Graburn Canada (from England)

[hawkecr]

Hi all,
My ancestor - William Graburn (B Lincolnshire, 1830) - and his brothers emigrated to New Zealand, then to Fiji and onto Australia.
Another group of brothers went to Canada.
I;m keen to connect with folk from this Graburn line . I also understand there has been a family history produced of this line which goes back to Yorkshire and Norfolk in the 1600's.
Kind regards
Craig (Sydney)

[polarbear]

There appear to be very few people with this surname in Canada. You will find contact info for them at this link to the white pages. Some letters may turn up some rellies. Just put in Graburn without a location.

http://www.canada411.ca/


PB

[RunKitty]

Hi,

This might connect - in the June 27th 1881 edition of the Ottawa Free Press, there is a mention of the death of Marmaduke Graburn, son of Marmaduke Graburn of Milton Hall, Lincolnshire.  Looks like Marmaduke Sr's father was sherrif of Lincolnshire in 1807.  Marmaduke Jr was 51, and a captain with the Marine and Fisheries dept, Ottawa.  He came to Canada from Lincolnshire in 1858.   Apparently, there is a full obit in the July 4th edition of the paper.  Perhaps the Ottawa library could help you find this - if this is your relative. 

http://www.bytown.net/freepress.htm

Just do a search on the page for Graburn.  It is a bit more than half way down...

http://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/main/overview

RK

[charlotteCH]

Hullo Craig and a very warm welcome to Rootschat.

Rk's info for you is a wonderful scoop.  Good intro to this site

charlotte

[RunKitty]

Also,  if the relatives you seek are related to Marmaduke Graburn of Lincolnshire, then this might also be of interest.  Some of the descendents ended up in Manitoba.  This man - Christoper Graburn - seems to be the brother of Captain Graburn mentioned in my previous post.  

 http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/graburn_c.shtml

There are quite a few news articles for Graburns in Ottawa.  Search the Google news archives for Graburn Ottawa and quite a few things pop up.  

If you can confirm that these are the Canadian Graburns you are looking for, then we can help you with other Canadian resources (censuses, local history books, etc)      

RK

[hawkecr]

Many thanks to all for providing information - much appreciated !

Yes - this is also my Graburn line.
There seems to be an interesting story here.
There were two Graburn  brothers -  Marmaduke (born about 1795) and Robert Scrivener Graburn (born about 1803).
3 or 4 of Marmaduke's sons (including Christopher and Marmaduke emigrated to Ottawa, Canada). Their cousins (3 or Robert's sons) - including William Graburn (Bn 1830) - emigrated to New Zealand and then to Fiji. There must have been an adventurous spirit at that time !

I have traced their ancestors up to James Graburn (B: 1686 in Beverley, Yorkshire) who married Helen Nelson.

Another distant relative, Arthur Lynn Graburn II (who is - I think - a descendent of Christopher Graburn) said someone had published a family tree going back to the 1600's which found a link with Lord Horatio Nelson.  This "legend" had also been passed down my family line.

Does anyone know anything about this family history study on the Graburn line ?
All the best
Craig Hawke (Sydney) 

[RunKitty]

Hi,

Glad to see that this is the right family .  To assist you further - what exactly is it that you would like to know?  I am curious whether you would like to go forward or backwards from Marmaduke (b 1795)?

If you are interested in finding out about your Graburn relatives in Canada - descendents of Marmaduke - then a moderator could move this to the Canada Board.  There seems to be a lot of information available, and the Rootshchatters on that Board could help you.   

If you have all the information you need about your Canadian relatives, and what you want to know is how your Graburns go back from Marmaduke and connect with Horatio Nelson's ancestors/descendents, then you would probably be better off on the England board, (or a military one)?   Perhaps some Rootschatters have access to English parish records (or other records) that could help.   

I saw your post on another site, where your relative mentioned the family tree showing the Nelson and Graburn connection. 
http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=2&p=surnames.grayburn

Were you able to get a copy?  That cousin says the Nelson connection is a couple of generations before  Horatio Nelson.  But another poster on that thread thought that the connection was through a granddaughter of Admiral Nelson .     
 
There are some books by a Michael W. Graburn of New Zealand (I think).  One is called "The Early Graburns". 
 http://www.rootschat.com/links/0hei/
If you haven't contacted him yet, it might be a good idea to see what he knows of the family history.

RK

 

[hawkecr]

Hi RK

Many thanks for your post.

I'm trying to connect with the Graburns in Canada who completed the study which traced our family line back past Marmaduke Nelson (b 1795) and connected to Horatio Nelson.

The similar post you found on Ancestry.com generated a response from Arthur Lynne Graburn (from last year) who mentioned one of the Canadian Graburns commissioning a geneology study.  I have been unable to connect with Arthur as he is no longer on Ancestry.com.

Also thanks for the link to Michael W Graburn who wrote a book on  "The early Graburns".  Any suggestions on how I trace him ?

The impetus for this is I'm working with my Dad to solve some of those family "mysteries". One of them - passed down through our Graburn line - is we are related to Lord Nelson (not sure - Iget sea sick - although hear he did too)

Appreciate any advice or suggestions
Craig

[RunKitty]

Hi again,

The only suggestions I have are:

Ask a moderator if it would be a good idea to put this on the Canada Board, and amend your heading to something like Graburn/Horatio Nelson connection..  Or, the moderator might have another suggestion for the best place to find an answer to your question. 

Send a letter to the Graburn cousin who mentioned the tree.  His address is in his response to your other post.  I checked the whitepages online and it appears that he is still there. 

As for the author - I think he is from New Zealand, because he is also the author of a book on the Graburns of New Zealand.  As you are in that part of the world, I would see if your library in Sydney has this book, or if a librarian there would know how to get a copy. 

That's really all I have at the moment.  I have looked at several online trees that show Horatio Nelson's family and I don't see any Graburns listed.  That doesn't mean that there aren't some hiding in there somewhere .

Good luck!  We all have some family mysteries that we are chasing - that's what makes this fun .   
RK