Rebekah Elphick

   Cause of her death was Consumption.

  General Notes:

Name:Rebekah Elphick
Gender:Female
Birth Date:28 Feb 1830
Birth Place:Brockham Baptist,Betchworth,Surrey,England
Father:James Elphick
Mother:Sarah
FHL Film Number:0825412 (RG4 3925)
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Dated 26th day of March 1834
This is to certify and declare that Rebekah Elphick the daughter of James Elphick of Leatherhead in the County of Surrey, Baker and of Sarah the daughter of Joseph and Martha Parker of Pentonville in the County of Middlesex was born of the said Jame Elphick in Fairfield in the town of Leatherhead in the County of Surrey on the twenty eight day of February 1830.
Signed James Elphick and Sarah Elphick the above named parents.
Witnessed by Fanny Knifton of Leatherhead and Mary Songhorse of Leatherhead
Registered 27th day of March 1834 by John Coates, Registrar.


Name:Rebekah Elphick
Birth Date:28 Feb 1830
Birth Place:Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Gender:Female
Event Type:Birth
Father:James Elphick
Mother:Sarah Parker
Denomination:Presbyterian, Independent or Baptist
Piece Title:Piece 0133: Certificate nos: 4501-5000, Vol 9 (1834 Jan 16-Nov 20)
Additional details: James Elphick noted as Baker.
Sarah, mother of Rebekah noted as having parents Joseph and Martha Parker of Pentonville Middlesex.
Rebekah Elphick born at the house of James Elphick in Fairfield in the town of Leatherhead, Surrey.
James and Sarah Elphick both signed their names.
Unclear witnesses look like Fanny Knighton and Mary Sunnyhorse both of Leatherhead.
John Coates registrar 27 Mar 1834.
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Birth Certificates from the Presbyterian, Independent and Baptist Registry and from the Wesleyan Methodist Metropolitan Registry; Class Number: RG 5; Piece Number: 133
Source Information
Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Non -Conformist and Non -Parochial Registers, 1567-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Name:Rebekah Elphick
Birth Date:28 Feb 1830
Birth Place:Leatherhead Fawfield, Surrey, England
Gender:Female
Event Type:Birth
Father:James
Mother:Sarah
Piece Title:Piece 4674: Dr Williams' Library, Index to Birth Certificates, 1828-1837
Ancestry The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 4674 (Accessed 6th Feb 2017)

1841 Census
Name:Rebecca Elphick
Age:11
Estimated birth year:abt 1830
Gender:Female
Where born:Surrey, England
Civil Parish:Betchworth
Hundred:Reigate (First Division)
County/Island:Surrey
Country:England
Name:Rebecca Elphick
Age:11
Estimated birth year:abt 1830
Gender:Female
Where born:Surrey, England
Civil Parish:Betchworth
Hundred:Reigate (First Division)
County/Island:Surrey
Country:England
Class: HO107; Piece: 1076; Book: 1; Civil Parish: Betchworth; County: Surrey; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 22; Page: 8; Line: 24; GSU roll: 474664
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.

1851 Census
Name:Rebecca Elphick
Age:21
Estimated birth year:[1830]
Relation:Daughter
Father's name:James Elphick
Mother's name:Sarah Elphick
Gender:Female
Where born:Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Civil Parish:Stepney
Ecclesiastical parish:St Philip
County/Island:Middlesex
Country:England
Street address: 15 Philpot Street
View image
Registration district:Stepney
Sub-registration district:Mile End Old Town Upper
ED, institution, or vessel:10
Neighbours:View others on page
Household schedule number:166
Piece:1552
Folio:276
Page Number:35
Source Citation
Class: HO107; Piece: 1552; Folio: 276; Page: 35; GSU roll: 174782-174783
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA
Singe Female Servants are much wanted at MELBOURNE. Passages will be granted to such to that Colony, if immediate application be made to the GOVERNMENT SELECTING AGENT, 4, Trintiy-Street, Bristol. The SHACKAMAXON is Charted to Sail from BIRKENHEAD, on the 30th of October, for MELBOURNE. Their Railway Fares will be paid to the Port of Embarkation.
The Western Daily Press (Yeovil, England), Wednesday, September 19, 1860; pg. 1; Issue 720. British Library Newspapers, Part V: 1746-1950.
http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/ (Accessed 19 Feb 2017)

The Emigration Commissioners this afternoon accepted the ship Shackamaxon for the conveyance of passengers from Birkenhead to Melbourne, at the rate of £14 17s 3d. per statute adult.
The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Friday, September 14, 1860; Issue 29229. British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800-1900. (Accessed 19 Feb 2017)

To Australia the emigration has been very dull, the total number "under the Act" inclusive of the Government emigrant ship Shaxkamxon, only reaching 748 souls- 26 cabin and 722 steerage- of whom 346 were English, 177 Scotch, 175 Irish, and 24 foreigners, while during the correspinding month of last year the number reached 1,023.
The Belfast Morning News (Belfast, Northern Ireland), Friday, December 07, 1860; pg. 4; Issue 931. British Library Newspapers, Part IV: 1732-1950. (Accessed 19 Feb 2017)


Arrival of Rebekah
ELPHICK REBECCA 30 JAN 1861 SHACKAMAXON B 187 005
http://prov.vic.gov.au/search_results?searchid=23&format=freetext&FamilyName=Elphick&GivenName=&Ship=&Month=1&Monthto=12&Year=1854&Yearto=1862&SearchSortField1=&SearchSortField2=&SearchRecords=50&x=32&y=25 (Accessed 2nd Feb 2016)
Shackamaxon
Toonage- 989. Contract price per statue adult 14 pounds, 14 shillings and 3 pence. Date of Departure 7th of November, date of arrival 29 Jan. Number of days on voyage 83. Name of Surgeon Superintendant- J. T. S. Tolly M. D. Number of Immigrants- Adults (Male) 31, Adults (Female) 283.
Children under 14 (Male) 13, (Female) 19 Total souls 346.
Deaths on voyage- one child, male, under 14, one adult male. Two deaths in total.
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/1859-1861.shtml
(Accessed 2nd Feb 2016)

Shackamaxon, ship, 989 tons, John B. Teulon, from Liverpool 8th November, with 345 Government immi-
grants. Dr. Jolley, surgeon superintendent. De Pass Brothers, agents.
1861 'SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 31 January, p. 4. , viewed 18 Feb 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5697160

Name:Rebecca Elphick
Estimated birth year:abt 1831
Age:30
Arrival Date:29 Jan 1861
Arrival Port:Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port:Liverpool
Ship:Shackamaxon
Nationality:English
Occupation- dressmaker
Series: VPRS 7666; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947] (Accessed via Ancestry 6th Feb 2017)

Name:Rebecca Elphick
Estimated birth year:abt 1831
Age:30
Arrival Date:29 Jan 1861
Arrival Port:Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port:Liverpool
Ship:Shackamaxon
Nationality:English and Welsh
Occupation- Needlewoman. Able to both read and write, Religion noted as other denomination, not Roman Catholic, Wesleya, Presbyterian, or Church of England
Native County- Middlesex
Employment noted as Cousin Mr Parker- Castlemain
Ancestry. Series: VPRS 14; Series Title: Register of Assisted Immigrants from the United Kingdom (refer to microform copy, VPRS 3502) (Accessed 6th Feb 2017)

Name:Rebecca Elphick
Estimated birth year:abt 1832
Age:30
Arrival Date:16 Mar 1862
Arrival Port:Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port:Liverpool
Ship:Shackamaxon
Gone with Cousin Mr Parker to Castlemain
Ancestry Series: VPRS 14; Series Title: Register of Assisted Immigrants from the United Kingdom (refer to microform copy, VPRS 3502) (Accessed 6th Feb 2017)

The Government Immigrant vessel Shackamaxon, 930 tons, Captain John B. Toulon, belonging to Messrs
Joseph Heape and Sons, of Liverpool, sailed from Birkenhead on the 7th November for Melbourne, Victoria, with 28 married couples, 3 single men, 255 single women, 10 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 13 girls
between the same ages, 3 male and 6 female infants, making a total of 346 souls, equal to 325½ statute adults, under the charge of surgeon-superintendent John T. Spry Jolley, assisted by the services of the
Rev. George dove, religious instructor, and Elizabeth Fagg, Matron.
1861 'SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 15 January, p. 4. , viewed 18 Feb 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5696676

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
PORT PHILLIP HEADS.
ARRIVED.
Tuesday, 29th January.-Friends, from Fiji Islands ; Maria Roisa, from Hamburgh ; Shackamaxon, from Liverpool.
1861 'SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.', The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), 30 January, p. 2, viewed 2 February, 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66337127

ARRIVED - JAN, 29
Shackamaxon, ship, 989 tons, John B. Teulon, from Liverpool 8th November, with 345 Government immigrants. Dr. Jolley, surgeon superintendent. De Pass Brothers, agents.

IMPORTS. - JAN. 29.
Shackamaxon, from Liverpool. - 120 tons pig iron, Swire Brothers ; 3 casks earthenware, Hope and King ;
2 boxes, 12 bales, Dalgety and Co. ; 50 firkins butter, F. Cooke; 205 cases stout, G. Martin and Co. ; 5 )
boxes bacon, T. S. Martin and Co ; 3,814 bars iron, 420 bundles iron, Briscoe and Co. ; 2 boxes, J. Gar-
butt ; 2,430 bars angle iron. De Pass Brothers and Co, ;1 case agricultural implements, 1 pair harrow-frames,
C. Gray; 1 box, J. Wilson; 1 bag corks, P.G. Dixon; 1 cask nails. A. Hardie ; 4 cases, 1 parcel, Dodgshun,
Austin, and Co. ; 60 boxes raisins, 200 barrels currants 1,118 red pine deals, 6 packages (bone mill), 2 cases
heads, 100 firkins butter, 8 packages, Order.
1861 'SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 31 January, p. 4, viewed 2 February, 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5697160

Name:Rebecca Elphick
Estimated birth year:abt 1831
Age:30
Arrival Date:29 Jan 1861
Arrival Port:Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port:Liverpool
Ship:Shackamaxon
Nationality:English
Notes: scan shows occupation as dressmaker.


Series: VPRS 7666; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947]
Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839'961923 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2009.

Immigration Office, Melbourne,
January 31, 1861.
IMMIGRANT SHIP SHACKAMAXON - The HIRING of the IMMIGRANTS by the above named vessel has been POSTPONED, in consequence of the inclemency of the weather and their inability to land, until Saturday next, the 2nd of February, at the following hours, viz :
Married couples, at 10 o'clock a.m.
-Single females, at 11 o'clock a.m.
Tickets for admission to the single females' depot can be obtained at this office, from 11 o'clock a.m.
until 2 o'clock p.m. Any employer who has not previously engaged female servants at the Depot will be
required to bring an introduction from a respectable householder in Melbourne.
J. CHATFIELD TYLER, Immigration Agent.
Adjutant's Office, Prince's Bridge Barracks, January 80,1881.
1861 'Advertising.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 2 February, p. 7, viewed 2 February, 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5697261

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. - JAN, 29.
Shackamaxon, ship, 989 tons, John B. Teulon, from Liverpool 8th November, with 345 Government immigrants. Dr. Jolley, surgeon superintendent. De Pass Brothers, agents.
The ship Shackamaxon arrived in Hobson's Bay late on Tuesday evening. She brings a large number of Government immigrants. One casualty occurred, a man being accidentally killed. The immigrants are in good health, and the vessel is thoroughly clean.
The following is the classification of the immigrants which arrived by the ship Shackamaxon :-- Married couples, 28 ; single women, 255 ; single men 3 ; children under 14 years, 23 ; infants 9.
"The Argus" (Melbourne, Vic.) Thursday, 31st January 1861
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5697160 (Accessed 17th Feb 2017)

During a voyage from Liverpool to Adelaide in 1853, when the Shackamaxon was carrying almost 700 passengers, about 10%, mainly children, died of scarlet fever. 14 By comparison, the voyage on which the Glovers travelled seven years later was less catastrophic, with two deaths, balanced by two births. On Christmas day, Charles Dawson, aged 10, passed away, six days after the death of Thomas Ross, aged 38, who was killed when a sail fell on his neck. Thomas's wife Sarah was left to fend for their two young children.
Glover, C. 2006. Exploring Place through a Family History: The Glovers of Sale.
Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Victoria, Australia

Thirty-one of the female immigrants by the Shackamaxon, were on Saturday hired at current wages; about thirty-five more, represented to be excellent servants, still remain at the depot for engagement.
1861 'CURRENT TOPICS.', Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), 4 February, p. 2. , viewed 18 Feb 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148695954


31 years old at time of marriage to Edwin. Fathers and mothers name is James and Sarah Elphick with Sarah's maiden name being Parker. James's profession is a Baker.
(marriage cert. 4250 Victoria)

Duration of consumption was 10 months. No doctors name is noted as attending before death- Edwin has written Medical Man- after death. The death was notified to the register in a letter received from Edwin Gransden from three mile creek. Father was noted as James Elphink a baker and mother was noted as Annie Parker.
Kenny Hams and John Box were the ministers.
Edwin has given the details of Rebekah's birth as Kent England and having been in Australia for 8 years before her death. Edwin has also written that Rebekah was 35 years of age when she married rather than the 31 years old on her marriage certificate.
Two living children are noted on Rebekah's death certificate- Edward James (probably a mistake) 5 years and Ellen 3 years plus one dead male.

Rebekah married Edwin Gransden, son of Robert Wood Gransden and Mary Anne Stone, on 3 Dec 1861 in Mount Franklin House, Franklinford, Victoria, Australia.³¹⁹ (Edwin Gransden was born on 19 Nov 1827 in Gosport Hampshire, England ^320,321, christened on 16 Mar 1828 in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England,¹²⁵ died on 15 May 1870 in Athelstane Range, Rockhampton ³²² and was buried on 16 May 1870 in Rockhampton Cemetery, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

Married by special licence.

Witness of marriage were Edward Stone Parker, James Robert Elphick.

Edwin is noted as bachelor. There are no details suggesting that a divorce between himself and Maria Baker had ever taken place.

Noted under the marriage certificate, Mount Franklin House, the residence of E. S Parker by special license.

Rebekah noted as 31 at time of marriage, Edwin as 34.

Married according to the rites and wages of the Wesleyen Methodist Church of Victoria.
Samuel Knight- officiating Wesleyan Minister.