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Topic: Mary BALSOM from Launceston Cornwall (Read 218 times)
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Abygail
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I must commend you all on the details you have turned up. If you find a Mary Balsome born 1895 at Launceston, Cornwall / Devon to Mary and Christian Balsome I'd love to hear about. Married George Harvie Symonds c 1822 , school master at Perranarworthal, Cornwall.
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Durham - HARDY Ann, Mary, CLARKE William, Elizabeth, DABRON Robert, Thomas, Rhoda >1853
Tyrone- SEETON George, John; COULTER Mary>1919
Derry - KELLY Daniel b1812 wed in Aust.1849
Cornwell - Newton on Abbot area SYMON(D)S - George Harvie wife BALSOM(E) Mary b1795
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tropicalj
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Mason and Callum
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I must commend you all on the details you have turned up. If you find a Mary Balsome born 1895 at Launceston, Cornwall / Devon to Mary and Christian Balsome I'd love to hear about. Married George Harvie Symonds c 1822 , school master at Perranarworthal, Cornwall.
Abygail
Hello there
Did she also come to Australia or are you looking at Uk information
Jenn
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When you search for ancestors, you find great friends! I live in Townsville, Australia researching TOWNSEND,PINNEGAR, STRANGE, PULLEN, GRIFFIN from Wiltshire,, SHOEBRIDGE, VINALL, BRINDLE, Kent BAYLEY, Dorset,Yorkshire, HAIR, Durham, CUMMINS, BROWNLESS from Yorkshire, EDSALL, Cornwall, MORGAN, HENNESSY, BAKER, Ireland. In Australia Hennessy, Hair, Bayley, Townsend, Shoebridge, Edsall, Adamson, All Census Look Ups Are Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Abygail
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Sorry, a tad vague.
Mary, husband George Symonds and most of their brood arrived in Australia in 1853, no trouble tracking them forward. It's just that I am stuck re Mary. I have info re her from the 1841 and 1851 UK census, but haven't had even a hint on finding a possible birth recording for her. According to her death cert in Aust. her father was Christian Balsome and her mother Mary Ann unknown.
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Durham - HARDY Ann, Mary, CLARKE William, Elizabeth, DABRON Robert, Thomas, Rhoda >1853
Tyrone- SEETON George, John; COULTER Mary>1919
Derry - KELLY Daniel b1812 wed in Aust.1849
Cornwell - Newton on Abbot area SYMON(D)S - George Harvie wife BALSOM(E) Mary b1795
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tropicalj
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What was the name of the vessell they came to Australia on please so I can check to see if her maiden name is mentioned at all.
Jenn
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When you search for ancestors, you find great friends! I live in Townsville, Australia researching TOWNSEND,PINNEGAR, STRANGE, PULLEN, GRIFFIN from Wiltshire,, SHOEBRIDGE, VINALL, BRINDLE, Kent BAYLEY, Dorset,Yorkshire, HAIR, Durham, CUMMINS, BROWNLESS from Yorkshire, EDSALL, Cornwall, MORGAN, HENNESSY, BAKER, Ireland. In Australia Hennessy, Hair, Bayley, Townsend, Shoebridge, Edsall, Adamson, All Census Look Ups Are Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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krisesjoint
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Hi Abygail,
I have separate your query as it does not concern Robert & Mary TAYLOR nee BALSOM - the subjects of ChrisKsans thread, so best to make it a separate request. If it is Cornish information you are after rather than Australian it would be best posted to the Cornwall board.
Cheers Kris 
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Abygail
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The family immigrated to Australia on the Stebonheath arriving Jan 1853. The passenger listing included;
George H Symonds and wife Mary aged 55 and 57 respectively.
Mary A 29 Louisa, 24
Rebecca, 21 Sarah, 19
Charles, 17 Christiana, 15
At their date of immigration, it appears that the following remained in Cornwell,
George, engineer app. Walter, tin mining Eliza (beth?) married?
According to Mary's death registration (1862 Victoria Aust) her maiden name was Balsome and her father's first name was Christian and her mother was Mary unknown.
It seems that Mary was from Launceston, Devon / Cornwell and for George Harvie Symonds I have located parents (Walter Symons and Mary Harvie)and paternal grandparents (Walter Symonds and Mary Fowell) in / around Stoke Damerel, Devon.
I just haven't had much joy in finding references to Mary Balsom other than the 1841 and 1851 UK Census's.
I'm flexiable with the varients in spelling of both Balsom and Symons, I have noted that it chops and changes back and forth, with an 'E' or with a 'D' .
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Durham - HARDY Ann, Mary, CLARKE William, Elizabeth, DABRON Robert, Thomas, Rhoda >1853
Tyrone- SEETON George, John; COULTER Mary>1919
Derry - KELLY Daniel b1812 wed in Aust.1849
Cornwell - Newton on Abbot area SYMON(D)S - George Harvie wife BALSOM(E) Mary b1795
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Daisypetal
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Hi,
In case it helps finding her birth/baptism, the 1851 census shows Mary being from Newton Abbot, Devon,
1851 HO107/1911 f.10 p.13 Perranarworthal, Cornwall
Perran Well, Green With
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George Thos Head 54 School Master Devon Port Devon
Mary Wife 56 School Masters Wife Newton Abbot Devon
Louisa Daur 24 Dressmaker
Eliza Daur 22 Tailoress
Rebecca Daur 20 Dressmaker
Sarah Jane Daur 17 House Maid
Christiana Daur 13 At Home Scholar All children Perranarl Cornwall
Regards
Daisy
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krisesjoint
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Nate at 9 weeks
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Hi Abygail,
link to earlier thread to avoid duplication.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,288989.0.html
I am concerned about father Christian. Christian is not a male name around Cornwall and Devon. It is a female name. ( this name is pronounced Christeeayne not pronounced anything like the male name Christian that we know) 
I really find it hard to see parents being Christian and Mary as both are female names. (as far as a male name - Christopher perhaps, or I have seen Henry transcribed as Mary in the past - Christian and Mary just does not true to me. )
Note a daughter Christiana born to George and Mary.
Do you have the death certificate?
As Daizi has said Mary lists Newton Abbot as her POB in 1851 and there certainly were Balsom's there.
Cheers Kris
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Abygail
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Thanks Kris,
Nothing beats a bit of local knowledge. With a daughter named Christiana I assumed that Christopher was not a variation on Christian (as I have found with some Scottish ancestors) . the feminine variation on Christopher is Christine, the addition of an 'a' to Christian it fitted into place.
With her mother being listed as Mary unknown, it seemed to follow that her father was Christian. Balsom has a variety of spellings as does Symons
Just look at todays first names some parents are using, imagine trying to sort them in a 200 plus years time.
Be nice to find a record of George and Mary's (Symonds) marriage, might help clear things up.
Will do some more homework. Yes I have George and Mary's death registrations.
Abygail
Just an odd thought, maybe Mary and Christian were both ladies and we'll never know who the father really was. Same sex unions aren't just a 20th century thing.
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Durham - HARDY Ann, Mary, CLARKE William, Elizabeth, DABRON Robert, Thomas, Rhoda >1853
Tyrone- SEETON George, John; COULTER Mary>1919
Derry - KELLY Daniel b1812 wed in Aust.1849
Cornwell - Newton on Abbot area SYMON(D)S - George Harvie wife BALSOM(E) Mary b1795
Abygail
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Abygail
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The info I have is from a photocopy of the actual register used for recording the details pertaining to the event, so they will be the same as those written onto the death certificate.
I haven't looked for a while, but when I first started my research the original micro fiche were reproductions of the original records. This is where I have obtained a lot of my registration details. I know some of what is available now have been transcribed and typed, and this can be frustrating.
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Durham - HARDY Ann, Mary, CLARKE William, Elizabeth, DABRON Robert, Thomas, Rhoda >1853
Tyrone- SEETON George, John; COULTER Mary>1919
Derry - KELLY Daniel b1812 wed in Aust.1849
Cornwell - Newton on Abbot area SYMON(D)S - George Harvie wife BALSOM(E) Mary b1795
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