[WED]Joseph Wall of Wedmore and Australia
Tim Curtin
wedmore@lists.tutton.org
Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:59:08 +1100
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Dear Wedmore Listers
A week ago my wife Pam and I flew from Canberra to Melbourne then hired =
a car to drive to Ballarat=20
to join a group of us from the Australian National University Emeritus =
Faculty to "celebrate" the 150th=20
anniversary of the Eureka Stockade uprising of the Ballarat miners =
against the government of the colony of Victoria.Some of us tended to =
sympathise more with the government although the main thrust was to =
celebrate the miners,as their rising did lead to an extension of the =
suffrage to all men (except Chinese and aborigines of course!)! But =
there's=20
no doubt the government was over-reacting to what was basically a =
demonstration against the mining licence fee of about =A31 a month - the =
battle lasted just 20 minutes after which 22+ miners were dead and at =
least 5 of the troopers, including to
my surprise and distress (as I am a descendant of so many Wedmore Walls) =
one Joseph Wall, aged 22.
The splendid encyclopaedia brought out as part of the celebration says =
he was born in Wedmore, son of Joseph Wall. I already had his baptism =
from John Hayward's transcriptions of Wedmore baptisms after 1812, on =
10 April 1832,=20
when his parents Joseph and Susanna were living in Heath House just =
outside Wedmore. His parents are still in Heath at the 1851 Census, and =
young Joseph was next door, working for the Roe's.
Can any Wedmore Listers tell me more of Joseph Wall (born about 1800) =
and his wife Susanna, living in Heath House, Wedmore, between 1822 and =
1851? There seems to be no record in Wedmore of this Joseph's birth, but =
I would like to think he was a son of Jonathan Wall and Hannah Binning, =
also of Heath House, who were having children baptised in Wedmore before =
and after 1800 but may have overlooked Joseph!=20
Poor young Joseph their son died on the day of the battle itself, 3 Dec =
1854, of wounds in his abdomen from one of the miner's pikes; a private =
in the 40th Regiment, he had enlisted on 15 October 1852, Wall Drive in =
the Ballarat
cemetery is named after him. Another Joseph Wall was one of the miners - =
could this have been his father? Oddly enough - albeit not so surprising =
- some of the Irish Curtains (of Clare so perhaps only distantly related =
to my Curtins of Cork) were ringleaders of the miners.
Ballarat is a splendid 19th century town with hardly any nods to later =
centuries - no high rises, so very human scale. There were re-enactments =
of the miners' march to the Stockade, and of the soldiery's march at =
dawn on
the Sunday - and then a grand lunch, with Australia's former PM Gough =
Whitlam giving the=20
main speech.
Our ANU Emeritus "team leader" Giles Pickford at this anniversary is as =
it happens also a putative cousin of=20
mine - his grandfather Lancelot Giles was a defender at the Siege of =
Peking and these Giles trace back to the Giles of Wedmore (1600-1700) =
and Mark (1700-1800); William Giles of Southwick House in Mark married =
Ann the daughter of Francis Giblett of High Hall in Mark in 1752, who =
may well be related to my mother's Meare Gibletts.
Any further info on the above would be most welcome!
Tim Curtin
www.timcurtin.com
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<DIV>Dear Wedmore Listers</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>A week ago my wife Pam and I flew from Canberra to =
Melbourne then=20
hired a car to drive to Ballarat <BR>to join a group of us from the =
Australian=20
National University Emeritus Faculty to "celebrate" the 150th=20
<BR>anniversary of the Eureka Stockade uprising of the Ballarat miners =
against=20
the government of the colony of Victoria.Some of us tended to =
sympathise=20
more with the government although the main thrust was to celebrate the =
miners,as=20
their rising did lead to an extension of the suffrage to all men (except =
Chinese=20
and aborigines of course!)! But there's <BR>no doubt the government was=20
over-reacting to what was basically a demonstration against the mining =
licence=20
fee of about =A31 a month - the battle lasted just 20 minutes after =
which 22+=20
miners were dead and at least 5 of the troopers, including to<BR>my =
surprise and=20
distress (as I am a descendant of so many Wedmore Walls) one Joseph =
Wall, aged=20
22.<BR><BR>The splendid encyclopaedia brought out as part of the =
celebration=20
says he was born in Wedmore, son of Joseph Wall. I already had his =
baptism from=20
John Hayward's transcriptions of Wedmore baptisms after 1812, on =
10 April=20
1832, </DIV>
<DIV>when his parents Joseph and Susanna were living in Heath House just =
outside=20
Wedmore. His parents are still in Heath at the 1851 Census, and young =
Joseph was=20
next door, working for the Roe's.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>Can any Wedmore Listers tell me more of Joseph Wall (born about =
1800) and=20
his wife Susanna, living in Heath House, Wedmore, between 1822 and 1851? =
There=20
seems to be no record in Wedmore of this Joseph's birth, but I would =
like to=20
think he was a son of Jonathan Wall and Hannah Binning, also of Heath =
House, who=20
were having children baptised in Wedmore before and after 1800 but may =
have=20
overlooked Joseph! </DIV><BR>Poor young Joseph their son died on =
the day of=20
the battle itself, 3 Dec 1854, of wounds in his abdomen from one of the =
miner's=20
pikes; a private in the 40th Regiment, he had enlisted on 15 October =
1852,=20
Wall Drive in the Ballarat<BR>cemetery is named after him. Another =
Joseph=20
Wall was one of the miners - could this have been his father? Oddly =
enough -=20
albeit not so surprising - some of the Irish Curtains (of Clare so =
perhaps only=20
distantly related to my Curtins of Cork) were ringleaders of the=20
miners.<BR><BR> Ballarat is a splendid 19th century town with =
hardly any=20
nods to later centuries - no high rises, so very human scale. There were =
re-enactments of the miners' march to the Stockade, and of the =
soldiery's march=20
at dawn on<BR>the Sunday - and then a grand lunch, with Australia's =
former PM=20
Gough Whitlam giving the <BR>main speech.<BR><BR>Our ANU Emeritus "team =
leader"=20
Giles Pickford at this anniversary is as it happens also a putative =
cousin of=20
<BR>mine - his grandfather Lancelot Giles was a defender at the Siege of =
Peking=20
and these Giles trace back to the Giles of Wedmore (1600-1700) and Mark=20
(1700-1800); William Giles of Southwick House in Mark married Ann the =
daughter=20
of Francis Giblett of High Hall in Mark in 1752, who may well be =
related=20
to my mother's Meare Gibletts.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Any further info on the above would be most welcome!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Tim Curtin</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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href=3D"http://www.timcurtin.com">www.timcurtin.com</A></DIV></BODY></HTM=
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