Absalom Scholes (1825 - 1866)

Born 15 May 1825 in Morley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Mary (Lumb) Scholes — married 1855 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

Died 2 Aug 1866 at age 41 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Birth

Absolem (sometimes Absalom) Scholes was born 15 May, and baptized 20 July 1825 in the Wesleyan chapel in the parish of Batley, Yorkshire, England^[1]. He was the son of David Scholes a mason, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John and Judith Dickenson, living in Morley, a township and ecclesiastical district, in the parish of Batley, Yorkshire.

Emigration to Australia

Absalom, aged 32 years, his wife Mary (24) and children (Albert 10, Edwin 8 and Ellen <1) emigrated to the Colony of Victoria in 1857. They travelled on the Shakespeare a ship of 1820 tons licensed to carry 470 adults passengers (exclusive of cabin passenger). The ship departed Liverpool on 21 Sep and arrived Melbourne on 20 Dec 1857. A total of 514 steerage passengers (430 adults, 60 children and 24 infants) were carried onboard. Of the adults, 323 were English emigrants, 18 Scots and 88 Irish. There were 9 deaths on the voyage (2 adults and 7 children). One infant was born three weeks before the ship arrived in Port Melbourne^[2].

Mary's brother, Addison Lumb had emigrated to Victoria probably some time in 1854-55. He was a stonemason who had settled in Ceres, in the Barrabool Hills, west of Geelong where a flourishing quarry industry was established by Nicholas McCann and his sons. The McCanns and the Lumbs extensively intermarried, Absalom and Mary possibly emigrated in response to the experiences of Addison. They were extensively involved in the Methodist community in Highton and Ceres.

Research Notes

First name spelt either Absalom or Absolom on different records

Sources

1. ↑ The National Archives of the UK. General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 2654: Morley, Batley (Wesleyan), 1795-1837. Database with images indexed Ancestry.com. Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry au Record 2972 #1111500 : accessed 17 March 2023), Citing record 397: Absolem Scholes, born 15 May 1825, baptized 20 Jul 1825, parents: David Scholes, Elizabeth Dickenson, Parish of Batley
2. ↑ Victoria. Public Record Office. Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (Microfiche Copies: VPRS 7666 United Kingdom Ports) Oct-Dec 1857, British and Foreign Ports (Images database) citing Shakespeare Schedule (B.) 21 Sep 1857, arr. 20 Dec 1857. Folio 6 Absalom Scholes, Mary Scholes, Albert Scholes, Edwin Scholes, Ellen Scholes online image (accessed 17 Mar 2023)

• Hurley, Ann Craftsmen and Hill farmers: The Scholes and Lumb Families of West Yorkshire webpage, 2020 https://www.hurleyskidmorehistory.com.au/_files/ugd/a0424a_4a2c6a585bb645fc96ac54e057f9cbaf.pdf (accessed 17 Mar 2023).

• Son's record

Name: Saml Scholes Birth Year: abt 1863 Age: 68 Death Place: S Hills, Victoria Father's name: Absalom Scholes Mother's name: Mary Lumb Registration Year: 1931 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 11857 Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources.

Name: Absolem Scholes Birth Date: 15 May 1825 Event Type: Baptism Father: David Scholes Mother: Elizabeth Baptism Date: 26 Jun 1825 Archive Location: Wakefield Parish or Chapel: Batley Residence Place: Morley Reel Number: Banks Hill, Birks, Brunswick, Churwell, East Ardsley, Gildersome, Morley, Tingley, West Ard...; WC31 Reference Number: C12/16/1 Source Citation C12/16/1

Source Information Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records, 1646-1985 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: West Yorkshire Nonconformist Records. Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield, England: West Yorkshire Archive Service.

Name: Abraham Scholes [Absolom Scholes] Marriage Age: 30 Event Type: Marriage Birth Year: abt 1825 Marriage Date: Sep 1855 Marriage Place: Huddersfield, St Peter, Yorkshire, England Parish as it Appears: Huddersfield, St Peter Search Photos: Search for 'Huddersfield, St Peter' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection Father: David S Scholes Spouse: Mary Lumb Source Citation West Yorkshire Archive Service; Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Reference Number: WDP32/70

Name: Absalom Scholes Death Registration Year: 1866 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: David Mother Maiden Name: U Reference Number: 8107 Source Citation The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Death Records