Abraham Gorham, II

Abraham Gorham

in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

Name: Abraham Gorham Gender: Male Baptism Date: 1 Dec 1826 Baptism Place: Wittersham, Kent, England Father: Henry Gorham Mother: Philly Gorham FHL Film Number: 1835873 Reference ID: it1 p54-55

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Abraham Gorham

in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950

Name: Abraham Gorham Spouse Name: Elizabeth Ide
Marriage Date: 29 Oct 1848 Marriage Place: Adelaide Registration Place: Adelaide, South Australia Page Number: 121 Volume Number: 65

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Abin Gorham

in the California State Census, 1852

Name: Abin Gorham [Abraham Gorham] Race: White Gender: Male Birth Place: England Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826 Age: 26 Residence County: San Francisco

About Abraham Gorham

Information from Des Gorham's book "On Gunnary Creek" - 150 years of the Gorham Family in Australia 1838 - 1988. Henry's mother, Philadelphia Hills, remarried after the death of Henry's father Henry Gorham (circa 1779 to June 1833. Philedelphia married Richard Taylor on 20th June 1837 at Wittersham. Richard and Philadelphia emigrated to South Australia with the four youngest children, Henry, Philadelphia, Martha (Harriet) and Abraham in 1838. This was only 2 years after the settlement in South Australia had begun, putting the Gorham family among the State's earliest settlers

An Index to the Register of Emigrant Labourers applying for Free Passage to South Australia 1836-1841 (held by the NSW Genealogical Society) shows that Henry Gorham, Richard Taylor with his wife and two step-children, and Philadelphia Gorham had consecutive embarkment numbers. It is believed that they all arrived on the "Pestonjee Bomanjee" chartered by the South Australian Company, which landed at Glenelg on October 12 1838, having departed London on June 11. Govenor Gawler and his family also arrived on this vessel.

Abraham Gorham arrived in S.A. as a lad nearing his 12th birthday. He had been baptised at Wittersham on December 1, 1826. At the time of his marriage in St John's Church Adelaide on October 2929, 1848, Abraham was22 and living with his mother and step-father in Robert St, Adelaide. His bride was Elizabeth Ide, the 23 year old daughter of Thomas Ide and Mary Ann Hopkins. One of the witnesses of this marriage was Hannah Mills, Abraham's oler sister who must have made the long journey from Amherst (by sea from Port Phillip one would assume). This may have been the first and only time that Hannah was reunited with her mother and other family members since their departure from England about 10 years earlier.

By occupation, Abraham was a painter and he later took up residence at Echunga Springs, a small settlement in the Mt Lofty Ranges about 30 km south-east of Adelaide.

Information from Des Gorham's book "On Gunnary Creek" - 150 years of the Gorham Family in Australia 1838 - 1988. Henry's mother, Philadelphia Hills, remarried after the death of Henry's father Henry Gorham (circa 1779 to June 1833. Philedelphia married Richard Taylor on 20th June 1837 at Wittersham. Richard and Philadelphia emigrated to South Australia with the four youngest children, Henry, Philadelphia, Martha (Harriet) and Abraham in 1838. This was only 2 years after the settlement in South Australia had begun, putting the Gorham family among the State's earliest settlers

An Index to the Register of Emigrant Labourers applying for Free Passage to South Australia 1836-1841 (held by the NSW Genealogical Society) shows that Henry Gorham, Richard Taylor with his wife and two step-children, and Philadelphia Gorham had consecutive embarkment numbers. It is believed that they all arrived on the "Pestonjee Bomanjee" chartered by the South Australian Company, which landed at Glenelg on October 12 1838, having departed London on June 11. Govenor Gawler and his family also arrived on this vessel.

Abraham Gorham arrived in S.A. as a lad nearing his 12th birthday. He had been baptised at Wittersham on December 1, 1826. At the time of his marriage in St John's Church Adelaide on October 2929, 1848, Abraham was22 and living with his mother and step-father in Robert St, Adelaide. His bride was Elizabeth Ide, the 23 year old daughter of Thomas Ide and Mary Ann Hopkins. One of the witnesses of this marriage was Hannah Mills, Abraham's oler sister who must have made the long journey from Amherst (by sea from Port Phillip one would assume). This may have been the first and only time that Hannah was reunited with her mother and other family members since their departure from England about 10 years earlier.

By occupation, Abraham was a painter and he later took up residence at Echunga Springs, a small settlement in the Mt Lofty Ranges about 30 km south-east of Adelaide.

Born at Malthouse Farm ??

Died: California USA ??