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Joseph FRANCIS

Male Abt 1803 - 1878  (~ 75 years)


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  • Name Joseph FRANCIS 
    Birth Abt 1803  Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1851  Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Immigration 18 Jul 1853  Point Henry, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 4 Dec 1878  Sharp St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 5 Dec 1878  Eastern Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I849  FHC006 - White Tree
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2021 

    Father Henry FRANCIS 
    Mother Elizabeth WOOD 
    Family ID F644  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane PIPER,   b. Abt 1809, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1891, Sharp St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Marriage 8 Apr 1830  Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John FRANCIS,   b. 4 Jul 1830, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1906, Echuca, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     2. Elizabeth FRANCIS,   b. 30 Apr 1832, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1873, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     3. Henry FRANCIS,   b. 31 May 1834, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1916, Linton, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     4. Susan FRANCIS,   b. 8 Feb 1836, Sutcombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1855, Chilwell, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
     5. Ann FRANCIS,   b. Abt 1837   d. 14 Nov 1934, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 97 years)
     6. Grace FRANCIS,   b. Abt 1841, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1852, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 11 years)
     7. Norah Jane FRANCIS,   b. Apr 1844, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1876, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 31 years)
     8. James FRANCIS,   b. Abt 1845, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1924, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)
     9. William FRANCIS,   b. Abt 1849, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1932, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years)
     10. Mary FRANCIS,   b. 27 Jan 1851, Bradworthy, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1853, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F976  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2021 

  • Notes 
    • 1851 Census Bradworthy, Cottage on Kimworthy:
      Joseph, head, 46, farm labourer, born Bradworthy
      Jane, wife, 41, born Bradworthy
      Grace, daughter, 10, scholar, born Bradworthy
      Norah Jane, daughter, 8, scholar, born Bradworthy
      James, son, 5, born Bradworthy
      William, son, 2, born Bradworthy
      Mary, daughter, 2 months, born Bradworthy

      Joseph and Jane farmed on land owned by Jane's father John Piper. The farm was called "Kimworthy" and it was only half a mile from anotherfarmleased by John Piper, "South Newland", where John and his wife Grace lived.

      They first lived in Clarendon St., Chilwell with their daughter Elizabeth and her husband John Price, an ex-Pentonvillian. They moved to SharpSt.and lived there until their deaths.
      Their story in an article in "Pivot Tree".

      Geelong Advertiser, 5th December 1878:
      Francis - On the 4th December, at his residence, Sharpe-street, Chilwell, Mr. Joseph Francis, aged 77 years.
      The funeral will move this day (Thursday), at 3 o'clock p.m., for the Eastern Cemetery.
      Friends are respectfully invited.