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I’m looking for any information on Benjamin ODGERS and his wife Ann  (Ana) THOMAS in Chile after 1825.

I think Benjamin ODGERS might have been a copper miner or smelter. His brother in law Mauris THOMAS worked in the copper industry in Chile  in the late 1820s-40s and in South Australia from 1848.

Benjamin ODGERS married Ann THOMAS on 12 Feb 1825  in Gwennup, Cornwall. Ann’s brother Mauris THOMAS and his wife Mary Ann THOMAS nee PERKINS were witnesses on the marriage licence.

Benjamin and Ann had 3 children born in Chile, Juan, David and Elizabeth.  On David’s death cert his nationality is recorded as English but probably born in Chile.

Juan ODGERS, born, married and died in Chile.
Information from Juan’s death cert (Oct 1887)
Age at death 53 ie born about 1834, nationality Chilean, residence Tongoy, occ herrero - blacksmith? , wife Faustina ALVAREZ, parents Benjamin ODGERS and Ana THOMAS

David ODGERS, probably born in Chile, married and died in Chile.
Information from David’s Chilean death cert  (1894)
Age at death 56 ie born about 1838, nationality English, residence Coquimbo, occ unclear, wife Carmen VALDEBENITO,  parents Benjamin ODGERS and Ana THOMAS

Elizabeth Jane ODGERS, born in Chile, married and died in Australia.
Information from Elizabeth’s marriage cert (Melbourne, Australia 1866)
Age at marriage 25 ie born about 1841, birthplace Chile South America, residence St Kilda Melbourne, husband Alfred COLEMAN, parents Benjamin ODGERS  and Ann THOMAS

Information from Elizabeth’s memorial stone (died Dec 1919)
Elizabeth COLEMAN, age at death 80 ie born about 1839, death place Glen Innes NSW Aust

Thanks for your tips shume! I have finally found that transcript of Hannah’s death cert (26 Nov 1870) stating that  she was a widow and that her husband William CURNOW was deceased.

So now I know that he died some time 4 Jan 1853 - 26 Nov 1870. On 4 Jan 1853  William CURNOW posted an ad in The Argus (Melbourne) for the attention of John THOMAS of Illogan Cornwall.

I presume William died in Victoria before about 1860 or in South Australia from about 1861.

Thanks everyone.
All five members of the CURNOW/ THOMAS family on the 1852 Constance passenger list were living in Illogan Cornwall on the the night of the 1851 census ( 30 March 1851)
On that census return they are all recorded as being born in Cornwall.

I have no idea why they are recorded as Irish on the passenger list. All I can suggest is that William’s ancestors were from Ireland. It is common today for people to identify with the  geographic location or ethnic group of their forebears. It is possible that William was doing just that.

And now back to my query - what happened to William CURNOW after 1852?

Thank you so much. I particularly like the description of the farm. I’m assuming that my PARKERs were farm labourers there. You’ve also alerted me to some new online sources which is great.