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I am trying to find out more information about my great great great grandfather, Thomas Peters who I understand was born in Cornwall in the early 1800s. He married Mary Harris and emigrated to Australia in 1847 on the ship, Theresa, I understand that he died in 1859 in Adelaide but I do not know much more than this His daughter, Elizabeth Peters, married my great great grandfather, Robert Malachy Serjeant and she died in Ballarat, Victoria in 1905.

What info are you hoping for?

If it relates to his time Australia, you'd do well to put 'Australia' in your title...to attract the attention of those members who are familiar with that country's records

Name: Thomas Peters

Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Harris

Event Date: 15 Dec 1825
Event Place: Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status:
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04691-7
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1595598
Reference ID: p 207

Trees on Ancestry have this


Thomas Henry Peters

Birth 1803 in St Ives, Cornwall, England
Death 1859 in Victoria, Australia

There is a private tree on Ancestry which has full names Thomas Henry Peters and Mary Ann Harris - is this yours?

They have his parents as Benjamin Peters and Jane?
Jan

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Elizabeth Peters, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"Name: Elizabeth Peters
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 05 Apr 1829
Christening Place: SAINT AGNES NEAR TRURO,CORNWALL,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Thomas Peters
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Maryann
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C05306-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 916880, 916881
Reference ID:

Yes - Thomas Peter's wife was Mary Ann Harris. I understand they had five children - Jane, Elizabeth,Mary, Thomas and Josiah. Elizabeth is my great great grandmother but I was trying to establish what happened to the rest of the family. I believe they all emigrated to Australia.

David

Hi David

Do you have all the SERJEANT children? Elizabeth PETERS married Robert Malachy SERJEANT at Trinity Church, Adelaide SA in 1856 (reg 27/2); both were aged 27. He died in Ballarat in 1902 aged 73, son of Phil SERJEANT & Elizabeth MALACHY (reg 12315).

Mary Ann PETERS died in Victoria in 1864 aged 66, born Cornwall, daughter of Wm HARRIS (reg 126)

Thomas died in Victoria in 1859 (not SA), aged 56, b. Cornwall, shown as son of Benjamin and Jane, which I believe fits your info (reg 8064).

From www.familyhistorysa.info/colonists.html
PETERS Jane, Elizabeth, Mary arrived 1847-05-03 on Theresa from London via Plymouth 01-19
PETERS Thomas, wife (d@sea or aft), 2 ch (inc Eliza Harris d aft arr?) arrived 1847-05-03 on Theresa from London via Plymouth 01-19

I think the assumption here (in the brackets as shown on the site) may be that this is the same Thomas who married an Elizabeth HARRIS in SA in Feb 1848, they had 3 children (Wm in Dec 1848, Thos in Aug 1850 and Elizabeth Frances in July 1852). But this seems unlikely, given that Mary Ann died in Victoria some years later. And son Thos would be too young I think for this to be him?

Death for daughter Eliza Harris PETERS, informant father Thomas PETERS, in 1848 in Adelaide. ???

Possible marriage for Jane PETERS in SA in 1851 to John VICTOR (reg 4/343). They had a son named John in 1852. They then moved to Ballarat, Victoria (so think this might be the right Jane!)

Chn born in Ballarat, Victoria:
Arthur 1856, d. 1857 aged 7 months
Bernard Arthur 1857
Albert 1864, d. 1864 aged 12 days

Possible death for John (b. Cornwall) in 1876 aged 45, parents unknown (reg 12505).

Was Thomas a sea captain??? From NLA Trove:

South Australian Register, Monday 13 October 1851
MARRIED.
On the 9th inst., at Trinity Church, by special licence, by the Very Rev. Dean Farrell, Mr. John Victor, Adelaide, to Jane, eldest daughter of Capt Peters, of the same place.

Yes, just found Jane's death: she died in Ballarat in 1904, aged 78 as Jane VICTOR, daughter of Thomas and Mary HARRIS (reg 11210). She was buried at Ballarat Old Cemetery on 29th October. This makes her born c1826, good match for eldest daughter.

:-D

Possible marriage for Mary PETERS to Henry FENWICK in 1851 (reg 4/221).

Chn:
Henry 1852
Thos 1855-1901
Mary Margaret 1858
Felton 1861-1943
Louisa 1864
Caroline 1867
Edwin 1871-1951

She died on 7th Oct 1894 at North Adelaide, aged 64. Not sure if this fits her birthyear.

Name: Jane Peters
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 25 Sep 1827
Christening Place: WESLEYAN METHODIST,REDRUTH,CORNWALL,ENGLAND
Birth Date: 17 Feb 1827
Father's Name: Thomas Peters
Mother's Name: Mary Ann
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C06533-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0590673 (RG4 849)

Is this the family you are looking at in 1841 census in Cornwall with Mary Ann as Maria?

Piece: HO107/150/6 Place: Pydar -Cornwall Enumeration District: 4
Civil Parish: Lanivet Ecclesiastical Parish: -
Folio: 19 Page: 6
Address: Church Village

PETERS Thomas M 35 Copper Mine Agent Cornwall
PETERS Maria F 40 Cornwall
PETERS Jane F 14 Cornwall
PETERS Elizabeth F 12 Cornwall
PETERS Mary F 9 Cornwall
PETERS Thomas M 7 Cornwall
PETERS Eliza F 2 Cornwall


This would fit with the 3 older girls arriving in SA listed separately, as single women, while the other two children - Thomas & Eliza (is this Eliza Harris?) - are listed with thier parents...can't see Josiah though?

Children's ages are a good match. It also fits with Thos' wife being slightly older than he as shown in their deaths (remembering that adults ages were rounded to nearest 5 years in the 1841 census)


???

Births Dec 1839
Peters Eliza Harris Truro 9 324

Yes he was a Captain!

The Star (Ballarat), Saturday 26 July 1856
MARRIED.
On the 2nd instant, by licence, at Trinity Church, by the Rev. Dean Farrell, Robert Malachy, only son of the late Philip Davey Serjeant, surgeon, of Carlington, Cornwall, England, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Captain Thomas Peters, Rundle-street, Adelaide.


The Star, Saturday 15 October 1859
DEATH.
On the 13th inst., at Mount Pleasant, Mr Thomas Peters, aged 56 years, late of Rundle street, Adelaide, after a protracted and painful illness, which he bore with Christian fortitude.

There were a couple of Thomas PETERS in Ballarat that could be the son. One was a draper and one a miner.

The miner died in 1857 aged 26 in an accident; his parents are not stated.

Emigration
Year 1848
Forename Thomas
Surname PETERS
Parish Or Reg District St. German, Cornwall
Destination Australia, NSW
Age 26
Occupation Laborer
Notes New South Wales, State Archives, Passenger List
Comments See Resources page for full details
Transcriber Julia Mitchell

(saw above, from below, if relating)

http://cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/person-search/

Chris :)

edits (no, wrong man!)


Baptism
Day Month 03-Sep
Year 1836
Parish Or Reg District Kenwyn
Forename Josiah
Surname PETERS
Sex
Father Forename Thomas
Mother Forename Marianne
Residence Creegbraws
Father Rank Profession Miner


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Hi there

Thanks for all the information - it has helped me enormously with the family tree.
Yes I have all the information about Robert Malachy Serjeant and that side of the family.

David