Although not an ancestor, this man is the source of the surname WELLINGTON.
When he married my ancestor Esther MYERS, nee BENJAMIN, in Melbourne in 1869, his name was William Walter BERESFORD, gentleman. He said his father was Thomas James BERESFORD, gentleman, and his mother's name was Mary Ann WALDERGRAVE.
In August 1869, he sailed with his wife and her four children on Swiftsure from Melbourne to London, all listed as BERESFORD.
In the 1871 English census, he was recorded as William Beresford WELLINGTON, draper age 50 living at 44 Heygate Street, Newington, Surrey in 1871 census, born at Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. [born 1820?]. The four step-children were listed as MYERS.
In the 1881 census he was William WELLINGTON a commercial traveller aged 61, living in Camberwell, Surrey, and the step-children were also using this surname.
He died age 65 in 1884 at Edmonton in Middlesex.
It would be nice to know the origin of the Wellington surname which our family adopted.
Looking at the English census, there were five Wellingtons living in Surrey who had been born in Gloucestershire including a Mary A Wellington, tailoress, age 60, born in Cheltenham.
Living in Gloucestershire, there were very few Beresfords but a lot of Wellingtons.
Was he an illegitimate son? Perhaps he was sent to Australia on remittances and had to change his name when he returned?
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15.1.10
Lydia Solomon
Lydia Solomon was born in England about 1811. Her parents were Judah SOLOMON and Esther RUSSELL and she had about nine brothers and sisters.
Lydia married Henry Samuel BENJAMIN around 1829. They had a son Benjamin, and an infant daughter Esther, when they arrived in Hobart Town from London on Palamban in December 1832. They travelled with her mother and two younger sisters. Her father, uncle and two brothers were already settled in Van Diemen's Land.
In November 1834, Lydia and her husband sailed to Sydney on Gulnare. Their next son, Henry, was born in New South Wales, but about a year later, they returned to Hamilton in the Derwent Valley where two more sons were born.
In 1839 they moved to Hobart and a second daughter, Eve was born there in 1843.
Lydia's husband Henry died in 1852 and she remarried Lewis Cohen, a professor of dancing, in 1855. It seems likely that they moved to Melbourne after 1860, where her son Henry had settled.
Her eldest son married in London in 1865, her elder daughter was in Victoria in 1862 and her younger unmarried daughter died in Melbourne in 1863.
By 1871, her daughter Esther was also living in London with her family but the Cohens do not appear in that English census.
Lydia died in London in January 1880, at the home of her son Benjamin. She was 68 years old. Lewis was living there when the census was taken a year later.
Lydia married Henry Samuel BENJAMIN around 1829. They had a son Benjamin, and an infant daughter Esther, when they arrived in Hobart Town from London on Palamban in December 1832. They travelled with her mother and two younger sisters. Her father, uncle and two brothers were already settled in Van Diemen's Land.
In November 1834, Lydia and her husband sailed to Sydney on Gulnare. Their next son, Henry, was born in New South Wales, but about a year later, they returned to Hamilton in the Derwent Valley where two more sons were born.
In 1839 they moved to Hobart and a second daughter, Eve was born there in 1843.
Lydia's husband Henry died in 1852 and she remarried Lewis Cohen, a professor of dancing, in 1855. It seems likely that they moved to Melbourne after 1860, where her son Henry had settled.
Her eldest son married in London in 1865, her elder daughter was in Victoria in 1862 and her younger unmarried daughter died in Melbourne in 1863.
By 1871, her daughter Esther was also living in London with her family but the Cohens do not appear in that English census.
Lydia died in London in January 1880, at the home of her son Benjamin. She was 68 years old. Lewis was living there when the census was taken a year later.
16.2.09
Benjamin Benjamin
It is thought that Benjamin BENJAMIN, who died in 1837 aged 62 in Hobart Town, was the father of Henry Samuel BENJAMIN, whose tombstone reads -
There were other Benjamins in the small Jewish community in colonial Hobart Town but it is not known if or how they may have been related.
Here Reposeth Henry Samuel Benjamin
Who died on his passage to Melbourne on the
19th March and was interred amongst
his people 23rd July 5612 -1852
also Eve relict of Benjamin Benjamin
who departed to eternal life on Sunday
14th July age 68 years 5612 - 1852
also Montefiore Benjamin 1875-1938
also his wife Myra 1875-1953
It is not known when he and his wife Eve arrived in Van Diemen's Land, but Henry arrived from London with his wife and children in 1832. Passengers Mr and Mrs Benjamin arrived from London on the barque Derwent in February 1837.Who died on his passage to Melbourne on the
19th March and was interred amongst
his people 23rd July 5612 -1852
also Eve relict of Benjamin Benjamin
who departed to eternal life on Sunday
14th July age 68 years 5612 - 1852
also Montefiore Benjamin 1875-1938
also his wife Myra 1875-1953
There were other Benjamins in the small Jewish community in colonial Hobart Town but it is not known if or how they may have been related.
Esther Benjamin
Esther BENJAMIN was born in London in about May 1832. Her parents emigrated to Van Diemen's Land on Palamban in August that year with her brother Benjamin, grandmother Esther and two unmarried aunts. She had three more brothers born in the 1830s then a sister born in Hobart in 1843. Her father died in 1852.
In 1854 she married Abraham MYERS in Hobart. A Court case that the marriage was illegal was dismissed and may have related to the fact that he had been married with one child when convicted in London in 1844. They sailed for Sydney on Emma in April 1853.
Their first child, an un-named male, must have died at birth, but was noted on their daughter Fanny's birth certificate in 1864. They had four more sons, Joshua born in Sydney 1855, Henry in West Maitland [where her brother Morris settled] 1858, Benjamin in Melbourne 1862, and Abraham in Sydney in 1866.
They had returned to Hobart when they were married again in a Jewish ceremony at the house of Abraham Myers in October 1860. She registered as a single woman living with her mother.
Before 1861, her eldest son Joshua was taken to London by relatives and brought up by his uncle and aunt Michael Gabriel and Frances nee Myers, sister of Abraham. It would be interesting to know their circumstances at this time, as there is also a gap between the births of Henry in April 1858 and Ben in October 1862.
While living in Melbourne in 1864, Abraham was sentenced to 9 months in prison for fraudulent insolvency.
Her husband died in Sydney in 1866 not long after the last baby was born and Esther was listed in the Sydney Post Office Directories for 1867 and 1868 as a pawnbroker at South Head Road, then Riley Street.
In July 1869, Esther remarried in Melbourne to William Walter BERESFORD in a Registry Office. By 1871 the family was in London, living in Newington. William's name had changed to William Beresford WELLINGTON and he was working as a draper. Esther also had a 5 month old son, born in Walworth, Surrey. Her eldest son Joshua did not appear in the census.
By 1881, her husband was a commercial traveller and they were living in Camberwell, Surrey. The children had also changed their name to Wellington.
Her mother, step-father and older brother were also living in London, although her mother died there in 1880.
At least two of her sons returned to Australia to live in Melbourne and Sydney, and her youngest brother returned to Hobart.
Joshua was living in London in 1881 and 1891 but married in 1895 and was living in Jersey in 1901. He and his family went to Canada in 1906, then to the USA.
Her daughter Fanny married Emil Deutgen in London in 1895 but we have no further information on them.
Her son Abraham, later known as Alfred, married in London in 1891.
Esther died in London in 1913 and was buried in the family grave at Edmonton cemetery.
In 1854 she married Abraham MYERS in Hobart. A Court case that the marriage was illegal was dismissed and may have related to the fact that he had been married with one child when convicted in London in 1844. They sailed for Sydney on Emma in April 1853.
Their first child, an un-named male, must have died at birth, but was noted on their daughter Fanny's birth certificate in 1864. They had four more sons, Joshua born in Sydney 1855, Henry in West Maitland [where her brother Morris settled] 1858, Benjamin in Melbourne 1862, and Abraham in Sydney in 1866.
They had returned to Hobart when they were married again in a Jewish ceremony at the house of Abraham Myers in October 1860. She registered as a single woman living with her mother.
Before 1861, her eldest son Joshua was taken to London by relatives and brought up by his uncle and aunt Michael Gabriel and Frances nee Myers, sister of Abraham. It would be interesting to know their circumstances at this time, as there is also a gap between the births of Henry in April 1858 and Ben in October 1862.
While living in Melbourne in 1864, Abraham was sentenced to 9 months in prison for fraudulent insolvency.
Her husband died in Sydney in 1866 not long after the last baby was born and Esther was listed in the Sydney Post Office Directories for 1867 and 1868 as a pawnbroker at South Head Road, then Riley Street.
In July 1869, Esther remarried in Melbourne to William Walter BERESFORD in a Registry Office. By 1871 the family was in London, living in Newington. William's name had changed to William Beresford WELLINGTON and he was working as a draper. Esther also had a 5 month old son, born in Walworth, Surrey. Her eldest son Joshua did not appear in the census.
By 1881, her husband was a commercial traveller and they were living in Camberwell, Surrey. The children had also changed their name to Wellington.
Her mother, step-father and older brother were also living in London, although her mother died there in 1880.
At least two of her sons returned to Australia to live in Melbourne and Sydney, and her youngest brother returned to Hobart.
Joshua was living in London in 1881 and 1891 but married in 1895 and was living in Jersey in 1901. He and his family went to Canada in 1906, then to the USA.
Her daughter Fanny married Emil Deutgen in London in 1895 but we have no further information on them.
Her son Abraham, later known as Alfred, married in London in 1891.
Esther died in London in 1913 and was buried in the family grave at Edmonton cemetery.
Henry Samuel Benjamin
Henry Samuel BENJAMIN was born about 1809 in England. We are not sure who his parents were, but a Benjamin BENJAMIN aged 62 years died in Hobart Town in September 1837. I have him noted as Shmuel bar Binyamin [Samuel son of Benjamin?] but need to check the source of this.
Eve BENJAMIN relict of Benjamin BENJAMIN is included on Henry's tombstone so it is possible that they were his father and mother. It seems likely that this couple emigrated in the 1830's to join their son.
Henry's first son was named Benjamin and his second daughter Eve, the first daughter being named Esther after her maternal grandmother.
Henry was licensee of the York and Albany Inn at Oatlands in 1833 and 1834, but had problems with antisemitic sentiments there. In November 1834, the family sailed to Sydney on Gulnare but returned after about a year to be licensee of the Old Hamilton Inn from 1835 to 1839, before moving to Hobart.
They had three more sons by then and a second daughter was born in 1843.
Henry died in 1852 from rheumatism when he was 42, while travelling to Melbourne, aboard the Swordfish. He was buried on Swan Island off the north-eastern tip of Tasmania but was re-interred later that year in the Jewish cemetery in Hobart with Eve, relict of Benjamin.
He may have been known as Samuel rather than Henry as this name appears in some places.
Montefiore Benjamin was a grandson of Henry.
Eve BENJAMIN relict of Benjamin BENJAMIN is included on Henry's tombstone so it is possible that they were his father and mother. It seems likely that this couple emigrated in the 1830's to join their son.
Henry's first son was named Benjamin and his second daughter Eve, the first daughter being named Esther after her maternal grandmother.
Here Reposeth Henry Samuel Benjamin
Who died on his passage to Melbourne on the
19th March and was interred amongst
his people 23rd July 5612 -1852
also Eve relict of Benjamin Benjamin
who departed to eternal life on Sunday
14th July age 68 years 5612 - 1852
also Montefiore Benjamin 1875-1938
also his wife Myra 1875-1953
Henry married Lydia SOLOMON in England about 1829. They emigrated to Van Diemen's land with their two small children and Lydia's mother and two younger sisters in 1832 on Palamban.Who died on his passage to Melbourne on the
19th March and was interred amongst
his people 23rd July 5612 -1852
also Eve relict of Benjamin Benjamin
who departed to eternal life on Sunday
14th July age 68 years 5612 - 1852
also Montefiore Benjamin 1875-1938
also his wife Myra 1875-1953
Henry was licensee of the York and Albany Inn at Oatlands in 1833 and 1834, but had problems with antisemitic sentiments there. In November 1834, the family sailed to Sydney on Gulnare but returned after about a year to be licensee of the Old Hamilton Inn from 1835 to 1839, before moving to Hobart.
They had three more sons by then and a second daughter was born in 1843.
Henry died in 1852 from rheumatism when he was 42, while travelling to Melbourne, aboard the Swordfish. He was buried on Swan Island off the north-eastern tip of Tasmania but was re-interred later that year in the Jewish cemetery in Hobart with Eve, relict of Benjamin.
He may have been known as Samuel rather than Henry as this name appears in some places.
Montefiore Benjamin was a grandson of Henry.
Abraham Myers
Abraham MYERS was born in London about 1814-16. According to his death certificate, his father was Joshua MYERS, a glass cutter, and his mother was Fanny MOSES. He had a brother and two sisters.
In February 1842 and March 1843, Abraham Myers, Lodging housekeeper, was in the Debtors' Prison for London and Middlesex. He had been at various addresses, also as keeper of a wine room and part Proprietor of a Clubhouse.
Abraham MYERS, a literate glass cutter age 30, was married with one child when he was convicted for stabbing with intent Robert Clazard after quarrelling in a public house in London in 1844. It was a first offence [although another report says "" The prisoner is not unknown to this court. He was charged a short time ago with having broken into the wine-rooms in Windmill Street on the plea that he was the rightful proprietor, & with also having threatened the life of the person in possession of the premises."].
He was sentenced to fifteen years and transported to Norfolk Island on David Malcolm in 1845. In 1847 he was transferred to Van Diemen's Land and received a Ticket of Leave in March 1852. His conditional Pardon was approved in February 1854.
The Colonial Times of 11 April 1854 reported a Court Case relating to the Marriage Act Offences by Moses King for celebrating a marriage between Abraham MYERS and Esther BENJAMIN at her mother's house. The case was dismissed and Mr and Mrs Myers were among the passengers who sailed for Sydney on Emma on the 11th April.
Their first son, an un-named male, must have died at birth. He is noted on their daughter's birth certificate in 1864. The next son, Joshua, was born in Sydney in November 1855. They had moved to Maitland in New South Wales when the next son, Henry, was born in April 1858, then to Melbourne where a daughter and son were born in 1862 and 1864.
Abraham ran into trouble in Melbourne and was sentenced to 9 months in prison for fraudulent insolvency. He was in poor health at the time, walking with the aid of sticks.
They were back in Sydney by 1866 when their last son was born shortly before Abraham died at his home in South Head Road in November. He was buried in the Jewish burial ground in Devonshire Street which is now the site of Central Railway.
Why did Abraham allow his eldest son to be taken to England by 1861? Perhaps his sister and her wealthy husband offered to take him in exchange for financial assistance? Abraham seems to have struggled as a businessman.
Abraham's convict record described him as 5'2" tall, with fair complexion, grey eyes and brown hair, medium nose and mouth and small chin, and freckled.
In February 1842 and March 1843, Abraham Myers, Lodging housekeeper, was in the Debtors' Prison for London and Middlesex. He had been at various addresses, also as keeper of a wine room and part Proprietor of a Clubhouse.
Abraham MYERS, a literate glass cutter age 30, was married with one child when he was convicted for stabbing with intent Robert Clazard after quarrelling in a public house in London in 1844. It was a first offence [although another report says "" The prisoner is not unknown to this court. He was charged a short time ago with having broken into the wine-rooms in Windmill Street on the plea that he was the rightful proprietor, & with also having threatened the life of the person in possession of the premises."].
He was sentenced to fifteen years and transported to Norfolk Island on David Malcolm in 1845. In 1847 he was transferred to Van Diemen's Land and received a Ticket of Leave in March 1852. His conditional Pardon was approved in February 1854.
The Colonial Times of 11 April 1854 reported a Court Case relating to the Marriage Act Offences by Moses King for celebrating a marriage between Abraham MYERS and Esther BENJAMIN at her mother's house. The case was dismissed and Mr and Mrs Myers were among the passengers who sailed for Sydney on Emma on the 11th April.
Their first son, an un-named male, must have died at birth. He is noted on their daughter's birth certificate in 1864. The next son, Joshua, was born in Sydney in November 1855. They had moved to Maitland in New South Wales when the next son, Henry, was born in April 1858, then to Melbourne where a daughter and son were born in 1862 and 1864.
Abraham ran into trouble in Melbourne and was sentenced to 9 months in prison for fraudulent insolvency. He was in poor health at the time, walking with the aid of sticks.
They were back in Sydney by 1866 when their last son was born shortly before Abraham died at his home in South Head Road in November. He was buried in the Jewish burial ground in Devonshire Street which is now the site of Central Railway.
Why did Abraham allow his eldest son to be taken to England by 1861? Perhaps his sister and her wealthy husband offered to take him in exchange for financial assistance? Abraham seems to have struggled as a businessman.
Abraham's convict record described him as 5'2" tall, with fair complexion, grey eyes and brown hair, medium nose and mouth and small chin, and freckled.
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