Christopher Pennock (1846 - 1870)

Born Aug 1846 in Wetwang, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Died 27 Apr 1870 at age 23 in Pine Forest near Langhorne Creek, South Australia

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Biography

Christopher was born in August 1846, likely in Wetwang, Yorkshire, England, the son of Edward TINDALL and Rachel PENNOCK.^[1] He was baptised on 30 August 1846 in the parish church in Wetwang.^[2]

In 1851, he was boarding with a William and Amelia EZARD, in a back street of Wetwang.^[3]

He departed Liverpool on 23 May 1854 on board the Ocean Chief, aged 7 years, with his mother Rachel (aged 30) and uncle Thomas (aged 21). He arrived in Melbourne Victoria on 7 August 1854.^[4]

Thomas died on 27 April 1870, in Pine Forest, near Langhorne Creek, South Australia.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Civil birth registration: England and Wales, Aug-Sep 1846, Driffield district, index 23/36. (Free BMD)
2. ↑ Baptism: FindMyPast UK: England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975, Wetwang with Fimber Parish, parents: Edward TINDALL and Rachel PENNOCK.
3. ↑ Census (1851): England and Wales census, March 1851, Parish of Wetwang, aged 4 years, place of birth Wetwang.
   "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGCZ-YVZ : 8 November 2019), Christopher Pennock in household of William Ezard, Wetwang, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (East Riding), England; citing Wetwang, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (East Riding), England, p. 7, 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.
4. ↑ Passenger list (1854): FindMyPast UK, from Public Record Office Victoria Series VPRS 7666 Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports).
5. ↑ Death registration. SA Government death registration (Genealogy SA database): 38/579 (1870), Strathalbyn district, aged 23 years, status not recorded, relative not recorded.