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I am trying to find details of James' parents and when he emigrated to Australia. He married Sarah Ingram in Newcastle, NSW 26/12/1864.

Maybe???

Tasmania, Australia, Passenger Arrivals, 1829-1957
about James Brain Name: James Brain
Arrival Port: Hobart
Arrival Date: 19 Feb 1855
Departure Port: London
Departure Date: 10 Nov 1854
Ship: Chatham
Gender: Male
Place of Origin: Somersetshire
Birth Year: abt 1845

Traveling with Alfred, 32. Mary 34 William 12 and Maria 8


Dee x

Family above;

1851 England Census
about James Brain Name: James Brain
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Alfred Brain
Mother's name: Mary Brain
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Civil parish: Kingswinford
Ecclesiastical parish: Brierley Hill
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Stourbridge
Sub-registration district: Kingswinford
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 123
Piece: 2036
Folio: 306
Page Number: 34
Household Members: Name Age
Alfred Brain 29
Mary Brain 31
James Brain 8
Maria Brain 6
Thomas Bradford 36

the person on Ancestry who has the family in their tree lives in Brisbane

Alfreds marriage...... which Mary i don't know;

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Dec 1841 (>99%)
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ALLEN Edmund Bristol 11 196
>>>>>>>>>>>BRAIN Alfred Bristol 11 196
COURT Benjamin Bristol 11 196
>>>CURRY Mary Bristol 11 196
>>>HELLIER Mary Ann Bristol 11 196
HURSE Sarah Bristol 11 196
SHEPPARD Hester Bristol 11 196
THOMAS James Bristol 11 196

From a tree on Ancestry;

Name: Alfred Brain
Birth: 7 April 1822 (7 Apr 1822) - Bristol, England
Death: 13 Dec 1896 - New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1842 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Parents: James Brain, Maria Seaman
Spouse: Mary Ann Hellier

If I had to choose between Samuel family and Alfred Family I would choose Alfred simply for the naming of James 's children

Think I would too Quoy. Best bet is James's marriage certificate as it should name is father.

Happy New Year to you.

Dee x

This maybe his sisters marriage??

Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950
about Maria Brain Name: Maria Brain
Spouse Name: Francis Becham
Marriage Date: 1859
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Newcastle, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1859
Registration Number: 2511

And her death;

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
about Maria Beecham Name: Maria Beecham
Death Date: 1912
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's Name: Alfred
Mother's name: Mary A
Registration Year: 1912
Registration Place: Wallsend, New South Wales
Registration Number: 3665



Blimey.... she married very young!!

Happy New Year to you too Dea

I have deleted the 1841 and 1851

The person on Ancestry has a couple of very nice photographs of 2 of James 's daughters.

I shall have a nosey.. it's nice to put faces to names (even though it's his children).

I can't quite work out William who was 12 when they sailed. where is he in 1851?? I wonder if he's a nephew??

Hi Quoy
Thanks for the information. I have nine children's names.
Lyne

Batmans Daughter
James' children were all born in Australia (Newcastle, NSW District)
Mary 1865
Eliza 1867
Alfred 1870
Henry 1875
Maria 1878
Frank 1880
Elizabeth 1883
William 1885
Emma 1888
I don't have any information on James' siblings.
Thanks for all your help.
Lyne

Dee
I suppose that passenger arrival is a possibility although he settled in the Newcastle, NSW District.
Thanks for your help.
Lyne

Quoy
I will try and contact the person in Ancestry.
Lyne

The NSW death of James gives his parents as James and Mary A (reg 3630, reg early 1921). Father's name COULD be informant error of course.

He was interred at Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle.