James Hawkins of the Great Victoria

The only information I had about James Hawkins on the Great Victoria's voyage to Moreton Bay in 1865-1866 was that he signed the petition to the Emigration Commissioner on behalf of two people. This indicated he may have been married.

There were three children born to James Hawkins and Eliza nee Luxton in Brisbane in the years soon after arrival. Looking back to English records, James Hawkins and Eliza Luxton's marriage was registered in the September quarter of 1865 in Exeter, Devon. There were quite a few newly-married couples on the ship.

The Hawkins family lived in Mt Gravatt near Brisbane for quite a few years. There are newspaper snippets showing their address was "Devonia" or Logan Road. James appears to have been a farmer and had a least a few sheep . He was proud to have raised a hawthorn tree on his property. He and his children donated various native animal remains to the Queensland Museum.

James Hawkins died in 1907, and was buried at South Brisbane Cemetery.
Eliza Hawkins died  in 1922 and was buried in the same cemetery.

It is easy to trace Eliza's early years in England. She was the daughter of John Luxton and Grace Nicholls.

It is not as easy to  identify the correct James Hawkins in England. The most likely one seems to be James Mumford Hawkins born in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, about January 1836, the son of James Hawkins (a brush maker) and Mary Ann nee Mumford.

Only one of James and Eliza's daughters married and had children.

Research list of passengers and crew aboard the "Great Victoria", October 1865 to January 1866

As I said on the previous post, this is not the official list of passengers and crew. It is a compilation of names from various sources: petitions, letters, accounts, inquests, newspaper items, birth/death registrations, etc.There is evidence, sometimes a lot, sometimes a little, that each of these persons was on the Great Victoria's voyage to Queensland in October 1865 to January 1866.

Since many of these names are transcribed from signatures and faded documentation, it is difficult to be sure about the spelling, and even the name itself. For example, one signed surname that at first seemed to be Green, was eventually deciphered as Allen. As you can imagine, the list will inevitably change over time.

Not all people with the same surname are necessarily related. Where there are families, I have attempted to put the parents first, and children in order of age following. I have added the previous surnames of married women, although those names would not have appeared on the original passenger list.

All crew members are included - several of them did not make the return journey to England on the "Great Victoria". One crew member (Robert Acton Pardoe) had family members travelling as passengers on the journey to Queensland.

If you think that one or more are people you are researching, please leave a comment. I have a great deal of information to share, and mysteries to solve. 

Nicholas Hill ABBOTT

Eliza ABBOTT nee KNOTT

Samuel ABBOTT (crew)

William AITKINS

James AITKINS

James ALEXANDER

George ALLEN

James Carter John ALLEN

William A. ARCHER (crew)

William ARCHER

James ARMSTRONG (crew)

Julia ATKINSON

Henry BAIN

Hannah BAIN nee WILKINS

John BAKER

William BARKER

George BARNES

Emanuel Joseph BARNETT

Barron Lewis BARNETT

Albert BARRETT

Benjamin BASTON

Eliza BASTON

Ellen Genevieve Jennings BASTON

George W. BAXTER

Edwin BEARDSALL

Ann BEARDSALL nee PARKINS

Arthur BEAUFORT

Charles BEAUFORT

Benjamin James BENNETT (senior)

Maria Louisa BENNETT nee THOMPSON

Benjamin James BENNETT (junior)

Joseph BENTON

Isaac BEWLEY (crew)

George BIRCUMSHAW

James BLACKER

Edwin BLACKMAN (crew)

Henry BLAKENEY

Harry BLANCHARD

Wife BLANCHARD

Child BLANCHARD

George BLUNT

Emily Agnes BLUNT nee HEADY

George Albert BLUNT

Emily Agnes Heady BLUNT

Ellen Louisa BLUNT

Charles BOARDMAN

Hannah BOARDMAN nee PAGE

Alfred BOARDMAN

Eunice BOARDMAN

Adam BOGUE

James BOGUE

Mary BOLAND

John BOOTH

Martha BOOTH nee PARRY

Fred BOYD

Ann BOYD nee PAGET

John Henry BRADLEY

Margaret BRADLEY nee HAMILTON

John Henry BRADLEY (junior)

William Bremer BRADLEY

Pt BRENNAN

G. BRITON

James BROOKS (crew)

James Laughland BROWN

John BROWN

William Walton BROWNIE

Benjamin BRYANT (crew)

Edward BUDWORTH

William BURKE

George BURR

Matthew BURRIDGE

Ellen BURRIDGE nee HARVEY

Victor Alexander Emanuel BURRIDGE

Sidney Robert BURROWES

John BURROWS

Joseph BURROWS

Bridget BYRNE

Fr Denis Joseph BYRNE

John James CAINE

Emily CAINE nee WELLS

Mary Emily CAINE

Florence Maria CAINE

Fanny Ida CAINE

Maud Jane CAINE

Isabella Moreton CAINE

Timothy CALLANAINE

William CANN (crew)

John CARROLL

James CAVERLY (crew)

George CECIL

Albert CERTE (crew)

Thomas CHALMERS (crew)

Henry CHEATLE

John CHING

David CHRISTIE

Ellen CHRISTIE nee SWANSON

Richard CLARKE

James CLARKE

John CLARKE

George CLARKE

Ellen CLARKE

Thomas CLARKSTONE

James CLARKSTONE

Catherine CLEARY

Bridget CLUNE

Daniel COLLINS

Mary COLLINS

Richard COLLINS

James CONNELLY

Ann CONNELLY

Ellen CONNELLY

Louisa CONNELLY

Male stillborn CONNELLY

Cornelius CONNORS

William COOK (crew)

Thomas COOPER

T. COOTE

John CORSER

Thomas CRAWFORD

Wife CRAWFORD

James Mark CULMER (crew)

William DALBY

William G. DALGLEISH

James DANIEL (crew)

James C. DANIELS

Francis Aubrey DARNELL

Thomas G. DAVIES

Edward DAVIES

David DAVIS

Matthew DAVISON

William DAY

Eliza Hannah DAY nee SAUNDERS

William Alexander DAY

George DEVENISH

Thomas DEVENISH

Charles DILLINGHAM (crew)

Henry DIXON

Henry Edward DOBSON (crew)

Giuseppe “Joseph” DOTTI

Mary Ann DOTTI nee HAYS

John Hays Joseph DOTTI

William John DOWLING

Joseph DOYLE

Patrick DOYLE

Thomas Henry DRUCE

Arthur Fitzroy Charles DUMARESQ

Alexander DUNCAN

Janet DUNCAN nee PEDDIE

Margaret Henderson DUNCAN

Mary Henderson DUNCAN

Anne Isabel Claudina DUNCAN

James McGill DUNCAN

Alexander Ross DUNCAN

Thomas DUNCAN

Jesse EASON

Edward EASTCOTT

William EASTLAND

Emma EASTLAND nee MILES

Edwin EASTLAND

Ellen EASTLAND nee STEVENS

John EASTLAND

Thompson EDEN

Mary Ann EDEN nee STOCKWELL

Alfred John EDEN

Florence Mary EDEN

William EDWARDS

Catherine EDWARDS nee BARTHOLOMEW

Elizabeth EDWARDS (twin)

Catherine EDWARDS (twin)

John ELLIS (crew)

Robert ELLIS

Abraham EVANS

Mary EVANS nee STEPHENS

Isaac EVANS

Henry EVANS

Andrew FAY (crew)

Charles FEASEY

Selina FERGUSON

Henry FISHER

Wife FISHER

Mary FITZGERALD

William FLASHMAN

John FORSTER (crew)

Thomas Ellesmere FRAMPTON

Robert FULCHER

Ann Maria FULCHER nee THURGUR

Ann Maria FULCHER (junior)

Harriet FULCHER

Robert Thurgur FULCHER

Abraham GALLAGHER (crew)

James GARDNER

William GARDNER

Fanny GARDNER nee HYETT

William Charles Alfred James GARDNER

James GARNEY

Walter GARWOOD (crew)

George GIBSON (crew)

Thomas GILBERT

John GILL

Robert GILMORE

Alexander Gray GILMOUR

Jessie GILMOUR nee HUTCHINSON

James P. GILMOUR

David York GILMOUR

George GIRDLER

James GOLEBY

Mary Ann GOLEBY nee BEECROFT

Frederick GOLEBY

Arthur James GOLEBY

George Leonard GOLEBY

Charles Henry GOLEBY

John William GOODLIFF

Ellen GOODLIFF nee ADLARD

John William GOODLIFF

Ellen GOODLIFF (junior)

Charles GOODLIFF

Louisa GOODLIFF

Silas GODMAN

Henry William GODMAN

Alice Elizabeth GODMAN

Joseph GOODSALL

John GOODWIN

Samuel GOODWIN

George GOODY

John GORDON

Elizabeth GOWAN

Robert GRANT (senior)

Janet GRANT nee GRAY

Isabella GRANT

John GRANT

Janet GRANT (junior)

Robert GRANT (junior)

Mary GRANT

James M. GRANT

Smith William GREENWOOD

Elizabeth GREENWOOD nee ROBERTS

Amelia GREENWOOD

Mary Jane GREENWOOD

John Roberts GREENWOOD

George GREGORY

Henry GREYLING (crew)

Thomas T. GRIST

Frank GROSS (crew)

Charles HALL (crew)

James HALL

Alfred HALLAMORE (crew)

Thomas HALLIBONE (crew)

James HANCOCK

Mary Ann HANCOCK nee SAMUELS

Elizabeth Ann HANCOCK

Thomas HANLIN

Ellen HANLIN nee COFFEE

Eliza HANLIN

David HANSEN (crew)

Francis HARRIS

J. T. HARRIS

Timothy HARRIS

W. J. HARRIS

George HARVEY  (crew)

Henry HAWKINS

Charlotte HAWKINS

James HAWKINS

Eliza HAWKINS nee LUXTON

Andrew HAWLEY

Harriet HAWLEY nee CHEETHAM

Andrew James HAWLEY

George HAWLEY

William HAWLEY

David HAWORTH

James HEALY

Mary Ann HEALY nee LOUGHRAN

Catherine  HEALY

Thomas HEASMAN

Ann HEASMAN nee SIMMONS

Mary Ann HEASMAN

Amelia Susan HEASMAN

Thomas Henry HEASMAN

Rose Alice HEASMAN

John HENDERSON

Janet HENDERSON nee DUNCAN

John HENDERSON

Janet HENDERSON

Joan HENDERSON

Mary Duncan HENDERSON

Cecil HENNING

Ellen Mary HENNING nee WELLS

Frederick Lumley HENZELL

Edward HILL

Herbert HILL

William HODGE (crew)

Fr Thaddeus HOGAN

Vernon HOLLAND

Alice Mary HOLLAND

Robert HOOPER

Thomas HOOPER

Henry HOPKIN

Frederick HORNE (crew)

Daniel Alexander HOSICK

Richard Benjamin HOWE (crew)

Frederick HOWELL (crew)

William HOWIE

Richard Guymer HUGHES (crew)

John Hawkins HUTCHINGS (crew)

Thomas Messenger HUTHART

John Rogers IBBOTSON

William ILLINGS

Joseph ISAACS

Sarah ISAACS nee BULLOCK

Frederick Petty JACKSON

William JACKSON

Henry JARVIS (crew)

Robert Cornwall JEFFERY

George JENKINS (crew)

Abraham JEWELL

David JEWELL

Thomas JOBSON (crew)

Philip JOHNS (crew)

Albert JOHNSON (crew)

George JOHNSON (crew)

W. JOHNSON (crew)

Andrew JOHNSTON

William JOHNSTON

Mary JOHNSTON nee ???

Catherine JOHNSTON

George JONES

Griffith JONES (crew)

William JONES (crew)

James JOPE

Daniel JORDAN

John JORDAN

Emily KEATES

William Benjamin KEATES

Robert KELLY

Mary Ann KELLY nee HAGGERTY

Robert KELLY (junior)

Edward KELLY

John KELLY

Michael KELLY

Patrick KELLY

Thomas KENEALY

William KENNEDY

Margaret KENNEDY

Ellen KENNEDY

John KILEY

Patrick KILMARTIN

Bridget KILMARTIN nee NYLAND

Catherine KILMARTIN

Laurence KILMARTIN

William Standerwick KING

Sophia Matilda KING nee CRESSWELL

Diana Sophia KING

Thomas KING (crew)

James KNIGHT

Wife KNIGHT

Oliver KURL

George LANEY (crew)

Jane LANGFORD

Charles Frederick William LASS (crew)

Hannah LAWRANCE nee JORDAN

Hannah Elizabeth LAWRANCE

Anne Jordan LAWRANCE

Job John Frederick LAWRANCE

Michael LEAHY

David LEAWORTH

David LEE (crew)

Thomas William LEGG

Louisa LEGG nee BROOM

Henry William LEGG

George LEI

Edward LEWIS (senior)

Eleanor LEWIS nee JENKINS

Margaret LEWIS

Edward LEWIS (junior)

Hugh LINTON

J. T. LISTER

Edward LOUGHRAN

Mary Jane LOUGHRAN nee BOOTH

William Booth LOUGHRAN

Mary Elizabeth LOUGHRAN nee HEALY

Rose Anna LOUGHRAN

Edward Booth LOUGHRAN

Bernard Malachi LOUGHRAN

James LOUGHRAN

Jane LOUGHRAN

Patrick LOUGHRAN

Thomas LOUGHRAN

John LOVE (crew)

Job Statham LOWE

John Frederick LUCK (crew)

Patrick LUNHAM

David LYFORD

Sarah LYFORD nee SHAYLOR

Eli Shaylor LYFORD

Mary Elizabeth LYFORD

Margaret Ellen LYFORD

David William LYFORD

John LYNCH

Timothy LYNCH

Nicholas LYNCH

John LYONS (senior)

Margaret LYONS (senior)

John LYONS (junior)

Mary Ann LYONS

Margaret LYONS (junior)

John Charles William MACKRELL

Augustus John MAIN

M. MALONEY

Samuel MARKWELL

Emma MARKWELL nee PAINTING

Caleb PAINTING?

Mary Emma Maria MARKWELL

Fanny Clara E. MARKWELL

Ann Elizabeth MARKWELL

Emily Jane MARKWELL?

Henry J. MARTIN

William MARTIN (crew)

William MARTIN (passenger)

Wife MARTIN

Michael MAY

Mary MAY nee RUNDLE

William MAY

Mary Ann Rundle MAY

Charles MAYLE

Mary MAYLE nee CHILDS

Mary Ann MAYLE

Eliza MAYLE

Will Childs MAYLE

Henry MAYLE

James MCCABE

Isabella MCCABE nee LYSK

Thomas John MCCABE

James Henry MCCABE

Elizabeth MCCABE

Anne Jane MCCABE

William MCCANN

Timothy MCCARTHY

Robert MCCLINE (crew)

Hugh MCCOLL

Neal MCCOLL

Thomas MCCULLOGH

Frank MCCUNE (crew)

William MCDONALD

Robina MCDONALD nee BARCLAY

Elizabeth MCDONALD

Robina MCDONALD (junior)

Fr Stephen Henry MCDONOUGH

Robert MCFALL (crew)

Charles MCGAVIN

Thomas MCGUINNESS

Robert MCINTOSH

Wife MCINTOSH

William MCKAY

Margaret MCKAY nee MORELL

John MCKEON

Margaret MCKEON nee LAWLESS

Francis MCKEON

John MCLENNAN (crew)

Cornelius MCMAHON

Thomas MCMAHON

Peter MCNICOLL

Norman MCTURTON

“Medicus” (real name unknown)

Elizabeth MERRYFULL

Lancelot MIDDLETON

Elizabeth MIDDLETON nee DENSTON

Florence Kate MIDDLETON

Ada Elizabeth MIDDLETON

Henry MILLINGTON (crew)

William MILLS

G. MILNE

Charles MILNER

William MINCHINER (crew)

Edward MIRSHINET

Bernard MONAGHAN

James MONAGHAN

Patrick MONAGHAN

James MONTEL (crew)

Gerald William MOONEY

Robert MORRIS

Mary Ann MORRIS nee BARBROOK

Arthur MORRIS

Alban MORRIS

Emily Grey MORRIS

Hubert MORRIS

Mary Ann Letitia MORRIS

Emily MORRISON

John MORROW

John MORTON

Henry MOTT

Henry D. MUNRO

William NEAL

Sarah NEAL nee ANGELHART
Thomas William NEAL

William NEUSS

Robert NIGHTS

Mary Ann NOBLE nee BUTTON

Mary NOONAN

Alexander NORRIS

Edward NOWLAN (crew)

Patrick OATLY

Christopher O’BRIEN

Lewis Algea O’BRIEN

Michael O’BRIEN

Dominick O’DONNELL

Michal O’DONNELL

Thomas O’DONNELL

Guildford Macleay ONSLOW

Fr John O’REILLY

James OUSBY (crew)

Henry James OXLEY

John PADDY

Elizabeth PADDY nee SKINNER

Francis PAINTER

W. PALMER

Robert Acton PARDOE (crew)

Eliza PARDOE nee SELLEY

Edgar Howard PARDOE

William PARKINS

Alfred Exton PARSONS

Edwin PARSONS

James PASMORE

Charlotte Amelia PASMORE nee REEVES

Alexander PATTERSON (crew)

Jonathan PEARSON

Henry PERKIN (crew)

Gavin PETTIGREW

Jerrett PHILLIPS

William PHILLIPS

William PILCHER

James Henry PLEACE

Sarah PLEACE nee TRUSCOTT

James Henry PLEACE (junior)

Frederick Cutler PLEACE

Richard PLEACE

William Turner PLUMMER

Allan POLONIES (crew)

John POOL

Alfred John POTIER

Emma POTIER nee PURVIS

Emma Elizabeth POTIER

John POWER

William POWER

Thomas PRATT

Elizabeth PRATT nee RAWLINGS

Elizabeth Ann PRATT

William Richard PRATT

Walter Tom PRATT

Edward Joseph PRATT

James PRINGLE

David PRITCHARD

William PROCTOR

Charles PURVIS (senior)

Mary Ann PURVIS nee OXLEY

Charles PURVIS (junior)

Charlotte PURVIS

Ada PURVIS

George QUARRELL (crew)

Martin QUINLAN

Henry QUINN

Stephen Edward RADCLIFF

George W. RADFORD

David RAE (crew)

James RAUR

Wife RAUR

George RAYMOND

James REDDACLIFF

Mary REDDACLIFF nee GUINESS

Mary Grace REDDACLIFF

Thomas James REDDACLIFF

John Walters REDDACLIFF

Maria REDDACLIFF nee ROLSTON?

Robert Walter REDDACLIFF

John REDWIN

Sarah REDWIN nee PEARSON   

Samuel C. REED

Sarah REED

Lionel Knight RICE

William RICHARDS

Maryann RICHARDS

C. Elizabeth RICHARDS

Richard RICHARDS (ship’s captain)

Michael RILEY

John RITCHIE (senior)

Mary RITCHIE nee CUNNINGHAM

David Phease RITCHIE

James Leaman RITCHIE

John RITCHIE (junior)

Mary Helen RITCHIE

Charles RITCHIE

John ROBERTS

Wife ROBERTS

Richard ROBERTS (crew)

Robert ROBERTS (crew)

William ROBINSON

Eliza ROBINSON nee MORRIS

Frederick ROGERS

Martha ROGERS nee TARBOX

Matilda Sarah ROGERS

Jane ROGERS

Alfred Robert ROGERS

Henry ROGERS

Samuel ROGERS

Alexander ROSS

Frederick ROUTLEY

John ROWLAND (crew)

Henry Benjamin RUST

William RYAN (crew)

James SAUNDERS

Edward SAVILLE

Charles SCARBOROUGH (senior)

Maria SCARBOROUGH nee WEATHERHOG

Charles SCARBOROUGH (junior)

Fanny SCARBOROUGH

Thomas SCARBOROUGH

Maria SCARBOROUGH (junior)

Beatrice SCARBOROUGH

Elizabeth SCARBOROUGH

John SCARBOROUGH

William SCARBOROUGH

Henry Thomas SCOTT (ship’s surgeon-superintendent)

Michael SCULLY

Pat SCULLY

Thomas SERCOMBE (ship’s schoolmaster)

John SHAFE (crew)

Thomas SHANAHAN

James SHARMAN

Alexander SHAW (crew)

Amelia SIMMONS

Thomas SIMPSON

Wife SIMPSON

George SLOAN

Annih? SMITH

Edmund SMITH

Esther SMITH

Gilbert James SMITH

Susanna SMITH

William SMITH (1)
James SMITH

William SMITH (2)
William SMITH (3)
Wife of William SMITH (3)

Child one of William SMITH (3)

Child two of William SMITH (3)

Possible child three of William SMITH (3)

James SOUTHGATE (crew)

Edward SPENCER

Charles SPINACE

Henry SPURGIN

Elizabeth SPURGIN

Charles SPURGIN

Walter SPURGIN

Alice SPURGIN

William SPURGIN

Possibly Frederick SPURGIN

George Beauchamp Fleming ST JOHN

Edward STANLEY (crew)

John Lisle STATHAM

Robert STEVENSON

Andrew STEWART

Peter STEWART

John STONE (crew)

Philip STONE

Eliza STONE

James STORER

Henry STUBBINS

John SULLIVAN (crew)

Joseph SUMMERVILLE

Elizabeth  SUMMERVILLE nee JOHNSON

Samuel SUMMERVILLE (1)

Thomas SUMMERVILLE

Samuel SUMMERVILLE (2)

Jane SUMMERVILLE nee DEACHER

James SUTHERLAND

Alfred THOMAS

William THOMAS (1)

Hannah Maria THOMAS nee MILES

Hannah Maria THOMAS (junior)

Edwin Cowles THOMAS

William Griffith THOMAS

Thomas Hughes THOMAS

William THOMAS (2)

Wm. E. THOMAS

Hugh THOMPSON (senior)

Emily THOMPSON nee BLOXHAM

Henry THOMPSON (1)

Hugh THOMPSON (junior)

Mark Bloxham THOMPSON

Henry THOMPSON (2) (crew)

Thomas THOMPSON

David THOMSON (crew)

Thomas TIERNEY

Mrs TIPTON (ship’s matron)

J. P. TOOMEY (crew)

Cath TOOLE

Mary TORPHY

William Augustus TREW

Isabella Hugo TREW nee PIKE

Emily Ann TREW

Isabella TREW

James Thomas TREW

Henry William TREW

John George TREW

Frederich TRIMNER (crew)

Henry TRIPLETT

Edwd TRUSCOTT

Pat TULLY

Hugh TULLY

Patrick TULLY

William Henry UPTON

Hannah Trueman UPTON nee ATKINSON

Benjamin John UPTON

George William UPTON

John VARY

Henry VEYSEY

John WALLS (crew)

Edward WALSH

John WALSH

Martin WALSH

John WELLMAN

Caroline WELLMAN nee PLUMMER

Pat WELSH

Annie WELSH

William WELTON

Esther WELTON nee BEECROFT

Adelaide Dorothy WELTON

Andrew WEST

Andrew WEST (2)

James WESTON

James WHARAM

David M. WHATLEY

Isaac WHEREAT

Hugh WHITE

George Strode WILLACY

James WILLIAMS (crew)

Edward WILLIAMS

Wife WILLIAMS

Child 1 WILLIAMS

Child 2 WILLIAMS

Possible Child 3 WILLIAMS

William WILLIAMS

Susan WILLIAMS nee POWELL

George WILLIAMS

Martha WILLIAMS

Reuben WILLIAMS

Henry WILLIAMS

James WILSON (crew)

Richard WINFIELD (senior)

Mary WINFIELD nee HARRIS

William WINFIELD

Elizabeth WINFIELD

Jane Maria WINFIELD

Mary Ann WINFIELD

Kate Harris WINFIELD

Richard WINFIELD (junior)

John WINN (crew)

William WISHY

Charles F. WOOD

William WOOD

William WOOD (2) (crew)

Daniel WOODROFFE (crew)

Robert WYLIE

Wife WYLIE

Child WYLIE

Joseph YOUNG

Robert YOUNG