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Australian Pioneer Families

Families featured
James Walker, John Walsh, Johann Friedrich Weisheit,
Colin Williams, William Willoughby, Charles James Worsley, Sampson Worsnop,

Walker

James Walker wed 1861 #848 to Ann Edwards and lived at Newbridge

5 Children

1. Susan Jane Walker 1858 #14022R
2. Rebecca Walker 1861 #4364R
3. Sarah Ann Walker 1863 #9868
4. John Walker 1865 #17615
5. Joseph Walker 1868 #5414

Susan and Rebecca are sisters, who appear to marry brothers in a joint wedding ceremony at Newbridge.
Rebecca Walker wed 1878 #160 to James Claridge
Susan Jane Walker wed 1878 #161 to Jesse Claridge

Walsh

John Walsh came c1868 with Catherine Knight and lived at Heathcote, later Chiltern

7 Children

1. John Walsh 1869 #22732
2. Samuel Walsh 1874 #9414
3. Michael Walsh 1876 #16833
4. Martin Walsh 1878 #9562
5. Mary Catherine Walsh 1879 #23744 lived 4 months
6. James Walsh 1881 #17133
7. Mary Eliz Walsh 1888 #18964

7. Mary Elizabeth Walsh 1888 #18964 - 1978 #9105 aged 89, wed 1909 #8301 to Richd Jos Patk Comerford 1880 #7539 - 1953 #8115 aged 73, lived at Coburg during WW1, 6 Children, both died at Kew

Weisheit

Johann Friedrich Weisheit wed 1858 #3467 to Friedricka Zweig 1839 - 1880 #11187 aged 41, daughter of Louisa and Ernst Zweig, and lived at Sandhurst

7 Children

1. Johann Friedrich Weisheit 1858 #3467
2. Ludwine Fredericka Weisheit wed 1891 #4061 to John Beckerleg
3. Leonhardt Friedrick Weisheit 1863 #4595 lived 5 weeks
4. Elizabeth Weisheit 1867 #24344
5. Friedrich Hermann Weisheit 1870 #4988
6. Gottlieb Friedrich (Frederick) Weisheit 1871 #19229
7. Rosine Carolene Weisheit 1874 #11691

Herman Friedrich Weisheit 1870 #4988 wed 1892 #7334 to Johanna Michelsen 1873 - 1936 #8541 aged 63, and lived at Bendigo

2 Children

1. Vera Myrtle Weisheit 1894 #26716 wed 1913 #10389R to Geo Alex Crocker
2. Elsie May Weisheit 1895 #26919

Friedrich Wm Max Weisheit wed 1889 #8695 to Catherine Stevens

2 Children

1. Elsie May Weisheit 1890 #32685 lived 5 months
2. Fred Percy Weisheit 1892 #23143

Gottlieb Friedrich Weisheit wed 1897 #1602 to Alice Harry Poole

4 Children

1. Unnamed Male Weisheit 1898 #8671 lived 1 day
2. Alice May Weisheit 1899 #8084
3. Fredk Jas Weisheit 1903 #8106
4. Muriel Elsie Weisheit 1908 #16880

Williams

Colin Williams aged 18 came Jan 1860 on the Dawn Of Hope only one surnamed Williams

Colin Williams wed 1863 #3527 to Sarah Ann White and lived at Creswick

12 Children

1. Louisa Williams 1864 #14621
2. Alfred Williams 1866 #1790
3. Harriet Ann Williams 1867 #14283
4. Henrietta Williams 1869 #8023
5. John Williams 1871 #8446 lived 1 year
6. John Williams 1872 #22648
7. Sarah Williams 1874 #15111
8. Colin Williams 1876 #15392
9. Emma Williams 1878 #8305
10. Joseph Henry Williams 1879 #15332
11. Frances Gertrude Williams 1884 #8698
12. Rhoda Adela Williams 1888 #2239

7. Sarah Williams 1874 - 1943 #4257 aged 68, born at Creswick, wed 1903 #6333 to Frederick Charles Bunn 1874 #21360 - 1959 #1270 aged 84, lived at Maldon, 3 children

8. Colin Williams 1876 #15392 wed 1901 #3900 to Matilda Bunn 1877 #16639 - 1925 #2980 aged 48, and lived at Creswick

3 children

1. Howard Colin Williams 1902 #17659
2. Sylvia Sarah Williams 1905 #25315 lived 1 month 3. Eric Hamilton Williams 1908 #24161

Willoughby

Marriages Jun 1848 - William Willoughby and Mary Rose at Marylebone Vol 1 Page 197

William Willoughby came c1856 with Mary Rose and lived at Collingwood

6 Children

1. Arthur John Willoughby 1857 #8211
2. George Willoughby 1858 #15161
3. Emma Willoughby 1860 #9861
4. John Thomas Willoughby 1862 #23306
5. Twin Charles Willoughby 1865 #5075
6. Twin Thomas Willoughby 1865 #5076 lived 6 weeks

1. Arthur John Willoughby 1857 #8211 wed 1879 #4144 to Mary Ann Smith and lived at Horsham

6 Children

1. Agnes Willoughby 1880 #23203
2. William James Willoughby 1882 #16851
3. Emma Amelia Willoughby 1885 #10673
4. Arthur John Willoughby 1887 #3857
5. Frederick Charles Willoughby 1888 #21330 lived 2 months
6. Chtte May Willoughby 1892 - 1969 #4326 aged 77

Chtte May Willoughby 1892 - 1969 #4326 aged 77, wed 1914 #2955 to Harold Pettit 1888 #33534 - 1948 #21511 aged 60, and lived at Ouyen then St Arnaud, 3 Children

Worsley

Charles James Worsley was joined April 1853 via the Belle Creole by Letitia Scott aged 27 and lived at Maryborough

7 Children

1. Charles Worsley 1856 #2463 lived 6 days
2. Charles Hamilton Worsley 1857 #3842
3. Francis Edward Worsley c1860
4. Fred William Worsley c1865
5. Walter James Worsley 1870 - 1871 #1500 lived 1 year
6. Ada Maude Worsley 1876 #17509
7. Edmund Annesley Worsley 1878 #17402

2. Charles Hamilton Worsley 1857 #3842 wed 1880 #4875 to Elizabeth Wyatt and lived at Maryborough

4 Children

1. James George Worsley 1882 #24338
2. Maud Annie Worsley 1884 #25822 lived 5 months
3. Alice Maud Worsley 1886 #27629
4. Chas Worsley 1889 - 1892 #9420

1. James George Worsley 1882 #24338 wed 1904 #5389 to Annie Eveline Garlick 1884 #25849 and lived at Maryborough

3 children

1. Robt Geo Worsley 1904 #27217
2. Jas Hamilton Worsley 1907 #4526
3. Rueben Chas Worsley 1909 #4670

3. Francis Edward Worsley c1860 wed 1883 #6365 to Ann Eliza Tout 1863 #16247 and lived at Maryborough

9 children

1. Francis Edward Worsley 1885 #4048 lived 18 days
2. Frank Horace Worsley 1886 #11742
3. Ernest Everard Worsley 1888 #22205
4. Flor Mable Worsley 1890 #24960
5. Etta Letita Worsley 1892 #25136
6. Bert Thos Chas Worsley 1896 #4997
7. Vera May Worsley 1898 #12584
8. Leslie Frank Worsley 1900 #4743
9. Ralph Selby Worsley 1901 #12724

4. Fred William Worsley c1865 wed 1887 #5248 to Agnes Wade from South Australia

5 children

1. William Charles Worsley 1887 #29103
2. Lilian Maud Worsley 1890 #4399
3. Arth Jas Harold Worsley 1892 #4892
4. Fredk Walt Worsley 1894 #4215
5. Robt Richd Worsley 1897 #19972

5. Edmund Annesley Worsley 1878 #17402 wed 1904 #7742 to Alice May Bales 1880 #8154 born at Dunolly

6 children

1. Leonard Hadipi Worsley 1907 #15707X1932
2. Harold Ansley Worsley 1905 #26259
3. Norman Lindsay Worsley 1910 #3377
4. Alison Martha Worsley 1912 #11055
5. Beryl Letitia Worsley 1914 #2960
6. Nancy May Worsley 1919 #18589

Worsnop

James Worsnop aged 36, and John Worsnop aged 34 came July 1854 on the Africa.
John Worsnop 1821 - 1865 #3825 aged 44 son of Rachel and Abraham Worsnop from Brad. Does not link using FamilySearch.

Sampson Worsnop 1830 - 1890 #17219 aged 60, son of Tabhisa Ackroyd and George Ackroyd Worsnop from Yorkshire, came c1877 with Bridget Oshea, and Bridget disappeared from the records. The father of Joseph Reuben is named Arthur Fielding Worsnop, and the father for Sampson is called Sampson Arthur Fielding.
Sampson Worsnop wed 1884 #2511 to Julia Manning 1856 - 1896 #6782 aged 40

3 children
of Bridget

1. Geo Sampson Worsnop
2. Percy John Worsnop 1879 #18643
3. Amy Pauline Worsnop 1881 #25522

2 children
of Julia

4. Joseph Reuben Worsnop 1886 #8690
5. Samson David Manning Worsnop 1888 #1357

1. Geo Sampson Worsnop 1873 - 1942 #29671 aged 69, wed c1897 to Grace Carol Wood 1878 - 1957 #24222 aged 79,

7 children

1. George Samson Worsnop 1898 - 1967 #21986 aged 69
2. John Percy Worsnop 1899 - 1977 #19168 aged 78
3. Grace Caroline Worsnop 1904 - 1965 #5609 aged 61
4. Frank Worsnop 1905 #25597
5. Alma Worsnop 1908 #6789
6. Arth Edw Worsnop 1909 #30763 - 1981 #18376 aged 73
7. Pauline Worsnop 1911 #12474

4. Joseph Reuben Worsnop 1886 #8690 wed 1911 #9664 to Priscilla Phillips 1886 #18103 - 1972 #20284 aged 86,

1st child

1. Regd Phillip Worsnop 1912 #9933

Edwin Worsnop from Leeds wed 1886 #6944 to Margaret Donaldson Hislop and lived at Footscray

4 Children

1. Jessie Worsnop 1887 #28485
2. Alice Worsnop 1889 #21772
3. Frank Worsnop 1891 #33119
4. Clarence Newbury Worsnop 1894 #9394

From on Thursday, 16 July, 2009,

Hello Elizabeth,
I came across references to Sampson Worsnop on you fantastic website and was wondering if you know of further information about him or even know of desendants of his. Yours is the only references to him we have been able to find.
We are opening a printing museum shortly in our town [Dimboola] and are keen to obtain research about Sampson's life and printing career as well as a photograph of him for our portrait gallery. He was for a short time the leading printer at our newspaper office [the Dimboola Banner] in the 1880s.
We would be grateful of any help, advice or contacts you may be able to provide and will obviously pay for costs..
Yours hopefully,
Dale Conway, President, Dimboola & District Historical Society

I replied

Did the paper [the Dimboola Banner] have any references to Sampson? Whitepages Aust has 58 references to Worsnop and 22 live in Victoria.
My web page has a few leads.
First is Sampson's marriage - wed 1884 #2511 to Julia Manning, and death certificates - Sampson Worsnop 1830 - 1890 #17219 aged 60, (this has a column 'No of years in the colony').
Trying to find when he arrived in Victoria is more of a jigsaw.
I found the son Geo Sampson Worsnop 1873 - 1942 #29671 aged 69, in Death Index, and the first child in Victorian BMD to 1888 is Percy John Worsnop 1879 #18643. Percy's birth cert would be expected to have the child's arrival, and details of each parent - names, ages, birthplaces, also their marriage and names (if you are lucky) of older siblings.
These can be purchased online at https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/home using the link to Historical Indexes, would cost about $20 each. I would be interested to see copies of these, if you do decide they would make a valid part of your exhibition featuring Sampson.

Using familysearch, I found
SAMPSON WORSNOP Christening: 01 APR 1831 Bradford, Yorkshire, England Father: GEORGE WORSNOP Mother: TABITHA

The family he was born into (from FamilySearch) using names of parents -
Father's parents, Grand Parents of Sampson
Jonathan Worsnep wed 14 Feb 1785 to Sarah Booth at Bradford, Yorkshire, England
George Worsnep Christening: 18 Jun 1794, son of Jonathan Worsnep at Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Parents of Sampson
George Worsnop wed 22 Jan 1816 to Tabitha Butterfield at Bradford, Yorkshire, England (it looks like Tabitha was wed as soon as she turned 21.)
Siblings of Sampson
1. Sarah Worsnip - Female Christening: 23 Jun 1816 Horton By Bradford, Yorkshire, England
2. Twin Harriett Worsnip - Female Christening: 01 Feb 1818 Horton By Bradford, Yorkshire, England
3. Twin Henriette Worsnop - Female Christening: 01 Feb 1818 Horton Near, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
4. John Worsnap - Male Christening: 05 Sep 1822 Horton By Bradford, Yorkshire, England
5. Hannah Worsnap - Female Christening: 05 Sep 1822 Horton By Bradford, Yorkshire, England
6. Martha Worsnop - Female Christening: 14 Dec 1823 Horton By Bradford, Yorkshire, England
7. Ezra Worsnop - Male Christening: 04 Apr 1826 Horton By Bradford, Yorkshire, England
8. Jonathan Worsnop - Male Christening: 29 Oct 1828 Bradford, Yorkshire, England
9. Sampson Worsnop - Male Christening: 01 Apr 1831 Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Mother's parents, grandparents of Sampson
Peter Butterfield wed 28 Nov 1779 to Sarah Still at Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Mother of Sampson
Looking for Tabitha Butterfield, and her siblings, why the gap? Either the clergy were not friendly so children not taken to church, or the family attended a church where the registers have not survived, or belonged to a denomination that did not believe in Infant Baptism. And later moved to Bradford....
1. Hannah Butterfield Christening: 29 Jul 1792 Bradford, Yorkshire,
2. Tabitha Butterfield Christening: 18 Jun 1795 Bradford, Yorkshire, Father Peter Butterfield, Mother: Sarah Stell
3. Peter Butterfield Birth: 28 Mar 1797 Christening: 03 Jul 1797 Kipping Independent-Nc, Thornton By Bradford, Yorkshire, England

It depended on how attached to the church the parents were, when and if a child was christened. Some churches had clergy who loved that part of their work, others were less demanding. In the late 1700s there was a big population increase as Small Pox was being conquered by vaccination - knowledge of Jenner's work in Gloucestershire spread rapidly.
Elizabeth

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