William charles Laurence/Lawrence died 1872 South Australia

[cando]

This MAY be Wm's sister.

1851 Census
LAWRENCE Elizabeth   Dau   32   Servant         Born Ash, Kent

Marriage
PERRY William  32 years  Single  Father Unrecorded
LAWRENCE Elizabeth  33 years  Single Father Unrecorded
21 Dec 1852
At Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide  Ade 5/303

Death in Victoria
PERRY Elizabeth
Father  John LAWRENCE  Mother Mary Ann WEST
At Talbot  1891  73 years  Reg#8361

Cando

[judb]

This is a possibility for his baptism

William Charles LAWRENCE
Baptised: 20 Nov 1831 at St John in Thanet, Margate, Kent, England
Parents: John Lawrence, labourer, Mary Ann Lawrence
Abode: Margate, Kent

Judith

[CHERAN]

thanks Judith

[CHERAN]

I wonder if we could find

Eliza Gifford

http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/ostrich1854.shtml


She is recorded as with family on the ship aged 23 and a servant....

perhaps it is her brother George  that is family as he is only in his 30's...

Cheran

[judb]

Ostrich passenger list shows these with surname GIFFORD
Eliza 23,  and Helen 17, shown as single women with family on board plus George 31, and a wife for George - Ann 22, all from Kent.

Possibly the 1851 census entry for the two single women - Helen=Ellen?
At "cottage, Cliffs End", hamlet of Cliffs End, Thanet St Lawrence, Kent
John GIFFORD   56, ag lab, b Margate
Eleanor GIFFORD 57, b Sussex
Eliza GIFFORD 20, b Cliffs End
Ellen GIFFORD   14, b Ramsgate

Possible baptism for Eliza:
Eliza GIFFORD, 22 Aug 1830 at St. Lawrence, Kent, England
Parents: John Gifford, Eleanor

And this is possibly the marriage for George

Jun qr 1853, reg at Thanet, Vol 2a, p937
George GIFFORD    
and on same page: Ann MCHUGH,
The image shows:
Marriage at St Laurence Thanet, April 25, 1853
George GIFFORD, bachelor, of full age, mariner, living at Cliffs End, father: John GIFFORD, labourer
Ann MCHUGH, spinster, of full age, living at Ramsgate, father: Abraham MCHUGH, gardener
Witnesses: William WHEATHEAD, Helen GIFFORD


Judith

[judb]

Possible baptism for George, although father's name is different - possibly a mistake by the church clerk 

12 May 1822 at St Laurence in Thanet
George, son of George and Eleanor GIFFORD, abode: St Laurence

There is also an entry in the records for Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1835-1857, dated 19 July, 1847
Ticket Register 208642,
George GIFFORD, b 7 April, 1822 at Cliffs End, age when ticketed: 25
5ft 8 inches, brown hair, gray (sic) eyes,
first went to sea as a boy in 1841
served in Royal Navy 4 years

There are a couple of voyages listed but I don't understand the way its recorded.  However there is a note: "CANCELLED, he left at Cape Town"; but there is no date for this note.

Judith

[judb]

Possible marriage for Eliza's parents:

22 October, 1820 at St John in Thanet (Margate), St John the Baptist, by banns
John GIFFORD of the parish of St Lawrence, John makes a cross
Eleanor ROACH, of the parish of  St John the Baptist, Eleanor signs (very shakily!)
Witnesses: Richard MUMMERY, James DIXON

Possible baptism for John GIFFORD
At St John in Thanet (Margate), St John the Baptist, born 24 March 1795, baptised 19 April 1795
John GIFFORD, son of Thomas and Sarah Mary

Judith

[CHERAN]

Many Many thanks everyone for taking the time to look at this family for me!  This all seems to add up together

Eliza first born daughter is named Eleanor Gifford Lawrence and she marries Andrew Lindsay whose home is where Eliza is recorded as dying! 



Cheran

[CHERAN]

Ann MCHUGH & George Gifford have 5 children in Sth Aust. from 1854......

Thanks for finding the marriage!

Cheran