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Title: Just starting
Post by: Jayfil on Friday 27 March 09 02:05 GMT (UK)
i am just starting my family tree. i have traced family back to the first Filcock in Australia Elijah Filcock b1818 in Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England. Married Eliza Brundrett 6 January 1840. Any help would be great

Jason
Title: Re: Just starting
Post by: trish1120 on Friday 27 March 09 02:38 GMT (UK)

Welcome to Rootschat Jason ;D

Everyone is very helpfull here . Firstly when did Elijah and Eliza arrive in Australia? . This will help anyone finding them on Censuses.

Have you purchased Marriage Cert? This will identify parents of them.
Although you have marriage date it was not reg. til March

From www.freebmd.org.uk


Elijah Filcock
March 1840
Stoke on Trent
17 159
On same page is Eliza Brundett


Also someone else is researching this family from Australia ;D

I will let you find it for yourself as it is more exciting ;) they have another generation back on both sides and siblings of Elijah;

Google,   filcock genealogy + staffordshire

It is a posting on Rootsweb you are looking for.

Cheers,
trish
Title: Re: Just starting
Post by: trish1120 on Friday 27 March 09 02:47 GMT (UK)
The info from above postng has them arriving Australia 1856.

If so someone will be able to find them 1841/1851 census ;D. Sorry I have no access at present to census details.

Trish

EDIT; have checked out all info on posting and traced info on Familysearch.
Elijah is down as baptised 28 April, 1811, Hanley., parents George and Elizabeth ORME
Title: Re: Just starting
Post by: Jayfil on Friday 27 March 09 03:24 GMT (UK)
Thank you Trish i have not found Elizabeth's Maiden Name Before so a great start already. Looks like the other information you have found is correct. I have a lot of records at the  moment but only back to Elijah onward in Australia only not back to England
Title: Re: Just starting
Post by: Ruskie on Friday 27 March 09 04:35 GMT (UK)
1851
Hill St
Stoke upon Trent
Joseph Brundrete head widr 69 G...e Bailiff at colliery b Staffs Wolstanton
Eliza daur mar 28 b Hanley
Joseph gr son 6 b Staffs Shelton
Harry gr son 4 b Staffs Shelton
HO107/2005/88/19

No sign of Elijah ....  :-\
Title: Re: Just starting
Post by: trish1120 on Friday 27 March 09 04:42 GMT (UK)
Ok,
So we have George Filcock ,, baptised 12 May 1776, Gawsworth, Cheshire, parents Peter and Sarah .

If you click on the batch there appear to be no other children born to them there .

Then checked for marriage for a Peter  1776 +/- 10yrs, and come up with;

Peter FILLcock to Sarah DEACON, 5 Sept. 1769, Astbury, Cheshire ( extracted record) this looks likely ;)

So we have Peter and Sarah, son George  marries Elizabeth Orme, and their son Elijah marries Eliza Burdett and off to the Australia 1856ish


Trish
Hi RUSKIE ;D

Great afternoons work by all :)
Title: Re: Just starting
Post by: PrueM on Friday 27 March 09 05:23 GMT (UK)
I have found their immigration details on the PROV website:
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23

FILLCOCK - on the Royal Charter, April 1856 into Port Phillip:
Elijah, 45 yrs
Eliza, 43 yrs
Joseph, 11 yrs
Henry, 8 yrs.

Hope that helps  :D

Prue
Title: Re: Just starting
Post by: Ruskie on Saturday 28 March 09 08:14 GMT (UK)
On my searches I noticed a lot of Filcocks in Cheshire .... they probably all connect up with your Filcocks Jason.

(PS. Hi Trish  :D)
Title: Re: Just starting
Post by: Jayfil on Thursday 02 April 09 04:36 BST (UK)
thanks to all that are passing on some very usefull information i have now found some old family photos so things are going along quickly

Jason
Title: Re: Just starting
Post by: StarBlueUK on Monday 13 April 09 00:20 BST (UK)
Hi there,

I am also a descendant of the Filcocks and have some information which may be of use to you, would be interested in hearing more about what you've discovered! From my research I know that Elijah is the son of George Filcock and Elizabeth Orme. Other brothers and sisters include:

Elizabeth, Hannah, George, Peter and Sarah.

George Filcock was the son of Peter Filcock and Sarah Deakin who married on September 5, 1769 in Astbury Church, Cheshire.

Hope this helps,

Sam
Title: Re: Just starting
Post by: Jayfil on Monday 13 April 09 02:06 BST (UK)
Thank for that information. i have information from Elijah son of Peter on ward in Australia. I also have some photos i have not yet scanned. so if anyone knows of anyone before Peter that is where i am stuck i have found a Filcock Married in about 1811 dont find how it connects

Jason