Joseph Applebee
| Town/City | Adelaide |
|---|---|
| First name | Joseph |
| Last name | Applebee |
| Country of Origin | England |
| Date of Birth | christened 29th June 1823 |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | 1839 |
| Submitted by | Peter Applebee |
Story
Joseph Applebee was born into poverty some time in 1823, to parents John Applebee and Ann Gould. His parents were married at Clifford Chambers then in Gloucester (now part of Warwickshire) on the 24th of July 1820. They were immediately put on Poor Rates by the Village of Hampton Lucy, John may have had some connection with this village. From this point until 1835 the family was subsidised by this village. Joseph was christened 29th June 1823 in the village of Snitterfield in Warwickshire, It was around this time we believe his Father John was killed, how is unclear at this point in time. However life continued and on the 12th of November 1829 his mother Ann married Daniel Hall, in the very same church that Joseph had been christened in 6 years prior. From this point Ann only received poor rate payments for her children.
In May 1839 Daniel and Ann Hall applied for Free Emigrant Passage to South Australia, this may have been in reaction to the Poor Laws that were inacted a few years before. They left London 16th of August 1839 aboard “The Duchess of Northumberland”, arriving in South Australia on the 19th of December 1839, along with Joseph and their three children, George, Elizabeth and Daniel. In 1841 the family was living in Richard Street at Hindmarsh, around 1847 they started buying land in Gibson Street at Bowden in South Australia.
It was in the 1850’s that Joseph’s life took off, he married Sarah Bacon (nee Peaker) widow of John Henry Bacon of Watervale, Maine in the U.S.A. on the 13th of October 1850. She had one daughter already who was brought up with their other children. Of six births between 1844 and 1860 only three survived, William John, Mary Ann and Joseph Jnr. Mary born 1844 and died 1846, John born 1847 died 1848 and George born and died 1856.
He first created a brick yard at the Bowden, which later financed the purchase farm land at Buckland Park, South Australia. Today’s descendants mainly live in South Australia, but few have made the move the Eastern States of Australia, as well as Tasmania.