Augustus William MEWBURN

1820 - 1894  (74 years)

• Name	Augustus William MEWBURN
  Born	25 Sep 1820	Finsbury, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	6 May 1821	Finsbury, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Freedom of City	6 Dec 1843	London, England   [2]
  Census2	1851	Islington, Middlesex, England   [3]
  Emigration	Abt Oct 1854	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [4]
  Occupation	goldsmith; jeweller
  Died	18 Oct 1894	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I3113	Mewburn
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry John MEWBURN,   b. 6 Nov 1795, Cripplegate, Middlesex, England ,   d. 19 May 1836, Kingsland, Middlesex, England  (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane RAMSEY,   b. 14 Jul 1798, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England ,   d. 16 Feb 1856, Islington, London, England  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	9 Nov 1815	Hackney, Middlesex, England   [7]
  Family ID	F1272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma FENSUM,   b. Abt 1822,   d. 12 Apr 1890, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Married	28 Jul 1860	Melbourne, Australia   [8]
  Children	1. Henry William MEWBURN,   b. 1862, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 26 Apr 1862, Surrey Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   2. Emma Jane MEWBURN,   b. 1864, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 3 Jul 1941, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Freedom of City - 6 Dec 1843 - London, England Census2 - 1851 - Islington, Middlesex, England Emigration - Abt Oct 1854 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Died - 18 Oct 1894 - Paddington, New South Wales, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Admitted to the Freedom of the City of London by the Company of Goldsmiths 06 December 1843. Living with sister Louisa and husband in 1851. Married at 275 George Street, Sydney (Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 21 August 1860). He left Sydney in April 1855 for the Turon Diggings according to the probate cas over his brother Joshua. A gold strike in 1852 had created a gold rush then. By Dec 1857 there had been no further word of Bill (Augustus William). Bill was back in Sydney and wrote to Barak in Oct 1859, having been travelling round the gold fields for four years. Another letter fromAugustus to Barak in Aug 1862. Barak in a speculative letter to Josh mentions brother William as having a son but then William recounts his death. Living at Wakatah House, Kiama, NSW in 1862, aiming to run the place as a boarding house - 17 rooms, but also selling watches and jewellery. Living at 14 Parramatta Old Road, Glebe/Forest Lodge in 1890. Death date from Deceased Estate Files (FindMyPast)

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Baptisms index (PR) England. Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.co Operations Inc; Location: Utah, USA; Date: 2012;;;;), 06 May 1821, Finsbury, London. Ref: batch C02069-3; system England-ODM; film 585440-2. "at Saint Luke Old Street Finsbury Augustus William Mewburn; born 25 Sep 1820 father: Henry John Mewburn mother: Jane" [S222] Freedom of the City, London, 1681-1925, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2010;;;;), 06 Dec 1843, London. "Born without the Liberty of the City, to wit at St Luke, Middx, viz Baldwin Street, City Road. Augustus William Mewburn Son of Henry John Mewburn Citizen and Goldsmith of London ... The Admission of the Father is entered in the Book marked with the letter E and bears Date the 5th day of February ... 1817. Wit:Barak Newburn [sic]; John Viney; Robert Wilchon; Charles Lewell; John Lewell; William Walker" [S136] Census returns. 1851. England, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2005;;;;), 30 Mar 1851, Islington, Middlesex. ED 27, Piece 1502; folio 131, page 40. "6 Rosemary Cottages Augustus W Mewburn, head, U, 30, journeyman silversmith, born Midx, London" [S61] Travel records. Australia. Collection: New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2007;;;;), 10 Oct 1854. Arrival Sydney from Melbourne aboard the London. "Steerage; Mr Mewburn" [S389] Deaths index (CR), Australia, New South Wales, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Government of New South Wales, Department of Justice; Location: Sydney, Australia;;;;), 1894, Paddington, NSW. Reg No. 10360. "Mewburn, Augustus W father: Henry J mother: Jane " [S397] Deaths index (CR) Australia. Collection: All Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2010;;;;), 1894, New South Wales. Reg: Paddington, NSW; No. 10360. "Mewburn, Augustus W, died 1894 father Henry J mother: Jane" [S301] Marriages (PR) England. Collection: Marriages and Banns, London, England, 1754-1921, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2010;;;;), 09 November 1815, Hackney, Page 173, No 518. "at St John, Hackney Henry John Mewburn of this Parish, Batchelor, and Janes Ramsey of this Parish, Spinster. Wit. William Ramsey; Elizabeth Kidman" [S374] Marriages index (CR) Australia. Collection: Marriage Index, 1788-1950, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2010;;;;), 1860, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Reg No 518. "Augustus William Mewburn spouse: Emma Fenson"