1761 - 1837 (75 years)
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Name |
John Gowen |
Born |
24 Oct 1761 |
Ribbesford, Worcestershire, England |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
28 Apr 1837 |
Kiama, NSW Australia |
Buried |
Kiama Anglican Church Cemetery, NSW Australia |
Notes |
- John Gowen was a Corporal in the Royal Marines.
He sailed from England on the "HMS Sirius", the flagship of the 1st fleet to leave for Australia.
The fleet comprised a total of 11 ships and 1350 people.
They left Portsmouth, England on 13th May 1787, and arrived at Sydney Cove on 26th Jan 1788, having travelled 15000 miles in 8 months.
John Gowen was one of the signatures on a petition to have Governor Bligh arrested and removed from office.
In all, about 164,000 convicts were transported to the Australian colonies between 1788 and 1868
Details of John Gowen's life can be found here:
http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/johngowen.htm
Details of the HMS Sirius can be found here:
http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/ship_sirius.htm
Details of the First Fleeters to Australia can be found here:
http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/index.html
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Person ID |
I2755 |
Omundsen |
Last Modified |
14 Sep 2021 |
Father |
John Gowen, b. 1735, Ribbesford, Worcestershire, England |
Mother |
Mary Hines, b. 1730, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
Married |
26 Jul 1755 |
Ribbesford, Worcestershire, England |
Family ID |
F884 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Audrey (Ordery) Appleyard, b. 1778, Old Clee, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England , d. 17 Oct 1819, Liverpool, Sydney, NSW Australia (Age 41 years) |
Married |
01 Jun 1805 |
Liverpool, Sydney, NSW Australia |
Children |
| 1. Mary Gowen, b. 17 May 1806, Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , d. 22 Sep 1900, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia (Age 94 years) |
| 2. Ann Gowen, b. 12 Oct 1807, Liverpool, Sydney, Australia |
| 3. John Gowen, b. 15 Dec 1810, Liverpool, Sydney, Australia , d. 19 Oct 1885, Sandy Creek, North Eastern Border District, Victoria, Australia (Age 74 years) |
| 4. Frances Gowen, b. 17 Sept 1812, Liverpool, Sydney, Australia , d. 23 Oct 1899, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia (Age 87 years) |
| 5. Elizabeth Gowen, b. 24 Apr 1816, Liverpool, Sydney, Australia , d. 12 Oct 1885, Braidwood, South Eastern New South Wales, Australia (Age 69 years) |
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Last Modified |
24 Feb 2017 |
Family ID |
F878 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
Mary Wood, b. 1774, England , d. 29 Jun 1827 (Age 53 years) |
Married |
27 Nov 1821 |
Liverpool, Sydney, NSW Australia |
Last Modified |
20 Feb 2017 |
Family ID |
F879 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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