Name: Robert H Blissett
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Son (Child)
Father's name: William Blissett
Mother's name: Amelia M Blissett
Gender: Male
Where born: Tedstone, Herefordshire, England
Civil Parish: Evesbatch
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
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County/Island: Herefordshire
Country: England
Street address: Woodend, Evesbatch, Bromyard, Herefordshire
Occupation: father - farmer of 260 acres employing 1 labourers

William Blissett 46 **
Amelia M Blissett 44
Thomas W Blissett 18
Mary A Blissett 16
William Blissett 13
Robert H Blissett 11
Sarah J Blissett 9
Charles Blissett 8
Amelia M Blissett 5
Agnes Blissett 3


Name: Robert Henry Blissett
Death Date: 03 Feb 1903
Death Place: Queensland
Father's name: William Blissett **
Mother's name: Amelia Maria Taylor
Registration Year: 1903
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Number: 005159
Page Number: 2164

** How certain are you that his father's name was Charles or is this another family ?

This might be him
Maryborough, Queensland Australia Immigrants from the British Isles
Surname: Blissett
Given: R H
Age: 24
Ship/Year: Prince Consort 1864

Australia, Marriage Index,
Name: Robert Henry Blissett
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Gorman
Marriage Date: 01 Nov 1869
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1869
Registration Number: 000373
Page Number: 1239

England & Wales Christening Records
Name: Robert Henry Blesset (different spelling of surname)
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 10 Apr 1840
Christening Place: Tedstone-Delamere, Herefordshire, England
Father's name: William Blesset
Mother's name: Amelia Maria

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index
Name: Robert Henry Blissett
Registration Year: 1840
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Bromyard
Inferred County: Herefordshire
Volume: 26
Page: 181

1841 census
Robert Blissett
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Gender: Male
Where born: Herefordshire, England
Civil Parish: Tedstone Delamere
Hundred: Broxash
County/Island: Herefordshire
Country: England

William Blissett 35
Amelia Blissett 30
Thomas Blissett 8
William Blissett 2
Robert Blissett 1

1861 census
Name: Robert H Blissett
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: 1840
Relation: Assistant
Gender: Male
Where born: Bedstone, Herefordshire, England
Civil Parish: St Swithin
Ecclesiastical parish: Worcester
Town: Worcester
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England
Street address: 70 -71 high Street, Worcester (2 habits)
Occupation: Assistant Draper

William Kingdon 32
Elizabeth Kingdon 23
William E Kingdon 11
William Kingdon 63
Elizabeth F Kingdon 22

Robert H Blissett 21

Found this on another tree, about the marriage:

Robert and Elizabeth were married on the 1st November 1869 at St.Pauls COf E Maryborough. He was listed as a Publican , parents confirmed as William and Amelia Maria Taylor. Witnesses to the marriage were a John Pawzey/Powzey/Ponzey. and Marion Buss. Both signed the Register. Interestingly Annie , Elizabeth's sister although in the area in 1869 didn't witness the marriage.James Gorman was described by Elizabeth as a Contractor, no idea of what this meant. She was 2 when her father passes away.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864

THE PRINCE CONSORT.
The Black Ball ship Prince Consort, Captain
Aitchaison, arrived in Hervey's Bay on the 29th
March, after a prosperous passage from Plymouth.
She left the East India Docks, London, on the
13th December, 1863, and Gravesend on the 16th.
Thence she proceeded to Plymouth to embark her
passengers, and, as we learn on reference to our
files, sailed from that port on 25th December,
with 373 souls, divided into paying, assisted, and
free passengers, and consisting of 151 members of
families, 173 single men, and 44 single females.
After her departure from Plymouth she encoun-
tered contrary winds, which detained her in the
English Channel, and she did not pass Eddystone
Lighthouse until the 27th of the same month.
From that time, however, she had favorable wea-
ther, and on the 25th of March she touched at
Moreton Island for orders. Thence she proceeded
to Hervey's Bay, where she anchored on the 30th
of that month. While off the Australian coast
she experienced a considerable amount of
dirty, disagreeable weather ; and from the after-
noon of the 22nd to the 30th of March she en-
countered a series of contrary winds. Only one
vessel was spoken, viz., the Immigrant ship
Montrose, from Liverpool, bound to Sydney, then
32 days out, and all well on board.
The greater number of the passengers per the
Prince Consort, embarked to proceed to Mary-
borough, and were landed at that place by the
steamer Collaroy on Saturday, April 2. Several
also left the ship in Hervey's Bay, and came to
Brisbane by steamer.
On the 5th April she sailed from Hervey's Bay
for Moreton Bay, to land the remainder of her pas-
sengers, and her cargo, and arrived at the usual
anchorage in Brisbane Roads at 7 p.m. on the 11th
of the same month. She was visited on the fol-
lowing day by the Health Officer, who found that
typhoid fever had made its appearance on board
during the passage from Hervey's Bay, and accord-
ingly she was ordered to hoist the yellow flag, and
remain in quarantine until released by order of the
Health Officer.
One of the passengers who landed at Mary-
borough gives the following particulars of her
passage to that port from Plymouth :—
" After a wearisome delay of a week at Ply-
mouth, our ship the Prince Consort took a pilot on
board, and left the Sound on Christmas Day.
Getting into the Channel, we experienced a head
wind, which obliged us to tack as closely as pos-
sible, the consequence of which was that we had
the inestimable pleasure of finding ourselves with-
in a very few miles of Eddystone Lighthouse. On
Sunday morning, the second day after leaving
Plymouth, the wind veered round to a more a favor-
able quarter during the day, and towards evening
we sighted the Scilly Isles.
"Not being anxious to weary you with a tedious
account of uninteresting news, I will merely say
that we were off the coast of Spain on New Year's
Day; passed Madeira on the 4th January; Cape
Verde Islands about the 6th; crossed the line on
the 20th, and were in the longitude of the Cape of
Good Hope on the 14th February. After a swift
run of twenty-six days we found ourselves off Tas-
mania. From thence we experienced strong north
winds for several days, which delayed our arrival off
Moreton Island to the 20th March. Leaving the
same evening for Hervey's Bay, we arrived there
the following morning. There our good fortune
seemed to have deserted us, for after sailing all over
the Bay for eight days before we met with the
Maryborough pilot. Our vessel spoke with the
Strathdon, bound for Sydney, on the 6th January ;
also with the Montrose, bound for the same place,
on the 18th January. We also sighted three other
vessels near the equator, which was rather an un-
usual circumstance in that part of the world.
Our passage out might have been made very
agreeable to us all if the gentlemen in command
of the passengers and ship had practised that sua-
vity and kind attention to EACH OTHER and the
passengers so essential to the well-being and com-
fort of nearly 409 passengers necessarily confined
for three months within the balwarks of an emi-
grant ship.
"Rather wishing to gloss over than exaggerate
any gross neglect and inattention paid by the
Black Ball Line to the health and comfort of their
passengers, I must, to speak the truth, say that
had proper accommodation and an abundance of
necessary medical comforts been provided, in my
opinion the vessel would have arrived in Hervey's
Bay with a greater number of living souls than
did arrive there. I know not who is to blame for
this cruel neglect, but so it is, as three-fourths of
the passengers would say were they questioned on
the subject.
"Of lesser evils, but still serious ones, the
number is almost legion. Leakage of the water-
closets and upper decks into the berths of the
passengers—bad ventilation—obstruction and in-
efficiency of the deck lights—foul smells caused
by the too-close proximity of a dirty pen of swine
to the second-cabin hatchway—want of civility
from the officers of the ship, and a total disregard
of the feelings of the passengers generally—not to
speak of the total incompetence of all the second-
class stewards—form a few of the grievances on
board.
" If no contagious disease was contracted on board
the Prince Consort it was not the fault of the
Black Ball Line, but rather the sound constitutions
and good animal spirits of the passengers. If it is
the usual practice of Messrs. Baines and Co. to
send out their ships so inefficiently and wretchedly
provided with many necessary things, I do not
wonder at the condition of the Flying Cloud, and
premise that you will probably soon have a repe-
tition of the same.
"Every cloud has a silver lining, except the
Flying Cloud, and so had ours. The passage was
not entirely barren of instruction and pleasure.
The dullness of the time was somewhat enlivened
by admiring the gorgeous sunsets, and the
beautiful scintillations of the phosphorescent ani-
malcule as in the tropical and Australian seas. Some-
times, but seldom, a fish or an albatross was caught,
which was quite a red-letter day; and the sight of
a shark or a whale near the vessel caused such a
commotion among the passengers as nothing less
than the arrival of the Emperor of China would
have done at home.
"Three or four lectures were delivered by the
Doctor and passengers, and whenever practicable
Divine Services were held on the Sabbath which
were always devoutly listened to. Through the
kindness of the saloon passengers, a theatrical
company was formed under the clever lesseeship of
Captain Griffiths, and the passengers were well
entertained by the really good representation of
'Still Waters run deep,' 'What a Bad Judge,'
' Box and Cox,' ' What do they take me for,' &c.
" We had eight deaths on board, most of which
were preceded by low fever. One young gentleman
who was coming out for the good of his health
died in the night preceding our arrival off Moreton
Island.
"Taking the passage throughout it was a very
favorable one, as from leaving the British Isles to
our arrival off Moreton Island, we never experi-
enced a contrary wind, nor yet a whole day's calm
weather. I cannot lay down my pen without speak-
lng highly of Captain Aitchaison's good seaman-
ship. Most of the sailors of the Prince Consort
struck work as soon as the sails were furled in the
bay, for which I was sorry "

Robert's parents marriage
Marriage:
Name: William Blissett
Spouse's Name: Emelia Maria Taylor
Event Date:15 Nov 1831
Event Place:Bromyard, Hereford, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M39135-3 , System Origin: England-VR , GS Film number: 992639 , Reference ID: 2:3CS350L

According to the census:

William Blissett was born in Whichford, Worcestershire in 1804

Amelia / Emelia Maria Taylor was born in Hornsey, Middlesex, England 1807

Robert Henry Blissett married the sister of my Great Grandfather.Elizabeth Gorman was the daughter of James Gorman, a convict born in Belfast , convicted in Antrim Azzizes.He married Elizabeth's mother, Isabella Browne in 1840 in Sydney.James purchased a 96 acre property but died in controversial circumstances in 1850. Isabella was a free Irish woman who came to Australia in the period 1832. Elizabeth was the last child born to James and Isabella b c 1849. After James passed Isabella married George Begnel, little is known of him other than he and Isabella had twin boys born in 1855, There was a split in the family, Robert Gorman the eldest child, Elizabeth's oldest surviving brother , went to Maryborough in search of gold in 1863/4. He was possibly estranged from his mother who stayed in Sydney and she had been deserted by her second husband and brought up the twins possibly with the help of her daughters Caroline and Agnes.Annie, another sister married in Sydney to A man named Milner and they raised their family in Maryborough and Bundaberg.Both Milner and Blissett were extremely wealthy, Blissett was a pioneer in Australia's young sugar industry but he and Elizabeth had no children.His niece came to Australia to help him after Elizaneth passed away, she returned to Austraia after his death. Imhave much information about RH Bllisett , her was also a Publican, as was his brother in law Milner , they owned many hotels in Maryborough, Bundaberg and Brisabne.

Hello begnallI
.Thank you for that information about Elizabeth Blissett(Gorman)I had been looking for something about her but as I couldn't find a marriage it was difficult.I received some information that Robert arrived in Australia on the ship Prince Consort,do you know if that is correct?
Who was the niece of Robert?I have the details of Roberts family and would be interested to know who she was.
My great grandfather was also a publican in Bristol having sold farms,later moving to Cheer Magna.
So presumably we are related in some way,even if it is by marriage.
The family was Easton trace for generations as they stayed in one place but at the end of 1890s some moved away,Australia being the furthest.

His niece was Emily, daughter of his brother William.I uncovered this by reading articles in our National Library Australia NLA digital newspaper data base, free to search, you could do it from the UK.Emily arrived in Australia in 1895, she stayed until after his death in 1903 , returned to the UK and married in 1911( married Edward James Hersey, died according to records in 1953.The newspaper articles indicate that she lived in Blissett's estate home, Goodwood Plantation, a grand home in Maryborough, Queensland.After my retirement I plan to travel to Maryborough, it is quite a distance from where I live in Sydney.Elizabeth's life was a departure from the modest means experienced by her mother Isabella, her sister Annie was also able to live comfortably due to the entrepreurial skill of her husband Thomas Newsome Milner.Both Blissett and Milner were very successful businessmen, Blissett's efforts in revolutionizing farming techniques in sugar cane farming and refining were under appreciated. He doesn't appear much in local history diaries of Maryborough, despite being a Mayor of the city/town over his life.He would have left a sizable estate, maybe retiring to Emily , unsure.

Hi..thank you.
It is interesting as William was my great grandfather and I thought my grandfather,Arthur,Edward,Wilcox was the only child of his marriage.
I found RH Blissetts death and solicitors name and presumably the names of those who inherited his money and didn't see family names.I wrote to a firm of solicitors in Maryborough which has one name the same as those mentioned in his death but have not received a reply yet.
Do you still have family in Ireland?My father was born there.
I shall look for Emily and the rest of the nephews and nieces

I would be interested in the inheritances if you don't mind sharing,I am writing a book and it just adds meaning to the lives of , as I refer to them, Isabella's children. I find it interesting that you couldn't trace William's children, I think I just found them by looking in the UK Census.

I could find Williams son,my grandfather,cant remember the others.It seems impossible to find any mention of a marriage of my grandfatherArthur,Edward Blissett,have looked in census of UK and Ireland,my father was born in Belfast and he and grandfather stayed there until my father as 7 years old.I know there are Blissetts in Ireland,both grandfather and his brother worked there.Charles who was grandpas brother lived in Bournemouth and died there,forgotten his wifes name but did meet them both
I don't mind sharing information but am away at the moment and will find it all when I return.
I am so pleased to know about Robert and Elizabeth and thank
you for the information.

Thanks for getting back to me and for agreeing to share information.I seem to remember finding articles in the British newspaper archve that suggested that Robert and William's father William we well established as a farmer in the Tedstone area. You would know though of Irish emigration and immigration and so to say that there are no Irish links is limiting: Clearly in Australia divides along religious and class were less important than in the UK; but were still an issue for some.in Blissett and Elizabeth's case they met in Maryborough in 1864 when it was a frontier town. People were eeking out an existence mining for gold literally and figuratively so things were different. Anyway stay in touch: begnellj@yahoo.com

Hi again,
I finally visited Maryborough and whilst there learned a great deal more about RH Blissett but also his brother William. Look up on line Brennan's and Gerraghty's Store Museum Maryborough.This unique Museum is a living time capsule, it operated between 1872 and 1972 and when it closed it was left in tact,the way it was in 1872. The National Trust has appointed a Curator and in the store are the journals and ledgers from the period 1872 to 1876. These showed that more than likely William travelled to Australia just before Robert, or, just after.He was a customer in the shop and it shows what he purchased and for how much, same as Robert and his wife Elizabeth. So, we know he left and returned to England, don't know when but from memory he married in 1876? ( check this please). WE know his daughter came go Australia and we know he returned in 1903/4, looked after his brother's estate and returned to England.( shipping records). More work for you to do though...

Thank you for your message. I have never heard from the solicitors in Maryborough and they probably thought I wanted to claim something. I didnt know that William also went to Australia and my grandfather didnt talk about him. I met Charles once, he lived in Bournemouth. I will try to find William Blissett.My father was born in Ireland and I have an idea that William was there too.
I will look at the museum site, how lovely that you actually have been there, I should love to go there.

Thank you for your message. I have never heard from the solicitors in Maryborough and they probably thought I wanted to claim something. I didnt know that William also went to Australia and my grandfather didnt talk about him. I met Charles once, he lived in Bournemouth. I will try to find William Blissett.My father was born in Ireland and I have an idea that William was there too.
I will look at the museum site, how lovely that you actually have been there, I should love to go there.

http://www.freemasonschilders.org/history.html
On this site you will find a photo of RHBlissett , he was a Freemason.