| William BIGNELLBirth: July 15, 1799 — Alverstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Death: | Louisa BIGNELLBirth: September 20, 1801 — Sarisbury, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Death: | James BIGNELLBirth: January 4, 1804 — Sarisbury, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Death: November 15, 1880 — Bandon Grove, New South Wales, Australia | John BIGNELLBirth: June 25, 1806 — Larisbury, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Death: | Ann BIGNELLBirth: January 15, 1808 — Brockhurst, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Death: | Isaac BIGNELLBirth: May 27, 1810 — Brockhurst, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Death: | Thomas BIGNELLBirth: August 10, 1812 — Brockhurst, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Death: |
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Marriage | yes
| Note | An email has been received from a G Taylor on 15 May 2010 as follows:
Dear Mr Gregory,
One of my computer searches picked up
I would like to pass on some corrections. These errors have unfortunately been repeated across several genealogy websites, resulting from some sloppy work by a non-Bignall a few years ago.
James Bignall (sometimes Bignell, but never Bignold) was not born at Alverstoke. That particular Bignell never left the UK and is buried in Hampshire.
James' children were:
Phyllis b 1833 Middlehope (Paterson) d 1908 bur Campbell's Hill
James b 1834 Middlehope (Paterson d 1917 bur Upper Coomera, Qld
Richard b 1836 d 1905 bur Sutherland
Henry b 1837 Allyn River d 1919 bur Manilla
Samuel Stanley b 1838 d 1898 bur Upper Coomera, Qld
Edward Thomas b 1840 Allyn River d 1901 bur Dungog
William b 1842 Allyn River d 1921 bur Dawson River
George Septimus b 1843 d 1899 bur Taree Estate
Emily Victoria b 1846 Allyn River d 1908 bur East Maitland
Joseph (I) b 1846 Bandon Grove d 1847 bur Bandon Grove
Robert b 1848 Bandon Grove d 1925 bur Dawson River
Isabella Jane b 1852 Bandon Grove d 1926 bur Coopernook
Ellen b 1852 Bandon Grove d 1942 bur N Subs, North Ryde
Joseph (II) b 1853 Bandon Grove d 1911 bur Lochinvar
Alfred Stanley b 1855 Bandon Grove d 1944 bur Sandgate
Some children spelled their name Bignall, others Bignell, and a couple wavered between the two spellings. Bignall is believed to be the original spelling. Bignold has never been used.
There are some deliberately obscure features of James' life, but is probable that he was the ex-convict freed at Paterson in 1824, recorded in the handwritten Newcastle lists as James Bagnall. He was said to have been born in Oxfordshire.
His wife Amelia Kingston was not from Bandon. She came from Rosscarbery on the coast in County Cork. Her father had previously been convicted of forging some commercial paper and was transported. He acquired the Bandon Grove estate on the Williams River, which passed to his descendents.
Regards,
G Taylor.
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