I am very interested in this post.
David BAWDEN born Collumpton Devon England in 1869 married Elizabeth Ann Davies in 1890 in Wellington Somerset England. David died in 1949 in Geelong Australia. They had four children. Mabel Ernest Ethel and Hector. I do not see a connection now, but good to keep in mind in case another child shows up.
Winnifred Evans

Thank you genehunting.

If I can assist you hunt down any of your BOWDEN clan in Australia let me know. There are plenty of them to chase.

Tonkin and genehunting,

I have 2 Bawdens who came to the Moonta area as miners and carpenters.

The name Bawden is so common, and so are John and Henry. Like looking for a needle in a haystack.

John and Henry were sons of Stephen and Mary Terrill Bawden.

John was born / christened 18 Apr 1819 probably in Redruth - St. Euny's, [Church of England] since parents Stephen and Mary were married there.

Henry was born / christened 1 Apr 1821 - same info. I have nothing else on either John or Henry, other than father Stephen's will in 1881 mentioned they were in Australia.

There is always a chance Bawden4 ... if the haystack is green, and the needle is big.

I have a John BAWDEN and Elizabeth Ann DAVEY having six children at the Moonta Mines between 1868 and 1881.

I also have a Henry BAWDEN and Josephine MATTHEWS having five children between 1858 and 1868. Three were born at Moonta, one at Wallaroo, and another one at Victoria Town in South Australia.

I'm not saying this will be your John and Henry BAWDEN. But I can tell you there is no marriage records for them in South Australia.

Something for you to think about.

Tonkin,

I've suspected Henry and Josephine Matthews were mine. I'm going to track down marriage databases in the UK.

John is mine for sure - your death notice. I misspoke on the Stephen and Mary parentage.

I'm going to make note of the above marriages

What you've done is awesome. You're a true gene angel.

Been there.

John and Elizabeth DAVEY were married in Chacewater, Cornwall on the 11 January 1863.

Henry and Josepha (Josephine) MATTHEWS were married in Catslock, Cornwell on the 22 May 1852.

You will find details about the marriages on the OPC Database.

It looks like the John and Henry I found in the haystack are the ones you have been looking for.

Looking good.

Made a spelling error in the above.

If only we could edit our comments!

Tonkin,
Think I've been there before...OPC...Other People's Something? Think I used it as a search tool.

Tell me...so I can see the John and Henry info...you're right - don't get me wrong.

Thank you so much. I just put up a sticky note about a new project...Matthews in Cornwall.

But not before my Bawden book is printed before next March. Matthews transcends 2-3 generations in my tree, but as in-laws, not on the immediate horizon.

Yup, wish we could edit our comments. I misspoke about John and Henry's parents. Not a legacy I want to leave...booo...

OPC Database - Cornwall Online Parish Clerks.

Scott, owner of familytreecircles, is a very understanding person and likes to make things easy for members. If we keep our fingers crossed Scott may allow us to edit our comments in time to come.

Good luck with your Bawden Book.

if you think that through tonkn, about US editing the comments, it would be incmprehensible !!!!

imagine us going in and changing others words to what we WANT them to say

* If they disagree with us, easy, change it to them totally agreeing !!! or any number of other reasons, which of course, would be changed only to suit us and where would be the proof they said or did not say that ??

* If you want to look great to the rest of this 'community' easy, delete anything said that makes you look otherwise ...

* What if you wrote a load of rubbish about someone's ancestors because you simply copied & pasted it from a dodgy site and then get challenged on it .. easy, just delete you said it

People's comment boxes would begin to make no sense at all as things are deleted or changed at whim


Scott should always be the ONLY person able to censor/delete/alter what he deems to be objectionable postings. I'm sure if anyone wrote to him and pleaded a case as to why something they wrote needs to be taken off the net he would consider it


as Horace (65BC - 8BC) said 'Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled'

I understand what you mean ngairedith ... I'm talking about a short time frame here of a few minutes to edit our comment, and not coming back to it in a few hours, days or weeks later and changing it again.

We all make errors, but we only see those errors after we submit our reply. I see no harm in being permitted a few minutes to correct our errors.

I don't disagree about the benefits of being able to edit your own comment for, say, 15 minutes after posting it. Lots of websites allow this. This is something I'd like to add, but it hasn't been a priority. In the meantime, as mentioned, I'm always glad to help clean things up.

Beyond that, I agree with Ngairedith, being able to go back and change comment history can make for some confusing discussions to say the least. Though I don't see Tonkin suggesting this. Just sayin'.

I agree with Ngairedith. A long time or forever to change comments application would be confusing and opening a "can of worms."

I do agree with Tonkin that an allowable 10-15 time limit to change comments is necessary and so helpful. I have created somtimes some embarassing and none changeable words because I was not able afterward to proof read or go back and make spelling changes or venues of thought. I remember one time Ngiredith addressed me as Boby instead of Bobby. She had to create another comment to say, "Sorry, I meant to say bobby." I replied and said that was all right as long as it was not "baby," lol