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Born on 02 October 1833 at Angmering Sussex, there are no immigration records for Henry Green arriving in Victoria. He is thought to have been a mariner, so he probably jumped ship and went in search of gold.<ref<Informaton researched and provided by descendant Eric Smith, 2019.</ref>
 
Born on 02 October 1833 at Angmering Sussex, there are no immigration records for Henry Green arriving in Victoria. He is thought to have been a mariner, so he probably jumped ship and went in search of gold.<ref<Informaton researched and provided by descendant Eric Smith, 2019.</ref>
  
Twenty Two year old Henry Green married Janet Smith 'in his residence' on [[Bakery Hill]] on 14 July 1855. He was a miner. It is thought that it is this Henry Smith who signed the Bendan Hassell Petition. Another [[Henry Smith (2)]] was living at Bentley's [[Eureka Hotel]], and was a witness at the inquest into the murder of [[James Scobie]].<ref<Informaton researched and provided by descendant Eric Smith, 2019.</ref>
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Twenty Two year old Henry Green married Janet Smith 'in his residence' on [[Bakery Hill]] on 14 July 1855. He was a miner. It is thought that it is this Henry Smith who signed the Bendan Hassell Petition.x
  
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==
  
 
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Henry green lived on Bakery Hill, the centre of Ballarat Goldfields Agitation and site of the [[Monster Meetings]]. Another [[Henry Smith (2)]] was living at Bentley's [[Eureka Hotel]], and was a witness at the inquest into the murder of [[James Scobie]].
  
 
==Post 1854 Experiences==
 
==Post 1854 Experiences==

Revision as of 21:34, 12 December 2019

Charles A. Doudiet, Swearing allegiance to the 'Southern Cross’, 1854, watercolour, pen and ink on paper.
Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased by the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery with the assistance of many donors, 1996.
Sign on St Paul's Hall, Bakery Hill, erected by the Ballarat Historical Society

Background

Born on 02 October 1833 at Angmering Sussex, there are no immigration records for Henry Green arriving in Victoria. He is thought to have been a mariner, so he probably jumped ship and went in search of gold.<ref<Informaton researched and provided by descendant Eric Smith, 2019.</ref>

Twenty Two year old Henry Green married Janet Smith 'in his residence' on Bakery Hill on 14 July 1855. He was a miner. It is thought that it is this Henry Smith who signed the Bendan Hassell Petition.x

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Henry green lived on Bakery Hill, the centre of Ballarat Goldfields Agitation and site of the Monster Meetings. Another Henry Smith (2) was living at Bentley's Eureka Hotel, and was a witness at the inquest into the murder of James Scobie.

Post 1854 Experiences

Smith was residing at Ballarat when he signed the Benden Hassell Petition in 1856. [1]


Family

The first date we have is his marriage to Janet Smith “in his residence, Bakery Hill” by Presbyterian rites on 14 July 1855.  They had children in Wedderburn 1856 and 1858, Inglewood 1860 and 9 more in Daylesford 1862-1881.  He died 8 January 1903 at 44 Finlay St, Albert Park in Melbourne and has no obituary known to us, nor a will.

He may not have even been in Ballarat in December 1854, but marrying 7 months later we feel it is more than likely. Janet and her family arrived on the ship Persia on March 1854 and she had a step brother born Jun 1855 in Ballarat. There is no obituary nor will for her father, William Smith who died at Cambrian Hill 1882 or her step-mother Margaret Smith who died in South Melbourne in 1896.

Given the feelings and tensions around Ballarat before and after the Eureka events, our feeling is that Henry would not have been living on Bakery Hill in mid-1855 if he had been a friend of Bentley – would you tend to agree?

See also

Benden Sherritt Hassell Compensation Case

Henry Green (2), witness at the Scobie Inquest.

Further Reading

Wickham, Dorothy, Shot in the Dark: Being the Petition for the Compensation Case of Benden S. Hassell, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1998.


References

  1. Wickham, Dorothy, Shot in the Dark: Being the Petition for the Compensation Case of Benden S. Hassell, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1998.

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