks, Bradfield
-----------------------------------------------------
Mark, his wife Ann (Nancy) & son Fisher emigrated to Australia onboard the ship “Ann Thompson”,
departing from Liverpool and arriving in Geelong, Victoria on the 25 December 1852
|
Our Haigh & Gurden Family
1813 - 1899 (86 years)
