THE BEAGLEHOLE BOYS - JOHN AND WILLIAM CAME TO AUSTRALIA

THE BEAGLEHOLE FAMILY dates back to 1574 in Helston, Cornwall. Ancestral Line: Peter/Petrus (1574), William/us (1602), William/us (1640), Thomas (1684), William (1711), John (1749), Henry (1771), William Henry (1800) We believe the families MICHELL, ELLIS, OATEY and BEAGLEHOLE not only knew each other but were actually related to each other.

William Henry Beaglehole (1800-1833), a wheelwright, married Elizabeth Tresidder. Their children: Jane (1823), William (1825-33), Henry, Henry (1829-33), John (1831-1910) and William Henry (1834-1917). William (1800) was just 33 when he died of Cholera on December 1st, 1833 at Helston, Cornwall. Within days, three of their sons (William, Henry and another) also died of cholera. Left to mourn were his wife, and two children. Six months later their youngest son William Henry was born on May 6, 1834 Helston, Cornwall. 1841 Census lists: Elizabeth Beaglehole 40, Jane 15, John 9 and William 7, staying at the house of Mary Jeffrey (93) in Lower Green, Wendron, Cornwall Their eldest child Jane Tresidder BEAGLEHOLE married Edward MILLSTEAD (MILLSTEED), on December 14th, 1847 in Helston Cornwall, and emigrated to South Australia on board the PRINCESS ROYALE, arriving in Adelaide June 1848. 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 in Burra [north of Adelaide], where the Beaglehole boys found work in the building trade. William Henry BEAGLEHOLE was born in 1834 to William Henry Beaglehole (1800-1833), and his wife Elizabeth nee Tresidder (1800-1874), and christened on May 25th 1834, at Helston, Cornwall (childhood details not known). In August 1853 Edward Millstead sold the Tea Tree Gully land for £140 and went with his wife's brothers John (22) and William Henry (19) Beaglehole to the Victorian Gold fields. Until recently we thought they had travelled the OVERLAND ROUTE trek from SOUTH AUSTRALIA to the VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS at MOUNT ALEXANDER. We now know the ship CHARLOTTE JANE took them to Melbourne: BAAGALHOLE WM H 19 left for Melbourne onboard the CHARLOTTE JANE in FEB 1852 [B.001/006] BEAGLEHOLE JOHN [Adult] left for Melbourne onboard the CHARLOTTE JANE in FEB 1852 [B.001/002] MILSTED E [Adult] left for Melbourne onboard the CHARLOTTE JANE in FEB 1852 [B.001/002] From Melbourne they journeyed to the goldfields and met with some success. 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. We are still researching who the following is: BUGLEHOLE WILLIAM 26 left for Melbourne onboard the MARCO POLO in JAN 1854 [B.061/013] William [born c.1828] 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 between 1854 and 1864. Apparently John and William were successful gold prospectors. After returning home they became building contractors. William built many houses at Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo, and the Railway Station at Kapunda. He was publican at the Royal Hotel at Moonta from 1867. William was the local councillor of Adelaide's East Ward from 1867-1873, and became a Justice of the Peace.     Some events in their lives: 1855:   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).    They came to Adelaide on the SAMUEL BODDINGTON from London Jan. 1849   Margaret's sister Elizabeth 19 married John OATEY 28 (1823-1890) on June 18, 1851   at the Christ Church in North Adelaide, Sth.Australia. 1857:   William's brother John (25) married Emily Michell (20) at North Adelaide's Wesleyan Chapel May 27, 1857. 1860:   Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beaglehole took care of John Samuel THORN 13 years when he left Port Adelaide (c.1860)   on a small steamer called "The Young Australian" on his way to Wallaroo to meet his father.    The steamer only went as far as Port Arthur. They disembarked into open boats.    The rest of the journey to Wallaroo was covered in stage coaches run by Messrs. Cobb and Co.    Click here to read more c.1862   John and William had moved from Gilberton to the Kadina/Moonta area district, to be near their mother who died on June 8th,1874. 1863:   The South Australian REGISTER newspaper reported 'MULLETT-OATEY - on the 21st January 1863, the Rev. Craig married        Mr James R. Mullett of Kadina to Mary Emily Mitchell 'Emily' Oatey, eldest daughter of Mr John Oatey of North Adelaide,       by licence, at 134 Graves Street, Kadina (the residence of the bride's uncle Mr William H Beaglehole). 1867:   William was publican at the ROYAL HOTEL at Moonta from 1867 to 1874 1873:   William purchased an interest in the LION BREWERY at North Adelaide in 1873 1874:   William's mother Elizabeth (nee Tresidder) died on June 8th, 1874 aged 73 at Moonta.   William moved to Adelaide where he built several buildings   in Rundle Street and in Hindley Street, Adelaide. William Henry Beaglehole He was well known and greatly respected from end to end of the Yorke Peninsula, and indeed, of the State of South Australia. William Henry Beaglehole was a Freemason, an Oddfellow and a Forrester. He founded a number of Lodges on the Yorke Peninsula and was one of the founders of the first Masonic Lodge at Moonta. During his later years William owned and worked an extensive property at Virginia, near Port Adelaide (still being researched). William Henry Beaglehole was a self-made man, and one with considerable personal experience in building. He purchased an interest in the LION BREWERY at North Adelaide in 1873 when only 39. James Johnson was a partner at the Brewery from 1873 to 1888. William prospered so well that within three years he had architect James Cumming design a large two storey 'Italian-style villa' which was erected in 1877-78 by McCloy and Gerrard at one of the city's most prestigious addresses, Brougham Place, North Adelaide. "It is an excellent example of the design standard reached by 1878, and 'above all entirely suitable for the Victorian mode of life' (Morgan and Gilbert). This building is typical of the 1870s boom period and an admirable example of the Victorian Italianate with its asymmetrical appearance and bay window. Unusually it is not constructed of bluestone but of 'white Tea-Tree Gully free stone with cement dressings'. Although typical in form, the detailing of the building and the associated fencing and walling indicate the high quality of the building. The building evokes the historical residential character of the area." William and his wife Margaret held numerous social functions appropriate to Beaglehole's position as a Member of Parliament (the House of Assembly) for Wallaroo from 1881-1884 and then Yorke Peninsula's Parliamentary representative from 1884 to 1887. In March 1899 he was involved in a court case (as plaintiff) in relation to an altercation he had with a fellow MLC, in Broken Hill in November 1898. The case was thrown out. In 1904 he was elected chairman of the SA Brewers Association. Whilst on their way to New Zealand for a holiday William's wife Margaret died in 1904 aged 67 in East Melbourne V.5701. She was buried at the Hindmarsh Cemetery. William went to Europe in 1905. William retired from the LION BREWERY on January 31, 1917, died on June 2 1917 and was buried at the Hindmarsh Cemetery, alongside his wife Margaret. Their Obituaries William DAWSON (born c.1810) was a widower aged 39, when he married Jane SHUGG (born c.1827) aged 23 on May 9th, 1850 at the Independent Chapel in Freeman St [Adelaide] SA.30/519, (SA.12/144) Their daughter Matilda DAWSON was born April 1st,1863 at Bulls Creek, SA.28/469 Matilda was aged about 4 when her mother Jane DAWSON died on November 9th, 1867 aged 41y at Yelta Mine Yelta Mine SA.30/127 (informant husband William DAWSON) Matilda was aged about 28 when her father William DAWSON died on September 30th 1891 aged 81y at Yelta nr Moonta Yelta nr Moonta (SA.196/380) Matilda Dawson BEAGLEHOLE (born 1863) was 25 when she married on November 1st, 1888 to Howard Henry IND (born 1865) 23 at Christ Church [North Adelaide] SA.157/352 William Henry BEAGLEHOLE was listed as the Bride's Father. George Frederic IND was the groom's Father. This confirms that William Henry Beaglehole had accepted responsibility for Matilda prior to her marriage in 1888. Howard Henry and Matilda IND's children - all born at Paradise: Ida Howard IND [born 1893-09-20 SA.Reg.530/211], Albert Howard IND [born 31/08/02 SA.Reg.702/91], Doris Howard IND born 1889-08-03 SA.Reg.443/359], Milton Howard IND [born 1890-10-11 SA.Reg.468/486]

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