Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAnn MOTTERSHEAD, Step GGG Grandmother
Birthabt 1809
Death17 Jun 1883, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
FatherRobert MOTTERSHEAD
MotherElizabeth
Spouses
1John BLAKEBOROUGH, GGG Grandfather
Birth1805, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Baptism11 Aug 1805, Manchester, Lancashire, England
OccupationPicker Maker, Merchant
FatherJohn BLAKEBOROUGH
MotherFrances FAIRBROTHER (~1779-1822)
Marriage4 Dec 1837
Notes for Ann MOTTERSHEAD
Others give her name as Ann Mothersill. Her death certificate says Motherwell
Second wife of John
Victoria, Australia Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists
Arrived on the Marion Moore, Melbourne, Australia, March 1854
Ann Blakeborough, age 45, matron, English nationality
[No first name listed, probably Sarah] Blakeborough, male child [probably should be female], age 12
[No first name listed, probably Jane (Mary)] Blakeborough, female child, age 11
Death Record
District of West Hotham in the Colony [Victoria, Australia]
June 17, 1883 Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, Town of Hotham [now North Melbourne], County of Mow???, Ann Blakeborough, laundress, female, 75 years, died of Chronic Bronchitis, duration not known, Dr Whitaker attending, father Robert Motherwell, profession not known, mother Elizabeth Motherwell, maiden name not known
Second wife of John
Victoria, Australia Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists
Arrived on the Marion Moore, Melbourne, Australia, March 1854
Ann Blakeborough, age 45, matron, English nationality
[No first name listed, probably Sarah] Blakeborough, male child [probably should be female], age 12
[No first name listed, probably Jane (Mary)] Blakeborough, female child, age 11
Death Record
District of West Hotham in the Colony [Victoria, Australia]
June 17, 1883 Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, Town of Hotham [now North Melbourne], County of Mow???, Ann Blakeborough, laundress, female, 75 years, died of Chronic Bronchitis, duration not known, Dr Whitaker attending, father Robert Motherwell, profession not known, mother Elizabeth Motherwell, maiden name not known
Notes for John (Spouse 1)
Definition of a picker maker - a person who makes the strong, leather attachments fitted to each side of a weaving loom, used to drive the shuttle across the loom.
Parish Records Manchester, Lancashire
Baptism August 11, 1805 John Blakeborough, parents John and Frances Blakeborough
Parish Records St Marys Church, Manchester, Lancashire
Marriage December 4, 1837
John Blakebarrow, full age, widower, picker maker, residence Half Street, father John Blakebarrow, clock maker and
Ann Mottershead, full age, spinster, 1 Mayes Street Manchester, father Robert Mottershead, carrier
by Banns
by Rt Keeling?, B.A., Curate
John Blakebarrow his mark, Ann Motthershead her mark
in the presence of A? S. McKie, B. Bond, and Thomas Clarke, Clerk of St. Mary’s
Since his second wife emigrated to Australia in 1853 with the children, it is probable he died before that date.
Parish Records Manchester, Lancashire
Baptism August 11, 1805 John Blakeborough, parents John and Frances Blakeborough
Parish Records St Marys Church, Manchester, Lancashire
Marriage December 4, 1837
John Blakebarrow, full age, widower, picker maker, residence Half Street, father John Blakebarrow, clock maker and
Ann Mottershead, full age, spinster, 1 Mayes Street Manchester, father Robert Mottershead, carrier
by Banns
by Rt Keeling?, B.A., Curate
John Blakebarrow his mark, Ann Motthershead her mark
in the presence of A? S. McKie, B. Bond, and Thomas Clarke, Clerk of St. Mary’s
Since his second wife emigrated to Australia in 1853 with the children, it is probable he died before that date.