Hello,
I'm trying to track the movements of my great-great-great-grandmother Matilda Jane Hume and her father James Hume.
What I know so far.
James immigrated to
Tasmania (we have since discovered it arrived in NSW not tasmania)on 08 October 1837 aboard the "Andromache" from the UK with his then wife, Margaret Hume ( no children).
I am unsure of what happened to Margaret Hume, but I did find a Margaret Hume returning from Tasmania to London in 1846.
In 20 November 1844 he married Hannah Malley ( haven't found where she immigrated from yet)
They had two children, possibly three .
The two I know of are:
*Matilda Jane Hume b.15 May 1847
*James Hume (junior) b. 12 June 1850 and passed away in 17 feb 1852.
Hannah passed away in 21 April 1853 (haven't sited a death certificate but there was another entry of a Hannah Humes dying in Tasmania in 1851 age 36, Hannah was apparently born in 05 Jan 1816 which would put her at age 35/36 when she passed away so this is plausible) (* we have since found a Hannah Hume passing away in NSW in April 1853)
After Hannah passed away it has been told that James could not raise Matilda on his own and so she became adopted by his Brother David Hume and his wife Hannah Hume ( another Hannah).
David and Hannah Hume also immigrated to
Tasmania NSW on the same boat as James.
David and Hannah later move to the Maitland/Carrow brook/ Largs?Dunmore area in Nsw.
I know Matilda was in that area by 1863 at the latest because she gave birth to a child in East Maitland.
James Hume (not to be confused with James Hall Hume, David's son and Matilda's first cousin whom she married in 1868) passed away after complications from almost drowning on 29 March
1853 1861.
I would like to see if I can find the movements of these families between Hannah's death in 1851/1853 and Matilda giving birth in 1863.
I have tried to look up passenger lists of ships departing Tasmania for Newcastle or Sydney but haven't had much luck.
I am researching the daughter that Matilda gave birth to in 1863 but that is a whole different can of worms
At this stage it would be great if I could build a picture of her mother, Matilda's movements in those years prior .
If anyone has any ideas on where I might find information that would be much lay appreciated.
Thank you so much.
POST SCRIPT UPDATES: thank you to those lovely helpers for finding this information
* James Hume Junior was born in Tasmania in 1850 but died in NSW in 1852; so they migrated to the Mainland between these years.
* It looks like Hannah may have died in NSW also, not Tasmania.
* They originally immigrated aboard to Andromache to NSW ( which could be where Margaret Hume left/died), then it seems they later moved to Tasmania which is where James married Hannah Maley/Malley/Mailey and gave birth to James junior and Matilda. After which they moved back to the mainland where it seems James junior and Hannah passed away.
