Dear Matt
I imagine you live in the UK. It would be very convenient if you lived in
Truro in Cornwall.
Lauris Candy-Kidd in Perth, Western Australia has written a book about the
Candy family from Truro.
A Thin Place - Some History of the Cornish Candy's.
Lauris Candy-Kidd. Published by Lauris Candy-Kidd, 42A Sulman Place, Salter
Point, WA. 6152. 2000.
WILLIAM EDWARD CANDY of Truro.
one of the earliest CORNISH CANDY'S TO COME TO Australia was WILLIAM EDWARD
CANDY, who was baptised in Truro, Cornwall, on November 28, 1816.
William's father was ROGER CANDY (a butcher), and his mother SUSANNA CARVIS.
Roger and Susanna had married in Bodmin, Cornwall, on 26 February, 1799
(See AC10 & AC11).
William was sent to London by his parents to undertake a carpentry
apprenticeship. There her fell in love with Devon born Ann Brown, who
was three years his senior, and at the age of 18, having only completed two
years of his apprenticeship, William married her and fled to his home in
Cornwall. There he was engaged as an undertaker - which seemed to be a
common occupation for men with training in carpentry.
By 1839 William knew that his former employer was 'hot on his tail' so on
September 13th he applied for free passage to Southern Australia.
According to the records, he included his wife, Ann, and a one year old
(unnamed) son in his application, although it is thought by some
descendants that this child was a daughter. They travelled to Plymouth
where they boarded the Java and arrived in Port Adelaide on February 6.
1840.
Their one year old child had, sadly, perished at sea and as was the custom
in those days, his/her tiny body was wrapped in sailcloth and after a short
burial service by the captain, was committed to the sea. There may have
been some consolation for Ann when another child (Samuel) was born during
the journey. They settled in Gilbert Street, Adelaide, for a while and were
there when the census of the Colony of South Australia was conducted in
1841.
It is not known exactly how long they stayed in South Australia, but at
some time prior to 1845 they travelled over 1200 km to East Gippsland,
Victoria. (Their first Australian child is recorded as having been born in
1845.). This must have been quite a difficult journey for the three of
them.
It will never be known why they decided to move on, but upon their arrival
in Victoria they first selected land at Lake Tyers where the family camped
at a spot known to this day as Candy's Post. Unfortunately, they were soon
forced to take to a boat and flee for their lives from hostile Aborigines
who lived in the area.
They then chose to live in a quiet, largely unsettled area of Victoria
along the Yarra Yarra River where Melbourne now stands and William put his
pioneering ambitions to one side to undertake building work. One of his
first projects was to put locks on the wattle and daub huts in the area, in
place of latches and cords. The family lived in a cottage where the
Melbourne Town Hall now stands and it was here that several of their
children were born.
The Port Phillip Herald of 26th July, 1846, states that Mr William Candy
and some labourers had set off for Lady Bay (near Warrnambool) to select and
cut good building timbers. It is believed that a nephew, ROGER CANDY (see
below), had come out from Cornwall and had settled in Lady Bay, so it is
likely that he was in contact with his Uncle.
In 1850, William moved his family to Geelong and by 1851 William Edward was
working at his trade as a carpenter/builder in Geelong. In the Victorian
Directory of 1851 he is shown as being in Moorabool Street, Geelong and by
1856 he had moved to a larger home which he built on the corner of Kilgour
and Bellarine Streets, Geelong.
William worked hard in the few years he was in Geelong and he is known to
have built the Yarra Street Methodist Church, and the booking offices at the
Geelong Railway Station in 1857. In that time he built up quite a lot of
capital and, not being able to resist the lure of the bush, paid £5,000 for
a large property. Unfortunately the property agent was a bogus one and he
absconded with the proceeds of his fraud and William was forced to go
through the Geelong Insolvency Court.
William and Ann had the following children:-
3. Unnamed child - died at se 1840.
4. Samuel CANDY, born at sea 1840; died 1855.
5. Roger George CANDY, born 1845 Melbourne; married Eliza Jane GEEY 1869,
Collingwood.
6. William Edward CANDY born 1845, Melbourne.
7. Alfred John CANDY, born 1847, Melbourne; married Mary Louise NEWTON,
Melbourne.
8. Henry CANDY b. 1849 Geelong; died Rhodesia 1934; married Ausgust J C
SPANGLER 1870 (see below and see AC11 for descendants).
9. Charles CANDY b. 1855 Geelong; died 1856 Geelong.
10. Mary Jane CANDY b 1857 Geelong; died 1862 Geelong.
Whilst William and Ann were living in Geelong, their son Samuel, who had
been born at sea, was working with others to procure timber for his father
when he was struck down by disease. His workmates placed him in a dray
with boughs as shelter from the sun, but by the time they had journeyed to
Geelong, he had died of Typhus.
At about the same time, William's eldest surviving son, William, decided to
join the Army. He travelled to Melbourne and at the age of 18 joined the
British 40th Regiment of Foot. He was despatched to New Zealand to fight
in the Maori Wars and subsequently was transferred to England. His family
never saw him again.
In 1861 William decided to move again - this time to Stawell. He formed a
partnership with a man named Batten, and for a short time they carried on
a combined Undertaking and Building business in and around Pleasant Creek.
They performed much building work and were probably responsible for the
first church of England in Stawell as well as the Wesleyan Church in Main
Street, Stawell. The family were staunch Wesleyans and made a significant
contribution to the early life of Stawell.
William then formed another partnership with a relation from Cornwall,
William Giles, and together they built the Little River Hotel, Meredith's
Hotel and The Reef, at Pleasant Creek, as well as the home of the Langlands
Family at Horsham.
Another of William and Anne's sons, Roger George Candy, worked for Child's
General Store in Stawell, and in this way began a successful commercial
career which ended years later in Bairnsdale.
Another son, Alfred John Candy gained a great deal of experience on and
around the Goldfields and finally moved with his wife and family to
Minyip.
Just as William was achieving a measure of success and stability in Stawell
his happiness was shattered by the death of his wife, Ann, who died in
Stawell on March 29th, 1871 at the age of fifty five years. The local
Stawell newspaper stated her death:-
The coffin, the shroud and the grave to her were no objects of dread,
Her soul was with confidence stayed on Him who was mighty to save.
William married a widow, Maria Louise GRIFFITHS in 1875. William died on
January 11, 1886 and is buried with Ann in Stawell Cemetery. Mary Louise
lived on until 30th July 1901 and she was buried at the Melbourne General
Cemetery.
Although William Edward Candy did not come from St Just in Penwith, he was,
most likely, distantly related to the St Just family, especially as he
carried the much-used ST Just Candy names of William and Edward.
William Edward Candy's son HENRY CANDY (B. Geelong 1849) left Australia and,
together with his wife, Augusta (nee Spangler), and their children, moved
to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Two more children were born to them there.
Henry died in Rhodesia on 3 September 1934. Augusta died in Roodepoort,
South Africa on 25 May 1919.
Henry and Augusta's son, HENRY STAWELL CANDY, who was born in Stawell on
April 24, 1880
I haven't been in touch with her for a while but the following in the
address I have for her.
Lauris Kidd
E-mail Address(es):
kiddo(a)iinet.net.au
Henry Candy, son of William Edward Candy (born Truro) and Ann Brown left
Stawell, Victoria for South Africa or Rhodesia in 1902.
IGI Individual Record
British Isles
WILLIAM EDWARD CANDY
Male Family
Marriages:
Spouse: ANN BROWN Family
Marriage:
17 APR 1837 Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England
William Edward Candy
Embarkation Form
William Edward Candy
Embarkation No . 3547
Number: 6027 Date: Sept. 13, 1839
Per "Java" to South Australia
Name: Candy, Wm. Carpenter
Address: Daniel St, Truro
Marital Status: M 22 /f 24 Children: M 1 /f
Agent: J Latimer
Port Phillip Directory 1847
Candy, W E. Builder, Collins Street, Melbourne.
Regards
Betty Candy
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Subject: [CANDY] Henry Lyall Stawell Candy
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Surnames: Candy, Morgan-Holloway, Holloway
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Looking for Henry Lyall Stawell Candy born around 1910, either in South
Afgrica or lived there for a while but married and had his (only?) son in
the UK.
Henry married Gwendolen E A Morgan-Holloway
Very grateful for any information
Thanks!
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