Born in Ripple, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Daughter of William Bax
and Maria Unknown
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Richard William Hogben
— married
13 Oct 1841 in Sutton, Kent, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Sophia (Hogben) Gilbert, Jane (Hogben) Wason, Mary Elizabeth (Hogben) Pavey and Alice (Hogben) Pavey
Died
at age 70
in Kyneton, Colony of Victoria
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Mar 2013
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Biography
Sophia (Bax) Hogben came free to the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)
Sophia Mary Bax was born in Ripple, Kent England on February 27th 1820, the daughter of William Bax and Maria Iliff. She was baptized in February 1820, Parish of Sutton by Dover, Kent England.
At the time of the England and Wales Census, 1841, Sophia was living at Great Mongeham, Kent, England, United Kingdom.[1]
She married Richard William Hogben on the 5th September 1841 in Sutton by Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom,[2] and had four children before leaving Deptford London on the vessel Ascendant on August 18th 1849.
Arrived Port Adelaide on Nov 21st 1849 with her husband and first four children. Spent 10 years residing in South Australia then they took up land at Muskerry via Bendigo in Victoria. Some 160 acres at 1/- per acre.
She passed away in 1890 in the Colony of Victoria, aged 69.[3]
Sources
- Unsourced family tree handed down to John Plowright.
- sourced from documents left by Clive Gilbert b1915-d-2002 officer victoria australia wiki 3267
- ↑ Name Sophia Bax Sex Female Age 20 Birth Year (Estimated) 1821 Birthplace Kent Residence Place Farm House Event Type Census Event Date 1841 Event Place Great Mongeham, Kent, England, United Kingdom Registration District Eastry Household Identifier 2525291 Book Number 9 Line Number 16 Page Number 10 Piece/Folio 468/4 Registration Number HO107 "England and Wales Census, 1841", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ2W-PYY : Tue Dec 05 09:20:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Benjamin Coleman and Eliza Coleman, 1841.
- ↑ Name Richard Hogben Sex Male Spouse's Name Sophia Bax Marriage Date 1841 Event Type Marriage Banns Event Date 5 Sep 1841 Event Place Sutton by Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNN-YRP8 : Fri Nov 17 15:52:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Richard Hogben and Sophia Bax, 5 Sep 1841.
- ↑ Victorian death registration 1890,12445,,Hogben,Sophia,Bax William,Maria,Kton,69,
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Robin Lee
Robin Lee
Bax-61 and Bax-27 appear to represent the same person because: same husband, dates are all estimates as there are no sources on either profile
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Rejected matches › Mary Box (1820-)
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