AUSTRALIA
The death of Sir Hyde Gowan was reported in the April 2, 1938 edition of the “New York Times.” He was described as one of the many Australians who gained distinction in the Indian Civil Service. He was governor of the central provinces of India and had seen service there since 1902. He, 59 years old, had been an invalid for 4 years.
NEW SOUTH WALES
John Gowen was born in England about 1761, according to Vickie Goldsmith, a descendant of Australia. She wrote April 30, 2002 that John Gowen was serving as a marine aboard the H.M.S. Sirius, flagship of the First Fleet which arrived in Australia in a convict flotilla January 26, 1788.
After the American Revolution, England was no longer able to dispose of its convicts in the New World. Instead, it turned its attention to Australia. The first installment of prisoners for Australia departed from England May 13, 1787. Most of the miscreants were sentenced to four years.
The accepted authoritative work on Australian convicts is Charles Bateson’s “Convict Ships.” In it, Bateson states that a total of 160,151 convicts were sent to Australia. Although most of the convicts were from the British Isles, some were also from various British colonies. The British government first sent convicts to New South Wales in 1788, after the American Revolution. New South Wales refused to accept convicts after 1842 because the population had grown after the success of free immigration.
Convicts were first sent to Tasmania [formerly Van Diemens Land] in 1803. Western Australian accepted male convicts only from 1850 to 1868. An attempt was also made to send convicts to Port Phillip [Melbourne, Victoria], but this failed.
This transportation scheme continued until 1868 and primarily involved three Australian states: New South Wales from 1788; Tasmania from 1803 and Western Australia from 1850.
Convicts of interest to Foundation researchers include:
George Going, age 18, single, a servant boy born in London, transported to New South Wales in 1834 aboard the ship “Surry 7.”
Clarissa Gowan was born in Cumberland in 1815. She, age 21, single, was transported to New South Wales in 1836 aboard the ship “Henry Wellesley.”
Gowen Bladen, age 21, a “kitchen gardener” born in Kent, was transported in 1839 to New South Wales aboard the ship “Parkfield.”
Hardly had the First Fleet of three ships arrived when the marine guards, claiming that their duties did not extend beyond the voyage out, refused to act any longer. Some of the seamen on the ships joined them and the prisoners in declaring that they would stay in New South Wales.
John Gowen was included in a list compiled by Kate Cunningham. In 1791, four years after his arrival, John Gowen received an initial land grant of 60 acres on Norfolk Island.
John Gowen received land grants in Van Diemen’s Land [Tasmania] and Norfolk Island, New South Wales between 1788 and 1809, according to a list edited by R. J. Ryan, B.A., Australian Documents Library, Sydney.
“The New Holland Morning Post,” of October 18, 1791, al-so reported on “the 86 settlers who have been granted land at Parramatta and Norfolk Island, comprising 31 marines, 11 sea-men and 44 convicts whose sentences had expired:”
Anderson, John 50 acres P’matta
Baffen, John 50 acres P’matta
Barrisford, John 60 acres N’folk Is.
Bell, William 10 acres N’folk Is.
Bishop, Joseph 50 acres P’matta
Bishop, Thomas 60 acres N’folk Is.
Bramwell, Thomas 60 acres N’folk Is.
Brand, Curtis 30 acres P’matta
Brown, John 60 acres P’matta
Burn, Simon 50 acres P’matta
Butler, William 50 acres P’matta
Castles, James 30 acres P’matta
Cavenaugh, Owen 60 acres N’folk Is.
Chipp, Thomas 60 acres N’folk Is.
Connell, Patrick 60 acres N’folk Is.
Cross, William 10 acres N’folk Is.
Dempsey, William 60 acres N’folk Is.
Dikes, Thomas 60 acres N’folk Is.
Drummond, John 60 acres N’folk Is.
Elliott, William 30 acres P’matta
Everingham, Mathew 50 acres P’matta
Fentun, Benjamin 10 acres N’folk Is.
Field, William 50 acres P’matta
Foley, John 60 acres N’folk Is.
Forrester, Robert 10 acres N’folk Is.
Gowen, John 60 acres N’folk Is.
Griffiths, Samuel 30 acres P’matta
Halfpenny, Thomas 60 acres N’folk Is.
Hambly, William 60 acres N’folk Is.
Hand, Abraham 60 acres N’folk Is.
Herbert, John 60 acres P’matta
Heritage, Charles 60 acres N’folk Is.
Hibbs, Peter 60 acres N’folk Is.
Hubbard, William 50 acres P’matta
Kelly, Thomas 30 acres P’matta
Kilby, William 50 acres P’matta
Kimberley, Edward 10 acres N’folk Is.
King, Samuel 60 acres N’folk Is.
Lisk, George 30 acres P’matta
Marshall, Joseph 30 acres P’matta
Martin, Thomas 30 acres P’matta
McCarthy, John 60 acres N’folk Is.
McManus, James 60 acres N’folk Is.
Mitchell, William 60 acres N’folk Is.
Morley, Joseph 50 acres P’matta
Moulds, William 30 acres P’matta
Munday, John 60 acres N’folk Is.
Nichols, John 30 acres P’matta
Night, Richard 60 acres N’folk Is.
O’Bryen, Thomas 60 acres N’folk Is.
Painter, James 60 acres N’folk Is.
Parish, William 60 acres P’matta
Parr, William 50 acres P’matta
Proctor, James 60 acres N’folk Is.
Pugh, Edward 70 acres P’matta
Ramsey, John 50 acres P’matta
Redman, John 60 acres N’folk Is.
Redmond, James 60 acres N’folk Is.
Reid, William 60 acres P’matta
Richards, John 30 acres P’matta
Richards, Lawrence 60 acres N’folk Is.
Roberts, John 60 acres N’folk Is.
Ruse, James 30 acres N’folk Is.
Schaffer, Phillip 140 acres P’matta
Scott, John 60 acres N’folk Is.
Sculley, Thomas 60 acres N’folk Is.
Silverthorn, John 30 acres P’matta
Simms, William 60 acres N’folk Is.
Spencer, Thomas 60 acres N’folk Is.
Standfield, Daniel 60 acres N’folk Is.
Standley, William 60 acres N’folk Is.
Stuart, James 20 acres P’matta
Strong, William 60 acres N’folk Is.
Summers, John 30 acres P’matta
Tonks, William 60 acres N’folk Is.
Turner, John 10 acres N’folk Is.
Varndell, Edward 30 acres P’matta
Walbourne, James 10 acres N’folk Is.
Watson, Robert 60 acres N’folk Is.
Webb, Robert 60 acres P’matta
White, James 10 acres N’folk Is.
Williams, Charles 30 acres P’matta
William, James 60 acres N’folk Is.
Williams, John 50 acres P’matta
Woodcock, Peter 10 acres N’folk Is.
On March 12, 1800 “John Gowan” appeared as a grantee of land registered in the Colonial Secretary’s office.
John Gowen was employed as a storekeeper at Sydney and was superintendent of stores at Parramatta in 1801.
On July 21, 1803 he was charged with embezzling government stores, but was later exonerated. An entry regarding his salary was recorded December 31, 1803.
On April 7, 1804 he signed a contract agreeing to the rules and orders of the Sydney Loyal Association. His name appeared on a list of civil and military officers in 1806-08, but his name was later crossed out.
The Return of the Sydney Association Company shows:
“Captain:
Rowley, Thomas
Lieut.
Smyth, Thomas
Sergeants:
Gowan, John
Bloodsworth, James
Corporals
Griffiths, John
Massey, Thomas
Wall, William
Privates
Chapman, William
Thorley, Samuel
Raby, Thomas
Roberts, William
Cunningham, Andrew
Jones, Lewis
Skinner, Samuel
Flood, James
Batty, David
Dowling, John
Owen, Felix
Mitchell, John
Baker, George
Evans, William
O’Neal, William
Matthews, George
Somerville, James
Morrison, John
Prosser, Joseph
Geary, Michael
Sparrow, John
Underwood, James
Meredith, Frederick
Miller, William
Cox, Fraser
Goode, Edward
Randall, Thomas
Peachy, William
Chambers, Daniel
Lewis, Joseph
Hockley, Samuel”
Return of the Parramatta Association
“Captain
Savage, John
S-Major
Evans, G. W.
Sergeants
Larra, James
Hassal, Rowland
Corporals
Stevenson, John
Wright, Charles
Drummers
Adams, –
Saunders, –
Privates
Cole, William
Whittear, John
Hodson, John
Thorn, Humphrey
Norris, John
Cosier, Thomas
Tate, John
Graham, John
Armstrong, Henry
Mayo, William
Haslem, Samuel
Bedford, Thomas
Wright, Edmond
Matthews, William
Elliott, Edward
Weavers, John
McKenzie, Thomas
Wright, James
Crook, William
Thorogood, John
Welling, Daniel
Terry, Samuel
Lewin, John
Hughes, Hugh
Munslow, William
Snowden, Andrew
Butcher, John
Wells, Richard”
John Gowen was married June 1, 1805 to Audrey Appleyard in St. Phillips in Sydney, New South Wales. She was born about 1778 in the United Kingdom. She had been transported to New South Wales on the ship “Earl Cornwallis” in 1800, according to Lincolnshire Archives. She had been sentenced to a seven-year term for theft.
She, a spinster, was tried at the Lindsey Quarter Sessions court on October 5, 1798, at age 21. She was convicted of stealing “a checked silk handkerchief, 2 cotton pocket handkerchiefs, a girl’s neck handkerchief, a woolen petticoat and a pair of women’s white [?], the property of Thomas Neal.” She had been previously imprisoned at the Kirton House of Correction.
On January 1, 1806 the name of John Gowen appeared on a “List of all Grants and Leases of Land registered in the Colonial Sectary’s office.
On January 28, 1808, it was recorded that “Goods delivered [by John Gowen] from the Stores, per Palmer’s order, not paid for nor entered in the Day Book.”
On January 3, 1810 John Gowen appeared on the “List of persons holding civil and military employment at Sydney and settlements adjacent, as Storekeeper.”
On June 7, 1810 a letter was written to William Broughton regarding “amendments to invoice for goods to Newcastle and Gowen’s adjustments.”
On July 2, 1810 John Gowen wrote a letter “asking permission to resign position of storekeeper & to be allowed the usual indulgences on taking up his farm.” Upon receipt of a reply, he resigned as storekeeper July 7, 1810.
On October 10, 1814 he was named foreman of a jury at an inquest on John Davis held at Sydney.
On March 25, 1815 John Gowen was “appointed storekeeper at Liverpool.”
On August 15, 1815, “John Gowen, Convict disembarked from ‘Canada’, assigned to Liverpool.” [This may have been a different individual of the same name.]
On March 17, 1817 John Gowen wrote, “requesting survey of damaged maize in Liverpool stores.”
On September 3, 1818 “John Gowan” wrote a letter “requesting a list of persons entitled to be issued with slop clothing.”
In 1819 John Gowen “Paid slaughtering duties.”
On January 25, 1819 and June 24, 1820, John Gowen was listed as a storekeeper on the “Returns of storekeepers & extra clerks in the Commissariat Department.”
On March 6, 1819 and March 27, 1819 “John Gowan” wrote “Regarding steer slaughtered at Cow Pastures from Government herd.”
Audrey Appleyard Gowen died October 17, 1819 in New South Wales.
On April 24, 1820 John Gowen received “Departmental Orders requesting duplicates & triplicates of store receipts issued since January 25, 1819 & respecting new method of attaching store receipts to vouchers.”
On August 15, 1820 John Gowen “Countersigned printed copy of Proclamation on the accession of King George IV; at Liverpool on August 7.”
On January 15, 1821 he wrote “Regarding a delivery of wheat.” On January 20, 1821 John Gowen wrote “Regarding dispatch of wheat and barley to Commissariat Department”
On November 15, 1821 he issued a receipt to J. Kelly.
John Gowen was remarried November 27, 1821 to Mary Wood.
About 1822, he paid money to Thomas Moore.
In January 1822 John Gowen wrote “Regarding payment to Thomas Moore of money received for the slaughtering of cattle.
On December 9, 1822 he wrote to “Request an equitable pension.” On December 28, 1822 he wrote again concerning his pension.
In 1823 and in 1825 John Gowen wrote concerning “land and premises in O’Connell Street, Sydney.”
On January 4, 1823 John Gowen certified that “William Carrol received no indulgences from H. M. Magazines.”
From Parramatta on July 8, 1823 John Gowen certified that “Alfred Sims had not received any indulgence.” The certificate was attached to the Memorial of Alfred Sims
A pension was paid to John Gowen on December 31, 1823 and on December 31, 1824. On February 19, 1824 he endorsed the petition of Thomas Taber for a pension. Ann Gowen, daughter of John Gowen, was married in that year to George Taber, son of Thomas Taber.
On October 29, 1824 John Gowen appeared on a “List of persons liable to serve as jurors in the District of Liverpool.”
The name of John Gowen appeared July 15, 1825 “on a list of lands granted & reserved by Sir Thomas Brisbane.”
In August 1825 John Gowen again appeared in the Liverpool jury pool.
John Gowen died April 28, 1837 and was buried at Kiama, New South Wales. No children were born to John Gowen and Mary Wood Gowen.
Children born to John Gowen and Audrey Appleyard Gowen include:
Mary Gowen born May 17, 1806
Ann Gowen born October 12, 1807
John Gowen born December 15, 1810
Frances Gowen born September 17, 1812
Elizabeth Gowen born April 24, 1816
Mary Gowen, daughter of John Gowen and Audrey Appleyard Gowen, was born May 17, 1806 in New South Wales. She was married about 1821 to William Henry Jones. On August 9, 1821 she filed affidavits regarding her marriage.
Ann Gowen, daughter of John Gowen and Audrey Appleyard Gowen, was born October 12, 1807 in New South Wales. She was married September 22, 1824, at the age of 16, to George Taber. He was born November 21, 1800 in Sydney Cove to Thomas Taber and Frances Medhurst Taber. Witnesses to their marriage ceremony were James Taber and Adah Harrex.
George Taber owned 640 acres of land at Menangle and was described as a farmer and an innkeeper.
He died March 22, 1885 in Medhurst Vale, Manangle, New South Wales and was buried at St. Peters in Campbelltown. Ann Gowen Taber died there September 22, 1900 at the age of 92 and was buried beside her husband.
Children born to George Taber and Ann Gowen Taber include:
Frances Rachael Taber born October 9, 1825
George John Taber born April 28, 1827
Sarah Elizabeth Taber born October 6, 1829
Ann M. Taber born in 1832
Elizabeth Deborah Taber born January 6, 1835
Mary J. Taber born in 1837
Emma Louise Taber born November 22, 1841
Clara Matilda Taber born August 23, 1845
Ada Taber born in 1848
Frances Rachael Taber, daughter of George Taber and Ann Gowen Taber, was born October 9, 1825 at Menangle. She died July 11, 1901, at the age of 75, at Picton New South Wales.
John Gowen Taber, son of George Taber and Ann Gowen Taber, was born at Menangle April 28, 1827. He died the following year.
Sarah Elizabeth Taber, daughter of George Taber and Ann Gowen Taber, was born October 5, 1829 at Menangle. She died in New South Wales in 1897.
Ann M. Taber, daughter of George Taber and Ann Gowen Taber, was born in 1832 at Menangle.
Elizabeth Deborah Taber, daughter of George Taber and Ann Gowen Taber, was born January 6, 1835 at Menangle. She died November 25, 1919 at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
Mary J. Taber, daughter of George Taber and Ann Gowen Taber, was born at Menangle in 1837. She died there in the following year.
Emma Louise Taber, daughter of George Taber and Ann Gowen Taber, was born November 22, 1841 at Menangle. She was married there December 31, 1864 to David Sneesby. He was born in 1838 to Joseph Sneesby and Susannah Warren Sneesby in Wilburton, Cambridgeshire, England. His emigration to Australia was sponsored by his great uncle James Sneesby. David Sneesby was a stonemason and a building contractor.
Emma Louise Tabor Sneesby died September 26, 1900 at Lidcombe. David Sneesby died September 26, 1913 at age 76 at Rookwood near Lidcombe and was buried in the Church of England Cemetery there.
Children born to David Sneesby and Emma Louise Taber Sneesby include:
Edith Ann Sneesby born in 1867
Emma Louise Sneesby born in 1869
John George Sneesby born in 1870
Henry Taber Sneesby born January 5, 1872
Albert Joseph Sneesby born in 1874
George W. Sneesby born in 1877
William David Charles Sneesby born in 1880
David Augustus Sneesby born in 1882
Edith Ann Sneesby, daughter of David Sneesby and Emma Louise Taber Sneesby, was born in 1867. She died in 1940.
Emma Louise Sneesby, daughter of David Sneesby and Emma Louise Taber Sneesby, was born in 1869.
John George Sneesby, son of David Sneesby and Emma Louise Taber Sneesby, was born in 1870 in New South Wales. He died there in 1936.
Henry Taber Sneesby, son of David Sneesby and Emma Louise Taber Sneesby, was born January 5, 1872 at Newtown, New South Wales. He was married September 23, 1890 to Amy Sinclair in Wesleyan Church in Homebush, New South Wales. She was born December 7, 1871 in Wooloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales to John Sinclair and Jane Tucker Sinclair. Since Henry Taber Sneesby was only 18, his father gave consent for the marriage license to be issued. Jane Sinclair gave her consent for Amy Sinclair, age 19, to be married. Witnesses to the wedding were “E. Sneesby & E. Sinclair.”
Henry Taber Sneesby became a bootmaker.
Children born to Henry Taber Sneesby and Amy Sinclair Sneesby include:
Eva Sneesby born in 1891
Amy Sneesby born in 1894
Thomas Sneesby born in 1896
May Sneesby born in 1898
George Sneesby born October 24, 1900
Jane Sneesby born in 1904
Henry Sneesby born October 22, 1907
Arthur Sneesby born February 5, 1910
Allan Sneesby born September 1, 1912
Eva Sneesby, daughter of Henry Taber Sneesby and Amy Sinclair Sneesby, was born in 1891 in New South Wales.
Amy Sneesby, daughter of Henry Taber Sneesby and Amy Sinclair Sneesby, was born in 1894 in New South Wales.
Thomas Sneesby, son of Henry Taber Sneesby and Amy Sinclair Sneesby, was born in 1896.
May Sneesby, daughter of Henry Taber Sneesby and Amy Sinclair Sneesby, was born in 1898.
George Sneesby, son of Henry Taber Sneesby and Amy Sinclair Sneesby, was born at Rookwood, New South Wales October 24, 1900 at Rookwood. He was married December 29, 1934 to Eileen Mary Turner in St. Matthews Church in Manly, New South Wales. She was born January 1, 1905 in Randwick, New South Wales to Ernest Turner and Ethel Page Turner.
George Sneesby, a carpenter, died June 10, 1953 at Concurry, Queensland, Australia.
Children born to George Sneesby and Eileen Mary Turner include:
[stillborn child] born about 1945
Graham Taber Sneesby born in 1947
Graham Taber Sneesby, son of George Sneesby and Eileen Mary Turner, was born in 1947 in New South Wales. He was married in 1969 to Linda Ann Oakley. She was born in 1949 at Derby in England to Alfred Oakley and Bessie Jackson Oakley.
Children born to them include:
Deborah Sneesby born in 1969
Kerrie Sneesby born in 1974
Deborah Sneesby, daughter of Graham Taber Sneesby and Linda Ann Oakley Sneesby, was born in 1969 in New South Wales. She was married there in 1992 to Cameron Ranford. He was born in 1972 in Western Australia to Ernie Ranford and Vicki Edwards Ranford.
Children born to them include:
Jaiden Ranford born in 1995
Liam Ranford born in 1998
Jane Sneesby, daughter of Henry Taber Sneesby and Amy Sinclair Sneesby, was born in 1904 in New South Wales.
Henry Sneesby, son of Henry Taber Sneesby and Amy Sinclair Sneesby, was born October 22, 1907 at Granville, New South Wales. He died September 29, 1969 at Lidcome, New South Wales.
Arthur Sneesby, son of Henry Taber Sneesby and Amy Sinclair Sneesby, was born February 5, 1910.
Allan Sneesby, son of Henry Taber Sneesby and Amy Sinclair Sneesby, was born September 1, 1912 at Lidcombe. He died June 30, 1994 at Old Bar, New South Wales.
Albert Joseph Sneesby, son of David Sneesby and Emma Louise Taber Sneesby, was born in 1874 in New South Wales. He died there in 1923.
George W. Sneesby, son of David Sneesby and Emma Louise Taber Sneesby, was born in 1877 in New South Wales. He died there in 1943.
William David Charles Sneesby, son of David Sneesby and Emma Louise Taber Sneesby, was born in 1880.
David Augustus Sneesby, son of David Sneesby and Emma Louise Taber Sneesby, was born in 1882.
Clara Matilda Taber, daughter of George Taber and Ann Gowen Taber, was born August 23, 1845 at Menangle and died March 19, 1929 in Campbelltown.
Ada Taber, daughter of George Taber and Ann Gowen Taber, was born in 1848 in Menangle.
John Gowen, son of John Gowen and Audrey Appleyard Gowen, was born December 15, 1810 in Sydney. He died November 18, 1885 at Sandy Creek in Braidwood.
He and his son[?] were mentioned in “Greville’s Post Office Directory, 1872,” page 114, living at Charleyong, New South Wales, 198 miles south of Sydney.
“John Gowen, Sen.” was listed as a farmer living in the Tom-boy community with mail service at Charleyong. “John Gowen, jun.” was recorded as a labourer living in the Marlow community with mail service at Charleyong.
Their weekly mail service was described in the directory as:
“Mail closes at General Post Office Tuesday, via Braidwood, Saturday, via Nowra, 4 p.m.
Mail arrives at Post Town Wednesday, via Braidwood, 2.30 p.m., Tuesday, via
Nowra, 9 a.m.
Mail leaves for Sydney Tuesday, via Braidwood, 9 a.m., Wednesday, via Nowra, 2.30 p.m.
Mail arrives at Sydney Thursday, via Braidwood, Saturday, via Nowra, 7.15 a.m.
Route – Rail Goulburn, coach Braidwood, 12m. Charleyong.”
Frances Gowen, daughter of John Gowen and Audrey Appleyard Gowen, was born September 17, 1812. She died October 23, 1899.
Elizabeth Gowen, daughter of John Gowen and Audrey Appleyard Gowen, was born April 24, 1816. She died October 12, 1885.
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Brady Gowin who was a convict transported to Australia aboard the “Greyhound” in 1818, was received by Sir John Jamison in New South Wales August 14, 1820. He was released November 17, 1821.
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Kathleen Mary Gowen was born about 1920. She was married about 1938 to Arthur Reginald Yates who was born about 1918 to Frederick Yates and Mamie Morris Yates of Balgow-nie, New South Wales, according to Jennifer Robinson.
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Mary Toft, daughter of James Toft and Elizabeth Mitchell Toft of Surrey, was born in 1795 at Cranleigh. Her father was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment and transportation to Australia for embezzlement. Her family followed him to Australia, and there she was married to Gowen Pickering in 1821, according to Lois Carrington. She wrote,
“James Toft was tried and convicted in Old Bailey court in March 1813. He was the London manager for a provincial grain merchant. He stole a large sum, £320 [over £10,000 in today’s money]) from his em-ployer, a provincial grain merchant. He was one of the many who suffered dread-fully on the “hellship” “General Hewitt, and died at sea. His family arrived in Sydney five months after his ship did, to be met with the doleful news of his death. His wife took a job as housekeeper to William Mannix, a kind man who offered her daughters a roof over their heads as well. She later married him, and they had a daughter, Jane in 1815.”
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
Mary Gowen arrived in 1865 aboard the ship “Golden Land” and settled in Marysborough, Queensland, according to “Ma-rysborough, Queensland Immigrants from the British Isles and Germany, 1861-1891.”
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
E. J. Gowan was the registrar for Ensign Nursing Home, located on Carrington Street in Adelaide in 1902, according to Dianne Baker.
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Capt. Charles Joseph Shields MacGowan, alias George Gow-an, a retired British Army officer from India and a widower, arrived in South Australia about 1889. He was accompanied Florence Free-man who came as the nanny to his young son who was born in India about 1886. The couple was married shortly after arriving in Australia. Florence Freeman Mac-Gowan was born in London in 1856, according to Mary Shields Criddle.
AUSTRALIA
The death of Sir Hyde Gowan was reported in the April 2, 1938 edition of the “New York Times.” He was described as one of the many Australians who gained distinction in the Indian Civil Service. He was governor of the central provinces of India and had seen service there since 1902. He, 59 years old, had been an invalid for 4 years.
NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
Kathleen Mary Gowen was born about 1920. She was married about 1938 to Arthur Reginald Yates who was born about 1918 to Frederick Yates and Mamie Morris Yates of Balgow-nie, New South Wales, according to Jennifer Robinson.
NEW ZEALAND
“Mr. and Mrs. Gowen of steerage” were listed among the pas-sengers who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand March 22, 1871 aboard “The Caduceus” under the command of Capt. Roberts.
The local newspaper carried the following article:
“The ship Caduceus, a fine powerful vessel of over one thousand tons register, anchored off the wharf yesterday morn-ing, after a splendid passage from London, bringing an addition to our population of 102 souls, three of whom were born on the voyage. The Caduceus is commanded by Captain D. T. Rob-erts, a gentleman well known in this port, having made several voyages here in charge of the good ship “Maori.”
The Caduceus has arrived in harbour a model of cleanliness and the passengers are in excellent health. As a slight recogni-tion of his kindness to them during the voyage, the whole of the passengers have signed a congratulatory address to Captain Roberts, which they presented to him on his arrival in this port.
The voyage throughout has been very pleasant, very little heavy weather being met with since leaving the Channel. We understand that after discharging her inward cargo the Cadu-ceus will load for home.
The following report has been kindly supplied by Captain Roberts:
“Left Gravesend on 16th December 1870; experienced heavy weather in the Channel and put into Spithead; left Isle of Wight on 21st. Bad weather and very heavy seas crossing the bay, up to the 27th. Crossed the Equator on 13th January, thence had fair S E trades. The meridian of the west end of Australia was passed on 27th Feb, the 67th day out. The south end of Tasmania passed on 8th March at a distance of 100 miles, 76 days out and course was shaped for the Three Kings. Flying fish seen at the Poor Knights.”
The following is a copy of the address presented to Captain Roberts on his arrival:
“Ship Caduceus, 22nd March, 1871.
Captain Roberts.
Dear Sir,
We cannot leave the Caduceus without ex-pressing our cordial thanks for the many kind-nesses we have exper-ienced at your hands and at those of your officers. We are also indebted to you for your thoughtfulness on all occa-sions, which has, as far as in your power lay, lightened the tedium of a sea voyage. We hope you will convey to your officers our thanks for their kindness and courtesy and, wishing you and them all health and prosperity and a safe return to those near and dear to you, we remain, dear sir, yours sincerely,”
[Signatures of passengers]
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John Gowan was listed in 1872 Post Office Directory for Greville as a “gardener, Broughtonsworth, Burrowa.”
DORSET TERRITORY, NEW ZEALAND
Albert Gowen was born in New Zealand about 1869 of parents unknown. He, an accountant, was enumerated at age 32 in the 1901 census of Branksome, Dorset Territory.
OTAGO TERRITORY, NEW ZEALAND
Announcement of a wedding which took place at Gowan Ha’, New Zealand appeared in the September 27, 1856 edition of the “Otago Witness:”
“Married. At Gowan Ha’, on the 18th inst., by the Rev. Thomas Burns, Mr. George Ross, Merchant, Dunedin, to Margaret Marshall, only daughter of Mr. James Mar-shall, Storekeeper, Dunedin.”
Goyen Family Tree 