Hi Robintow,
I have not been "Wade-ing" for some time, so it had taken a bit of effort the get my brain back into gear about them.
John Plummer Wade, was born abt 1822 and baptised on 22 September 1822 at Shenley, Hertford, England. He was brother to Sarah Wade and half-brother to Ann Peacock/Wade. He arrived in South Australia 21 March 1839 aboard "Katherine Stewart Forbes" (Source: State Library of South Australia, Pioneers and Settlers Bound For South Australia, Katherine Stewart Forbes 1839 —
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1839KatherineStewartForbes.htm)
John married in SA in September 1847 (Source: Genealogy SA: South Australian Online Databases, Marriages, Book/Page: 8/71), so Sarah would have not only had a brother but also a sister-in-law waiting for her if it is she who arrived aboard the "China" in December 1949. I have been able to confirm that a Sarah Wade did indeed arrive aboard the "China" —
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48543518?searchTerm=arrival%20china&searchLimits=exactPhrase|||anyWords|||notWords|||requestHandler|||dateFrom=1847-12-01|||dateTo=1848-01-31|||l-advstate=South+Australia|||l-advcategory=Article|||sortby
The age of the bride, Sarah Ann Wade, who married Robert Lock on 27 May 1850 at Christ Church, Adelaide (Source: Genealogy SA: South Australian Online Databases, Marriages, Book/Page: 6/96), is certainly near enough to match that of 13-year-old Sarah Wade on the 1841 census. However, no father's name on the marriage record ... It looks likely, but how to prove it?
I have found the baptism record on FamilySearch for Ann Peacock, daughter of Mary Peacock, baptised at Shenley, Hertfordshire, on 3 October 1819 (also on FindMyPast).
The SLSA site, "Bound for South Australia" —
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/ShipLists%20Alpha%20by%20Year/1838T-Z.htm — shows that an Ann Wade arrived in SA aboard the "Trusty" on 15 May 1838, but also that she was accompanied by a Mary Ann Wade and a Robert Wade. Unfortunately the site gives no other details, such as age or county of origin for any of these three.
I have had no success in hunting for the marriage record for Ann Peacock and John Patrick Mahoney — am I just not seeing it, or was she married in a different colony? Can you tell me the sources for your information about her, please?
Cheers,
Jestina