Sophia Matilda Akers

Generation: 1

Sophia Matilda Akers was born 24 May 1850, Horton, Tasmania, Australia (daughter of Hiram Akers and Elizabeth Medwin); died 1915, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.

Notes:

Surname has also been spelt Acres and Accers.

Sophia married Henry Dean 1869, Victoria, Australia. Henry was born Rotterdam, The Nederlands; died Yes, date unknown . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Henry Dean & Sophia Akers

Children:

Henry Dean was born 1870, Sand, Tasmania, Australia; was christened 1870, Tarnagulla, Tasmania, Australia; died Aug 1870.
William Henry Dean was born 1871, Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia; died 1872, Victoria, Australia.
Herman Dean was born 1872, Kangaroo Flats, Victoria, Australia; died 1922, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Elizabeth Margaret Dean was born 1873, Kangaroo Flats, Victoria, Australia; died 1918, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Annie Dean was born 1875, Kangaroo Flats, Victoria, Australia.
Hiram Dean was born 1877, Kangaroo Flats, Victoria, Australia; died 1927, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Arthur Dean was born 1879, Kangaroo Flats, Victoria, Australia; died 1934, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Louisa Sophie Dean was born 1880, Tipperary Gully, Victoria, Australia; died 1969, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Eliza Dean was born 1884, Kangaroo Flats, Victoria, Australia; died 1884, Kangaroo Flats, Victoria, Australia.
Albert Dean was born 1884, Kangaroo Flats, Victoria, Australia; died 1884, Kangaroo Flats, Victoria, Australia.
Alida Mary Dean was born 1885, Kangaroo Flats, Victoria, Australia; died 1912, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Eliza Thomasine Dean was born 1888, Kangaroo Flats, Victoria, Australia; died 1969, Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia.
Edward John Dean was born Abt 1900; died 1970, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.

Generation: 2

Hiram Akers was born 31 Aug 1823, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom; was christened 12 Oct 1823, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom (son of Thomas Akers and Sofia); died 20 Jun 1911, Dunolly, Victoria, Australia; was buried Tarnagulla, Tasmania, Australia.

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Eye Colour: Hazel
Hair Colour: Brown
Height: 5 ft 2.5 inches

Notes:

Hiram Akers aged 20, shoemaker, was tried 30 June 1840 at Stafford Quarter Session for stealing trowsers. Embarked 25 May 1841, sailed 7 June and arrived at Hobart 4 Oct 1841.
The arrival date suggests the vessel is the David Clarke, a barque of 608 tons built at Calcutta 1817, with 307 convicts delivered after a voyage of 119 days from Plymouth
Hiram is described as 5 ft 2.5 inches tall, brown hair, hazel eyes, scars on each cheek. He received his Ticket of Leave 17 Nov 1846 and was discharged 30 Jan 1849. In 1843 he was in trouble for possessing tobacco.

Aged 17, tried in Staffordshire, England, imprissoned for 2 months (trial was 1 Jan 1839).

Aged 18, tried in Staffordshire, England, sentenced to transportation, 10 years (trial was 30 June 1840).

Birth:
Hiram Akers

Christened:
Hiram Akers

Hiram married Elizabeth Medwin 5 Jun 1849, St Paul's Church, Stanley, Tasmania, Australia. Elizabeth (daughter of William Medwin and Elizabeth Sarah Cook) was born 1831; died 1851, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth Medwin was born 1831 (daughter of William Medwin and Elizabeth Sarah Cook); died 1851, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Notes:

Hiram Akers aged 25 wed 5 June 1849 to Elizabeth Medwin aged 18, both made their marks, in the presence of Edwin Medwin and Mary Atkins at St Paul's Church, Stanley, Tasmania. Elizabeth was a daughter of William Medwin and Elizabeth Sarah Cock. On the same day Sarah Medwin aged 16 wed Robert Latimer 34 schoolmaster with John Medwin as witness. Elizabeth's death is recorded in Victoria 1851 #28482 aged 19, buried from Church of England, St Peters Melbourne

Children:

1. Sophia Matilda Akers was born 24 May 1850, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; died 1915, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.

Generation: 3

4. Thomas Akers died Yes, date unknown .
Thomas married Sofia 11 Jul 1809, Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England, United Kingdom. Sofia died Yes, date unknown . [Group Sheet]

Sofia died Yes, date unknown .

Children:

Joseph Akers was born Abt 1810; was christened 9 Sep 1810, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom.
Edward Akers was born Abt 1811; was christened 29 Sep 1811, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom.
Thomas Akers was born Abt 1813; was christened 7 Jun 1813, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom.
Herbert Akers was born Abt 1815; was christened 14 May 1815, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom.
Henry Akers was born Abt 1817; was christened 12 Jan 1817, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom.
Josiah Akers was born Abt 1818; was christened 25 Dec 1818, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom.
Caroline Akers was born Abt 1820; was christened 25 Dec 1820, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom.
2. Hiram Akers was born 31 Aug 1823, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom; was christened 12 Oct 1823, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom; died 20 Jun 1911, Dunolly, Victoria, Australia; was buried Tarnagulla, Tasmania, Australia.
Sofia Elizabeth Akers was born Abt 1825; was christened 7 Feb 1825, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom.
William Akers was born Abt 1826; was christened 12 Dec 1826, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom.
Arthur Akers was born Abt 1829; was christened 6 Apr 1829, Penkridge, Stafford, England, United Kingdom.

William Medwin was born 1798, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; died 26 Apr 1869, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.

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Emigration: 1841, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Notes:

Came to Launceston 1841 on the 'Ullswater' with their 8 children (mentioned in Launceston Advertiser (5/8/1841) and Cornwall Chronicle (7/8/1841)). William Medwin and his family were the first independent settlers in the Black River area.

From http://home.cogeco.ca/~jcosgrave/wycombe_barton.htm - Richard Barton married Sarah Medwin on 01 Dec, 1787, at High Wycombe

NOTE: Van Diemans Land - Part of NSW until 14 Jun 1825 renamed Tasmania 1 Jan 1856

BIOGRAPHY: From http://www.thecorys.com/sayer/d11052.htm - William (1798-1869) his wife Elizabeth Sarah (Cock) (1793-1868) and his eight children arrived at Wellington NZ from Wycombe, England on the Slains Castle in 1841. Conditions were not what they expected, so the Medwins boarded the Ullswater and arrived in Launceston later that year. The family settled on the east bank at Black River, where they farmed for many years. Their five sons, Edwin, John, Mathias, William and Thomas were all farmers as well, though Thomas later became a storekeeper in Church St. Stanley, in 1871. Thomas was born in 1837 in London and died in 1904. He had seventeen children; George, Mary, David, Charlotte, Rachel, Rachel, Herbert, Alice, Annie, Minnie, Lemuel, Arthur, Eliza, Thomas, Andrew, Philip and Leslie. Elizabeth Medwin must have been a resourceful woman: once when bushrangers Bradley and Connor called, planning revenge on William for having replaced Bradley services with the more reliable ones of a ticket-of-leave man, Elizabeth calmly tied up 60 pounds in her skirts, keeping 2 pounds visible. Since William was not at home, the bushrangers took food and the two pounds and went away, leaving the bulk of the family savings safe in Elizabeth's skirts. William, Elizabeth, their grandson Mathias and one of their daughters are buried at Stanley. This Mathias bought 310 acres of land from his grandfather, William, and settled with his Irish wife, Mary, and their ten children. One of their sons was named Luke. His property at Black River was called "Mayura" His wife Annie was well known for her bonnet and boots: on one occasion she walked from Flowerdale to Black River with a goose under one arm and a cow and a calf behind her. Luke andAnnie's son Allan had property at Mawbanna where he lived with his wife Mary Ellen "Mollie" and nine children. Mollie was born in Cork and after serving with the Womenï's Army in France during WWI, she came to Tasmania with her husband to take up farming at Mawbanna, where she helped the local bush nurse. During her lifetime she built no fewer than five houses. During the 1940's the family moved to Black River, where the property had been left to Allan by Luke. Mayura is now known as Gateforth. 150 people turned up to the Medwin Reunion held at Wynyard in 1987.

BIOGRAPHY: FROM: http://www.fairbrassfamily.com/new_zealand.htm - The family came to New Zealand aboard the "Slains Castle" ship. This was the 11th Immigration ship sent out by the New Zealand Company, and the first to arrive at Port Nicholson in 1841. It had left Gravesend on 14 September 1840, and reached port on 25 January 1841. It weighed 500 tons and carried 6 cabin and 218 steerage passengers. The captain reported the journey as follows: 'I am happy to inform you of the safe arrival here on the 25th inst. of the Slains Castle - all well - having only lost four infants under 12 months old and having 5 births.'

BIOGRAPHY: FROM: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/SlainsCastle.htm -
Slains CastleShip:Captain: James PetrieSurgeon Superintendent: J SheridanSailed Deal 18th September 1840 - arrived Port Nicholson 25th January 1841
Medwin William 37 Agricultural Labourer Elizabeth 45 Edwin 15 Agricultural Labourer John 13 Eliza 12 Mathias 9 Elizabeth 7 Sarah 5 Thomas 4 William 1

William married Elizabeth Sarah Cook 1824. Elizabeth was born 1793; died 30 Nov 1868, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Stanley, Tasmania, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth Sarah Cook was born 1793; died 30 Nov 1868, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.

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Emigration: 1841, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Notes:

POSSIBLY 'SARAH COOK' - born 1 Sep, 1793, Ravenstone, father William Cook, mother Martha?

BIOGRAPHY: Came to Launceston 1841 on the 'Ullswater' with their 8 children (mentioned in Launceston Advertiser (5/8/1841) and Cornwall Chronicle (7/8/1841)). Last name was noted as 'Cock' in some places, 'Cook' in others. From http://www.thecorys.com/sayer/d11052.htm - Elizabeth Medwin must have been a resourceful woman: once when bushrangers Bradley and Connor called, planning revenge on William for having replaced Bradley services with the more reliable ones of a ticket-of-leave man, Elizabeth calmly tied up 60 pounds in her skirts, keeping 2 pounds visible. Since William was not at home, the bushrangers took food and the two pounds and went away, leaving the bulk of the family savings safe in Elizabeth's skirts.

Children:

Edwin Medwin was born 1824; died 20 Dec 1895, Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.
John Cock Medwin was born 1832; was christened 2 Aug 1826, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; died 20 Aug 1911, Montumana, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Church of England Cemetery, Forest, Tasmania, Australia.
Eliza Medwin was born 1828; died 1882.
Matthias Medwin was born Abt 1831; died 15 Apr 1898, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.
3. Elizabeth Medwin was born 1831; died 1851, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Sarah Medwin was born Abt 1833.
Thomas Medwin was born 1837, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; died 14 Oct 1904, "Ninevah", Esplanade, West Devonport, Tasmania, Australia; was buried 15 Oct 1904, Don Cemetery, Tasmania, Australia.
William Medwin was born 1840.