Timeline -John Blencowe 1820
| Date | Event | Place | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1820 | Birth | Middleton Cheney | John Blencowe was born on about October 1820 in Lower Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire England, to Francis & Elizabeth Blencowe. Baptised 29 October 1820 |
| 2 Mar 1840 | Convicted | Northampton | Convicted |
| 25 May 1840 | Prisoner | Prison Hulk Ship, Gosport | Inside a Prison Hulk |
| 1841 | Convict Transportation | Ship Lord Lyndoch | One of 320 convicts transported on the Lord Lyndoch, 7 September 1840 Plymouth and arrived Hobart 5 February 1841. 1838 Voyage – Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; ” Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected …… An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival “ |
| 27 Oct 1841 | Granted conditional 18 months Probation | Work his probation as a baker for Mr. Thomas Archer at Woolmer’s Estate at Longford. | Mr Archer was known to have great compassion for convicts, not agreeing with the system of transportation, thus treating his workers well. |
| 9 Feb 1843 | Emigration of Elizabet Horner | Launceston, Tasmania | Elizabeth Horner born Pontefract Yorks died 1891 Bendigo Australia arrived Launceston on Elizabeth & Jane 9.2.1843. Elizabeth and two sisters arrived in Launceston on the same ship all were dom servant. She worked for Mr. Edward Dummeresque of Longford |
| 26 Sep 1846 | Marriage to Elizabeth Horner | Longford , Tasmania | |
| 9 Aug 1847 | Birth of son John Abraham | Longford Tas. | |
| 22 Feb 1849 | Birth of daughter Emma Elizabeth | Longford Tas. | |
| 16 May 1850 | Conditional Pardon | Transported on ship Shamrock | Ponterfact, Yorkshire had travelled to |
| 1851 | Birth of son Francis William | Portland, Victoria | |
| 1853 | Birth of daughter Mary Jane | Collingwood, Victoria | |
| 6 Jun 1854 | Birth of son Matthew Burnett | Richmond Victoria | |
| 1855 | Birth of son Francis William | Morabbin, Victoria | |
| 11 Jun 1857 | Birth of daughter | Morabbin, Victoria | |
| 1858 | Birth of daughter Annie Euphemina | Victoria | |
| 1860 | Birth of son James Henry Asworth | Brighton, Victoria | |
| 1862 | Birth of son Charles Edwin | Morabbin, Victoria | |
| 1865 | Birth of son Albert Ernest | Morabbin, Victoria | |
| 1867 | Birth of son Albert Edwin | Cheltenham, Victoria | |
| 1869 | Birth of son Arthur Watkin | Cheltenham, Victoria | |
| 22 Aug 1870 | Death of John Blencowe 1820 | Cheltenham Victoria | Buried at Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery, Victoria |
| 19 Jun 1889 | Death of Elizabeth Horner | Bendigo, Victoria |
Resources
- Research by Peter Hedgecock, Pauline Blencowe & Vera Lay. 2006
- British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database
- Ancestry member ‘Sailorbaz’ for imgeas of Tasmania
- Ancestry and BFA Database
- Contributed by Penny-Lyn Beale
on 9th July 2024 transportation on Conditional Pardon
A Legacy of Service to Australia
John and Elizabeth through their large family had many grandchildren that served Australia in the two world wars. They are shown in the table below, the three generation, and the named grandchildren. The grandchildren are linked in most cases to a page written in deatil about their lives and military service.
| Grandparents | Parents | Children | Military Period and Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIA 1 Sep 1918 The Somme, France | |||
John Abraham 1847 | 1942 New Guines | ||
Annie Christina Brown 1859 | 1915 Gallipoli | ||
| 1943 New Guinea | |||
John Blencowe 1820 | 1941 Gaza , Palestine | ||
Elizabeth Horner 1822 | |||
Francis William Blencowe 1855 | KIA 1916 Longueval, France | ||
Catherine Hogan - 1853 | |||
Albert Edwin Blencowe 1867 | 1942 Australia Based | ||
Ida Simkins Davies 1868 | 1939 North Africa, India and New Guinea | ||
Sarah Ann Blencowe 1857 | 1915 Egypt and France | ||
James Alexander Bodsworth 1854 | 1918 France and Belgium | ||
| 1918 Australia | |||
James Henry Ashworth Blencowe 1860 | 1916 Australia Based | ||
Katie Douglas Gallagher 1866 | |||