I too have been trying to pin down just when Philip came over to Australia - I am pretty sure it was during a gold rush in South Australia but that is all I know.
dksearch
Surely you mean the gold rush in Victoria. He was married in 1853 at Eaglehawk [Bendigo] so was in the thick of the action
If he arrived prior to 1852 you may not find a passenger record. i cannot find the AYDON/AYDEN name on any of my resources. Many immigrants were listed as X number of males or females in steerage.
I have found a illegitimate birth record in Australia listing the mother as Agnes Anne Rose Smith but have misplaced the details
dksearch
I cannot find an illegitmate birth in Australia c1859 for a female with mother's name you have mentioned. However the identical name is the mother of this
BRADSHAW birth - the only one to the couple on the indexes.
BRADSHAW Rosa Emily
Father James Benjamin Mother Agnes Rosa Annie SMITH
At North Melbourne 1859 Reg#857
However this child died aged 7 weeks in the same year. Does however make me wonder if the mother was Philip Henry's wife. The birth certificate would given details about the mother eg her age and place of birth and if there had been any previous births to the marriage. I can find no other details for this Agnes on the Aus records.
I found a Philip M
AYDON [corrected to H by a subscriber to ancesty.uk] on the
1861 census living at 74 Church Place, Grappenhall, Cheshire. He was the only person at the address and listed as 34 years, head, gentleman born Wakefield, Yorkshire. Next door at 72 was a Maria
AYDON, 60 years, Visitor, Married, Landed proprietor born Warrington, Lancashire. Could this be your Philip Henry and his mother Maria? If so, perhaps he and Agnes had separated by this time.
1841 census
Living at King Street, Warrington, Lancashire
AYDON Isaac 39 years Not born county
AYDON Maria 41 years School mistress Born county
AYDON Mary 17 years Not born county
AYDON Philip 15 years Not born county
AYDON James 13 years Not born county
Reply#10 - link to Agnes's death notice mentions the sons as Frederick and Archibald
R scow. I wonder if Katie was used a second given name as her surname
. It would appear if her age was correct on the 1881 census, she was born c1859.
Details of will listed for probate
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0q3t/I was hoping Kate’s age would be on her MI at Waverley so we could confirm her year of birth.
Waverley Anglican, Section 7 Vaults, Row 1, Grave#854,855
RICKARDS…….?
9 Sep 1892
Son of Harry & Kate Rickards
8 yrs 11 mths
Mourn not for me mother, father & sisters
RICKARDS …….?
13 Oct 1911 65 years
Husb of Kate Rickards
Kate RICKARDS
17 Dec 1922
Who died aboard the R.M.S Ormonde on the voyage to
Australia. Interred at sea. Wife of Harry Rickards & mother of
Noni, Sydney & Madge
Perhaps the signatures on the 1853 marriage cert and hopefully, if Agnes registered the 1859 birth, could be compared.
You need some certificates to validate this speculative research
Cando