Tedford, Lyett/Lyat/Lyaught, Morrow, McGee/Magee, Prosser and more

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I am interested in William Tedford, who married (Mary) Margaret McGee/ Magee in 1850 in Tartaraghan, Armagh and emigrated to Australia in 1855 on the Ramillies with 2 young daughters, Abigail and Mary. He was possibly born in Glencoe, Armagh. He died 1909 and was buried in Drayton cemetery, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia. Margaret’s parents are listed in Qld bdm of her death in 1871 as Robert McGee and Jane Sloane.
William’s death listing in Qld bdm in 1909 shows his parents as Thomas Tedford and Mary, but some secondary sources list his mother as Abby/ Abigail Lyett/ Lyat/ Lyaught.  After his arrival in Australia, he married Elizabeth née Prosser in Berrima NSW (possibly b Bridgwater, Gloucestershire, Eng, with parents possibly John Prosser and Elizabeth Poole) but previously married to George Seaniger, possibly with parents William and Hannah Goulding. She died 1899 in Glenvale, Australia and was buried in Drayton cemetery, Toowoomba Qld, Australia.
A Thomas Tedford came to Qld, Australia on the Golconda in 1865, 58y, with Shrah/ Sarah 54y and John, 12y. She died In 1899 75y in Qld with parents John Morrow and Mary and is listed as being born in Ireland.
I’d love to know if Thomas Tedford married a Mary separately, Abigail Lyett and Sarah Morrow, or perhaps Mary Abigail Lyett then Sarah Morrow?  Who was William’s mother?
Any information about any of these people would be greatly appreciated.

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Hello

Please see my ancestor search below
  William Tedford1
b. 1830
     William Tedford was born about 1830.1 William Tedford married Margaret McGee circa 1855.2
Child of William Tedford and Margaret McGee
•   Esther Tedford+1 b. circa 1860, d. 1930

  Margaret McGee1
      Margaret McGee married William Tedford circa 1855.1
Child of Margaret McGee and William Tedford
•   Esther Tedford+1 b. circa 1860, d. 1930


Esther Tedford is my wife's great grandmother. We have not been able to track William & Margaret's origins.
Can you help

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Hi
This is a summary of what I have found out so far about Esther Tedford:
b: ≈ 1860  U 18 FEB 1857 in WAMBO FOREST, Qld, Australia RW
m1: 1881/C408 Tedford Esther Shafer Frederick Q Frederick SHAFER b: in WIRTEMBERG, GERMANY m 3 DEC 1881 in St Matthews Church, DRAYTON, Australia RW
m2: 1885/C224 Schafer Esther Birrer Adolf Q
d: 1930 U 1930/C3181 Esther Birrer William Margaret Q
bu: Esk cem. Birrer, Esther, bur. 5 Sep 1930, age: 72yr, W E Hawkins FH, Grave #616 I
Sources:
I: http://www.interment.net/Default.htm
Q: http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/justice-services/births-deaths-and-marriages/family-history-research/search-our-historical-records
R: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
RW: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
U: http://www.theycametheystayed.com/index.htm
The shipping information about William and Thomas came from http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/index/immigration.asp search for Tedford
and  http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/nrs-lists/nrs-5316
looking for the Ramillies 1855 after using the http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexsearch/keyname.aspx

There was information about William, Margaret and Elizabeth on http://www.loadsofpeople.co.uk/index.htm
William and Margaret’s  marriage was on family search and a few more sites that would have needed paying for more information.
Elizabeth Prosser’s 1st marriage is at http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/
Her 2nd marriage,  to William, is on the Qld bdm.
 More I have found useful for Tedford include e.g. http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml
I hope this is useful.

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Thank you so much for your very prompt reply.

My wife is Esther's great grand daughter so is there some family connection with you?.

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Hi
Yes. Esther was my great - grandmother's sister! It's a small world.

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Hello. This is a bit frustrating for cousins in law to be communicating!!

Do you have any evidence of
William TEDFORD was born in 1831 (possibly in Glencoe, Armagh.)
Margaret MCGEE/TEDFORD was born in 1830.
William married Margaret in 1850 in Tartaraghan, Armagh, Ireland.

or can you suggest how I might look it up.
You might be amused if you knew who we suspected Esther could be!!

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Hi
You have me very curious about Esther. Please let me know more, either here or by personal message.
I am not at all sure about William Tedford’s birth. I was hoping someone from Ireland might know more. What I have is:
Born: ≈ 1831 L ≈ 1830 U N GLENCOE, ARMAGH, Ireland RW from Ramillies 1855 25y b 1829 – 30 N, from bu 21.12.1909 85y b 1824 – 25 DT, so 1824 - 1831
Sources:
DT: http://ww2.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/index.php?option=com_gravefinder&view=burials&Itemid=2
L: http://www.loadsofpeople.co.uk/index.htm
N: http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.asp?Page=NRS5316/4_4792/Ramillies_19%20Nov%201855/4_479200353.jpg&No=5
RW: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
U: http://www.theycametheystayed.com/index.htm
These are the same is for Esther. The Ramillies record is primary, as it’s online microfiche. The bdms and burials are pretty close to primary.
I’m now almost certain the Golconda Thomas was William’s father. He is buried in the same grave as William’s 2nd wife, Elizabeth. This matches with  a Qld bdm death with parents Nicholas Tedford and Nancy Gardner.
By the way, by the Qld bdm of Margaret’s death, her parents were Robert McGee and Jane Sloane. I would love to know more about her too.
Griffiths valuation possibility for Thomas is:
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/armagh/tartaraghan.htm
Fáilte Romhat: Griffith’s Valuation for Ireland: Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Tartaraghan, County Armagh e.g.
Tedford          Thomas              Cloncore                 Tartaraghan     Armagh
There’s an outside chance this could be William before he sailed: http://streetdirectories.proni.gov.uk/aetopia/WebObjects/StreetDirectories.woa/1/wo/tbxkw7pZIveH1RmhZpSWbg/10.0.0.1.5.7.7
Public Records Office of Northern Ireland: Street Directories incomplete1819 to 1900: search: 84 results Tedford 1819 to 1858: The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory 1852 pp. 350 – 351: alphabetical directory: p. 351
Tedford, James, ship chandler and provision dealer, 29 Donegall quay; residence, 34 Chichester St
Telford, Wm., customhouse officer, 66 York street
Lurgan Ancestry may have more.
Also Robert McGee might be: Griffith Magee Robert Town Of Lurgan, North-Street Shankill Co. Armagh
From the Irish Family History Foundation.

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Thanks again for all your input.

Esther gave birth to a son Stephen in 1878 when she was about 18. The father was Stephen Gavin, a English migrant. The son seems to adopted his father's surname & is my wife's grandfather. The birth place on the certificate is Billa Billa on the McIntyre River & so there has been some conjecture that Esther may have been an original inhabitant??. However your research has shown this not to be the case. I have one convict great great grandfather & there was some thought I may have had an Irish highwayman but this is unproven, drat!.
You do show Esther's birth as '1.   Esther TEDFORD was born on 18th February 1857 in WAMBO FOREST in Queensland.' I have searched all the BD&M sites & looked amongst the websites that you have provided but I can't find the source of the info. I know I am a scrounge but can you help here pls.
Toowoomba Council are going to photograph the Tedford headstones in the Toowoomba Drayton cemetery. Are you interested in a copy?

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Hi
Thanks. This is fascinating. I’m happy to help with any questions. I love doing it. I only hope it’s accurate enough. The information about Wambo Forest was from World Connect. To get to it again, I used http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/  I searched this time for Esther Tedford and 16 came up. That information is from the first one. It has much about the people we are interested in. It doesn’t seem to give sources. It mentions your Stephen and what you know may be of great interest to the author. In the William Tedford entry, it mentions Esther’s younger brothers as being born in Billa Billa, so all is not lost.
This site http://www.theycametheystayed.com/index.htm has long notes about Esther and her family. It lists the sources.
I’m very interested in those headstone photos. How much would they cost? Have you seen that on http://www.tddfhs.org/  on the projects page, that they have cards about those buried in the cemetery. Also, on the blog page they have indices to the Darling Downs Gazette. Tedford appears on the 1911 – 1915 index and there is a Telford on the 1906 to 10 index.
It’s interesting to think I could have very remote connection to an Irish highwayman!