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From: "daryl lightfoot" <>
Subject: Re: [Cornwall-Australia] Rev. Heathershaw
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 20:44:19 +1100
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Hi again Pat - I did a very quick check in more detailed records today
primarily to satisfy myself. I think he is the Thomas OSBORN I found in
indexes - born in CON and died 1888 . If so we have an obit for him and can
trace his UK Circuits, but it seems he did not come to Oz. Daryl L.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Banks" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Cornwall-Australia] Rev. Heathershaw


> Hullo Daryl
>
> Many thanks for your reply. He would have been Wesleyan. It was only if
> you had easy access to the information that led me to make the enquiry so
> don't worry any more about it. I'm almost sure he didn't come out here
but
> no doubt the daughter-in-law, on travelling to UK, would have been put in
> touch with the family - and the rest is history as they say!!
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> cheers
>
> Pat
>
> Pat Banks
> Perth, Western Australia
>
> CFHS 03548
> OPC St Levan
> OPC Mullion
>
> Researching:
> Osborne - St Levan
> Cock - Mullion
> Polglase - Breage & St Erth
> George - Illogan & Crowan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: daryl lightfoot <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [Cornwall-Australia] Rev. Heathershaw
>
>
> > Hi Pat - Hard to tell as my indexes (in memoriams) here at home don't
> > include ministers who either resigned or were thrown out for some
reason -
> > only those who died in good standing. There is only one possibility in
my
> UK
> > index and he spells it OSBORN - unlikely to be a typo in an official
list.
> > This man was a Wesleyan Methodist who died in the UK in 1988. There are
> none
> > in my Australian index. I can probably resolve this by specific research
> in
> > the contemporary (ie 1853) UK conference papers and following him
through
> > from there, or through Leary's PM papers but this woud be subject to a
> min.
> > research fee of $22 in UC Archives here in NSW. (Do you know if he was a
> > Wesleyan or Primitive Methodist?? The branch or sect of Methodist in
which
> > he ministered is absolutely critical to be able to get certainty, and
FYI
> > there were at least THIRTEEN different sects of Methodism in Cornwall
> alone
> > over the years pre-1930. Daryl Lightfoot, Archivist, UCA (NSW Synod) and
> > Vice-President, World Methodist Hist.Society (Oceania Region).
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pat Banks" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 1:04 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Cornwall-Australia] Rev. Heathershaw
> >
> >
> > > Dear Daryl
> > >
> > > This is purely a shot in the dark but I was wondering whether there is
> any
> > > record of a Rev. Thomas OSBORNE having served in Australia, please?
> > >
> > > So far, through the births of some of his children, I have only found
> him
> > to
> > > be in the UK, in Cornwall (where he was born and served in Gwinear c
> > 1853),
> > > also Bridgend in Wales and Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
> > >
> > > The reason I am asking is because his eldest daughter, Adeline OSBORNE
> > > actually died in Geelong, Victoria in 1886 and his eldest son, William
> > > Arthur D. OSBORNE, born 1853 in Gwinear, Cornwall, married Emily Park
> > > DENNIS, a distant Osborne cousin who was born at Emily Park, Ballan,
in
> > > Victoria although they appear to have been married in England!!!! It
is
> > > possible that Adeline came out with an aunt and uncle, but, obviously,
> the
> > > family branches communicated with each other out here.
> > >
> > > Believe me, the Osbornes are a well-travelled lot!!!
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Pat
> > >
> > > Pat Banks
> > > Perth, Western Australia
> > >
> > > CFHS 03548
> > > OPC St Levan
> > > OPC Mullion
> > >
> > > Researching:
> > > Osborne - St Levan
> > > Cock - Mullion
> > > Polglase - Breage & St Erth
> > > George - Illogan & Crowan
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: daryl lightfoot <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:25 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Cornwall-Australia] Rev. Heathershaw
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Carol, Henry Heathershaw was born Isle of Man 1833, died 1907 -
> > buried
> > > > somewhere in Melbourne. His ministry commenced in 1860, and there is
> one
> > > > reference to him in Eric Clancy's seminal history of the PM
Connexion
> in
> > > > NSW - that's about as much as I can do from home this evening. The
PM
> > > > connexion joined with other major Methodist branches in 1902 to form
> the
> > > > Methodist Church of Australasia. Wm O'Leary's list of PM ministers
and
> > > their
> > > > Circuits (UK and overseas) - we have a copy in the NSW Synod
Archives,
> > > > would give a more detailed picture of his ministerial career, and
> there
> > > > would almost certainly be a formal obit in the Conference Minutes
> and/or
> > > the
> > > > denominational paper. A minimum research fee of $22 applies for work
> in
> > > the
> > > > NSW Synod Archives. Good hunting, Daryl Lightfoot, Archivist,
Uniting
> > > Church
> > > > in Australia (NSW Synod).
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Carol Booth" <>
> > > > To: <>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:54 PM
> > > > Subject: [Cornwall-Australia] Rev. Heathershaw
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > There was a Primitive Methodist Minister named Rev Heathershaw
> living
> > > near
> > > > > Heidelberg, Victoria in the 1870s does anyone from the list know
> > > anything
> > > > > more about him please?
> > > > > I'd like to know more about his background. He was apparently born
> on
> > > the
> > > > > Isle of Man. But did he have any Cornish connection?
> > > > > My relative who married [probably] his daughter was born in
> Cornwall,
> > > was
> > > > a
> > > > > tin dresser aged 14 in 1861, a labourer when he immigrated in
1868,
> > but
> > > by
> > > > > 1873 was a Primitive Methodist Minister.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks......Carol
> > > > >
> > > > >
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