STEELE, Martha .

1841 - 1889  (48 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	STEELE, Martha
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  Gender	Female
  Birth	1841	Tiverton, Devon, England
  	Birth 1842 Tiverton, Devonshire = 1848 immigration record (6YO) 1841 Tiverton, Devonshire = 1848 immigration record (7YO) 1842 Geelong, Victoria = 1863 Marriage certificate (21YO) 1841 Geelong, Victoria = 1889 Death certificate (48YO) 1841 Geelong, Victoria = Tombstone Not listed in Victoria BDM's
  Emigration	13 Mar 1848	Plymouth dock, Devon, England   [1]
  	Aboard the "Adelaide"
  		Nominal list of the "Adelaide", (page 335) Departed Plymouth 13th March 1848 Arrived Port Phillip 22nd June 1848
  Immigration	22 Jun 1848	Port Phillip pier, Victoria, Australia   [2, 3]
  	Aboard the "Adelaide", Paid passage
  		Assisted Immigrants Index 1839-1896 Name: Edmund Surname: STEEL Ship: Adelaide Year: 1848 Place of Arrival: Port Phillip Remarks: and Martha and family
  		Passenger list for the Adelaide - page 339 Edmund, Martha, Sampson and Martha STEEL
  		Disposal list of Immigrants arrived per the ship "Adelaide" - page 347 Martha and her children and Maria's children
  Death	18 May 1889	Corowa, New South Wales, Australia   [4, 5]
  		Death certificate of Martha MCWILLIAM (nee Steel) 18 May 1889
  Burial	20 May 1889	Corowa Pioneer cemetery, New South Wales, Australia   [6]
  		Grave of Martha McWILLIAM (nee STEELE)
  Newspaper article	24 May 1889	Sunnyside, Corowa, New South Wales, Australia   [7]
  	THE LATE MRS. McWILLIAM
  		NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT The Corowa Free Press (NSW : 1875 - 1954) Fri 24 May 1889 Page 2
  Ref. No.	w4k_41
  Notes	Martha McWilliam was the daughter from the second marriage of Martha Saunders, born Martha Pulsford (c.1799-1851) of Tiverton, Devonshire whose first husband was William Saunders (c1795-1835), a blacksmith and wheelwright also from Tiverton. He was recruited in England in 1832 by the Van Diemen's Land Company and migrated to Van Diemen's Land on the ship "Sir Thomas Munro" with his wife Martha (nee Pulsford) and their sons William (jnr.) and James. A daughter, Emily, was born on board shortly after the ship left the English Downs on 18 September 1832. They disembarked at Circular Head, V.D.L. on 22 January 1833.
  Person ID	I28	.We 4 Kings
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	STEEL, Edmund .,   b. 1789, 3 Legged cross, Hampshire, England d. 22 Jun 1865, Chapel Street, Richmond, Victoria, Australia (Age 76 years)
  Mother	PULSFORD, Martha .,   b. Abt 1794, Tiverton, Devon, England d. 1 Jun 1851, Timboon, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 57 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1837	St John's Church of England, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia   [8, 9]
  		Certificate of Marriage between Edmund STEEL and Marther SAUNDERS Both free Widow(er) of Launceston 13 Nov 1837
  Family ID	F445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	McWILLIAM, Samuel Jr .,   b. 15 Apr 1830, Mounthill, Co. Antrim, Ireland d. 12 Jun 1902, 28 Upper Bayview Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	6 Jan 1863	Yarra Street, Methodist Church, Geelong, Victoria, Australia   [10, 11, 12]
  		Certificate of Marriage between Samuel MCWILLIAM and Martha STEELE 6 Jan 1863
  		Certificate of Marriage between Samuel MCWILLIAM and Martha STEELE 6 Jan 1863
  Children	+ 1. McWILLIAM, William,   b. 31 Oct 1863, King Valley, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia d. 13 Jan 1940, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia (Age 76 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. McWILLIAM, Eliza Jane,   b. 13 Feb 1865   d. 5 Jan 1919, Callan Park Asylum, New South Wales, Australia (Age 53 years)   3. McWILLIAM, Crawford,   b. 14 Sep 1866   d. 18 Jun 1919, Dalkeith, Kingston Rd., Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia (Age 52 years) + 4. McWILLIAM, John James .,   b. 17 Jun 1868, Denison, Victoria, Australia d. 25 May 1951, Manly, New South Wales, Australia (Age 82 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 5. McWILLIAM, Thomas,   b. 4 Mar 1870, Denison, Victoria, Australia d. 4 Oct 1926, Broughton Hall Hospital, Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia (Age 56 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   6. McWILLIAM, Edmund,   b. 3 Dec 1871   d. 1929, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia (Age 57 years)   7. McWILLIAM, Albert,   b. Bef 11 Aug 1875   d. 28 Jun 1877, Albury, New South Wales, Australia (Age > 1 years) + 8. McWILLIAM, Isabelle,   b. 5 Aug 1877, Corowa, New South Wales, Australia d. 3 Jul 1934, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia (Age 56 years)   9. McWILLIAM, Rose May,   b. 20 Aug 1880, Albury, New South Wales, Australia d. 11 Dec 1940, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 60 years) + 10. McWILLIAM, Mary,   b. 20 Jul 1882, Albury, New South Wales, Australia d. 1965, Cremone, New South Wales, Australia (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1841 - Tiverton, Devon, England Emigration - Aboard the "Adelaide" - 13 Mar 1848 - Plymouth dock, Devon, England Immigration - Aboard the "Adelaide", Paid passage - 22 Jun 1848 - Port Phillip pier, Victoria, Australia Marriage - 6 Jan 1863 - Yarra Street, Methodist Church, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Death - 18 May 1889 - Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Burial - 20 May 1889 - Corowa Pioneer cemetery, New South Wales, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S133] Immigration to NSW, 22 Jun 1848. Page (335) Nominal lists of immigrants arrived at Port Phillip per the ship “Adelaide” on 22nd day of June 1848 under the regulations of the Colonial Land & Emigration Commission, sailed from Plymouth on the 13th of March _. James Barlas. M.D. Surgeon, Superintendent, W Stephen Wharton Martin. (100 days passage) 639 tonnes (O.M.) register. (STEEL) [S523] Passenger List. (339) Nominal list of "Immigrants" arrived per the Ship: Adelaide continued ---------- No: 140 Paid Passage Names: Steele, Edmund Calling: Farm Labourer Age: 50 years Native place and Country: Andover Hants Religious Denomination: Episcopalian Read or Write: Both ---------- No: 141 Paid Passage Names: Steele, Martha Calling: House keeper Age: 45 years Native place and Country: Tiverton Devon Religious Denomination: Episcopalian Read or Write: Both ---------- No: 142 Names: Steele, Sampson Calling: Son Age: 10 years Native place and Country: Tiverton Devon Religious Denomination: Episcopalian Read or Write: Reads only ---------- No: 143 Names: Steele, Martha Calling: Daughter Age: 7 years Native place and Country: Tiverton Devon Religious Denomination: Episcopalian Read or Write: Reads only [S133] Immigration to NSW, 22 Jun 1848. LIST of Immigrants per Ship "Adelaide" Arrived on the 22nd June, 1848 No. 49 ==================== NAME: Steel Edmund AGES: MARRIED, 50 CALLING: Farm Labourer NATIVE PLACE: Aud?er COUNTRY: Hauts RELIGION: Ch of England READ OR WRITE: both REMARKS: ==================== NAME: Steel Martha AGES: MARRIED, 45 CALLING: (wife) NATIVE PLACE: Tiverton COUNTRY: Devon RELIGION: Ch of England READ OR WRITE: both REMARKS: ==================== NAME: Steel Sarah AGES: SINGLE, 29 CALLING: Cook (daughter) NATIVE PLACE: Kintbury COUNTRY: Berkshire RELIGION: Ch of England READ OR WRITE: both REMARKS: ==================== NAME: Steel David AGES: SINGLE, 23 CALLING: Farm Labourer (Son) NATIVE PLACE: Kintbury COUNTRY: Berkshire RELIGION: Ch of England READ OR WRITE: neither REMARKS ==================== NAME: Steel Edmund AGES: SINGLE, 21 CALLING: Labourer (Son) NATIVE PLACE: Kintbury COUNTRY: Berkshire RELIGION: Ch of England READ OR WRITE: both REMARKS ==================== NAME: Steel Charles AGES: SINGLE, 19 CALLING: Farm Labourer (Son) NATIVE PLACE: Kintbury COUNTRY: Berkshire RELIGION: Ch of England READ OR WRITE: reads REMARKS ==================== NAME: Steel Sampson AGES: SINGLE, 10 CALLING: (Son) NATIVE PLACE: Tiverton COUNTRY: Devonshire RELIGION: Ch of England READ OR WRITE: reads REMARKS ==================== NAME: Steel Martha AGES: SINGLE, 6 CALLING: daughter) NATIVE PLACE: Tiverton COUNTRY: Devonshire RELIGION: Ch of England READ OR WRITE: reads REMARKS ==================== (STEEL) [S2] Certificate of Death, 1889, Registration No. 6545. Death registered in New South Wales, Australia Registration No. 6545 Date and place of death: May 18th 1889 Corowa Name and Occupation: Martha McWilliam Married Woman Sex and Age: Female 48 Years Cause of Death: Cancer of the Pylorus Duration of last illness: About 1 year Medical attendant: W. H. Lang When he last saw deceased: May 17th 1889 Name and occupation of father: Edmund Steele Farmer Name and maiden surname of mother: Martha Pulsford Informant: Saml McWilliam Husband Corowa Particulars of registration: S.J. Shenhall May 25th 1889 Corowa When and where buried: May 20th 1889 Corowa old cemetery Name of Undertaker: Thomas Parkin Name and religion of minister: Rev W.Nott Presbyterian Names of whitnesses of burial: J McWilliam James Robertson Where born and how long in the Australian Colonies or States: Geelong, Victoria Since Birth Place of marriage, age and to whom: Geelong 22 Yrs Sammuel McWilliam Children of marriage: William 25 yrs Eliza Jane 24 yrs Crawford 22 yrs John James 20 yrs Thomas 19 yrs Edmund 17 Isabella 13 Rose May 9 Mary 7 1 male died [S93] Newspaper Article, 24th May,1889 (Reliability: 3). Corowa Free Press [S105] Tombstone Inscription. In memory of Martha McWilliam (nee Steel) Born Geelong 1841, died Corowa 18-5-1889 and Samuel McWilliam Born Raloo, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland 15-4-1830 Died Sydney 12-6-1902, and buried here with his wife Martha Pioneers of the McWilliam [S653] The Corowa Free Press. THE LATE MRS. McWILLIAM.— After a protracted and painful illness Mrs. Martha McWilliam, wife of Mr. S. McWilliam of Sunnyside, Corowa, died on the evening of Saturday last. Mrs. McWilliam, whose maiden name was Steel, was a native of Geelong, her father being one of the earliest settlers in that neighbourhood and a pioneer in the Ironbark Forest district, which lies between Geelong and Cape Otway. She was married to Mr. McWilliam at Geelong by the Rev. Mr. Dare in the year 1862. at that time Mr. McWilliam was resident in Gippsland, but about 12 years ago he took up land in Riverina, and afterwards purchased the estate on which he has since resided. For the past twelve months Mrs. McWilliam has been afflicted with a painful disease for which medical advises could offer no relief, and which she bore with much fortitude. She leaves five sons and four daughters to mourn her loss. Her funeral which took place on Monday last, was, in spite of the inclement weather, attended by a very large number of Mr. McWilliam's sympathizing friends. [S22] Certificate of Marriage, 1837, 108 / 3913. Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Launceston in the County of Cornwall in the year 1837 No. 108 Edward Steel Free Widower of the Parish of Launceston 3913 Martha Saunders Free Widow of the Parish of Launceston married in the Church by Banns with consent of this thirteenth day of Novemder in the year 1837 Thirty Seven By me Wa Browne 440 Chaplin This Marriage was solemnised between us: Edward Steel Martha Saunders In the presence of Robert Tuttle of Launceston William Jones of Launceston [S140] Archives Office of Tasmania, Pioneer Index - Tasmanian CD, (Macbeth Genealogical Services P/L), 1837, 3913. Surname: STEEL Given Names: EDWARD Event: Marriage Father/Spouse Surname: SAUNDERS Mother/Spouse Given Names: MARTHA Day: 13 Month: 11 Year: 1837 Age: Sex: M Spouse Age: Spouse Sex: F Registration Place: LAUNCESTON Registration Number: 3913/1837 Reference: RGD 36 [S22] Certificate of Marriage, 1863, 315. SCHEDULE C. 1863 Marriages solemnized in the District of: Geelong -------------- No. :64 when Married: January 6th. 1863. Where: In the private house of Mr. Saunders East Geelong -------------- Name and Surname of Parties: H: Samuel Mc William W: Marthe Steele -------------- Condition of the Parties. Bachelor or Spinster If a widower or widow, Date of former wife or Husband H: Bachelor W: Spinster Children by each former marriage: H: X W: X -------------- Birthplace: H: Raloo, Antrim, Ireland W: Geelong -------------- Rank or Profession: H: Farmer W: - -------------- Ages: H: 30 W: 21 -------------- Residence: Present: H: Sale Gippsland W: East Geelong Usual: H: Sale Gippsland W: East Geelong -------------- Parents Names (Mothers Maiden Name): H: Sammuel McWilliam W: Elizabeth McWilliam Nee. Crawford Farther's Rank or Profession: H: Edwin Steele W: Martha Steele nee Pulsford -------------- do hereby declare that: Member of: Married in the : private house of Mr. Saunders East Geelong This Marriage was solemnized between us: .Sam Mc William .Martha Steele In the Presence of us: .William Craig .John? Saunders According to: the ceremonies of the Pesbyan Church By (or before) me: Joseph Dare Officiating Minister or Depuity Engineer. [S34] The Crown in the state of Victoria, Pioneer Index - Victorian CD, (Macbeth Genealogical Services P/L), 1863, 315. Surname: STEELE Given Names: Martha Event: M Spouse Surname/Father: MCWILLIAM Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Samuel Age: Sex: F Birth Place: Death Place: Year: 1863 Reg Number: 315 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: [S22] Certificate of Marriage. SCHEDULE D. Marriages solemnized in the District of: Geelong in the Colony of Victoria -------------- No. in Register: 64 On: Jan 6 1863 At: Geelong =================== Signature: Saml McWilliam Residence - Present: East Geelong Residence - Usual: Sale Gippsland Age: 30 Rank or Profession: Farmer Condition: Bachelor If Widower - former wife: Birth place: Raloo, county Antrim, Ireland Fathers name and rank: Samuel McWilliam Farmer Mothers name and maiden name: Elizth McWilliam, Crawford =================== Signature:Martha Steele Residence - Present: East Geelong Residence - Usual: Age: 21 Rank or profession: Condition: Spinster If Widower - former wife:: Birth place: Geelong Parents Names: Edwin Steele Farmer Rank or Profession: Marther Steele, Pulsford -------------- I, Joseph Doug being: a Minister do hereby certify that I have, this day, at: Geelong duly celebrated marriage between: Samuel Mc William and: Marthe Steele after Notice and Declaration duly made published, as by law required. Dated this: 6th day of Jan 1863 Signature of Minister, Registrar-General, or other Officer: Joseph Doug Witness: William Craig Witness: Wlm? Saunders