Information pertaining to the Horne
family has been obtained from the late Teresa Donnellan in her book "Home of the
East Wind" and from the late John Cornish of Casterton, Victoria.
Grateful thanks to them for use of their material and to John's wife Cecily
for providing papers written by John up to the time of his death.
Extracts of John's papers indicate that
"the
first record we have of the Horne family is an entry in the Register of
Marriage Licences at Arundel, Sussex, of the granting of a licence to Thomas
Martial Horne, a bachelor aged 23, to marry Mary Pledge, a spinster aged 20,
on 4 February 1788. Thomas was living at Arundel, where he worked as a
bricklayer and Mary was living at Pulborough, a village some 12 miles to the
north of Arundel. Their wedding was recorded in the Pulborough Parish Register
and the statement that Mary had been living there for only 9 months, suggests
that she may have known Thomas at Arundel before moving to Pulborough.
Thomas
and Mary lived out their entire lives near Arundel where they raised 6
children who were all baptised in the Arundel Parish Church of St Nicholas;
- Elizabeth (20 July 1791), Charles (2 Oct. 1793), James (24 Feb. 1796). Thomas
(28 Aug. 1797), Louisa (18 Nov. 1800) and Peter (19 Feb. 1803). Of these
children the only one of which we have further knowledge is their second son,
James.
On
5 May 1823 James Horne, then of the Parish of Tortingham (a mile or so to the
south of Arundel) and a bachelor of 27, married Ann Bowley, a 21 year old
spinster of the Parish of Arundel, in the Church of St Nicholas. They
established their home in Arundel where James worked as a labourer and where
their first 5 children were born as follows: Charles (20 Sept.1824), Ellen (18
May 1828), Henry (23 Oct. 1831), George (6 Oct. 1835) and 8enjamin (7 Nov.
1837).
On
4 November 1839 James applied for an assisted passage to South Australia which
had been founded less than 3 years earlier. His application was successful and
on 16 April 1840 he and his family arrived at Holdfast Bay on board the Morley. He was then 44 years of age, his wife 38 with sons aged 8, 4 and 2 and
a daughter aged 11. His eldest son Charles is not mentioned in their
emigration papers
it
is assumed that, being 15 years of age, he travelled on his own papers.
James
and Ann's first home in the Colony was at Port Adelaide but they soon moved to
nearby Alberton where James established a small farm in that then sparsely
settled area. It was there that their 3 remaining children were born, William
(12 Sept. 1841). Alexander (12 Nov. 1843) and James John (9 Oct. 1850).
Over
the years James had been able to build up a small herd of dairy cattle with
the help of his boys but when the gold-rush in Victoria started in 1851 James,
like so many others in South Australia, could not resist the temptation to try
his luck in the goldfields. He took his older boys with him but the venture
proved a failure and he returned to Alberton a disappointed old man
The
eldest boy, Charles, first worked as a labourer at Alberton but eventually
established himself as a fisherman at Normanville to the south of Adelaide. At
the age of seventeen, he married Lydia Cheesman in Adelaide on 16 June 1845
and had 8 children.
The
eldest daughter Ellen wasted no time after her arrival in the Colony. On 20
September 1842 at the age of sixteen, she married David Fergusson, a Customs
Officer at Port Adelaide, in Adelaide. They had 10 children before David died
in 1863. Two years later 
Ellen married Henry Brown in Adelaide and they
eventually settled in the Jamestown / Caltowie area.
In
1857 James, at the age of 61, took
up land in the Auburn district for wheat farming. The five
younger boys went with their parents to help in the venture. Three years later
the eldest George, at the age of 25, married Margaret Davies at Holy Trinity
Church, Riverton in 1860 and established his own farm and home at Pine Creek
nearby.
A
further 4 years later James, assisted by two of the boys, lit a fire late one
afternoon to burn off some stubble on his farm. A strong wind blew up and
spread the flames to adjoining paddocks and only the timely assistance of
neighbours saved the whole countryside from being burnt. Fighting the fire, at
the age of 70, proved too much for James and he suffered a stroke and died
from "an effusion of the brain" He was buried in the Auburn Cemetery
on 12 March 1864"
Meanwhile
the remainder of the boys were all marrying and setting up their own homes.
Benjamin became the owner of Section 515 at Auburn. William acquired Section
740 and their mother retained the original Section 292 after her husband's
death where she stayed on for a time with the two youngest boys, Alexander and
James. However by about 1870 she had retired to The Parade, Norwood in
Adelaide leaving Alexander in charge of her farm at Auburn.
Gradually
the family dispersed from the Auburn area. The land they had farmed along the
Skillogolee Creek was rather too wet for wheat farming and drier areas to the
north were being opened up for selection. Wllliam left his farm on Rices Creek
to open up new land in the Hundred of Tarcowie. George appears to have
established himself at Coonatto, Benjamin at Koolunga. Alexander remained at
Long Gully near Auburn and James finished up as a railway fettler at
Warnertown near Port Pirie after a spell of farming at Condowie near Snowtown.
The
widowed Ann maintained her interest in the Auburn farm right up to the time
that she died at Norwood from gangrene of the hand on 20 June 1895 at the age
of 93. She was buried with her husband in the Auburn Cemetery."
James
and Ann Horne are buried in the Auburn SA Cemetery
in Section No. 4, plots 11&12. This is near the edge of
section 4
about the 3rd row from the end of the block near plots 145 &
146.
Their graves are marked with the above headstone. |
The
complete paper relating to the Horne family by John Cornish can be viewed or
downloaded here
(doc file - 79kb)
Genealogical
summary
Thomas
Martial HORNE (Born 1765) Married
Mary PLEDGE (Born 1768)
Married 4 February 1788
Dates of Deaths, locations currently unknown
Their 6 children were all baptised at St
Nicholas Church, Arundel Sussex
Elizabeth (20 July 1791), Charles (2 Oct. 1793),
James (24 Feb. 1796). Thomas
(28 Aug. 1797), Louisa (18 Nov. 1800) and Peter (19 Feb. 1803).
Their
third child,
James HORNE (Baptised 24 February 1796 at
Arundel, Sussex, England).
Died 10 March 1864 at Auburn South Australia)
Married Ann
BOWLEY (Born 1802 at Arundel, Sussex, England.
Died 20 June 1895 at Adelaide South Australia)
They were married on 5 May 1823 in Church
of St. Nicholas, Arundel, Sussex, England
Family of James and Ann
Horne - their
children were:-
| Child |
Birth |
Birthplace |
Death |
Deathplace |
Last Spouse |
Last Marriage Date |
| Charles |
20.9.1824 |
Arundel, Sussex, England |
1879 |
Normanville SA |
Lydia Cheesman |
16.6.1845 |
| Ellen |
18.5.1828 |
Arundel, Sussex, England |
31.8.1889 |
|
Henry Brown |
26.1.1865 |
| Henry |
23.10.1831 |
Arundel, Sussex, England |
1.7.1900 |
Alberton SA |
Catherine Delahunty |
27.4.1857 |
| George Alfred |
6.10.1835 |
Arundel, Sussex, England |
17.8.1914 |
Pt Augusta SA |
Margaret Davies |
21.8.1860 |
| Benjamin |
7.11.1837 |
Arundel, Sussex, England |
14.4.1919 |
Brinkworth SA |
Bridget O'Brien |
18.3.1859 |
| William |
12.9.1841 |
Alberton SA |
4.8.1925 |
Adelaide SA |
Bridget Walsh |
7.11.1863 |
| Alexander David |
12.11.1843 |
Alberton SA |
31.7.1905 |
Auburn SA |
Mary Elizabeth Walsh |
28.4.1868 |
| James John |
9.10.1850 |
Alberton SA |
1.5.1933 |
Semaphore SA |
Emily Whiting |
11.9.1873 |
Ellen
HORNE (Born 18 May 1828 at Arundel, Sussex, England.-
Died 31.8.1899)
Married David FERGUSSON - (Customs
Officer, Pt Adelaide - Born 1816 at Dundee, Scotland. - Died 21 June 1863 at
Pt Adelaide. Bd. Pioneer Pk., Alberton Sth Aust.)
They were married on 20
Sept.1842 in Holy Trinity Church of
England, Adelaide
Ellen
was married some
years after David Feguson's death to Henry BROWN (Born
1819 - Date & Place of death unknown)
They were married on 26 Jan. 1865 in Adelaide later
settled in Jamestown/Caltowie
area). Ellen was aged 38.
Ellen Brown - nee Horne is buried in Jamestown
SA Cemetery Plot Section C Row T Grave 31.
Family of
Ellen and David Fergusson - their
children were:-
| Child |
Birth |
Birthplace |
Death |
Deathplace |
Last Spouse |
Last Marriage Date |
| Ann |
1843 |
|
|
|
|
|
| David |
1845 |
|
1846 |
|
|
|
| David |
1845 |
|
1846 |
|
|
|
| George |
b. 26. 1.1847 |
Alberton
SA |
d. 19. 11.1921 |
Jamestown |
Mary Louise Meinck |
1876 |
| Isabel |
b.12.4.1849 |
|
|
Jamestown |
Robert Henderson |
|
| David |
1851 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ellen |
1853 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Mary |
1855 |
|
1857 |
|
|
|
| Mary Whma |
1857 |
|
1860 |
|
|
|
| William |
1860 |
|
|
|
|
|
| John Carson |
1862 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Family of
Ellen and Henry Brown - their
children were:- |
|
| Robert |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Henry |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Isabel FERGUSSON
(Born 12 April 1849 at ?.- Died ? Believed bd. in Jamestown)
Married Robert
HENDERSON - ( Died at Watervale SA - Aged 27 -
(23-10 1871?) Buried Auburn, South Australia)
They were married on ?
at place unknown
| Child |
Birth |
Birthplace |
Death |
Deathplace |
Last Spouse |
Last Marriage Date |
| Ellen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ellen HENDERSON
(Born 21 November 1870 at Watervale - Died 27 January 1915. Bd. in Booleroo Centre)
Married John
O'LOUGHLIN - ( Born 27 July 1855. Died 30 March
1929. Buried at Pinnaroo, South Australia)
They were married on ?
at place unknown
Family of
Ellen and John O'Loughlin - their
children were:-
| Child |
Birth |
Birthplace |
Death |
Deathplace |
Last Spouse |
Last Marriage Date |
| David |
c. 1893 |
|
11.04.1970 |
Adelaide? SA |
- |
- |
| Cornelius
Michael |
21.07.1894 |
Booleroo SA |
16.09.1951 |
Pinnaroo SA |
Linda Schiller |
01 August 1921 |
| Anne Isobel |
21.03.1898 |
|
13.09.1979 |
Adelaide SA |
- |
- |
| John Laurance |
20.09.1899 |
|
04.06.1950 |
Gawler SA |
Ethel Penna |
|
| James (Michael) |
28.01.1904 |
|
25.10.1936 |
|
- |
- |
| Robert George |
03.10.1908 |
|
29.10.1993 |
Linden Park SA |
Alice (Jean) Elliott |
|
| Henry Patrick |
23.07.1912 |
|
21.03.1972 |
Whyalla SA |
Minnie Cameron |
|
Cornelius O'LOUGHLIN (born
21.7.1894 at Booleroo SA - Died 16.9.1951. Bd. at Pinnaroo SA)
Married Linda
SCHILLER - ( Born 2 May 1901 Bd. at Pinnaroo
SA)
They were married on 1
August 1921 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Pinnaroo SA
Family of
Ellen and John O'Loughlin - their
children were:-
| Child |
Birth |
Birthplace |
Death |
Deathplace |
Last Spouse |
Last Marriage Date |
| Gertrude Margaret |
1923 |
Pinnaroo SA |
02.08.1975 |
Murray Bridge SA |
Albert Percy Sieber |
|
| Ellen Joyce |
1925 |
Pinnaroo SA |
22.02.1999 |
Pinnaroo SA |
Sidney William Pahl |
|
| Kathleen Mary |
1926 |
Pinnaroo SA |
21.09.2011 |
Pinnaroo SA |
Victor Norman Sieber |
|
| William James |
1928 |
Pinnaroo SA |
19.05.2006 |
Murray Bridge SA |
Elizabeth Agnes
Beard |
|
| Milford Doreen |
1930 |
Pinnaroo SA |
- |
- |
|
|
Un-named boy
(Stillborn) |
1932 |
Pinnaroo SA |
03.02.1932 |
Pinnaroo SA |
- |
- |
| Peggy Maureen |
1933 |
Pinnaroo SA |
- |
- |
|
|
| John Cornelius |
1936 |
Pinnaroo SA |
01.05.2005 |
Pinnaroo SA |
Elaine Veronica Hanson |
|
| Peter Leslie |
1937 |
Pinnaroo SA |
- |
- |
|
|
| Mavis Linda |
1938 |
Pinnaroo SA |
- |
- |
|
|
| Melva Patricia |
1941 |
Pinnaroo SA |
- |
- |
|
|
| Stanley
Lawrence |
1946 |
Pinnaroo SA |
- |
- |
|
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