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Hi Millie Mac,

I've found the death notice for Ada Florence Maud Solberg, eldest daughter of Mrs. F W Teesdale of Leederville WA.  I've checked electoral rolls and find listings for Frederick W and Lilian Teesdale.  Checking WA marriage records, Frederick William Teesdale married Lilian Helena Hall in 1893.  I also note the death of James Anderson Hall in 1889.  I don't think there is a connection to our Teasdale family.

Good luck with your research.

Millsie

Hi Judy,

Thanks for joining this conversation and sorry not to have seen your reply sooner. Your question prompted me to return to researching this branch of the family. I will need to order a certificate to verify, but available clues suggest that Mary Nicholson was the daughter of John Nicholson and Ann Leech, baptised June 3 1787.

Jane

Thanks CaroleW.  Robinvan looking forward to hearing from you.

Hi Jane and Deb,

Thanks for your efforts and information. 

As far as I am aware, only William and his wife Eliza Lavercombe emigrated to Australia.  His children were Mary, Anna (x2), Henry Arthur, William, George, Eliza and Herbert, all born in Australia (except Mary who was born on the voyage and died soon after arrival).  His father John is listed as an ag laborer on William's marriage certificate.

I wonder if the family Jane found on 1841 census is his family but given that William would have been approx 15, could he have already been off working for someone else??

I have an ancestor Anthony Nicholson Ruddick who emigrated to South Australia in 1856.  He was baptised in Crosby Ravensworth June 26, 1823.  Parents are James and Mary (nee Nicholson) Ruddick.  The family appears in the 1841 census with parents James and Mary and children Jane, Elizabeth, John, Anthony, Annas and Margaret.  Some members of the family appear again in the 1851 census.

In 1869 Anthony married a Agnes Sprott Wilson and the couple bore 5 children in Moonta, South Australia.  By 1881 when the children were enrolled in school, they were using the last name Teasdale.  Anthony's death records his last name as Teasdale.  Agnes and the children continued to use the Teasdale name for most of their lives and, with the exception of one daughter, were buried as Teasdales.

There appear to be Ruddicks, Teasdales and Nicholsons resident in the area in 1829 and 1787.

I am trying to establish what the connection may have been between the two Ruddicks and Teasdales that would lead to Anthony assuming the Teasdale name later in life.  Also if anyone has any thoughts on why such a name change may have taken place.  Or any information on the other descendants of this family.

Many thanks