| [Index] |
| Honorah AUSTIN (1818 - 1858) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Adelaide Louisa MADDEN (1839 - 1912) Henry St.John MADDEN (1840 - 1922) Eveline Harriet MADDEN (1843 - 1900) Julian Edward MADDEN (1845 - 1925) Ida Helena MADDEN (1848 - 1849) Ida Ellena MADDEN (1850 - 1850) |
Honorah AUSTIN (1818 - 1858) + Henry St.John MADDEN (1810 - 1873) |
Richard AUSTIN | ||
| Mary (AUSTIN) | ||||
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| b. abt 1818 at Midleton, Cork, Ireland |
| m. 06 Nov 1837 Henry St.John MADDEN (1810 - 1873) at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 25 Mar 1858 at Rollands Plains, New South Wales, Australia aged 40 |
| Parents: |
| Richard AUSTIN |
| Mary (AUSTIN) |
| Events in Honorah AUSTIN (1818 - 1858)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt 1818 | Honorah AUSTIN was born | Midleton, Cork, Ireland | |||
| 31 Oct 1834 | 16 | Emigration | Cork, Ireland | Note 1 | |
| 11 Feb 1836 | 18 | Immigration | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | per 'James Pattison' | |
| 06 Nov 1837 | 19 | Married Henry St.John MADDEN (aged 27) | Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia | Certificate | |
| 03 Jan 1839 | 21 | Birth of daughter Adelaide Louisa MADDEN | Rollands Plains, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 30 Jun 1840 | 22 | Birth of son Henry St.John MADDEN | Rollands Plains, New South Wales, Australia | Note 2 | |
| abt 1843 | 25 | Birth of daughter Eveline Harriet MADDEN | Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1845 | 27 | Birth of son Julian Edward MADDEN | Rollands Plains, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Mar 1848 | 30 | Birth of daughter Ida Helena MADDEN | Rollands Plains, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 28 Dec 1849 | 31 | Death of daughter Ida Helena MADDEN (aged 1) | Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia | V1850747 44B/1850 | |
| 1850 | 32 | Birth of daughter Ida Ellena MADDEN | Rollands Plains, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 17 Apr 1850 | 32 | Death of daughter Ida Ellena MADDEN | Rollands Plains, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 25 Mar 1858 | 40 | Honorah AUSTIN died | Rollands Plains, New South Wales, Australia | Certificate | |
| Note 1: per "James Pattison" as part of The Scheme administered by the London Emigration Committee |
| Note 2: Certificate
v1840218 14/1840 V1840218 44a/1840 |
| Personal Notes: |
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Marriage certificate says arrived in Australia on the ship 'Jas. Pattison' in 1837 at age of 19
http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx Index to Miscellaneous Immigrants has Honora Austin aged 20 arriving on James Pattison on 11 Feb 1836 - Copy COD 425 page 289 [ML A1216] Honorah had come to Sydney in Feb 1836 aboard the James Pattison under a plan by the London Emigration Committee to bring single and suitably skilled women to the colonies. For her PhD at Monash University, Liz Rushen of Meeniyan in Victoria is researching this first bounty scheme and told me that Honorah was described as a "lady's maid". Finding no opening for her services, she went into business as a needlewoman with other ladies who had been passengers on the same ship, a Mrs Cummins and her daughters, and Ellen Fahy who later was the witness at Honorah's marriage to Henry Madden. From Liz Rushen e-mail 6-4-09 "Honora (Honorah and Hanorah) Austin, a lady's maid and needlewoman, emigrated per James Pattison, aged 20. From Midleton, Cork her parents were Richard Austin, a builder and his wife Mary. Honora’s relative, Alice Giltenan, emigrated to Sydney with her husband and family on the ill-fated Lady Mcnaghten the following year (see Quarantined! for further details). On arrival, Honora 'established a dressmaking concern' with Ellen Fahy, also 20, a nursemaid (who was witness as Honora's marriage 18 months later) and the Cummins family of women. After operating her business for 18 months, Honora married Henry St John Madden at St Thomas Church of England, Port Macquarie on 6 November 1837. Both parties were able to sign the register, as were the witnesses Charles Grey and Ellen Fahy. Were you aware that there is a reference to Honora and Henry in Lucy Frost's books on Annie Baxter Dawbin (A Face in the Glass, & No Place For A Nervous Lady: Voices from the Australian Bush) ? Further to my books, the best one for information about Honora is 'Single & Free'. She is also mentioned in 'Quarantined' in connection with her relative, Alice." Between 1833 and 1837, fourteen ships disembarked approximately 2,700 women at Sydney, Hobart and Launceston under the first scheme for female emigration between Great Britain and the Australian colonies. In order to be eligible for the government bounty, the women had to meet certain requirements: - They had to want to emigrate – they were not ‘shovelled out’. - Age - at the outset of the scheme, emigration was open to single women and widows between the ages of 18 and 30 years of age, but before the first ship departed, the minimum age was lowered to 15 years. With the inclusion of families on the later LEC ships, girls as young as 12 years of age were allowed the government bounty provided they were travelling with their families. - Health – the women had to be healthy enough to undertake the three-month voyage – one woman was not allowed to emigrate as she had a ‘sore knee’. Others, however, emigrated with consumption and two or three died from this cause during the voyages. - Conduct - the women had to obtain references from two reputable people. - The final check was an interview by the committee or its agent. - Money to cover the costs of emigration - in 1833, the cost of a passage to Australia was estimated to be between £17 and £19. Initially it was proposed that the British treasury would pay to the LEC £6 on the departure of each woman eligible for the bounty, £6 was to be paid on their arrival in the colonies and £6 was to be raised by the woman herself. By the end of 1834 the government agreed to cover the passage costs for each woman. Emigrants still had to have sufficient funds to get to the ports of departure and provide the required outfit for the journey. Administered for the Colonial Office by the London Emigration Committee, the scheme met with immediate criticism. The Committee was condemned for its selection processes in what was seen as a plot to transplant immoral women and the sweepings of British and Irish workhouses and charitable institutions to colonial society. Intensive research has revealed that, at most, only one quarter of the women were from workhouses or charitable institutions. Many of the women were emigrating in family groups, or joining family or friends on the colonies. Condemned for their independence, most of the women were enterprising individuals who successfully managed the migration experience and made valuable contributions to the development of Australian colonial society. James Pattison left Cork,Ireland and arrived Sydney 7 Feb 1836. Honora Austin travelled from Cork to Sydney as part of the scheme. |
| Source References: |
| 19. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Liz Rushen's web site, Title: Elizabeth Rushen's web site http://www.rushen.com.au/, Auth: Elizabeth Rushen, Locn: http://www.rushen.com.au/ |
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