Joseph Orchard

  Research Notes:

Greg Matheson notes:
In response to the urgings in Joseph's letter for his brothers to join him, he was ?rst followed to South Australia by his older brother, William Orchard (28th January 1798 - 22nd May 1869), who arrived in 1850 on the "Trafalgar". William was accompanied by his wife Jane nee Oates (c1797 - 27th June 1861), two sons and four daughters, including
· Edward Oates Orchard was baptised on the 2nd February 1824 Helston and died in 1852, aged 28 years, in Collingwood, Vic.
· Elizabeth Orchard was baptised on the 25th April 1825 Helston-Wesleyan and died on the 25th October 1887 in S.A., aged 62 years. Elizabeth had married around 1850 to the emmigrant blacksmith James PAPPIN (1825 - 9th February 1901) who arrived in 1849 on the "David Malcolm" and they raised ?ve children in Kensington, S.A.
· Eleanor Jane Orchard was baptised on the 30th December 1827 in Mawgan-in-Meneage. She returned (her diary) to Cornwall to marry John BOADEN (his diary). They raised ten children.
· Clarinda Orchard was born on the 30th December 1830 and baptised on the 8th February 1830 in Mawgan-in-Meneage. Clarinda was married quite soon after arrival, on the 1st January 1851 to yet another Cornish immigrant, also from Mawgan-in-Meneage, John TREWENACK (26th April 1829-1891) who had arrived on "Henry Lorequer" in 1849, and they raised a family of six in Port Augusta and Kent Town. John was a blacksmith of Wyatt Street Adelaide, then worked in connection with the mines at Wallaroo and Port Augusta. They retired to Norwood. John and Clarinda were both lost at sea, drowned through the sinking of the passenger steamer "SS Gambier" on the 28th August 1891 when, in collision with the steamer "SS Easby", 23 lives were lost in that most dangerous channel of "The Port Phillip Heads" near Queenscli?e, Victoria. The "Gambier" sank in seven minutes. They had been visiting two of their grown children in Sydney. One of their children, Hester Anne, married a second cousin, William Blewett Orchard, the son of Hannibal and Mary (nee Blewett).
· William Orchard was baptised on the 12th October 1834 Mawgan-in-Meneage. He married Sarah and died in Australia sometime after 1876. (his letter)
· Hester Ann Orchard was baptised on the 25th December 1836 Mawgan-in-Meneage and died in Pirie Street, Adelaide on the 19th March 1851, aged 14 years. Hester doesn't appear on the "Trafalgar" passenger list but there were two Elizabeths so perhaps this is a recording error by the shipping clerk, or a transcript error from the original list.
The family had sailed from Cornwall, arriving in 1850 and settled in Adelaide and later Norwood. William was a shoemaker. He died in Norwood at the ripe old age of 72 years on the 22nd May 1869, and is buried in West Terrace Cemetery. He had survived his wife Jane who passed away in Adelaide on the 27th June 1861. She is also buried in West Terrace Cemetery.