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Robert BEAN (1779-1859) and Lucy COOK of Suffolk

history of Australia

my ancestors

Tas emigrants by origin

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Lucy BEAN (nee COOK b1783) and her daughter Lucy BEAN c1850 (photo courtesy of John Robert Mothersole via Robert Bellenger)

introduction

Robert BEAN / BENE / BANE (1779-1859) (my great, great, great grandfather, b. 1779 in Wortham, son of Hannah BEAN, d. 1859 in Bardwell) and Lucy COOK (b. 1783 in Thrandeston, daughter of William and Lydia COOK, d. 1854 in Bardwell) both from Suffolk , England. Robert and Lucy had four children - John Bean, Robert Bean (8th April 1809 / 1814 -1900 , my great, great grandfather) , Edward 1825 and Sarah Bean 1825.

Robert BEAN (1809-1900) of Palgrave, Diss, SFK, wife Martha HUFF (c1813-1886) and children, Henry BEAN (my great grandfather b. 1835 Bardwell, SFK), Robert BEAN (c1838-1914) who later married Mercy PINNER also on this ship, James, Walter, John, George, Sabina, Charles & Louis/Lewis emigrated to Tasmania - arriving in Feb. 1858 on the Trade Wind.

a number of families including BEAN, DENNIS, and AYTON were recruited from central and NW Norfolk and adjacent Suffolk (mainly Eriswell) by the Launceston Immigration Aid Society and emigrated to the Launceston region of Tasmania in 1855-1862.

They were part of an immigration scheme to bring honorable settlers to Tasmania as part of an anti-transportation movement.

The Immigrant ship Trade Wind sailed from Gravesend, London on 6th Nov 1857. On Board were 294 immigrants most of whom were Bounty passengers sponsored by the Launceston Immigration Aid society. Because of deaths during the voyage caused by Typhus, the Trade Wind on arrival in Hobart on 22 Feb 1858 was placed in quarantine. Two more children died and it was some months before all passengers were fit enough to continue their journey.

A description of the Bean family taken in Hobart was:

children of Robert BEAN (1779-) and Lucy Cook of Suffolk, UK

other BEAN families near Bury Road, Suffolk, England

more distant Suffolk BEAN families

the Robert Bean (1809-1900) and Martha HUFF family who emigrated to Tasmania in 1858

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above photo courtesy of Amanda Whitby which is thought to be Robert BEAN and wife Martha HUFF, which if it is them, would probably be dated c1880 given Martha died in 1886 aged 73 yrs. Certainly very similar features to Henry BEAN.

If anyone can verify this or provide scans of other old photos, please email me.

descendants of Robert BEAN and Martha HUFF in Australia

Henry BEAN (1834-1903)

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The Bean homestead, Longford, Tasmania, 1931

Henry emigrated to Australia with his parents and siblings on the “Trade Wind” in 1858 aged 23yrs. He was a groom, footman and farm laborer. On that ship was a Hannah BEAN (c1816-1876) who had married a William CLAXTON and their children christened in Covehothe, SFK. Perhaps Hannah is a younger sister of Henry? See Norfolk and Suffolk emigrants to Tasmania.

On 20th Sept, 1861, he married Maria DENNIS (1842-1917) at Lymington, Morven in Tasmania. They had 9 children and resided in Longford, Tasmania.

Maria William DENNIS (1830-) (1842-1917) was born at Eriswell, Suffolk, England on 22nd January, 1842 to James DENNIS (1813-1888) and Frances SPINKS (1812-1868) who had married on 18th Nov. 1832 in Eriswell, Suffolk. James DENNIS was born at Eriswell, Suffolk and was buried at Longford, Tasmania. Frances SPINKS was born at Hillborough, Norfolk, England and is buried at Longford, Tasmania. Maria emigrated with her parents and 4 brothers on the “Trade Wind” to Hobart on 22 Feb 1858. After Frances' death in 1868, James married Elizabeth Saville Holloway on 01 Sept 1869 at Longford Tasmania.

They settled at Longford and as the children grew up, several of them worked for John Whitehead on his estate, “Winburn”. A daughter Sabrina cared for John’s mother from the age of 15. Their son, John Bean worked there also, but the most reported in Whitehead’s Letters (a published book) was John’s brother, Walter Bean “…not only a good coachman but the handiest man I ever saw”. Whitehead left him, (and possibly the others in smaller portions,) a 1000-pound bequest in his will, “to help him purchase his own farm”. Whitehead had at one stage intended to leave “Winburn” to Bean, but about a year before his death his will was altered.

Ann BEAN (1837-)

Robert BEAN (1838-1914)

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Robert Bellenger sent the above photo and he believes this is Robert Henry BEAN (1869-1950) taken in 1949.

James BEAN (1840-1882)

Walter BEAN (c1842-1899)

John BEAN (c1844-1906)

George BEAN (c1846-1928)

Sabina BEAN (1849-1931)

Charles BEAN (c1850-1932)

Lewis BEAN (c1853-1941)

photos

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Ellen Eliza “Nellie” BEAN (1871-1954) - my grandmother's sister.

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Amy Frances BEAN (1876-1910) and husband James Charles AYRE on their wedding day in 1905 (click image for large image)

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Charles Robert BEAN died aged 28yrs

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Edith Rosa BEAN (my paternal grandmother)

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Archie BEAN off to France to war during WWI, this photo was taken in Egypt in Egyptian uniform.

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sisters Elsie Maude PLUCK and Lilly Victoria Madelene PLUCK in 1918

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Algie BEAN in 1948 - see newspaper article - page 1 and page 2

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Albert BEAN, his wife Alice and children c1928 Longford, Tasmania.

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This is probably Lillias Maria BEAN

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Bean Flour Mill, Fingal (photo courtesy of Heather Kay)

The man with the three children is Robert Henry Bean, and his father is standing at rear right next to the wheel.

listed as being operated by Robert Bean in 1914 (see here), I presume Robert Henry BEAN (1869-1950) or his father.

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Bean brothers on Fingal Bridge c1915

Front Row L to R: ? Bean, Charles Campbell “Dicky” Bean b 1899, Thomas Ivan “Johnson” Bean b 1903

Back Row L to R: ? Bean , Trevor Lionel “Scorcher” b 1904 ?, ? Bean

Sources:

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Papers Past Ashburton Guardian 27 November 1914