Hi everyone.
My 3x great-grandmother Johanna Retallick migrated to Australia in 1856 from St Columb Major. I am looking to find the fate of her 3 sisters.
Her parents were William Retallick and Catherine (Kitty) Pill who were married in St Columb Major in 1828. I have background information about William and Kitty's families prepared by the late Susan Old and they are not the subject of this inquiry.
The 1841 census shows:
William Retallick 40 Ag Lab
Cartherine 40
Betsey 11 (Baptism 15 November 1829)
William 9 (Baptism 3 June 1832)
Martha 7 (Baptism 2 March 1834)
Mary 7 (Baptism 2 March 1834)
Johanna 4 (Baptism 1 January 1837)
The 1851 census shows:
William Retallick 50 Labourer
Catherine 51
Martha 17
Johanna 15
On the 1851 census I have found these candidates for the other children:
- Elizabeth Retallick age 21 servant in the house of John Tonkyn in St Columb Major
- William Retallick age 15 as an apprentice in the house of blacksmith Samuel Couch in St Columb Major
- Mary Retallack age 18 as a servant in the house of Richard Tinney in Tregavethan. Mary the servant, Richard Tinney and his children are shown as born in St Columb and Mrs Tinney as born in "Little Columb", which may be St Columb Minor.
William (junior) migrates to Australia in 1854 and eventually dies in Rutherglen, Victoria in 1902.
Johanna migrates to Australia in 1856 and eventually dies as Johanna Yates in Wahgunyah, Victoria in 1876.
The 1861 census shows Catherine as Kitty with granddaughter Kate Retallick (baptism 29 October 1854) who is the illegitimate daughter of Johanna and eventually migrates to Australia in 1869.
William (senior) appears to have died, possibly in 1856 but there are a couple of candidates I haven't confirmed as yet.
I have tried searching the 1861 census for women named Elizabeth, Martha and Mary who were born in St Columb Major and were Wives and then back-tracking the marriages without that leading to a bride named Retallick.
There is a marriage for an Elizabeth Retallack registered in St Columb Major in 1854. Banns of Marriage for Crantock in 1854 show the marriage between Richard Hamley "of this parish" and Elizabeth Retallack "sojourner". Not clear if this could be Elizabeth/Betsey.
Any assistance with finding the fate of Elizabeth/Betsey, Martha and Mary after the 1851 census would be gratefully received.