FAMILY
TREE
BROADHURST
FAMILY
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Martha
Broadhurst baptised 18.9.1796, whom we believe to be the
daughter of John Broadhurst, farmer and Mary Percival from
Warrington, Lancashire, England had a son John William
Percival Broadhurst, baptised 17 February 1822
.- In the Warrington Census for
1851 Martha is shown as living in Battersby Lane
Warrington.
- John married Margaret Bate,
daughter of Joseph and Rachel Bate in St Paul's Church
Warrington on 11.4.1841.
- Children born to John and
Margaret in Warrington were James Bate born 31.12.1840
and Joseph born 6.12.1842, buried on 4.8.1844 aged 18
months.
- Martha died in the workhouse at
Warrington and was buried on the 1st June 1861 aged 65
years.
On
the 18th September 1843 John aged 21 was committed for trial
along with John Jefferson, aged 14 and William Norman, aged 13,
charged with stealing thirty knives, the property of Mr James
Peacock. John was transported to some part beyond the seas for
10 years, whilst William and John were remanded in custody for
one year (hard labour).
John
was transported to Hobart, Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania),
Australia on the convict ship "London" and arrived on the
10.7.1844. On 11.9.1849 he gained his Ticket of Leave and a
conditional pardon was granted 3.2.1852.- He applied for permission to
marry Sarah Evans, who was transported to Tasmania on
21.7.1847, and did so on 29.10.1849. There were two daughters
born, Sarah and Martha.
- John's first wife, Margaret and
their son James arrived in Australia around the late 1850's.
They followed the gold rush through Victoria to Adelong, New
South Wales and then onto Tumbarumba, New South Wales. Here
they had three more sons;
- Joseph born 1859 Upper
Tumbarumba
- John born 20.5.1861 Upper
Tumbarumba
- Thomas born 24.11.864
Upper Tumbarumba
- John owned his own gold mine at
Back Creek Upper Tumbarumba and Margaret ran the Commercial
Hotel at Back Creek. He died
a sudden death of about three hours on 30.1.1869 aged 46 years.
Margaret later remarried to Walter McBowling at the age of 45
years. Margaret died at Back Creek, Tumbarumba on 27.5.1904
aged 78 years and was listed as a widow.
- James
Bates Broadhurst
first son of John and
Margaret Broadhurst married Rachel Elizabeth Parish, born
10.5.1854 in Hobart Town Tasmania, the daughter of John and
Elizabeth Parish nee Taylor in Adelong on 8.5.1871, he was
listed as being a widower at the time.
- They had nine children:
- James
John
born Upper Tumbarumba
12.3.1872 , married Ann Brickmore.
- Rachel Maria born
Upper Tumbarumba 11.4.1874, married William Kenneth
Murray.
- Elizabeth Jane born
Upper Tumbarumba 11.9.1876, married James Edward
Gordon.
- Thomas Joseph born
Tarcutta Creek 9.4.1879, married Gertrude Emma
High.
- John William born
Upper Tumbarumba, 13.8.1881, married Mary Higgs.
- Ann Margaret
Martha
born Upper Tumbarumba
29.2.884, married William McPherson.
- William Manly Beach
born Upper Tumbarumba 9.9.1886, married Alice Undine
McDermott.
- Lily Amelia Susannah
Charlotte
born Upper Tumbarumba
24.9.1889, married William George Allen.
- Myrtle
Mabel
born Upper Tumbarumba
7.1.1893, married Ritchie Arthur Whitehead.
- Joseph
Broadhurst
second son of John and
Margaret Broadhurst born 6.12.1842 and
died in Warrington on 4.7.1844.
- Joseph
Broadhurst
third son of John and
Margaret Broadhurst married Margaret Lupton born c1863, on
11.1.1883 at Tumbarumba NSW. they moved to New Zealand in 1911
to live at Huntley.
- They had five
children
- Rebecca
born c1886 and married
George Knight.
- William Percival born
c 1887
- Ernest Albert married
Topsy?
- John
married Beatrice
Brown.
- Joseph
Eli
born 7.12.1896 Upper
Tumbarumba, married Marie Lupton in 1931. Went to New
Zealand to live in 1911.
- Joseph Broadhurst is buried in
Huntley New Zealand.
- John
Broadhurst
fourth son of John and
Margaret Broadhurst married Rebecca Harriet Wright from Grabben
Gullen NSW on 11.5.1892
- They had five
children:
- Joseph born 27.3.1893
at Courabyra Via Tumbarumba and married Clarice Jessie
McDermott in 1913.
- William Thomas married
Hilda McDermott sister to Clarice
- Harriet Rebecca born
20 April 1896 at Back Creek Tumbarumba. Harriet married
Arthur George Bevan and then John Henry Doherty.
- Alice born 17 .9.1906
married Robert Story.
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- Thomas
Broadhurst fifth son of John and Margaret Broadhurst
married Harriet Rose Christian, daughter of Peter Christian and
Sarah Jane Woodbridge on 25.6.1888 (26 June 1887) at Tumbarumba
NSW. Link to Woodbridge
Family site.
- They had fourteen
children
- Rachel May born
17.6.1888, Upper Tumbarumba and married Ernest George
Whitehead 24.10.1910.
- Charles
born 26.3.1890
unmarried.
- George
William
born 13.12.1891,
unmarried
- Alexander
James
born 20.9.1893,
unmarried
- Rose Kathleen born
3.9.1895 died aged 8 years.
- David Harold born 1898
and married Margaret Gilbert
- Edward John born
27.1.1900 and married Mary Ann Donnelly
24.5.1920.
- Robert Oliver born
21.12.1901.
- Norman
Oswald
born 8 .11.1903 and
married Jean Ruth Walter 14.3.1942.
- Henry Warren born
12.11.1905, unmarried.
- Peter
Oscar
born 29.11.1907 and
married Elsie Dugan.
- Benjamin Eric born
18.1.1910 married ? Jeffries.
- Selwyn Percival born
1911 and married Dorothy Crain.
- Leonard Howard born
10.9.1913 married Mary Rudd on 4 June 1934.
- The four brothers owned a gold
mine at Cherry Hill, Back Creek Tumbarumba.
- James died 30.9.1894, buried at
Tumbarumba.
- Joseph died 6.6.1938, buried in
Huntley, New Zealand.
- John died in 1941.
- Thomas died in 1929.
- I have about 1400 descendants
listed for John Broadhurst, if you are connected to any of the
families please send an Email.
- sgrieves@webone.com.au
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