William Freshwater

   Cause of his death was Senility/Gangrene of legs.

  General Notes:

Immigrated to Australia on the Julindur 4th April 1849. William and Sarah arrived with no children, William was listed as 25 and Sarah as 24. William has occupation listed as Ag labourer and Sarah as wife. William listed his native place and country as Melbourn Cambridge and Sarah as Shepreth Cambridge (a town about 3-4 kilometers away from Melbourn. Both had religion listed as Church of England and both could read.
On the immigration papers on the 5th of April Sarah has her occupation marked as House Servant. Under parents names and residence if alive, William has what looks like Freshwater-Elijah and Ann and living in Melbourn Cambridge. Sarah has Miller-William living in Shepreth Cambridge. Neither had any relatives in Australia when they arrived and both were in good health.
(State Records NSW Reel 2135, 2459)

Occupation as noted on George Freshwaters death certificate was Contractor (1921/10852)

Birth noted on death certificate as Cambridgeshire England
Age at marriage- 22, Spouse- Sarah Miller
Children of Marriage: William 59, Sarah 56, Charlotte 54, Charles 53, George 49- living. 5 males, 2 females deceased. (1913/10902)

  Medical Notes:

Length of illness- 14 days.
Medical Attendant f. c. Rogers
Date last seen- 12 August 1913
Age at death 90
Information of death- William Freshwater, son, Cross Street Strathfield
Minister and Religion- Richd Heffernan, Church of England
Undertaker F J Field
Witnesses- F J Holloway, O Bisby
Registered 13 Aug 1913- Ashfield (1913/10902)

William married Sarah Miller, daughter of William Miller and Susan Searl, in 1846 in Cambridge, England.²⁴⁸ (Sarah Miller was christened on 5 Jun 1825 in Shepreth, Cambridge, England ²⁵⁰ and died in 1882 in Canterbury, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA ²⁵¹.)