Frances Hayman (Hearn) Gossip (abt. 1816 - 1900)

Born about 1816 in Devon, England, United Kingdom

Died 5 Jun 1900 at about age 84 in Stroud, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Frances Hayman Hearn was born about 1816.

She was the daughter of John Hearn and Agnes Hayman.

Frances became a school teacher.

On the twenty-second of October, 1837, Frances married William Clark at Hertford in Hertfordshire.^[1] This union resulted in the birth in July, 1838, of Fanny Clark who died in infancy on the seventh of November, 1839.

William had legal difficulties and wound up in court which followed by his death in 1840.

Frances then married James Gossip, a fellow school teacher, on the thirteenth of February, 1843 at Lambeth St Mary's, Surrey, England.^[2] She had more children with James.

Frances immigrated with James and daughter Eliza to New South Wales, Australia on the ship,

"John Gray" as assisted immigrants.^[3]

She arrived at Sydney on the twenty-fifth of November, 1852.

Frances and James had their second child in Australia.

In 1884 her husband, James Gossip died (Suicide by hanging).

Frances passed away on the fifth of June, 1900 at Stroud, NSW, Australia..^[4][5]

To visit a Memorial to Frances, click the link in the "Sources" section below.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ MARRIAGE to William Clark on FamilySearch

   "England Marriages, 1538-1973"

   (FamilySearch database: 13 March 2020)

   Frances Hayman Hearn 1837

   Marriage: 22 Oct 1837 @ Hertford, Hertfordshire, England

   Father: John Hearn

2. ↑ MARRIAGE to James Gossip on Ancestry

   "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973"

   (Ancestry database: accessed 04 Sep 2021)

   Marriage: 13 Feb 1843 @ St. Mary'S, Lambeth, Surrey, England

   Father: John Hearn; FHL Film#: 1041647

   Reference ID: item 2; Page: 92

3. ↑ IMMIGRATION of Frances Gossip on Ancestry

   "New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896"

   (Ancestry database: accessed 04 Sep 2021)

   Birth: abt 1822; Age: 30

   Arrival Date: 25 Nov 1852 on Vessel: "John Gray"

   Origin Location: Preston, Bissett, Bucking, Lanishire, England

   Persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists)

   Series: 5316; Reel: 2136; Item: [4/4790]

   State Records Authority of New South Wales

   Kingswood New South Wales, Australia

4. ↑ DEATH of Frances Hayman Gossip on FamilySearch

   "Australia Deaths and Burials, 1816-1980"

   (FamilySearch database: 28 January 2020)

   Birth(Est): 1816; Death: 5 Jun 1900; Age: 84

   Cemetery: Stroud - "St. John's Anglican"

   New South Wales, Australia

5. ↑ DEATH of Francis Hayman (Hearn) Gossip on Ancestry

   "Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current"

   (Ancestry database: accessed 04 Sep 2021)

   Birth: 1816; Death: 5 Jun 1900

   Cemetery: Stroud Anglican Cemetery, Stroud

   Mid-Coast Council, New South Wales, Australia

6. ↑ MEMORIAL for Frances Hayman Gossip (1816–5 Jun 1900)

   (Find a Grave database: accessed 05 September 2021)

   Find a Grave Memorial ID 146610311

   Stroud Anglican Cemetery, Stroud

   Mid-Coast Council, New South Wales, Australia