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PENBERTHY
FAMILY
From
Penzance Cornwall England
Thomas
Penberthy 1824
My Great Great Grandparents
Births: Thomas Penberthy
& Ann ‘Nanny’ Thomas, Grandparents of Charlotte
Lynch: Thomas was born c.1826 in Penzance Cornwall England,
mother Jane Hanes/Haynes/ Hays/Hanies and stepson of Henry Hanes
etc. Ann was the
daughter of William and Charlotte Thomas, she was born c.1832
Liverpool England.
Apprenticeship: The
1841 English census states Thomas was an apprentice Mason and
aged 15years. He was living in Pinpot Lane Parish of Phillark
Cornwell with his mother & stepfather Jane & Henry Hanes and
sister Elizabeth Penberthy and either half siblings or step
brother and sisters Caroline, Sarah, Mary & Henry Hanes.
Marriage: Thomas and
Ann married on 27th July 1849 in Plymouth Devonshire
England. Thomas was then aged 24years and his young bride only a
sixteen year old. Their first child Thomas was born at Liverpool
in 1850. Thomas wanted to give his young family a better life so
left to make his fortune on the goldfields of Australia leaving
his then pregnant wife and small son behind in England.
Cornwall to Australia
Thomas travelled aboard the
ship ‘Orwell’ arriving Melbourne in 1853 and spending the next
2years at Bendigo. In the meantime back in England Ann had given
birth to their second son William in 1854. Thomas moved from
Bendigo to Portland and started at his trade as a stone mason,
helping to build all the principal Government buildings in that
town.
Ann and their two sons then
aged seven and four arrived in Melbourne aboard the ship
‘Atalanta” in June 1858 and forwarded on to Portland Bay.
After working in the seaside
town for about 8years, Thomas proceeded to Narrawong and built a
substantial homestead for Mr Learmouth. After this they moved to
Yambuk, where he built a church in the township, as well as a
woolshed at Messrs Boyd Bros., Tarrone and a fine homestead for
Mr Cruickshank, at Kirkstall. The Penberthy’s went on to have
another six children between Ann’s arrival in Australia and
1869.
Penberthy
home at Yambuk
Original home
built by Thomas Penberthy is still occupied.
Ann Penberthy & her mother Charlotte Thomas
Deaths: Ann Penberthy passed away at her Yambuk home on the 29th
June 1898 aged 66years. Exactly 40years after she came to
Victoria.
Thomas was an invalid
for about 20years prior to his death on the 29th
November 1910 at his home. His obituary stated he had an
excellent reputation and was greatly respected by all who knew
him. Both Ann and Thomas are buried at Yambuk cemetery.
Thomas and Ann Penberthy
Family
Siblings of Jane Gorrie & Aunts and Uncles of Charlotte Lynch
1. Thomas Henry Hanies
Penberthy, born Liverpool England 1850, arrived
Australia with his mother Ann and brother William in 1858 aboard
the ‘Atalanta’. He was a stonemason and married Elizabeth
Birmingham on 3rd May 1881. In September 1890, whilst under
the influence of drink Thomas was involved in an accident with his
horses and dray. He collided with a woman and her horse and cart.
In a temper he assaulted the woman Ann Wharton, she died from injuries she
received. He was sent to trial for murder
and the jury found him guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced
to 7years imprisonment. Thomas died aged 88years at Cheltenham
in 1939. He and Elizabeth had a family of three sons and four
daughters. Thomas Henry 1882, Agnes Elizabeth1883, Richard Peter
1888, Charlotte1887, Lucy 1890, Patrick 1891, Cecilia 1893
2. William John Penberthy
born at St Earth Cornwall England in 1854 arrived in
Australia with his mother Ann and brother Thomas in 1858 aboard
the ‘Atalanta’. He was superintendent of the Weslyan Church
Sunday School in Wellington Street Ashby (Geelong West) he died
in 1888 and is buried with parents and siblings at Yambuk
cemetery.
3. Elizabeth Ann Penberthy
was born at Mt Clay (Castlemaddy Station
 near Yambuk) in
1859. She married Charles Perry (Belfast Ireland 1856-1925) on 2nd
December 1882. Charles was a stonemason and later entered into
the butchering business.
Elizabeth Ann & Charles Perry
Charles died in 1925 and
Elizabeth lived on to be 92years. The community lost one of its
grand old ladies when Elizabeth died on the 11th June
1951, she had done much for the settlement of Port Fairy. She
had enjoyed good health up until a few months prior to her
death. Since the death of her husband 26years prior she had
spent her remaining years with members of her family. Both
Charles and Elizabeth are buried at Port Fairy Cemetery. They
had a family of eight. Sarah Jane 1883, Charlotte Richards 1885,
Edith May 1888, Norman Charles 1890, Thomas Aaron 1893, Laura
Elizabeth 1897, Arthur Redvers 1899, Hector Vivian Hamilton
1901.
4. Sarah Penberthy was
born at Narrawong in 1860. Sarah was not
 married. She died in
1918 aged 57years she had lived in Yambuk all her life and
was buried at Yambuk Cemetery with her parents and siblings.
Sarah Penberthy
Penberthy
Headstone
Thomas Penberthy died 1910,
Ann Penberthy died 1898
Also their children Sarah,
Charlotte, Jane (Gorrie), Maggie, William
5. Charlotte Penberthy,
born at Portland in 1863, died at Prahran Hospital aged 24years
in 1888, and is buried at Yambuk cemetery with parents and
siblings.
6. Jane Penberthy,
(Charlotte Lynch's mother) was born at Yambuk in 1865,
 married James
Gorrie on 27th April 1886. Jane died 1896 at the
young age of 32years, and is buried at Yambuk cemetery with her
parents and siblings.
Jane and James Gorrie had a
family of five, James Gilbert 1887, Andrew Thomas 1889,
Charlotte 1891, David Richard 1893, Janet Maude 1896.
Jane Gorrie
nee Penberthy
Link:
James and Jane Gorrie for details of this family.
7. Margaret ‘Maggie’
Penberthy was born at Yambuk in 1867-1902, she
 married Albert
William Baker in 1889. They had a family of three sons and four
daughters.
Albert Leslie 1890, Sydney
Russell 1892, Edith Lina 1893, Ethel Irene 1895, Ernest Stanley
1896, Ruby Olive 1899, Pearly Ruth 1902,
Margaret Baker nee
Penberthy
8. Richard Penberthy
was born at Yambuk in 1869-1956, he married Louisa Dusting in
1899. Richard was a stonemason, he and Louisa had two children,
John ‘Jack’ Harris 1902, Leslie Arthur 1904.
James
and Jane Gorrie & Family
My Great Grandparents
Copyright © 2006 Barbara Hollis
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