The BOSANKO, JOLLY, TONKIN, ROWE and WILSON Families
HINNRICHSEN, HURST, FARAM and ECCLESTONE Families
MUSICKA and FENN Families
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Last updated
15 October 2021
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Kay's Family
I have been tracing my family tree for about 35 years. My BOSANKO, JOLLY, TONKIN (and ROWE, GRILLETT, MATTHEWS and NANKIVELL) families stretch from Cornwall to South Australia as well as other parts of the world. My WILSON family stretches from Yorkshire to South Australia via Tonga.
Daryl's family roots are in Denmark and Germany (HINNRICHSEN) as well as Cheshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire (FARAM, HURST and ECCLESTONE). There is also JONES from Berkshire/Wiltshire and ROGERS from New Zealand and USA. Both of these families I know very little about.
I am also searching for my first husband's roots and so far have reached from Australia to Berkshire and Bedfordshire in England (MUSICKA & FENN).
Have a browse around and if you have an interest in any of the names mentioned please email me and maybe we can help each other!
I have attached some links to try to keep things as simple as possible. So please use these to find out more about: Australia: Cornwall: Genealogy Sites of interest:
BOSANKO
FAMILY (linked to NANKIVELL & GRILLETT)
Henry was born in Cornwall in 1812 and came to South Australia in 1854. He was the 11th child of Thomas and Mary (nee CHERGIN). He and his family settled in South Australia. Other members of the family also came to Australia, while the eldest brother Samuel went to America and the youngest, Alexander, remained in Cornwall. So far I have traced the family back to Samuel BOSANKO and Florence GUNDRY who were married in Cornwall in 1762. Henry's youngest son Thomas Richard Eustace married Margaret GRILLETT in 1876 at Wallaroo Mines South Australia. I am interested in all BOSANKO or BESANKO families (or any variations of spelling).
Known children of Samuel and Florence were:
Samuel (bp 1763)
Mary (bp 1765) m Thomas RICHARDS
(1787)
Thomas (bp 1768) m Mary CHERGIN
Thomas & Mary had the following children:
Mary (bp 1792) (?died as an infant)
Samuel
(bp 1794) m Bridget BENNETS (1821)
Thomas
(1796 - 1871) m Miriam VIALL (1821)
James
(bp 1798) - nothing known
John(bp
1800) m Susanna SEMS (1823)
Edward
(bp 1806) m Elizabeth STEVENS (1836) Their daughter Mary came to
Australia with Henry and Eleanor.
Mary
(bp 1808) m Richard GREEN (1835)
Elizabeth
(bp 1810) - nothing known
Henry
(1812 - 1870) m Eleanor WAT(T)ERS (1834) My gt gt
grandparents.
Alexander
(bp 1813) m 1/2 Elizabeth KESSELL, 2/2 Phillipa EDDY
There are also many BESANKO families. My mother told me that as a child she was told that there were 2 brothers who did not get on and to avoid people getting them confusd one changed his name so that there was a BOSANKO and a BESANKO. A few years ago I related this tale to a chap named BESANKO in South Australia and he replied that he too had heard the same tale from a member of his family! So far, however, apart from the occasional spelling error, the connection has not been made between the 2 families. The challenge remains!
Many thanks to Fayth Harrison for putting together all the BOSANKO data on her pages to which I have linked the above and also to Tom and Libby Luke for their input into BESANKO.
If you have BOSANKO/BESANKO/BOSANCO etc lines please check out Fayth's page of 'Missing BOSANKOs' and see if you can add some pieces to the jigsaw.
If you would like to join our BOSANKO Mailing List
to keep up to date with what is happening in the World of BOSANKO
research you are welcome to join the BOSANKO-L
List hosted by Rootsweb. BOSANKO/BESANKO and all derivitives are
discussed here.
My
Grandfather (Pa)
Thomas George BOSANKO
(8 April 1877 - 9 Jan 1955)
My Mother
Mabel Constance WILSON
(nee BOSANKO)
(3 Oct 1914 - 30 Oct 1999)
JOLLY FAMILY
(linked to ROWE, TONKIN & WILSON)
Joseph (b 1815) and Elizabeth (b 1812) JOLLY were first cousins, children of brothers Joseph and John JOLLY of Ladock in Cornwall. Joseph was a miller in Budock when children Joseph, Henry and William (my gt grandfather) were born. The family then went to South Africa where Loveday Maria was born and in 1854 the family came to South Australia and settled in Mount Barker and then Moonta. So far I have traced the JOLLY family back to Joseph (yes, another one!) and Mary BOND who were married in Ladock in 1739. William JOLLY married Phillipa Vivian ROWE in Callington, South Australia in 1866.
Known children of Joseph and Mary were:
John
(1743 - 1814) m Elizabeth STANNAWAY (1746)
Henry (bp 1745)
John and Elizabeth had the following children:
Mary
(bp 1767) (died as an infant)
Henry (bp 1768)
Mary (bp 1769) m Charles ARCUS (1805)
Elizabeth (bp 1770) - nothing known
Susan (bp 1772) m Hugh TREGONNING (1793)
Thansin (bp 1774) m James CRO[C]KER (1796)
Joseph (bp 1776) m 1\2 Catherine KELLY (1804); 2\2 Maria
BENALLACK
Ann (bp 1878) m Thomas JULEFF (1797)
John (bp 1782) m Loveday BLACKMORE (1811)
Catherine (bp 1784) - nothing known
Juliet (bp 1797) m William SYMONS (1817)
If
you would like to join our JOLLY List to keep up to date with what is
happening in the World of JOLLY research you are welcome to join the JOLLY-L
Mailing List hosted by Rootsweb.
ROWE FAMILY (linked to TONKIN &
JOLLY)
John ROWE (b 1820) was
a Blacksmith at Tywardreath. He married Jane TONKIN and in 1847 came to
South Australia where he settled in the Mount Barker/Callington area.
He was the son of William and Elizabeth VIVIAN. From the 1841 census I
have deduced that Elizabeth was the daughter of George VIVIAN and
Philippa nee CROGGAN although this in not conclusively proven but from
the 1841 census entry it seems most likely. John's father William died
before the 1841 census in 1828 in Tywardreath and his mother married
John Davy in 1835.
TONKIN
FAMILIES (linked to ROWE & WILSON)
- there are TWO of them!
William TONKIN (No 1) was born in St Enoder, Cornwall in 1791. After his marriage to Elizabeth WELLINGTON they lived at Biscovey, St Blazey, Cornwall where William was a schoolmaster. His eldest child Jane Rowe TONKIN married John ROWE of Tywardreath (see above re John) and in 1847 the 2 families came to South Australia where they settled at Mount Barker. William's parents were Jacob TONKYN and Margaret (nee PITT). I previously thought that this William was born at Budock and was the son of John and Alice nee HOCKEN but now believe this to be incorrect.
William TONKIN (No 2) was born in Lanteglos by Fowey in 1817. In 1840 he came to South Australia on the 'JAVA' and married Elizabeth RUNDLE in Adelaide South Australia in the same year. They settled in Mount Barker also after spending a couple of years in Adelaide.
I
have now come to the conclusion that he IS the son of the above William
and Elizabeth.
Although no positive evidence is available to prove this, there is much circumstantial evidence that has led me to this decision. One reason is information given in a letter
written by William (No 1) to family in 1849, which refers to "William".
Following the letter I have given an explanation for my conclusion. If you are interested in the name TONKIN why not join the TONKIN-L
Mailing List hosted by Rootsweb.
WILSON
FAMILY (linked to TONKIN, JOLLY & BOSANKO)
Reverend Matthew WILSON (1808-1876) became a
Wesleyan Methodist Minister in 1835 and spent 19 years in Tonga as a
missionary before coming to South Australia in 1854.
From the time of his departure from England until two weeks before his
death in January 1876 he kept Journals which are safely housed in the
Mortlock Library in Adelaide South Australia, along with letters to and
from family in England. The Journals give a wonderful insight into
their way of life in the islands, of the people and their culture and
also record the births and deaths of Matthew and Maria's (nee SMITH) 8
children. Matthew was born at Oakenshaw near Bradford in Yorkshire
England on 1 July 1808 according to his journal, but I have been unable
to verify this despite many searches of parish records by a researcher
in Bradford.
James WILSON, son of Matthew, married Elizabeth Ann TONKIN at Mount Barker in South Australia in 1869.
Names that are mentioned in Matthew and Maria's letters to and from their family in England include:
John WILSON (of Oakenshaw)
- Matthew's brother married Sarah SUGDEN
John and Hannah GLEDHILL
- Matthew's sister
James WILSON (Rev)
- Matthew's brother
Bateman and Maria
- James' children by his first marriage to Martha
BATEMAN
Jabez and Hannah WILSON (b 18 Jan 1836) James WILSON's twins by his
second marriage to Hannah (nee STEAD)
William SMITH
Thomas ?WILSON (uncle)
Jonas WORSNUP
- married Matthew's sister Sarah
Sarah (nee WILSON)
- Matthew states in his journal on March 4 1846
"....My dear sister Sarah died May 6 1844. It is now two years since
she passed through the valley and I have only just heard of it......"
? WADSWORTH and ? SHIRE(S) (aunts)
Mary SMITH (cousin)
Maria BEDFORD (cousin)
These are all clues that have helped in identifying some relationships, so if you see a possible connection please email me!
Matthew's brother James married a third time to Margaret (nee BARNES) and had a daughter Margaret by this marriage. James lived to be almost 92 years old.
Matthew and James' parents were John and Sarah (nee LOCKWOOD). John died in 1834.
Some names linked in South Australia are TONKIN,
KINGSBOROUGH, LILLYWHITE, GOODE and LEAKE.
My gt gt
Grandparents
Rev Matthew WILSON
(1808 - 1876)
Maria WILSON (nee SMITH)
(1808 - 1891)
My Father
Edgar Norman WILSON
(17 Aug 1913 - 23 Aug 2000)
NANKIVELL FAMILY (linked to BOSANKO
& MATTHEWS)
Edward NANKIVELL, the
son of Edward and ?(NICHOLLS), was born in Tavistock, Devon in 1821 and
came to South Australia in 1857. Edward
married Ann SOWTON.
They had the following children:
Mary (1845 - 1919)
Edward (1849 - 1937) m Elizabeth Wearn
MATTHEWS He started work in the mines at Burra at the age
of 9 or 10, but at the age of 26 took up farming near Moonta in South
Australia.
Elias Henry Souton (1851 - )
Richard (1855 - 1916)
Henry (1857 - 1929)
John Edward (1859 - 1925)
Other branches of the family also came to Australia as well as going to America and New Zealand.
A lot of work has been
done on this family by many researchers and records of my family go
back to Richard possibly born around 1700 in Cornwall.
My gt
Grandfather
Edward NANKIVELL
(1841 - 1937)
My gt
Grandmother
Elizabeth Wearn NANKIVELL
(nee MATTHEWS)
(1851 - 1934)
Daryl's Family
Daryl's maternal family are from England while his paternal side hails from Denmark and Germany as well as England.
HINNRICHSEN
FAMILY (linked to ROGERS & HURST)
Jurgen
Jordt HIN(N)RICHSEN son of Nicholay and Catherina Maria (nee RIEBER)
was born in Flensburg, Schleswig Holstein in 1860. He came to Australia
in 1887 after working as a seaman on various ships around the world.
Jurgen came to Western Australia after spending some time in Victoria
as a kitchenhand and ended up as a chef in Perth. So far I have traced
this family to Hans HINRICHSEN born about 1680 in Schleswig Holstein.
HURST
FAMILY (linked to HINNRICHSEN, FARAM & ECCLESTONE)
ECCLESTONE FAMILY (linked to HURST &
PARSONS)
ROGERS FAMILY (linked to
HINNRICHSEN)
FARAM
FAMILY (linked to HURST)
JONES FAMILY (linked to ROGERS)
Harry's Family
| My First
Husband Harold Robert MUSICKA (1945 - 1969) |
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Killed in Action South Vietnam |
MUSICKA FAMILY
(linked to FENN and WOOD)
The name MUSICKA is
believed to be White Russian or Polish. So far I have traced from
Williamstown in Victoria, Australia to Reading in Berkshire, England.
Lloyd George Musicka married Doris Edna Rose FENN.
FENN FAMILY
(linked to MUSICKA, COLES and PANNELL)
The FENN family came from Essex and the HODGESs from Kent UK. The COLES may have come from Bedfordshire but this is uncertain at this stage. Jane PANNELL could possibly have been born in South Africa.