Richard POLKINGHORNE
(1780-1814)
Grace DUNN
(1786-1861)
Honor POLKINHORNE
(1806-1884)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Thomas TREMELLING of Copperhouse

2. James SPECKMAN

Honor POLKINHORNE

  • Born: 1806, Phillack, Cornwall
  • Christened: 28 Dec 1806, Phillack, Cornwall 2
  • Married (1): 24 May 1828, Phillack, Cornwall 1
  • Married (2): 27 Jul 1852, Hobart, Tasmania
  • Died: 21 Mar 1884, Meredith, Victoria, Australia 3
  • Buried: Meredith Cemetery, Meredith, Golden Plains, Victoria, Australia 4

   Another name for Honor was Honor POLKINGHORNE.

   Research Notes:

In 1841, Honor Tremellen, aged about 30, farm servant, was living with Edward Lanyon, surgeon, and family in Town, Camborne.

"Honor was convicted on Dec. 30, 1846 in Penzance, Cornwall. Her crime was larceny by a servant. She was sentenced to seven years.

In 1848, Honor traveled aboard the Tory with 169 other female convicts. The ship departed from London, England on Apr. 30 and arrived in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia on Aug. 6." 4

   Marriage Information:

Honor married Thomas TREMELLING of Copperhouse, son of Humphrey TREMELLIN and Ann SIMONS, on 24 May 1828 in Phillack, Cornwall 1. (Thomas TREMELLING of Copperhouse was born in 1805 in Phillack, Cornwall, christened on 7 Apr 1805 in Phillack, Cornwall 2 and was buried on 21 Aug 1836 in Phillack, Cornwall 5.)

   Marriage Notes:

Thomas Tremelling of this Parish and Honor Polkinhorne of this Parish

Married by Banns

Witnesses: Richard Polkinghorne, John Murley

   Marriage Information:

Honor also married James SPECKMAN on 27 Jul 1852 in Hobart, Tasmania. (James SPECKMAN was born in 1814 in West Thurrock, Essex, England and died in 1884.)

Sources


1 Phillack Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 107, no. 320.

2 Phillack Parish Register Transcripts.

3 Indexes for historical Victorian Births/Marriages/Deaths (Australia), 1884/05551.

4 FindAGrave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101791079.

5 Phillack Parish Registers, Burials, p. 133, no. 1063.


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