Silas Gransden

  General Notes:

1829 June 14. Silas son of Robert and Mary Ann Gransden of Gosport born 20th May 1829. Occupation- House Painter. Henry Aubrey Veck, Curate.

Name:Silas Gransden
Gender:Male
Baptism Date:14 Jun 1829
Baptism Place:Alverstoke,Hampshire,England
Father:Robert Gransden
Mother:Mary Ann
FHL Film Number:918900
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

First name(s)Silas
Last nameGransden
Birth year1829
Birth date20 May 1829
Baptism year1829
Baptism date14 Jun 1829
Baptism placeAlverstoke
DedicationSt Mary
DenominationAnglican
ResidenceGosport
Father's first name(s)Robert
Mother's first name(s)Mary Ann
CountyHampshire
CountryEngland
Register typeBaptisms
Register year range1826-1834
Archive referenceCHU 42/1B/3
Page108
ArchivePortsmouth History Centre
Record setHampshire, Portsmouth Baptisms
CategoryLife Events (BDMs)
SubcategoryParish Baptisms
Collections fromEngland, United Kingdom

RANGATIRA
OF LONDON, W.H.BAX MASTER, BURTHEN, 449 TONS
FROM THE PORT OF MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 8 MAY 1862
Silas Gransden age 33, Edwin Gransden age 36. No mention of Rebekah Gransden, however she must have been either on that ship or close behind as their first child was born in Rockhampton on the 31st of January 1863. No women mentioned in the ships list. Edwin and Silas were both down as crew "A. B."

Empire Sydney, NSW : Tuesday 20 February 1866
Robert and Edwin Gransden, or anywone knowing their whereabouts; last known at Bathurst,- their brother would like to see them or hear from them. Address- S. Gransden, Mrs Taylor's Boarding-house, Margaret St, Sydney.

Arrived Sydney 8 May 1868 on 'Rangatira' ex Melbourne, origin English
Additional non-sited records from Donna Kelman

Name:Silas Gransden
Estimated birth year:abt 1830
Age:46
Port of Departure:Hokitcha and New Zealand
Port of Arrival:Sydney, New South Wales
Voyage Arrival Date:16 Oct 1876
Vessel Name:Albion
Origin Location:Hampshire
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=EKV213&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=Silas&gsfn_x=0&gsln=Gransden&gsln_x=0&MSAV=1&msbdy=1829&msbpn__ftp=England&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=bt6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=7220995&recoff=8%209&dbid=1210&indiv=1&ml_rpos=11 (aCCESSED 3 Mar 2017)

Arrived Sydney 1 May 1876 on 'Albion' ex Greymouth NZ, aged 46 [sic.] born Hampshire

GRANSDEN SILAS LAMPS 46 HAMPSHIRE CREW ALBION of Melbourne, JOHN W. CLARK, Master, Burthen 591 Tons from the Port of HOKITIKA to SYDNEY, New South Wales, 27th June 1876
http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1876/06/113alb.htm


GRANSDEN SILAS, Station Lampburner, Age 46, Place of birth HAMPSHIRE, Status CREW.
ALBION (Steam Ship) of Melbourne, JOHN WILLIAM CLARK, Master, Burthen 591 Tons
from the Port of HOKITIKA to SYDNEY, New South Wales, 16th Oct. 1876
http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1876/10/058alb.htm

Arrived Sydney 13 December 1876 on 'Albion' ex Hokitika, born Hampshire

GRANSDEN SILAS LAMPS 47 HAMPSHIRE CREW ALBION S. S. of Sydney, JOHN W. CLARK , Master, Burthen 591 Tons from the Port of HOKITIKA, N. Z. to SYDNEY, New South Wales, 8th Feb. 1877
http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1877/02/031alb.htm

Name:Silas Gransden
Estimated birth year:abt 1830
Age:47
Port of Departure:Hokitika, New Zealand
Port of Arrival:Sydney, New South Wales
Voyage Arrival Date:8 Feb 1877
Vessel Name:Albion
Origin Location:Hampshire
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=EKV213&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=Silas&gsfn_x=0&gsln=Gransden&gsln_x=0&MSAV=1&msbdy=1829&msbpn__ftp=England&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=bt6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=2683415&recoff=8%209&dbid=1210&indiv=1&ml_rpos=13 (Accessed 3/3/2017)

Silas Gransden
Date range1845-1854
SeriesBT113
Piece number146
Record setMerchant Navy Seamen
CategoryEducation & work
SubcategoryMerchant navy & maritime
Collections fromGreat Britain
Register Ticket 291752
Boy HMS Victory ?Royal Navy
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=tna%2fmsea%2fbtoth%2f4585136%2f00221&parentid=tna%2fbt113%2f2132876018%2f1

" . . .a great many people think I am well in because I am steady and dont drink and so I should be if I could only get my rites what other people owe me. . . . . . . but I have spent my last shilling I never knew what it was to owe a penny to anyone and I am not going to try to borrow from one man.

S Gransden"

Inquest: Deliberate Suicide.
Dr Youl held and inquest at Port5 Melbourne on Tuesday, on the body of Samuel Gransden, seaman aged about 58. Deceased was laterly a watchman. He was a widower, and has a daughter residing in England. He was a sober and steady man, but was always supposed to be slightly eccentric. About half-past 9 o'clock on Monday night, a fellow lodger, whilst lying in bed, heard a noise, and went to the deceased's room and found a light burning and the deceased on the floor. Assistance was called, also a doctor, when it was found that Gransden was dead. A pistol was between his feet and his mouth was full of blood. A letter, written by the deceased, was found in a chest of draws in the room, in which he stated that John Sullivan owed him money, and would not repay him. The jury returned a verdict that Gransden shot himself whilst of unsound mind.

Probable that Silas and Samuel were the same person.

Silas married Charlotte Stone, daughter of Thomas Stone and Eliza Gough, on 8 Sep 1859 in All Saints, Southampton, Hampshire, England.¹²² (Charlotte Stone was christened on 6 Apr 1828 in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Age of Husband at marriage noted as 30, age of wife noted as 32 in the IGI index. Father of Silas noted as Robert Gransden, none noted for bride.

Find My Past, has a surname for the father of Charlotte as Thomas Stone