BROADSTOCK FAMILY TREE
The
information below has been discovered through hard work by
several of my distant relatives - THANK YOU!
(Charles) Len Broadstock,
Helen Bastable,
Shirley Haas,
Elizabeth Janson,
Christine Hobbs
I have added some information and tried to make
chronological sense of it all leading to my own family here
in Melbourne. There are many inconsistencies in the records
or because of the use of the same name in different
generations and branches of the family. If there are more
Broadstocks or relatives who have information to add to, or
clarify that given below, or if I have misinterpreted any
information please let me know.
I was surprised to discover that my great-great
grandfather, Joseph (father of George, father of Henry) was
a convict in Tasmania and an owner of several hotels in
Melbourne before starting the Broadstock line in South
Australia.
The earliest Broadstock was........
ROBERT
Broadstock,
of All Saints West Bromwich was born 3 November 1760
Married MARY ASHAL.
Four children:
1.
WILLIAM Christened
24 May 1761.
2. SUSANNA born 12 May 1766,
3. SARAH Christened15 May 1769
4. JOHN born 25 October 1772.
WILLIAM Broadstock
Married 7 Mar 1785 to
Rebecca Grice at
All Saints, West Bromwich, Stafford, England
Children:
George
Broadstock
GEORGE Christening:
9 Nov 1788 All Saints, West Bromwich, Staffordshire (Batch
No. C010242), d 1872
married (noted in September Quarter 1837)
JEMIMA
b 1792 d
1899 (Deaths
March quarter 1870 - Jemima Ann Broadstock age not given,
at Auckland Vol 10a page 126. The district of Auckland is
in the county of Co. Durham)
George Broadstock and Jemima’s children were christened at
All Saints, West Bromwich, Stafford, England. Her surname
does not appear in the 10 christening records.
Ten Children:
1. WILLIAM Broadstock
b1811; Christening: 19 May 1811; d June 1895 (V. 6b, Pg.
511),
Married
Sarah Richards
(b1813 according to marriage record) in September 1842 at
All Saints.
Christening
records are confused for Sarah: There is a christening
listed for a Sarah Richards at All Saints, West Bromwich,
Staffordshire on 19 Apr 1812 – but this cannot be the same
one if she was born 1813! Parents are James Richards and
Anne (maiden name not given).
ALSO a christening for a Sarah Richards, parents James and
Mary, listed at All Saints, West Bromwich, on 12 May 1816.
ALSO Sarah Richards christened All Saints, West Bromwich on
25 Apr 1819 to James and Anne. (Same as James and Anne? Did
the other Sarah b: 1812 die?)
Sarah
was blind when she died in December, 1895, age 76 (V. 6b,
Pg. 536).
Both William and Sarah Broadstock died in the Highfield
Work House in West Bromwich.
1861 census
RG9/2025 f85 p20+21 sch.107
Address: Moor Street, West Bromwich
William BROADSTOCK, hd, mar, 70, carter, bn West Bromwich
Sarah BROADSTOCK, wf, mar, (60/68?), bn West Bromwich
Jemima BROADSTOCK, dau, 18, nail carter at Iron Foundry, bn
West Bromwich
Humphrey BROADSTOCK, son, 9, bn West Bromwich
Joel BROADSTOCK, son, 7, bn West Bromwich
Joseph BROADSTOCK, son, 3, bn West Bromwich.
In
the 1881 census:
RG11/2044 f56 p3
Address: 26 Moor Street, West Bromwich
William BROADSTOCK, hd, mar, 70, carter, bn W.Bromwich
Sarah BROADSTOCK, wf, mar, 68, bn West Bromwich
RG11/2844
f56 p3
26, Moor Street, West Bromwich
Joseph BROADSTOCK, hd, mar, 24, mill furnace man (I), bn
West Bromwich
Annie BROADSTOCK, wf, mar, 19, bn West Bromwich
(Who are these two?)
2.
JOSEPH Brodstock
b. 04 May 1813 Christening: 12 Feb 1826 (see below)
3.
SARAH Brodstock
b. 08 May 1815 Christening: 12 Feb 1826
4.
REBECCA Brodstock
b. 25 Oct 1817 Christening: 12 Feb 1826
5.
GEORGE Brodstock
b.19 Jun 1820 Christening: 12 Feb 1826
6.
AMOS Brodstock
b.10 Dec 1823 Christening: 12 Feb 1826
7.
HUMPHREY Brodstock
b. 31 Dec 1825 (but 1861 census says he was only 9 - so
born 1852?) Christening: 12 Feb 1826
1881
census RG11/2843 f53 p46
Address: 9B, Bromford Lane, West Bromwich
Humphrey BROADSTOCK, hd, mar, 29, Bundler Iron works, bn
West Bromwich
Sarah BROADSTOCK, wf, mar, 28, bn West Bromwich
Sarah BROADSTOCK, dau, 7, bn West Bromwich
William BROADSTCOK, son, 5, bn West Bromwich
Isaac H BROADSTOCK, son, 3, bn West Browmich
Jemima BROADSTOCK, son, 7mth, bn West Bromwich
Also 1881 census
RG11/2842 f62 p50
Green Street, West Bromwich
Joel BROADSTOCK, hd, mar, 26, Bolter down at Iron Works, bn
Dudley Port
Prudence BROADSTOCK, wf, mar, 26, bn West Bromwich
(NOTE: Joel wasn’t born in West Bromwich?)
8. JEMIMA Broadstock
(her burial record says she was born in 1843 and the 1861
census confirms this as she was 18) Christening: 14 Oct
1827??
Married
John T. Olarenshaw in September 1837 and produced three
children: Jemima, Sarah (Shirley Haas' maternal
grandmother) and George. They migrated to the USA - John T.
Olarenshaw went to the USA in 1880. John T. Olarenshaw, son
of Will & Eliz Olarensahw, died in Cincinnati, Ohio on
May 17, 1908. There are four newspaper articles from the
Cincinnati Library on John T. No mention of Jemima because
the article was on John's death in 1908. He was the head of
the Plumb Street Rescue Mission; he became an evangelist
after 1880 and thereafter "saved souls".
Jemima Broadstock Olarenshaw and her three children (Jemima
[married Riddiford – their daughter, also called Jemima
married Basil Pollitt], Sarah [married Thomas William
Ashforth from Birmingham], George) migrated to the USA in
1891; John T. Olarenshaw went to the states in 1880 and
called for Jemima to come. Jemima, daughter of William.
& Sarah Broadstock, died in Cincinnati, Ohio on April
11, 1912.
9.
JOHN Broadstock
Christening: 24 Apr 1831 (note 1861 census mentions a JOEL
not John who was 7)
10. MATTHEW Broadstock
12 Feb 1833 Christening: 18 Aug 1833
JOSEPH
1813-83
He was
born 1813 to George & Jemima Broadstock, of West
Bromwich, Staffordshire. The family was recorded as 'living
on the Heath' or 'from the heath' or similar. Their
occupation was given as 'nailers'. I understand this to be
hand-making nails at home as a cottage industry (they
listed the family down to about 7 as having this
occupation).
In 1832 he came before the Stafford Assizes charged with
stealing and assault (amusingly, for some time, the
abbreviations were taken as 'stealing an ass'). He was
convicted and sentenced to 7 years transportation and was
transported on the Isabella;
its sailing was delayed for some weeks while an outbreak on
board of cholera cleared.
Convict Number 8188, Surname Broadstock, Given Name(s)
Joseph
Ship Name Isabella
(1)
Departure Port - Plymouth, Departure Date 28/07/1833,
Arrival Date 14/11/1833
Conduct Record CON31/5, Indent MM33/2, Description List,
Muster Roll, Other Records, Appropriation List CON27/6
On the Tasmanian record there are references to things like
'disobedience', 'dumb insolence' and 'neglect of orders',
and a sentence of 4 days treadmill, and that he was not to
be sent again to Sandy Bay because of bad connections made
there.
Joseph received his 'Ticket of Leave' on December 29, 1837
(announced in the Hobart Town Courier)
Joseph's transportation term expired on January 2, 1840
(announced in The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen’s Land
Gazette Jan 3, 1840)
http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8747618?searchTerm=Broadstock
MELBOURNE,
VICTORIA
Feb 1840
he is listed as being aboard the Joshua
Carol (a 60
ton schooner) going to Port Phillip. He does not appear in
the Convict records in Melbourne; he may well have had his
name removed, I don't believe he could have done and
achieved the things he did in later life if it were known
he was an ex-convict.
(Some different information - according to the Melbourne
Argus April 6, 1847 a Mr J Broadstock arrived in Melbourne
from Launceston on the brig, Skerne, on April 1. He
imported 49 bags of oats, 1 pig and 2 horses.
http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4761286?searchTerm=Elizabeth+Broadstock)
H. John Lewis in his "SALISBURY South Australia - A History
of Town and District" has him going "free" from SA to Port
Phillip in 1842. In 1843 he married an Elizabeth Moro? in
St James Cathedral.
There is only one entry in the Vic BDM's pre 1888, that
relates to Joseph. He married in 1843 in Melbourne (St
James) to an
Elizabeth Moss (The
printed records say Moss but the signature on the Marriage
certificate looks more like Moro), cert no 4760. His
marriage certificate was also filed in Sydney (no. v1843
796 27c C/E St James) as Victoria then still belonged to
NSW. He is an early arrival in the Port Phillip district.
No children to him are located, nor death for either he or
his wife pre-1888, nor marriages. Only one entry in the Vic
BDMs altogether. No other information in NSW or Tasmania
records.
In 1845/6 he was the owner of the 'British' Hotel in Queen
Street. In 1847 the Pt Phillip directory lists him as a
lodging house-keeper in Queen Street; and in another as
Lodging house keeper in Collingwood, Possibly he also had
the "Travelers Rest" in that area.
Joseph Broadstock was a publican in Melbourne in 1844
Source: newspaper titled: The Melbourne Courier. (J.Fawcett
collection) edition date: Saturday Sept 21st 1844.
"Court
of Petty Sessions. Saturday 14th Sept 1844. Removals:
Joseph Broadstock, of the Derwent Wine Vaults, Collingwood,
to the premises formerly known as the New Town Hotel. The
bench would inspect the premises between then and
Wednesday, but would make no promises. "
In Sept 1844 Broadstock was running the Derwent Wine Vaults
in Collingwood, and he was applying for a license for the
New Town Hotel.
The Index
To Publicans, ARGUS
Newspaper, by Marion Button, tells the following (the date
refers to the edition issue, and any of these references
might be for license renewals, transfers, cancellations
etc):
Joseph Broadstock,
Printers Arms. 27th Jan 1844
Derwent Wine Vaults New Town 7th May 1844
British Hotel. Queen St 26th Aug 1845
British Hotel. Queen St 10th April 1846, 7th July 1846,
16th July 1846
Travellers Rest, Collingwood 4 Nov 1846
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4760449?searchTerm=Broadstock)
The
Electoral Roll Index by
Marion Button (the date refers to the Argus newspaper
edition):
Joseph Broadstock Queen Street, Burk Ward 9th Sept 1845 -
25th June 1849
He resided from Sept 1845 - till at least 1849 in Queen
Street in Melbourne.
.
The 1847
Port Phillip Postal Directories (Mouritz)
tells that Joseph Broadstsock was a lodging house keeper,
in Queens Street (Melb City Central).
Mr J A Broadstock applies for a licence to 'de-pasture
stock, to strip bark and to cut timber on Crown Lands
during the month of June 1847' in Western Port.
http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4762059?searchTerm=Broadstock
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However......
According to The Melbourne Argus August 18, 1846, a 'Mr
Broadstock' left Melbourne on the steamer Shamrock on
August 14, 1846 bound for Launceston!
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4759867?searchTerm=Broadstock)
He arrives in Launceston on August 17 (announced in the
Colonial Times August 21, 1846)
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8759129?searchTerm=Broadstock)
He exports '1 case cigars'
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8759129?searchTerm=Broadstock)
More conflicting information:
Mr James Broadstock arrives in Melbourne on the brig, Swan,
on September 19, 1846 from Launceston. (WHO is James??)
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4760119?searchTerm=Broadstock)
also
J Broadstock arrives in Melbourne on March 15, 1848 on the
steam ship Juno. Was this James?
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4763511?searchTerm=Broadstock)
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SOUTH
AUSTRALIA
In 1848
Joseph surfaces in Adelaide marrying Mary Ann Hamly,
describing himself as a bachelor, and a cattleman.
Did he sell the British Hotel and put his money into cattle
and overlanded them to Adelaide?
Conflicting
Information? On April 24, 1860 a 'Mr Broadstock' arrives in
Adelaide from Melbourne on the steamer Havilah
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/1204612?)
If not Joseph (he was married in Adelaide in 1848), who is
this??
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What
happened to his wife, Elizabeth (Moss or Moro), is a
mystery.
(Thanks to Christine Hobbs for the following bit of
detective work!)
A 'Caution' notice in the Melbourne Argus February 23, 1847
says:
The public are hereby cautioned against giving credit to my
wife, Elizabeth Broadstock, she having left her home
without provocation. Public notice is also hereby given,
that any person receiving or detaining property
clandestinely removed by her from my premises, will be
prosecuted according to law. JOSEPH BROADSTOCK. Melbourne ,
23rd February, 1847.
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4761006?searchTerm=broadstock)
On November 6 1847, 'Mrs Broadstock' leaves Melbourne on
the cutter Mary for Port Fairy (via Warrnambool).
http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4762590?searchTerm=Elizabeth+Broadstock
A reference to Elizabeth Broadstock occurs in the The West
Australian July 13, 1886 - a Court Notice concerning an
altercation with Mrs Mews. Elizabeth is described as
'a
very respectable married woman'.
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3767095?searchTerm=Elizabeth+Broadstock)
September 7, 1886 James Broadstock puts a notice in the
West Australian:
Notice
is hereby given that after this date I will not be
responsible for any debts contracted by my wife. Dated at
Perth this 7th day of September 1886.
Was this
referring to Elizabeth also? But if so, why was she married
now to James??
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The Land Office records in Adelaide revealed over 250 land
and property transactions. Joseph become quiet notable in
the history of Salisbury, perhaps only second to John
Harvey. He was associated with numerous early hotels around
Adelaide and had built the Govenor Mcdonnel Hotel in
Salisbury; was the Chairman of the Yatala North Council,
and was involved in the establishment of schools, church
building committees and the like. He was certainly a "go
getter" with an eye to the best chance.
He owned or was licensee of a number of hotels, was
involved in a great many land deals, figured prominently in
the development of Salisbury, and was a J.P.
GENERAL
NEWSPAPER INFORMATION ABOUT JOSEPH
September 3, 1858 writes to the editor of the SA Advertiser
complaining of being mis-represented in a court case.
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/782964?searchTerm=Broadstock)
In 1858 he donates 10 pounds sterling to buidling fund of
St John's Anglican Church in Salisbury
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/781899?searchTerm=Broadstock)
October 14, 1858 reference to a Broadstock Bridge in
Salisbury
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/784349?searchTerm=Broadstock)
In 1859 he was Chairman of the Yatala District, SA (South
Australian Advertiser July 26, 1859)
March 22, 1859 he gives evidence in a robbery and is
described as a 'timber merchant'.
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/790641?searchTerm=Broadstock)
April 19, 20 & 21, 1859 advertises to sell a
'public-house' and 80 acres.
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/791723?searchTerm=Broadstock)
May 27, 1859 he is noted as a member of the Central Road
Board
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/793330?searchTerm=Broadstock)
October 11, 1859 he was raising money for the Admella
shipwreck and relief fund
February 14, 1860 he chairs a meeting to make nominations
for state parliament
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/1202262?searchTerm=Broadstock)
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JOSEPH Married
Mary Ann Hamly Feb 16,
1848
The details recorded on the marriage certificate are:
Marriages in the District of Adelaide 1848, No 1066.
Trinity Church February 16
‘Joseph
Broadstock age 34, cattleman batchelor
Mary Ann Hamly 18 spinster (note no e). Minister James
Farrell (or perhaps Farrett or Jarrett) Signed Joseph
Broadstock, & Mary Ann Hamly (X her mark) & signed
by Witnesses Nicholas Hamly & Elizabeth Hamly (X her
mark)’
TEN
Children:
1. Joseph Broadstock 1848
There is reference to Joseph in the Northern Territory gold
rush in September 1880
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3149921?searchTerm=Broadstock)
2.
GEORGE Broadstock 1853 (Twin)
3.
Amos Broadstock 1853 (Twin)
Amos' house at Minlaton was burned down in 1885
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/6064745?searchTerm=Broadstock)
4.
Jemima Broadstock b1855 died 1870 aged 15
5.
daughter ? 1857
6.
James Hurtle Broadstock 1858 - Oct 5 1907
aged 49
(wife was Rebecca Ann)
7.
William Humphrey Broadstock 1860
8.
Henry Broadstock 1862-11-01 - mother
called Susan Hamley
9.
Elizabeth Broadstock 1864 - 72
aged 8
10.
Mary Ann Rebecca Broadstock 1874-09-23
mother called Elizabeth Eaton Braynard
GEORGE
b 1853
Married 22 Oct 1876 to Hannah Nicks aged 20, daughter of
Philip Nicks, at St Clement Church Enfield (ref 107/470),
and lived at Para Plains, Salisbury, Willunga, Wallaroo
Mines then at Kadina. George was a ‘fencing contractor’.
TWELVE
Children:
1. Joseph George Philip 1877-03-06
2.
HENRY HAMLEY
1880-02-13 (or Hamily or Hamly)
3. Elsie Leonora 1881-06-28
4. Alfred 1882-12-09
5. Victor Hurtle 1885-06-30
6. Percival 1887-02-23
7. Amy 1888-12-12
8. Lionel 1890-10-16
Lionel
was working at Taylor's Shaft Mine at Wallaroo in
1910
9. Wilfred 1892-12-29
10. Daisy 1895-04-08
11. Liley 1897-09-26
12. Hubert 1899-09-26
HENRY HAMLEY 1880-02-13
d February 1964
Married (aged 28) on 29 July 1908 to
FLORENCE ELLA READ (b Nov 1882, d 1963) aged 25, daughter
of Nathaniel Read at the Methodist Church Victoria Sq
Kadina.
Henry
and Florence 1908
Seven children:
1.
Kenneth Harry — born
23/7/1899
Married Beryl Skelton - 4 children: Shirley, Trevor,
Malcolm and Brian.
2.
Jean Eleanor — born
18/6/1911
Married Thomas Henry Victor - 6 children: Lorraine,
Jillian, Doug, Ruth, Kevin and Ian.
3.
Ronald Frederick — born
8/9/1914 — bachelor — deceased 24/1/95
4.
Ernest Arthur — born
12/2/1917 — bachelor — deceased in an Adelaide Nursing
Home.
5.
Mervyn Jack — born
4/9/1918 — bachelor — deceased 1/11/1991
6.
CLEMENT HOWARD — born
11/7/1920 d 26/10/2007
Married
Valda Jean Sayers at
Golden Square, Bendigo on 13/4/1946 - 3 children:
Harvey James born
21/5/1948 in Hobart, Tasmania
Lynden
Howard born
22/3/1950 in Adelaide, South Australia
Brenton
Thomas born
12/12/1952 in Melbourne, Victoria
7.
Ella Joan — born
5/10/1925 — spinster — deceased 1970 in Adelaide, South
Australia
Harvey
James
Married
Chieko Matsubayashi; 2 children: Marek, Keenan
Lynden Howard
Married
Rosemary. 3 children: Daniel, Bethany, Timothy
Brenton Thomas
Married
Dianne Judith Skinner August 1978. 3 children: Matthew
Brent 13/10/82; Taryn Shay 22/2/85; Callan Mark 20/10/88
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Other info:
(not sure where these fit in!)
on April 14, 1915 at Murray Street, North Gawler SA, a
daughter, Laurel Mavis, was born to Mr and Mrs
H J Broadstock
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5459104?searchTerm=Elizabeth+Broadstock)
Ernest
Broadstock died
March 18, 1940 - his wife was Irene, children Mabel,
Muriel, Elsie and John
(http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1091153?zoomLevel=1)
Elsie
Winifred Broadstock passed
her nurses exam on June 19, 1936