Male, Francis

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Type of person	Individual
Date of birth	c. 1820
Place of birth	Lanteglos, Cornwall, England
Date of arrival	1857
Principal occupation	Quarryman and labourer
Date of departure	c. 1887
Date of death	1895
Place of decease	Melbourne Benevolent Asylum in Hotham

Francis Male was born in Lanteglos, Cornwall, England in about 1820. His parents were William Bonear Male (1781-1864) and Elizabeth Mary (née Lane) (1783-1840). His brothers were John Male (1809-1872) and Nicholas Male (1816-1867) both of whom emigrated to South Australia (Nicholas in 1848 and John in 1849). Religion – Church of England

Francis Male was a laborer and quarryman who lived in the St Teath area and probably worked in the Delabole quarry from the late 1830s until about 1856.

Francis, aged 18 years, married Harriet (née Percy), aged 18 years, (1821-1896) on 26 Dec 1838 at Lanteglos, Cornwall. Francis was living at Penpethy and Harriet was living at Condoldon at the time of their marriage. He made his mark (not literate) and she signed the marriage certificate. They went on to have one daughter and two sons:

Jane Ann (1839-1923) b. at St. Teath, m. William Hawken (1835-1905) on 29 July 1855 at St. Teath, Cornwall, d. at Northcote, Victoria

John Roberts Percy (1841-1935) b. at Delabole, Cornwall, m. Elizabeth Cornelius (1843-1936) at Willunga on 17 Aug 1865, farmer at Willunga, d. at Willunga and buried at the Wesleyan Methodist cemetery

William Bonear (1847-1888) b. at St. Teath, m Rebecca Spargo (1841-1916) at the Wesleyan Methodist Mission House at Willunga on 17 June 1865, went to Victoria in about 1872, d. at South Melbourne.

Francis Male (aged 36 years), his wife Harriet (35) and two sons John (15) and William (9) embarked on Burlington, which left Plymouth on 28 Oct 1856 and arrived in Port Adelaide on 13 Feb 1857. Burlington, a 774-ton ship under Captain William Linton, was a government immigrant ship (chartered by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners). Francis’ nephew William Browne Male (son of his brother Moses), aged 23 years, also travelled aboard on the same voyage of Burlington.

Francis Male, and later both of his sons, worked as quarrymen in the Williunga slate quarries for about three decades between 1857 and 1887. He paid rates on a house and garden in section 267 from 1869 until at least 1883. In about 1887 Francis and his wife Harriet moved to Melbourne where their son William Bonear Male with his family, as well as their daughter Jane Ann Hawken with her family, had moved in the 1870s.

Francis Male died (aged 75 years) on 6 March 1895 at the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum in Hotham and was buried in the Melbourne General Cemetery. Just over a year later, on 7 Sept 1896, his widow, Harriet Male (née Percy), died at the home of her only daughter, Jane Ann Hawken, in South Melbourne.

Sources

• Passengers in History Database – South Australian Maritime Museum
• South Australian Births – Index of Registrations 1842-1906
• South Australian Marriages – Index of Registrations 1842-1937
• South Australian Deaths – Index of Registrations 1842-1972
• The Herald 26 Nov 1883:2
• The Age 8 Sept 1896:1

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