Lightfoot and Burne Families - U.K. to Australia

Events

Event	Date	Place	Notes	Sources
Birth	about June 1816	Great Weldon, Northamptonshire, U.K.		1a
Christening	16 June 1816	Great Weldon, Northamptonshire, U.K.		1b
Immigration	7 March 1855	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	Event Note South Australian Register Thursday 8th March 1855 Wednesday March 7th, 1855:- the ship Norman, 582 tons, J. Adams, Master, from Southampton November 8th [sic] [1854], Elders and Co., Agents. Passengers: Mr.& Mrs. Fastlen ; Miss Chadwick ; Mr. Thomas Alexander, surgeon-superintendent in the cabin and the following emigrants in the steerage. . . . - 7th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1855 ; 0 births and 0 deaths on the passage ; Mr. Thomas Alexander, surgeon-superintendent. ship Norman Left Southampton on the 2nd December, 1854 and arrived in Port Adelaide on the 7th March, 1855. No deaths nor births took place on the voyage. This has not occurred in a Government emigrant ship since the year 1850, when the barque British Empire arrived under the same circumstances. The Norman arrived in apparently very excellent order, the passage decks were clean and the people seemed a respectable and well selected class of persons. Unfortunately, however, there was a want of good feeling and mutual co-operation between the master and the surgeon-superintendent of the ship. The surgeon-superintendent refused to sign the certificate that the charter party had been fulfilled ; and many complaints, and some of serious character, were made by the emigrants. In consequence of this, the Immigration Board assembled, and sat several days investigating the nature of the complaints ; and on the 23rd of March, presented to His Excellency their report. They found that two charges were clearly proved against the master of the ship. 1st:- That there had been indecent familiarities with one or more of the single women ; and 2nd:- That the emigrants had been annoyed on crossing the line. The twenty-third clause of the charter party expressly stipulates that the emigrants shall not be molested on crossing the line; and that the master of the ship shall strictly prohibit and prevent, on the part of the crew or officers of the ship, any intercourse whatever with the female passengers on board. That any breach of either of those regulations will entail forfeiture of the passage money, and of any gratuities which might otherwise have been payable to the offenders. The Board stated that the familiarities of which the master in their opinion was guilty, though no attempt was made by his accusers to infer any criminal intention on his part, were yet of a nature, which if permitted in an emigrant ship, were calculated to lead to serious evil. The Board had also full proof given them that many of the emigrants had water pumped upon them by the fire engine on crossing the line ; in consequence of which, many of them were thoroughly drenched, and some of the young women attributed a long continued illness to that cause. It was clearly proved that all this was done with the consent of the master. The Immigration Board gave it as their opinion, that, in the two respects above mentioned, the twenty third clause of the charter party had been vitiated ; and that according to the stipulations therein contained, the passage money was forfeited, as well as the gratuity otherwise payable to the master of the ship. But, during the investigation, it appeared to the Board that there was a most unfortunate want of good feeling and cordial co-operation between the master and the surgeon of the ship. The Board could not discover that the surgeon gave warning to the master of the consequences which would follow ; and though the master of the ship ought not to have required warning to avoid the two errors which he committed, yet the Board felt convinced, had fair warning been given, that on arrival no such clauses of complaint would have existed. They state, that it was painfully evident to them during the investigation that there was a vindictive feeling of the surgeon-superintendent towards the master of the ship, and that the surgeon had watched in silence the master compromising himself and the charter party, without entering a protest, or giving warning of an irregularity, that a repetition would be followed by a formal complaint to the Colonial Government. The Immigration Board recommended that the gratuity of the master of the ship should be withheld, which they hoped would act as a warning to him to avoid hereafter the errors which have now taken place ; as in all other respects it appeared to the Board that he acted with kindness and consideration to the emigrants; and although, according to the strict letter of the charter-party, the passage money was forfeited, yet the board suggested to His Excellency, that the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners should be requested not to arrest the passage money, as the Board thought that the object sought to be obtained could be accomplished without such severity. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government was pleased to approve of the report and of the suggestions therein contained and to direct that a copy should be forwarded to the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners.	2a
Death	14 July 1868	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia		3a

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father	Pywell, John
Mother	Richardson, Rachel R
Sister	Pywell, Hannah
Sister	Pywell, Mary
Brother	Pywell, William
Brother	Pywell, John
Brother	Pywell, Elmor
Sister	Pywell, Hannah
Sister	Pywell, Esther
Brother	Pywell, Thomas
	Pywell, George
Brother	Pywell, Phillip
Sister	Pywell, Rachel
Sister	Pywell, Julia
Brother	Pywell, Daniel

Families

Family of Pywell, George and Jordan, Sarah Susanna

Married

Wife

Jordan, Sarah Susanna

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage	between January 1842 and March 1842	Thame, Oxfordshire, U.K.			4a

Children

Pywell, Esther

Pedigree

Pywell, John
1. Richardson, Rachel R
  1. Pywell, Hannah
  2. Pywell, Mary
  3. Pywell, William
  4. Pywell, John
  5. Pywell, Elmor
  6. Pywell, Hannah
  7. Pywell, Esther
  8. Pywell, Thomas
  9. Pywell, George
    1. Jordan, Sarah Susanna
      1. Pywell, Esther
  10. Pywell, Phillip
  11. Pywell, Rachel
  12. Pywell, Julia
  13. Pywell, Daniel

Ancestors

Pywell, George

Pywell, John

Pywell, John Elmor

Satchell, Sarah

Phillips, Mary

Holland, Catherine

Richardson, Rachel R

Richardson, John

Jackson, Elizabeth

Source References

Family Search
1. - Date: about June 1816
  - Page: Batch Number: 7413603 Sheet: 48 Source Call No.: 0934234
  - Source Reference Note:
    Patron Entry, but seems to refer to a parish record
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    GEORGE PYWELL
    Male
    Event(s):
    Birth:
    Christening: 16 JUN 1816 Great Weldon, Northampton, England
    Death:
    Burial:
    Parents:
    Father: JOHN PYWELL
    Mother: RACHEL
2. - Date: 16 June 1816
  - Page: Batch Number: 7413603 Sheet: 48 Source Call No.: 0934234
  - Source Reference Note:
    A patron entry, but seems to refer to a parish record
  - Source text:
    GEORGE PYWELL
    Male
    Event(s):
    Birth:
    Christening: 16 JUN 1816 Great Weldon, Northampton, England
    Death:
    Burial:
    Parents:
    Father: JOHN PYWELL
    Mother: RACHEL
Immigrants to South Australia, (UK, assisted passage) 1847-1886
1. - Date: 7 March 1855
  - Page: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/SAassistedindex.htm#1855
  - Confidence: Very High
  - Source text:
    ship Norman, 582 tons, Captain John Adams, from Southampton 4th December
    1854, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 7th March 1855
    Names Age Occupation B-index Residence Remarks
    Last Given
    Pywell George 36 Agr. Labourer 1319/3 Thame, Oxford
    Sarah 31
    Esther 12
Peter Sherlock
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    Maria Pywell, baptised 28 July 1811
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    Esther Pywell, baptised 19 July 1812.
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    John died in 1919 aged 74.
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    baptised 4 April 1844
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    baptised 27 May 1787
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    baptised 3 March 1844.
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    baptised 24 August 1777
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    baptised 26 January 1840
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    baptised 3 March 1844.
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    baptised 14 July 1778
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    Esther Pywell, baptised 19 July 1812.
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    He died 21 June 1889
    Their tombstone at Weldon still survives
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    baptised 21 June 1838
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    He married Mary Phillips 13 December 1741, Stoke Albany.
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    John was buried 12 March 1848, both at Weldon.
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    He died and was buried 7 May 1794
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    baptised 6 November 1836
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    buried 11 April 1794
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    baptised 24 August 1777
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    Elizabeth Pywell, baptised 27 January 1715
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    baptised 7 May 1808
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    Elizabeth Pywell, baptised 27 January 1715
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    He married Ann Dixon in Corby, 27 December 1830
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    He married Mary Mays, 26 June 1836
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    Elmor died 1 April 1880 at Frognall, Deeping St James
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    baptised 18 January 1835
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    buried 27 August 1802
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    baptised 1 September 1833
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    baptised 30 January 1842.
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    baptised 30 January 1842.
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    buried 27 May 1779
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    baptised 3 December 1780
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    baptised 21 February 1789
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    baptised 10 May 1846
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    in the 1851 census is described as an agricultural labourer
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    n 1851 he was a farm servant for the Gray family in Weldon.
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    baptised 7 May 1808
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    buried 27 May 1779
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    Catherine died and was buried 28 July 1803.
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    baptised 10 May 1846
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    baptised 3 December 1780
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    baptised 18 December 1836
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    baptised 21 February 1789
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    baptised 18 January 1835
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    baptised 8 November 1840
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    buried 12 May 1795
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    baptised 10 August 1743
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    baptised 25 April 1847
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    baptised 18 March 1838
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    John was a labourer at the Weldon quarries
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    baptised 6 November 1836
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    buried 11 April 1794
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    buried 12 May 1795
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    baptised 17 July 1783
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    baptised 10 August 1743
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    He married Sarah Satchell, a widow, 1 September 1714, in Northamptonshire but not at Weldon.
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    He died in 1874
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    baptised 8 November 1840
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    George died in 1914
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    John was buried 12 March 1848, both at Weldon.
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    He was a shepherd in Weldon at the Lower Lodge
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    Mary died and was buried 24 February 1793
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    born 4 August 1833
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    baptised 21 June 1838
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    baptised 17 July 1783
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    baptised 27 May 1787
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    baptised 16 August 1793
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    baptised 4 April 1844
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    baptised 26 January 1840
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    Catherine died and was buried 28 July 1803.
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    baptised 16 August 1793
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    baptised 18 March 1838
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    John died 24 March 1891 at Fairfield,
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    exact date
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    baptised 18 December 1836
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    He was a maltster for some years
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    baptised 14 July 1778
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    He died and was buried 7 May 1794
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    baptised 25 April 1847
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    George died 14 July 1868
Free BMD U.K.
1. - Date: March 1842
  - Page: Vol 16 page 155
  - Source text:
    Marriages Mar 1842 (>99%)
    Jordan Sarah Susanna Thame 16 155
    PYWELL George Thame 16 155

Birth Name	Pywell, George
Gender	male
Age at Death	about 52 years, 1 month, 13 days