Wm.Henry/Dorothy Best... plus eventual 8 children, Queensland 1881-20th centrury

[Doreen Peacock]

My...you have been busy. Thankyou..... time I had some sleep...but....

Our William Henry Best was born in England 1850.
Think his father was John Best born 1807 HIS MOTHER was Mary Ann Moffett Born in 1815 

Must check mother Dorothy's  parents to see if they were - Jane Ann Lawson and Thomas Charlton.

Wm. H. Best/Dorothy Charlton married 1874.  Children were:-  Catherine 1875; Horace, 1880 -1941; Horace married and wife had 7 babies rhesus neg. who died! (England)  Dora Eliz 1881 (England birth?) died after after accident in Oz. -1884 lost a leg and died. Margaretta Mary Ann 1885 -    ?;  John Henry 1887: Dorothy 1889 - 1894;  Edith Byers Charlton(why not named BEST?)  1892 - 1936; Ethel 1894 - 1895. These last two should be the two you mention

Thought to have left England 1881 from Plymouth. This info; from Sally Best Tree?

[Neale1961]

Birth registration:
BEST, WILLIAM  HENRY           Mother: MOFFATT 
GRO Reference: 1849 J Quarter in DURHAM AND LANCHESTER  Volume 24  Page 107

Parents:
John Best married Mary Anne Moffat 3 May 1836 Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham.

1841 census Bishop-Wearmouth
John Best and wife Mary and son John (2) are living with the Moffett in-laws
 
1861 census Sherburn
John Best 52 (Railway Station master) and wife Mary 46 are with children John 22, Catherine 25, William Henry Best 12 born Pittington Durham

1871 census (Westgate Newcastle) - William Henry Best is a railway clerk unemployed. Still living with parents.

Arrival in QLD in July 1883 onboard “Chyebassa” (Assisted passage)
Dorothy Best age 26
Horace Best age 3
Dora Best age 1
Jane Best – baby
I can’t see William Henry on this passenger list.
Daughter Catherine is not on this passenger list either – she remained in England.
 

1891 census Catherine Best (b. abt 1874 Newcastle) is with her uncle and Aunt Leddle WELBURN and Isabella WELBURN (nee Charlton) in Monkwearmouth.
So she did not go to Australia.
By 1901 Catherine is married to John Phillpot.

There are Railway employment records for a William Henry Best born 1849
A Clerk in 1891 – New Cross. London, Brighton and Sth Coast Railway.

[Neale1961]

Birth Registrations for the 3 children who came in 1883 on “Chyebassa”
BEST, HORACE       Mother: CHARLTON 
GRO Reference: 1879  S Quarter in NEWCASTLE TYNE  Volume 10B  Page 91

BEST, DORA  ELIZABETH     Mother: CHARLTON 
GRO Reference: 1881  S Quarter in NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE  Volume 10B  Page 3
      
BEST, JANE       Mother: CHARLTON 
GRO Reference: 1883  M Quarter in NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE  Volume 10B  Page 59

[Doreen Peacock]

Neale 1961 Thankyou very much.
Census 1841; 1861 and 1871  clarifies  movement of WILLIAM HENRY BEST PARENTS JOHN AND MARY ANNE (MOFFAT) from Bishop Wearmouth; Sherburn; Pittington and Newcastle nicely showing their advancement to the Tyne... and William Henry being unemployed Railway Clerk in 1871 still with parents. Need to know where mother  Mary BEST (NEE Moffat, went to in Queensland in 1883 on ship "Chyebassa"...and where all other children came from...Did she go back to England?).                               It looks as though our WILLIAM HENRY BEST born 1849/1850... 'COULD' be a Railway clerk in New Cross, London and South Railway.....in 1891; or have we got two Wm. Henry Bests mixed up? we are sorting out the 'Wheat from the Chaff' in our WILLIAM HENRY BEST and moving forward in our jigsaw. THANK YOU for your time and effort put into our search. 

[Neale1961]

WILLIAM HENRY BEST born 1849/1850... '

Very clearly born in 1849.

Need to know where mother  Mary BEST (NEE Moffat, went to in Queensland in 1883 on ship "Chyebassa"...

This is the mother in the census.
1881 census Westgate Newcastle, Mary Ann Best (William Henry’s mother) is a widow and dressmaker, living with unmarried daughter Catherine

1891 census Gateshead, Mary Ann Best (nee Moffatt) 72, widow, is living in the house of her son John George Best, 51, a colliery weighman.
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[Neale1961]

The son, Horace Best seemed to be a "jack of all trades". Here is his Obit.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/42313168?searchTerm=%22Horace%20Best%22

[Doreen Peacock]

NEALE 1961. Thankyou for Obituary for HORACE BEST
Loads of information on Horace, and family. Will follow them up. Brilliant work on your part. 

Still trying to see what happened to WILLIAM HENRY BEST - father of HORACE, where and when he died. The rest of his life is a total mystery. We thought he was a wine and fruit merchant IN 1880 we seem to have lost our way and can't tie up the dots.

[hanes teulu]

On the '71 Census William is a "Railway Clerk unemployed". On the 1881 Census he is a "Fruiterer & Com Clerk (Wine & spirit)". I've checked the newspapers 1871-1881 for any mention of William in his new capacity - nothing.

Revisiting the Census made me realise I'd mixed up William Henry's father's given name (John) with Dorothy Charlton's father's given name (Thomas) - hence my being drawn to the 1917 death - apologies.   

[Doreen Peacock]

Hi hanes teulu - no problem, it can be interesting to go down a different path from time to time. I followed one chap, and enjoyed getting to know the family through the records, then discovered I had the wrong initial!  We just picked up a couple of wrong pieces that didn't fit. Thank you for your time given to my quandry; it is very much appreciated.

However, this Mary Ann Best went to Australia in 1883 with three children HORACE,3 DOR,A2 and  JANE a baby...... Why would she go without her husband? 
What was he up to?
When did she return?   Her son Horace stayed and died there in 1941.

Can we find the ship and date that she came back to England to live with her unmarried daughter Catherine?   And when did our William Henry the father of her children die?  I need to try and pick her up on the CENSUS'S again to see what happened.