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Title: Thomas MAWBEY in Victoria - 1840s
Post by: Philcandy on Saturday 19 February 11 11:19 GMT (UK)

Dear rootschatters

I have been hugely helped recently with a lot of information about Henry MAWBEY and William MAWBEY - both in Victoria in the 1840s.

I have now found references to another person with the same surname - Thomas MAWBEY - who was assigned to undertake Jury Service for the Supreme Court on Tuesday 20 Aug 1844.  It also appears that he and his wife Mary baptised a son name Thomas on 08 Feb 1846 and William on 26 Sep 1847, both at St James's old church in Melbourne.

Can anyone identify what became of Thomas and Mary, or where they may have come from?

Any help would be gratefully received.

Many thanks

Philip Candy

Title: Re: Thomas MAWBEY in Victoria - 1840s
Post by: ~MERLIN~ on Saturday 19 February 11 11:27 GMT (UK)

And a daughter:

MAWBEY Frances b. 1852 MELBOURNE #27707
Father: Thomas
Mother: Mary
Denomination: Church of England
Parish: ST PETERS, MELBOURNE
Fiche: 407

Title: Re: Thomas MAWBEY in Victoria - 1840s
Post by: cando on Saturday 19 February 11 13:20 GMT (UK)

Most of the records have the surname as MAWBY - no E.

I wonder if this is Thomas's death. 

MAWBY Thomas
Father Kester Woodwood  Mother Ann Hales JOHNSTON
88 years  At Prahran  1886  Reg#6981

and perhaps his wife

MAWBY Mary
Father Heayles William  Mother Mary JOHNSON
67 years  Born NORT [?Northamptonshire]  1878  Reg#2984

From IGI - extracted parish record
MABEY Thomas
Baptism  3 Jun 1805  Loughton, Buckingham, England         
Father Kester MABEY Mother Kitty

Marriage
MAWBY Thomas
EALES Mary   
13 Aug 1828   Loughton, Buckingham, England

1841 Census   HO107/57/14/6/7
Living at Laughton, Buckinghamshire
MAWBY Thomas  30 years  Carpenter  Born county
MAWBY Mary  30 year  Born county
MAWBY Elizabeth  12 years  Born county
MAWBY Susannah  10 years  Born county
MAWBY Charlotte  8 years  Born county
MAWBY Joseph  6 years  Born county
MAWBY George  4 years  Born county
MAWBY Mary 1 years  Born county

MAWBY Thomas and Mary
Arrival 22 Sep 1844
Place  Port Phillip District
Ship ABBERTON
No details of children.

Letters at GPO Melbourne
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0bxb/

Thomas's funeral notice
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0bxf/

Burial record at St Kilda Cemetery
MAWBY Thomas    88 years
Date of Service  28 Jun 1886      
Age    88    
Location Wesleyan, Monumental, Compartment C, Grave#516   

and in the same grave

MAWBY George  47 years
Date of service  23 Jul 1885

and

MAWBY Rosina   31 years
Date of service  19 Oct 1883

Deaths
MAWBY George
Father Thomas  Mother Mary HAILES
47 years at Prahran  1885  Reg#9942

MAWBY Rosina
Father Hurst Wm   Mother Rosina ASHINGTON
31 years at Prahran  1883  Reg#12177

and their marriage in Victoria

MAWBY George born Northampton
HIRST Rose born London
1879  Reg#2745

I notice there is a Joseph MAWBY who named one of his children Woodward - the 2nd given name of Thomas's father.  Perhaps Joseph and Thomas were brothers.

Cheers  :)
Cando

Title: Re: Thomas MAWBEY in Victoria - 1840s
Post by: Philcandy on Saturday 19 February 11 20:51 GMT (UK)

This is fantastic, thank you very much for this wonderful information.

I will enter all this into my data base, but it seems pretty certain that this is a different branch of the family from the others, who seem to have originated in or near Surrey.

Thanks for finding them hiding under the variant spelling of MAWBY!

Kind regards

Phil

Title: Re: Thomas MAWBEY in Victoria - 1840s
Post by: judb on Sunday 20 February 11 01:54 GMT (UK)

Phil,

NLA newspapers have 238 MAWBY references in Victoria (use the filter at the side)  including the funeral notices mentioned by Cando.  Some of the other refs are the same family and I think some of them may be your other family.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/search?adv=y

Worth a look!

Judith

Title: Re: Thomas MAWBEY in Victoria - 1840s
Post by: Philcandy on Sunday 20 February 11 19:50 GMT (UK)

Many thanks for this Judith. The National Library collection of scanned newspapers is a wonderful resource, and I have found it often adds colour and detail to the information available in official sources.

As you will have found, however, the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software doesn't see exactly what the human eye does, and so depending on the clarity of the original image, you sometimes need to search using a variety of search terms to identify the items you are seeking. Still, it's hugely satisfying to see an entry - especially an obituary or editorial article - appear on the screen.

Good luck with your research.

Kind regards

Phil Candy

Title: Re: Thomas MAWBEY in Victoria - 1840s
Post by: ozcornman on Monday 28 February 11 07:09 GMT (UK)

Hi Phil

I'm wondering if you are descended from Francis John CANDY b. 29 October 1850 Wootton GLS ENG. He married Frances SANDO, my 1st Cousin thrice removed in Melbourne in 1874.


Ciao


Denis

Title: Re: Thomas MAWBEY in Victoria - 1840s
Post by: Philcandy on Monday 28 February 11 07:13 GMT (UK)

Hello Denis

I am related to Francis John CANDY; he is my great grandfather.

I am descended from his youngest child - Edwin Carne CANDY - where the middle name CARNE came down through Fanny SANDO's father Joseph Carne SANDO.

Let me know if you need any further information.

Kind regards

Philip Candy