Tonkin Migrants to Victoria Australia

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Research page of the Tonkin Name Study

General Palmer Apr 1849
Assited Passage departure Plymouth
TONKIN John 26, Elizabeth 23, Catherine 1, Harriet 1
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E2A106BC-F1B1-11E9-AE98-7353571BB1F2?image=51
John Tonkin baptised 1821 Sennen son of Peter and Catherine, married Esther Mitchell 1847 Sennen, daughter Harriet b 1847; daughter Catherine b1848
John Tonkin on familysearch

Charlotte Jane Feb 1852
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Thomas 22
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/33FC5616-F96C-11E9-AE98-D185E5E909BF?image=59
TONKIN Jane 30
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/33FC5616-F96C-11E9-AE98-D185E5E909BF?image=60

Augusta Schneider Aug 1852
Unassisted Passage departure Falmouth
TONKIN James 27
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/33FC5616-F96C-11E9-AE98-D185E5E909BF?image=228

Stebonheath Jan 1853
Assisted Passage
TONKING John 23, Jane 20
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E28FA191-F1B1-11E9-AE98-A39C9D2AFA57?image=52

Atalanta Jan 1853
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Ebenezer 39, Mary 37, Ebenezer 16, George 13, Elizabeth 12, Mary 10, Theophilus 8, Enoch 6, John 5, Emily 4, Lydia 1
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3400C2E9-F96C-11E9-AE98-0507CB69E27D?image=214
Ebenezer Tonkin born c1813 Shoreditch, Middlesex married Mary Ann Laybourn, one son James born in Victoria before the family emigrated again to India
Ebenezer Tonkin on familysearch

Vigilant Feb 1853
Unassisted Passage departure Cape Town
TONKIN John D
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3400C2E9-F96C-11E9-AE98-0507CB69E27D?image=26

Bothnia Jun 1853
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Henry
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3403A91B-F96C-11E9-AE98-1F36C9268AB1?image=18

Plantagenet Jul 1853
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN John 19
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3403A91B-F96C-11E9-AE98-1F36C9268AB1?image=201

Agnes Blaikie Jul 1853
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Wm Stephen 21
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3403A91B-F96C-11E9-AE98-1F36C9268AB1?image=244

Lord Ashley Jul 1853
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Joel 28
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3403A91B-F96C-11E9-AE98-1F36C9268AB1?image=268

Tarolinta Oct 1853
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN William
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3404E19C-F96C-11E9-AE98-FBBBD63BD0BC?image=194

Africa Jul 1854
Unassissted Passage
TONKIN Edward 25
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AF59D6E-F96C-11E9-AE98-F7100529A261?image=139

Nightingale Aug 1854
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Collin 23
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AF59D6E-F96C-11E9-AE98-F7100529A261?image=71

Crouch Brothers Sep 1854
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Henry 16
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AF59D6E-F96C-11E9-AE98-F7100529A261?image=400

Nestor 16 Sep 1854
Assisted Passage
TONKIN Stephen 25, Mary 27, Henry 2, Isabella 1
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E28FA191-F1B1-11E9-AE98-A39C9D2AFA57?image=329

Golconda Jan 1855
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Richard 16
TONKIN Wm 25
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AF80E70-F96C-11E9-AE98-C724C30A4245?image=198

Gipsy Bride Feb 1855
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN John 36, Eliza 33, Selina 13, Henry 11, Sophia 6, John 3, William 2, Edwin 1
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AF80E70-F96C-11E9-AE98-C724C30A4245?image=267

Shalimar Feb 1855
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Richard 22
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AF80E70-F96C-11E9-AE98-C724C30A4245?image=341

Shooting Star Jan 1856
Unassisted Passage
TONKEN John 35
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AFE01E4-F96C-11E9-AE98-F70ABC3BAF48?image=169

Steadfast Feb 1856
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Jemima 50, Anne 24, John 18, Samuel 16, Jane 12, Frederick 10, Mary 6
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AFE01E4-F96C-11E9-AE98-F70ABC3BAF48?image=219

Mermaid Feb 1856
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN James 21
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AFE01E4-F96C-11E9-AE98-F70ABC3BAF48?image=243

Golden Era Sep 1856
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Joseph 20
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AFF8885-F96C-11E9-AE98-4994E0429BCA?image=319

Medway Dec 1856
Assisted Passage
TONKYN Mary 18
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E2912832-F1B1-11E9-AE98-C326277ADF95?image=292

Royal Charter Dec 1856
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Susan 69, William Henry 8
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B010F26-F96C-11E9-AE98-2719F500BDE6?image=288
Susannah Eddy Tonkin on familysearch and her grandson
William Henry Tonkin on familysearch

Africa Jan 1857
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Stephen 24
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B02E3E7-F96C-11E9-AE98-05FF09024AFF?image=118
Stephen Tonkin on familysearch

Mary Ann 28 Jan 1857
Assisted Passage
TONKIN Robert age 23
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E2945C84-F1B1-11E9-AE98-E79844B4D5A8?image=298

Swiftsure 14 Mar 1857
Unassisted Passage
TOMKINS John 32 Jane 32 Robert G 7 Caroline E 5 John B 3 Jane G 2 Andrew G 1
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B02E3E7-F96C-11E9-AE98-05FF09024AFF?image=231

Undaunted Aug 1857
Assisted passage
TONKIN Elizabeth 34 with 4 children (Elizabeth J 14, Grace 13, Thomas 8, William 2)
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E292AED3-F1B1-11E9-AE98-4DB218217A26?image=97

Mindoro 23 Oct 1857
Assisted Passage
TONKIN Grace 27
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E295E325-F1B1-11E9-AE98-A7615D0B36BD?image=62

Morning Light Nov 1857
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN William 23
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B0750BA-F96C-11E9-AE98-19084F8A768F?image=174

Annie Wilson Nov 1857
Unassisted Passage
TONKING Wm 28
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B0750BA-F96C-11E9-AE98-19084F8A768F?image=207

Oceanica Mar 1858
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Jane 25, William 4, Jane 1
TONKIN Rebecca 24, George Jas 1, Thomas 4
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B08B04B-F96C-11E9-AE98-330DCE60AF11?image=276

Atalanta 9 Jun 1858
Assisted Passage
TONKIN Nanny 38, Louisa 10, Margaret 8, Sarah 5, Amelia 2
TONKIN Rebecca 36, Rebecca 9, Keziah 11, William 5
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E295E325-F1B1-11E9-AE98-A7615D0B36BD?image=218
TONKIN Henry 12
TONKIN William 15
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E295E325-F1B1-11E9-AE98-A7615D0B36BD?image=221
TONKIN Elizabeth 13
TONKIN Nanny 18
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E295E325-F1B1-11E9-AE98-A7615D0B36BD?image=225

Herald Jun 1859
Assisted Passage
TONKIN Maria 18
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E29790D6-F1B1-11E9-AE98-597179266B76?image=29

Prince of Wales Jan 1861
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Jas 19
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B19C758-F96C-11E9-AE98-83A363F01077?image=126

Aldinga Oct 1861
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN John 31
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/4A02EB35-F96C-11E9-AE98-0D15767B5920?image=113

Agincourt Jan 1862
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Josh 21
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B1EA95B-F96C-11E9-AE98-177376B4ADD9?image=79

Norfolk Jan 1862
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN John 26, Wm Hy 18, Josiah 24
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B1EA95B-F96C-11E9-AE98-177376B4ADD9?image=98

Swiftsure Apr 1862
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN John 30
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B1EA95B-F96C-11E9-AE98-177376B4ADD9?image=217

Matilda Atheling 1 Apr 1863
Assisted Passage
Joseph Tonkin 24, Sarah 22
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E2991777-F1B1-11E9-AE98-19C5A2E8D282?image=103

Redan May 1863
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Thomas 24
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B244EAF-F96C-11E9-AE98-CF4727886049?image=104

Agincourt Nov 1863
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Paul
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B25D550-F96C-11E9-AE98-6DD8DBACC7CC?image=243

Forest Rights Jan 1865
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Gertrude 32
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B2BA1B4-F96C-11E9-AE98-EF0B184FC7D3?image=102

Arabian 12 Mar 1865
Assisted Passage
TONKIN Eliza Jane 25
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E2991777-F1B1-11E9-AE98-19C5A2E8D282?image=208

Marco Polo Sep 1865
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Eliz 22
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B2E39C6-F96C-11E9-AE98-7DC7C3E7AC2A?image=80

Rangitoto Oct 1865
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Richard 24
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/4A058347-F96C-11E9-AE98-31EFF4F61231?image=180

Donald MacKay Nov 1867
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Wm T 23
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B3390FA-F96C-11E9-AE98-0F7B2D1C5C8D?image=206

Southern Ocean Mar 1868
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Elizth 15
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B35179B-F96C-11E9-AE98-A3F59CAC46D0?image=166

Norfolk Mar 1870
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Richard 67
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B3A6ECF-F96C-11E9-AE98-27D9C60BF0FF?image=160

Star of India Jun 1871
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Benjamin 22
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B401423-F96C-11E9-AE98-4F6784238BE1?image=85
TONKIN Eliza 20
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B401423-F96C-11E9-AE98-4F6784238BE1?image=84

Stonehouse Dec 1871
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN William 30, Jane 19, Mary J 1, Susan 1
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B414CA4-F96C-11E9-AE98-AF6C68829023?image=159

Queen of Nations Jun 1873
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Mary 30
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B47DC59-F96C-11E9-AE98-5F26FABE27AA?image=106
TONKIN Henry 39, Mary 44, Henry 7, James M 5
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B47DC59-F96C-11E9-AE98-5F26FABE27AA?image=107

Great Britain Dec 1873
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Wm H 19
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B493BEA-F96C-11E9-AE98-E10B2B81478C?image=201

Potosi May 1881
Unassisted Passage
TONKIN Charles 19
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B5EBFCA-F96C-11E9-AE98-FD25405B97CC?image=328

Sources

• Public Record Office Victoria Passenger records and immigration
• FamilySearch Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923
• Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Emigrants database