George Wickham and Dolly Bailey

[Lucy2]

Back to the Obituary (1917) for George WICKHAM snr.  :

There are a couple of wee errors. 

*   born Kent 
[- actual birthplace was Wadhurst, Sussex.  Wikipedia says that Wadhurst was a market town in East Sussex, situated on the border of Kent and Sussex. ]

*  arrived in NZ (1874) with one son.   [The records show that 2 sons accompanied them. ]

 

[Lucy2]

WICKHAM - arrival in NZ :

[Two sources of info :  Petone Early Settlers database and a passenger list. ]

Petone d/base records that George WICKHAM of Sussex, was one of the immigrants selected by the Emigrant and Colonist Corporation (Vogel Immigration scheme).   He was aged 33, a navvy by occupation, his wife "Eliza" [sic] was aged 32, and their two sons were aged 10 and 8 years :

They departed London, 29 January 1874 on the ship "Golden Sea" and arrived in Wellington on 1 May 1874.

A transcription of the passenger lists shows >  WICKHAM - George (33) / Jane (32) / Charles (10) and Thomas ( - native place : Sussex.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/GoldenSea.htm

[PapersPast has lots about the"Golden Sea".  ]
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[Lucy2]

WICKHAM - arrival in NZ :

A transcription of the passenger lists shows >  WICKHAM - George (33) / Jane (32) / Charles (10) and Thomas ( - native place : Sussex.

ooops  ... don't know how that "face" popped up ?   ... ^  but the age of Thomas should read as 8 years. 
 

[Lucy2]

... and just back to the Obituary again   ... it mentions son George was living at Waitotara (in 1917).

The electoral rolls for > Taranaki - Patea > 1914 and 1919 show ...

WICKHAM - George - Waitotara - ganger
WICKHAM - Ivy - Railways, Waitotara - married

[Lucy2]

1871 - UK Census

London > Kensington > St. John and St. James > Chelsea

WICKHAM [has been indexed as "WICKAM" ]

- George - head - marr. - 30 - L......... ? (can't decipher this word) in gas works -
born Sussex - Bothurst ??  [corrections have been offered for this showing it should read as "Wadhurst". ]

- Jane - marr - 29 - b. Sussex - Framfield
- Charles - son - 8 - scholar
- Thomas -son - 5   .... both sons born Middlesex - Kensington.
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[Lucy2]

The following appears to be the marriage of Jane and George :

WICKHAM - George - 24 yrs - bc 1840
Father:   Jesse WICKHAM

DALE - Jane - 23 yrs
Father:  Jesse DALE

Married on 28 September 1864 at St. Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, ENG.

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[Notes:  Yes, both fathers were named "Jesse".      In NZ records I noticed also that two children of the youngest WICKHAM son, Albert, were given the second christian name of "Dale".
b. 1902 - Albert Dale WICKHAM and b. 1911 - James Dale WICKHAM - Parents: Margaret and Albert.]

[Lucy2]

The eldest s/o Jane and George WICKHAM is shown in NZ records as "Charles John" :

I had hoped there might be London baptism records for Charles and his brother Thomas.

Thomas I can't even see a birth registration for ??  ...  and Charles John I found had been registered and baptised, but in the surname of DALE.

Hammersmith & Fulham > Shepherd's Bush - St. Stephen

DALE - Charles John
Baptised :  24 August 1862
Born :  12 August 1862
Parents:  Charles and [this part has been struck through]
Mother: Jane - single woman - residing at 21 Providence Place
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[Maybe the parents were a bit lax about registering births ?     Might account for George and Albert WICKHAM not showing on the NZ Birth index ?   Of course it's worth checking the NZ birth microfiche record (available at larger libraries) too.   ]

[Lucy2]

George WICKHAM (snr.)

1841 - Sussex > Wadhurst

WICKHAM

- Jesse [indexed as Jepe - that funny old writing where "s" looks like "f" or "p" ] - 25 years
- Harriett - 25
- Benjamin - 4
- Herbert - 3
- George - 1

  ... all were born in County

[Lucy2]

1851 - Sussex > Wadhurst
- Ballbeech?? Hill

WICKHAM

- Jefsee (Jesse) - Head - mar - 40 - Ag. Lab.
- Harriett - wife 43
- Benjamin - son - 15 - scholar
- George - son - 11
- Caroline - dau  - 9  }
- James - son - 9      }  [noted as being twins ]
- William - son - 7
- Josiah - son - 5
- Sarah A. -dau - 3

.... all shown as born - Sussex - Wadhurst

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I can't see where George WICKHAM is in 1861 ??