William Huckel (1825 - 1919)

Born 10 Mar 1825 in Bygrave, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza (Wilson) Huckel — married 25 Dec 1847 in Edworth, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 21 Jul 1919 at age 94 in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia

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Genealogically Defined

Biography

William Huckel has English ancestors.

William Huckel was born in Hertfordshire, England.

William Huckel was an Assisted Immigrant to New South Wales.

William Huckel migrated from Bedfordshire to Australia.

William Huckel was born in 1825 at Bygrave, Hertfordshire, England, and baptised on the 1st of April.^[1] He was the son of Robert Huckle and Ann Ardrey (Though born in Ashwell, his early life was spent at Baldock Herts about 7 kilometres south west of Ashwell.)

In 1841, William Huckel was living at home with his family at Bygrave, Baldock End, Hitchin, Herefordshire, England.^[2]

Robert Huckel Male 40 Hertfordshire

Ann Huckel Female 40

Ann Huckel Female 15 Hertfordshire

William Huckel Male 15 Hertfordshire

Isaac Huckel Male 14 Hertfordshire

Henry Huckel Male 11 Hertfordshire

Robert Huckel Male 9 Hertfordshire

Andrew Huckel Male 6 Hertfordshire

James Huckel Male 3 Hertfordshire

William Huckle married Eliza Wilson at Edworth, Bedfordshire, England, on the 25th of December 1847.^[3][4]

William and Eliza were blessed with eleven children in total. George died during the voyage to Australia, Abel was killed in an accident and Hardrey was never married. Their other eight children blessed them with seventy grandchildren.

1. Betsy.
2. Mary.
3. George.
4. James.
5. Henry.
6. Hardrey.
7. William.
8. John.
9. Joseph.
10. Susan.
11. Abel.

In 1851, William was living with his family, Eliza, Betsy and Mary. Ann Wilson was visiting them at Back Lane, Clothall, Hertfordshire, England.^[5]

Immigration

In 1852 William, together with his wife and children (Elizabeth Huckel, Mary Huckel and George Huckel), emigrated to Australia as assisted immigrants aboard the vessel WILSON KENNEDY. George Huckel passed away on board the vessel during the voyage to Australia. The others arrived at Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales on Monday the 27th of December 1852. William Huckel's NSW immigration record mentions he was a farm labourer who could read but not write (December 1852)^{[6] [7]}

1. HUCKLE William 28 and family
2. HUCKLE Eliza 24 and family
3. HUCKLE Elizabeth 7 and family
4. HUCKLE Mary 4 and family
5. HUCKLE George Died on Voyage 0 and family

Clipper Route.

Pictures of Many Years

In the following extract from PICTURES OF MANY YEARS^[8] William tells his own story, starting from his arrival in Sydney NSW:- "For some time I worked at Brick Field Hill, Sydney. On (Sunday) March 19th 1854 I had the offer of a job...... it was on a station called 'Douglas Gap'. A man named Walter Angel came down from the station with a bullock dray loaded with wool. We came to the Country Station with that man. It took us some weeks to get there....... it was our first experience in this great Country. ...........Some years later, I worked in the Murrumburrah district. I was at the Lambing Flat roll up when the trouble took place between the white men and the Chinamen on the gold field (this trouble occurred during the period from December 1860 to August 1861).

Later, I talked with the bushrangers, Ben Hall, John Gilbert, John Dunn and John O'Mealley. They had breakfast at my house. Afterwards I said to Ben, Will you come and give us a hand reaping now? 'I would, 'was the answer, 'but the Crushers might be about.' (Meaning the police from Murrumburrah.)

:See: Ben Hall Gang

Later, I left the 'Barwang,' and the Murrumburrah District. I went to 'Reedy Creek,' this was close to Maringo. I lived there for about six years." (Maringo is probably the town known as Murringo which is about 24 kilometres east of Young, NSW. Barwang is in the Moppity area near Young, NSW. Young was originally known as Lambing Flat.) Various passages in PICTURES OF MANY YEARS^[8] indicate that William Huckel lived in the following places in NSW:- Burrows (possibly the town known as Boorowa) in 1860, then Cunningar near Murrumburrah, the Barwang, then Reedy Creek near (south east )Maringo (Murringo), then (on Wednesday 9 April 1873) moving to a farm he took up at Mopperty (probably Moppity) at the foot of the hills of the Black Range (now known as the Douglas Range), selling the farm at Mopperty (Moppity) in 1877 and taking up land at Redbank (now known as Greenethorpe) on the banks of the Tyagong Creek where he was one of the early wheat pioneers, selling the farm at Redbank (Greenethorpe) after his wife ( Eliza) died in January 1898 and then living with James Huckel at "Alma" Koorawatha. Burrows is mentioned as being in the birth registration district of Binalong. A valley at Reedy Creek was known as Golden Gully. Mention is made of William having charge of 2,000 sheep at Reedy Creek and of them being attacked by dingoes one night, William running to the rescue of the sheep and in turn being attacked by the dingoes, calling out for help and his daughter going to his aid with a weapon. They beat off the dingoes and got the sheep to safety, but the losses in sheep were fory killed and mangled. Mention is made that, in October 1910, William smoked a pipe and "is rather under than above the middle height, pale; of gentlemanly aspect. In spite of his 85 years his hair is not white. But is slightly tinged with gray (sic)." William J. Huckel (born1860) gives the following description of his father's (William) death in chapter VIII of PICTURES OF MANY YEARS^[8]

William's Last Days

"I visited my father (William) a few days before his death in 1919. It was in the month of July. He was still living with Jim Huckel, who had temporarily removed to Grenfell. He laid down the paper which he had been reading withou the aid of glasses, and confirmed the notes of instructions that I had already made. Moreover, his brain was swift and clear; keener than many men of half his age, which was 94 years and 4 months. Living at peace with all men, he loved the life that God had given him in this beautiful world; for 94 years he had fought for that life; and worked for it, now he was ready...at the last...to yield it up without a whimper when time and fate asked for it. Bolstered up against the pillows, he calmly said, 'I am going to your Mother (Eliza Wilson).' Looking at him as his lips quietly and calmly uttered the words to us, it was almost a farewell. We knew it was the beginning of the end. He was going to that Great unknown world. The brown eyes were perhaps, somewhat dulled by the nearness of death; although one would never have judged him to e in his 95th year. There was only a very small streak of gray (sic) in the fair hair. I stood by the motionless form of my dead Father; and gazed at the lived face made more striking by the chincloth which kept the mouth closed. It forcibly recalled sad memories of days when, as a child, I played at his knee. But now I was no longer a child....and my father was Dead. How many years lay between these two: my father and my mother. And what years....some of pleasure..and some of Sorrow. I leaned over the beloved form, and pressed a kiss on the icey (sic) cold brow.^[8]

Death

William Huckel passed away at Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia on the 21st of July 1919^[9] and was laid to rest in the Church of England section of the Cowra Cemetery.

Funeral

The funeral was brought from Grenfell by Motor Hearse, and was met three miles out from Cowra by a Hearse drawn by two black horses. Silently....the sable draped horses stepped over the smooth road...moving at slow paces over the Great Iron bridge that spans the Lachlan River, followed by the long line of mourners through the town. It was Wednesday, 23rd July, 1919. In front of the hearse was the Minister of the Church of England. The cars followed the Hearse thus:- The writer's (William J. Huckel) car, with two brothers, Henry and Jack; The second car was Jim Huckel's; the third, Mr. & Mrs. Walrer (sic) Lane and Miss A. M. Mitchell; the forth, H. & E. and also T. A. Huckel. It was very impressive, as I held the wheel my heart was very full. After the coffin had been carried to the graveside, the burial service commenced.....Under the Great old trees that shade the ancient tombs of the Cowra Cemetery, on that cold bleak afternoon in July, as the sky was darkened with heavy clouds, we laid him to rest beside my Mother. So the twin after a separation of twenty years are United in Death."^[8]

Notes

The S.C.N.S.W. has no record of any grant of Probate or Letters of Administration having been made in the estate of William. (in other words, they do not have any record of a will for William Huckel). William's gravestone/monument incorrectly states he died on Tuesday 22 July 1919. His death certificate shows the correct date, Monday 21 July 1919. The death certificate gives his occupation as a farmer. In the Church of England Church Koorawatha NSW there is a glass-fronted bookcase erected by descendants of William and Eliza HUckel after a family reunion of Huckel's c mid 1960's. Attached to the bookcase is a plaque in memory of William & Eliza Huckel.

Australia Assisted

• Australia Project

Research Notes

• another family arrived aboard the "IRENE........Francis 40 yrs,Elizabeth 36 yrs,Elizabeth 12 yrs, Jane 21 yrs,Mary Ann 7 yrs, John 5 yrs.......

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSCW-9SC : 11 February 2018, William Huckle, ); citing p3, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,951,857.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQYC-R6B : 24 May 2019), Robert Huckel, Bygrave, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ England, Bedfordshire - Marriage Certificate "Research Your Family History Using The General Register Office". 2019. GOV.UK. Accessed September 29 2019. UK GRO > 25 Dec 1847. > Place: Parish Church, Edworth, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire; Registration District: Biggleswade; General Register Office, England; Certified copy purchased from GRO in the personal files of David Urquhart
4. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVSB-Y46 : 10 February 2018), William Huckle and Eliza Wilson, 25 Dec 1847; citing Edworth,Bedford,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,279,103.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGRH-7FS : 12 September 2019), William Huckle, Clothall, Hertfordshire, England; citing Clothall, Hertfordshire, England, p. 8, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ NSW State Archives - Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists > "Assisted Immigrants (Digital) Shipping Lists". 2016. Records.Nsw.Gov.Au. Accessed October 3 2019. [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/assisted-immigrants-digital-shipping-lists. NSW Gov State Archives - Assisted Immigrants Digital Lists]
7. ↑ NSW Archives Image - Wilson Kennedy Passenger List. > "Image". 2019. Indexes.Records.Nsw.Gov.Au. Accessed October 3 2019. Wilson Kennedy Passenger List, Huckle, pg 7.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4} Pictures of many years, 1852-1988 / by Glenda Dykes | National Library of Australia > "Pictures Of Many Years, 1852-1988 / By Glenda Dykes | National Library Of Australia". 2019. Catalogue.Nla.Gov.Au. Accessed October 3 2019. NLA Catalogue, Book, Pictures of Many Years | title=Pictures of many years, 1852-1988 / by Glenda Dykes | author1=Dykes, Glenda, 1934- | year=1988 | publisher=G. Dykes | language=English
9. ↑ Australia, New South Wales - NSW Death Index > "" How To Research Your Family History ". 2019. Bdm.Nsw.Gov.Au. Accessed October 4 2019. Australia, NSW Deaths Index > Year: 1919 Ref: 17246/1919; William Huckel, Age 94 Years, Died Grenfell. Place: Grenfell.

See Also:

• Find A Grave, database and images  : accessed 26 September 2019), memorial page for William “Willie” Huckel (10 Mar 1825–21 Jul 1919), Find A Grave: Memorial #201045837, citing Cowra General Cemetery, Cowra, Cowra Shire, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by David Urquhart (contributor 49272194) .
• Ben Hall Wikipedia contributors, "Frank Gardiner–Ben Hall gang," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [1] (accessed February 13, 2019).
• John DunnWikipedia contributors, "John Dunn (bushranger)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [2] (accessed February 13, 2019).
• John O'MeallyWikipedia contributors, "John O'Meally," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [3] (accessed February 13, 2019).
• Australian Cemeteries.
• Trove Article.
• ISTG - &#87&#105&#108&#115&#111&#110 &#75&#101&#110&#110&#101&#100&#121>"ISTG - &#87&#105&#108&#115&#111&#110 &#75&#101&#110&#110&#101&#100&#121". 2019. Immigrantships.Net. Accessed October 3 2019. Wilson Kennedy Passenger list.
• Warner, M.>Warner, Mary-Anne. 2019. "WILSON KENNEDY". Marinersandships.Com.Au. Accessed October 8 2019. Wilson Kennedy
• Anon>2019. Marinersandships.Com.Au. Accessed October 8 2019. pg1
• Anon>2019. Marinersandships.Com.Au. Accessed October 8 2019. pg2
• Anon>2019. Marinersandships.Com.Au. Accessed October 8 2019. pg3
• Pictures Of Many Years by William J Huckel. An autobiography by William J Huckel containing anecdotes as told by himself.
• (sic) - that is correct (appended in brackets after a quoted passage to indicate that the passage was quoted exactly even though its incorrectness or absurdity would suggest that it was not quoted exactly)

Acknowledgements

• Peter James Mayoh's research.
• Glenda Dykes research and published book for Huckel Reunion in 1988, "Pictures of Many Years">Pictures of many years, 1852-1988 / by Glenda Dykes,Bib ID 1720436,Format BookBook,Author ,Dykes, Glenda, 1934-Description [Melba, A.C.T. : G. Dykes, 1988] ,267 p. : ill., facsims., plan, ports. ; 25 cm. + leaflet. ISBN 0731659546 (not printed in book)Notes Includes index.Cover title: Pictures of many years: Huckel family reunion, Koorawatha - 1988.Available from Mrs G.A. Dykes, 31 Verbrugghen Street, Melba, A.C.T. 2615.Accompanied by leaflet: Huckel family reunion, thanks giving service (4 p. : port. ; 23 cm.).Subjects Huckel family. | New South Wales -- Genealogy.
• Pixabay
• Gravestone/Monument inscriptions
• Eliza Wilson's death certificate
• Written or verbal correspondence between Peter James Mayoh and Edwin Earnest (Joe) Huckel.
• Added Information found on the Internet which was submitted by Nick Hollingworth. 22-6-2003. D.J.U.