Re: Richard HARVEY and Margaret CANNING – arrival in Australia
Hi whiteKat, I have just joined RootsChat.com. I came across your chat regarding Eliza Ann Harvey whom I have been chasing after as Beyers not Beyer. I extracted the name from the birth certificate for Mary Jane Harvey because she signed as informant for the birth details.
Richard and Margaret Harvey are my Great Great Grandparents.
I have gathered almost all the BDM’s for the birth families of Richard and Margaret and their son John and Elizabeth Ellen Harvey (nee Wates). They are my direct line from Richard and Margaret. I refer to my John as John2 in order to distinguish him from his brother John who was born/died in 1866, one year before he was born.
Richard’s parents were Edward Millett Harvey and Mary Rowe. I believe they came to South Australia via Plymouth on the Duchess of Northumberland departing London 30 July 1847 and arrived Port Adelaide 29 October 1847. The captain was Benjamin Freeman.
Edward’s name was recorded in the ships’ log as Edwaid Misset Harvey instead of Edward Millett. It would appear that the loops in the LL’s were written too low so they were interpreted as SS’s. The reference to google is:
BOUND FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA - DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND 1847 by Diane Cummings
file:///D|/...f Northumberland/BOUND FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA - DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND 1847 by Diane Cummings.htm[18/03/2011 9:34:50 PM]
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The last UK information I have for Edward Harvey and his family is in the 1841 UK Census the details were provided by FreeCEN Home Page
PIECE: H07/144/8 PLACE: Penwith Cornwall Emuneration District 2
CIVIL PARISH: St.Just Ecclesiastical Parish FOLIO:17 PAGE 14
ADDRESS: Callartha
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born
HARVEY Edward M 30 Miner Tin Cornwall
HARVEY Mary F 35 Cornwall
HARVEY Richard M 9 Cornwall
HILL John M 75 Miner Copper Cornwall
ROWE John M 70 Mason Cornwall
South Australian Deaths - 1836 to 1850 - Barry Leadbeater of Family History South Australia records the death of Edward Millet Harvey as aged 43 on 12 October 1849 at Kapunda, South Australia. I since have purchased a copy of the said death certificate but it does not show where he was buried. I have this problem on the back burner.
Copyright©1996-2011 B Leadbeater, Australia
http://www.familyhistorysa.info/births-marriages-deaths/deaths.htmlI was able to purchase a marriage certificate from the Birth, Deaths and Marriages Registration Office Adelaide for the widow of Edward, Mary Harvey to a William Sansum. However I cannot locate where either Mary or William Sansum finally ended up. I will continue searching for all 3 graves.
1. I am also currently looking for anything on Margaret Canning. What was her true age, and is there a birth/baptismal certificate available? How did she come into Australia? Who was with her? I have been exploring Canning Families that came into Australia hoping that will provide something concrete.
2. I am also looking for what happened to Mary Jane Harvey? Where did she end up? There is no recorded Victorian death certificate in that name or anything close to it. I spent a lot of time trying to find her. My father mentioned to me once that Eliza was supposedly fond of Mary Jane so I suppose it is possible that she may have asked her to move to Sydney to be with her once their mother died (22 Sep 1911), then their sister Margaret, Mrs Patten (21 Nov 1917) and sister in law Eliza Jane Harvey (3 June 1921) all died.
I refer you to an article that I came across which includes a Richard Harvey, Miner, Kapunda, South Australia. Just Google in the following details. It is from a TROVE Digitised newspaper, South Australian Register dated Thursday 7 March 1850
Article: DECLARATION OF CONFIDENCE IN MR JOHN STEPHENS
trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/38447147 - Cached
Regards,
AUSSIEROSS1