James Cottrell HUDSON and Mary Jane nee SALE
Thomas Sale and Martha Booth were married 20 May 1838 in the Church of St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. He was a labourer.
Mary Jane was born 26 June 1839 at Islington, Liverpool, England. The address shown on her Birth Certificate was 12 Thurlow Street, Liverpool. This matches perfectly with the entry for the family on the 1841 census return. There is an entry on FREE BMD for Maria Sale birth registered June quarter 1847 Liverpool, and the 1851 census return shows Thomas, Martha, Mary Jane and Maria living very close to Thurlow Street. There is a death registration for Maria Sale, December quarter 1856, and for Thomas Sale, June quarter 1854, both Liverpool. To date there is nothing to prove either way if these entries relate to Mary Jane's sister or father.
Mary Jane Sale, age 17, domestic servant, residence shown as Gloucester, travelled to Australia on the "BUCEPHALUS" which was a vessel of 1,245 (nm) tons owned by the British East India Company which contracted to the South Australian Company to provide passage for emigrants to South Australia. The ship departed England on the 7th July 1855 with 428 emigrants - 122 women, 214 men, 41 boys and 51 girls under the age of 14 years, overseen by Surgeon Superintendent J. Baird. On the 13th October 1855 after a voyage of 98 days and the deaths of 4 girls the ship arrived at Port Adelaide.
Martha Sale nee Booth
Photograph - Liverpool, England
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Mary Jane Hudson nee Sale
Photograph - Norwood, South Australia
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Ship "Bucephalus" on which Mary Jane came to Australia
(Shown on Passenger List as Mary Seal)
NOTE: Painting of ship by W. Clealor - website: www.artnet.com
James Cotrell Hudson married Mary Jane Sales at St George Church, Woodforde (Magill) on 8 Nov 1860. Parents of James were shown as James Cottrell (father) and mother (not shown) - James was aged 25, Mary Jane 21. His occupation is shown as Sawyer, residences at time of marriage for both was Company's Tiers. (Details on the Tiers to be added shortly when page is updated with new information). Neither James or Mary could sign their name.
Their children were Mary Ann b. 1861, Martha Jane 1862, James Cottrell 1864, William Thomas 1867, Sarah Elizabeth 1868, John Henry 1872, Edwin Charles Valler 1874, George Albert Paul 1876 and Walter Bertie 1881.
Daughters of James Cottrell and Mary Jane Hudson (nee Sale)
Elizabeth, Mary Ann and Martha Jane
Elizabeth married David Thomas Davy 16 March 1887 and they had three children Arthur Thomas, Fred and Florence Ivy.
Mary Ann married Gottlieb Wilhelm Schuetze 1 September 1879 and they had eight children. (NOTE: see link below for more on Gottlieb Wilhelm and Mary Ann).
Martha Jane married Alfred Herbert Benson - their children were Hilda Maud, Clarence Herbert, Winnifred Myrtle, Lillian Blanche and Alfred Leonard.
Clarence Herbert (Bert) Benson
(son of Albert and Martha Jane Benson nee Hudson)
Served in both WWI and WWII
Sons born to James and Mary Jane Hudson nee Sale were James Cottrell (married Victoria Prudence Brennan in Bourke, NSW), William Thomas (married Blondine Carolina Neumann in Norwood, Sth. Australia), John Henry (married Emily Elizabeth Benson in Adelaide, Sth. Australia), Edwin Charles Valler (married Elizabeth Mudge in Norwood, Sth. Australia), George Albert Paul and Walter Bertie. Walter died 23 July 1884 aged 3. So far nothing further has been unearthed in regard to George.
From details in ‘The Australian Connection’ (ref. documents received from D. Wilson) Mary Ann Hudson came from a poor home in Norwood, and at the time she met her husband-to-be she was working as a domestic in Palmer, a town near Mannum. Her mother Mary Jane Hudson was a nurse and with 2 other women nursed many people in Norwood. The one Doctor in Norwood paid tribute to their wonderful service to the poor community and said “A record should be written about these three women”.
(NOTE: new information - June 2010 - more to come - check back soon!) Upon receipt of the Death Certificate for James Cottrell Hudson we learn that from c1884 he was living in NSW (where...?). He died aged 85 on 2 August 1918 in the Mental Hospital at Rydalmere, Municipality of Ermington, NSW. Here at last we are able to ascertain the names of his parents - James Hudson, occupation Barber, and Jane Caterell. Despite much research nothing further has been found on the family back in the UK, although it is stated on the certificate that James was born in London, spent 34 years in NSW and was previously in South Australia.
Not long afterwards - but far apart - James' wife Mary Jane Hudson died in South Australia. Her date of death was 21 August, 1919, age 77 years. Her place of residence was Wall Street, Norwood.
Mary Jane Hudson nee Sale
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