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John Charles PELL

John Charles PELL

Male 1830 - 1906  (~ 75 years)    Has 6 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name John Charles PELL  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth Oct 1830  Arrington, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Immigration: Arr. 27 Jul 1850  Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Per "Sophia" 
    Death Record 1906  Irwin, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    #11 
    Occupation Sheep Farmer 
    Burial 1906  Cemetery, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Anglican
    Death 11 Aug 1906  Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Siblings
    1. George PELL,   b. UNKNOWN   d. DECEASED
     
    Siblings 1 brother 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    William PELL,   b. UNKNOWN   d. DECEASED  (Grandfather) 
    Susannah NORTH,   b. Abt 1777, Arrington, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1834, Croydon cum Clopton, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I1074  MyBradyTree
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2024 

    Father Ancestors William PELL,   b. 1806, Papworth, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1887, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Ancestors Frances HAGGAR,   b. Abt 1806, Croydon cum Clopton, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1881, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Family ID F679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ancestors Esther BRIGHT,   b. 21 Feb 1830, Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1905, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1849  Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Reference: 331/CE149/01/35/1
      District: Cambridge
    Children 
    +1. George PELL,   b. 15 Nov 1850, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1893, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
    â–» Elizabeth BROWN  m. 26 Nov 1884
    +2. Sarah Ann PELL,   b. 10 Jan 1852, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1924, Popanyinning, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    â–» William John NAIRN  m. 28 Oct 1873
    +3. Esther Jane PELL,   b. 17 Apr 1853, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1936, Darlington, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    â–» John CRIDDLE  m. 28 Aug 1878
    +4. Frances Anna PELL,   b. 17 Jun 1855, Newcastle, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1905, Midland, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    â–» George COUSINS  m. 29 Mar 1876
    +5. John PELL,   b. 21 Nov 1856, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1884, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
    â–» Agnes MCMEEKIN  m. 1882
    +6. Emma PELL,   b. 21 Jan 1859, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1944, Nabawa, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    â–» James CRIDDLE  m. 21 Dec 1881
    +7. Mary Ann PELL,   b. 13 Jan 1861, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1943, Nabawa, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    â–» George DOWNES  m. 16 Apr 1884
     8. William PELL,   b. 21 Apr 1862, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1942, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     9. Lousia PELL,   b. 11 Aug 1864, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1865, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +10. Eliza PELL,   b. 11 Aug 1865, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1959, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    â–» Charles OSBORNE  m. 1895
    +11. Louisa PELL,   b. 16 Mar 1868, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1938, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    â–» Henry James CRIDDLE  m. 23 Apr 1889
     12. Robert PELL,   b. 13 Sep 1870, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1949 and 1960, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +13. Amelia PELL,   b. 30 Mar 1872, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1938, South Guildford, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    â–» Frederick Charles POLLARD  m. 22 Apr 1896
    Family ID F340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2024 

  • Event Map Click to hide
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Oct 1830 - Arrington, Cambridgeshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Nov 1849 - Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration: Arr. - Per "Sophia" - 27 Jul 1850 - Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath Record - #11 - 1906 - Irwin, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1906 - Cemetery, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Aug 1906 - Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
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    Ships
    Sophia

  • Notes 
    • farmer. "PELL Bridge" Brand Highway near Dongara.
      The "Sophia" brought 250 immigrants to Western Australia, 4 of whom were engaged by Lefroy to work for him, namely John and Ester Pell, a shepherd and a boy. Their rates of hire were 16 pound. 15 pound and 10 pound per annum respectively.
      Esther was already pregnant, but they set out in Lefroy's bullock cart for Walebing. It had been arranged for Mrs Doust to come from "Bebano" to attend Mrs Pell at her confinement, but when the time came John Pell was away working so Lefroy sent a native boy to Clinch's for help but when Mrs Doust arrived she found a healthy baby boy awaiting her, he had been born just after midnight on 15th November 1850. George as he was named, was the first white baby to be born in the Victoria Plains.

      The Pells remained in Lefroy's employ until after the birth of their second child. About this time Gerald de Courcy Lefroy made over "Walebing" to his brother Anthony, who installed John Joyce, a Toodyay workman, as his station manager. The Pells then worked for "Squire" Phillips of "Culham" Toodyay, and when he took up land in the Irwin district in late 1880's, Pell was employed as Phillip's shepherd. The ruins of their first home are close to Cadji Station east of Mullewa before returning to Dongara where John Pell sr. took up land north of the town, naming the property Wimpole, after his birthplace in England.

      John C Pell was the son of William Pell and Frances B: 1831 in England. He married Esther Bright their bans where read in Wimpole 28th October 1849. He and Esther emigrated to Western Australia on the "SOPHIA" They where both 21 years old when arrived with John brother George he was 19.
      He was a farmer at PELL'S Bridge on the Brand Highway near Dongara.

      Notes on the Arrival of SOPHIA

      Arrived in Fremantle with a crew of 33 and the Captain was John Claborn he received 25 pound for the
      journey. The weather was hot and calm for most of the 3 month voyage. The younger passengers where able to cool off in a sail on deck filled with water.
      Supplies where inadequate- no fresh water was taken on after they set sail and oranges proved to be a novelty with the passengers.
      The ship was 537 ton teak and yellow metal and was built in Calcutta India in 1819. Sophia arrived in Western Australia on July 27th 1850.
      Settlers traveling to the Swan River in 1850 were required to pay a rate up to twice that required from those contemplating passage to America and Canada, All who where assisted emigrants on SOPHIA contributed towards their fare.

      When SOPHIA arrived in Fremantle the where no Wharf's and immigrants could not remain on board for the interview with prospective employers.

      The acute accommodation shortage led to the leasing of several buildings in Perth and Fremantle. Some of immigrants were placed at the disused steam driven flourmill below Mt Eliz on site where the Swan Brewery was later built. While in residing at the Immigration Depot, adults daily rations were:-
      1lb bread,1lb meat, ½ lb potatoes, 2 oz sugar, ¼ lb Tea.

  • Reference  Darryl Brady. "John Charles PELL". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I1074&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed October 15, 2024).

  • Sources 
    1. [S544] C/- brady-at-bradyfamilytree.org, Submitters Details Withheld - MJF, Email for more info - Submitters Details Withheld - MJF.

    2. [S680] Geraldton Family History Society Incorporated, Pre-1901 Pioneer Family Register.

    3. [S933] Irwin District Historical Society, Person Code: IRPE0034.

    4. [S252] ehansen-at-bigpond.net.au, Eric Leslie Hansen, Some Information Submitted by Eric Leslie Hansen.

    5. [S858] Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, WA - Index to General Registrer of Deaths, Western Australian Deaths.