Well I've gone through the notes, and I don't think my brain can handle much more. This is what I've found from all the notes relating to George Randall.
Birth information my cousin has for George (note written in 2006): “Born Derby England circa 1826 (ref to 1841 Census for Derby, Parish of All Saints, Rotten Row). 1st child of George Randall and his wife Martha. George’s age at the time of the census = 13.”
She has also recorded a birth date of 7 May 1823
And below, another one - 14 February 1828
Family Group Sheet (my cousin wrote this in August 2006):
Husband: George Randall, born 1788, Hairdresser Perfumer Hay Market 12 Rotten Row, Derby. Married circa 1826
Wife: Martha Augusta Randall, born circa 1806, Nottingham, England, house wife of 12 Rotten Row, Derby, England
(My cousin has given me a photocopy of George and Martha’s marriage record, it’s very poor, but I can just make out their names.)
Children:
George Randall: born 14 February 1828, Derby, England, Christened same day at All Saints Parrish Church, Derby England. Died 5 November 1889, Strathmerton, Victoria, Buried 7 November 1889 at Numurkah Cemetery Victoria C/E section. Occupation – hotel licensee Port McDonnell SA, Labourer/Farmer SA, Victoria. Religion – Church of England, Spouse Ellen Janeway, married 5 November 1850 Holy Trinity Church of England, Adelaide, SA.
Henry Anthony Randall
Martha Augusta Randall
Walter Randall
Richard Randall
1850 – According to what my cousin says she has put together ‘based on hard facts’, George arrived in Australia circa 1850 and in November of that year he married Ellen Janeway at Holy Trinity Church of England, Adelaide SA.
Children of George and Ellen:
Martha Augusta
Ellen
Annie
George
Henry
Richard
Walter
Harriett Cooper (named after Ellen’s mother)
1865 – George disappeared around the time of the birth of his last child. At the time the family guessed he must have returned to England and was lost at sea.
Taken from my cousin’s notes:
“It was quite by chance that his death was found. Another family member first found the listing and by-passed it because it had no parents listed. When she told me, I decided to take a punt and send for the certificate. In any case the person who had given the information on the certificate was a neighbour. He stated that George Randall, the deceased, had been born in Derby, England, and had arrived in South Australia in 1850 and that he had left a wife and children in Port McDonnell, South Australia some twenty years ago. Now ever the detective, I sent for the papers concerning his estate and found that he had died intestate. The public trustee had placed an advertisement in the Mt Gambier paper asking for family to come forth (to protect the estate) of course no one did, no one knew he was living in that place. I am certain that he is our George Randall, but why he disappeared from his wife and family, no one knows.”
Further to my cousin’s notes, she was having doubts about George sailing his father’s ship out from England too, but other descendants of George told her that his family was connected to the sea.
I’ve been trying to find information about George in regards to him being a passenger or crew on a ship that arrived in Australia, but no luck so far.
As we can see in these notes, the children's names have carried on from George and Martha.
I found a record of George's burial at Numurkah.
It’s amazing how much research my mother and cousin have managed to do – mum prior to the Internet, and my cousin and her husband travelling around the country in their Winnebago interviewing distant relatives, checking newspapers, and cemeteries etc. A huge, and wonderful effort!
