John Hampshire (1848)

Born 1848 in Emley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Kathleen Cobcroft [send private message]

Biography

John was born in about 1848 at Emley, Yorkshire, England, and baptised at Emley on the 18th of September, 1848.^[1] He was the son of carpenter Joseph Hampshire and Mary Kaye.

in 1851 the family were living in Walton, Yorkshire, Joseph was a journeyman carpenter. They had two children - John, aged 2, and Ann, 1.^[2]

By 1861, Joseph had become the managing engineer at the ironworks at Whittington, Derbyshire, and a third child, Edward, had been born at Wombwell. John and Ann were attending school.^[3]

John Hampshire migrated from England to Australia.

In 1863 the family came to Australia where Joseph would become the manager at the Fitzroy ironworks at Mittagong, NSW. They arrived in Melbourne on the ship Great Victoria on the 26th of November, 1863.^[4] Mary, John, Anna, and Edward went on to Sydney on the Wonga Wonga, arriving 29 February 1864.^[5] Joseph was already in Sydney, having arrived on the 8th of Feb.

The family later moved to Junction Point, NSW, where Joseph was engineer at the Washington Mine.^[6]

On the 19th of November, 1870, John's mother Mary discovered Joseph lying dead in the creek by their property at Tuena, NSW, where he had gone to 'wash out a prospect' (pan for gold?).^[7] A newspaper report states that John came to help when his mother gave the alarm so he was probably living at the same property.^[8]

A George Hill and a John Hampshire were registered as mining for gold and employing 6 men at Junction Point on the 11th of March, 1881.^[9]

Research Notes

• A John E. Hampshire died in Sydney 18/01/1912, parents John and Mary. According to his age he was born about 1843. This is often taken as this John's death however it's a different man. (John Edward Hampshire (1843 born Westminster)
• There was a John Hampshire living in Emley at the 1881 census who was apparently born in Emley in abt 1846.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910.
2. ↑ 1851 England Census.
3. ↑ 1861 England Census. Class: RG 9; Piece: 2532; Folio: 53; Page: 3; GSU roll: 542985. Retrieved from Ancestry.com.au
   Joseph Kaye Hampshire, head, married, age: 34, Managing Engineer at ironworks, born: Yorkshire, Emley.
   Mary Hampshire, Wife, married, age: 32, born: Yorkshire, Emley.
   John Hampshire, son, unmarried, age:13, Scholar, born: Yorkshire, Emley.
   Anne Hampshire, daughter, unmarried, age: 11, Scholar, born: Yorkshire, Wakefield.
   Edward Hampshire, son, age: 6, Scholar, born: Yorkshire, Wormwell.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923.
5. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922. Retrieved from Ancestry.com.au
6. ↑ https://www.crookwellgazette.com.au/story/4769200/delving-into-the-archives/
7. ↑ JUNCTION POINT. (1870, November 26). The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle (NSW : 1864 - 1881), p. 4. Retrieved July 8, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101472249
   Description of the coroner's inquiry, including Mary's statement.
8. ↑ GENERAL NEWS. (1870, November 26). The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18749990
9. ↑ Government Gazette Notices (1887, October 18). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 6971. Retrieved March 14, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223983045