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Hello
I am new to this, but could anyone share some information on John Freestone b. abt 1812 Nottingham, England. d.20 May 1890 Maryborough, Victoria, Australia married a Ann Watson. My question is does anyone have any information on John's parents or Ann's. John and Ann moved to Australia in 1848. I have Johns death certificate but all it has is Father- James Freestone occ- weaver. Mother- Ann ? I have been unable to find birth information for John or Ann.
Cheers
Raelene
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Could this be John's parents in 1841:
Living at Clare St, St Mary's, Nottingham.
James Freestone, born 1786, stockinh maker, not born this county.
Ann,age 55, not born this county, milliner
Mary Ann, 30, born this county, milliner
Henry, 20, born this county, lace maker
Elizabeth,15, born this county, milliner
Helen, 15, book folder.
This could be James and Ann marriage:
James Freestone:
Marriage Date: 3 Jun 1805
Marriage Place: Saint Mary,Nottingham,Nottingham,England
Spouse: Ann Hollins
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Hello
Oddly enough, FreeReg has baptisms for two children born to James and Ann Freestone in Nottingham:
Henry 18th June 1819
Ellen 21st November 1814
Abode Slop Court
Father a Framework knitter
No baptism for a John.
They do have a marriage record dated 3rd June 1805 between James Freestone and Ann Hollins (at St. Mary's, Nottingham).
Bev
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I seen that Henry was with his parents in 1841 census - so I looked for a marriage for Ellen as she wasn`t on that census return ...sadly I found this - Ellen died aged 15 months old
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NGXS-CLK
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This a little off-topic but I see on this website http://www.angelfire.com/al/aslc/archive.htm
that there is a story about John FREESTONE and his letters home from Adelaide to his family in Nottingham which were published on page 8 of the Nottingham Review, 27 July 1849.
The letters are interesting reading :)
In the introduction it says
It will be in the recollection of our readers that about the time of the outburst of the French Revolution, when so many Nottingham lace-hands were driven from Calais, a large number of them were provided with the means of transport to Australia. The following letters are from one of the number:
regards,
Ros
adding: the biog on that site also says he spent some time in Calais
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I have found a tree from Victoria ,Australia ....I presume it is some connection to your tree
John Freestone - Emma Powers ..one of their children is .
Benjamin Alfred Freestone b 1852 - 1900 - his wife is Jane Fuller b 1853 -1944...their children
Grace Jane Freestone b 1877
Ethel Lilian b 1879
Frances Ann b 1881
Benjamin Alfred b 1882
Matilda Victoria b 1883
Charles b 1885
Violet May b 1887
Hilda Eliza b 1888
the tree owner is a Mr Hutchings and he lives in St Marys South - Australia ...
he has left his address for people to contact him ...so when you have made 3 posts I can PM you his address if you want it
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I guess you have his obit? Just in case you don't http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63627825
John Freestone, aged 78, one of the pioneers of Australian cricket, died at
Maryborough last night. He was at one time the best all round provincial cricketer
in the colony.
I'm impressed :)
cheers,
Ros
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I have found a tree from Victoria ,Australia ....I presume it is some connection to your tree
John Freestone - Emma Powers ..one of their children is .
Benjamin Alfred Freestone b 1852 - 1900 - his wife is Jane Fuller b 1853 -1944...their children
Grace Jane Freestone b 1877
Ethel Lilian b 1879
Frances Ann b 1881
Benjamin Alfred b 1882
Matilda Victoria b 1883
Charles b 1885
Violet May b 1887
Hilda Eliza b 1888
the tree owner is a Mr Hutchings and he lives in St Marys South - Australia ...
he has left his address for people to contact him ...so when you have made 3 posts I can PM you his address if you want it
I don't think that these people are related. That John was aged 24 when he married Emma POWER in Tasmania in 1851.
Debra :)
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Thank you for your post as I didn't have that news paper clipping. Thank You
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Have just started with RootsWeb, but saw earlier discussion on John FREESTONE. I am the grandson of a FREESTONE but appears to be a line from John b.1812's younger brother Henry b.1819 (who appears to have returned to Nottingham from Calais). Henry's son Edmund Frederick William b.1849 appears to have later emigrated out to New South Wales in 1868 to work on the gold fields, and was my grandmother's father. He is buried just south of Sydney having died in 1924.
Would be interested in any further information on the FREESTONES in Nottingham, or of very distant links here in Australia. I am based in Brisbane and probably better contacted on my e-mail *.
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Hi John,
Welcome to rootschat :) :)
You should probably remove your e-mail address to protect you from spammers (just hit modify and backspace over it) or else a moderator will probably remove it soon to protect you
I think this is death notice for your ancestor http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16121045
regards,
Ros
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You may already have this by now.
1851 Census
18 Clare Street,
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
HO107/2132/114/18
James FREESTONE, 68 (1783), Head, Mar, Framework Knitter, born Leicestershire
Ann, 65 (1786), Wife, Mar, Milliner, born Brassington, Derbyshire
Ellen, 27, Daug, Unm, Book Folder, born Nottingham
Possible
James FREESTONE Christened 6 Nov 1782, Saint Mary, Leicester, Leicestershire
Parents JOHN/MARY
Siblings;
ANN, 23 April 1775
SARAH, 15 July 1777, Death 12 March 1780
MARY, 30 May 1779, Death 6 June 1779
SARAH, 8 Oct 1780
ELIZTH, 27 Oct 1784
(Source Familysearch.Org)
Trish :)