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HEELEY family, emigrated to victoria
« on: Saturday 04 July 09 02:11 BST (UK) »
Hi there, Im not really sure how to look for emigration records to australia, I did find a record search at the australian national archives but didnt see anything for me...

Im after members of the Heeley family, a Dr John Theophilus Heeley (1830-1910) from Birmingham (warwickshire) he married a Mary Tiernan of Victoria (her family originated in Ireland)

Dr John was buried at  Mosman, North Shore, Sydney, Australia
His son, Edmund John Heeley (1871 - 1952 ) I believe may have been "born at sea", he was buried at Woronora Cemetery, Sutherland, N.S.W.

Anyone know if, or how, I could find out more about there journey into Australia etc? I havent a clue about how to search about that kind of thing (and the heeleys are a newly found family line to me)
Smith, Tolley, Griffiths,
Monaghan, Richards, Clark, Clarke,
Brazier, Filben, Fibben,Filbin
Sherdon, Churden,Sheldon
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Bilston, Kent, London, Middlesex

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Re: HEELEY family, emigrated to victoria
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 04 July 09 02:40 BST (UK) »
Hi
I just had a quick look at the Vic indexes - is this your family line

Births
1872
Heeley - Edmund John
Father - John Theophilu
Mother - Marianne Tiernan
Birthplace - Seymour
Reg No -  5600

1874
Heeley - Wilfred Joseph
Father - John Theophilus
Mother - Marianne Tiernan
Birthplace - Seymour
Reg No - 19273

Will keep looking for amy passenger records.

Troods
Williams- Devon to Vic Oz;
Holmes - Donnegal to Vic Oz; Hall Westmoreland/Kent to Vic Oz;
Shipwash - Kent;
Edwards - Lambeth;
Nolan - Ireland;
Grady - Kerry to WA Oz;
Matson - Nova Scotia to SA Oz

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Re: HEELEY family, emigrated to victoria
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 04 July 09 04:00 BST (UK) »
A contact email for a person detailing your family - scroll down the page

http://www.brandis.com.au/genealogy/surnames/ha2hh.html

Cando
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Re: HEELEY family, emigrated to victoria
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 04 July 09 04:05 BST (UK) »
Marriage - mistranscribed.

TIERNAN Mariann
HEELY Theophilus
At Seymour 1866  Reg# 2653

Excellent resources at the top of the board - Australian and the individual states.  Perhaps John T emigrated to Vic and there are a few names and a number probably mistranscribed on
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23

As he married in 1866 perhaps just browse the 1852 to 1866 records.  I searched using just Heel*

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Re: HEELEY family, emigrated to victoria
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 04 July 09 04:09 BST (UK) »
Just adding another link to others researching the Heeley line.

Follow this link -
http://genforum.genealogy.com/heeley/messages/33.html

Perhaps some "Chatter" has access to the New Zealand Shipping Indexes.
 
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Re: HEELEY family, emigrated to victoria
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 04 July 09 04:15 BST (UK) »
The Victorian shipping indexes also identify ships from New Zealand.  If the linked information is correct he landed Aus 1862-1866. added later 1864.

http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23

A transcription of his death reg may also be helpful in pinpointing the year of arrival from NZ ie if known to the informant.

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Re: HEELEY family, emigrated to victoria
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 04 July 09 04:22 BST (UK) »
HEELEY, John T.
Gazetted 28 Feb 1873
Place Seymour, Victoria
Source Government gazette.
87 page 380.
Comment: Gazette item sub title heading: Licensing Magistrates

Well according to the item in the Govt Gazette he was still in Seymour in 1873...

Perhaps you would like to browse ..
http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/

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Re: HEELEY family, emigrated to victoria
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 04 July 09 04:27 BST (UK) »
He was in Young in 1876.


HEELEY, John Theophilus.
Gazetted  28 Jan 1876
Young NSW
SourceGovernment gazette.
Register of Medical Practitioners

Link to Australian Medical Pioneers Index.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/06ma/

Good information including First registered 1864 Vic No. 446

Educated in the South of France and at a college in England.
# As medical student - Crimea, appointed to Scutar Hospital whre he was one of the first to administer chlorform.
# Received Crimea Medal with clasp. Complete medical studies - went to Nevade USA to make fortune in silver nothing came of it. Returned to England. Turned thought to squatting in 1862 - New Zealand.
# Went to Victoria and started medical practice at Seymour. There in great floods of 1870. (rescued by boat after spending 24 hours in his loft)


A snippet in the Argus - Melbourne, Victoria newspaper.  Taken from the Government Gazette
http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5736153?searchTerm=john+theophilus+heeley

Cheers
Cando

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Re: HEELEY family, emigrated to victoria
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 04 July 09 15:05 BST (UK) »
WOW!! how on earth do you all manage it!!LOL

ok... answers the questions one by one  lol...

Troods: yes you did find the right family line:) ty for looking for me..

Cando: ty, I found that contact too, but i emailed the person last night at both emails listed there and had both emails came back undelivered:(
Where did you find those marriage details of Heeley and tiernan??
I couldnt seem to work that proarchives site that you gave me, I did try searching just using "heel" but only found a few names not to do w mine?... im very likely just not using that site correctly?  :-\

And WOW!! ty Cando for that AMPI thing you found! i cant believe it said so much about him!
I looked for the Scutar hospital mentioned in it, and found it is scutari, the base of Florence Nightingale in the crimean war!! and My Dr John, the AMPI says, received the Crimea Medal!! (I wonder how I can find more about his crimea medal and why/how he was awarded it?)



Sarra: thank you for the link to the other contacts searching my heeleys, the Gail Heeley on the link you found i am in touch with, shes where I found out about my australian heeleys  just a few days ago :)


Thank you all so much!!! lets see what else i/we can find out  lolol






Smith, Tolley, Griffiths,
Monaghan, Richards, Clark, Clarke,
Brazier, Filben, Fibben,Filbin
Sherdon, Churden,Sheldon
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Bilston, Kent, London, Middlesex