New Flight Information

Royal Square St Helier,  an extract from the Ouless Album on file BFA

We have some exciting new research results to share today.
For the last few months I have been looking to clarify the information transcribed from the Bartley headstone Plot 180 at Green St Cemetery, Jersey. This work was done for us in the late 1980s by CIFHS volunteers. They did a marvellous job with what was then operating as a postal request service. The headstone was very weathered on the seaward side even then and no photograph was supplied. All the same, some valuable information was collected.
In places the volunteers had to make educated guesses. In particular the entries for Judith Caplain and Ann Flight were obscure. I am happy to say we can now clear up some of the confusion and add to our family story.

Anne Flight is recorded as wife of William Bartley, which she was. They married on 22 April 1797 at St Peter Port, Guernsey. What happened next goes a long way to explaining that confusing headstone. William Bartley died some time between 1801 and 1806. This was war time and it is likely he was involved in some way. His death record has not yet been found.

Widowed Anne remarried in 1806 to Nicolas Le Cappelain. We now know their daughter Judith Nancy Le Cappelain is the lady also mentioned in the transcript. Her name is anglicised to Caplain.
It took some time to find Judith’s marriage. Her husband was not a Bartley, as the transcribers had guessed. Judith married one Robert BAKER, who was from St Austell, Cornwall.
Judith was not found in the 1841 census of the Channel Islands and nor was Robert. We are not certain where she was living before her death in December 1845. She was buried with her mother and step family so it is possible she was herself widowed by this time.

That is not the end of the story concerning Anne Flight though. We had her date of death from the transcription which suggested that she had died in St Helier. That seemed likely but I could find no trace of her in the burial records of any Jersey parish. I had no luck finding her testament or probate in British or Jersey courts. Where was she? In desperation I widened my search to include court reports of all kinds held at Jersey Archives. There I found something astonishing.

 In September 1836 one John Hemmett was prosecuted for the mistreatment of his wife Ann Flight. The documents concerning the prosecution are not publicly available, so I am not able to publish the scan supplied. We can, however, paraphrase from my amateur translation:
On the night of 24 to 25 August 1836 Hemmett returned home late. His wife was asleep in bed but he attacked her ‘with violent force’. During the attack her jaw was broken and other injuries sustained. A neighbour raised the alarm and he was arrested by the constable. It is likely that this incident was a culmination of a repeating pattern, as guilt was admitted on appearance at court on September 3.

The outcome was a separation.  In essence the Court ordered Hemmett to surrender his wife’s possessions in the presence of a constable, to pay a financial compensation and to leave her alone. The financial and legal ramifications of any failure to observe the terms of this non-molestation order were clearly delineated. (Ref JA D/Y/G1/10/274)
Anne died 2 years after this incident. A return to the burial records of St Helier found her entry, the expected 5 days after the death date recorded at the cemetery. Given the circumstances it is no wonder her son Robert saw to it that she was interred at their family plot under his father’s name.

Here is a summary of our information about Anne and Judith:
Anne FLIGHT born 13 Jan 1775 child of Thomas FLIGHT and Anne ROBERT, was baptised at town church St Peter Port Guernsey, Channel Islands on 15 January 1775. (ref. IGI B7133719 50. Film sighted 11/97). She died 17 December 1838 aged 63 and was buried 22 December 1838 at Green St Cemetery St Helier. (Ref Parish Record Index 22 Dec 1838 Ann Hemmett – original not sighted).
At age 22 Anne married William BARTLEY, son of John of St Austell, Cornwall (IGI 7132323). William died before 1806.  There were two sons Robert John (1798) and William James (1801). It is possible there was also a daughter Betsy born about 1804.
Anne married Nicholas LE CAPPELAIN (CAPLAIN) when she was 31, 0n 23 April 1806 at St Peter Port. (IGI index only sighted 2010.) Their daughter Judith Nancy Le Cappelain was born about 1807 at St Peter Port, Guernsey. Judith married Robert BAKER at the town church in St Helier, Jersey. (Parish record index states ‘Capelain’. Robert was from St Austell.
Judith died on 19 December 1845 and was interred in the Bartley plot 180, Green St Cemetery.

Some time before 1836 Anne married John HEMMETT. They separated in September 1836.

Edward Bartley

Edward Bartley and Elizabeth Hannken in 

New Zealand

Edward was born on the 23rd of February 1839 and baptised at St Helier on the 17th of March.

He was the tenth child of Robert BARTLEY and Betsy BENEST.

At the time of the 1851 census Edward was a student living at home, aged 12. From about the age of 13 he worked in the building trade with his Father and his eldest  brother Robert. He left Jersey at the age of 15, travelling as part of the family of Robert and Esther Bartley.

Once in New Zealand, Edward worked first as a builder’s labourer and later with contractor Mr E.I.Matthews. In February 1859 he married Elizabeth HANNKEN. She was a daughter of the  German settler Frederick Hannken and his wife Eliza OTTO (nee NICOLLE). The young couple lived first in Union Street Auckland, on part of the Hannken property. They later moved to the The Strand, North Shore at Devonport.

Early Map showing the parishes on the North Shore

In the 1870’s Edward gradually shifted from building and cabinetmaking into architecture. 

During his long career Edward served as architect to the Anglican Church, the Auckland Savings Bank and the Auckland Hospital & Charitable Aid Board. By the time he was asked to supervise the construction of Saint Matthew's in the City in 1901, he had already designed more than 20 churches for various denominations. Today, his most familiar designs are his Jewish Synagogue, Princes Street; Saint John's, Ponsonby; ASB, Queen Street; and the Blind Institute Building in Parnell. All of these surviving buildings are designated Category One by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

 Edward’s wife Elizabeth was born in Sydney, Australia in October 1838 and came to New

Zealand in 1840 with her mother. The family settled first in the Coromandel, later moving to Auckland. She probably met Edward through the Auckland Choral Society. They were both amongst the foundation members in 1856.

Elizabeth died in December 1921 and was buried with Edward, and their sons Claude and Percy,  at the O’Neill’s Point Cemetery, North Shore.

Children of Edward Bartley and Elizabeth Hannken

Arthur Edward  (1859- 1940)

Frederick Adolphous (1862- 1899)

Alfred Martin (186?- 1929)

Matilda Louisa  (1867-1868)

Emily Bertha  (1869-1944)

Harold Edgar (1871- 1872)

Mabel Theresa  (1872-1873)

Albert Ernest  (1873- 1940)

May Elizabeth  (1875- 1951)

Eva Rosine  (1877- 1954)

Percival Leonard  (1878- 1908)

Amy Zealandia  (1879- 1880)

Claude Victor  (1881- 1919)

The Bartley Home in Victoria Rd Devonport

For those interested in more detail on Edward's career, his biography has been published: 
M.W.Bartley, Colonial Architect, The Career of Edward Bartley 1839 - 1919, Wellington, 2006 ISBN 1877391727. 
It is now out of print but we do intend to post excerpts on this blog in the future. If you are researching or have a particular building you are interested in please do email or post a comment to let us know how we can help you.

Jane Bartley and Charles Hamon

Jane Bartley marries Charles Hamon

Jane Bartley was the second child of Robert BARTLEY and Betsy BENEST. She was born 25 March 1823 and baptised at the St Helier Parish Church on 6 April of that year. Both she and her elder sister Harriet married around the same time, to men who were in business together as drapers – William Vonberg and Charles Hamon. There is also a connection to Wesleyan Methodism here in that both William and Charles were active in church affairs at the same time as Robert Bartley.

Charles Hamon was born in October 1821. His parents were Charles Hamon and Susanna HUBERT. Together  Jane and Charles raised a large family and built the drapery business into a very successful enterprise. The business was retained in the family until its closure in 1996.

Photo taken about 1994 of the Hamon Drapery, donated by Hamon family researchers

There were thirteen children in the Hamon family.They lived first at Devonshire Place, St Helier,later moving to a large house called Dulce Dominum at 61 Colomberie. This house is now the Norfolk Hotel.

Jane, Charles and family (Donated by Hamon Family)

Hamon descendants on Jersey still have the portraits of Jane and  Charles (Donated by Hamon Family)

Memorial Card for Jane's death

After Jane’s death in 1882 Charles Hamon remarried,  to Mary Ann EDDY. The eldest daughter of William Eddy and Mary HALL, Mary Ann was born in St Helier in 1833. She worked as an assistant in the drapery and had been godmother to Earnest QUEREE, Jane's nephew in 1865. She also  predeceased Charles, dying on 23 April 1899.

Charles died in 1901 and his son Charles William took over the business.

Jane is buried in the Hamon family plot, in the Methodist section of the Almorah Cemetery, Jersey.

Children of Jane Bartley & Charles Hamon

Maria Jane (1846)

Charles William ( March 1847)

Lydia (1848- 1875)

Wesley ( Feb 1851)

Arthur ( Dec 1851)

Martha ( Jan 1853)

James (1854)

Louisa  (1855)

Matilda  (Oct 1857)

Alice (Jan 1859)

Ada ( Sept 1861)

Jessie  (1863)

Martin  (1865-1900)

Lydia Hamon

Matilda Hamon

Jessie Hamon

Martin Hamon (donated by Hamon Family)

This image has been tentatively identified as Wesley Hamon. Can  any researchers help with confirmation of this?

1871 Census return for Hamon family

The New Zealand Connection

Jane’s youngest son Martin came to New Zealand about the same time as his cousin Earnest Queree, possibly in 1881. He settled in Auckland, near his extended family.

By 1883 he was employed as a clerk with the New Zealand Graphic. He later worked in the advertising department of The Star. Martin also was a talented artist. 

Images of Martin's New Zealand Diarama. (Donated by the Hamon Family)

Martin married Emily FISHER. She was born in 1868 in Auckland, a sister to his cousin Clement Bartley’s wife. 

Extract Auckland Star 21 November 1890, page 4

Emily Fisher

The Bride's Visiting Card

Emily and Martin had two children: Martin Charles and Emily Avis. 

Martin died suddenly of an influenza type illness on 20 September 1900. He was 36 years old.

This notice appeared in the Auckland Star 9 Oct 1900

In July 1901 Emily died as a result of her struggle with Bright’s disease. In those days sufferers of kidney complaints like this lived as dependent invalids and she had not been well since the birth of her daughter. Their children were put into foster care. 

Extract Auckland Star 10 July 1901

The Grave of Emily and Martin Hamon. Purewa, Auckland Block D Row 31 Plot 35

Eliza Bartley in Australia

Today we look at the sixth child of Robert Bartley & Betsy Benest- Eliza Bartley. Much of this is fairly recent research so I have included what is known so far about her children and grandchildren.

Eliza Bartley in Australia

Eliza was born in 1830 and baptised at the Town Church St Helier on the 12th of March 1830. She married Charles HAWLEY about 1847 at St Helier. Although this marriage has not yet been found, we do have a record of the baptism of their first child Eliza at St Helier. Eliza Hawley was born 23 August 1847.

Sometime between 1848 and 1851 the Hawley family left the Channel Islands. In 1853 they are found settled on the Victorian goldfields where their son Henry Charles was born in that year. Charles (1854-55) Edward (1855) and Matilda (1857) followed. Amelia Virginia was born at Port Sorrell Tasmania in 1860, perhaps while travelling, as the family continued to live at Cherton, Forest Creek, Castlemaine and farmed there.

Matilda Hawley

Edward Hawley

Charles Hawley died in Victoria in 1862. Eliza remarried, to Robert WAITE in 1870. They had a daughter Mary Ann. Robert Waite died 7 January 1883 at Faraday.  Eliza married for a third time to Joseph WATERWORTH. 

On 21 February 1889 Eliza died on the family property at Guildford. In her will she appointed her son Edward guardian of Mary Ann and left provision for the expenses of her care until her marriage. Edward had married Elizabeth TEAGUE in 1878, the same year that his sister Matilda had married Joseph BEAVER. Joseph Waterworth died 4 November 1892.

Pioneers in Western Australia

Eliza Hawley, Grandaughter of Robert Bartley & Betsy Benest married John TUCKEY in Victoria in 1864 The couple joined that pioneer family at Mandurah, Western Australia shortly afterward.

Eliza Hawley

The Tuckey Connection

In 1829 John TUCKEY senior signed an agreement to be part of Thomas PEEL’s plans for a settlement on the Swan River in Western Australia. John was an indentured servant to Thomas Peel. He was a widower and travelled with his son James and his daughter Charlotte.

He arrived near Freemantle in May 1830 on the Rockingham which had been hired and set sail in January 1830. They were hit by a storm while disembarking and although there were no casualties most of their property was lost. Unlike many others John Tuckey travelled on with Peel to Mandurah.

John was given a property to farm and settled in 1831 about two miles north of the Murray River. He applied to leave Peel’s service in 1833 and then took up 50 acres of Peel’s land grant. By 1836 he was one of four European men in the Mandurah district, one of whom was T EACOTT who married John’s daughter Charlotte in 1839. His son James married Mary Anne Esther (her surname is not yet known). This couple would have four children – John Jnr, Charles, Matilda and Helen.

In 1852 John Tuckey sold twenty acres of land and left for Victoria with his family. He returned to Mandurah in 1859.

John Tuckey Senior with two of his grandsons

John TUCKEY Junior married Eliza HAWLEY in 1864 in Victoria. When they moved back to Mandurah they lived in the small cottage next to the Brighton Hotel. Eliza had some medical experience and was often called on by the community. She also became the unofficial school teacher, receiving a yearly allowance from the community for teaching local children.

 With his brother Charles, John concentrated on farming at first. In the 1870’s the brothers went to the North West to join the pearl fishing there. They had two boats and employed locals as divers.

After four or five seasons they returned to Mandurah where they invested in new businesses – C. Tuckey and Co Preserving Works at Peel Inlet was one of these. They erected a two-storey fish cannery on the eastern foreshore opposite the Brighton Hotel.

In 1880 John left Mandurah in a new seafaring enterprise with a Fremantle merchant. He purchased a vessel and began a trade run between Singapore and Japan. Charles meanwhile ran the cannery very successfully. (Tuckey canned fruit and fish won medals at the Perth International Exhibition in 1881; the Colonial Exhibition in 1886 and the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition in 1898.)

In 1883 John returned to pearling, working out of Derby on his own behalf. In 1884 he worked with Tuckey and Co delivering goods between Mandurah and Freemantle. His interests in Singapore continued meanwhile.

In 1890 their sons Stephen and William were drowned when their boat capsized around Rockingham. One of their other sons had been lost in the same area only a year or so before.

John became  well known amongst Singapore shipping connections. He eventually relinquished his partnership in Tuckey and Co and settled in Singapore. He also travelled to England, Scotland and Borneo.   Eliza and one of her sons  joined him in in Singapore during the 1890s. John died at sea about 1901, after which Eliza returned to Western Australia. She settled in Peppermint Grove and died in 1907.

 Interesting photos of the cannery and early Mandurah can be found on the Mandurah Council site at:

http://www.bouvardcruises.com.au/bouvardcruises/Photo_Gallery-Mandurahs_Heritage_Photo_Album.htm

Known Children of John TUCKEY and Eliza HAWLEY

1.      Evangaline Ada – 1865 (reg#8536WABDM)

2.      Charles John – 1867 (reg#10125WABDM) Married Sara Jane GREEN – Children Mildred Edith Tuckey 1891; William George Green abt 1893. Charles died at sea 1893

3.      Edward James Foster – 1870 (reg#12051WABDM) Married Lucy GREEN children Eva Matilda Tuckey 1891; Verna May Tuckey 1893; Stephen Hawley Tuckey 1895-1899; Harold Edward John Tuckey 1900

4.      Stephen Ernest – 1872 (reg#13819WABDM)

5.      Ernest William Bartley – 1876 (reg#17698WABDM)Died at sea 1890 (reg#53WABDM)

6.      Bertha Amelia Grace – 1883 (reg#24613WABDM)

7.      Hilda May – 1886 (reg#28380WABDM) Died as an infant 1886 (reg#13740)

8.      Ida May – 1888 (reg#840WABDM)

for more information on this family see http://www.mandurahcommunitymuseum.org/downloads/Tuckey_pdf(2).pdf

Robert Bartley and Betsy Benest

The Family of Robert BARTLEY & Betsy BENEST

Robert BARTLEY born 18 Oct 1798 St Peter Port, Guernsey

( Parish record transcript town church St Peter Port) 

died 9 April 1857, Union Court St Helier Jersey (Family Bible; Death Cert; Plot 180 Green St Cemetery, St Helier)

m. Elizabeth BENEST 1 July 1822 St Helier Jersey ( Parish record St Helier Parish Church ) she died 24 March 1856 ( Family Bible Trans; Parish record St Helier Parish; Plot 180 Green St Cemetery, St Helier). She born 27 December 1801, Jersey (unverified)

The West of England Inusrance Company Register ref l/A/20 Jersey archives dated 19 July 1823-31 12 1829 notes the UNION COTTAGES and the firm of BARTLEY & GUILLE Builders

In the census of 1841 the Bartley family are living at 9 Union St and the Guille family next door at 11 Union St.

West of England Insurance Co Fire Policy for 4 April 1842-12 May 1845 mentions only

Robert John BARTLEY and Union St, no mention of Bartley & Guille. 1851 census also shows them living at 6 Union Court with neighbours Dennis family, John Hubert and Wm Savage

(sourced with Jersey Archives assistance, unverified)

Robert John BARTLEY

Death Certificate Robert John BARTLEY

1841 Census entry Robert John BARTLEY

1851 Census entry Robert John BARTLEY

Harriett BARTLEY b 16 June 1823 St Helier

( Family Bible Trans; Parish record St Helier Parish Church) bapt 29 June 1823; sponsors Mr & Mrs POPE; Judith CAPLAIN

married William Chadwick VONBERG abt 1844 (unverified, not found St Helier parish)

she died 12 Aug 1846 ( parish record St Helier Parish Church; Family Bible Trans)

Buried 12 Aug 1846 from parish of St Helier to Vonberg plot St Saviour .

William Chadwick VONBERG b 22 July 1823 St Helier ( St Helier Parish record)

Died 1889 Somerset England ( PRO Index March Quarter Deaths Vol 5c 335)

Marchand Draper res St Helier 1851 census

Served as an apprentice with Charles HAMON ( later husb of Jane BARTLEY)

Jane BARTLEY b 25 Mar 1825 St Helier, bapt 6 April 1825

(source Family Bible Trans. No entry found parish records St Helier parish.) 

Died 10 June 1882 at 61 Colomberie, St Helier. Buried Almorah Cemetery, St Helier Hamon Plot

(Source memorial card on file and Family Bible Trans. parish record Parish of St Helier). 

Married about 1844 Charles HAMON in St Helier. (Entry not found parish of St Helier.)

1851 census index ref 31 687 30

Charles HAMON b Oct 1821 St Helier, Jsy 

( Not found St Helier parish records)

Died 1901 (will Judicial Greffe probate granted 30 June 1902 D/Y/A/61/58)

Occupation Draper. Hamon Drapery operated in the family until 1995.

1871 Census entry Charles HAMON

Robert BARTLEY b 22 Oct 1826 St Helier Jsy. Bapt 3 Nov 1826

Sponsors David and Sophie FOOTE

(Source Family Bible Trans; parish record Parish of St Helier)

Census 1851 res 20 James St St Helier, builder –transcript on file

Emmigration to Auckland, New Zealand arrived 13 Oct 1854 on SS Joseph Fletcher.

Source Southern Cross; Entries to Ports of Auckland card index Auckland Public Libraries)

Married Esther KERBY 24 April 1848 St Lawrence, Jersey.

(Source parish reg of St Lawrence

Died 4 Sept 1913 Clarence St Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.

(Death cert sighted.)

Buried O’Neils Point cemetery, North Shore, Auckland,New Zealand

(Gravestone sighted and photographed on file.)

Robert BARTLEY

1851 Census Entry Robert BARTLEY

Gravestone Robert & Esther BARTLEY

Memorial Card Robert BARTLEY

Ann BARTLEY b 10 Oct 1828  St Helier baptised at home at birth and at St Helier on 11 Oct 1828  (Source parish record St Helier Parish)

Died 12 Oct 1828, buried 14 Oct 1828 

(parish record St Helier Parish; family bible transcription; buried Plot 180 Green St Cemetery, St Helier.

Elizabeth BARTLEY b twin to Ann. 

(Baptism not found St Helier. Burial not found St Helier, Plot 180 Green St Cemetery, St Helier.)

Eliza BARTLEY b 26 Feb 1830 St Helier, baptised 12 March 1830 St Helier

(Source Family Bible trans, parish record St Helier parish)

Married Charles HAWLEY 1 June 1847 on Jersey 

(Source Family Bible trans ( illegible place name) not found parish of St Helier)

1858 to Victoria on SS MERMAID State of Victoria Archives-Victoria Inward Passenger List

married Robert WAITE 1870 (BDM Reg 1527 1870)

married Joseph WATERWOTH, 1888, Victoria Australia. 

(Unverified, Family Bible trans)

Died 21 Feb 1889 Guildford, Victoria Australia

(Source Family Bible Trans, unverified)

William BARTLEY b 12 Oct 1832 St Helier Jsy, bapt 28 Oct 1832

Sponsors Father & Mother

(Source parish record Parish of St Helier, Family Bible Trans)

Died 19 July 1836 St Helier Jsy. Buried 20 July 1836, Green St Cemetery, St Helier.

(Family Bible Trans;parish record Parish of St Helier; headstone Green St Cemetery plot 180). 

Louisa BARTLEY b 22 Feb 1835 St Helier, bapt 15 March 1835 

Sponsors Father and Mother (parish entry St Helier Parish; Family Bible Trans)

1881 res Dolce Domum St Helier, Hamon residence (RG 11 5611/63 p 19)

Died 7 July 1884 Grosvenor Villa, St Helier 

(Source memorial card on file, Fam Bible Trans, death entry parish record St Helier Parish

Louisa BARTLEY

Memorial Card Louisa BARTLEY

Julia BARTLEY b 23 April 1837 St Helier, bapt 4 June 1837

Sponsors Father and Sarah HAMILTON

(Source parish entry parish of St Helier; Family Bible Trans)

Died 3 Feb 1850 St Helier.

(Source death cert sighted Nov 1997, Family Bible Trans; Headstone Plot 180 Green St Cemetery; 

Edward BARTLEY b 23 Feb 1839 baptised 17 March 1839 St Helier.

Sponsors Father and Mary Anne WILLIS

(Source parish entry Parish of St Helier; Fam Bible Trans)

1854 to Auckland on SS Joseph Fletcher with family of brother Robert

died 28 May 1919 Victoria Rd Devonport Auckland. 

(Source parish entry Parish of Holy Trinity, Devonport, Auckland. Death cert sighted Fol # 20564.)

Buried 29 May 1919, O’Neill’s Point Cemetery, North Shore, Auckland 

(Source headstone sighted and photographed ref NZSG Cem Rec B02.09)

m Elizabeth HANNKEN 16 Feb 1859 Auckland 

(Source NZBDM Folio ref 59/124)

Edward BARTLEY

Amelia BARTLEY b 17 July 1841 St Helier. Bapt 10 Oct 1841 St Helier

(Source parish record Parish of St Helier; Family Bible Trans.)

married abt 1862 John QUEREE (unverified)

Emmigration - arrived 16 May 1883 Auckland NZ by SS WESTMEATH

Died Auckland NZ 9 Aug 1903, buried 10 Aug 1903 Purewa cemetery, Auckland

(Grave stone sighted; Fam Bible Trans)

Memorial Card Amelia QUEREE (nee BARTLEY)

Gravestone Amelia QUEREE (nee BARTLEY)

Alfred BARTLEY b 17 July 1844 bapt 10 April 1844 St Helier 

(no entry found parish of St Helier)

Died 15 August 1866 at 61 Colomberie, St Helier Hamon residence. Occupation draper. 

 Buried Plot 180 Green St Cemetery. 

(Source parish record Parish of St Helier. Death cert sighted 11/97,Family Bible Trans; Gravestone sighted)