Martha "Hannah" MILLINER

1838 - 1894  (55 years)

• Name	Martha "Hannah" MILLINER
  Birth	22 May 1838	Melksham, Wiltshire   [1, 2]
  		Martha MILLINER - Birth Certificate
  Gender	Female
  Residence	Abt 1840-bef 1851	Jamaica, West Indies
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Old Broughton Road, Melksham, Wiltshire   [2]
  	Age: 12
  	Listed as "Martha"
  		1851: Old Broughton Road, Melksham
  Census	1861	1 Promenade, Clifton, Bristol
  	House Servant in home of James GIBBS, solicitor
  	Age: 25
  	Listed as "Hannah".
  Event	23 Sep 1862  [3]
  	Member of Bethesda Baptist Chapel, Bristol
  Occupation	23 Sep 1862	1 Victoria Square, Clifton, Bristol   [3]
  	Parlour Maid in household of James GIBBS (who was listed here in the 1871 census, and was Registrar for the County City of Bristol)
  		1 Victoria Square, Clifton, Bristol
  Immigration	28 Jun 1865	Sydney, NSW, Australia
  	Arrived on Assisted Passage aboard "Trebolgan" from Liverpool
  	Age: 26
  	A pencil sketch of "Trebolgan" from July 1865 exists in the following album: Title: Blacket family - pencil sketches and watercolours, 1863-1875, 1891 Date of Work: 1863-1875, 1891 Type of Material: Graphic Materials Call Number: PXE 925 Box 3
  Residence	1865-1879	Bathurst Registration District, NSW, Australia
  	Assumption based on birth registrations of children.
  Residence	1885	Sydney, NSW, Australia?
  	Guessed because children married in Sydney from this date.
  Residence	1886-1887	4 Vine Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW
  Residence	1888-1890	52 Shepherd Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW
  Residence	1891-1893	49 Alma Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW
  Residence	1894	72 Ivy Street, Redfern, NSW
  	Probable: This is John URCH's address in an 1895 directory.
  		50-something Vine Street 2009 - Number 72 appears to have been replaced by more recent buildings.
  Death	28 Feb 1894	Darlington Road, Darlington, NSW, Australia
  Burial	02 Mar 1894	Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood, NSW, Australia
  	Section BBB, Grave No. 2381
  Person ID	I85	Gadd
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2011

  
  

  Father	James T MILLINER,   b. 1803, Melksham, Wiltshire d. 05 Nov 1884, 7 Kenilworth Terrace/Earlsmead Terrace, Bristol (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Mary BANKS,   b. Abt 1802, Melksham, Wiltshire d. 21 Feb 1876, The City, Bath Road, Melksham, Wiltshire (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1821	Melksham, Wiltshire   [4]
  Event	24 Nov 1841	Sherborne Journal (quoted in Freeman's Journal)
  	"On Thursday last about thirty individuals of the labouring population left Melksham, as emigrants to the island of Jamaica, whither several had gone before, who are doing well. They are employed on the coffee plantations on the hills."
  Notes	September 1868 H J Milliner, aged 50, Preacher, took ship from Kingston Jamaica to New York. Might this be one James's sons, with incorrect age and initials?! The Baptists in Jamaica established, in 1843, the "Calabar Theological College" for the training of Ministers for the local ministry and also as missionaries to Africa and the Caribbean. The Baptist work in the Cameroons, West Africa, was started by the Baptists of Jamaica in 1846. In 1849, some of the Baptist Churches in Jamaica came together to form the Jamaica Baptist Union. The Baptist Churches had seven years before declared their independence of the Baptist Missionary Society.
  Photos		Map of Jamaica in 1886
  Documents		Baptist Missionary Herald 1861 - Letter from Rev George MILLINER
  Histories » Slide Show		MILLINER Orphan Papers "Jas. Milliner Senr, member of Baptist Church Melksham, with wife, 3 sons, & 3 daughters, were sent to Jamaica as Agricultural laborers about 1840 where they remained several years, but in consequence of sickness & misfortune, all returned to England, except the 3 sons, James, George, & John." Although slavery had nominally been abolished in Jamaica in 1834, it continued under the "Apprenticeship System" until August 1838. This led inevitably to a shortage of labour in Jamaica, which the MILLINERs were sent to alleviate.
  		Jamaican Immigration 1840-1841 Agricultural labourers were brought to Jamaica from Great Britain and elsewhere to alleviate the labour shortage.
  		Collapse of the Jamaican Sugar economy "Sickness and misfortune" were cited by George MILLINER (see MILLINER Orphan Papers) as the reason for the return to England of the parents and daughters of the family. The summary of these parliamentary papers suggests that the misfortune may have related to general economic collapse, and also makes reference to the alleged incitement of the Black population by Baptist ministers.
  		Papers relating to immigration to Jamaica The MILLINERs were probably brought to Jamaica under the "Bounty scheme": planters were paid a bounty for finding and employing labourers (some from England) and paying for their passage.
  		The MILLINER Story as told by Harold GADD
  		The MILLINER Story as told by Herbert MILLINER The story was passed down through James's daughters to Harold GADD, and through his sons to Herbert MILLINER. Compare and contrast!
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John URCH,   b. 1843, Kewstoke, Somerset d. 01 Jun 1927, Rockdale Registration District, NSW, Australia (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Q1 1864	Kensington Reg'n District
  Children	1. Minnie (Amelia) URCH,   b. Q4 1864, Kensington Reg'n District, Middlesex d. 1935, Bathurst Registration District, NSW, Australia (Age 71 years) + 2. Hannah Maria URCH,   b. 1866, Bathurst Registration District, NSW, Australia d. 1944, Rockdale Registration District, NSW, Australia (Age 78 years) + 3. Caroline URCH,   b. 1868, Mount Pleasant (Evans Plains), near Bathurst, NSW, Australia d. 06 Nov 1953, Hurstville Registration District, NSW, Australia (Age 85 years) + 4. Willie Edwin URCH,   b. 1870, Bathurst Registration District, NSW, Australia d. 1951, Rockdale Registration District, NSW, Australia (Age 81 years) + 5. Henry Francis "Frank" URCH,   b. 1872, Bathurst Registration District, NSW, Australia d. 1939, Bankstown Registration District, NSW, Australia (Age 67 years)   6. Mary Ellen URCH,   b. 1873, Bathurst Registration District, NSW, Australia + 7. Sarah Everes URCH,   b. 1875, Bathurst Registration District, NSW, Australia d. 1952, Hurstville Registration District, NSW, Australia (Age 77 years) + 8. Ethel Rosalind URCH,   b. 1879, Bathurst Registration District, NSW, Australia d. 1947, Rockdale Registration District, NSW, Australia (Age 68 years)
  Documents		Immigration Record, Sydney 1865 Hannah (26) and John (22) arrived by Assisted Passage in Sydney, Australia in 1865 aboard "Trebolgan" with their infant daughter Minnie. [NSW State Records, Assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney, 1860-79] Hannah's brother George Milner [sic] is given as a relation in the colony, living at Naragundah [=Narrabundah?]. George MILLINER was probably still in Jamaica throughout the 1860s, so it is more likely that the intended relation was George URCH. Hannah's parents are mistakenly given the names of the parents of the previous woman listed.
  Family ID	F373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2009

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] St. Catherine's House Register. [S46] 1851 Census, (30 March 1851). [S430] MILLINER Orphan Papers. [S271] Witnessed by T. Hedges (friend?) & Caleb Angel (regular witness).