ENGLAND

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Berkshire,  Buckinghamshire,  Lancashire,  London, 

Northamptonshire,  Somerset,  Sussex

Berkshire

Chieveley and Maidenhead 

BRAY and READING

        Chieveley - and the WINTER family

The WINTER family appear to have lived in Chieveley for centuries, seemingly as labourers.

Thomas WINTER married Harriot ?? in Chieveley at the beginning of the 1800's.  They had at least 8 children, one of whom was Charles.  His sister Jane married William HAMBLING and one of their daughters, Sarah, lived with Charles and his family in 1851 and is listed on the census as a lodger and their niece.  Charles and Jane's siblings are Thomas, John, William, Joseph, Harriet and Ann, born (approx) between 1808 and 1818.

   Charles WINTER married Lucy ?? in Chieveley in the 1840's.  They had at least 5 children - Hannah, Harriet Ann, Henry Charles, Isaac and Thomas and lived at Greenlane when Harriet was born.  In the 1881 census, Charles and Lucy were living at

            Hannah WINTER born c.1845 married Samuel MERSOM or MENSOME, who had died by 1881.  They had no known children.

            Harriett Ann WINTER born c.1850 married Richard DANCE in 1871 at Reading.  They migrated to Australia aboard the "Indus", landing in Queensland in 1873 after their daughter Lydia was born during the voyage.  They stayed for 2 years before going to South Australia where they had their 3 other children, Hettie, Dick and Maud.  After 13 years, they moved to Broken Hill in outback NSW.

            Henry Charles WINTER born c.1852 married Elizabeth RUMBLE in 1875.  They had at least 6 children, Edwin, Albert C, Ernest, William, James, Nora E and Albert Thomas known as Tom. I have a photo of William taken in Malta (presume during WW1) and one of Tom in his WW1 Army uniform in someone's backyard. Contact with anyone from this family would be very welcome!

            Isaac WINTER born c.1855 is so far untraceable.

            Thomas WINTER born c.1857 married Mary BAILEY.  No children are known at this time.

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    Maidenhead - The DANCE family, and who exactly are they, and where have they gone?

William DANCE (born c.1826 in Maidenhead) married Lydia BAKER (born c.1830 in Bray), presumably during the 1840's.  Their son Richard is listed in the 1851 census as is his brother William, born only just before the census was taken.  No other information is known about the family, except for Richard, my great, great grandfather.  He married Harriett Ann WINTER (see above) and migrated to Australia.  After Harriett died of typhoid in 1889, he remarried to Priscilla WARD and when he retired,  moved from Broken Hill in outback NSW to Sydney. 

   Reading

John PIKE - Richard DANCE was the nephew of "the late John PIKE of Reading, England"  No other information is known.

Richard DANCE and Harriett Ann WINTER are my great, great grandparents.

The Berkshire Family History Society web page may help you further if your family came from Berkshire.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

GREAT HORWARD,    TINGEWICKE    AND    WATER STRATFORD

(and BRACKLEY - Northamptonshire)

    Thomas CHERRY (b 1771 in Water Stratford) married Lydia HARROP (b 1788 in Great Horward) in 1809 in Sharlstone.  Lydia gave birth to 7 children, but at least 2 died in infancy.  William, their 2nd born migrated to Australia.

   William CHERRY (b 1815 in Water Stratford) married Catherine BAZELEY (b 1823 in Brackley, Northhamptonshire) in 1842 in Brackley.  3 children were born in Tingewicke before the family migrated to Australia, where they settled in the New England region of NSW.  5 further children were born in New England including Susannah CHERRY, who married Thomas Charles CARTER.

William and Catherine are my great, great, great grandparents.

LANCASHIRE

Whittington    

Richard SLINGER married Mary BECK about 1850.  They had 6 children, Elizabeth, Sarah, Margaret, Mary, Alice and Richard.

    Elizabeth SLINGER (b 1851, Whittington) married Edward PICKERING (b 1850 in Llanasa, Flintshire, Wales).  The first 7 children were born in Lancashire, and the remaining 7 were born in Charlestown, NSW, Australia.  Elizabeth and Edward also brought up a daughter they adopted, Mabel PICKERING, and their granddaughter Nancy PACEY.

Edward migrated first and Elizabeth followed with the children in 1882-83.

Elizabeth owned and operated a local 'corner shop' in Charlestown.  Edward and Elizabeth's descendants include the Rev. David PICKERING and the ex NSW parliamentarian and Police Minister Ted (Edward) PICKERING.

Edward and Elizabeth are my great, great grandparents.

David Edward PICKERING is my grandfather.

LONDON

     The KIMMINS family of  SUMMERS TOWN  and  ACRE TOWN.

John KIMMINS married Elizabeth PARGITAR or PARTIGAR in 1824.  They had at least 3 children, Emily, Rosella Louisa and John Arthur. 

Emily, Rosella and John all migrated to Australia as single people and married other migrants. 

   Emily KIMMINS married James COTTRELL in 1853 in Sydney.

   Rosella Louisa KIMMINS was a 'needlewoman' who married John Taylor BEGG in Sydney in 1860.  They had 5 children, Martin, George, Euphemia, Ernest and Emily.  Euphemia died as an infant and Ernest did not marry. 

           Martin married Mary SCULLY

            George married Margaret ROBSON and

            Emily married John Thomas CASHMAN

   John Arthur KIMMINS married Elizabeth HAM in 1860 in Sydney, and they had 10 children, with 3 dying in infancy.

John Taylor and Rosella Louisa are my husbands great, great grandparents.

SOMERSET

LONG SUTTON

    Thomas SAMS (b 1741 in Long Sutton) married Ann BONN (b 1741) in 1766.  They had 7 children.

    Thomas SAMS (son of above, b 1768 in Long Sutton) married Ann YEATMAN (b 1772 in Martock) in 1795.  They had 8 children, including Thomas¹ and William².

        ¹Thomas SAMS married Elizabeth WOODS in 1814.  They had 9 children including Jehoida, who married in Somerset and had their first child before migrating.

        ²William SAMS (b 1818) married Ann LAVIS in 1836.  They had 7 children including Edwin and migrated before.

The families of Jehoida and Sarah SAMS, and William and Ann SAMS migrated to Australia

    Jehoida SAMS married Sarah ADAMS in 1847 in Somerset.  They had 1 child before migrating to Victoria where they had 6 more children, then moved to Maitland in NSW to settle permanently, and complete their family with another 2 children.

    Edwin SAMS (b 1836 in Long Sutton) married Harriett ELLIS (b 1839 in Sydney) in 1860 at Paterson in NSW (near Maitland).  They had 7 children including Louisa Emily SAMS who married her cousin William SAMS, son of Jehoida SAMS and Sarah ADAMS.

        William SAMS (b 1857 in Maldon, Victoria) married Louisa Emily SAMS (b 1866 in Goulburn, NSW) in 1890 in Paterson, NSW.

William and Louisa are my husbands great grandparents.

SUSSEX

Thomas Charles CARTER (b c1845 at Brighton, Sussex) married Susannah CHERRY (b 1853 at McDonalds Creek, New England, NSW).  Thomas parents are unknown, as is his entry into Australia.  Thomas is a mystery before he married Susannah, and unfortunately, his surname is plentiful and therefore difficult to trace. 

Thomas and Susannah are my great, great grandparents.

Please contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions or possible connections.  I'll enjoy hearing from you!

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