THE BEAGLEHOLE FAMILY
Ancestral Line: Peter/Petrus (1574), William/us (1602), William/us (1640), Thomas (1684), William (1711), John (1749), Henry (1771), William Henry (1800) |
Their children: Jane Tresidder BEAGLEHOLE Christening: 21 NOV 1823 Helston, Cornwall, England JANE married Edward MILLSTEAD (MILLSTEED), on December 14th, 1847 Helston Cornwall, and emigrated to South Australia on board the PRINCESS ROYALE, arriving in Adelaide June 1848. WILLIAM BEAGLEHOLE Christening: 30 OCT 1825 Helston in Cornwall, died on Dec 3, 1833 of Cholera - aged 7 years HENRY BEAGLEHOLE Christening: 18 NOV 1827 Helston in Cornwall, died on Dec 1, 1833 of Cholera HENRY BEAGLEHOLE Christening: 04 JAN 1829 Helston in Cornwall, died on Dec 1, 1833 of Cholera - aged 4 years JOHN BEAGLEHOLE born Nov 13, 1831, Christening: 20 Nov 1831 Helston, Cornwall, England WILLIAM HENRY BEAGLEHOLE born May 6, 1834 Christening: 25 May 1834 Helston, Cornwall, (Source: The Latter Day Saints Familysearch website) 1841 Census lists: Elizabeth 40, Jane 15, John 9 and William 7, staying at the house of Mary Jeffrey 93 in Lower Green, Wendron, Cornwall Mrs Elizabeth BEAGLEHOLE, (now a widow) decided to join her daughter Jane (Mrs E. Millstead) in South Australia and on April 8, 1849 she left Plymouth with her two sons John (1831-1910) and William Henry (1834-1917) on board the 'PRINCE REGENT' with Capt. William Jago, and arrived in South Australia on July 29, 1849. John was 18 and William was 15. The family joined other members of the Helston community who had chosen to emigrate to South Australia, following the closure of the tin and copper mines in Cornwall. The majority of these folk lived Burra, where John and William Beaglehole found worked in the building trade. In August 1853 Edward Millstead sold the Tea Tree Gully land for £140 and went with his brothers-in-law John (22) and William Henry (19) Beaglehole to the Victorian Gold fields. Edward Millstead returned home after 3 months. William and John stayed on, financed by Edward. Over the next 15 months Edward made two more trips to Victoria, each of a month in duration. Until recently we thought they had travelled the OVERLAND ROUTE trek from SOUTH AUSTRALIA to the MOUNT ALEXANDER and VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS. We now know the ship CHARLOTTE JANE took them to Melbourne. From there they journeyed to the goldfields. We discovered THE 1853 BENDIGO GOLDFIELDS PETITION bears their signatures, plus that of another William (a relative - one of the Begelhole family of Bendigo) (check the spelling on the petition) We also found their names published in The Victorian Government Gazette as having UNCLAIMED LETTERS LISTS in AVOCA during 1854 TO 1864, It seems their adventure in Victoria was successful. Following their return to South Australia, William Beaglehole (aged 21) married Margaret Johns (19) on November 1st, 1855 at the Wesleyan Church in North Adelaide. Margaret's parents were Edward Johns and Margaret (nee Ellis). By 1862 the brothers had moved from Gilberton to the Kadina/Moonta area district, to be near their mother Elizabeth (nee Tresidder) who died on June 8th,1874. John's wife Emily died three days earlier, on June 5th, 1874 (aged 37). John married Emily's older sister Selina Michell on August 14th, 1879, at the residence of Mrs Gray of the Moonta Mines. We believe the families MICHELL, ELLIS, OATEY and BEAGLEHOLE not only knew each other but were actually related to each other. |
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