William Handcock Whittlesey

[Brian Ken]

Chasing up wife's G/g/grandfather William Handcock the father of Lt. Peter Handcock who was executed with Breaker Morant at Pretoria SA. in 1902.(poor buggers)
"Scapegoats of the Empire"

William arrived in Australia 8/4/1849 with sister Jane.
William was born C1831 & Jane born C1827 at Whittlesey Cambridgeshire.
Parents were Thomas Handcock born C 1805 Cambridge & Jane ? born C 1803
died abt. 1872 Whittlesey Cambridgeshire.
Any other info. about the family in England would be greatly appreceat ed

Brian

[Nicky]

HI

Here is the 1841 census which gives some more siblings

Thomas Handcock, age 41, a l, not born in county
Jane, age 37, not born in county
Jane, age 15, not born in county
John, age 13, born in county
William, age 11, born in county
Mary, age 9, born in county
Martha, age 7, born in county
Eliza, age 4, born in county
Betsy, age 11 months, born in county

Glassmoor, Whittlesey
HO 107 0082
folio 6 page 6

Nicky

[Nicky]

1851 census, give places of birth for Thomas and Jane.

Thomas Handcock, head, age 51, agricultural labourer born Huntingdonshire Upwood? (not too clear)
Jane, wife, age 46 born Huntingdonshire Alconbury
Mary, dau, age 19, born Cambridgeshire Whittlesey
Betsy, dau, age 10, born Whittlesey
Sarah, dau, age 6 born Whittlesey
Mahala, dau, age 2 born Whittlesey

Glassmoor, Whittlesey
HO 107 1765
folio 231 page 4

Nicky

[Brian Ken]

Thank you so much for all your help I had no idea that William & Jane Handcock had so many Siblings also the birth of their parents & father's occupation you have made my day.

William Handcock married Bridget Martin at Sofala NSW on 6/3/1853, they had 11 children one of which was Agnes T. Handcock who married Peter Bernard Reymond on 1/11/1883 at Forbes NSW.
Agnes died on 20/11/1893 at Forbes leaving 3 small children Peter 2yrs; Mary 5 yrs. & Blanche 8yrs.
Agnes's brother was Peter Joseph Handcock who as I said previously was executed with Breaker Morant in 1902 at SA.

Just before he was shot he wrote a greeting on a small piece of khaki cloth & sent it to Blanche, my wife's grandmother. That piece of cloth stayed in my wife's family right up untill about the 1970s. "On a piece of khaki from an old coat I have worn,
Discarded because all tattered and torn
' Tis not a gold edged or highly priced card
Yet still it conveys
My best wishes and kindest regards

                                                                   Peter Handcock
My wife's uncle took it to be placed in the Bondi Digger's club for public viewing. We now hope that it has been sent to Act War Memrorialfor everybody to see.
Thats the connection we have with the Handcock family, Willian Handcock died 5/2/1874 at Peel near Bathurst NSW.

Brian