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.
People of the Great Victoria 1865-1866 England to Queensland
Research into the passengers and crew of the auxiliary steamship "Great Victoria" from London, Oct 1865, to Moreton Bay, Queensland, January 1866.
Saturday, 10 November 2018
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
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
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
James SMITH
William SMITH (2)
William SMITH (3)
Wife of William SMITH (3)
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
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