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60 APPENDIX A. SEARCH FOR A FAMILY cartoonist in the 19th Century in England called George Belcher, an illustrator of Punch magazine. Andtherewasafamousfamilyofbare-knucklepugilists(boxers), of whom Jem Belcher was the most famous. A special spotted handkerchief was named after him. More recently, there was a famous professor of chemistry at University of Birmingham, named Sir Ronald Belcher. A recent comedy series on British TV starred the Belchers, a very bohemian group of young people, and there was a comic strip “The Belchers” in an English conservation magazine The Vole. The earliest record I have found in Ireland is the baptism of a Jane Belcher, daughter of Francis Belcher on 24th February, 1683, at St John the Evangelist in Dublin. Then there is the family of William Belcher of Kells in Meath, who was secretary to the Bishop of Ossory, having gone to Ireland from Warwick, England in about 1770. He was the ancestor of the Geelong Belchers. There is another family of very long standing in Ireland based on Cork City, with several generations of doctors and another, possibly related, with several generation of lawyers at Bandon in County Cork. The most noted representatives of those families appear to be James Belcher, Secretary to the Lords Justices of Ireland in 1724, and Robert Tressillian Belcher, Lieutenant in the 32nd Cornwallis Foot in 1811 and JP in Cork in 1837. At least 3 other Belchers served in the Army in Ireland between 1794 and 1810, and another four earlier, but none seemed to reach the rank of Colonel. Belch(i)er Ensign Poles Regt Lt. Frederick John, Poles & Blakeneys Regts Lt Jas Otway’s Regt Wm Manager of the Royal Family Privateers The international Genealogical index lists some Belchers in Ireland: Belcher Amelia FB 04 FEB 1830 Cork Cork Ann John Branscomm WM 08 JUL 1647 Cork Cork Holy Trinity Easter Thomas Belcher FC 12 APR 1702 Dublin Dublin St. Nicholas Within Elizabeth Samuel Belcher FC 1732 Down Saintfield James James Belcher/Mary MC 01 JUL 1827 Limerick Adare Jane Francis Belcher FC 24 FEB 1683 Dublin Dublin St. John Evangelist Jane Asbury James Belcher/Jane Walker FB 08 JAN 1838 Armagh Hamilton’s Bawn Jane Asbury James Belcher/Jane Walker FB 08 JAN 1838 Cavan Hamilton Jn Eliz Woods HM 07 JUL 1745 Limerick Limerick St. John John James Belcher/Sarah MC 08 JUL 1716 Dublin, Dublin Sts. Peter & Kevin John James Belcher/Mary MC 07 JUL 1830 Galway Amscrogh Mary Felix Belcher/Norry FC 30 MAR 1832 Cork Macroom Thomas Martha Burrows HM 1627 Cork Ross Thos Will Belcher/Jane MC 05 NOV 1738 Down Saintfield William Susana Smart HM 01 JAN 1647 Cork Cork Holy Trinity (XtChurch)
61 William Samuel Belcher/Jane MC 16 MAY 1737 Down Saintfield William William Belcher/Rose MC 30 AUG 1821 Down Downpatrick Bolsher Margaret Alexander Bolsher/Isabella FC 20 NOV 1836 Armagh English Parish Belchar Thomazin Ichabod Harding WM 1692 Cork Cloyne Parish Reason Elizab Sam Reason/Elioner FC 10 JAN 1670 Dublin Dublin Sts. Peter & Kevin Reasin William Anna Moyes HM 24 SEP 1670 Dublin Dublin St Michan None of the above persons or families have been found by me to have any connection with one another nor with James Belcher of Waterford. A family of Belchers did exist in Waterford and nearby Kilkenny, but no connection has been found yet. Belchers are not uncommon in Australia, and there appear to have been at least ten different families migrating, including our John Belcher. In 1975, there were at least 37 Belchers listed in the Melbourne Phone book, and only 3 are among John Belcher’s descendants; now in 1999, they total 72 with 5 from the family. The search Now how did I go about searching the history of our Belchers? Firstly, I had the following sources available: notes of my father, the family Bible, conversations with my mother and my Aunt Ada, and my father’s cousin Lucy Barker. Then I went to the basement of the newly opened Latrobe Library in Lonsdale Street where some of the archives were kept. There I found the Shipping Lists - original hard copy transcriptions with very limited indexes. As I was able to afford it, I began buying some Birth, Death or Marriage Certificates from the Registrar. In the late 1960s, I was receiving reports from Ireland from my youngest brother Bruce, now deceased, after he found John Belcher’s marriage certificate and the church at Colpe in Meath where he was married. This scotched the legend that his marriage was a mixed one, and the suggestion that there was a Reason involved in that generation. I would have to look further back to check those stories. Then more recently since I retired, I was searching the microfiche indexes and recently the CDs, and spending hours at the Victorian Archives office seeking wills, coroners reports, land settlement papers and state school records. And calling on the telephone to people with likely names,
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THE FAMILY OF JAMES BELCHER OF WATE
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Preface Neither a Genealogy nor a F
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A Belcher Time Line First Generatio
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Contents Preface A Belcher Time Lin
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Chapter 1 First generation 1792 - 1
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Figure 1.2: Map of Ireland in the 1
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5 family of Belcher’s in Waterfor
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Chapter 2 Second generation 1814 -
Page 17 and 18: 9 Trouble aboard The Courier The da
Page 19 and 20: 11 confine themselves for significa
Page 21 and 22: 13 At half past seven next morning,
Page 23 and 24: 15 Figure 2.2: Mary Anne’s daught
Page 25 and 26: 17 Figure 2.4: Eliza Joyce 160 John
Page 27 and 28: 19 respectively. John Joyce died on
Page 29 and 30: Chapter 3 Third generation 1850 - 1
Page 31 and 32: John Furlong is recorded on the Rat
Page 33 and 34: Figure 3.3: Mount Alexander, Vaugha
Page 35 and 36: 27 Figure 3.5: William Belcher and
Page 37 and 38: was then currently on a three year
Page 39 and 40: 31 Figure 3.6: “Rothesay”, the
Page 41 and 42: 33 Figure 3.8: Mary Wheatley née B
Page 43 and 44: Chapter 4 Fourth generation 1869 -
Page 45 and 46: 37 Figure 4.2: Fox family at North
Page 47 and 48: 39 brothers and sister Ada. He farm
Page 49 and 50: 41 Figure 4.5: Ada Clarice Belcher,
Page 51 and 52: Figure 4.6: Mary Alice “Allie”
Page 53 and 54: 45 England Catechism and attending
Page 55 and 56: 47 for him and his brother Jack who
Page 57 and 58: 49 Figure 4.8: William Fleming Belc
Page 59 and 60: 51 rooms of weatherboard constructi
Page 61 and 62: 53 Figure 4.9: John “Jack” Belc
Page 63 and 64: 55 Figure 4.10: Lucy Wheatley, daug
Page 65 and 66: Appendix A Search for a family The
Page 67: 59 So this collection of informatio
Page 71 and 72: Appendix B Registrar certificates D
Page 73 and 74: 65 Death certificate of John Belche
Page 75 and 76: Marriage certificate of John Belche
Page 77 and 78: 69 This Marriage was solemnized bet
Page 79 and 80: Appendix C The story of the flood T
Page 81 and 82: 73 the river. It was probably Belch
Page 83 and 84: Appendix D The coroner’s inquest
Page 85 and 86: 77 The Deponent on his oath said as
Page 87 and 88: Appendix E The Courier Passenger li
Page 89 and 90: Appendix F Obituaries Mrs. Ellen Be
Page 91 and 92: Appendix G Family Trees Figure G.1:
Page 93 and 94: Figure G.3: James Belcher and Mary
Page 95 and 96: Figure G.5: Thomas Floyd and Mary M
Page 101 and 102: Figure G.11: Thomas Floyd and Mary
Page 107 and 108: Figure G.17: James Warner and Anna
Page 109 and 110: Figure G.19: James Warner and Anna
Page 111 and 112: Figure G.21: John Ambrose and Sarah
Page 113 and 114: Figure G.23: Henry Floyd and Margar
Page 115 and 116: Figure G.25: John Furlong and Sarah
Page 117 and 118: Figure G.27: John Furlong and Sarah
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Figure G.29: William Belcher and El
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Figure G.31: William Belcher and El
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Figure G.33: Richard Wheatley and M
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Figure G.35: William Joyce and Ann
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Figure G.41: John Porta and Anne Jo
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Figure G.51: John Joyce and Emily W
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Figure G.53: Brian O’Reilly and M
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Figure G.55: George West and Mary J
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139 Figure G.57: George West and Ma
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Figure G.60: George Cupit and Alice
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143 Figure G.62: Charles Cupit and
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Appendix H Acknowledgements Many de
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Bibliography [1] Cannon, Michael,
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