[7143]
Notes: John & Sarah (WITT) BLANCH emigrated to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania)
in 1836, accompanied by their son John. Another son, William Harnet BLANCH,
was born during the long sea voyage. All survived the journey. They were also
accompanied by Sarah's brother William WITT, with his wife Harriet and daughter
Alice. Unsurprisingly, John & Sarah BLANCH get several mentions in Sarah's brother
William WITT's autobiographical "An
Account of His Life", which includes a journal of the long sea voyage down
under.
Occupation
Gunsmith
[7140] Source: Approximate year of birth only, calculated from age at death - 26 in 1839
[7141] Source: Information supplied by Natalie Witt. John and his wife Sarah were killed in an accidental explosion, while loading cartridges. Contemporary reports of their death, and some additional information about the BLANCH family, can be found here
[7142] Source: Information supplied by Natalie Witt
[11422] Source: Marriage register (looked up by David Witt). Both bride and groom were described as "of this parish". One of the witnesses was William WITT, presumably either Sarah's father or brother.
[2936] Source: Information supplied by Cyril E Hagger
[2937] Source: Information supplied by Cyril E Hagger
[10985] Source: Information supplied by Cyril E Hagger [GRO Marriage Index, 1855 June quarter, St Luke, 1b 662]
_William WITT _______+ | (1749 - 1831) m 1773 _John Lubson WITT ___|_Hannah LUBSON ______ | (1781 - 1849) m 1799 (1752 - 1821) _John WITT __________| | (1806 - 1879) m 1833| | | _____________________ | | | | |_Miriam BOWN ________|_____________________ | (1778 - 1854) m 1799 _James WITT _________| | (1844 - ....) m 1869| | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Sarah PERRY ________| | (1801 - 1857) m 1833| | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--Chrisie Catherine WITT | (1879 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_Elizabeth LOWING ___| (1847 - ....) m 1869| | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
[8464]
Source: Approximate year of birth only, calculated from:
1881 census of Haggerston, Middlesex - aged
1, born Middlesex Shoreditch