| PRIEST, Joseph Charles 1846 - 1927 |
| 1846/08/15 | BIRTH | |
| Born On: | 1846/08/15 | |
| Mother: | EVANS, Frances Sarah 1815 - 1876 | |
| Father: | PRIEST, Jesse 1816 - 1886 | |
| Place: | England, Middlesex, Limehouse | |
| Source: | List compiled by Jesse PRIEST | |
| c1846/09 | CHRISTENING | |
| Christened On: | c1846/09 | |
| Place: | Place of Christening not Recorded | |
| 1851/03/30 | CENSUS FOR: 8 Gun Lane [England, Middlesex, Limehouse] | |
| Name of Person | RELN - Head | Cond - Marriage | Age | PROFESSION or OCCUPATION | WHERE BORN | |
| M | F | |||||
| Jeffery PRIEST | Head | Married | 35 | Sawyer | Kent, Chatham | |
| Frances PRIEST | Wife | Married | 35 | Kent, Chatham | ||
| John PRIEST | Son | Single | 12 | School | Middlesex, Limehouse | |
| Ann PRIEST | Dau | Single | 10 | School | Middlesex, Limehouse | |
| Mary PRIEST | Dau | Single | 8 | School | Middlesex, Limehouse | |
| David PRIEST | Son | Single | 6 | School | Middlesex, Limehouse | |
| Joseph PRIEST | Son | Single | 4 | School | Middlesex, Limehouse | |
| Caroline PRIEST | Dau | Single | 2 | School | Middlesex, Limehouse | |
| William GERRIS | Father | Married | 61 | Shipwright | Kent, Deal | |
| Ann GERRIS | Moth I/L | Married | 63 | Kent, Deal | ||
| There are several errors in this census record. | |
| The first entry is for Jesse (not Jeffery) PRIEST. | |
| The fifth entry is for a daughter named Mary. Mary does not appear in any other records. It is almost certainly Henry George PRIEST. He is the right age and it is hard to imagine an 8 year-old not living with his parents. | |
| Joseph was probably not at school at age 4 and, at age 2, Caroline would certainly not have been. | |
| The last two entries are thought to be for Frances's parents (EVANS not GERRIS) and so William would be Jesse's Father in Law rather than Father. | |
| 1857/12/24 | RELOCATION TO: [Australia, Vic, Melbourne] | |
| Head/Sole Indi: | PRIEST, Jesse 1816 - 1886 | |
| Relocated From: | 8 Gun Lane | |
| England, Middlesex, Limehouse | ||
| Vessel: | British Trident | |
| Source: | Aus, Vic PRO - Passenger Manifest. | |
| Name of Accompanying Individual | Occupation | Age | Rel'n to Head | ||
| EVANS, Frances Sarah 1815 - 1876 | Wife | ||||
| PRIEST, John 1839 - 1917 | Son | ||||
| PRIEST, Ann Margaret 1840 - c1895 | Dau | ||||
| PRIEST, Henry George 1842 - c1920 | Son | ||||
| PRIEST, David 1844 - 1914 | Son | ||||
| PRIEST, Joseph Charles 1846 - 1927 | Son | ||||
| PRIEST, Caroline Miriam 1849 - 1933 | Dau | ||||
| PRIEST, Eliza 1854 - c1929 | Dau |
| This was an unassisted passage. One wonders at the cost and what drove Jesse and family to undertake this journey to the other side of the world. It is possible that the arrival of IRON ships may have been a factor as this was reducing the need for sawyers in the shipyards of the Thames. | |
| Many of the childrens' ages are understated on this manifest. Various souces suggest this was a common practice to reduce the cost of the passage. | |
| 1873/09/06 | MARRIAGE (i) | |
| Spouse: | MORRISON, Margaret c1856 - c1934 | |
| Married On: | Saturday, 06 September, 1873 | |
| Place: | Australia, Vic, Stawell | |
| Dec Ref: | Aus, Vic 1873/2831 (Exact date on several NSW bi | |
| c1874 | BIRTH OF CHILD | |
| Born On: | c1874 | |
| Child: | PRIEST, William Jesse c1874 - 1949 | |
| Place: | Australia, Vic, Pleasant Creek | |
| Dec Ref: | Aus, Vic 1874/18138 | |
| Source: | VIC Diggers Index - 1874/18138 | |
| c1876 | BIRTH OF CHILD | |
| Born On: | c1876 | |
| Child: | PRIEST, Eliza Ann c1876 - c1951 | |
| Place: | Australia, Vic, Stawell | |
| Dec Ref: | Aus, Vic 1876/11279 | |
| Source: | VIC Diggers Index - 1876/11279 | |
| 1881/05/18 | BIRTH OF CHILD | |
| Born On: | 1881/05/18 | |
| Child: | PRIEST, Joseph Charles 1881 - 1962 | |
| Place: | Australia, NSW, Tubbo (Near Narandera) | |
| Dec Ref: | Aus, NSW 1881/022375 (Copy Held) | |
| In the 'Informant' section, birth certificates of the time usually stated 'certified by ...'. | |
| On this certificate, it states 'Margaret Priest by information'. These places were remote at this time and maybe the infomation was passed along by a third party and not personally 'Certified'. | |
| Interesting also, the witness is Mary PRIEST. This is almost certainly David PRIEST's wife Mary (ROBINSON). The registrar (John L. King) is the same as on the birth certificate of Mary's daughter Caroline Miriam on 10FEB of the same year. | |
| 1885/04/24 | BIRTH OF CHILD | |
| Born On: | 1885/04/24 | |
| Child: | PRIEST, Margaret Lilly 1885 - c1960 | |
| Place: | Australia, NSW, Coombadyha Creek (Near Glen Innes) | |
| Dec Ref: | Aus, NSW 1885/019746 (Copy Held) | |
| 1891/12/25 | BIRTH OF CHILD | |
| Born On: | 1891/12/25 | |
| Child: | PRIEST, Catherine Frances 1891 - c1966 | |
| Place: | Australia, NSW, Numulgi (Near Lismore) | |
| Dec Ref: | Aus, NSW 1891/019675 (Copy Held) | |
| 1897/05/27 | BIRTH OF CHILD | |
| Born On: | 1897/05/27 | |
| Child: | PRIEST, Alma Morrison 1897 - c1972 | |
| Place: | Australia, NSW, Eltham (Near Lismore) | |
| Dec Ref: | Aus, NSW 1897/022905 (Copy Held) | |
| 1927/07/02 | DEATH | |
| Died On: | Saturday, 02 July, 1927 | |
| Place: | Sunnyside Private Hospital | |
| Australia, NSW, Muwillumbah | ||
| Dec Ref: | Aus, NSW 1927/016602 (Copy Held) | |
| 1927/07/03 | FUNERAL | |
| Funeral On: | Sunday, 03 July, 1927 | |
| Celebrant: | Owen Evans | |
| Place: | The General Cemetry | |
| Australia, NSW, Murwillumbah | ||
| Source: | Death Cert | |
| 1949 | DEATH OF CHILD | |
| Died On: | 1949 | |
| Child: | PRIEST, William Jesse c1874 - 1949 | |
| Place: | Place of Death not Recorded | |
| Source: | Est: Died aged 75 | |
| c1951 | DEATH OF CHILD | |
| Died On: | c1951 | |
| Child: | PRIEST, Eliza Ann c1876 - c1951 | |
| Place: | Place of Death not Recorded | |
| Source: | Est: Died aged 75 | |
| c1960 | DEATH OF CHILD | |
| Died On: | c1960 | |
| Child: | PRIEST, Margaret Lilly 1885 - c1960 | |
| Place: | Place of Death not Recorded | |
| Source: | Est: Died aged 75 | |
| c1966 | DEATH OF CHILD | |
| Died On: | c1966 | |
| Child: | PRIEST, Catherine Frances 1891 - c1966 | |
| Place: | Place of Death not Recorded | |
| Source: | Est: Died aged 75 | |
| c1972 | DEATH OF CHILD | |
| Died On: | c1972 | |
| Child: | PRIEST, Alma Morrison 1897 - c1972 | |
| Place: | Place of Death not Recorded | |
| Source: | Est: Died aged 75 | |
