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4 Fourth generation 1869 - 1907 35 Louisa Harrop née Furlong and Edmund Harrop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Clarice Dora Fox née Furlong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Fred Belcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Ada Clarice Smith née Belcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Mary Alice “Allie” Williams née Belcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Harry Belcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 William Fleming Belcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 John “Jack” Belcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Lucy Barker née Wheatley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 A Search for a family 57 B Registrar certificates 63 C The story of the flood 71 D The coroner’s inquest on John Belcher 75 E The Courier 79 F Obituaries 81 G Family Trees 83 H Acknowledgements 145 Bibliography 147 viii
Chapter 1 First generation 1792 - 1813 In 1845, the great Potato Famine began in Ireland. In the following year outbreaks of potato blight (Phytophthera infestans) spread right across Ireland, almost completely destroying the potato harvest, depriving the majority of the population of their staple diet. The ease by which potatoes could be cultivated to yield a nutritious food had resulted in a considerable increase in the population of the country since introduction of the vegetable, and the 1841 census of Ireland showed an enumerated population of over eight million. And this was reckoned as 25% underestimation. See Figure 1.1. The effect of the famine was particularly great in the West of Ireland but the economy of the whole country was seriously affected. The British Government made some moves to assist in the situation, but help from England was minimal, the principal support of the starving people being Poor Law Rates levied largely on bankrupt Irish landlords. Although in 1847 the blight was less severe than during the previous year, 1848 was a repeat of 1846. With the realization by many of the population that to stay in Ireland was to court death by starvation and disease, emigration increased. Even in 1846, sixty eight thousand people were estimated to have left the country and many hundreds of thousands emigrated over the next few years. A map of Ireland from the early 1850’s, indicating the regions and towns associated with the Belcher family can be seen in Figure 1.2 and Figure 1.3. James Belcher and Mary Belcher née Quinn James Belcher was born in Waterford County, Ireland, possibly in the city of Waterford itself, about 1792. His age when he died in Melbourne on 22 April 1862 was given as 70 on his death certificate. See Appendix B - Registrar certificates. James became a cabinet-maker (Marriage certificate of his son, John Belcher and Eliza Fleming, Colpe, Meath, Ireland, 1 11 1847, and of his daughter Sarah and Charles Cupit in Melbourne in 1857)). At some time and place in Ireland, possibly at Mount Rath in County Laoise (Queen’s County), James married Mary Quinn. James had at least three daughters 1
Page 1 and 2: THE FAMILY OF JAMES BELCHER OF WATE
Page 3 and 4: Preface Neither a Genealogy nor a F
Page 5 and 6: A Belcher Time Line First Generatio
Page 7: Contents Preface A Belcher Time Lin
Page 11 and 12: Figure 1.2: Map of Ireland in the 1
Page 13 and 14: 5 family of Belcher’s in Waterfor
Page 15 and 16: 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
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Page 51 and 52: Figure 4.6: Mary Alice “Allie”
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51 rooms of weatherboard constructi
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53 Figure 4.9: John “Jack” Belc
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55 Figure 4.10: Lucy Wheatley, daug
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Appendix A Search for a family The
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59 So this collection of informatio
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61 William Samuel Belcher/Jane MC 1
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Appendix B Registrar certificates D
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65 Death certificate of John Belche
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Marriage certificate of John Belche
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69 This Marriage was solemnized bet
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Appendix C The story of the flood T
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73 the river. It was probably Belch
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Appendix D The coroner’s inquest
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77 The Deponent on his oath said as
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Appendix E The Courier Passenger li
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Appendix F Obituaries Mrs. Ellen Be
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Appendix G Family Trees Figure G.1:
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Figure G.3: James Belcher and Mary
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Figure G.5: Thomas Floyd and Mary M
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Figure G.11: Thomas Floyd and Mary
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Figure G.17: James Warner and Anna
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Figure G.19: James Warner and Anna
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Figure G.21: John Ambrose and Sarah
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Figure G.23: Henry Floyd and Margar
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Figure G.25: John Furlong and Sarah
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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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