Father of Edward Fraser LINGHAM was Alfred
Alfred LINGHAM born 28 Sept 1796, baptised 17 Sep 1797 St Paul Covent Garden, Westminster.
(Parents William LINGHAM and Agnes ASKEW - married 24 Feb 1788 Covent Garden)
Marriage 14 June 1831 at Fort William, Calcutta, Bengal
Alfred LINGHAM (Assistant to Leyburn & Co)
Jane FRASER (age 31)
Children born in India:
• Alfred LINGHAM born 14 Mar 1832, bapt 20 Jan 1833 Calcutta
• William Fraser LINGHAM born 9 May 1833 Calcutta, bapt 11 Aug 1833; burial 3 Nov 1834 (father Alfred - Assist to Jenkins Lowe & Co.)
• Jane Agnes LINGHAM born 25 mar 1835, bapt 14 June 1835 Calcutta (father Alfred - Assist to Jenkins Lowe & Co.)
Children births registered in Australia• Edward Fraser LINGHAM birth registered in 1841 (born at sea 22 Aug 1836)
• Eliza Matilda LINGHAM birth registered in 1841 Melbourne Beach (born 1839)
• Adelaide Emily LINGHAM birth registered in 1841 Melbourne Beach; died at 8 months in 1841.
Hobart Town Shipping News
22 Oct 1836Oct 4 - Arrived the barque “Swallow” from Madras. Passengers … Mr and Mrs Lingham and three children. (One child must be baby Edward)
By late
1837 Alfred Lingham is recorded as having purchased a “town allotment” in Port Phillip (Melbourne) Australia.
1841 Alfred Lingham was running the “Marine Hotel” aka “Beach Inn”.
The 1841 census shows his place of residence at North Beach, Port Phillip – 12 residents.
1842 April. He is granted the publican’s licence at the “Marine Hotel”
There appear to have been some legal issues with the hotel.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226511493/22214050March 1843 A. Lingham was involved in insolvency proceedings.
1843 shipping Intelligence
April 19 - Arrived Sydney: the brig “Flying Fish” from Port Phillip. Passengers Mr and Mrs Lingham and four children.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31739582?searchTerm=Lingham 1843 Departures 14 May for Madras and Calcutta - Mr and Mrs Lingham and four children.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31739845?searchTerm=LinghamI am not sure how long the family stayed in India but it does seem to have been a while ….
• A son George Askew LINGHAM was born 24 Jan 1849 in Calcutta, and he appears on the 1861 Scotland census in a boarding school in Duns Berwickshire.
• Daughter Jane Agnes LINGHAM (born 1835) married in India on 16 Sept 1854 to Benjamin DICKENSON
• Daughter Eliza Matilda Lingham (born 1839) married in Camden London in 1865 to Edward CREWS
• The oldest son Alfred Fraser Lingham (born 1832) became first judge of small causes court Rangoon, Calcutta.
“Matric, Lamartiniere Coll., Calcutta, a student of Lincoln's Inn 13 Jan.1866, called to the bar 17 Nov.1868 (eldest son of Alfred Lingham, of Calcutta, merchant, dec.); married 21 Nov.1867, Emily S., dau. of G. Hewitt, of Sydenham and Southwark.”13 Aug 1855 Alfred LINGHAM died at sea. (Bombay Times 6 Sep 1855)
Register entry “
On the 13th August drowned from one of the boats of HCS Tubal Cain. Alfred Lingham Esq of the Exchange Calcutta aged 54 years 10 months and 18 days”.
1871 England census Lewisham Kent
Jane Lingham age 62, born india, Annuitant.
George Askew Lingham age 22 born India, clerk on stock exchange