William George Raymer (1836 - 1911)

Born 22 Aug 1836 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1911 at age 74 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

William was born in 1835.

Rebecca Raymer England and Wales Census, 1841 Name: Rebecca Raymer Event Type: Census Event Date: 1841 Event Place: Sudbury St Peter, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): St Peter, Suffolk, England County: Suffolk Parish: St Peter Registration District: Ipswich Residence Note: Bridge St Sex: Female Age: 35 Age (Original): 35 Birth Year (Estimated): 1802-1806 Birthplace: Suffolk Page Number: 7 Registration Number: HO107 Piece/Folio: 1043/24 Affiliate Record Type: Household Affiliate Image Identifier: GBC/1841/1043/0722&parentid=GBC/1841/0002181284 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Rebecca Raymer Female 35 Suffolk George Raymer Male 7 Suffolk William Raymer Male 4 Suffolk

Citation "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M73D-RHJ : 25 May 2019), Rebecca Raymer, Sudbury St Peter, Suffolk, 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.

WILLIAM RAYMER, 1836-1911

William Raymer was the second son of John Raymer, Master Mariner, and Rebecca (Bradbrook), and nephew of the George Raymer, 1823-1892, ancestor of the New South Wales branch. He arrived in Australia, probably at Melbourne but research has not yet discovered whether as passenger or crew nor on what ship. In 1858 he married Anne Mulholland who had sailed from Plymouth, United Kingdom, on the Ocean Monarch on 27th November 1855, arriving in Melbourne in June 1856. As William had been baptised on 25th September at St Peter's (Anglican) church in Ipswich and Anne who was born in Louth, Ireland was a Roman Catholic, they were married at the chapel of St Marie on 22nd August 1858, the ceremony taking place in the vestry as they were of mixed faiths.

William was a shunter for the Hudsons Bay Railway, later Victorian Railways and lost an arm in a shunting accident.' In the Index for 19th Century Employees he was listed as No. 5989, appointed 27th March 1867, grade: labourer, branch: locomotive. His employment appears to have ceased between January 1893 and December 1895. The Raymer Family has mainly lived and worked in the Williamstown area up until the present generation. They first lived in Thompson Street, Hammer Street, Union Street, Douglas Parade, Williamstown.There was over 16 families of Raymer in the 1800's living there. There are 23 Raymer's buried in Williamstown Cemetery, one dates back to 1870, others up until 1973. A lot of the' graves are full, (ie: five bodies in each grave). When you get back to the back of this small history paper, you will see a record of who is buried there.

The Raymer Family History From 1836 - 1993

The Raymer Family started in Australia when William came out from England in 1851 on the ship the Barbados.?

Then in 1859,- William Raymer met and married Annie Mulholland. He was 23 and she was 22 years old. William and Annie settled in -Williamstown and had seven children. Henry 1859,Frederick 1861, Rebecca 1863, Annie 1866,Sophia 1869, Charles 1874

Sophia died two years later in 1870 and buried in the Williamstown cemetery. William and his brother Frederick, and son Charles, worked for the railways at, Newport. William worked from 1867, Frederick in 1883 and Chas in 1888. Henry worked as a baker in South Melbourne. Annie married John Dorgan and not too much is known about Rebecca. Chas died in 1916.

Henry married Mary Jane Wilkins in 1880. They had 7 children. William - 1885, Harry - 1889, Norman - 1891, Syd - , Walter - , May - , and an unnamed child - . As before, Henry was a baker, William was an undertaker in Kyneton and died in 1969. Syd worked in the railway workshops, Newport from 1924 until 1940. The rest of the family, not too much is recorded.

Sources

• '"England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M73D-RHJ : 25 May 2019), Rebecca Raymer, Sudbury St Peter, Suffolk, 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..

• 1851 England & Wales Census Name William Raymer, Gender Male, Birth Circa 1837, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, Residence 1851 Gt Whip Street, Ipswich, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, Age 14, Occupation Errand Boy, Mother Rebecca Raymer, Brother George Raymer, Head Rebecca Raymer 45, Son George Raymer 17, Son William Raymer 14.