Jane GOODWIN - migrant to Vic 1863

[acookey]

Hi all

I am trying to determine if the Jane Goodwin who migrated to Vic on board the Lincolnshire in 1863 is the Jane Goodwin who disappears from the UK censuses after 1861.

Jane Goodwin was born about 1836 in Cheadle Staffordshire, and in the 1861 census is living with her mother, siblings and her two illegimate children, Joseph 5 and Mary Ann 1.  Joseph, who was my ggrandfather, married in 1874 to Priscilla Bartley.

The PROV reference is Fiche 212, page 005.  I am now fairly much housebound and unable to get to a large library, so any help would be appreciated.

With thanks

Acookey

[cando]

Annette another resource gives the following information -

Jane GOODWIN  Estimated year of birth c1837.  Age 26 years  Arrived 20th February 1863 at Melbourne Australia.  Departed from Plymouth on the LINCOLNSHIRE

As she was an Unassisted Immigrant there may not be much more on the fiche.

Hopefully a kind chatter will have a look for you.

Cheers
Cando

[cando]

Browsing through the indexes noticed this birth...


GOODWIN Elizabeth
No father named   Mother Jane GOODWIN
At Ballarat  1869  Reg#13469

The cert would have Jane's age and place of birth.

Cheers
Cando

[acookey]

Thanks Cando

Elizabeth was Jane's mother's name.  Everything fits, so will get onto that certificate, which I can do on line.  I wonder what happened to Mary Ann, will keep looking for her.

Annette

[Dundee]

Hi Annette,

Jane Goodwin was a cabin passenger which suggests she was perhaps a bit more well off than those in steerage.  There is no personal info apart from her age, but perhaps another reason for travelling as a cabin passenger is that she is listed following Alexander Joske, a German merchant, and his family.  As well as Jane, there are two other women listed after the family, Theresa Mason or Marcos, (18 on one list, 25 on the other), and Mary Johnson aged 20.

There are two lists of cabin passengers, one that Jane appears on, and another which gives occupations.  On the second list, Theresa is described as a Governess, and Mary as a servant, but Jane is not there.  I can't find any mention of her dying on the voyage.

Debra

[acookey]

Thanks Debra

That makes it even more intruiging.

BTW all, the Vic site is having troubles and you can't get into it on line at the moment.

Regards

Annette

[acookey]

Hi all and Debra

Who was Alexander Joske travelling with?  His wife and family?  Do you think that Jane was involved with this family in some way, seeing the next two cabin passengers may have been working for him.

Have to wait until Vic BMD gets their act together so I can check that birth.

Thanks for everyone's interest

Annette

[cando]

Mrs Alexander JOSKE gave birth to a child at St Kilda in 1858
http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/7148852?searchTerm=alexander+joske

According to the indexes Alexander JOSKE married Bella VAN DAMM in 1855 in Victoria and  children were born in 1856, 1858 and 1859 and then there is the death of a child aged 1 in 1863 born Hamburg.   It would appear they were returning to Australia in 1860 on the LINCOLNSHIRE

Cheers
Cando

[acookey]

I checked Vic BDM this morning, and the mother of Elizabeth born in Ballarat  is not my Jane Goodwin.  This one was 21 and born on the high seas.

Thanks for the suggestion Cando.

Regards

Annette