Jacob Mitchell (1815 - 1895)

Born 16 Mar 1815 in United Kingdom

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Died 27 Sep 1895 at age 80 in Australia

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Biography

Jacob Mitchell came free to the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)

Jacob Mitchell and his family came from the United KIngdom in the 1840s to settle in the new British Colony of South Australia. The family farmed wheat in the Bugle Ranges near Mount Barker, a rural outpost^[1]

born at Bugle Ranges on July 12th 1871, and her grandfather Jacob Mitchell was one of the earliest settlers in that portion of the Hills. He, and his wife Alice, came from Southampton, England, in the sailing ship "Piatiers" (probably Poictiers 1848) in 1842. Her father, Joseph Mitchell, was the only son, and was but four years of age when he arrived with his parents from the Old Country. ... my grandfather settled at Bugle Ranges. He had a small block on which he grew wheat. He had some bullocks, and used to cart wheat from Bugle Ranges to Adelaide for the farmers of the district, and father used to help him when only seven years of age. They had to pay a toll tax in those days for bullock wagons and other vehicles, and the little square toll house near Glen Osmond still exists, and is one of Adelaide's land marks of the early days ^[2]

Children of Jacob and Alice were:

Elizabeth

Joseph

Annie

Sarah born in South Australia 1850

Sources

1. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146314069?# Holiday in the Hills by "P.W."
2. ↑ First hand account of Maud Davis in the newspaper article "Holiday in the Hills"

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Research Notes

• Arrival date of 1848 is supported by these newspaper articles:

Mt Barker Courier Fri 6 Dec 1901 Page 2

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Wed 4 Dec 1901 Page 4 Family Notices

• Arrival on ship "Poictiers" is supported by this article:

Holiday in the Hills by "P.W." - ship named as Piatiers.

(Mt Barker Courier 20/3/1925 Obituary p2.) - ship named as Periot

Note Poictiers brought immigrants to Adelaide in 1848

• Daughter Annie's marriage: "BREAKER—MITCHELL.—On the 11th October, in the Wesleyan Chapel, Bugle Ranges, by the Rev. Thomas Lloyd,

Mr. Henry W. Breaker, of Belair, to Miss Annie, daughter of Mr. Jacob Mitchell, Bugle Ranges." The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Fri 27 Oct 1865, Page 7,Family Notices.

• Possible matches from familyhistorysa:

MITCHELL J arrived 1845-06-24 on Vanguard from Sydney via Portland Bay

MITCHELL J arrived 1850-08-27 on Tory from London 50-04-21 via Melbourne

MITCHELL Jacob, Alice LANE, parents of child born 1850-12-27 named Sarah Adelaide Lane at Tusmore

• Daughter Elizabeth ( Mrs Harrip) was on ship Periot with Jacob and wife. Family lived first at Kensington then Mt Barker. (Mt Barker Courier 20/3/1925 Obituary p2.)
• Joseph the only son of Jacob: "MITCHELL.— On the 30th August, at his residence. Pioneer Cottage, Mount Barker, Joseph, the beloved husband of Sushannah Mitchell, and only son of the late Jacob Mitchell, of Wistow, leaving a wife, one son, one daughter, and 18 grandchildren to mourn their loss." Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) Sat 4 Sep 1920, Page 27, Family Notices.