FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
JUSTINIAN SOUTHAM
AND LUCY HUNT
JUSTINIAN
(JESSE) SOUTHAM was born 12 March 1809 in Great
Bourton, Cropredy, Oxfordshire, England to George Southam and Mary
Hunt. Justinian worked as a weaver. He married Lucy Hunt 15 October 1829
in Cropredy,
Oxfordshire, England. She was born Easter 1810 "of Little Bourton", Oxfordshire
to William
Hunt and Hannah. Lucy died in October 1831, aged 21, and was buried
in Great Bourton, Oxfordshire. Justinian then married Esther Bourton 22
Oct 1833 in Cropredy.
The
family is found living in Brailes in the 1841 census. George lived with
his grandmother in Cropredy.
1841 census for Brailes, Warwickshire
The 1841 census shows them in Upper Brailes village:
Justinian Southam, age 30, Plush Weaver
Justinian
died 29 March 1848 in Cropredy. Esther later married William Kilpack, a
plush weaver, on 21 June 1850 in Cropredy. Esther died in Salt Lake City,
Utah 7 April 1879, and is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Justinian
and Lucy had one child:
1.George,
born 29 November 1830 in Neithrop, Oxfordshire, England; married (1) Jane
Carter, (2) Catherine Cameron 28 November 1862; died 24 December 1885.
Justinian
and Esther had the following children:
1.
Eliza,
born
27 June 1834 in Brailes,
Warwickshire; died in 1888.
2.
Hannah,
born
11 April 1835; died 9 June 1835 in Adderbury,
Oxfordshire.
3.
Mary
Ann, born 28 April 1836 in Great Bourton; christened 8 May 1836 in
Great Bourton.
4.
Joanna,
christened 6 May 1838 at Adderbury, Oxford, England; buried 12 June 1838
in Adderbury.
5.
Josiah,
born
11 April 1839; christened 5 May 1839 at Brailes, Warwick, England; married
(1) Mary Morbey 26 October 1866 in Banbury; married (2) Elizabeth Meyer
17 April 1908 in Salt Lake City; died 2 July 1918 in Salt Lake City. Josiah
occupation is listed in the 1871 census of Banbury as a fishmonger. Josiah
joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and emigrated to
America on the Dakota in October of 1875. The ship’s list shows Josiah,
age 40, Mary, age 38, Sarah, age 15, James, age 11, Frederick, age 4, Edwin,
age 3, and Mary, an infant.
6.
Edwin,
born 6 May 1841, christened 14 May 1841 at Brailes, Warwick, England, died
9 Feb 1865.
7.
William,
born 6 August 1845 in Great Bourton. William also emigrated to Utah. George's
son, George Henry took his family to Salt Lake City to see: "where William
Southam, his father's brother, lived in a dugout with his family. The dugout
was about a block northwest of where the Capitol Building stands. William
Southam was a lamp lighter in Salt Lake when all the street lights had
to be lit individually, before they had electricity." (Alice Southam
Cook, in the Life of George Henry Southam) William is found in
the 1880 federal census in Salt Lake City: William Southam, age 32, born
in England, occupation: laborer; Sarah Southam, wife, age 21, born in England,
keeping house. (FHL#1255337, 19th Ward, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah,
page 102D) William married Sarah Tims of Banbury before 1880, and had
the following children: Justinian John (1880), William Heber (1883), Lillie
Eliza (1885), Bernard Edwin (1887), Sarah Alice (1889), Lawrence Lawn (1892)
and Vera L. (1894), all born in Salt Lake City.
SOURCE:
IGI; Adderbury parish registers; Family Group Record submitted by Rhea
Lewis; Mormon Immigration Index; Cropredy parish register on CD; 1841 English
census.
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this family, please contact me at alice@boydhouse.com.