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Francis Hogben (Marsh) Clayson (1838 - 1891)

Francis Hogben (Frances) [uncertain] Clayson formerly Marsh
Born in Lyminge, Kent, England, United Kingdommap
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Wife of — married 12 Oct 1856 in Elham, Kent, England, United Kingdommap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 53 in Eton, Queensland, Australiamap
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Biography

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Frances (Marsh) Clayson was born in Lyminge, Kent, England.
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Frances (Marsh) Clayson migrated from Kent to Queensland.
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Francis Hogben (Marsh) Clayson was born in 1838 in Lyminge, Shepway District, Kent, England. [1] [2] [3] to Henry Marsh and Mary-Collins (Cook) Marsh. Frances middle name of Hogben is after her grandmother, Alice Hogben, who married William Cook, then James Foulser. [4]

She married Elgar Clayson in Elham, Kent, England on 12 October 1856, aged 19. [5]

On 16 Nov 1873 she left London for Australia on the migrant ship the "Southern Belle" on a 3½ month journey to Queensland via Tasmania. The ship narrowly avoiding being shipwrecked. The ship struck a gale and was disabled in Keppel Bay. [6]

On board with Elgar and Frances were their children Ann, Sophia, Mary Elizabeth, Isaac Alfred, Amelia, Agnes, Elgar’s sister Ann, her husband John Pattison and their children John, Anne and Frederick. They arrived in Rockhampton on 6 March 1874. [7] [8] The Claysons did have another daughter, Clara, but she had died aged 5 in 1866.

Frances Hogben Marsh Clayson died on 2 Apr 1891 in Queensland, Australia and was buried in the Eton Cemetery, Eton, Queensland. [4] [9] [10]

Sources

  1. Birth: Feb 1838 Lyminge, Kent, England, based on calculation from Death Certificate information
  2. http://www.ehsdatabase.elham.co.uk/people.aspx?nameid=26337
  3. Fact: Christening ( 4 FEB 1838) Lyminge, Kent, England
  4. 4.0 4.1 FindAGrave, database and images, memorial page for Frances Hogben Marsh Clayson; Born: 1831 Lyminge, Shepway District, Kent, England; Died: 2 Apr 1891 Queensland, Australia; Cemetery: Eton Cemetery, Eton, Queensland; Find A Grave: Memorial #168424400 accessed: 13 Oct 2022
  5. Wedding Record (linked to this profile)
  6. THE SHIP SOUTHERN BELLE. (1874, March 9). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 2. Retrieved January 19, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1380186
  7. Gloria Kane research
  8. Southern Belle Register
  9. Death registration: Francis Clayson Death date: 02/04/1891 Mother's name: Mary Falser Father/parent's name:- Marsh Queensland Death Registration 1891/C/2613
  10. Death Certificate




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