Jane (Gilbert) Donne (bef. 1838 - 1914)

Born before 5 Apr 1838 in Sithney, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of William Andrew Tregoning — married 1858 in Kapunda, South Australia, Australia

Wife of John Thomas Donne — married 1863 in Victoria, Australia

Died 25 Oct 1914 after age 76 in Ararat, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

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Jane the daughter of Thomas and Philip (as transcribed) Gilbert of St Johns was baptised at Sithney in Cornwall on 5 Apr 1838.^[1] The Bishop's transcript has her mother's name as Phillis.^[2] Her death registration identifies her parents as Thomas Gilbert and Philipili Lawrence.^[3]

1841: At St John, Sithney, Helston, Cornwall:^[4]

• Thomas Gillbert Male 45 Cornwall
• Philles Gillbert Female 45 Cornwall
• Elizabeth Gillbert Female 25 Cornwall
• Mary Gillbert Female 15 Cornwall
• Thomas Gillbert Male 15 Cornwall
• John Gillbert Male 10 Cornwall
• Jane Gillbert Female 5 Cornwall
• William Gillbert Male 2 Cornwall
• George Dunn Male 0 Not born in Cornwall

1851: At St Johns, Sithney, Helston, Cornwall:^[5]

• Thomas Gilbert Head Married Male 58 Labourer Wendron, Cornwall
• Phillis Gilbert Wife Married Female 60 Labouers wife Wendron, Cornwall
• John Gilbert Son Unmarried Male 21 Shoe maker Sithney, Cornwall
• Jane Gilbert Daughter Unmarried Female 15 - Sithney, Cornwall
• William Gilbert Grand son - Male 13 Gardener Breage, Cornwall
• George Gilbert Grand son - Male 10 - Stoke, Devon

The Barque, Time and Truth set sail from Plymouth, England on 11 January 1854 with Jane GILBERT (age 17) among the passengers and arrived in Port Adelaide, Colony of South Australia on 8 May 1854^[6][7].

Jane Gilbert, a spinster aged 22, married William Tregoning at the residence of Reverend F P Strickland in Kapunda, South Australia on 20 February 1858 with their fathers named as Thomas Gilbert and Edward Tregonin.^[8] Her husband was William Andrew Tregoning (b 1835, Cornwall).

Marriage Notice 27 Feb 1858^[9]

On the 20th inst., at Kapunda, by the Rev. F. P. Strickland, Mr. William Tregoning, to Miss Jane Gilbert, both of Kapunda.

She married Thomas Donne in 1863. ^[10]

Jane Donne passed away in Ararat, Victoria on 25 October 1914^[11] and was buried in the Moyston Cemetery^[12].

MRS JANE DONNE. On Sunday evening last an old and respected resident of the Moy- ston district passed away in the per- son of Mrs Jane Donne. Deceased, who was 77 years of age, had been in ill-health for some time past, and her demise was not altogether unex- pected. The late Mrs Donne was a native of Cornwall, and had resided in the Moyston district for the past 50 years, She leaves two daughters — Mrs Mason, of Moyston, and Mrs Coleman, of Ararat. ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Transcription by Damien Willey on Cornwall OPC Website
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYX2-K5Q : 19 March 2020), Jane Gilbert, 1838.
3. ↑ Victoria Deaths 1836-1985, Arat 1914, Registration number 12225
4. ↑ 1841 Census of England
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGKJ-LS5 : 9 November 2019), Jane Gilbert in household of Thomas Gilbert, Sithney, Cornwall, England; citing Sithney, Cornwall, England, p. 20, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide. Barque Time and Truth, 576 tons, Captain J. Dodds, from Plymouth 11th January 1854, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 6th May 1854. https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/timeandtruth1854.shtml

   Gilbert Jane 17 England

7. ↑ Ship Arrival: SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (1854, May 9). Adelaide Times (SA : 1848 - 1858), p. 2. Retrieved October 22, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207015314
8. ↑ South Australia Marriages 1842-1937 Registration number 33/44
9. ↑ Family Notices (1858, February 27). Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), p. 5. Retrieved October 22, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158119461
10. ↑ Victoria Marriages 1836-1942 Registration number 73
11. ↑ Birth, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria Online Registry. Event: deaths; Registration number 12225 / 1914; Family name: DONNE; Given name(s) Jane; Place of event: Arat, Australia; Mother's name Philipili LAWRENCE; Father's Name: Thos Gilbert. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225587933/jane-donne: accessed 22 October 2022), memorial page for Jane Gilbert Donne (1837–25 Oct 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 225587933, citing Moyston Cemetery, Moyston, Ararat Rural City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Reid Matheson (contributor 50524112).
13. ↑ OBITUARY. (1914, October 28). Ararat Chronicle and Willaura and Lake Bolac Districts Recorder (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved January 15, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159422020