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Groom: John POLKINGHORNE.
Age: 24 years.
Status: Bachelor.
Occupation: Miner.
Father's name: William POLKINGHORNE.
Occupation: Farmer.

Bride: Joan DUNSTAN.
Age: 25 years.
Status: Spinster.
Father's name: William DUNSTAN.
Occupation: Labourer.

Date married: 07 July 1854.
Place: Sithney, Cornwall, England.

Witness 1: Thomas RUSSELL.
Witness 2: Richard GLUYAS.

Notes.
POLKINGHORNE recorded as POLKGHORE marriages records.
Transcript error I expect.
I have used the correct spelling for this family record.

The only Joan POLKINGHORNE I could find arriving in Victoria was on the Mindoro in October 1857, aged 28 years. This seems to fit with her age at marriage.

There was only one John POLKINGHORNE arriving around this time and he arrived on the Donald McKay in December 1856, aged 20 years.
A bit young for John but ...

John died 1894 in Ballarat, Victoria.
Age: 64 years.
Parents named as William POLKINGHORNE and Mary unknown.

Buried: Ballarat Old Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: WN.
Section: 03.
Row: 01.
Grave number 17.
Service date: 23 October 1894.

Joan died 1891 in Ballarat East, Victoria.
Age: 62 years.
Parents named as William DUNSTAN and Joan DUNSTAN.

Buried: Ballarat Old Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: WN.
Section: 03.
Row: 01.
Grave number: 17.
Service date: 30 January 1891.

Nine children located Victorian records for John and Joan.

[1]

William POLKINGHORNE.
Born: 1857 Bunninyong, Victoria.
Died: 1857 not recorded, Victoria.
Age: 01 day.

[2]

William POLKINGHORNE.
Born: 1860 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: -

[3]

John POLKINGHORNE.
Born: 1862 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: 1932 Balwyn, Victoria.
Age: 69 years.

Married: Emma Vincent BRADSHAW.
Year: 1889.
Place: Victoria.

Emma died 1934 in Canterbury, Victoria.
Age: 72 years.
Parents named as Edwin BRADSHAW and Jane VINCENT.

Birth note.
Emma was born 1862 in Buninyong, Victoria.
Parents named as Edward BRADSHAW and Jane VINCENT.

[4]

Mary POLKINGHORNE.
Born: 1864 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: 1944 Horsham, Victoria.
Age: 80 years.

Married: Charles Hamilton HOSKIN.
Year: 1888.
Place: Victoria.
See Post: HOSKIN Charles married Mary POLKINGHORNE 1888

[5]

Theophilius POLKINGHORNE.
Born: 1867 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: -

[6]

Esther Margaret POLKINGHORNE.
Born: 1868 Sebastopol, Victoria.
Died: 1957 Warr, Victoria.
Age: 88 years.

[7]

Elizabeth Annie POLKINGHORNE.
Born: 1870 Sebastopol, Victoria.
Died: 1957 Creswick, Victoria.
Age: 87 years.

Married: John Albert HOSKIN.
Year: 1893.
Place: Victoria.
See Post: HOSKIN John married Elizabeth POLKINGHORNE 1893

[8]

Edith Laura POLKINGHORNE.
Born: 1872 Sebastopol, Victoria.
Died: 1892 Ballarat East, Victoria.
Age: 20 years.

Buried: Ballarat Old Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: WN.
Section: 03.
Row: 01.
Grave number: 17.
Service date: 28 May 1892.

[9]

Christina Ethel POLKINGHORNE.
Born: 1874 Sebastopol, Victoria.
Died: 1960 Warr, Victoria.
Age: 86 years.

Married: Walter Henry CURTIS.
Year: 1904.
Place: Victoria.

Sources:
Cornwall OPC Database.
Immigration to Victoria 1852-1879.
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.
Ballarat Cemetery Records, Victoria.

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