An overview of my Pascoe
History
Little is known of
my
“presumed” early Ascendants prior to James Pascoe b: 1786 in Wendron, Cornwall, England.
James Pascoe is
confirmed as my Great,
Great, Great Grandfather. He was born in
Wendron, Cornwall and later moved to Sinns Croft, where he died of
pulmonary
consumption 14 January 1857 .
Along the way he
married
Alice Williams in Gwennap, Cornwall, England in1813.
He and Alice reared
7
children born between 1814 & 1832.
The earlier children were born at St Austell then St Agnes and
Redruth
respectively.
How he spent his
time in the
27 years before his marriage is unknown. It
is known through a Census, 31 Mar 1851 in Redruth Cornwall, his
occupation
was a Copper
Miner. He resided at Senins (Sinns)
Croft, Treleigh, Redruth, Cornwall, and his death
certificate also stated that he was a copper miner.
His
son Martin Prist Pascoe
(my Great, Great
Grandfather) was born at St Agnes, Cornwall, England in 1823.
He married Sarah (Sally) Kinsman in 1841 at Redruth,
Cornwall, England. They
had 13 children between 1842 &
1984. The first 4 were born around
Redruth, (Sinns Croft, Forge and ?? Redruth).
Followed by 7 being born at St Agnes, the last 2 again were born
at
Sinns Croft
and
Redruth.
In the Census
31-Mar-1851
Martin, Married, Head of the household, a 30 year old copper
miner. He,
Sarah &
children Elizabeth Jane, Joseph James, Martin, Mary Ann & Louisa
resided
at Wheal Rose, Mount Hawke, St Agnes, he said he was born in St. Agnes.
At the time of his
fathers
death (1857) Martin resided at Wheal Charles, St Agnes.
It appears that he then returned to Sinns
Croft some time before his daughter Sarah’s birth 23 December 1861. It
is
possible that he returned to reside with his widowed mother. She
passed
30 January 1866, 8 months before martin left
England.
Martin aged 45
& his
eldest son Joseph James sailed on the ship "Kent" on 27 Oct 1866 from Plymouth, England, a journey
estimated to take 140 days, arriving in Melbourne 13
Jan 1867. It would appear that they were checking
opportunities before sending for the rest of the family who arrived the
following year.
Martin and the
older boys
tried their luck on the Ballarat and Creswick gold fields before
turning to
farming in the Murchison and Boho areas (I believe he settled in
Warrenbayne
near Violet Town, Victoria). Some
time after, Martin and Sarah with
sons, Martin and William, moved to Chiltern and then to Rutherglen
where they
remained until their deaths.
My Great
Grandfather, Joseph
James Pascoe was born 1845 Redruth, Cornwall, England. He
married Mary Hocking 1872, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
During the 31 Mar
1851 Census
of Wheal Rose, Mount Hawke, Saint Agnes Parish, Joseph was recorded as
a 7 year
old, Son. It was recorded he was born in Redruth.
Joseph
Pascoe, a Miner, age 21 departed Plymouth, England on 27 October 1866 on the Ship "Kent" bound for Melbourne, Australia, with his father
Martin Prist Pascoe, a journey estimated to take 140 days, arriving in Melbourne 13
January 1867.
It appears that
Joseph may
have spent some time (7 years or so) on the Ballarat and Creswick gold
fields
after his arrival from Cornwall with his
father. He may have also met his future
wife whilst working the fields, or was she on one of the vessels that
he with
his father, or the one his mother travelled to Australia on. They
were married approx 4.5 years after his
arrival in Australia.
He was obviously
living in
Creswick in 1874 when Joseph Henry his first child was born. And then in Rochester, Victoria in 1877.
after that who knows, except that Shepparton
was the birth place of his 4th child Thomas Francis in 1881.
He was listed as a
farmer at
Kialla East 1880/81 a location near Shepparton.
Joseph’s sister Mary
Ann
Pascoe, my Great Grandmother was born 1846, St Agnes, Cornwall, England. She
married Lorence Johnson 1873, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
During the 31 Mar 1851 Census of Wheal Rose, Mount Hawke, Saint Agnes
Parish, Mary Ann was recorded as a 3 year old daughter.
It was recorded she was born in St. Agnes.
Mary A. Pascoe, age
17
departed Plymouth, England on 29 November 1867 with her mother on the Ship
"Southern Ocean" bound for Melbourne, Australia, a journey
estimated to take 140 days. She arrived in
Melbourne March 1868.
Mary and Lorence
sired 9
children between 1873 – 1891. Daughter
Sarah Jane's
b:1873 indicated that Martin Prist and his siblings were still around
the gold
fields as she was born in Creswick. Alice b:1875 was born
close by at Mt Prospect (12.3 km’s away) dying the same year. Elizabeth b:1876 in Kingston also reflects a
Creswick tie just under 8 Km’s away. In
the year 1878 William Martin was born near Shepparton at Kialla West
12.5 Km’s
away, and Richard John b:1880 at Shepparton.
The remaining siblings were born at Violet Town.
Mary Ann’s
daughter,
Elizabeth
Johnson married her first cousin Martin William Pascoe as did Mary Ann
(Emma)
Johnson by marrying William James Pascoe.
Martin William and William James are also first cousins.
“Martin William Pascoe
had two sets of parents. Joseph
James Pascoe and Mary Hocking, as well as Mary Ann Pascoe and Lorence
Johnson. Joseph James and Mary Ann Pascoe
were brother
and sister. My Grandfather Martin
William Pascoe was the son of Joseph James Pascoe and Mary Hocking. My Grandmother Elizabeth Johnson was the
daughter of Mary Ann Pascoe and Lorence Johnson.
This resulted in me having two sets of Grandparents. I
hope this explanation will clarify any
confusion”.
My Grandfather
Martin William
Pascoe married
a 1st cousin Elizabeth Johnson 1899. They had
6 children between 1900 and 1920.
As a fettler with
the
Victorian Railways, Martin & his family lived in various locations
in
northern Victoria from Rutherglen, Violet Town, Chiltern and
back to Violet Town.
Martin died on or
very
shortly after his date of retirement.
My Father, William Joseph Pascoe
married Eunice
Lillian Clarke 1939. My sister and I
were born several years later. October
1948 for myself and nearly 18 months later my sister.
Whilst trying to recall family stories about
my fathers life I feel inadequate. I do
know that he was a boot maker by trade, he worked on the railways and
also
picked or processed tobacco at Gunbower, Victoria. I was
conceived in Gunbower and born in the Echuca Hospital. From my very
early days he worked as a process worker at ICI, making Vinex and later
when the
company changed hands to Nylex, he continued to make the same product
under a
different name. After he retired he
loved to read Western’s and was a little reclusive.
My sister Lorraine moved
into the family home to help with caring for my
mother. After her passing he had the
freedom to travel and stayed with the wife of his deceased army friend
in Berrigan, New South Wales. His own
illness forced him to again live with my sister until he passed.
Malcolm John Pascoe
was born in the Echuca hospital with parents living in Gunbower, Victoria.
He moved to Melbourne before the age of
18 months. This was necessary because of a congenital bone condition
(Osteogenesis Imperfecta) rarely known in rural Victoria. Once
in Melbourne the family moved
several times - Coburg, Werribee, again Coburg, Port Melbourne,
Flemington, and Footscray.
He married Dorothy Joan
Paroisene Abt. 1969 in Port Melbourne, Victoria,
whilst living in Footscray
and once again moved several times. He was
finally divorced when son Steven was around 3+ and shortly afterward
acquired
the custody of his 2 children.
Much of the family
holidays and long weekends were spent in Violet Town and
Strathmerton. In Violet Town the family spent
all of the time at "Uncle Joe" (Joseph Footter) & "Aunty Laura's"
(Lavinia Evelyn (Laura) Pascoe) his father’s sister.
His parents and rellies would often stay up playing
cards after the children were put to sleep.
As
he got older, yabbying in
"Wilson’s Dam" was a
favourite past-time, and then later, rabbiting in the hills with cousin
Kevin
Charles Footer (son of Elizabeth Joan Footter & Unknown Byrne out
of
wedlock). These years were very fulfilling along with the stays
at the
Morris's
dairy farm at Strathmerton.
He
started an apprenticeship
when he was 16 as an industrial engraver, later to diversify into
chemical
engraving. He also developed skills in woodwork, electronics and
became
known
as a computer guru in the Buchan area where he lived at the time.
He
moved to Violet Town in 1993 after he
gave up work, and went on a disability allowance. This move came about
when
Kevin's then wife Patricia Dunn?? passed away. Kevin wanted to
keep the
home that
he and Pat had bought, so he rented the home from Kevin until a
rekindled
relationship
between Kevin and his first girlfriend, Kevin then moved back in
himself.
This
was a time of change,
where once Kevin and he were once seen as brothers, Kevin's new
relationship
(later marriage) put stresses between them that were still alive at the
time of
Kevin's death in 2003.
Education:
Yooralla School for Crippled
Children - to year 8, Engraving apprenticeship with O & H Fleishman
-
general and industrial engraving.
Work:
Engraving, Chemical
Engraving. Later a volunteer for community groups and Online
Access
Centre in Tasmania from April 2005
where he now lives.
Interests:
Reiki (Reiki
Master), Reading, Philosophy,
Electronics, Computers, Psychology, Art & Music, Plays Didge,
Graphic Art,
Metaphysics-New Age Philosophy, Astrology.