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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: mcadamsd on Monday 30 October 17 19:06 GMT (UK)
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Looking for added info on a cousin and her family in Australia.
I have a Grace Susannah Stevens born 5 APR 1846 Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England to Samuel Stevens and Grace Pope.
Unsure of when she travelled to Australia but she married 22 Oct. 1861 in Victoria, Australia. Her spouse was Osborne, possibly born in Devon, England and we have seen his given name as Gauls, Gaius, Gauis in various spots but have not seen the marriage document. A hint on Ancestry shows Gauls.
All searches for him have found nothing.
I had Grace Susannah Stevens' death as 30 OCT. 1861 Campbells Creek, Victoria, Australia from Scarlett Fever. However, I found a possible child Grace Susannah Osborne Birth 24 OCT. 1861 Campbells Creek, Victoria, Australia and Death 31 OCT 1861 Campbells Creek, Victoria, Australia. So wondering if mother and child passed at same time or do I have the two confused? If Scarlett fever, unlikely both would die same day.
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Marriage VIC
registration number 3516
Registration year 1861
Family name OSBORNE
Given names Gauis
Spouse's name STEVENS
Spouse's names Grace Susannah
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So wondering if mother and child passed at same time or do I have the two confused? If Scarlett fever, unlikely both would die same day.
Not unlikely at all. Also maybe the mother was ill with scarlett fever before the birth the baby may have been affected in some way and wasnt well when she was born. Her death cert. should have cause of death.
Death
registration number 9719
Registration year 1861
Family name OSBORNE
Given names Grace Susannah
Father's name Stevens Samuel
Mother's name Grace (Pope)
Place of birth MIDD
Age16
Death
registration number 9738
Registration year 1861
Family name OSBORNE
Given names Grace Susannah
Father's name Gaius
Mother's name Grace Susannah (Stevens)
Place of birth CAMP
Age 1
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You may already have this.
Death
registration number 503
Registration year 1881
Family name STEVENS
Given names Grace
Father's name Pope Thos
Mother's name Grace (Alcock)
Place of death CARL
Age 66
Spouse's family name STEVENS
Spouse's names Samuel
Death
registration number 7385
Registration year 1873
Family name STEVENS
Given names Samuel
Father's name William
Place of birth LOND
Age 61
Spouse's family name POPE
Spouse's given names Grace
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A Gaius Osborn (no E) married in 1877 in Axminster district (Devon), possibly to Mary England, and died in Axminster district in 1910 aged 77.
The misspelling "Gains" in some records I think is because a handwritten "u" and "n" are often mistaken. His father was Samuel
1833 baptism:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB21-96J
1841:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQYH-RLG
https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/passenger-records-and-immigration/outwards-passenger-lists
Can't find him inwards but Mr Gains Obsorne, aged 40, was on the Superb heading to London in 1874
1881:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q276-LSNY
1901:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSWN-WMK
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Thanks for the replies.
I found a nephew of Gaius Osborne, Clyde Gaius Osborne Stevens Birth 1882 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Death 16 SEP. 1975 West Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
He was son of
Samuel Thomas Stevens 1851–1931
Elizabeth Ann Flannery 1861–1951
This seems to confirm the name and that the family was close.
I find Clyde Gaius Osborne Stevens in several records. Several images of him are posted online.
The Devon marriage could be a second marriage after Grace Susannah passed and the infant also. Did he return to England? The Devon connection I have was from an online tree.
The outbound passage would have him back in England in time to marry again in 1877. Looks like a switch to England resources needed. Was he listed as a widow when he married in England in 1877?
Finding the marriage to Grace Susannah might add a parent name to link the England records.
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Just found an obituary for Samuel Thomas Stevens, Grace Susannah's brother, posted Thursday, December 24, 1931.
In a footnote "No mention of Alfred William who probably died in infancy in South Australia, nor of Grace Susannah who married Gaius Osborne and then died in the same year together with her baby (Grace Susannah Osborne), nor of Rebecca Mary who had probably married William Bingham in Grenfell, N.S.W. and who died in Gosford"
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Finding the marriage to Grace Susannah might add a parent name to link the England records.
The marriage cert. should if filled out correctly give parents names, place of birth etc.
I posted the marriage details in #1 on here.
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Have found the second marriage July 4 1877
Gains Osborn widower merchant father Samuel Osborn merchant
Age is given as above
Mary England spinster Joseph England painter
Age is given as above both of Lyme Regis
Wits Samuel and Jane England
If you have access, it is under
Dorset, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921
Gains signed the register
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There's a marriage announcement in
Western Times 13 July 1877
confirming details as marriage cert, at St Michael's Lyme Regis
no extra info except Mary's father is deceased, no details for Gaius/Gains, just as G. Osborn
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Have you got this record?
Australian Electoral Rolls
Electoral Year: 1856
Gains Osbourne Campbell's Creek ...miner's rights
Castlemaine, Elphinstone, and Harcourt ,Victoria
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Looking at the probate records for Gaius 1910, probate was to Ada Mary Osborn and Annie Florence Osborne spinsters.
Looking at 1881
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q276-LSJF
Henry Osborn
Elizabeth Osborn
Ada Mary Osborn 11
Annie Flor Osborn 8
I think Henry is his brother.... following on from the 1841 census
1851
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGN5-5Y8
1861
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7PS-5KY
He married Elizabeth Leman Q3 Axminster 1868
1871 no Henry
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5RW-97W
Elizabeth Osborn Wife
Elizabeth Leman Mother
Ada M Osborn Daughter
Louisa Carter Servant