Frederick William Coward

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• Occupation: Carpenter
• Baptism: 12 Apr 1916, St. Paul's C of E Ballarat East Vic.

Frederick married Alma Riley on 9 Aug 1941 in St. John's Church of England, Footscray Vic.. Alma (daughter of Thomas Henry (Harry) Riley and Florence Fanny Kenny) was born on 10 Feb 1919 in Footscray, Victoria; died on 1 Aug 2013 in Blackburn, Victoria; was cremated on 6 Aug 2013 in Altona Memorial Park. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Graham Frederick Coward

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• Occupation: Carpenter, Builder
• Baptism: 26 May 1889, St. Paul's C of E Ballarat East Vic.

William married Elsie Maude Crago on 30 Jun 1915 in Ballarat Victoria. Elsie (daughter of Hezekiah Crago and Mary Jane Crowl) was born on 1 Jun 1891 in Eaglehawk, Victoria; died on 18 Jul 1974 in Toowoomba Qld.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Whiteworker, Seamstress

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• Occupation: Blacksmith
• Baptism: 24 Mar 1859, St Peter's, Glenelg, S.A.

Notes:

Lived in father's house 251 Victoria Street Ballarat East. North side opposite Orphanage.
House auctioned 9th Feb. 1921. Presumed sold.

Henry married Mary Pike on 27 Jul 1882 in Ballarat Victoria. Mary (daughter of John Pike and Christiana Hawken) was born on 18 June 1847 in St Columb Major, Cornwall; died on 2 Dec 1933 in Footscray, Victoria; was buried on 3 Dec 1933 in Footscray Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 19 Apr 1848, St Columb Major, Cornwall
• Baptism: 21 Sep 1852, St Columb Major, Cornwall
• Occupation: Bef 1874; Governess
• Immigration: Abt 1880
• Occupation: 1882; Housemaid

Notes:

1847 Birth Certificate gives name as Mary Jane Hawken.
1848 Baptised Bible Christian (Methodist) as Mary Jane Hawken.
1851 census of St. Columb Major - Maryjane Pike aged 4 living with Elizabeth Harris, Char Woman and family.
1852 Baptised Anglican Parish Church as Mary Jane Pike Hawken.
1861 census of St. Columb Major - Mary J Pike aged 13 living with John Barry, Carpenter and family.
1874 Name on passport is Mary Pike.
1882 Name on Marriage Certificate is Mary Pike.

Mary appears to have given a false age on her marriage certificate. She claimed to have been 27 when in fact she was 35. She might not have known her real age but it is unlikely that she was out by 8 years. It is more likely that she lied about her age because she was marrying a man who was 12 years younger.

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• Occupation: Dairyman
• Immigration: 16 Jun 1873, Port Phillip aboard "Queen of Nations"

Notes:

Lived at 154 Humffrey St. Nth., Ballarat Lived Dean Rd Invermay in 1911.

Hezekiah married Mary Jane Crowl in 1887 in Victoria. Mary (daughter of Lewis Crowl and Mary Ann Grace Williams) was born in 1869 in Eaglehawk, Victoria; died on 23 Sep 1924 in Ballarat East, Victoria; was buried on 24 Sep 1924 in Ballarat New Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Blacksmith
• Baptism: 7 Sep 1813, "All Saints" Maiden Bradley
• Immigration: 15 Sep 1850, Port Adelaide, aboard "Stebonheath".

Notes:

Appointed Parish Constable of Hinton Charterhouse for one year, 30 May 1838. Source: Vestry minutes.
Settled in Adelaide area, 1850.
Elected Churchwarden of St. Peter's, Glenelg, 17th April, 1854.
Moved to Ballarat about 1863-64. Is believed to have walked from Adelaide.
South Australia Land Record
Part Section 213 of Noarlunga Instrument L 1460 Vol. XV Folio 243
Part Section 212 of Noarlunga Instrument C Vol. XXIII Folio180
Lived at 251 Victoria Street Ballarat East. North side opposite Orphanage. Workshop was behind Gabbett's Imperial Hotel cnr. Humffray and Wills Streets probably facing Wills Street. (Wills St. is now Mair Street East).
A very serious calamity nearly befel Mr. Coward,
Farmer, Glenelg, on Saturday last. Mr. Coward had
gone to the Bay, and during his absence a boy em-
ployed in minding cows accidentally set fire to some
stubble with lucifer matches. The stubble burnt
with terrific velocity, and at one time it was thought
that everything in and about the farm house would
have been destroyed. Every neighbor within reach
rushed to the spot, and the furniture of the dwelling-
house was quickly heaped together in the middle of
the road. Luckily the wind was blowing in a direc-
tion that caused the flames to miss the house, and by
an equally good fortune to miss several fine stacks,
the produce of the present harvest. The danger
was most threatening, but beyond a few acres of
stubble, and a hundred or so of young vines, nothing
was injured. We congratulate Mr. Coward upon his
escaping so easily as he has done. It is remarkable
that so great has been Mr. Coward's fear of lucifer
matches being about, that he has always kept them
in a box hanging high up on the wall, above the
reach of any of his children, but it appears the cow-
boy found means to get at them. These really dan-
gerous articles should, now that the summer has set
in, be hung up from casual use, with almost as much
care as gunpowder. Nearly every fire of this descrip-
tion may be traced to the incautious use of lucifer
matches.
(The South Australian Advertiser Fri 26 Dec 1862).

Henry married Mary Comly King on 1 Jun 1848 in Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, England. Church of St. John the Baptist. Mary (daughter of Richard Frederick King and Susannah Bush) was born on 5 Apr 1826; died on 5 May 1914 in Footscray, Victoria; was buried on 7 May 1914 in Ballarat Old Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 27 Apr 1828, Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, England
• Immigration: 15 Sep 1850, Port Adelaide, aboard "Stebonheath".
• Immigration: 8 Oct 1863, Melbourne, aboard "Coorong"

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• Occupation: Officer of Inland Revenue (Excise Officer)
• Baptism: 30 Jan 1812, Bow (Nymet Tracey), Devon

Notes:

Cornwall Record Office
QS/1/14 Quarter Sessions order book
RefNo QS/1/14/327
Title Sessions held at Bodmin, page 327
Date 19 Oct 1847
Description
Appeal of John Pike of St Columb Major, excise officer against order of Humphry Willyams
and Henry Peter Rawlings, esquires, at Petty Sessions at St Columb 27 July when J.P.
adjudged putative father of bastard daughter of Christina Hawken; confirmed; J.P. to pay C.H.
£15 costs.

John + Christiana Hawken. Christiana was born about 1825; died on 29 Dec 1850 in St Columb Major, Cornwall; was buried on 31 Dec 1850 in St Columb Major, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At 1841 census a 15 year old Christiana Hawken was living at St Breock as a farm servant to Hart Key. Hawken and Key families appear to be related.

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• Baptism: 16 Aug 1829, St Neot, Bible Christian Circuit, Cornwall
• Occupation: 1861; Cooper
• Immigration: 16 Jun 1873, Port Phillip aboard "Queen of Nations"
• Occupation: 1895; Dairy Farmer

John married Fanny Rowland on 12 Mar 1854 in St. Pinnock Cornwall. Fanny (daughter of James Rowland and Hannah Jeffery) was born about 1833 in Thornbury, Devon; died about 26 Nov 1870; was buried on 29 Nov 1870 in St Pinnock Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 9 Feb 1834, Thornbury, Devon
• Occupation: 1861; Glover

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• Occupation: Miner
• Immigration: 1863, South Australia, "Mary Shepherd"
• Immigration: Abt 1865, Victoria

Notes:

There is some variation in the pronunciation of the surname "Crowl" between descendants. Some branches pronounce it to rhyme with "bowl" and others to rhyme with "fowl".
Mairriage Certificate to 2nd wife Mary Ann Rouse give mother's maden name as Mary Searle.

Lewis married Mary Ann Grace Williams on 1 Oct 1865 in Wallaroo, Sth. Australia. Mary (daughter of Silas Williams and Catherine Deeble Rogers) was born about 1841; died on 19 Jun 1874 in Victoria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 24 Feb 1841, St Blazey, Cornwall
• Occupation: 1861; Tayloress
• Immigration: 14 Feb 1863, South Australia, "Morning Star"