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Groom: John TONKIN.
Age: Full age.
Occupation: Miner.
Father: Peter TONKIN.

Bride: Esther MITCHELL.
Age: Full age.
Father: Joseph MITCHELL.

Date married: 05 April 1847.
Place: Sennen, Cornwall, England.

Witness 1: Benjamin TRAHAIR.
Witness 2: George VINGOE.

Arrival date in Australia not located to date.

John died 1898 in Inglewood, Victoria.
Age: 73 years.
Parents named as Peter TONKIN and Catherine WALLACE.

Esther died 1912 in Charlton, Victoria.
Age: 87 years.
Parents recorded as Joseph MITCHELL and Catherine WALLACE.

Baptism note.
Esther was baptised in St Buryan, Cornwall in 1826.
Her parents were Joseph MITCHELL and Catherine NICHOLS.
They were married in St Buryan in 1825. Esther was their first born.

Eight children located Cornwall and Victorian records for John and Esther.

[1]

Harriet Mitchell TONKIN.
Baptised: 31 October 1847, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall.
Died: 1865 not recorded, Victoria, Australia.
Age: 17 years.

[2]

John TONKIN.
Born: 1850 South Yarra, Victoria.
Died: -

[3]

Lydia TONKIN.
Born: 1853 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: 1853 not recorded, Victoria.
Age: 11 months.

[4]

Lydia TONKIN.
Born: 1856 Campbells Creek, Victoria.
Died: 1897 Kangaroo Flat, Victoria.
Age: 43.

Married: John COUTTS.
year: 1897.
Place: Victoria.

See Post: COUTTS John married Lydia TONKIN 1897

[5]

John Clements TONKIN.
Born: 1857 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: 1951 Armadale, Victoria.
Age: 93 years.

Married: Fanny GARLAND.
Year: 1880.
Place: Victoria.

See Post: TONKIN John married Fanny GARLAND 1880

[6]

Joseph Mitchell TONKIN.
Born: 1860 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: 1880 not recorded, Victoria.
Age: 20 years.

[7]

James TONKIN.
Born: 1865 Fitzroy, Victoria.
Died: 1867 not recorded, Victoria.
Age: 01 year.

[8]

Esther Ann TONKIN.
Born: 1868 The Loddon, Victoria.
Died: 1953 Glenferrie, Victoria.
Age: 83 years.

Sources:
Cornwall OPC Database.
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.

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