Family Tree

of Trudy Mae COWLEY

Andrew Henry HINGSTON

This page last updated: 10-Oct-2003

Abodes Aliases Baptism Birth Burial Children Community Life Death Education Marriage Occupations Property Religion Siblings

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Birth 27 May 1847 Longford, TAS to Henry Thomas HINGSTON and Ann Sarah Maria BANNISTER (more information)	Baptism (unknown)
Death 15 January 1924 Hagley, TAS aged 76 years	Burial January 1924 Methodist Church Hagley, TAS (more information)
Marriage 6 May 1868 Whitemore, TAS to Margaret DOBSON (more information)	Education literate
Children Edmund Tasman HINGSTON (1870 - 1950) Edith Amy HINGSTON (1873 - ???) Leslie Montague HINGSTON (1875 - 1944) Hubert William Henry HINGSTON (1878 - 1961) Effie Lillian HINGSTON (1882 - 1911) Linda Muriel HINGSTON (1886 - ???) (more information)	Siblings William James HINGSTON (1845 - 1919) Frederick HINGSTON (1849 - 1849) Frederick Edward HINGSTON (1850 - 1894) Agnes Annie HINGSTON (1852 - 1937) Charlotte Elizabeth HINGSTON (1855 - 1942) James Manders HINGSTON (1857 - 1924) Henry Thomas HINGSTON (1859 - 1943) Anna Maria HINGSTON (1861 - 1933)
Abodes 1878 - Glenore, TAS 1906 - Hagley, TAS	Occupations farmer lay preacher
Community Life Councillor Justice of the Peace (more information)	Religion Wesleyan Methodist (more information)
Property Cheriton, 3 miles from Hagley, TAS 130 acres	Aliases Andrew HINGSTON

Birth

Andrew was born to Henry Thomas HINGSTON and Ann Sarah Maria BANNISTER on 27 May 1847 at Longford, though the Cyclopedia of Tasmania (p.224) has his birth place as Bishopsbourne.

The informant was Henry HINGSTON (Andrew's father), a farmer of Norfolk Plains. The birth was registered on 7 June 1847.

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Burial

Andrew was buried in January 1924 at Hagley Methodist Church (now the Uniting Church). The tombstone inscription reads:

God Shall Wipe All Tears Away
In Loving Memory of
Andrew H Hingston
died 15th Jan 1924
aged 76 years
also his beloved wife
Margaret Hingston
died 9th July 1900
aged 56 years
also
Effie L Hingston
beloved daughter of above
died 15th Jan 1911
aged 28 years.

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Children

Andrew's grand daughter, Freda Lilian HINGSTON, remembers travelling by buggy (2) with her parents, brother and sisters from White Hills to Andrew's farm at Hagley for Christmas dinner. They would start out from White Hills early Christmas Day morning, stay overnight and journey back the next day. All of Andrew's children would be there for Christmas Day.

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Community Life

Andrew was a councillor at Westbury and a Justice of the Peace. The Examiner of 23 April 1942 (p.10) stated:

Andrew Hingston, of Cheriton, served many years as a councilor in the Westbury district, and as a justice of the peace.

It is known he was a Justice of the Peace in 1906, 1921 and 1922. He may also have been Justice of the Peace in other years.

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Marriage

Andrew Henry HINGSTON married Margaret DOBSON on 6 May 1868 at Whitemore, Westbury. Andrew was a farmer and bachelor aged 21 years. Margaret was a spinster aged 24 years.

They were married in the private house of W DOBSON (Margaret's father) of Whitemoor in the district of Westbury. They were married by Joseph WATERHOUSE according to the rites and ceremonies of the Wesleyan Church by virtue of Act 23. Their marriage was registered on 6 May 1868.

Witnesses to the marriage were of Henry HINGSTON (Andrew's father), Henry DOBSON (Margaret's eldest brother) and Mary MASTERMAN.

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Religion

Andrew was a lay preacher with the Wesleyan church for 30 years. His name appears regularly in connection with the church and Sunday school activities in the Glenore and Westbury districts.

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