Information Journal.

Groom: Henry LANYON.
Age: 25 years.
Status: Bachelor.
Occupation: Miner.
Father: William LANYON.

Bride: Grace LEGGOE.
Age: 21 years.
Status: Spinster.
Father: John LEGGOE.

Date married: 01 April 1854.
Place: St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, England.

Witness 1: John LEGGO.
Witness 2: John TREGEAR.

Henry and Grace had a daughter in Cornwall before coming out to Australia. Grace and her daughter arrived in Victoria on the Siam in 1858. Henry was not with them and I expect he came out earlier to find work and a place to live. They had another eleven children in Australia.

Henry died 1902 in Ballarat, Victoria.
Age: 72 years.
Parents named as William LANYON and Honor DAVEY.

Buried: New Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Private B.
Section: 06.
Grave number: 29.
Service date: 10 April 1902.

Grace died 1926 in Ballarat, Victoria.
Age: 93 years.
Parents named as John LEGGO and Grace WOOLCOCK.

Buried: New Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Private B.
Section: 06.
Grave number: 29.
Service date: 03 May 1926.

Twelve children located for Henry and Grace.
Note.
The spelling of Grace's maiden name changed to LEGGO in the Australian records.

[1]

Grace Leggoe LANYON.
Baptised: 03 November 1854, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, England.
Died: 18 June 1934, Mount Barker, South Australia.
Age: 79 years.
Status: Widow.
Residence: Mount Barker, South Australia.
Deceased husband named as James BATCH.

Buried: Mount Barker Cemetery, South Australia.
Section: Old.
Plot/Grave number: 224.
Service date: 23 June 1934.

Married: James Francis BATCH.
Year: 1882.
Place: Victoria.
See Post: BATCH James married Grace LANYON 1882

[2]

William Henry LANYON.
Born: 1859 Forest Creek, Victoria, Australia.
Died: 1917 Daylesford, Victoria.
Age: 58 years.

Married: Mary BARKAS.
Year: 1888.
Place: Victoria.

Mary died 1942 in Daylesford, Victoria.
Age: 73 years.
Parents named as Gabriel BARKAS and Jane GLENDENNING.
See Post: LANYON William married Mary BARKAS 1888

[3]

John Leggo LANYON.
Born: 1860 Forest Creek, Victoria.
Died: -

[4]

James LANYON.
Born: 1861 Castlemaine, Victoria.
Died: 1933 Coburg, Victoria.
Age: 71 years.

Buried: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Methodist.
Section: DA.
Grave number: 433.
Service date: 24 December 1933.

Married: Charlotte ROONEY.
Year: 1891.
Place: Victoria.

Charlotte died 1938 in Coburg, Victoria.
Age: 79 years.
Parents named as James ROONEY and Ellen BRENNAN.

Buried: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Methodist.
Section: DA.
Grave number: 433.
Service date: 24 December 1938.

[5]

Honour LANYON.
Born: 1863 Chewton, Victoria.
Died: 1948 Ballarat, Victoria.
Age: 85 years.

Buried: New Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Church of England.
Section: 04.
Grave number: 23.
Service date: 11 August 1948.

Married 1: Arthur STACE.
Year: 1887.
Place: Victoria.

Married 2: John ROWSELL.
Year: 1893.
Place: Victoria.
See Post: STACE Arthur married Honour LANYON 1887

[6]

Jane LANYON.
Born: 1864 Chewton, Victoria.
Died: 1953 Ballarat, Victoria.
Age: 88 years.

Buried: New Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Private A.
Section: 05.
Row: 02.
Grave number: 24.
Service date: 30 March 1953.

Married: William MILLER.
Year: 1883.
Place: Victoria.

William died 1917 in Ballarat, Victoria.
Age: 63 years.
Parents named as Alexander MILLER and Christina Cameron CRAIG.
See Post: MILLER William married Jane LANYON 1883

[7]

Thomas LANYON.
Born: 1866 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: -

[8]

Richard LANYON.
Born: 1868 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: 1944 Ballarat, Victoria.
Age: 71 years.

[9]

Christopher LANYON.
Born: 1870 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: -

[10]

Elizabeth LANYON.
Born: 1872 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: 1957 Ballarat, Victoria.
Age: 84 years.

Buried: New Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Private BB.
Section: 09.
Grave number: 02.
Service date: 15 March 1957.

Married: William SPEEDIE.
Year: 1902.
Place: Victoria.

William died 1916 in Ballarat, Victoria.
Age: 56 years.
Parents named as George SPEEDIE and Lucy CRICK.
See Post: SPEEDIE William married Elizabeth LANYON 1902

[11]

Mary Ann LANYON.
Born: 1876 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: -

[12]

Albert Henry Leggo LANYON.
Born: 1878 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: -

Sources:
Cornwall OPC Database.
Immigration to Victoria 1852-1879.
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, South Australia.
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery Records, Victoria.
Ballarat Cemetery Records, Victoria.
Mount Barker Cemetery Records, South Australia.

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