William Ham b. Abt 1828 Lymsworthy, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England d. 9 Jul 1915 Richmond, Victoria, Australia: AIGS/FHC Member's

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Abt 1828 - 1915 (~ 87 years)

Name	William Ham
Birth	Abt 1828	Lymsworthy, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Gender	Male
Baptism	28 Sep 1828	Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Census	6 Jun 1841	Lymsworthy, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Immigration	15 Jul 1851	Point Henry, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Residence	1853	Foster St, South Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Residence	1854	Foster St, South Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Residence	1856	Foster St, South Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Residence	1859	Foster St, South Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Death	9 Jul 1915	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Burial	10 Jul 1915	Coburg Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Person ID	I1110	FHC006 - White Tree
Last Modified	30 Jun 2024

Father	Richard Ham, b. Abt 1800, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England d. 16 Apr 1879, Dowling Forest, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 79 years)
Mother	Grace Mountjoy, b. Abt 1804, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England d. 25 Nov 1852, At sea on board 'Bombay' (Age ~ 48 years)
Marriage	25 May 1826	Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Family ID	F529	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Emma Cox, b. Abt 1830 d. 1 May 1914, Richmond, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 84 years)

Marriage 14 Jul 1852 Christ Church, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Children

	1. Edward Ernest Ham, b. 1854, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 1949 (Age 95 years)
	2. Maud Clementine Ham, b. 1856, Magpie, Victoria, Australia d. 1927, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia (Age 71 years)
	3. Emily Louisa Ham, b. 1857, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 1936, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia (Age 79 years)
	4. Harry Townsend Ham, b. 1859, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 1884, Rochester, Victoria, Australia (Age 25 years)
	5. Henry John Ham, b. 1861, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 1936, Richmond, Victoria, Australia (Age 75 years)
	6. William Frederick George Ham, b. 1863, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 1948 (Age 85 years)
	7. Charles Conrad Ham, b. 1864, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 1865 (Age 1 year)
	8. Anna Maria Jane Ham, b. 1865, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 1866 (Age 1 year)
	9. Augustus Ham, b. 1867, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 1867 (Age 0 years)
	10. Richard James Ham, b. 1868, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 1869 (Age 1 year)
	11. George Ham, b. 1869, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 1952, Sandringham, Victoria, Australia (Age 83 years)
	12. Joseph Townsend Conrad Ham, b. 1872 d. 1873 (Age 1 year)
	13. Mary Blanche Ham, b. 1872, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 1873 (Age 1 year)
	14. Sydney Herbert Ham, b. 1874, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 1939 (Age 65 years)
	15. Charles Leonard Ham, b. 1877, Rochester, Victoria, Australia d. 1957 (Age 80 years)

Family ID F634 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Aug 2024

Notes

William was on the goldfields with his father Richard and brother Henry Mountjoy Ham, and his uncle Henry, and brothers Samuel and David Ham, his first cousins once removed. The gold returns were listed in the Geelong Advertiser - "the escort brought the following quantities of gold from Ballarat to Geelong"
RETURNS OF GOLD from the ESCORT OF GOLD FROM BALLARAT TO GEELONG
Taken from the Geelong Advertiser.
To our home readers the following particulars of weekly Escort Returns will convey some idea of the quantities which are accumulated by lucky diggers, premising that much which appears must not be confounded with individual gains, being gold purchased by storekeepers and agents on the ground from the diggers, or received in exchange for articles of food and clothing, but the main bulk are the gains of diggers. (GA, 11 October 1853).
A pennyweight (dwt) is now defined as a unit of mass equal to 24 grains, 1?20 of a troy ounce and exactly 1.55517384 grams.
April 14, 1852:
David Ham, 62oz. 14dwt.
William Ham, 58oz. 10dwt.
April 21, 1852:
Henry [Mountjoy] Ham, 109oz. 10dwt.
May 3, 1852:
David Ham, 41oz. 13dwt.
27 September, 1852:
Samuel Ham, 20oz. 5dwt.
October 6, 1852:
William Ham, 71oz. 14dwt
October 23, 1852:
David Ham, 47oz. 9dwt.
David Ham, 32oz. 9dwt.
Henry [Mountjoy] Ham, 100ox.
Samuel Ham, 57oz. 11dwt.
Samuel Ham, 66oz. 6dwt.
William Ham, 100oz.
William Ham, 52oz. 4dwt.
November 2, 1852:
David Ham, 119oz. 10dwt.
Henry [Mountjoy] Ham, 107oz. 18dwt.
William Ham, 88oz. 4dwt.
William Ham, 47oz. 2dwt.
October 6, 1853:
Henry Ham, 50oz. 5dwt.
Henry Mountjoy Ham, 137oz. 10dwt.
Richard Ham, 96oz. 10dwt.
October 11, 1853:
Henry Ham, 44oz. 15dwt
William Ham 92oz.
October 13, 1853:
William Ham, 73oz. 10dwt.
Henry Ham, 33oz. 15dwt.
Henry Mountjoy Ham, 110oz. 10dwt.
Totals (ounces only) for between April 1852 and October 1853:
David, 301oz.
Henry, 343oz.
Henry Mountjoy, 247oz.
Richard, 96oz.
Samuel, 143oz.
William, 581oz. 4dwt.
They were paid nearly £4 per ounce for the gold, so they would seem to have made some good money which enabled them all to purchase land and build houses over the next few years. They were on the goldfields in the very early days when it was much easier to find gold than in the later years of the gold rushes.