POTTED SUMMARY (ctd) OF THE FAMILY OFWilliam HEASMAN (however spelled) &
Jane Elizabeth AYLMOREPART 3(
Rachel continued)
*Rachel CAMERON (birthplace not listed) married William PARKIN (born Sunderland) 1876 #1532
Children of Rachel and William were:
*Ann Amelia PARKIN b 'EHIL' 1879
Ann Amelia PARKIN & Jno Wm Geo QUICK had Geo Alymore (sic) QUICK 1903, Melbourne South; Ada Mary QUICK 1913, Richmond; also (from deaths) John William QUICK d 1974 age 74, David Leslie QUICK d 1978 age 63
-QUICK Ann Amelia, father Parkin William, mother Rachel HEASEMAN (sic), died age 77, at Melbourne, 1956, #11302
*(twin) Edith PARKIN at 'EMERALD' 1881; she m Westgarth Charles Walker MUIR 1909; Westgarth d 1944 age 65 (he went to WW1). Edith & Westgarth had Alan Cameron MUIR b 1913 S Melb, Archie Westgarth MUIR b 1914 S Melb
-MUIR Edith, father Parkin William, mother Rachel HEIZMAN (sic), died age 73, at FITZ, 1956, #7892
*(twin) William John PARKIN at 'EMERALD' 1881 (may have gone to Boer War?)
*Charles Leslie PARKIN at Albert Park 1893 (
note: long gap since previous children); he m Lillian CALDWELL 1920 Vic #14167
- Charles Leslie PARKIN d 1973 Sydney (had wife Lillian, one son)
*Rachel PARKIN, father Heasman Wm (that's how it appears in the index), mother Jane Eliz AYLMORE, died age 89, 1938, at Kew, Vic #7729
Note: See Post #14 on Page 1 for further information about Rachel's children and grandchildren.
7. Amelia, b 18 Mar, bap 6 Jun 1851, St Peters CE, Melbourne Vic #27008
Amelia HEASMAN 17 (sic) ( b Melb) m James BRADLEY 38 (b Derbyshire, widower with 5 children) Fitzroy Vic, Sept 1871, #3546 (see post #236 for cert.).
Note: Amelia's marriage was with the written consent of her mother, her father being dead. Witnesses Peder ANDERSON & J E ANDERSON (see note E below).
Notes:
A. More details than are in this summary are in the thread itself.
B. William HEASMAN of the Palmer St Hotel, Woolloomooloo, was declared bankrupt in 1855 in NSW; accused with two others (Ebenezer
BRANSGROVE - see below - & Frederick Alfred POOLE) of fraudently removing, and hiding, possessions from the hotel before his insolvency was formalized. The police were subsequently unable to locate William. BRANSGROVE & POOLE were tried (Mrs J EASTMAN was a witness for the prisoners) and convicted in June 1855. A month later the convictions were quashed.
Jane Elizabeth (AYLMORE) HEASMAN wrote a letter (undated) asking the creditors to return her children's clothes (see post #141, page 10).
Stated in the petition for admission of the HEASMAN children in Oct 1856, that William HEASMAN had died 16 months earlier. At Amelia HEASMAN's marriage in 1871, it is stated that her father is dead.
C. Index to Orphan Schools.
www.records.nsw.gov.au (online indexes)
Date of Petition 18 Oct 1856
Requests admission into the Orphan School of:
William HEASMAN 9
Ann HEASMAN 8
Rachel HEASMAN 6
Amelia HEASMAN 5
Parents William (dead?) and Jane Heasman (who had been supporting them by her own efforts but no longer able to do so due to infirmity).
William and Amelia were rejected (Schools overcrowded) but Ann and Rachel were admitted.
They were released into the care of their sister, Mrs WILKINSON of Redfern, 19 April 1859.
D. The passenger list for the 'City of Sydney' (Melb to Syd) 1860 includes a W HEASMAN (see post #131, page 9)
E. (i)At the 1862 marriage of Annie (i.e. Ann Amelia) HEASMAN to MORININI (see Part 2), her father was listed as William HEASMAN dead, and mother as Jane HEASMAN now
BRANSGROVE ms AILMORE)
Ebenezer BRANSGROVE is in an 1859 Melbourne directory at 100 Latrobe St E; and E BRANSGROVE appears in 1865 at Victoria Pde east, Collingwood. Ebenezer BRANSGROVE, b London, clerk, arr free in Sydney 1855. Admitted to gaol (see B above) 15 Mar 1855, discharged 21 Jul 1855. Charged (as Benjamin) with theft, Sydney 1867, sentenced to 6 mths, admitted (as Ebenezer) 23 Apr 1867; transferred 9 May 1867 to Parramatta Asylum (criminal lunatic), died there 6 Nov 1868. Reg 1868/5912 (age given as ca 56).
(ii) 1869 #4625 Vic, Peter HENDERSON (sic) b Norway married
Jane Elizabeth HEANNAN (sic) b London (for details of certificate see Post #297 on Page 20 - Jane Elizabeth ms AYLMORE says her first husband William died in 1867).
(iii) April 1870, a
George HEASMAN d in Emerald Hill (i.e. South Melbourne) Vic, born Melbourne, parents William HEASMAN & Jane Elizabeth AYLMORE, 1870, age 4, #4125. Informant is Peder ANDERSEN (for details of cert see post #181, p 13).
Perhaps George might really be George BALLI, son of John BALLI & Mary Ann HEASMAN, b July 1865 Daylesford Vic?
(iv) March 1871, a child,
Elizabeth Ann ANDERSON, born in Fitzroy Vic to a Peter ANDERSON, 33, a Carpenter b Norway, & a Jane Elizabeth ANDERSON formerly HEASMAN maiden name AYLMORE, 41, b London.
Jane would really have been ca 52 by 1871.
(v) Sept 1871, at the marriage (with written consent of her mother) of Amelia HEASMAN (post #236 , p16) witnesses were Peter & JE ANDERSON.
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