Descendants of John STOREY
Notes
William was born on 27 June 1838 in Church Street Monkwearmouth Shore, Sunderland, Durham.
File 1514564 Baptisms 1833-1857 From St Peters Monkwearmouth.
William 27 June 1838 Baptism 5 Aug 1838
Jane 1 Dec 1839 Baptism 12 January 1840
Gilbert Burn 24 Oct 1841 Baptism 9 Oct 1841
John 3 May 1846 Baptism 6 Feb 1847
Elizabeth 24 Sept 1849 Baptism 21 Nov 1849
Mary 17 July 1852 Baptism 16 Nov 1852By 1851 he was an apprentice shipwright living with his family in 16 Dundas Street, Monkwearmouth Shore. The 1856 Directory of Sunderland lists William Storey as a Master Mariner of 22 Dundas Street, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland. William Storey married Elizabeth Gahan on 19 September 1853, in London, where he stayed as a shipwright until at least 1861 with his young family.
He travelled to New South Wales without his family in about 1863 possibly to investigate whether the migration to Australia for his family would be worthwhile. He apparently thought it was because his wife, Elizabeth, with their two children, arrived in Sydney aboard the St Hilda on 30 January 1865. The shipping records state William Storey’s address as Mort Street, Balmain, which confirms he was already in Sydney awaiting his family’s arrival.
No clear record of entry can be found. The closest is as an able bodied seaman arriving on the Dart in Sydney on 4 June 1863 is listed Wm Storey aged 29 from Scotland. The Dart departed from Lyttetton. William Storey would have been unlikely to have given his origin as Scotland and in 1863 he should have been only 24. Another possible entry is William Storkey(sic), able bodied seaman arriving on the Neville, from London to Sydney on 17 November 1863, aged 28 and listed as British.
He initially built ships at Jervis Bay, New South Wales, and in 1869 he moved to Bateman's Bay to set up a shipbuilding business there. The Bateman's Bay business was tough as in 1870 he was declared bankrupt with his address then given as Hay Street, Haymarket, Sydney. He remained at Batemans Bay until at least late 1875 as his last child, Gilbert was born there. In the Grevilles 1872, and 1875-1877 Post Office Directory for Bateman's Bay is listed: Storey William - shipbuilder. In the Bateman's Bay and Clyde River electoral rolls there is no entry in 1870 but in 1873 is listed:
No. 1615 STORY William, Residence: Batemans Bay, Qualification: Residence. The same listings are also included in 1874 as No. 1646, 1875 as No. 1871, in 1876 as No. 1894. There was no entry in 1877 or following.He is then known to have proceeded to Waterview Bay, Sydney, to build ships for Captain Rowntree. His wife undertook a voyage from Clyde River to Bateman's Bay and then on to Sydney with her surviving eight children, some of whom who were later to attain fame. Ref The Standard Weekly of 1944. Many of William and Elizabeth's children went into politics with the 6th, John who became Premier of New South Wales.
According to his death certificate, William was in NSW for 14 years in 1877. That is consistent with his insolvency papers of February 1870 where William states that "I have been here about 7 years. I carried a business at Bateman's Bay for about six months prior to my Sequestration, before that I was at Jervis Bay." That is he migrated to Australia in about 1863. No shipping entry has been able to be located for William's entry into New South Wales.
William Storey's insolvency papers (State Records NRS 13654 file 9896) of 1870 indicate that he had built a 4 room slab house on a four acre block of land at Bateman's Bay, Clyde River. The leasehold for the land had been applied for in June 1869. His furniture consisted of 2 sofas, 6 chairs, 3 safes (chest of Drawers, toilet table, wash stand), colonial oven, bedstead, kitchen table, four post bed stead and bedding. His debtors included:
Mark Storey, his uncle, who was working for him at Bateman's Bay as a shipwright from 8 August 1869 to 30 January 1870;
George Gerrard, another workman;
Henry Wilson, from Shoalhaven;
Francis Guy, storekeeper from Nelligen;
Charles Peniston, butcher of Shoalhaven;
Robert Jeffreys, butcher of Moruya; and
Mrs Tynall of Woollamia.In 1869 while at Bateman's Bay William had built vessels for the Craig brothers and for Thomas Books.
William Storey was one of the pioneer shipbuilders of Australia.
In his daughter Jane's death Certificate he is listed as William John Storey. No other reference has been found that indicates his middle name as John - not even his birth certificate.
The following material is based on excepts from "William Storey 1832-1877 and Descendants in Australia" by Phil Storey
The first Storey to settle in Australia was William who was born at Sunderland in 1838. His parents were John William Storey and Jane Bainbridge, his father being a shipwright, the family trade which the son, William, also followed. William married Elizabeth Gahan in London, her hometown. Their first child was Mary-Ann born in 1855, the second daughter Elizabeth, died before her first birthday, then followed William junior. Six more children were to be born in Australia, the first was Jane, then another Elizabeth and four brothers, John, Thomas, Henry and Gilbert.
In about 1863 William, and then in 1865 Elizabeth, with two children, Mary Ann and William (jnr.) arrived in Australia. It had been said that William's passage was paid by a local shipbuilder.
The family settled initially at Jervis Bay where William was employed as a shipwright, although there seems no record of shipbuilding in that area. It is possible that the Nowra newspaper may have some early records. Three more children were born at Jervis Bay; Jane in 1865, Elizabeth in 1867, and John in 1869. They moved to Bateman's Bay as shown by the local directory which listed William Storey as a shipwright operating on the Clyde River. The 1877 edition of the directory lists him as a ship builder.
In William's time there was a weekly service from Sydney to Nelligen, (9 miles up the Clyde River from Bateman's Bay) using vessels up to 100 feet long, which were comfortable and reliable. These were built in N.S.W. of timber construction powered by steam and driven by paddle wheel.
Nelligen was founded in 1854 and became a significant town long before Bateman's Bay. It owed its importance to the finding of gold in the Braidwood district 35 miles inland and to the farming and grazing products requiring shipment to the Sydney markets. Bateman's Bay did not take off till the establishment of the Guy timber mill in 1870.
Just before William began working on the Clyde, a ship called the Coolongatta was built there. She was a wooden paddle steamer of 87 tons and 98 feet long. In 1873 the vessel was wrecked on the Queensland coast at a place which is now known by the name of that unfortunate vessel.
Francis Guy was very interested in boats and shipping. He specialised in supplying boat timbers, exporting widely, even to New Zealand. He also traded in vessels, buying, selling, and building. He had a large slipway adjacent to the timber yard for those interests.
We are not sure of the exact relationship between Guy and William, but it was common practice in those days for a man with money and materials to commission the construction of vessels, hire or partner shipwrights to do the actual building, and then register the documents in his own name as the builder. In a publication called "Eurobodalla, History of the Moruya District", it states that "--in the 70's both Francis Guy and a man named Storey were building there in the 70's".
The vessels that are thought that William built for Francis Guy, are as follows.
The Lizzie Guy, completed in October, 1871; 89.3 x 19.2 x 8.2 feet. One deck, 2-mast topsail schooner, measuring 93.41 tons.
The Frank Guy, 126 x 25 x 9.6 feet, a 3-mast schooner, measuring 195 tons. This was a vessel of considerable size for those days; its completion was reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, 3rd Sept. 1872 which noted that it was built by William Storey.
The timber yard was sold eventually to John Perry in 1900 who operated there for many years turning spokes for carriage wheels as well as making tool handles and other wood turned products. In the late 1960's or early 70's the mill ceased operations and the Shire acquired the land and turned it into a public park. Local people can still point out the site of the mill and slipway, although to the casual observer there is little evidence of Frank Guy's mill and it's one time dominance of the township.
From boat building at Bateman's Bay in the 1860's to repairs on Australia's largest ships, Storey & Keers is a name long-established in the maritime industry in NSW.
The town sited on Bateman's Bay was discovered by Captain Cook and named for one of his early commanders. He never landed and rightly assessed it to be a shallow bay about 5 miles long, offering little shelter for shipping. For this reason Bateman's Bay was overlooked by many who came after Cook but it is an area of outstanding beauty, and for the Storey descendant with a sense of history, it is well worth a visit.
The rail lines began to creep out from Sydney, and the further they stretched the more coastal shipping declined. It may have been this trend which caused William to accept a commission to build a ship in Sydney. His client was Captain Thomas Rowntree, a prominent merchant and shipowner. William set out for Sydney on horseback. It must have been quite a ride, nearly 250 miles on tracks, over mountains and through rough bushlands. Aborigines may well have posed a threat on the lonely stretches. Why he would choose to travel this way can only be guessed at, so we have to think he must have needed transport in the city, and this was the best and cheapest way to get it there.
He settled down to work on his big project and some time later Elizabeth and the children left their home to join him. But at this point the sequence of events is not clear. It was thought that the Sydney project was a "one-off," and William had intended to return to his business on the Clyde. However tragedy struck when he took ill and died. Elizabeth then without a husband, decided on a previously discussed plan to move the family to Balmain. William had said the days of wooden ships would soon be over and he wanted his sons to build steel ships.
The dates do not fit this version, but point to William sending for his family to join him in Balmain. Probably a small point but it seems to turn a dramatic adventure into quite an ordinary event.
Elizabeth made preparations to leave their home on the beautiful Clyde River, maybe she regretted leaving, but life would be easier in the city with shops and schools nearby. They would travel to Sydney in their own sailing boat. This has been variously described as being 14, 16, 18ft., long but a family friend wise in the ways of the sea said it was a ships boat. This would have been about 22ft. long with a good beam and very seaworthy with a competent crew. Boats were a way of life for this family and while there was some apprehension for Elizabeth the others would have taken it in their stride. There must have been clothing and food together with some treasured possessions and eight children. If the date is correct, that is 1875, the children's ages would be Mary Ann 16, William (jnr.) 12, Jane 10, Elizabeth 8, John 6, Thomas 4, Henry 2, and Gilbert 1. The 200 miles to Sydney with 8 children in an open boat, in the Tasman Sea that can be as wild, rough and as brutal as any stretch of water on this earth, would have been quite an adventure.
William's client, Captain Rowntree was one of the founders of Mort's Dock in 1871, and it was probably his regard for William that was to assist his sons in the future. We may wonder why Mort's Dock did not get the contract to build the Captain's new ship, but the Dock was set up especially to clean, paint and repair large vessels of steel construction. There was only one other in the Harbour, the Fitzroy Dock on Cockatoo Island. This had first been hewn from the solid rock in 1839 by convict labour for a grain store, then in 1857 it was converted into the Colony's first graving dock. Prior to its construction crude floating docks built from barges were used, but these had many limitations and land based docks became a dire necessity as ships became larger and more numerous. Captain Rowntree's vessel would be timber construction with an imported steam engine suited to the function of a coastal trader. It would be built on the harbour side and require the special skills that a shipwright such as William could provide.
Elizabeth settled the children into school and adapted to city life. Two years later William took ill, suffering fever and haemorrhaging from the bowels. He was not to leave his bed alive and died within two months on 23 June 1877, aged forty-five. Elizabeth was left alone to fend for herself and eight children, their ages were Mary-Ann 18, William 14, Jane 12, Elizabeth 10, John 8, Thomas 6, Henry 4 and Gilbert 2.
The boys went to work at a very early age, even as young as ten, still Elizabeth insisted they all attend night school and obtain a good basic education.
The result of Elizabeth's family management is quite clear as we look back through the years. The girls made successful and happy marriages and the boys built outstanding careers in business and politics. In fulfillment of William's wishes each of the sons was apprenticed to a company associated with building steel ships; there were problems, but these were overcome. Employers required an indenture fee, and wages were so low that a boys expenses would have to be subsidised for several years.
Maybe the hand of Captain Rowntree was behind the generosity of Mort's Dock and Perdriau and West when they waived all fees and indentured each boy into a trade.
There were no pensions for widows, there were no social services as we know them today. If a family was starving the only way out was to hand the children over to the State, where they would be placed in an orphanage. The mother would go to a workhouse and work long hours for little more than food. It was an unhappy prospect, so that the chance for a mother to have her sons trained for a trade was prized above almost anything else.
There is little information of a personal nature known of this remarkable woman, but there is one little story that came from Tasman Storey. Despite the grinding financial hardships that Elizabeth endured, when she died she did not owe any person, not even a penny. One day one of her children called around to see her and found she had died in the night, the money for the milk had been left beside the can before she had retired.
Death: NSW BDM 2100/1877 STOREY William, Father- John, Mother- Jane, Registered at Balmain. He died suffering fever and haemorrhaging of the bowels. Despite the reference of William being 45 when he died he was only 39.
He was buried at Balmain Cemetery and subsequently moved to Field of Mars North Ryde. The Balmain Cemetery records show: William Storey died 23 June 1877 Shipwright, Church of England, Mort St Balmain aged 39.
Ref: Megan Young.
Possible death;
Name: Elizabeth Storey
Year of Registration: 1862
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: South Shields
County: Co. Durham, Tyne And Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 304
Birth: NSW BDM 14822/1866 STOREY JANE WILLIAM ELIZABETH SHOALHAVEN
Marriage: NSW BDM 2275/1886 GODDARD STEPHEN STOREY JANE BALMAINIn the 1930 Electoral Roll of Dalley, Balmain and the 1936 Electoral Roll of West Sydney, Balmain, lived Jane Goddard, home duties, of 15 Phillip Street.
Death: NSW BDM Jane Goddard 1560/1942 Balmain
From Bruce Collier on 12 September 2004:
The Collier side of the family had a very vague idea of Stephen Goddard (Lall). Nobody ever seemed to mention him. However, I knew Jane Storey very well. I used to do her shopping for her on Saturday mornings when I remember that butter was 1/7d per pound and potatoes 14lbs for one shilling.Jean Bailey (Collier) understood that Jane Storey and her brothers mostly had red hair.
File 1514564 Baptisms 1833-1857 From St Peters Monkwearmouth.
William 27 June 1838 Baptism 5 Aug 1838
Jane 1 Dec 1839 Baptism 12 January 1840
Gilbert Burn 24 Oct 1841 Baptism 9 Oct 1841
John 3 May 1846 Baptism 6 Feb 1847
Elizabeth 24 Sept 1849 Baptism 21 Nov 1849
Mary 17 July 1852 Baptism 16 Nov 1852Marriage: Jane Storey
Spouse: James Archbold
Year of Registration: 1859
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
DISTRICT: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 473Jane Archbold and James Archbold were the witnesses at Mary Storey's wedding in 1873. Mary was Jane's youngest sister. Jane Archbold was present at her mother's death in 1880.
Death: : Jane Archbold
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Year of Registration: 1902
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 60
District: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 334
Death: James Archbold
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Year of Registration: 1901
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 59
District: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 522
88. John William Storey ARCHBOLD
Birth: John William Storey Archbold
Year of Registration: 1859
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
DISTRICT: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 4_9
Birth: Mary Jane Archbold
Year of Registration: 1868
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
DISTRICT: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 552Death: Mary Jane Archbold
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Year of Registration: 1876
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 9
District: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 357
Birth: George Edward Archbold
Year of Registration: 1870
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
DISTRICT: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 606
Birth: Alexander Archbold
Year of Registration: 1872
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
DISTRICT: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 652
Birth: Elizabeth Jane Archbold
Year of Registration: 1877
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
DISTRICT: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 726
Birth: Charles Archbold
Year of Registration: 1878
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
DISTRICT: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 698
Birth: Elizabeth Storey
Year of Registration: 1849
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
DISTRICT: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 24
Page: 332File 1514564 Baptisms 1833-1857 From St Peters Monkwearmouth.
William 27 June 1838 Baptism 5 Aug 1838
Jane 1 Dec 1839 Baptism 12 January 1840
Gilbert Burn 24 Oct 1841 Baptism 9 Oct 1841
John 3 May 1846 Baptism 6 Feb 1847
Elizabeth 24 Sept 1849 Baptism 21 Nov 1849
Mary 17 July 1852 Baptism 16 Nov 1852Marriage: Elizabeth Storey
Name: William Sim
Year of Registration: 1868
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 562Possible Death: Elizabeth Sim
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849
Year of Registration: 1903
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 54
District: Newcastle Upon Tyne
County: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10b
Page: 87
Birth: Christiana Sim
Year of Registration: 1868
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 563
Birth: Sarah Jane Sim
Year of Registration: 1876
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 730
Birth: William Sim
Year of Registration: 1878
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 748
Birth: Esther Sim
Year of Registration: 1883
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 649
Birth: George Sim
Year of Registration: 1886
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 660
Birth: John Sim
Year of Registration: 1890
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 700
Birth: Mary Storey
Year of Registration: 1852
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Sunderland
County: Co. Durham, Tyne And Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 336File 1514564 Baptisms 1833-1857 From St Peters Monkwearmouth.
William 27 June 1838 Baptism 5 Aug 1838
Jane 1 Dec 1839 Baptism 12 January 1840
Gilbert Burn 24 Oct 1841 Baptism 9 Oct 1841
John 3 May 1846 Baptism 6 Feb 1847
Elizabeth 24 Sept 1849 Baptism 21 Nov 1849
Mary 17 July 1852 Baptism 16 Nov 1852Marriage: Mary Storey
Spouse: Robert William Towers
Year of Registration: 1873
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
DISTRICT: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 935
Marriage: Mary Storey
Spouse: Robert William Towers
Year of Registration: 1873
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 935Possible Death: Robert William Towers
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Year of Registration: 1908
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 56
District: Newcastle Upon Tyne
County: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10b
Page: 43
Birth: John James Towers
Year of Registration: 1874
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
DISTRICT: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 799
Birth: Mary Jane Towers
Year of Registration: 1879
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
DISTRICT: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 658
Ref: email from Judy Storey Fitzgerald
Ref:email from Judy Storey Fitzgerald
Birth: Dodd Storey
Year of Registration: 1853
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 310Marriage: Dodds Storey
Spouse: Charlotte Liddell
Year of Registration: 1872
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
DISTRICT: Sunderland
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 713
Death: Charlotte Storey
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Year of Registration: 1885
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 33
District: Wandsworth
County: Greater London, London, Surrey
Volume: 1d
Page: 347Most likely died during childbirth of Frederich Charles Storey.
Birth: Frederick Charles Storey
Year of Registration: 1885
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Wandsworth
County: Greater London, London, Surrey
Volume: 1d
Page: 639
Birth: Name: Isaac Storey
Year of Registration: 1859
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Morpeth
County: Durham, Northumberland
Volume: 10b
Page: 257Marriage: Isaac Storey
Spouse: Sarah Ann Bradford
Year of Registration: 1889
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Morpeth
County: Durham, Northumberland
Volume: 10b
Page: 490
Birth: Mary Jane A Storey
Year of Registration: 1890
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Morpeth
County: Durham, Northumberland
Volume: 10b
Page: 392
