Family of Lawrence GILL and Emily Amelia THORNTON

Husband: Lawrence GILL

Lawrence GILL

Name:
Lawrence GILL
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
3 May 1801
Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Occupation:
Baker's Assistant
Immigration:
19 Sep 1820 (age 19)
to Sydney, NSW, Australia from Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Physical Description:
19 Sep 1820 (age 19)
5' 2 3/4" tall, brown hair, hazel eyes, ruddy complexion¹
Service Record:
7 Nov 1822 (age 21)
Ticket of leave granted; Portland, NSW, Australia¹
Service Record:
21 Oct 1824 (age 23)
Ticket of leave granted; Portland, NSW, Australia¹
Service Record:
24 Mar 1827 (age 25)
Certificate of Freedom granted; Portland, NSW, Australia¹
Census:
1 Nov 1828 (age 27)
Portland, NSW, Australia²
Occupation:
1 Nov 1828 (age 27)
Labourer²
Death:
14 Feb 1891 (age 89)
Upper Colo, NSW, Australia
Burial:
16 Feb 1891
Colo, NSW, Australia

Wife: Emily Amelia THORNTON

Emily Amelia THORNTON

Name:
Emily Amelia THORNTON³
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
7 Jul 1810
Southwark, London SE
Baptism:
19 Aug 1810 (age 0)
Southwark, London SE⁴
Address: St George the Martyr
Immigration:
21 Oct 1819 (age 9)
to Sydney, NSW, Australia⁵
On SS Granada
Physical Description:
21 Oct 1819 (age 9)
5' tall, brown hair, ruddy complexion⁵
Census:
1 Nov 1828 (age 18)
Portland, NSW, Australia²
Death:
20 Jun 1887 (age 76)
Upper Colo, NSW, Australia⁶
Burial:
21 Jun 1887
Upper Colo, NSW, Australia
Address: Upper Colo Cemetery

Row 9 Plot 1

Child 1: Lawrence GILL

Name:
Lawrence GILL⁷
Sex:
Male
Birth:
16 Aug 1828
Sackville Reach, NSW, Australia
Census:
1 Nov 1828 (age 0)
Portland, NSW, Australia²
Death:
24 Jun 1829 (age 0)
Sackville Reach, NSW, Australia
Burial:
Sackville Reach, NSW, Australia

Child 2: Margaret GILL

Daughter: Margaret GILL

Name:
Margaret GILL⁷
Sex:
Female
Spouse (1):
Patrick LINEN ( - )
Spouse (2):
William Daniel BULLOCK (c. 1819-1877)
Birth:
23 Mar 1831
Sackville Reach, NSW, Australia
Death:
17 Dec 1917 (age 86)
Randwick, NSW, Australia
Cause: Chronic Nephritis and Senile Decay
Burial:
Rookwood, NSW, Australia

Child 3: Charlot GILL

Daughter: Charlot GILL

Name:
Charlot GILL⁷
Sex:
Female
Birth:
12 Oct 1832
Colo, NSW, Australia
Death:
3 Dec 1842 (age 10)
Colo, NSW, Australia
Cause: Crushed by falling tree

www.hawkesbury.net.au/cemetery/upper_colo/ucc082.html
Burial:
4 Dec 1842
Upper Colo, NSW, Australia

Child 4: Matthew GILL

Name:
Matthew GILL⁷
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Mary Ann HERPS (1838-c. 1872)
Birth:
6 Jun 1834
Wilberforce, NSW, Australia
Baptism:
28 Oct 1838 (age 4)
Wilberforce, NSW, Australia⁸
Death:
6 Mar 1903 (age 68)
Enfield, NSW, Australia
Cause: Pneumonia and Dropsy
Burial:
7 Mar 1903
Rookwood, NSW, Australia

Child 5: James GILL

Son: James GILL

Name:
James GILL⁷
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Matilda HERPS (1836-1910)
Birth:
6 Jun 1837
Colo, NSW, Australia
Baptism:
28 Oct 1838 (age 1)
Wilberforce, NSW, Australia⁸
Death:
28 Apr 1924 (age 86)
Ulmarra, NSW, Australia
Cause: Pulmonary Oedema and Heart Failure
Burial:
Grafton, NSW, Australia

Child 6: Peter GILL

Son: Peter GILL

Name:
Peter GILL⁷
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Agnes Antess MORAN (1845-1928)
Birth:
27 Apr 1838
Colo, NSW, Australia
Baptism:
28 Oct 1838 (age 0)
Wilberforce, NSW, Australia⁸
Occupation:
Drover
Residence:
1913 (age 74-75)
Borenore, NSW, Australia⁹
Occupation:
1913 (age 74-75)
Labourer⁹
Death:
25 Jul 1922 (age 84)
Borenore, NSW, Australia
Cause: Pneumonia
Burial:
Orange, NSW, Australia

Child 7: Henry GILL

Son: Henry GILL

Spouse: Caroline Mary Anne FEENY

Name:
Henry GILL⁷
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Caroline Mary Anne FEENY (1862-1935)
Birth:
13 Apr 1840
Colo, NSW, Australia
Residence:
1913 (age 72-73)
Coldstream, NSW, Australia⁹
Occupation:
1913 (age 72-73)
Farmer⁹
Death:
11 Apr 1913 (age 72)
Upper Coldstream, NSW, Australia
Burial:
Ulmarra, NSW, Australia

Child 8: John Thomas GILL

Son: John Thomas GILL

Spouse: Dinah Elizabeth MARTIN

Name:
John Thomas GILL⁷
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Dinah Elizabeth MARTIN (1846-1924)
Birth:
20 Apr 1842
Colo River, NSW, Australia
Death:
27 Jul 1923 (age 81)
Moree, NSW, Australia
Cause: Bronchial Pneumonia and Influenza
Burial:
Moree, NSW, Australia

Child 9: Marianne GILL

Daughter: Marianne GILL, c. 1925, age 80

Name:
Marianne GILL⁷
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Charles Edward CONLAN (c. 1844-1899)
Birth:
4 May 1845
Richmond, NSW, Australia
Death:
26 Sep 1927 (age 82)
Quirindi, NSW, Australia
Cause: Cardiac Failure
Burial:
Quirindi, NSW, Australia

Child 10: Michael GILL

Name:
Michael GILL
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Mary Ann HULBERT (1851-1926)
Birth:
4 May 1846
Upper Colo, NSW, Australia
Death:
22 Jul 1933 (age 87)
Ulmarra, NSW, Australia
Cause: Endocarditis and Senility
Burial:
Ulmarra, NSW, Australia

Child 11: George GILL

Son: George GILL

Name:
George GILL⁷
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Margaret HERPS (1849-1899)
Birth:
21 Feb 1849
MacDonald River, NSW, Australia
Death:
8 Mar 1930 (age 81)
Quirindi, NSW, Australia
Burial:
Quirindi, NSW, Australia

Note on Husband: Lawrence GILL

Charged with the theft of Card Cloth. Sentenced to 7 years by a Dublin city court, February 1820 and deported to Australia.

Departed on SS Dorothy

Arrived Sydney 19/09/1820

www.freewebs.com/gillfamilyaustralia

www.heritagegenealogy.com.au/Sheens/p118.htm

Granted ticket of leave 13 July 1826 in Windsor, NSW.

Described therein as 5' 2 3/4" tall, brown hair and hazel eyes

Permission to marry granted on 13 May 1828. Reference made in "NSW Reigister of Convicts' Applications to marry 1826 - 1851".

Note on Wife: Emily Amelia THORNTON

Emma Truman, aka Emily Amela MaryAnn Truman

Tried and convicted 12 January 1826 at Middlesex Gaol.

Charge of of stealing 14 yds of cotton, value 10/-, the property of John D'Oyly.

Sentenced to a term of seven years and deported to Australia.

Left UK 1 September 1826 on board SS Grenada

Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW on 26 January 1827

Sources

1.: NSW State Archives.

2.: Census 1828 (NSW) (01/11/1828).

3.: GR - Stephen Oakley.

4.: FMP.co.uk/worldtree.

5.: Terry Gill.

6.: Parish Records.

7.: GR - Roslyn Hudson.

8.: Hawkesbury on the net.

9.: Australia Electoral Roll (NSW).