Name: MUDGE 20201024

Updated: 10-24-2020 05:10:97.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Sarah Susanna Mudge: Birth: 1835.

  2. Sarah Ann Mudge: Birth: 1837.

  3. Sarah Grace Mudge: Birth: 27 MAY 1838 in Torquay, Devon, England. Death: 17 JUN 1859 in Milang, , South Australia, Australia

  4. Mary Lear Mudge: Birth: 22 JAN 1840 in Torquay, Devon, England. Death: 31 JUL 1928 in Railton, Tasmania, Australia

  5. William Mudge: Birth: 25 SEP 1841 in Torquay, Devon, England. Death: 23 JUN 1916 in Dimboola, Victoria, Australia

  6. Susanna Mudge: Birth: 25 MAY 1843 in Torquay, Devon, England. Death: 21 NOV 1915 in Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia

  7. Agnes Mudge: Birth: 4 MAR 1845 in Torquay, Devon, England. Death: 4 DEC 1912 in Streaky Bay, South Australia, Australia

  8. Emma Earnestina Mudge: Birth: 29 DEC 1846 in Torquay, Devon, England. Death: 30 NOV 1878 in Milang, South Australia, Australia

  9. Henry Mudge: Birth: 11 JUL 1848 in Torquay, Devon, England. Death: 12 MAY 1919 in East Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

  10. Thomas Mudge: Birth: 29 JUN 1851 in Milang, South Australia, Australia. Death: 15 OCT 1905 in Kew, Victoria, Australia

  11. Albert John Mudge: Birth: 6 AUG 1853 in Milang, South Australia, Australia. Death: 3 AUG 1914 in Bool Lagoon, South Australia, Australia

  12. James Mudge: Birth: 30 NOV 1856 in McLaren Vale, South Australia. Death: 21 JUL 1920 in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia


Family
Marriage:
Sources
1. Title:   "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKYS-NBQ : 12 March 2020), William Mudge, 1837.
Text:   This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
2. Title:   "England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGY9-Y6V3 : 24 April 2019), William Mudge, Bachelor, 4 Mar 1837; citing Marriage, Alphington, Devon, England, United Kingdom, the Devon Record Office, Exeter.
3. Title:   "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCK-T488 : 18 April 2019), Wm Mudge, Youngest Son, Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom, 11 Mar 1837, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .
4. Title:   Australian Government, <i>Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record 1842-1899
 </i>
Page:   Vol 2, P.175
5. Title:   Data from Marlene KNEPPER (MyHeritage.com/ Mixed-up Family website)
6. Title:   SA Genealogy & Heraldry Society, <i>Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-85
 </i> (CD Index Vol.1-4 & Sth Aust Se
7. Title:   South Australian Death Index 1842-1915 (SAHGS)
Page:   Willunga 1902 Book 286 Page 1
8. Title:   South Australian Marriage Index 1842-1916 (SAHGS)
Page:   Book 94 Page 734

Notes
a. Note:   d Manor" in Torquay (REF: rootsweb.com/ Relative Reunion database, ID I1443)
 Occupation in Devon was gutterman and his religion was Baptist (same REF)
 In 1837 William, (b.1816) , married Susannah Lear (b.1815) at 'Torwood Manor' Torquay, Devon.
 Susannah was the youngest daughter of ten children born in Daccombe, Devon, to John Lear (b . abt 1764 ) and Grace Chown (b.abt 1771).
 They sailed from Plymouth, Devon England aboard the "Agincourt" a three masted barque of 669 tons under master, Captain W. Cumberland, from London 7 October 1849, Plymouth 18 October 1849 arriving in Port Adelaide, Sth Australia on 1st February 1850. Records show 587 emigrants on board with five births and one death during the passage. Elizabeth's elder sister, Charlotte (b. about 1800) and her husband, Edward FORD (b. about 1790), presented them with a Bible at the commencement of their journey to Australia.They sailed with six of their children (the eldest daughter Sarah Grace having stayed in Devon, England).
 A son of Susanna's elder sister, Charlotte, named Edward FORD (b. about 1820), accompanied them on the voyage and died at Milang, South Australia on August 14th, 1852.
 William took up Block 4, Noarlunga (40 Km south of Adelaide) in 1853 to develop it as a farm . He then evidently moved to Milang (70km SE of Adelaide on Lake Alexandrina). Albert John MUDGE (b. Aug 1853), father of Thomas MUDGE (b. 1900), was born at Milang on 6th August 1853. His wife Susannah, died in 1859 and was buried at Milang.
 William moved back to Wilunga (45 Km south of Adelaide) where he operated a General Store and took up Section 228 of the Hundred of Wilunga. He subsequently sold this property to his nephew, John St.Jago MUDGE (b. 1839).
 William acted as a traveller for the firm, Messrs G & R Wills & Co and 1873 married Mrs Sarah Looney nee Strong in Adelaide and they moved to Tolarno station, on the Darling River in New South Wales, where William was appointed overseer.
 In the middle 1880's they returned to settle at Seaview, near McLaren Vale, and later on back to McLaren Vale. William died there from senile decay and a cerebral haemorrage on 15th May 1902 and was buried by undertaker Charles Brown, at Willunga cemetery.
 His residences in England were thought to have been Daccombe and Shiphay, in Devon.
 Reference for following detail from www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/agincourt1850.htm
 Kindly transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat , Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below. Barque ;Agincourt', 669 tons, Captain W. Cumberland, from London October 7th 1849 / Plymouth 18th October 1849, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 1st February 1850.
 The Sydney Shipping Gazette (SSG) February 16th 1850 reports . . February 1, the Barque Agincourt 669 tons, Cumberland Master, from Gravesend 7 Oct. and Plymouth 10 Oct.[sic] —1st ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1850; Dr. Edward Gregory, Surgeon-Superintendent, with 257 emigrants; five births and one death in passage.
 Passenger in cabin: Rev. J. Watson, wife and child, Miss Small and servant, Mr William Main , wife and child, Mr. J. Tolson, Mr. L. Glyde and Dr. E. Gregory.
 The South Australian Government Gazette
 Name Age Date of Death Cause of Death Where buried
 Mashir [Maslin], John A. 1 no record no record at sea
  CHRISTENING: William was baptised on 18th March 1816 at St Savior's Church of England, Torquay, Devon.
  Arriv. 1850 Agincourt - barque 669 tons, Captain W. Cumberland, departed from London October 7th 1849, Plymouth 18th October 1849, arrived at Port Adelaide SA 1st February, 1850 records show 587 emigrants aboard, with five births and one death in passage.
  William was a storekeeper and farmer at Noarlunga, Miland, Willunga and Seaview near McLaren Vale and for a time was overseer at "Tolarno Station" on the Darling River.
  Death Certificate Willunga District Register Book 3 Cert. 103
  WILLIAM MUDGE died 15th May 1902 at McLaren Vale. Usual residence McLaren Vale. Occupation Gutterman aged 86. Cause of death Senile Decay and Cerebral Haemorrhage. Informant Charles Brown, Undertaker. 20th May, 1902
  Four MUDGE families, or singles, arrived in Sth Australia between 1839 and 1850.
 Ref: South Australian Shipping & Passenger Lists by Barry Leadbeater
 [ http://www.familyhistorysa.org/shipping/passengerlists.html ]
 MUDGE William, Susanna LEAR, Sarah Grace, Mary Lear, Wm, Susanna, Agnes, Em Ernestina, Hy arrived in SA 1850-02-01 aboard Agincourt from London 1849-10-07 via Plymouth
Note:   BIOGRAPHY: William's birth certificate indicates he was born at "Torwoo

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