Family Treeof Trudy Mae COWLEY
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BurialEleanor was buried at Oatlands (Old) General Cemetery in February 1834. The tombstone inscription reads: Sacred to
the memory of
Her burial record indicates she was interred by W WHIKFORD(?). Community LifeJohn and Eleanor PRESNELL (and Thomas PRESNELL) were signatories on a letter dated 10 June 1833, and published in the Hobart Town Courier of 28 June 1833, addressed to Thomas ANSTEY, Police Magistrate at Oatlands, even though John had died in 1831! The letter requests that ANSTEY convene a meeting to discuss the building of a church in Oatlands. John and E PRESNELL are listed as landholders and inhabitants of the district of Oatlands in a letter dated 4 November 1833 at Oatlands addressed to Thomas ANSTEY on the occasion of his resignation as Police Magistrate. Once again, Eleanor has put her deceased husband's name on an official communication. The letter was transcribed in the Hobart Town Courier of 15 November 1833. ImmigrationEleanor emigrated from England to Tasmania in 1820 with her husband and family. They arrived in Hobart per Midas on 12 January 1821 under the captaincy of Master WATSON. MarriageAccording to an affadavit by Ann PRESNELL (wife of James PRESNELL), John PRESNELL was married to Eleanor SKELTON between 1808 and 1818 in England – ie, between 20 and 30 years before 1838. (SC 285/36). It is likely that John and Eleanor met and were married in London and had both moved there from other counties at some time. There is no record of marriage. All Eleanor SKELTONs on the IGI hail from round Yorkshire way, whilst all PRESNELLs hail from round Kent/Sussex way. OccupationsEleanor took over the license for the White Hart Inn after her husband died. Notice number 2 by the Revenue Office dated 12 December 1833 appeared in the Hobart Town Gazette on 13 December 1833.
Each of the undermentioned parties residing in the Divisions of the Island of
Van Diemen's Land commonly called Buckinghamshire and Cornwall, has applied for
and obtained a license to retail Wines and Spirits, &c. for the period ending
the 29th day of September in the year now next ensuing inclusive, provided it be
not forfeited before such day. PropertyAfter her husband died, Eleanor, his wife, took up his plea to the Governor for more land. To
His Excellency Colonel George Arthur, Lt Gov of VDL, etc. Mrs
Presnell having requested my certification to this memorial, I can only say that
the facts are correctly stated. Mr
Harrison, JP of Woodbury, being the deceased John Presnell’s executor I would
recommend Mrs Presnell to obtain Mr Harrison’s certificate hereto and then
send this document to Mr Franklin who will instruct the executor which to do. I
beg most respectfully to recommend memorialist Ellenor Presnell to His
Excellency’s favourable consideration. Submitted
for His Excellency’s perusal. Perhaps
the late application had better take its course in Mrs Presnell’s name, as she
has lost her husband. From
what I heard of Presnell’s character, I am very certain no report of the land
… would have influenced me to have given him any additional grant … he will
have and … an invistitile claim! A
communication anonymously. Shall
I answer the Memorialist in the terms of Your Excellency’s minute of the 1st
last? Merely
say that I have considered the application and additional land cannot be
granted. No. 866 Report of the Land Board on the application of Mr John Presnell for an additional grant. This
applicant it appears by an accompanying certificate died on the day he had been
requested to attend the Land Board. His
eldest son “John Presnell” 19 years of age, attended the Board, on this date
and stated that his mother still carries on the business of the White Hart Inn,
Antills Ponds, that she has been left a widow with 3 sons and 3 daughters, the
youngest five years of age. That
the whole of the improvements in buildings, and cultivation of land, was
effected by his late father, as certified by Mr Maclanachan and Messrs Harrison
and Anstey, Justices of the Peace. Did
not the application of the widow come under my consideration – if so, how was
it disposed of? She
was informed that the Lt Gov had fully considered her application and that
additional land could not be granted to her.
Former paper within … refused. The
Lt Gov has refused this application Inform
Mrs Presnell On 28 January 1831, the property was mortgaged to the value of £1000 to Messrs Joseph and Judah Solomon. John PRESNELL Jnr was heir at law to this property. (SC 285/36) Thus, John was granted 500 additional acres in 1831 and 1832 (or was it refused after initially being given) even though 320 acres of land was promised to John as compensation for removal of a road. (SC 285/36) John and his wife Eleanor made further applications for land and these were unsuccessful (CSO 1/79/1760) To
His Excellency Colonel George Arthur, Lt Gov of VDL, etc. Mrs Eleanor Pressnell requests the reconsideration of her application for an additional grant which was made previous to the said Regulations, but refused. The
… herewith any former papers and the report of the Land Board. Additional
land cannot be granted. Answer
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