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Descendants
of the Buckinhamshire
Rawlinsons
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George
Rawlinson's ancestors lived and farmed in the Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
area.
Buckinghamshire
is an attractive rural county of some 600 square miles and sweeps from
the Thames directly to the west of London halfway to Birmingham in the
North. A slender county, 40 miles from North to South but only 28 miles
from East to West, it has a mixture of woodlands, parklands and
agricultural valleys, much of which are protected as Areas of Attractive
Landscape. The Chiltern Hills, famous for the Chiltern Beechwoods, are
designated as an Area of Attractive Outstanding Natural Beauty.
His
first proven ancestors were George Rawlinson and Frances Cook who were
married at Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, about 6 miles from Aylesbury, in
1771.
George
and Frances had their first two children, Dollis 1772, and David 1773 at
Waddesdon before moving to the other side of Aylesbury, the village of
Weston Turville.
Eight
children were added to the family between 1774 and 1787, George (NZ)'s
grandfather Jonathan, was the fourth, born in 1781.
George
& Frances's son David Rawlinson born 1773, started the West Wycombe
branch of the family after his marriage to Jane Eagleton in 1797 at that
parish. It now seems most of the Rawlinsons listed on the
Buckinghamshire IGI are related.
Jonathan
(1781) and Ann Impey (1780) who married in 1807 and farmed at
Northchurch, Hertfordshire, returned to Weston Turville around
1821 with their first three children, George baptised Northchurch 1808,
Elizabeth baptised 1810 and William born 1816 (baptised at Weston
Turville with sisters Ruth born 1817, and Jane born 1821, on the same
day in 1822)
They
had four more children while living at Weston Turville between 1824 and
1831.
Ann
died in 1835 at the age of 45.
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Jonathan's
eldest
son George Rawlinson (1808) married widow Sophia Loggin (1809) in 1835 and
moved to her home village of Bierton near Aylesbury to be a pub landlord at "the
Eagle".
They
had six children Ann (1836), George (1838), Richard (1841), John (1844),
James (1847), and Rose (1851). Their eldest son George Rawlinson (born
Bierton 1838), was
convicted at Hertford Assizes in 1862 on a charge of burglary. He was
transported to Western Australia on the Lord Dalhousie in
1863.
The
72 year old widowed Sophia was still living at the Eagle in 1881
where her youngest son James Rawlinson (1847) was the landlord.
West
Australia Rawlinsons
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The
Eagle at Brierton
The
building is now a private house, easily recognizable as the current owner
has retained the inn's front door complete with "The Eagle"
engraved in large letters on its glass panel. The white building on the
left was where the brewing took place.
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By the
time of William (1816)'s baptism in 1822 Jonathan and Ann's family had moved a few miles over
the Buckinghamshire border back to his home village, Weston Turville. He
was no longer a farmer, according to parish records, but an agricultural
labourer. Seven more children were born in the years up to 1831.
Their mother Ann died in 1835. She was only 45 years old.
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William Rawlinson
(1815) married Great Missenden farmer's daughter Maria Collins at Aston
Clinton near Aylesbury in 1842. William and Maria lived at Hemel
Hempstead in Hertfordshire about five miles east of his father's
Northchurch farm. Their first child George who later migrated to New
Zealand, was born and baptised there in 1843.
By 1847
William's family had moved to the pretty Buckinghamshire village of
Quainton, next to Waddesdon,a few miles northwest of Aylesbury, and in
the next four years, three of their children were born there. His
occupation on the census form was "cattle dealer".
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Durham
Farm
today
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George
Rawlinson was with the family at Quainton, a village a few miles
northwest of Aylesbury, and next to Waddesdon, as an 8 year old at the
time of the 1851 census, but 10 years later was working away from his
parent's home which was now at at Great Hampden, Monks Risborough. After his
father's death he returned to help his mother run Durham Farm, Wendover,
and was still there in 1871.
By
1853 the Rawlinsons had moved about 10 miles south to the Great
Hampden, Monks Risborough area of Buckinghamshire a short distance from
Maria's birth-place. During the next 8 years, an additional 5 children
including Henry (1857) were added to the family. At the time of the
March 1861 census William was still described as a cattle dealer.
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Durham
Farm
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We
know that William had moved a few miles away to Durham Farm, Wendover by
1862 as his youngest son Richard was baptised at the local church on
Christmas Day. In 1864 he was listed as a Wendover Dean farmer in the
county directory. In 1865 he was now 49 and had 9 children to support.
William junior was 16, Elizabeth 18, Jane 14, Robert 12, Emma 10, Henry
8, Charles 6, John 4 and Richard 3. Both Ann (born
1845) and George (1843) were probably working elsewhere as they were not
listed with the family in 1861. In 1865 their mother Maria
was 45.
At
Wendover in 1868 eldest daughter Elizabeth (1847) married local born
parish clerk and butler William Cannon (1840). They were to remain at
Wendover where their six children were born.
Jane
Rawlinson (1851) married Essex born carpenter William Stringfellow (1847)
at Wendover in 1871. She had probably met him while in domestic service in
London. William's father James (1815) was a builder at Tottenham at the
time of the marriage. Jane had five children, two of them at Sale in
Cheshire. They were living in Tottenham at the time of the 1891 census in
family-built Rawlinson Terrace.
Emma
Rawlinson (1854) appears to have been in domestic service for much of her
life. In 1871 she and her sister Jane were servants at Highbury Hill,
Islington, and in 1891 she is a cook at Winchester.
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William is buried
here in the churchyard of Wendover Parish Church. Maria joined him
in 1898. She had been living alone in Welbourne Road, Tottenham at
the time of the 1891 census, but was back in Buckinghamshire at the
time of her death in 1898. We know that by 1885 four of her sons
had migrated, Charles & Robert to America in 1882, and George
& Henry to New Zealand in 1881 & 1885.
William
Rawlinson born October 8th 1815, died August 21st 1865. "He
being dead, yet speaketh" also of Maria widow of the above,
born April 16th 1820, died May 10th 1898. "Her end was
peace"
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Bucks Herald Saturday 26th of August 1865
Fatal
Cart Accident
On Tuesday an inquest was held at the
"Halfway House" before Geo. Fell Deputy Coroner, on the
body of William Rawlinson, farmer, from the evidence of the son of
the deceased who was the principal witness.
It
appeared that on Friday last, he and his father were carrying wheat and had
two carts at work. The deceased drove the carts home and unloaded them.
Between 5 and 6 that evening as he was riding back to the field, the horse ran
away and he was jerked from the cart, which passed over him and turned him
over. His sons ran to the place and extricated him when they found him covered
with blood and badly injured on the right side of the head. He died on Monday
evening. Henry Saunders who was working for Mr Rawlinson, corroborated the
above evidence.
J.T
Savory, surgeon of Wendover, said he examined the deceased's head and found
there was considerable bleeding from both ears and the skull was fractured
which caused great extravasation of the blood from the brain, of which the
deceased died.
A
verdict was recorded of accidental death.
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Note - The "Halfway House" was the local pub. It was common practice
to hold inquests at inns during the 19th century.
On the 1871 census George
Rawlinson, who later migrated to New Zealand, was now listed as the farmer at
Durham Farm.
In the later 1870's after
leaving Durham Farm, William's sons' trades were listed as a wheelwright, a master
saddler, a builder, and three carpenters.
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By
1881 Maria and five of her sons had moved to the fast growing
London area and George Rawlinson was married and on his way to New Zealand.
Henry
(age 24) was now married to 28 year old Emma Westall and a
builder employing 40 men from their home at Welbourne House, in
the Hale district of Tottenham. (I'm quoting the census).
This was at High Cross,
Tottenham, but has since been redeveloped.
His mother and brothers John (20) and Richard (18) have a
house in the same road and the boys give their trades as
"carpenter". Henry and Emma who in
1885 migrated to New Zealand, had a daughter, Lillian Maria (1881)
who later married Walter Bint at Birkenhead, NZ..
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picture of Tottenham in 1903 illustrates the growth of the Greater
London area with that farming land on the left disappearing to be
soon covered with housing and factories. |
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From the
1881 Census
Charles Rawlinson (22)
is married to Rebecca (21) and with their 3 month old daughter
Julia Cecilia, are living a few miles away in Islington. He is a
carpenter.
Robert Rawlinson (28)
is married to Ellen (26) and has a 1 year old son William.
They are living at nearby Hackney and his occupation is
"journeyman wheelwright".
William (32) is married to
Elizabeth Price (24) from Sarratt, Herts, and they have two
daughters, Annie (4) and Minnie (2). They are living at High
Street, Watford, Hertfordshire a few miles from his grandfather's old
farm at Northchurch. They probably have business
premises as his occupation is "master saddler"
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| Rawlinson Terrace, Tottenham - Built by the
Rawlinsons?
Partly visible behind the mock-Tudor redundant toilet. Its where carpenter William Stringfellow
who married
George's sister Jane Rawlinson (1851) at Wendover in 1871, was living
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George's brothers Charles (1859) and
Robert Rawlinson (1853) with their wives and children migrated to America
in April 1882 on board the 'Rhynland", a Red Star steamer
operating between Antwerp and New York. I
have attempted to trace their USA families. The only likely
Rawlinsons are on the 1920 Pierce, La Camas, Washington census. It
records Charles Rawlinson (60) carpenter, born England, Rebecca
(61) born England, Charles (36) farmer, and Seth (34) born
Philadelphia, and Arthur (28) and William (27) born Washington.
The date of son Charles's birth would tie in with their arrival in
the USA.
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NEW ZEALAND
We know that
their brother George Rawlinson (1843) married Sarah Ann
Chapman at West Hackney, 3 or 4 miles south of Tottenham, in
1877 and their first two children Annie Elizabeth (1878) who
later in NZ married George Bint, and Nellie (1880) were
both born in the London area. Their next recorded child (1884) was
born in Auckland, New Zealand. The family arrived
at Auckland on the "Margaret Galbraith" in 1881.
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George and Sarah Rawlinson
berthed at Auckland with their 2 daughters, Annie
Elizabeth (bn 1878) and Nellie (bn 1880) on the "Margaret Galbraith" in January 1881.
George Henry their 3rd child,
was born at Lucas Creek (now Albany, near Auckland) They
had a further five children, the last one Ethel, in 1894. The family moved to
Waipuku, Taranaki after May was born in 1884.
Sarah was a mid-wife in the New
Plymouth area. She died at Inglewood in 1907, and we know that George returned
to England after her death. He probably visited his in-laws, almost certainly his widowed sister Ann Lee who at the time of the 1881 census had a
grocers shop in Edmonton, London.
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The
MARGARET
GALBRAITH
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He is believed to have stayed some time at
Misterton in Somerset. Around 1909 he married widow Alice
McKenzie (born 1850) and his whereabouts is a bit blurred from then till his
death at Rose Bay, Sydney in 1921. If he is the George Rawlinson who died at
Rose Bay, NSW, I am
confused in finding
another George Rawlinson
living there from 1867
onwards.
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Their daughter Annie,
Elizabeth, Rawlinson
(born UK, 4th April 1878) married George
Bint around 1899.
They had
seven
children. Edith (1900), who
married Horace
"Bob" Pierson, Elsie
(1902), married to Edward
John Porter, Myrtle
(1906), married to Thomas
Porter, Charlotte (1910), married to Norman Challenger, Frederick
George (1911), married to Annie Price,
Alice (1914), married to Laurence
Price, and Cyril (1916) who
married Enid Porter.
George Henry
Rawlinson, (born Lucas Creek- now Albany 1882) married Frances Louisa
Hogg (1881-1953) at St Andrews, New Plymouth in 1912. They had five children,
Wilfred, then Nigel (1916) who married Tui Fraser, Gordon
married to Effie MacKinnon, Doreen (1913) who married Joseph Henry, and Ronald
Benson Rawlinson (1918) who
married Stratford born Mollie Knox (1921).
William John
(Willie) Rawlinson (born Waipuku 1886) married Jane (Jenny) McMullan and
had two sons Colin (1918) who married Aileen Florence, and Bruce (1920)
married to Norma Kleeman. Their family still live in the Stratford area.
Shane Rawlinson (born 1980) whose father is Ian (born 1952) one of Colin
and Aileen's two children, has been in
contact.
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George
& Annie Bint
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Ellen
(Nellie) Rawlinson (Born UK 1880) married Robert "Charlie"
Hardgraves (born New Plymouth 1875). They had nine children, Leila Doris (1902), Maude (1904) who
married George Knight, Evelyn Beatrice (1906) married - - - Nathan, Rita
Nellie (born 1909) married - - - Connor, Charles Ernest (born 1912)
unmarried? Thelma (born 1914) unmarried? Robert Derek (born 1916) died
in WW2 1942, Hector Raymond (born 1918) married to Margaret Moyes, and
Noel John (born 1921)
May Rawlinson (born
1884) married Frank Hearn Mills.
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Rose
Rawlinson (born 1889) who married William Bint (born 1880) at Inglewood
in 1907, had eight children. Claude William Bint (1908)
married Violet Betty Pearse, Grace Bint (1910) who died of diphtheria in
1924, Dorothy Bint born (1912), Joyce Evelyn Bint (1914) married Barry
Old, Keith Bint (1920) married Joan Orchard, Ronald Cecil Bint (1922)
married Noreen Mace, Louisa Ruth Bint (1924) married Albert
James Herbert,and Reginald George Bint (1927) who married Gwendoline
"Betty" Randall.
William died in 1966 and Rose in 1971 |
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William & Rose Bint
and daughter Dorrie in 1954 |
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Recollections
about George Rawlinson.
"I
do know that after Sarah died in 1907, he was off to Misterton,
Somerset. He went to family, saw Ann and her family, and in 1909 is
waiting for Emma to come and stay to meet his new wife Alice McKenzie,
a widow." "In 1910
he came over to Auckland, but later went to Sydney, Australia"
Irene Hannam
(Ann and Emma
were George's sisters)
"I
have a note told to me by Edna Antill (Walter Bint's & Lillian
Rawlinson's daughter) that George Rawlinson married 3 times. He and his
second wife ran a nursing home, but I have not got where. His third
marriage was late in life, he died in 1929 at Rose Bay in Sydney aged 85
years, .....none of this is proved."
Fay Lewis.
"After
Mum died I received an old Bible with two names in it. 'Henery Rawlinson,
Wendover Dean,' and a stronger bold 'Geo. Rawlinson, St Catherines,
Ontario, Canada' "
Irene
Hannam
Note: The late
Irene Hannam and Fay Lewis are grandchildren of George Bint and Annie
Rawlinson.
HENRY RAWLINSON
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“Grandfather Rawlinson and family taken outside
their home. Back – Lily Bint, Sid Rawlinson. Front -
Florrie Rawlinson, Grandad, Hilda Gray |
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The
Rawlinson family home at
Mokia Road, Birkenhead,
Auckland. Sid Rawlinson
was born here. |
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"Henry had a large house at
Birkenhead which Mum had visited and said that each time she had gone, he had
added another room or turret. The chooks had a room or animal room. It must have
been a bit like Noah's Ark!" Irene
Hannam
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George's
brother Henry Rawlinson (born 1857) who had been a builder in Tottenham,
London at the time of the 1881 census and George's departure, arrived on the
"Doric" at Auckland in February 1885 with his wife Emma, and daughters
Florence (born 1884) & Lillian (1881). Another daughter Hilda Emma
was born in 1886. They lived at Birkenhead, NZ.
On
the 1881 London census Henry was recorded as a builder employing 40 men.
His
daughter Lillian Maria "Lily" Rawlinson, born Tottenham,
London, in 1881, married Walter Bint at Birkenhead, NZ. They had eight
children.
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Walter
Bint
& Lily in 1953 |
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Hello
Tom - (from Rio Riva) 3rd
of November 2009
William
and Maria's son Henry
is my great grandfather.
He married Emma Emily
Westall.
Their
children were Lilley,
Florence, Hilda
Emma (my grandmother)
and Sidney.
Emma
Emily Rawlinson
died at
51 years on 27 May 1904
at Birkenhead of
Pernicious Anaemia
exhaustion leaving Henry
and
the children Lillian 22
years, Florence 20
years, Hilda 18 years
and Sidney 14 years.
Henry died 5 October
1942.
Aunty
Florrie never married
and looked after her
father Henry at home,
after he had an
accident on the
Chelsea Sugar
He
and his wife are
buried at the old
Birkenhead Cemetery
(no headstones found -
due to vandalism).
My
grandmother married
Francis James Gray on 6th
January 1915 in the Zion
Hill Church, Birkenhead.
They
went to live on his farm
at Umawera in the Hokianga.
They had nine children
Margaret, Albert,
Elizabeth,
Alfred,
Alexander, Robin, Dorothy,
Alma (my
mother) and David.
Alfred,
Dorothy and Alma are the
only surviving family today.
My mother is 81 years and
living in a rest home in
Whangarei,
where I was born 29
November 1950.
Most
of the family were farmers
or carpenters. We
had a very happy life
growing up in the country
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many
family get-togethers
(mostly picnics on the
farm or at Paihia).
All the relatives would
get together.
In
NZ we all learn to swim
and my mothers family
were all taught by being
thrown of the jetty into
the river
and
fished out with a rope
that Grandad threw to
the children.
Albert
and Alfred went to Egypt
and Italy in the Second
World War and thankfully
returned.
Alexander was in
I
remember meeting Aunty
Lilley when I was a
child - she was a very
warm kind lady, also
Uncle Sid.
Aunty
Florrie went to live
with my grandmother at
Paihia in later years. All
the families would visit
- they were 2 sweet
ladies.
In
1949/50 they toured the
south island and sent
home post cards with
letters (I have these).
Nana made us tatted
collars
and
stitched dolls which she
wove her own hair onto
their heads. With
around 36 grandchildren
she did very well to
think of
us
all.
They
eventually needed to go
into retirement homes
and the family placed
them in Te Koparu (Dargaville).
Hilda
died 5 July 1964 and is
buried in Umawera.
Florence died 1977, she
was 93 years and is
buried in the Whangarei
cemetery.
In
her Will she left what
she had equally to all
here nieces and nephews.
I
have a photo of my
grandmothers wedding
outside the family home.
My mother caught up with
the family
of
Aunty Lilley about six
years ago in New
Plymouth. I
haven't been in contact
since I was a child, but
now
that
I am not working will
endeavour to take a trip
down and say hello.
From
Bev Simmonds
January 2010
Francis
James Gray (Jim),
was born 1875 at
Kaitangata, South of
Dunedin, NZ.
Parents were William
and Margaret (nee
Paterson) Gray married
1861 in Wellington,
NZ, although they
originated from
Coldingham in the
Scottish Borders and
Edinburgh
respectively.
'Jim' had 5 sisters
and 2 brothers.
He married Hilda
Emma Rawlinson on
6th January 1915
(Marriage cert
available to confirm),
and lived at Tutekehua,
Hokianga where he
farmed and ran a river
launch ferrying logs
down to the mill. He
died 25/5/1942 and is
buried beside Hilda
(died 15 July 1964) at
the Umawera Cemetery,
Hokianga, NZ.
They
had 9 children:
Isobel
Margaret (Peggy)
b.17/11/1916 m George
Butler 1939,
James
Herbert McDermot
(Bert) b. 19/6/1917 m
Dorothy Nola
Reynolds Brooking 1946
Florence
Elizabeth (Betty)
b.8/9/1918 m Gordon
Lawrence Brown
William
Alfred Henry (Alf)
b.24/4/1920 m Merle
Elizabeth Mary Whimp
1950
Alexander
Francis b.27/9/1921 m
1.Eileen Underwood
2.Valerie Jean Farr
1987
Robin
Claude b.22/10/1923 m
Shirley Florence Lewis
Dorothy
Jean b.30/5/1925 m
Mervyn Gower Alexander 1948
Alma
Jesamine b.10/3/1928 m
Dawson (Jack) Appleton
1949
David
John Llewellyn
b.12/7/1931 m Carol
Toomey
Today,
the only surviving
children are Dad
(Alf), Dorothy and
Alma. This
information has been
provided by cousins
also tracing family
tree information so I
cannot personally
vouch for its
accuracy, although I
have no reason to
doubt it. Let me
know if I can fill in
any gaps or if I can
be of any further
help. I will
keep working on my
scanning abilities,...
or lack of them.
Bev
Simmonds
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Contributions,
Corrections and Criticisms
all very welcome!
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