AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameCatherine Jane BRAY 
, GG Grandmother
, GG GrandmotherBirth DateMar 18421398
Birth PlaceLiverpool, Lancashire, England
MemoRegistered as Jane.
Chr PlaceLiverpool, Lancashire, England
MemoParents names fit well. If correct she was baptised as Catherine Jane. Her fathers was a Mariner and they lived in Queen Street.
Reside Date10 Feb 1862 Age: 19
Reside PlaceFitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memoin Gertrude Street, prior to marriage.
Reside Date19091401 Age: 66
Reside PlaceRichmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
MemoProbably Catherine living at 250 Swan Street.
Reside Date19141402 Age: 71
Reside PlaceRichmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
MemoProbably Catherine living at 250 Swan Street.
Reside Date19191403 Age: 76
Reside PlaceSouth Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memoat 35 Tivoli Road, with daughter Ada.
Reside Date19311404 Age: 88
Reside PlaceToorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memoat 98 Orrong Road.
Death Date26 Jan 19331405 Age: 90
Death PlaceToorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memoat Home of The Little Sisters of the Poor, Northcote, 703 Malvern Road, age 89 of senility & heart failure, both years. Father William Bray, Ship’s master & mother Catherine Bray formerly Day. Born in Liverpool, England and had been about 63 years in Victoria. She was married in East Melbourne at age 19 to Edward Hart, deceased. Her children were Ada, aged 70, Gustavus Edward, aged 60 & Emily, deceased.
Burial Date27 Jan 19331406
Burial PlaceFawkner, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
MemoFawkner Cemetery 1187 Sydney Rd
Alias/AKACatharine Jane (likely baptism)
FatherWilliam BRAY (<1812-1869)
MotherCatherine DAY (ca1817-1861)
Spouses
1Edward James HART , GG Grandfather
, GG GrandfatherBirth Datebef 12 Mar 1837
Birth PlaceSouthleigh, Devon, England
MemoBorn Southleigh from 1851 census but marriage registration gives Colyton, about 4 km away. Colyton is the closet significant town to Southleigh slightly more than half the distance to the next town of Seaton. Colyton was in the Southleigh registration district Cannot be 100% sure that this is the right Edward but all information fits well and no alternative has been found. The only significant issue is the lack of the middle name James on any early information. It is worth noting that Eliza Records father’s name was James.
This Edward is the only Edward HART found born Colyton /Southleigh and he is the only one found in census 1841 and 1851. No other Edward Hart has been found in later census which suggests he had left England.
This Edward is the only Edward HART found born Colyton /Southleigh and he is the only one found in census 1841 and 1851. No other Edward Hart has been found in later census which suggests he had left England.
Chr Date12 Mar 18371393 Age: <1
Chr PlaceSouthleigh, Devon, England
MemoEdward son of William, a labourer and Eliza of Colyton.
Reside Date30 Mar 18511394 Age: 14
Reside PlaceSidbury, Devon, England
MemoIt is most likely that Edward was an agricultural servant to the Tilke family but this cannot be absolutely sure it was him. It does seem likely though as this Edward is the only possible fit and now other Edwards have been found born Southleigh / Colyton.
Migration Dateca 18571395 Age: 19
Migration PlaceDevon, England
MemoEdward had arrived in Victoria prior to his marriage and the only likely arrival found is Edward Herd (not Hart). Estimated birth year was about 1838 so aged 19. His Arrival Date was 17 Oct 1857 & Arrival Port was Melbourne, Australia and Departure Port was Liverpool on the Ship Florence Nightingale. His Nationality was English.
Reside Date11 Feb 18621396 Age: 24
Reside PlaceSouth Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
MemoSouth Melbourne was called Emerald Hill in 1862. Edward lived there at time of marriage.
Job Date9 Aug 1864 Age: 27
Job PlaceInvercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Memoas a Signalman as recorded on daughter Emily Beatrice's marriage certificate.
Death Date30 May 18791397 Age: 42
Death PlaceTimaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
MemoPossible death in New Zealand but by no means certain. Death not found in Victoria.
OccupationStevedore (Feb 1862), labourer (Dec 1862), signalman (1864), pilot
FatherWilliam HART (<1812-1899)
MotherEliza Jane RECORDS (<1819-1863)
Marr PlaceEastern Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Marr Memoat ST. Peter’s (Church of England) Catherine was married with written permission of her father William Bray.
Migration Date1863
Migration PlaceInvercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Memoor 1864 to NZ from Victoria but Catherine had returned to Victoria before 1900.
2UNNAMED , Step GG Grandfather
, Step GG GrandfatherChildrenThomas (1872-)
Notes for Catherine Jane BRAY
Where or when husband Edward James Hart died has not been positvely confirmed. Most likely found 30 May 1879 in Timaru. From Catherine’s death record of 1933 he was dead at that time. Catherine’s death record also states she has lived in Victoria approximately 63 years. If continuously prior to her death this would mean from around 1870. This is very unlikely as son Gustavus was attending school in Invercargill in 1876. As her daughter’s Ada & Emily did not leave New Zealand, at the same time, it is highly probably that Catherine remained in New Zealand until around 1880. If this is the case she must have resided in Victoria some 7 or 8 years prior to her marriage in 1862 as she and her husband were settled in New Zealand for the birth of daughter Emily.
The accuracy of information on Catherine’s death record is very good which suggested there was someone living in Melbourne who accurately knew this. Further research revealed daughter, Ada, and some of her children arrived in Melbourne around 1914. Further her brother William, a miner, had resided in Victoria since 1854 and her sister Mary Ann as well as her parents William and Catherine arrived around the same time.
No death of husband Edward James was found in Victoria which might suggest she returned to Victoria after Edward’s death which supports the 1879 death previously mentioned.
Possible return to Victoria from New Zealand
Name: Mrs Hart
Estimated birth year:abt 1842 Age: 38
Arrival Date: 1 Nov 1880
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Bluff, New Zealand
Ship: Rotoma Nationality: British
The accuracy of information on Catherine’s death record is very good which suggested there was someone living in Melbourne who accurately knew this. Further research revealed daughter, Ada, and some of her children arrived in Melbourne around 1914. Further her brother William, a miner, had resided in Victoria since 1854 and her sister Mary Ann as well as her parents William and Catherine arrived around the same time.
No death of husband Edward James was found in Victoria which might suggest she returned to Victoria after Edward’s death which supports the 1879 death previously mentioned.
Possible return to Victoria from New Zealand
Name: Mrs Hart
Estimated birth year:abt 1842 Age: 38
Arrival Date: 1 Nov 1880
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Bluff, New Zealand
Ship: Rotoma Nationality: British
Notes for Edward James (Spouse 1)
Death
Nothing definite has been found about when or where he died. Other factors suggest he had left Invercargill by 1871 or he was dead by that date. He was recorded as dead on wife Catherine’s death in 1933.
in NZ
The on-line 1879/353 Hart Edward 39Y (ie born circa 1840) is a possibility but there are two Edward Harts dying in 1879 according to fiche records, namely folio 537 Q2 in Auckland, which is unlikely and folio 814 Q2 in Timaru which is possible. But why the missing entry on-line. The on-line date of 30 May could be either (or both) so this date has been entered as a possible death date and fits with Catherine returning to Victoria, perhaps to be with her brother William and sister Mary Ann. The only thing known is that Catherine’s death record says he was dead before 1933. No death in Victoria found or NSW.
Possible voyage to NZ (ages wrong as is EL !) but perhaps needed permission if under 21 years!
HART, EDW, age 21 COMMISS DES KOENINGS VAN DER HEYEN JAN 1863 BLUFF HARBOR JAN 1863 001
HART, EL age 21 COMMISS DES KOENINGS VAN DER HEYEN JAN 1863 BLUFF HARBOR JAN 1863 001
HART,INFANT age I COMMISS DES KOENINGS VAN DER HEYEN JAN 1863 BLUFF HARBOR JAN 1863 001
possible trip from nz to melb
Name:Mr Hart Estimated birth year: abt 1836 Age: 40
Arrival Date: 8 May 1876 Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia Departure Port: Otago, New Zealand
Ship: Otago Nationality: English