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Re: What became of Isabella Delahunt after arriving in Australia?
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 13 October 15 10:49 BST (UK) »
Well found Wivenhoe  :)

I guess the miner from Tasmania really enjoyed all of his large legacy in England  ;D
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Re: What became of Isabella Delahunt after arriving in Australia?
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 13 October 15 11:26 BST (UK) »
Bendigo Advertiser 25 Mar 1870
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/87910164?
William FLETCHER Hobart looking for Thomas Stevens de la HUNT, late Dunedin...now possibly Victoria.....important communication ......

see also Otago Daily Times 19 Sep 1873......and J H de la HUNT is living in Maida Hill....

Do we know yet if this John Henry de la HUNT, and sister Isabella FLETCHER nee de la HUNT are your family?.

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Re: What became of Isabella Delahunt after arriving in Australia?
« Reply #20 on: Tuesday 13 October 15 12:38 BST (UK) »
Is it possibly that Christopher Delahunt and 1st wife Esther had two daughters named Isabella?
Isabella born 1804 may have died, then another daughter born c1813-1814 was named Isabella (mother Esther died 1815). And it is the second Isabella that came to Australia in 1841 on the "China", with her step-sisters. This would explain her age on the shipping records, marriage and death.

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Re: What became of Isabella Delahunt after arriving in Australia?
« Reply #21 on: Tuesday 13 October 15 21:38 BST (UK) »
It is possible and highly probable that you are right cupoflife; it would certainly explain the age differences. However I have no primary records to support your theory.

wivenhoe, thank you too for all your assistance in this quest. I do believe it is the correct family, Isabella did have a brother John, born to Christopher and his first wife. So it makes sense she could  join him in Tasmania.

I remain in awe of the RootsChat forum and the story you have pieced together; a story that has been a mystery for generations in our family. Thank you all so very much.

What is a marriage by "special licence"???

Philip
Bkm: BIRCH
Ess: DAWKINS, SKINGLEY
Ham: MARSTON, SHUTE
Hrt: WORRAL
Hun: BROWNING, DAY
Lan: CHEW
Lnd: BLAKESLEY
Mdx: BENT, DODD, MARSTON, WHITLOCK
Sry: OAKMAN
Sts: ELLIS, KIDWELL, REDFERN, SHERWIN

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Re: What became of Isabella Delahunt after arriving in Australia?
« Reply #22 on: Tuesday 13 October 15 23:29 BST (UK) »


Can you please name the thirteen children born to Christopher DE LA HUNT?

Were they all born in Ireland?

Did second wife Jane DELITTLE bring any children to her marriage...was she a widow?

Where did Jane, the second wife, (1794 - 1879) die?. If it is in Australia her death certificate would be useful to you.

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Re: What became of Isabella Delahunt after arriving in Australia?
« Reply #23 on: Wednesday 14 October 15 00:02 BST (UK) »
Special Licence ....

In the pre Divorce era in the Colonies.... 

In general terms .....

So basically in that era, as there were no divorce laws in any of the Colonies, if either the bride or the groom was coming to the new marriage as a widow/er, then the couple would usually be married by special licence rather than by Banns.  The Special licence was basically the outcome of the administrative process whereby the widow/er provided an affidavit attesting to the death of their partner.  The special licence was issued by the clergy and basically removed from the clergy any adverse legal challenge to their conducting of the marriage ceremony.

The tyranny of distance between the home counties in Britain and the Antipodean colonies meant that it would be a very lengthy delay for formal enquiries to confirm widowhood status.

This is a very very brief summary ..... other RChatters may well have far better ways of explaining this process. 

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Re: What became of Isabella Delahunt after arriving in Australia?
« Reply #24 on: Wednesday 14 October 15 07:12 BST (UK) »
wivenhoe
Thanks for your thoughts
Second wife Jane died in NZ
I have now ordered her death certificate
Don't know if she brought any children to the marriage.
All 13 children were born in Ireland.
1st marriage: Isabella, Richard, John, Christopher, Elenor.
2nd marriage: Jane, Charlotte, Anna Maria, Esther, Jemima, Unknown Maria, Robert, Amelia.
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Bkm: BIRCH
Ess: DAWKINS, SKINGLEY
Ham: MARSTON, SHUTE
Hrt: WORRAL
Hun: BROWNING, DAY
Lan: CHEW
Lnd: BLAKESLEY
Mdx: BENT, DODD, MARSTON, WHITLOCK
Sry: OAKMAN
Sts: ELLIS, KIDWELL, REDFERN, SHERWIN

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Re: What became of Isabella Delahunt after arriving in Australia?
« Reply #25 on: Wednesday 14 October 15 07:18 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the explanation of Special Licence JM.
Isabella is listed as a spinster on marriage entry.
Does that mean that her new husband was a widower?
Or was it just a precaution?
I must look for a previous marriage for him.
Thanks
Philip
Bkm: BIRCH
Ess: DAWKINS, SKINGLEY
Ham: MARSTON, SHUTE
Hrt: WORRAL
Hun: BROWNING, DAY
Lan: CHEW
Lnd: BLAKESLEY
Mdx: BENT, DODD, MARSTON, WHITLOCK
Sry: OAKMAN
Sts: ELLIS, KIDWELL, REDFERN, SHERWIN

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Re: What became of Isabella Delahunt after arriving in Australia?
« Reply #26 on: Thursday 15 October 15 00:23 BST (UK) »
Quote from: cupoflife on Tuesday 13 October 15 04:07 BST (UK)

Death of an Old Pressman. — The death of another of those old colonists who are rapidly passing away is recorded in our obituary columns this morning, Mr William Fletcher, the  bookseller and stationer....... he sailed for Tasmania in the Sydney, Captain Potter, in February, 1841, and arrived at Hobart after a six months' voyage.

This is not correct - he arrived on the Sydney in January 1842, noted as an unmarried male.

They probably married by licence because they couldn't be bothered waiting three weeks for the Banns to be read.

Debra  :)
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