John Liddicoat (abt. 1829 - 1907)

Born about 1829 in Retearth, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Gertrude Mary (Hocking) Liddicoat — married 8 Mar 1851 in Cubert, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1907 at about age 78 in Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

John Liddicoat was born about 1829 at Cornwall, England in the hamlet of Retea(r)th in St Columb, baptised 20th March 1831 in St Columb. He married Gertrude Hocking on 8th March 1851 at Cubert, St Columb, Cornwall, England, shortly before emigrating on the "Marion" to South Australia. The Marion was shipwrecked off the coast near Edithburgh, on what is now called Marion reef. After the grounding the couple were separated. Gertrude with some 70 women and children was taken by longboat across the St Vincent Gulf to Cape Jervis. Gertrude later found employment as a housemaid on a farm on Yorke Peninsula and that by coincidence, husband John arrived one day and was taken on by the farmer as a labourer. John Liddicoat passed away on 20th August 1907 at Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia.

Sources

• Family Search Profile with links [1]

• Christening at St Columb [2]
• Marriage Cubert [3]
• Marriage Registration "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch : 13 December 2014,
• The Marion 919 tons, Captain George Kissock, from London March 1851 / Plymouth 24th March 1851, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 29th July 1851[4]

• Death Notice LIDDICOAT.—At Wallaroo, on August 20th, John Liddicoat, aged 78 years. "Family Notices" The Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA : 1888 - 1954) 31 August 1907

• Grave - Buried 23rd August 1907 at Kadina Cemetery [5]