Naomi (Axford) Hudd (1829 - 1923)

Born 25 Feb 1829 in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of James Hudd — married 16 Mar 1848 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1923 at age 94 in Watson Street, Maylands, The City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Naomi (Axford) Hudd was born in England.

Naomi (Axford) Hudd was born in Wiltshire, England.

Naomi Axford was born on 25 February 1829. She was the daughter of James Axford and Ann Eyers.

1841 UK Census
Westbury Leigh, Westbury, Westbury & Whorwelsdown, Wiltshire, England:

At the age of 18 she was baptised on 15 February 1848 at Westbury, Wiltshire^[1].

Naomi married James Hudd (the son of John Hudd) on 16 March 1848 at the parish church in the parish of Westbury, Wiltshire, after Banns^[2]. They were both 19 years of age. She signed with her mark "X" meaning she was illiterate. The witnesses were John Pearce and M. Axford.

Naomi (Axford) Hudd migrated from Wiltshire, England to South Australia on Sibella in 1848.

Soon after their marriage, they emigrated from England to Australia, departing from London on the ship "Sibella", and arriving into Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia on 16 July 1848^[3]. An account of the arrival of the ship was printed on page 2 of the Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) dated Saturday, 22 July 1848:

THE EMIGRANT SHIP "SIBELLA."

Few arrivals have been more welcome, and none more generally satisfactory, than that of the fine barque abovenamed, which reached the wharf on Monday last, after a passage of 101 days from Plymouth, by which the colonists have not only obtained the accession of a large body of industrious immigrants, but the assurance of a new and highly important source of employment, and of colonial prosperity, in the advent of G, J. Walters, Esq., a highly intelligent and influential gentleman, and the representative of Messrs John Scnheider & Co., proprietors of Napier's patent process of smelting. That firm is about to employ, extensively, in this colony, their new mode of smelting, whereby huge savings in fuel and labour have been effected, together with metallurgic results the most accurate and satisfactory at home.

We have been shown, by a gentleman in this colony, the particulars of two moieties of a parcel of twenty tons of copper ore sent to England from the province in the Himalaya. One moiety, when reduced to fine copper by the ordinary methods at Swansea, left a balance of £127 12s 6d for the South Australian shippers, whilst the other moiety submitted to Schneider & Co.'s process in London, left a balance of £151 4s 7d, In short, the difference in favour of Schneider & Co.'s process, all things considered, had amounted to £2 10s per ton upon the ores as shipped.

The materials and mechanical appliances, accompanied by Mr Williams, the superintendent, and the subordinate personal experience and skilled labour indispensable to the success of such a serious and important undertaking may very shortly, be expected to arrive; and the commencement of operations cannot but be regarded as a new seal to the industrial charter of South Australia, or a fresh enlistment of powerful combatants in defence of its undoubted and invaluable Rights.

The total number of free passengers, of all ages and both sexes, landed in the colony by the Sibella was 278; of these there were sixty-six married couples, thirty single young women, twenty-four single men, "forty-four male and thirty-seven female children, under fourteen years of age, the remainder being infants in their first year.

We shall not attempt an exact trade classification of the Sibella's free passengers; but judging from the many with whom we have conversed, we have reason to conclude they will be found a decided acquisition to our industrious population; the newly-arrived, who are from different parts of England and Scotland, include skilful artizans, miners, mechanics, carpenters, bricklayers, stonemasons, agricultural labourers, and(last not least in general estimation) female domestic servants.

The kindness manifested to so many people under their charge by the commander, Captain Coleman, and by the Surgeon-Superintendent, Dr. E. Gregory, will be sufficiently apparent to our readers after a perusal of the interesting proceedings on ship-board, which will be found in our advertising columns; and through that medium they are destined to find their way to numerous friends of the parties and of the colonists in Britain.

We can only add, that by continued acts of kindness like those recorded, Captain Coleman and Dr. Gregory have laid the whole colony of South Australia under obligations, as well as the numerous individuals (cabin passengers as well as free emigrants) whose good fortune it was to make the voyage under their auspices.

We may now mention the pleasing fact that several persons just landed from the Sibella have called at our office to declare that they were mainly induced to come to this colony by a perusal of the " ADDRESS TO THE STARVING OR SUFFERING MILLIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND," penned and extensively circulated in the United Kingdom by the proprietor and editor of this journal, and distributed by his fellow-colonists and British friends; and which " Address," in many instances, has been reprinted, and read with avidity in almost every part of the British Isles.

It is truly gratifying to be enabled to add, that none of those who have arrived seem to be disappointed in the expectations they had formed touching this flourishing colony, and the rewards of industry which it offers. Many of the colonists were disappointed at the non-arrival of the new Governor in the Sibella, which is accounted for by the fact of Sir Henry Young's having entered into a matrimoniol contract with the only daughter of Charles Marryat, Esq., of Parkfleld, Herts, niece of Captain Fredk. Marryat, R.N., the celebrated Novelist, and similarly related to the Lord Bishop of Adelaide. The nuptuals were fixed to take place on or about the 15th April, and his Excellency and Lady were to embark, in a few days after, at Plymouth, on board the Forfarshire. The accomplished bride elect was in her twenty-second year, and is distinguished by virtues calculated to render her an ornament and a blessing to the South Australian community, which, to quote the words of a London contemporary, has had for some time past to regret the absence of that invaluable influence which a governor's lady can. so effectually, yet unobtrusively, exert over the general tone of society in a new colony.^[4]

They went on to have about 13 children, some of whom died young.

Her husband James died on 28 September 1905.

Naomi Axford passed away on 28 September 1923 and was buried at North Road Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia^[5].

Inscription:

In Loving Memory of

OUR DEAR PARENTS

JAMES HUDD

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

SEPT. 28TH 1905

AGED 75 YEARS.

NAOMI HUDD

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE

SEPT. 28TH 1923

AGED 93 YEARS.

FEAR NOT I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE.

Newspapers Notices

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) dated Saturday, 6 October 1923, Page 37:

HUDD.—On the 28th September at Watson-street, Maylands, Naomi, relict of James Hudd, late of Enfield, in her 94th year.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYC6-JX3 : 6 December 2014), Naomi Axford, Naomi Axford; citing Westbury, Wiltshire, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,279,436.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKQF-QHC : 10 December 2014), James Hudd and Naomi Axford, 16 Mar 1848; citing Westbury, Wiltshire, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,279,370.
3. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48727628
4. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158926327
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201595420/naomi-hudd: accessed 02 October 2023), memorial page for Naomi Axford Hudd (25 Feb 1829–28 Sep 1923), Find A Grave: Memorial #201595420, citing North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, Prospect City, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by Bilbo Senn (contributor 48214134)
6. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87536453

See also:

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M73L-8YD : 30 October 2015), Namoie Axford in household of Jas Axford, Westbury, Wiltshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-database-search
  • SA Government death registration (Genealogy SA): Norwood district, index entry 465/250 (1923), as "Naomi HUDD "