Tag: Longford

Newman Williatt (1797-1832) & family

Post author By Ivan Badcock
Post date December 29, 2022
Categories In Family History, Tasmania, Williatt
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Amongst Longford’s early residents were Newman Williatt and his wife Eliza and one child, they moved there from Launceston, Tasmania around 1829. Newman Williatt and Eliza Towers married in Launceston on 29 July 1824. While living in Launceston, the birth of two children have been located, a girl, Janet Elizabeth, born on 1 October 1825 […]

Fires in the Bishopsbourne Area (1839 – 1982)

Post author By Ivan Badcock
Post date November 26, 2022
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1839 – Minette, Liffey River – Colonial Times, 13 August 1839 House and out-buildings burnt to the ground. Cause unknown. Loss near £500. 1852 – Ross ……. Little Hampton – Colonial Times, Fri. 7 May 1852 Burnt, a stack of hay containing 80 tons. The fire occurred on Sunday morning last between two and three […]

William Pritchard Weston (1804-1888)

Post author By Ivan Badcock
Post date April 18, 2022
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Settler Farmer, Churchman, Artist, Justice of the Peace, Anti-transportationist, Municipal Councillor and Tasmanian Premier. When William Pritchard Weston, the son of John Weston a surgeon of London, left England in 1823 aboard the “Adrian”, he was 19 years of age and was carrying a letter of recommendation from a friend at the Colonial Office, London […]

Lieutenant George Briscoe Skardon RN (1786-1850)

Post author By Ivan Badcock
Post date January 19, 2022
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Ship’s Officer RN, Settler Farmer, Magistrate, Justice of the Peace and Churchman. On the 10 April 1826, George Briscoe Skardon, at the age of 40 years, received a location of 2,000 acres at Norfolk Plains about five miles west from Longford, Tasmania and three miles east from the later township of Bishopsbourne, with the area […]

Harry Conrad Bean

Harry Conrad Bean passed to his reward on Tuesday, 24 June 2008 at the age of 94 Years. He had been a lay preacher in the Methodist and Uniting Churches for over 50 years and also conducted worship in local Baptist Churches. Harry’s name first appeared on the Longford Methodist preaching plan when he was […]

Longford Methodist Circuit(s)

Post author By Ivan Badcock
Post date October 24, 2021
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For 42 years there were two Methodist Circuits centred on Longford. The first was established by the Wesleyan Society in 1848 with the second by the Primitive Methodist Connextion, commencing in 1860. They would operate separately till joining together in 1902 forming the Methodist Church of Australasia. A further change occurred in 1976 with the […]

Bishopsbourne: William Webb & Family

Post author By Ivan Badcock
Post date September 5, 2021
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The family had a strong connection with Bishopsbourne and were involved with erecting buildings, the establishment and operating the Bush Inn hotel, farming and the postal service. The patriarch of the family was William Webb who was born on 20 December 1792 at Nether-Stowey, Somerset, England. He married Ann Maria Webber (1789-1860) on 30 June […]

Methodism at Longford – Beginnings

Post author By Ivan Badcock
Post date August 21, 2021
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One of our lectionary readings of recent times told of Jesus sending out seventy-two disciples to the towns and villages in Judea on mission. Their aim was to bring God’s Kingdom to the people of that region. A similar outreach commenced at Longford in the year 1834, when a small band of men and […]

Bishopsbourne – Chronology

Post author By Ivan Badcock
Post date August 14, 2021
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Bishopsbourne, Tasmania, as a named place, came into existence in 1844 when Bishop Francis Nixon, the first Church of England bishop in Van Diemen’s Land, purchased part of the Vron farm property from the William Gwillim Walker Estate. Bishop Nixon designated that the College being established be known as Christ’s College and the township Bishopsbourne. […]

Scrivener – Bishop – Brownrigg Families

Post author By Ivan Badcock
Post date June 5, 2021
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James “Simon” Scrivener (1815-1845) and Mary Ann Scrivener (nee Bishop) (1814-1907) and second husband, William Brownrigg (1811-1875) James Simon Scrivener, known as Simon, and Mary Ann Bishop were my g.g. grandparents they arrived together at Launceston, Tasmania on 6 March 1840. They departed London/Gravesend on 2 October 1839 with 60 passengers travelling aboard the 297-ton […]