Jane (Sinton) Telford (1812 - 1902)

Born 20 May 1812 in Southdean, Roxburgh, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of James (Telfer) Telford — married 18 Nov 1836 in Southdean, Roxburgh, Scotland

Descendants

Died 18 Aug 1902 at age 90 in Glenburnie, South Australia, Australia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Lorna Henderson [send private message]

Biography

• Jane Sinton was born on 20 May 1812 to Peter Sinton and Jane Wight^[1] in Southdean, Roxburgh, Scotland.^[2]

• Married James Telfer on 18 November 1836 in Southdean, Roxburgh (map location) ^[3]

• Migrated to Australia via London aboard the "Platina" to Adelaide, arriving early in 1839.
  • The Platina arrived in Adelaide on 9 February, 1839.^[4]
  • Conflicting reports were published in the local South Australian press referring to "numerous complaints" by passengers on the Platina. Nine people died on the journey, which might have been a perfectly reasonable result given the typical mortality of general populace on land at the time.
  • Jane and her husband, James were listed as signaturies on a later-published letter to the ship's surgeon James Weston thanking him for his care during the journey. So we can assume the Telfer family did not suffer unduly en route to South Australia.
  • Jane and James signed the above-mentioned letter with their full names rather than with an X (as 8 of the 33 signaturies did) so we can also assume they were both literate to some degree.^[4]
• On arrival in Adelaide in 1839, Adelaide was a tent city and daughter, Jane (the junior), was born early in 1840 in a tent.^[5]
• Died in Mount Gambier, SA. Interred with husband James on 20 August 1902 in the Lake Terrace Cemetery, Mount Gambier in section B plots 94 and 95.^[1][6]

Research by Lorna Henderson

"Another very pleasant surprise. Nothing like an email from someone with a tentative inquiry as to whether or not I thought Jane was a dtr of my Peter Sinton and Jane Wight.

"Prompt investigations showed that I had, many years ago, noted the marriage of a James Telfer and a Jane Sinton in the Southdean OPR, but as nothing further could be found about them in Scotland, I'd forgotten about them, which is rather remiss of me as I should have been looking for 2nd dtr named Janet, or similar.

"All was explained when the descendant of James and Jane pointed out that they had emigrated to Sth Australia in 1839 (so missed the 1841 census for me to get a finer estimate of their ages). The circumstantial evidence as to the relationship was pretty good - fitted a gap in the known children, absolute insistence of all the children to include a child called Peter Sinton X in their broods - and finally, a picture of her showed the same chubby face as Helen, my 2greats grannie.

"So I'm very happy to welcome her into the family - along with what looks like it will be a gazillion Sth Australian Telfer/Telford descendants. And Jane found her rightful home all because Verity's sister was doing a quilt and they wanted to put the family ancestral tree on it."^[7]

DNA

Jane SINTON, assumed daughter of Peter SINTON and Jeanie WIGHT now has many DNA matches between her descendants and descendants of others of her assumed siblings so her relationship to her parents is presumed confirmed by DNA

Click here for for Lorna's info on Jane and other SINTONs.

Birth

Born circa 1812 in Parish of Southdean, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Although, like her sister Helen, no "official" record exists. Her death certificate implies c. 1812 (90 in 1902), although the age on her immigration papers (25 in 1839) would imply nearer 1814. Given her elder sister Isabella is c 1811, I'm going for halfway between these two, c 1813. As to place: at marriage she was at Dikerow, stated in the Jedburgh OPR as "parish of Chesters". My understanding however is that the parish was actually Southdean, with Chesters the main church of the parish, the original old Southdean parish church being very near Chesters, and now in ruins.^{[8][7] [9][10][11]}

Marriage

Married James Telfer on 18 November 1836 in Southdean, Parish of Southdean, Roxburghshire, Scotland

James of Jedburgh, Jane of Southdean; Jedburgh OPR for Nov 13 shows "James Telfer farm servant Edgerston in this Parish has been regularly proclained for marriage with Jean Sinton at Dikerow in the parish of Chesters and they were married on the 18 Nov by the Revd Mr Richmond Southdean"^[12][3]

Death

Died on 18 August 1902 at Glenburnie, South Australia, Australia.

Index shows Jane as aged 90, widow, husb James Telford^[13][14]

Buried at Lake Terrace Cemetery, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

James, 76, bur. 12th Nov 1884 in plot 95; Jane bur. 20/8/1902 aged 90 in plot 94; Thomas bur. 22 Dec 1909, aged 60 in plot 95; George Telford SMITH aged 9 bur. plot 95 12 Feb 1903^{[15][16][11][17][18]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bowles 2011 page 20
2. ↑ PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SOURCE REQUIRED
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Marriage 18 Nov 1836 James TELFER (Edgerston) & Jean SINTON (Dikeraw, Chesters), copy d/loaded Apr 2008 from Scotlands People OPR records
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Cummings, 2010 Platina 1839
5. ↑ Lorna Henderson, online accessed 17 December 2014: http://familytree.lornahen.com/p14914.htm
6. ↑ City of Mount Gambier: (link removed) Cemeteries register]. Online accessed 22 December 2014.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Lorna Henderson Family History Musings May 2008
8. ↑ Source: #S2739 Rcvd Apr 2008
9. ↑ Source: #S2739 Dth 18 Aug 1902 Jane w/o James TELFORD, aged 90, Glenburnie, Dist Gre Bk 288 Pg 281, from Digger Records SA Deaths 1842-1915, extract rcvd Apr 2008
10. ↑ Source: #S2739 Arrival 18 Nov 1836 'Platina' at Adelaide, rcvd Apr 2008
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} "Dth" 20/08/1902 Jane TELFORD, bur. Lake Terrace Cem., Section B plot 94, aged 90, indexed at Jane Telford FindAGrave
12. ↑ Source: #S999
13. ↑ Source: #S2739 Rcvd Apr 2008
14. ↑ Source: #S2739 Dth 18 Aug 1902 Jane w/o James TELFORD, aged 90, Glenburnie, Dist Gre Bk 288 Pg 281, from Digger Records SA Deaths 1842-1915, extract rcvd Apr 2008
15. ↑ Source: #S3034 H/stone James & Jane TELFORD, son Thomas, grdson George T SMITH, Mt Gambier, SA, photo rcvd Jul 2011
16. ↑ "Dth" 12/11/1884 James TELFORD, bur. Lake Terrace Cem., Section B plot 95, aged 76, indexed at James Telford 1884
17. ↑ "Dth" 22/12/1909 Thomas TELFORD, bur. Lake Terrace Cem., Section B plot 95, aged 60, indexed at Thomas Telford 1909 FindAGrave
18. ↑ "Dth" 12/02/1903 George Telford SMITH, bur. Lake Terrace Cem., Section B plot 95, aged 9, indexed at (old link removed, not immediately obvious FindAGrave

1. Bowles, Dorothy 2011 Telford Family History: From Scottish Telfers 1751 - 1838 To Australian Telfords 1839 - 2010 ISBN: 9780987159144
2. City of Mount Gambier: Cemeteries register
3. Cummings, Diane (2010-2017) Bound for South Australia: Platina 1839. Published by State Library of South Australia. Online accessed 4 December 2017.
4. S2739: Emails re SINTON/TELFER ex Verity H (Perth, Western Australia), Recipient: Lorna Henderson (New Zealand)
5. S3034: Emails re SINTON/TELFER ex Linda L (Mount Gambier, South Australia), Recipient: Lorna Henderson (New Zealand)

• S3035: South Australian Cemetery Records. URL: www.wattlerange.sa.gov.au;
• S999: OPR (Online Parish Registers): Southdean & Abbotrule, Parish 806. Extracts originally received from Margaret Steele, Canada. Subsequent downloads from Sct People (all Southdean burials 1800 through 1819; selected Abbotrule births/marriages 1755 to 1776).

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confident based on a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 11 cM segment on chromosome 9, consisting of LF and Lorna Henderson, and NE both his 4th cousin 2x removed. (Lorna and NE are 4th cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestors are Peter Sinton and Jane Wight, the 5x great grandparents of LF, 3x great grandparents of Lorna Henderson and of NE.

• Profile added to by D Robertson through the import of R1.ged on Sep 9, 2021.
• WikiTree profile Sinton-16 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson. (Reference: 14914)