V Bawden Henry Goes to Moonta Australia
Henry Bawden, fifth child of Stephen and Elizabeth GILBERT/JELBERT BAWDEN, was b/ch 1 Apr 1821 in Redruth, Cornwall, UK.
He married Josepha / Josephine MATTHEWS in Catslock, Cornwall on 22 May 1852. Henry is a carpenter in Moonta, a necessary occupation for the mining communities and machinery. They had 5 children: three in Moonta, 1 in Walleroo, and another in Victoria Town in South Australia.
Both Henry and Josepha died in the Moonta area. No info about children or death info.
REFERENCES:
The Eldridge-Bawden Families: The Ancestors and Descendants of Duncan Campbell Eldridge and Stephen Bawden, Scott County, Iowa; author-compiler Alice Richardson Sloan, C.G. (dec 2011), commissioned by John Duvall 'Tim' Bawden (dec 1992), Bettendorf, IA, Anundsen Pub Co., 1986, 290 pps, no ISBN, no copyright, in the library of this writer.
Scant info about Henry and brother John. Most provided by Gene Angels.
There is no listing of Stephen and Elizabeth's children in this reference.