Third Generation  

4. Sarah HUGHES [6133] (James³, William¹) was born on 2 Jan 1799 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, was baptised on 10 Feb 1799 in St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, and died in Jan 1866 in West Riding, Yorkshire, England at age 67.

General Notes:
Baptisms at Parish Church Leeds January 1799
Father: James Hughes; Address: Ebeneza Street; Born: Jany 2 1799; Bap: 10 Feb; Named: Sarah

Sarah married James Hartley MANN [6476]. James was born in 1795 in Yorkshire, England and died in 1869 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England at age 74.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 7 M    i. William Hughes MANN [6477] was born in 1821 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

5. George Robert HUGHES [236] (James³, William¹) was born on 6 Aug 1800 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, was baptised on 28 Sep 1800 in St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, died on 29 Dec 1872 in Tynte Street, North Adelaide, South Australia at age 72, and was buried on 31 Dec 1872 in Walkerville Cemetery, South Australia. The cause of his death was diarrhoea.

General Notes:
I am indebted to Mr Bob Howlett who is the source of much of this data on the George Robert Hughes family. Bob's excellent Family History Website can be found on http://users.tpg.com.au/havik/genealogy/MFFFP.html

Baptisms at the Parish Church Leeds of September 1800 (West Yorks)
Father: James Hughes; Address: Ebeneza Street; Bap: Aug 28; Named: George.

Occupation: formerly - Tailor; latterly - Commission Agent
Resided: Adelaide, Nairne, North Adelaide, Walkerville

(image of George Robert Hughes courtesy of T Hughes)

During an interview with a journalist in 1908 William Frederick Hughes remembers the family's arrival at Adelaide in 1840 - excerpts as follows:
"Our family came to South Australia in 1840 by the Diadem, sailed by Captain Hartland, he said. My father consulted ex Governor Hindmarsh in England and obtained from him a letter of introduction to Mrs. Hindmarsh who was still in Adelaide. He also obtained letters to Mr. E. J. Eyre from his father and sister."

"So with his wife and four sons, he left for Australia."
"We reached Port Adelaide in November, 1840."
"Adelaide was then in a very primitive condition."

"After searching for some time my father secured a couple of lean-to back rooms at a rental of 14/- a week. These we occupied until we removed to a place near the Rob Roy in Halifax-street, belonging to Jemmy Crink. Mr. Eyre was then in Western Australia, and pending his return my father joined the late Mr. John Johnstone in the service of Tailor White, whose shop was in Hindley-street, next the Royal Admiral."

"On the return of Mr. E. J. Eyre from the West my father entered his service and removed to a house in Rundle street that belonged to him. When Mr. Eyre went to his station at Moorundie, just below Blanchetown on the Murray, our family accompanied him. My father at the time was recognised as a member of the police service, and did duty."

"Two bullock teams left Adelaide on that expedition, the one belonging to Mr. Eyre, and the other being the property of the South Australian Government. We got along very well considering. The first night we camped at Gawler near the police station. At the end of the second day we reached Leak's station where Jeremiah Robin and Inspector Shaw joined the party. Our next camp was at Bagot's beyond Kapunda where my mother was visited by Mrs. Bagot and her two daughters who spoke encouragingly but expressed surprise that a woman could be found with courage enough to venture out into such wild country as the Murray then was. The end of the fourth day brought us to Black Springs, near Truro. The pound on the River Murray was reached at 10 o'clock at night of the fifth day."

"On the day following we reached Moorundie and had great difficulty in getting to the station over the cliffs. After we had been there a fortnight the Water Witch cutter came up the river, commanded by Lieutenant Pullen (afterwards Admiral Pullen)."

"We remained on the station four or five months during which time we lived in tents. The first reed hut on the river was erected while we were there."

"A little ploughing for wheat was done on the flats but we left before it had matured. While we were at Moorundie Governor Grey, Mrs. Grey, Lieutenant Mundy, and Captain Sturt, spent about a week at the station. They went up the river as far as the Rufus and broke their journey at Moorundie on their return."

"News reached Moorundie before we started for the city, that the shed in which practically everything that our family possessed was stored when we went to the bush, had been totally destroyed by fire. This was a serious loss to beginners in a new country."

"On our return to Adelaide my father rented a house in Queen-street."
"Our family left Adelaide for Nairne in 1845."

South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal (Adelaide) Saturday 31 March 1849
Post Office Contracts - Mail contracts accepted of for the year 1849-50.
Name of Contractor; Route; Amount.
George Hughes; Mount Barker to Kanmantoo bi-weekly; £52.00.

South Australian Register (Adelaide) Friday 14 June 1850
LOCAL COURTS.
Colonial Secretary's Office, June 11, 1850.
In virtue of the power vested in the Lieut.-Governor by the 4th clause of Ordinance No. 5, of 1850, "For the recovery of Small Debts, and Trial and Punishment of Minor Offences in South Australia," his Excellency has been pleased to make the following appointments in the several Local Courts undermentioned, viz :-
Court at Gawler Town-Clerk, Mr Henry Calton; Bailiff, Mr William Square.
Court at Kooringa - Bailiff, Mr John Saunders.
Court at Mount Barker - Bailiff, Mr George Robert Hughes.
By his Excellency's command, Chas. Sturt, Colonial Secretary.

South Australian Register (Adelaide) Wednesday 29 August 1860
NAIRNE, AUGUST 20.
Present - All the members; Mr. Bee in the chair. The Council appointed Dr. Cotter as medical practitioner to attend the destitute poor for the year ending 30th June, 1861. The Council appointed Mr. George Robert Hughes to the office of Pound Auctioneer, vice Mr. Charles Tucker, resigned. Ordered to be paid, £19 8s. 9d.

The South Australian Register Tuesday 31 December 1872
Death Notice:
HUGHES. -On the 29th December, at North Adelaide, George Robert Hughes, aged 73 years. An old colonist of 32 years.

The South Australian Advertiser Tuesday 31 Dec 1872
Funeral Notice:
The Friends of the late George Robert Hughes are respectfully informed that his Remains will leave his son's residence, Mr. Joseph Hughes, Archer-street, North Adelaide, at half-past 3 o'clock p.m., for the Walkerville Cemetery. LeCornu, Undertaker.

South Australian Register (Adelaide) Thursday 2 January 1873
Death Notice:
HUGHES.-On the 29th December, at North Adelaide, George Robert Hughes, aged 73 years. An old colonist of 32 years.

Adelaide Observer (S.A.) Saturday 4 January 1873
Death Notice:
HUGHES.-On the 29th December, at NorthAdelaide, George Robert Hughes, aged 73 years. An old colonist of 32 years.

The Register Friday 11 November 1910
"THE REAL PIONEERS."
From '36 to '46.
With a view to secure for the real pioneers of the State the honour that is their right, and duly accorded to them annually by the Mayor of Glenelg on behalf of the citizens of our chief watering place, the Town Clerk (Mr. A. Tait) has prepared a list of the vessels which arrived in South Australia from 1838 to 1846 - the present limitation of the 'pioneers' list. He has, with its help and past records, revised the roll, so that only survivors who arrived in the colony during that period will be entitled to attend the Commemoration Day luncheon. The list is given below, and the Town Clerk will be glad to receive authentic particulars of any other person whose name does not appear therein: -
Pioneer. Present Address. Ship. Year of Arrival.
. . . Hughes, L, R., East terrace, Eastwood, Diadem, 1840. . . (likely son of G.R. Hughes of East tce)

The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser (SA : 1880 - 1954) Thursday 8 May 1947
A JEWEL CASKET (By P.W.)
Chinese with their Pigtails Caused not a Little Excitement
. . . For some time the Hughes family stayed in Adelaide where George Robert Hughes engaged in his trade as a tailor, but later he, with his family, moved to Nairne. . .
(see full Newspaper article in Books)

Passengers arriving 1840-11-16 in SA aboard the Diadem
(398/485 t brq 1840) from London 40-07-31 via Plymouth, Captain Rbt Harland
BAKER Charles
BAKER Elizabeth, Sarah
BAKER Joshua
BAKER Henry, Susanna Mary EGALTON
BAKER Joseph, Eleanore (wife)
BAKER Stephen William, Harriet BAXTER, Stephen Wm, Fdk, Alf
BAKER Thomas, wife, 2 dau, son, dau
BARRATT James
BASSETT James Bailey, Ann STEVENS, Jas Bailey, My Ann
BOOTHEY Thomas, Sarah SHARP, Joseph, My Ann, Sophia, Amy, John, Chlt, Martha
BORRALL Frederick I
BRADEY Daniel, wife, son, dau, 2 sons, 2 dau
CARMAN Mary H, son, dau, son, dau
CARROLL Catherine
CASSIDY Samuel, Mary RUTHERFORD, Wm, Sam, Thos, Jas, John
CHANDLER William, Maria MACKLIN, Adam, Oliver, Fdk, Martha (29,28,10,5,2, 5 m)
CHOULES Charles David, Sophia (wife), Arthur Charles, John (d aft arr), Eliz, son (b@sea, d aft arr)
CLEWER / CLEWAR Joshua, Jane (1st wife)
DART James
DAVIS David, wife (Elizabeth HUGHES?)
DAY John, Mary (wife), John, My Ann(e), son (Thos?), Jas, 3 dau (inc Jane?)
DAY Mary
DAY Thomas, wife
DAY William
DRAYTON William, Rachel HICKMAN, Priscilla, Julia, Eliz, Melina, Noah, John, Job, Geo
HEATH Edward, Hannah (wife, d aft arr)
HIGGINS Robert, Mary Ann MULLAND fmly BARRATT nee HOLLAND, son, dau
HORNE Eliza Anne
HORNSBY Joseph, Elizabeth GREEN (d@sea), (Wm), Hannah Maria, Em Maria, Eleanor, Ann, Maria
HUGHES George Robert, Charlotte (wife), (Wm Fred?), John Prentice, Joseph Prentice James
LAMBERT Richard, Martha CARMAN, W H, J
LONG Miss M A
MUNDY / MUNDAY William Rodney, Lucy RUTT, John, Jas, Eliz (Ann d aft arr?), Wm, David
OSMENT / OSMONT James, wife
PALMER George, wife (Sarah LARKAM?), 2 sons, dau, son
PARKER Charles
PLUNKETT Thomas, wife (Anne DALY?), My, Christopher, son (Jas?), dau (Cath?), son, dau, son (Luke?)
POTTS John, Susannah BAKER, Geo
RONALD Edward, Margaret CONNELL, My (b aft arr)
SHUTE Henry, Jane MARTIN, son
THOMPSON Jonah, wife, son
TIDY Henry, Harriet ROBERTS
TRANTER Ellen, Lucy Elizabeth, Teresa
TRANTER Francis, wife, 2 dau, son, 2 dau inc My
TRANTER John, Ellen (wife), 3 dau, Ezechiel, Jas, dau
TUCKER Benjamin, Keziah Jane WILLIAMS, Ben Fdk, dau, Jas Hy
WILLIAMS William
WILSON William Skinner, Eliza HORROCKS, Rebecca
WRIGHT George, wife, 2 sons, 2 dau (Jane, Susannah, John, Frank?)
WRIGHT Isaac
WRIGHT John, Mary PAMMETT, dau

Research Notes:
(Image courtesy of T Hughes)

Other Records

• Baptism: marked, 1800, St Peters, Leeds, Yorkshire.

• Marriage: Parish Church, 1826, Leeds, Yorkshire.

• Photograph: Diadem, 1840, Passengers to Adelaide, South Australia. HUGHES George Robert, Charlotte (wife), (Wm Fred?), John Prentice, Joseph Prentice James

• Photograph: Scissors, 1840, Memorabilia. George's scissors of trade, inscribed "GR Hughes Diadem 1840" :

• Resided: removed in, 1845, to Nairne, South Australia. as noted in 1908 WF Hughes interview with a journalist

• Death: 1872, Tynte st, North Adelaide. Certificate

George married Charlotte Isabella PRENTICE [238], daughter of Thomas PRENTICE [565] and Harriet [566], on 15 May 1826 in St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Charlotte was born about 1805 in Yorkshire, England, was baptised in 1805 in St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, died on 29 Sep 1884 in Archer Street, North Adelaide, South Australia aged about 79, and was buried on 1 Oct 1884 in Walkerville Cemetery, South Australia. The cause of her death was old age, apoplexy, paralysis.

General Notes:
1884 SA Death 141/165 HUGHES Charlotte G R HUGHES (S) Adelaide

Passenger List http: //www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1840Diadem.htm
The barque DIADEM 1840 from London June 31st, 1840 via Plymouth with Captain Robert Harland and 150 passengers, arrived Port Adelaide on Nov 16th, 1840
. . . HUGHES George Robert (b.1799 London ENG), wife Charlotte HUGHES children (William Frederick?), John Prentice, Joseph Prentice James . . .
(The Diadem was a three masted barque of 398 tons built at Whitby.)

Evening Journal (Adelaide) Tuesday 30 September 1884
Death Notice:
HUGHES.-On the 29th September, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Morgan, Archer street,
North Adelaide, Charlotte, relict of the late George Robert Hughes, of Nairne, in her 79th year, being a colonist of 44 years.

South Australian Register Wednesday 11 Oct 1884
Death Notice:
HUGHES.- On the 29th September, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Morgan, Archer street, North Adelaide, Charlotte, relict of the late George Robert Hughes, of Nairne, in her 79th year, being a colonist of 44 years.

Research Notes:
Image courtesy of T Hughes)

Other Records

• Marriage: 15 May 1826, St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Parish Register St Peter Leeds

Children from this marriage were:

+ 8 F    i. Jane HUGHES [286] was born on 16 Apr 1827 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, was baptised on 13 May 1827 in St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, and died in Apr 1839 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England at age 12.

+ 9 M    ii. William Frederick HUGHES [135] was born on 19 Jan 1828 in Boston Spa, Yorkshire, England, was baptised on 2 Aug 1829 in Boston Spa, Yorkshire, England, died on 30 Aug 1921 in Bleakside Farm nr Woodside, South Australia at age 93, and was buried on 30 Aug 1921 in Inverbrackie, South Australia.

+ 10 F    iii. Elizabeth HUGHES [379] was born on 1 Mar 1831 in Yorkshire, England, was baptised on 15 May 1831 in St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, and died on 25 Mar 1834 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England at age 3.

+ 11 M    iv. John Prentice HUGHES [239] was born on 4 Dec 1833 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, was baptised on 12 Jan 1834 in St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, died on 30 Nov 1904 in Willowie South Australia at age 70, and was buried on 1 Dec 1904 in Willowie South Australia.

+ 12 M    v. James HUGHES [287] was born on 3 Mar 1836 in Thornes By Wakefield, was baptised on 4 Dec 1836 in Parish of Wakefield at Thornes Church, and died on 12 Mar 1837 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England at age 1.

+ 13 M    vi. George Robert II HUGHES [240] was born on 26 Dec 1837 in Boston Spa, Yorkshire, England, died on 11 Nov 1921 in South Australia at age 83, and was buried on 12 Nov 1921 in Walkerville Cemetery, South Australia.

+ 14 M    vii. Joseph Prentice HUGHES [266] was born on 8 May 1840 in Boston Spa, Yorkshire, England, was baptised on 7 Jun 1840 in Boston Spa, Yorkshire, England, died on 29 Oct 1922 in Childer Street, North Adelaide, South Australia at age 82, and was buried on 30 Oct 1922 in Walkerville Cemetery, South Australia.

+ 15 F    viii. Elizabeth Isabella HUGHES [190] was born about 1842 in South Australia and died on 11 May 1908 in Fremantle, Western Australia aged about 66.

+ 16 F    ix. Charlotte Jane HUGHES [243] was born on 12 Feb 1845 in Nairne, South Australia, died on 15 Sep 1925 in Perth, Western Australia at age 80, and was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia.

+ 17 F    x. Mary Ann HUGHES [241] was born on 7 Jun 1847 in Mt Charles, Nr Nairne, South Australia and died on 9 Oct 1880 in Little Adelaide, South Australia at age 33.

+ 18 M    xi. James Henry HUGHES [288] was born on 11 Jun 1853 in Nairne, South Australia, died on 4 Nov 1920 in Albert Hill, nr Meningie, South Australia at age 67, and was buried on 5 Nov 1920 in Meningie, South Australia.

6. Harriet HUGHES [2582] (James³, William¹) was born on 13 Jan 1803 and was baptised on 11 Apr 1803 in Saint Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

General Notes:
Baptised at Leeds, St Peter (Leeds Parish Church) April 1803
Father: James Hughes; Address: Ebenezer Street; Born: January 13; Bap 11 Apr; Named: Harriet

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