A ten year mystery that needs solving.... - Page 2 - Genealogists' Forum

kiterunner · #11 10-09-14, 16:31

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Originally Posted by Langley Vale Sue

Do you know George's occupation?
I have found two listings for a George Burchill on the Victoria Assisted & Unassisted passenger lists on Ancestry. One is May 1854 and he is a blacksmith(?) aged 21 sailing from Liverpool. The other is aged 25 and a miner sailing in June 1858 aboard 'The Young America'.

ETA - Sorry these are listed as Birchall

He is a butcher on the 1851 census, same as his father and brother.

Shona · #12 10-09-14, 16:39

Great find, Mary.

kiterunner · #13 10-09-14, 16:46

Merry, is there an address to go with Jane Owen's photo? Maybe we can find her on the electoral rolls or something?

Merry · #14 10-09-14, 16:56

Most of the Burchills were butchers so it's quite likely that was George's occ in Australia.

Yes those are the right children for James - the seven year old boy who travelled with him with be his son, Joseph, from his previous marriage. (James's second marriage to Emily Freeman in 1864 was probably bigamous and his first wife is another of my mysteries which I may post about later!)

I always found it odd that the rumours about George's death were connected with his visiting Henry in London. All the rest of the family lived in and around Bristol so he should have been visiting them too!

kiterunner · #15 10-09-14, 16:58

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Originally Posted by Merry

Yes those are the right children for James - the seven year old boy who travelled with him with be his son, Joseph, from his previous marriage. (James's second marriage to Emily Freeman in 1864 was probably bigamous and his first wife is another of my mysteries which I may post about later!)

Yes, it is Joseph. I couldn't make out the name - it looked like Jno H or something, but ancestry has it transcribed as Joseph.

Merry · #16 10-09-14, 17:02

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Originally Posted by kiterunner

Merry, is there an address to go with Jane Owen's photo? Maybe we can find her on the electoral rolls or something?

I've not seen the photo myself, but I know I would have been told had it included an address. I don't know the rough age of the young (?) lady in the photo either.

It's quite possible E J(ane) Owen is nothing to do with George, but my Aussie cousin has spent decades researching the Burchills and she hasn't anyone else with that surname. She has never found a fitting marriage for him either.

Mary from Italy · #17 10-09-14, 17:08

There's a marriage in Tasmania for a George Birchall to a Mary in 1868, and some children born to a George and Mary Birchall after that. My Ancestry sub's expired, so I can't do much more than that at the moment.

Merry · #18 10-09-14, 17:14

Interesting, Mary! I don't have any sub that covers Australia

kiterunner · #19 10-09-14, 17:18

There's a George Birchall dying at Hobart in 1896 but it says on ancestry that he was 77.

There are lots of public trees on ancestry with the George Birchall who married Mary Johnson in 1868, but they all have different info about him. Some say born 1841, some 1822. And a lot of them give him a middle name of William.

Mary from Italy · #20 10-09-14, 18:07

This is the Tas archives entry for that George Birchall, giving his dob as 1841 but with no source for that date:

http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/me...ype=P&id=39241