Townsend and Gilby Connection
Rob Cannon
December 2015
Rob Cannon
December 2015
We had an interesting email from Rob Cannon in Western Victoria, Australia, which opened up information about Jane Townsend's article on Henry Townsend:
I'm descended from Henry's sister Elizabeth. The Why so many Gilbys? question posed by Jane Townsend in the October 2015 issue is easily answered - well it is now, though it took me some time to get there. Henry Townend's grandparents were Simon Townsend (from Bremhill) and Susannah Gilby (from Layston, Hertfordshire).
My last research on Townsends and Gilbys was in 2008, so I'm a bit rusty on some details. You have to appreciate most of my work is based on record hunting though I was lucky enough to obtain some very useful information from other people researching the same family. The details I've found about Henry's sibling's dates of death are:
Henry Townsend 1809 -1889 died in New Zealand
John Townsend 1811 - 1849 died in Bath
Susanna Gilby - 1813
Simon Townsend 1814 - 1886 died in Box
Amelia Townsend 1816 - 1836 died in Corsham
Matilda Townsend 1818 - 1889 died in West Melbourne
Frederick Townsend 1821 - after 1861, maybe 1875 in Bath
Thirza Gilby 1823 - married Thomas Sharp in 1855; died 1908 in Bristol
Abraham Townsend 1825 - 1843 died in Wellington, Somerset possibly killed on the railway
Elizabeth Townsend 1827 - 1884 died in Melbourne
Henrietta Townsend 1829 - 1911 died in Buchanan, USA
The usual caveats apply to anything deduced without good documents and I would love to hear of any further information that might arise.
I'm descended from Henry's sister Elizabeth. The Why so many Gilbys? question posed by Jane Townsend in the October 2015 issue is easily answered - well it is now, though it took me some time to get there. Henry Townend's grandparents were Simon Townsend (from Bremhill) and Susannah Gilby (from Layston, Hertfordshire).
My last research on Townsends and Gilbys was in 2008, so I'm a bit rusty on some details. You have to appreciate most of my work is based on record hunting though I was lucky enough to obtain some very useful information from other people researching the same family. The details I've found about Henry's sibling's dates of death are:
Henry Townsend 1809 -1889 died in New Zealand
John Townsend 1811 - 1849 died in Bath
Susanna Gilby - 1813
Simon Townsend 1814 - 1886 died in Box
Amelia Townsend 1816 - 1836 died in Corsham
Matilda Townsend 1818 - 1889 died in West Melbourne
Frederick Townsend 1821 - after 1861, maybe 1875 in Bath
Thirza Gilby 1823 - married Thomas Sharp in 1855; died 1908 in Bristol
Abraham Townsend 1825 - 1843 died in Wellington, Somerset possibly killed on the railway
Elizabeth Townsend 1827 - 1884 died in Melbourne
Henrietta Townsend 1829 - 1911 died in Buchanan, USA
The usual caveats apply to anything deduced without good documents and I would love to hear of any further information that might arise.
