See also

Family of Benjamin Gillingham and Mary Gathercole

Husband: Benjamin Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Benjamin Gillingham3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Gillingham (1777?-1817)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Foster (1771?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • leather currier then a schoolmaster3 4

  • Birth:

  • bef 26 Jun 1805

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England5

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Jun 1805 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England6

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 35)

  • High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • head of the household aged 35 Currer born in Suffolk.

  • Directory:

  • 1844 (age 38-39)

  • Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • as a straw platter, hat manufacturer and a leather cutter of

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 45)

  • Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • head of the household aged 45, Platt Dealer. Born in Woodbridge

  • Emigration:

  • 1853 (age 47-48)

  •  

  •  

  • Emigrated to Australia "Kent" April 1853.

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 1856

  • North Grant, Buninyong, Victoria, Australia10

  •  

  • schoolmaster, freehold

  • Death:

  • 1892 (age 86-87)

  • Geelong, Victoria, Australia5

Wife: Mary Gathercole

  • Name:

  • Mary Gathercole

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Gathercole (1788?- )

  • Mother:

  • Margaret (1786?- )

  • Birth:

  • 1806 (app)

  • Lakenheath, Suffolk, England11

  • Banns:

  • 28 Jul 1833 (age 26-27)

  • St. James Church, Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • Also 14/7 21/7.

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 34-35)

  • High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • Wife aged 30 born in Suffolk living with her husband

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 44-45)

  • Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • wife aged 44 Straw Bonnet Maker. Born in Lakenheath, living with her husband.

  • Emigration:

  • 1853 (age 46-47)

  •  

  •  

  • to Australia "Kent" April 1853.

Child 1: Benjamin Gathercole Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Benjamin Gathercole Gillingham13

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Rebecca Hybart (1821?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • school master13

  • Birth:

  • 13 Apr 1834

  • Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England14 15

  •  

  • note that age on marriage certificate would make this c 1829

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Jun 1834 (age 0)

  • St. Mary Square-Wesleyan, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England16

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 7)

  • High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son aged 7 born in Suffolk living with parents.

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 16)

  • Soham, Cambridgeshire, England17

  •  

  • aged 16, living Soham

  • Address:

  • 1855 (age 20-21)

  • 30 Sarnmer Hill Terrace, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England5

  • Death:

  • Q2 1855 (age 22)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England14 18

Child 2: Mary Elizabeth Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Mary Elizabeth Gillingham19

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Thomas Newland (1827-1861)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Cuthbert William Allison (1836-1920)

  • Birth:

  • 31 Jul 1835

  • Lavenham, Suffolk, England5 19 11

  • Baptism:

  • 20 Sep 1835 (age 0)

  • St. Mary Square-Wesleyan, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • daughter of Benjamin Gillingham and Mary

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 5)

  • High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • daughter aged 6 born in Suffolk living with parents

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 15)

  • Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • aged 15, unmarried. Born in Lavenham, living with parents.

  • Emigration:

  • 1853 (age 17-18)

  •  

  •  

  • . Emigrated to Australia "Kent" April 1853.

  • Death:

  • 1882 (age 47)

  • Hay, New South Wales, Australia20

Child 3: Maria Hephzibah Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Maria Hephzibah Gillingham

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • William Field ( - )

  • Birth:

  • 1837 (app)

  • Lavenham, Suffolk, England11

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Apr 1837 (age 0)

  • St. Mary Square-Wesleyan, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England16

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 3-4)

  • High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • daughter aged 4 born in Suffolk living with parents

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 13-14)

  • Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • aged 14,unmarried. Born. Lavenham, living with parents.

  • Emigration:

  • 1853 (age 15-16)

  •  

  •  

  • Emigrated to Australia "Kent" April 1853.

  • Death:

  • 1894 (age 57)

  • Geelong, Victoria, Australia21

  •  

  • parents Ben Gillingham and May Gathercole

Child 4: John Henry Gillingham

  • Name:

  • John Henry Gillingham

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Dec 1838 (app)

  • Lavenham, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • Cosford 12 286

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 2)

  • High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son aged 2 born in Suffolk living with parents

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 12)

  • Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • aged 12, attending school Born in Lavenham., living with parents.

  • Emigration:

  • 1853 (age 14-15)

  •  

  •  

  • Emigrated to Australia "Kent" April 1853.

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 1856

  • North Grant, Buninyong, Victoria, Australia

  •  

  • Hard Hills, Miner,miner's right

  • Death:

  • 1865 (age 26-27)

  • Victoria, Australia5

Child 5: Ann Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Ann Gillingham

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • ??? is this correct ??.

  • Birth:

  • 1839 (app)

  • Marlesford, Suffolk, England14

Child 6: Samuel Hooley Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Samuel Hooley Gillingham22

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1840

  • Lavenham, Suffolk, England22 11

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 0)

  • High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son aged 1 born in Suffolk living with parents

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 10)

  • Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • aged 10, attending school Born in Lavenham, living with parents.

  • Emigration:

  • 1853 (age 12-13)

  •  

  •  

  • Emigrated to Australia "Kent" April 1853.

  • Death:

  • 1857 (age 16-17)

  • Victoria, Australia5

Child 7: William James Gillingham

  • Name:

  • William James Gillingham

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Frances Richards ( - )

  • Birth:

  • Mar 1844

  • Lavenham, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • Cosford 12 365

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 6-7)

  • Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • aged 7, attending school Born in Lavenham, living with parents.

  • Emigration:

  • 1853 (age 8-9)

  •  

  •  

  • Emigrated to Australia "Kent" April 1853.

  • Death:

  • 1919 (age 74-75)

  • Carl N ??, Victoria, Australia5

Child 8: Ebenezer Richard Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Ebenezer Richard Gillingham

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Henrietta Letitia Wales (1841?-1909)

  • Birth:

  • 1849

  • Lavenham, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • Cosford 12 331

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 1-2)

  • Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • aged 1, Born in Lavenham, living with parents.

  • Emigration:

  • 1853 (age 3-4)

  •  

  •  

  • Emigrated to Australia "Kent" April 1853.

  • Death:

  • 1924 (age 74-75)

  • St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia5

Child 9: Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Gillingham5

  • Sex:

  • Unknown

  • Birth:

  • Apr 18535

  •  

  •  

  • ? born at sea. Only described as baby.

Note on Husband: Benjamin Gillingham

A book - 'Lavenham Industrial Town' includes Benjamin's business

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Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Marriage Index 1813 - 1837, (1992 - 2005 own copy). volume:1.

2.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 31 October 2001. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

3.

Marriage Certificate. son Benjamin. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

4.

Ancestry Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). 1856 electoral roll.

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Sian Plant (One Name Study) personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 12 September 2001.

6.

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