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Parents:
John BODINGTON
(1791 - )
 
 
Lucy Ann TOWNSHEND
(1795 - 1875)
 
 

Married
Robert BODINGTON
(1824 - 1895)
Mary Ann STONE
 
 bd.  6 March 1824
 bpd.  3 April 1829; St. Martins, Birmingham, Warwickshire UK
 dd.  30 Nov 1895, age 71; Brighton, Victoria, Australia
 occ.  Engineer
 res.  Australia
 src.   [351],[377]
 bd.  
 dd.  Deceased, age not recorded
 res.  Australia
 src.   [394]

Notes for Robert BODINGTON

1841 census: living with parents;
12 January 1849 Emigrated, arrived with his brother William in Port of Spain, Trinidad;
17 May 1850 Newspaper record in the Port of Spain Gazette – Robert signed a Petition to the Queen [Victoria] to keep one chamber of Government in Trinidad;
1851 census: lodging with brother John in Evesham, Worcestershire, UK;
8 March 1852 Landed in Sydney Australia on board ship Mount Stewart Elphinstone;
7 March 1863 Application for patent for Mowing and reaping machines – Melbourne Age (Robert named as Engineer);
Believed to have left issue in Australia. [394]

Sources

351.  Document, Deborah Bodington, RI USA, March 2008
377.  Email, Gary Hamilton-Browne, 17 November 2014
394.  Email, Ann Emery, 26/01/2022, Port of Spain Gazette, Arrival of the schooner 'Earl Dundonald'

Family record last updated: 21 March 2023

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