Searching for a Catherine Morgan who migrated to Australia and married a John Weatherstone in 1837. Death certificate states she came from Devon and was born c 1812 .Information gratefully received
Re: Morgan family
Posted by Judith on 17/6/2018, 1:17 pm, in reply to "Morgan family"
Have you looked on National Archives site? Shows will of John Weatherstone a framer, 1847possible grandfather of your John, and a PARDON for a John Weatherstone in 1835 Nat archives ref CRIM1/582/2 IN 1835, which would be before he married. A Richard Weatherstone was acquitted of something in 1820 (possible brother? as one of John and Catherine's children named Richard. Parents of John could be Anthony and Elizabeth of Windrush, 1810 or Edward and Margaret also of Windrush glos.
Re: Morgan family
Posted by Judith on 17/6/2018, 1:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Morgan family"
John Weatherstone was Farmer, nor framer. Possible grand parents to Catherine,are William and Catherine Elizabeth Morgan, who had a son William Hatswell Morgan in 1783. Given that daughters could be named after grandmothers/great grandmothers. Family search site put in Morgan, no results for Catherine.
Re: Morgan family
Posted by Judith on 17/6/2018, 11:36 am, in reply to "Morgan family"
if you look on Trove site trovenla.gov.au there is a mention of them, with a link to first families John Weatherstone came from Gloucester, a convict farmer/shepherd arrived 1830, he died 1883 was of Goongons N.S.W but I expect you know that.
Re: Morgan family
Posted by John Avery on 16/6/2018, 9:51 am, in reply to "Morgan family"
With between 400/500 parishes in Devon it would need a lot of searching to establish a baptism and then further searches for non conformist chapels. Some but not all have been transcribed and lists may be available but if you discover more Catherine Morgan names your search becomes very difficult.The IGI Family Search has about 60% of Devon parishes, you could start there.
Re: Morgan family
Posted by Chris on 16/6/2018, 3:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Morgan family"
I assume she married in Australia, what details are given for her parents on her marriage.
Have you searched Trove for any details of her death as many death announcements in newspapers give details of where a person originated from. Also worth looking for her arrival in Australia, any ships lists all which might show more detail as to where she came from in Devon.
I think you need to do an extensive search of Australian records to see if you can find more details for her, especially where she originated from and her parents or siblings if they emigrated as well.
Even if a baptism is found for a Catherine Morgan in one of the many Devon Parishes without more detail it would be impossible to substantiate that record being for your Catherine's baptism.
You could try searching all Devon Parishes for a Catherine Morgan around 1812 remembering that a child is often not baptised shortly after birth. You could then work through any possible baptisms found and eliminate some of them by tracing that person's life.
Most Devon Parish Registers are available on Findmypast, not all have been indexed but all can be browsed. There are also 52 Parish Registers in the Members' Area of DFHS website, not on Findmypast, available to Members only and are not indexed yet. There are a few parishes where the incumbent did not give permission for their registers to be filmed so these will not be available anywhere online but might be available in BT's on FamilySearch. Again not all Devon BT's have been indexed on FamilySearch.
Have you looked at public trees on Ancestry to see if anyone else is researching Catherine who might have additional information about her that they are willing to share with you. Always check any information you find in a tree on Ancestry as details are not always correct or corroborated with documentation.
