Drew and Tallack Descendants in Victoria, Australia
Yesterday, I contacted Daryl Povey of Ballarat & Districts Genealogical Society to ask him to direct any known researchers of the Drew/Nicholls connections in the Sandford/Casterton districts of SW Victoria to this blog, or to me for invitation to join the list of contributors. He has offered to place a link to this blog in the appropriate places on his website, and in return I have linked his site to ours.
In about 1854, Emma NICHOLLS (with her husband John SCANTLEBURY) and her brother John Thomas NICHOLLS (with his wife Elizabeth "Betsey" TALLACK) migrated to Victoria on the "Panama". Well, the Ballarat site says 1854, but as far as I have been able to discover so far, the "Panama" did emigrant trips in 1853 and 1855. They settled at Sandford, near Casterton in SW Victoria, and are counted as "First Families" or Pioneers of the area.
Emma and John Thomas were children of Harriet Hannah DREW (my 2nd great-aunt, b. c.1798 in Gwennap) and John NICHOLLS. "Betsey" TALLACK appears to have been the niece of Jenefer TALLACK, Harriet Hannah's mother, so husband and wife were 1st cousins once removed. Looking further, we see that their first daughter, Mary Emma (b. c.1854, at sea) married a John Nicholls SCANTLEBURY. I will try to look into this a bit further, but my guess is that this couple were first cousins.
(Links to go in here as soon as the Ballarat site becomes accessible - some problems this morning, maybe Daryl is working on the links.)
In about 1854, Emma NICHOLLS (with her husband John SCANTLEBURY) and her brother John Thomas NICHOLLS (with his wife Elizabeth "Betsey" TALLACK) migrated to Victoria on the "Panama". Well, the Ballarat site says 1854, but as far as I have been able to discover so far, the "Panama" did emigrant trips in 1853 and 1855. They settled at Sandford, near Casterton in SW Victoria, and are counted as "First Families" or Pioneers of the area.
Emma and John Thomas were children of Harriet Hannah DREW (my 2nd great-aunt, b. c.1798 in Gwennap) and John NICHOLLS. "Betsey" TALLACK appears to have been the niece of Jenefer TALLACK, Harriet Hannah's mother, so husband and wife were 1st cousins once removed. Looking further, we see that their first daughter, Mary Emma (b. c.1854, at sea) married a John Nicholls SCANTLEBURY. I will try to look into this a bit further, but my guess is that this couple were first cousins.
(Links to go in here as soon as the Ballarat site becomes accessible - some problems this morning, maybe Daryl is working on the links.)
posted by Geoff_D @ 8:55 pm
2 Comments:
At 11:28 am,
Linda said…
Hi Geoff,
This is great. Good job!
Linda
At 11:53 am,
Geoff_D said…
Thanks Linda (and everyone who has so far responded). Just a 'speriment :)
Don't forget, you have the ability to post new threads, and I will soon do the necessary to make you all "Administrators" so that you can edit or add to other peoples' postings.
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