INTRODUCTION
Welcome to our extended Richardson family history overview. Its primary focus is to provide information about our many Lead Ore Mining family relatives, mainly from Cumberland and Northumberland counties in Northern England, from as far back as possible, to their patterns of emigration to the Victorian Gold Fields in the 1850s and 1860s.
Kindly note - This site is intentionally designed for use on standard computers, laptops, notepads etc., with reasonble sized screens ( not mobile phones ), with larger than average font size and images, for the benefit of all researchers.
Map by Peter Briscoe per www.ukminingventures.com
Cumbria on this map is an old common term for Cumberland.
FAMILY TREE LISTINGS
The following quick reference links lead to a family tree page of our Richardson Lead Ore and Gold mining relatives by marriage, as per surnames and regions as outlined.
From Joseph Richardson born 1721 at Alston, U.K.
From John Richardson's descendants born in Australia from 1863.
From John Allison born in 1801, Alston U.K.
From John Armstrong born in 1705, Haltwhistle U.K.
From Thomas Bell born 1806 of Allendale, U.K.
From James Broadwood born 1796 of Northumberland, U.K.
From William Calvert born 1791 at Kirkhaugh, U.K.
From John Clementson born 1692 in Garrigill, U.K.
From William Coulson born 1760 in Cumberland, U.K.
From Robert Cochrane born 1778 in Eglington, U.K.
From Edward Hewitson born 1794 in Kirk Linton, U.K.
From Edward Hewitson born 1794 in Kirk Linton, U.K.
From Joseph Parker born 1810 at Allendale, U.K.
From James Broadwood born 1796 of Northumberland, U.K.
From Nicholas Vipond born 1655 in Alston, U.K.
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Two exceptions from mining relatives have been included for varying reasons, being
Thomas Henry Cunningham.
Our Australian Cunningham branch stems back to Manchester and Ireland, were also pioneer settlers of Swan Reach in Victoria, linked by the marriage of William Coulson Calvert Liddell and Sarah Ann Cunningham. Extracts of Thomas Henry Cunningham's work diary of 1872 is an interesting read for historians of East Gippsland.
A special informative page, regarding Fred Walters, who professionally promoted himself as a showman the Blue Man, who is linked by the marriage
his son Granville Charles Berkley Walters, to our second cousin, Jean Ann Cochrane, per this overview via
Fred Walters, AKA the Blue Man.
Individual emigration details of over 60 of your relations travels to Victorian Gold Rush of the 1860s and 1870s, plus specific family owned or managed gold mines near Ballarat are also listed further below.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
Your web host has over many years of research, attained and presented a broad array of information and images, stemming from relatively recent family recollections, to back as far as confirmable records can be traced. Almost all of these daring young men and women and children, originated from a background of hundreds of years of Lead Ore Mining in Northern England, before they ventured to our Gold fields in Victoria. Most of our current Richardson descendants living in Australia, are city or township dwellers nowadays, yet have probably unknowingly descended from a diverse array of tough, strong, hard working Gold Diggers primarily from near the Ballarat, Castlemaine, and Beechworth regions of Victoria.
Although it is not possible to quantify their varying degrees of success of these Gold Diggers, the vast majority of the family members in this study who emigrated, followed the trend of the Calvert and Coulson families, to become innovative farmers, graziers, and a few entreprenaurs, who moved to the lush green pastoral region of East Gippsland.
Smallcleugh Lead mine sorting floor, date unknown - Courtesy www.tynedalelife.co.uk.
Another objective of this web site, is to advise and link together, both some early family Lead ore mining family members in Northern U.K., along with long lost family descendants, who emigrated to join in the Gold Rush in Victoria, Australia, and maybe lost touch with their distant cousins Down Unda, or found no other way of tracing family members.
Early email feedback from this site, has already brought together relatives previously unknown to each other, from various states of Australia, and it is envisaged similar reuniting occurances will happen in Northern UK Countys too.
For those interested in some basic information of the Lead Mining industry in the mid 1800s around Cumberland, Northumberland and Durham in the U.K., the following link has been provided.
Background into Lead Ore Mining in Northern U.K.
FAMILY MOVEMENTS FROM THE UK TO AUSTRALIA
Almost all of our Lead Ore Mining cousins departed from Liverpool on sailing ships or steam clippers
per photo circa 1860 from the Liverpool Museum.
The following family members are all sons or daughters of Lead Ore Miners unless otherwise stated, primarily from our focus region of Cumberland, Northumberland and Durham, listed in approximate chronological order of arrival. The most noticable exception to these focus parameters is the Rowe family, originlly from Cornwall near the southern tip of England, linked by the marriage of John Rowe to Margaret Ann Vipond in Victoria in 1877.
As was often the case in the gold rush days, the male partner headed out on a long coach ride or walk to the Port of Liverpool, traversed the high seas to Hobson Bay in Victoria, and worked the gold fields near Ballarat or Bendigo. Then when able financially, and reasonably well established, they sent home for their wife or fianc�e, and children if they had any. There were some other common later instances, where the entire family made the decision tp travel the daring and usually 3 months sea voyage together, sometimes with cousins and in-laws or friends, then linked up on the gold fields with other family members, or old neighbours and mining mates from the UK.
The following is quite an extensive passenger list of all known relations of our Richardson family branch, originating from Alston in Cumberland in the north of England. Other family connections and members shown here, came from this county and neighbouring Northumberland, were all from Lead Ore mining backgrounds, who spent much time, energy, and cash, mining for gold in the Ballarat to Bendigo region of Victoria, mainly in the 1850s-1870s. There is a brief explanation at the top of each page, as to the family link to our Richardson family.
Unconfirmed dates and unknown vessel details
JOHN WILKINSON ARMSTRONG, first son of Joseph Armstrong of Carrshield UK, and Jane Wilkinson of Allendale UK
Arrival before 1858, approx year of birth of 1st child with future wife Mary Ann Teasdale nee Watson, in Victoria.
ANN PARKER, eldest daughter of Joseph and Margaret Parker, cousins from Allendale
Wife of Joshua Liddell from Allendale UK - married 1862 Hexham UK.
Arrival before 9 Aug 1863, per birth of 1st child with Joshual Liddell, in Victoria.
JOHN CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG, first son of Edward ( Neddy ) Armstrong of Ninebanks UK, and Hannah Makepeace of Carrshield UK. Arrival before 1866, year of his marriage to Elizabeth Mary Wilkinson in Victoria.
Confirmed dates and vessel details
WILLIAM CALVERT, first son of William Calvert of Kirkhaugh UK, and Eleanor Allison of Alston UK
Husband of Catherine Hewitson of Kirk Linton UK - married 1845 Cumberland UK
Arrival 1853 Nov Age: 27 Port Phillip Bay, Australia - on board Ann Dashwood with brother John Russell Calvert.
WILLIAM HEWITSON CALVERT, only son of William Calvert and Catherine Hewitson born Dryburn Northumberland UK
Husband of Fanny White from Tasmania
Arrival 1855 25 Mar Age: 5 Melbourne Australia with his mother Catherine Hewitson - on board Red Jacket.
JOHN RUSSELL CALVERT, second son of William Calvert of Kirkhaugh, and Eleanor Allison of Alston
Husband of Jane Coulson from Ninebanks Allendale UK - married 1853 Allendale UK
Arrival 1853 Nov Age: 21 Port Phillip Bay, Australia - on board Ann Dashwood with brother William
John Russell Calvert returned to England in Nov 1857 to pick up his wife Jane Coulson - details unconfirmed
Arrival 1858 11 Mar Age: 27 Melbourne, Australia - on board Royal Charter with wife Jane Calvert nee Coulson.
The Ann Dashwood
CATHERINE HEWITSON, second daughter of Edward Hewitson of Kirk Linton UK and Sarah Little of Alston
Wife of William Calvert - married 1845 Cumberland UK
Arrival 1855 25 Mar Age: 28 Melbourne Australia with son William Hewitson Calvert - on board Red Jacket.
THOMAS COCHRANE, farm labourer, third son of Robert Cochrane and Jane Tully of Bamburgh UK
Uncle of Elizabeth Richardson's husband Robert Cochrane
Arrival 1855 Aug Age: 38 Melbourne, Australia on board Donald Mackay with wife Sarah and 3 brothers.
SARAH WHITE, First daughter of Thomas White and Sarah Moffat of Alnwick U.K.
Wife of Thomas Cochrane - married 1855 in Scotland
Arrival 1855 Age: 29 Melbourne Australia with husband Thomas Cochrane.
HUGH TAYLOR COCHRANE, farm labourer, fourth son of Robert Cochrane and Jane Tully of Bamburgh
Uncle of Elizabeth Richardson's husband Robert Cochrane
Arrival 1855 Aug Age: 32 Melbourne, Australia on board Donald Mackay with wife Catherine and 3 brothers.
CATHERINE ANNIE BAIRD, daughter of Oswald Baird and Mary Ann Taylor of Eglingham.
Wife of Hugh Taylor Cochrane - married 1855 in Scotland
Arrival 1855 Age: 29 Melbourne Australia with husband Hugh Taylor Cochrane.
GEORGE SAMUEL COCHRANE, joiner, fifth son of Robert Cochrane and Jane Tully of Bamburgh
Uncle of Elizabeth Richardson's husband Robert Cochrane
Arrival 1855 Aug Age: 26 Melbourne, Australia on board Donald Mackay with 3 brothers.
PERCIVAL COCHRANE, tailor journeyman, sixth son of Robert Cochrane and Jane Tully of Bamburgh
Uncle of Elizabeth Richardson's husband Robert Cochrane
Arrival 1855 Aug Age: 23 Melbourne, Australia on board Donald Mackay with 3 brothers.
The Carleton in about 1881
JOHN HEWITSON, eldest son of Edward Hewitson of Kirk Linton and Sarah Little of Alston
Brother of Catherine Calvert nee Hewitson
Arrival 1857 9 Jul Age: 32 Geelong, Australia - on board the Carleton
JANE LEE, daughter of Robert Lee and Elizabeth Wilkinson of Alston
Wife of John Liddell - married 1852 Hexham UK
Arrival 1857 30 Sep Age: 24 Melbourne Victoria Australia - on board Miles Barton.
SARAH CALVERT, eldest daughter of William Calvert of Kirkhaugh and Eleanor Allison of Alston
Wife of Thomas Broadwood, - married 1857 Hexham
Arrival 1858 11 Mar Age: 25 Melbourne, Australia - on board Royal Charter.
THOMAS BROADWOOD, son of James Broadwood and Frances Esther Henderson of Allendale
Husband of Sarah Calvert- married 1857 Hexham
Arrival 1858 11 Mar Age: 27 Melbourne Victoria Australia - on board Royal Charter.
JANE COULSON, second daughter of Hugh Coulson of Alston and Ann Smith of Allendale
Wife of John Russell Calvert - married 1853 Allendale
Arrival 1858 11 Mar Age: 25 Melbourne, Australia - on board Royal Charter with husband John Russell Calvert.
JOSEPH COULSON, first son of Hugh Coulson of Alston and Ann Smith of Allendale
Arrival 1858 11 Mar Age: 37 Melbourne, Australia - on board Royal Charter.
Arrival record - Joseph & Hugh Coulson in 1858
HUGH COULSON, second son of Hugh Coulson of Alston and Ann Smith of Allendale
Husband of Paulena Edith Bartheil born Adelaide South Aust, of German descent & unknown profession
Arrival 1858 11 Mar Age: 32 Melbourne, Australia - on board Royal Charter.
Emigration record of John Rowe, his parents James and Lavinia Rowe and siblings, arriving in Melbourne on 29 Jan 1859.
JAMES ROWE, eldest son of James Rowe and Jane Orchard of Camborne, Cornwall
Husband of Lavinia Terrill, married 1845 Cambourne, Cornwall
Arrival 1859 29 Jan Age: 37 Melbourne, Australia - on board Black Eagle.
LAVINIA TERRILL, born 1824 of James Terrill and Grace Bennetts at Camborne, Cornwall
Wife of James Rowe, married 1845 Camborne, Cornwall
Arrival 1859 29 Jan Age: 35 Melbourne, Australia - on board Black Eagle.
JANE ROWE, first daughter of James Rowe and Lavinia Terrill of Camborne, Cornwall
Arrival 1859 29 Jan Age: 12 Melbourne, Australia - on board Black Eagle.
GRACE ROWE, second daughter of James Rowe and Lavinia Terrill of Camborne, Cornwall
Arrival 1859 29 Jan Age: 10 Melbourne, Australia - on board Black Eagle.
LAVINIA ROWE, third daughter of James Rowe and Lavinia Terrill of Camborne, Cornwall
Arrival 1859 29 Jan Age: 9 Melbourne, Australia - on board Black Eagle.
JAMES ROWE, first son of James Rowe and Lavinia Terrill of Camborne, Cornwall
Arrival 1859 29 Jan Age: 8 Melbourne, Australia - on board Black Eagle.
ELIZABETH ROWE, fourth daughter of James Rowe and Lavinia Terrill of Camborne, Cornwall
Arrival 1859 29 Jan Age: 6 Melbourne, Australia - on board Black Eagle.
PHILLIP ROWE, second son of James Rowe and Lavinia Terrill of Camborne, Cornwall
Arrival 1859 29 Jan Age: 5 Melbourne, Australia - on board Black Eagle.
JOHN ROWE, third son of James Rowe and Lavinia Terrill of Camborne, Cornwall
Arrival 1859 29 Jan Age: 3 Melbourne, Australia - on board Black Eagle.
HANNIBAL ROWE, fourth son of James Rowe and Lavinia Terrill of Camborne, Cornwall
Arrival 1859 29 Jan Age: 1 Melbourne, Australia - on board Black Eagle.
JOHN LIDDELL, eldest son of Joshua Liddell and Mary Coulson of Allendale
Husband of 2 wives (1) Jane Lee of Alston UK - married 1852 Hexham
(2) Emma Howson of unknown details - married 1876 Victoria
Arrival 1859 12 Sep Age: 29 Melbourne, Australia - on board Morning Star.
WILLIAM ALLISON, Brother of Hannah Allison, born Teesdale, of John Allison and Elizabeth Anderson of Durham
Husband of the Late Hannah Isabella Humble - married 1852 Cumberland
Arrival 1862 25 Jul Age: 33 Melbourne, Australia - on board the City of Melbourne.
JOHN ALLISON, born Alston, first son of John Allison and Hannah Humble of Durham
Arrival 1862 25 Jul Age: 8 Melbourne, Australia - on board the City of Melbourne.
THOMAS ALLISON, born Teesdale, of John Allison and Hannah Humble of Durham
Arrival 1862 25 Jul Age: 6 Melbourne, Australia - on board the City of Melbourne.
ISABELLA ALLISON, born Alston, only daughter of John Allison and Hannah Humble of Durham
Arrival 1862 25 Jul Age: 4 Melbourne, Australia - on board the City of Melbourne.
The SS Great Britain
Nowadays a great tourist attraction.
JOHN RICHARDSON, eldest son of Joseph Richardson and Margaret Watson of Alston
Husband of Hannah Allison - married Jun 1849 Alston
Arrival 1862 Aug Age: 35 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Great Britain.
HANNAH ALLISON, wife of John Richardson, born Teesdale, of John Allison and Elizabeth Anderson of Durham
Wife of John Richardson - married Jun 1849 Alston
Arrival 1862 Aug Age: 35 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Great Britain.
EMERSON RICHARDSON, born Alston, only son of John Richardson and Hannah Allison of Alston
Husband of Ellenor Vipond - married 1885 Victoria
Arrival 1862 Aug Age: 8 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Great Britain.
SARAH RICHARDSON, first daughter of John Richardson and Hannah Allison, both of Alston
and wife of 2 miners, (1) William Bell from Northumberland UK - married 1867 Victoria Australia
and (2) Joseph Race from Stanhope Durham UK - married 1877 Victoria Australia
Arrival 1862 Aug Age: 12 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Great Britain.
ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, second daughter of John Richardson and Hannah Allison, both of Alston
Wife of Robert Cochrane, coal mining family from Northumberland UK - married 1881 Victoria
Arrival 1862 Aug Age: 1 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Great Britain.
Richardson Family Arrival records
Per Victorian State Government record system
ELLENOR VIPOND, second daughter of John Vipond (2 lead mining sons) and Mary Ann Bell from Alston.
Wife of Emerson Richardson - married 1885 Victoria
Arrival 1863 Apr 3 Age: 2 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Great Britain.
MATTHEW CLEMENTSON, seventh son of William Clementson and Mary Martin from Alston.
Husband of Anne Armstrong - married 1860 Hexham Northumberland
Arrival 1863 Apr 3 Age: 28 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Great Britain.
ANNE ARMSTRONG, daughter of John Harrison and Mary Armstrong from Ninebanks.
Wife of Matthew Clementson - married 1860 Hexham Northumberland
Arrival 1863 Apr 3 Age: 21 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Great Britain.
ELIZABETH CLEMENTSON, eldest daughter of Matthew Clementson and Anne Armstrong from Allendale.
Arrival 1863 Apr 3 Age: 2 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Great Britain.
EMMA CLEMENTSON, second daughter of Matthew Clementson and Anne Armstrong from Allendale.
Arrival 1863 Apr 3 Age: 1 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Great Britain.
Armstrong and Clementson Family Arrival records
Per Victorian State Government record system
JAMES ARMSTRONG, second son of Joseph Armstrong of Carrshield UK, and Jane Wilkinson of Allendale UK
Arrival 1863 Apr 3 Age: 35 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Great Britain.
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, fifth son of Joseph Armstrong of Carrshield UK, and Jane Wilkinson of Allendale UK
Future husband of Mary Ann Bell born 1857 of Allendale UK - arrival 1884 as below
Arrival 1863 Apr 3 Age: 23 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Great Britain.
JOSHUA LIDDELL, third son of Joshua Liddell and Mary Coulson from Allendale
Husband of Ann Parker - married 1862 Hexham UK
Arrival 1863 16 Dec Age: 23 Melbourne, Australia - on board Great Britain.
JOSEPH LIDDELL, fourth son of Joshua Liddell and Mary Coulson from Allendale
Husband of Mary Calvert - married 1866 Victoria
Arrival 1866 12 Jul Age: 22 Melbourne, Australia on board the Auckland.
MARY CALVERT, daughter of William Calvert of Kirkhaugh, and Eleanor Allison of Alston
Wife of Joseph Liddell from Allendale UK - married 1866 Victoria
Arrival 1866 Apr Age: 25 Melbourne Victoria Australia - on board Great Britain.
Hobsons Bay ( Port Melbourne, Victoria ) where most of our family landed
per photo c1878 - Courtesy Museum of Victoria
ROBERT COCHRANE, second son of Henry James Cochrane ( Coal mining family ) from Bamburgh in Northumberland,
and Margaret Watson of unknown parentage and whereabouts.
Husband of Elizabeth Richardson - married 1881 Victoria
Arrival 1881 23 Jul� Age: 27 via Adelaide & Melbourne, Australia - on board The Orient
SARAH ARMSTRONG, fifth daughter of Joseph Armstrong of Carrshield UK, and Jane Wilkinson of Allendale UK
Arrival 1884 May 27 Age: 46 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Gulf of Carpentaria.
JOSEPH ARMSTRONG, fourth son of Joseph Armstrong of Carrshield UK, and Jane Wilkinson of Allendale UK
Arrival 1884 May 27 Age: 50 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Gulf of Carpentaria.
JOSEPH ARMSTRONG, first son of William Armstrong and Mary Ann Bell both of Allendale UK
Arrival 1884 May 27 Age: 3 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Gulf of Carpentaria.
WILLIAM WILKINSON ARMSTRONG, second son of William Armstrong and Mary Ann Bell both of Allendale UK
Arrival 1884 May 27 Age: 2 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Gulf of Carpentaria.
MARY ANN BELL, of unknown parentage born 1857 Allendale UK. Wife of William Armstrong as above
Arrival 1884 May 27 Age: 30 Melbourne, Australia - on board the Gulf of Carpentaria.
END OF OUR PASSENGER LIST - 1884 IS TIME TO DRAW THE LINE
Obviously aware there are probably hundreds, if not thousands of other family members of this era, closely or more distantly related by marriage or partnership, back home in the UK and in Victoria, however for reasons of practicality, the line has to be drawn somewhere. Only a small number of sons and daughters, nieces and nephews etc. of some of these generations have been selectively included, in order a better picture of understanding be conveyed.
CLARIFICATION OF OUR RICHARDSON FAMILY TIES AND CONNECTIONS
To briefly explain our family ties within the realms of inter-related mining family names, (highlighted in bold) and their inclusion in the extended Family Tree Listings which follow, two of your web host's grand parents, were John Victor (Jack) Richardson, and Sarah Ann (Annie) Liddell. Jack Richardson was a direct descendant of the many Lead Ore mining families of Joseph Richardson (born 1721 in Alston) and Ann Metcalf (also born in Alston), and Annie Liddell has been traced back to the parents of both Joshua Liddell (born 1808 at Ninebanks) and Mary Coulson (born 1814 at Allendale).
On Annie Liddell's side, her father was born on the Gold Fields at Scarsdale in 1875, with the outstanding moniker of William Coulson Calvert Liddell, which basically outlines our direct ancestoral connections to Coulson and Calvert families, per the maiden names of his mother (Mary Calvert from Allendale) and his grandmother on his father's side (Mary Coulson also from Allendale). William Coulson Calvert Liddell had two aunts by marriage, who were Jane Lee (born 1832 in Alston), and Ann Parker (born 1841 in East Allendale). William Coulson Calvert Liddell's aunt Sarah Calvert married Thomas Broadwood (born in 1831 in Allendale), his oldest uncle William Calvert (born in 1834 in Kirk Haugh) married Catherine Hewitson (born in Kirk Linton in 1827), and his other Calvert uncle, John Russell Calvert (born 1831 in Stotgill) married Jane Coulson (born 1833 in Ninebanks).
On Jack Richardson's side, his mother was Eleanor (Ellen) Vipond (born 1850 in Alston). Jack's father Emerson Richardson had two sisters who survived to adulthood and both married in Victoria, being Sarah Richardson (born in Alston in 1850) who married twice, William Bell (born Allendale in 1839) and Joseph Race (born 1838 in Stanhope Durham), and also Elizabeth Richardson (born Alston in 1861) who married Robert Cochrane (born in Bamburgh in 1853).
NB. Robert Cochrane's family was from Bamburgh on the east coast of northern England, a bit over 80 miles from our main target region of Alston and Allendale, and his father Henry James Cochrane, was actually a Coal Miner from a predominantly farming family. However, Henry James Cochrane had 4 brothers who all emigrated to Australia specifically to participate in the Victorian Gold Rush, hence the inclusion of a Cochrane Family Tree Listing.
Also, our Richardson / Liddell / Cunningham family connection, has been featured in this site, through our numerous connections with
Naturally both the Richardson and Liddell Family Trees have been extensively investigated. However, as a number of our family members intermarried on the Victorian Goldfields and in East Gippsland, we also found a range of similar family ties by marriage back in Cumberland and Northumberland in England, therefore our research expanded accordingly, as below.
For a great insight to life of Aussie Gold Diggers, please make time to review 2 amazing Armstrong family letters written from the Victoria Gold fields in the early 1860s by James and William Armstrong, to immediate family members back home in northern UK.
Letters from by James and William Armstrong in the 1860s.
Sample transcribed page of James Armstrong's letter from Piggoreet in 1863. Courtesy Anderson Family History site.
Can you possible envisage booking a 2-3 month voyage on a sailing boat or a steam clipper in the 1860s to the other side of the world, with nothing more than a suitcase of belongings, and a dream to strike it rich on the Gold Fields in Victoria ? This is the very situation many of our Lead Ore Miners confronted, as a result of the downturn of the Lead Mining industry in England in the 1850s & 1860s. Fortunately in particular, some of our Calvert, Coulson, Liddell, and Broadwood relations became heavily involved in two very successful Gold Mines near Ballarat in the early 1860s, being the Try Again and Cleft in the Rock Gold Mines at Devils Kitchen / Piggoreet, about 20 kilometres south west of Ballarat.
Shareholders Notice, Cleft in the Rock Gold Mining Company, Ballarat Star 22nd Feb 1864.
Kindly note - the top 5 Shareholders, brothers Joseph Coulson and Hugh Coulson (Hughie), brothers William Calvert and John Russell Calvert, and Thomas Broadwood are all immediate family members.
This is what it was all about - one good nugget could change your life forever! Image thanks to Wikipedia
Shareholder record indicating William Calvert as the major Company Shareholder, and one of his brother-in-laws John Liddell as a minor holder in Feb 1861 - early days for the Try Again Gold Mining Company.
For an extensive overview of The Try Again Gold Mine at Devils Kitchen, Surveyors Reports, Shareholders listings and details, plus a great insight of Gold Mining operations in the 1860s, please review the
As with the Cleft in the Rock Gold mine, the adjacent Try Again Gold Mine had William Calvert as the major company shareholder, and Annie Liddell's great uncle John Liddell, also investing in this very productive and successful gold Mine at the Devils Kitchen via Piggoreet in 1861. By the way John Liddell and his wife Jane Lee owned the Try Again Hotel at Piggoreet at this time, so there was probably no shortage of Ballarat Beer for the family Diggers at this time in history.
Regional old time map of mining towns South West of Ballarat, where our Richardson, Calvert, Coulson, Liddell, Lee, Hewitson, Broadwood, Cochrane, and Vipond relatives all spent time around the Ballarat region, and the Viponds are known to have gone further North to Goldfields near Bendigo and Nagambie.
The second map above, Courtesy Google maps, shows Hobsons Bay / Port Phillip (nowadays Port Melbourne) marked A, and Ballarat marked B, a distance of approximately 110 kilometers.
For those interested in some background of the 1860s Gold Mining industry around Ballarat Victoria, plus a detailed mining surveyors report of the Try Again Gold Mine, the following link has been provided.
Background into the 1860s Gold Mining industry near Ballarat Victoria.
PROJECT DEDICATION
This family research project is dedicated to the fond memories Victorian Pioneer Settlers from Swan Reach in East Gippsland, Jack Richardson, his wife Annie Liddell, and their four children, Joan Liddell Richardson, William John (Bill) Richardson, Annette Rae Richardson, and Ian Joseph Richardson, whom have all sadly passed away between 2006 and 2014. Joan, Bill, Rae, and Ian Richardson, were also all born in Victoria, and in turn, collectively produced 10 grand children for Jack and Annie.
JOHN VICTOR (JACK) RICHARDSON & SARAH ANN LIDDELL (ANNIE)
Wedding of John Victor (Jack) and Sarah Ann (Annie) Richardson nee Liddell
30 Oct 1922 at Nicholson in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
Jack and Annie Richardson's four children, from left Bill, Ian, Rae, and Joan Richardson, at McKinnely Avenue Malvern in Melbourne, about 1938.
From Joseph Richardson born 1721 at Alston, U.K.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Data on our Richardson families back in the United Kingdom provided here, is based primarily upon Birth, Death, and Marriage records, and Immigration records, with thanks to the UK Census records from 1841, and www.ancestry.com. This brief snapshot of our Richardson ancestors, their lives, and their resultant pattern of movements mainly from the Victorian Goldfields into pioneering districts of far East Gippsland in Victoria, is also based upon factual evidence collated from a similar range of records, from Victoria, Australia. These resources include Victorian Pioneer Birth Death and Marriages, and Immigration records, numerous family recollections, old time Newspaper articles in the National Library, Library reference books, Parish maps from the State Library of Victoria, Google maps, various Historical Society references, plus other on-line historical research.
SPECIAL THANKS FOR RESEARCHER CONTRIBUTIONS
Joan Hunt, researcher Fellow at Ballarat University Victoria - Liddell info and images.
Roger Morris, researcher Fellow at Pennines Northumberland - Calvert, Liddell and statistical info.
Elizabeth Jansen from Victoria - Liddell info and image.
SPECIAL THANKS FOR FAMILY CONTRIBUTIONS BY
Richards Harris - Ancestry account access.
Jack Cunningham from Swan Reach - Cunningham and Liddell info and images.
The late Joan Liddell Hopkins nee Richardson - Richardson, Liddell, Vipond, and Cochrane info.
The late Annette Rae Sydenham nee Richardson - Richardson, Liddell info and images.
The late William John Richardson - Richardson, Liddell info and images.
The late June West nee Cunningham - Cunningham and Liddell info.
Jeff Butler from N.S.W. - Calvert info and images.
Jenny Hawkins from northern N.S.W. - Cochrane info and images.
John Basemore - Liddell and Cavert documents.
Karen Litton - Liddell and Parker info.
Kate Luchetta of Swan Reach - Vipond Title image.
Anderson Family History site - Armstrong letters and images.
Carolyn Taylor - Allison info and images.
Ann West from Brisbane - Rowe, Allison and Rcihardson info and images.
Margaret Hardy - Rowe info and images.
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