John Catley of St Martin in the Fields and the Cornish connection
John Catley married Frances Mary Swindale Powell 12 January 1828 at St Martin in the
Fields. She was from a Cornish family and the fate of their children after John and
Frances died cannot be appreciated without reference to it.
Thomas Powell and Sarah Swindale were married 8 February 1796 at St. Mary’s Truro. (It
would not be difficult to trace them back at least two more generations.) According to the
Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB), Thomas was a physician. There were four children
baptized at St. Mary’s Truro:
1) Thomas Powell was baptized 23 February 1797. He married Ellen Barwis 22 December 1823
at Kenwyn, Cornwell. Their daughters were baptized at St. Mary’s Truro – Sarah Ann Powell
on 22 December 1824 and Fanny Powell on 5 July 1826. In 1841 Thomas was the surgeon and
Ellen the matron at Sneinton Lunatic Asylum, Nottingham. With them were their daughter
Fanny and Sarah Price Catley. Sarah Ann Powell married John Septimus Alderson 17 February
1849 at St John’s Notting Hill. In 1851 at Steinton we find the widowed Ellen with Fanny;
in addition John Septimus Alderson, who was now resident medical superintendant, and his
wife Sarah Alderson née Powell. John Septimus Alderson was a Yorkshireman and is regarded
as a pioneer in the humane care of the mentally ill.
2) Frances Mary Swindale Powell was baptized 17 July 1800. She married John Catley (vide
supra). It is probable that both had died by 1841. A John Catley was buried at St Martin
in the Fields 2 April 1837; no record yet found for his wife. John was a druggist and
chemist so very likely is the John Elliot Catley who received his Certificate of
Qualification from Apothecaries Hall 10 July 1834 (Catley Database). Their children were
Sarah Price Catley baptized 14 May 1829 at St Martin in the Fields; John George Catley
baptized 12 January 1832 at the same church; and Thomas Catley baptized 6 March 1836 at St
George Chelsea (source Tim Cattley). Sarah Price Catley is found as a governess at North
Killingholme Lincs in 1851 and Bromley Kent in 1861; she died 26 July 1866. John George
Catley was a warehouseman in the City of London in 1851 and then migrated to Sydney
arriving 26 July 1852; his life has been documented by Mick Catley. Thomas Catley was a
pupil at Penair House, Penza!
nce in 1851 and a merchant clerk at Highbury in 1861. Subsequently he resided at
Southampton where he was a Chief Officer in the Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation
Company. He died a bachelor on 7 November 1865 (National Probate Calendar and Sydney
Morning Herald).
3) Philippa Bull Powell was baptized 11 January 1808. She married Edmund Bowden by licence
dated 13 April 1841. Edmund’s first wife was Amelia Gilbert whom he had married 2 June
1827 at St Luke’s Chelsea. They had a daughter Amelia Gilbert Powell born 16 October 1828
and baptized 3 June 1829 at St Luke’s Chelsea. Edmund Bowden was a physician and Philippa
a matron at Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell. In 1841 they were enumerated there
together with Amelia Gilbert Powell and John George Catley. ADB relates in some detail how
they went to van Dieman’s Land in 1843 as superintendant and matron of the new Female
Penitentiary at Hobart. Amelia went with them and eloped in 1847 to marry William Carter
Jr. at St James’s Church Sydney. Edmund died 3 September 1847 and Philippa returned to
England in 1848. In 1851 she was in Lambeth but later went back to Cornwall and settled in
Falmouth. In 1861 and 1871 her nieces Fanny Powell and Sarah Alderson were living with
her. Sara!
h Price Catley died at her home 26 July 1866 (National Probate Calendar and Sydney
Morning Herald). Philippa Bowden died 26 October 1889.
4) James William Powell was baptized 5 April 1810. Nothing more is known but he may have
been resident in Falmouth at the 1841 census.
Anthony
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From: catley-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [catley-bounces(a)rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mick Catley
[catleym(a)netspeed.com.au]
Sent: 21 August 2011 06:08
To: catley(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CATLEY] Catley-Bowden Collection
G'day Anthony,
John George Catley, son of John Catley and Frances Mary Swindale was born
1831, christened 12 Jan 1832 at Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster,
London, England. He married Eliza Thomasina Elliott 1858, NSW . He was an
unassisted migrant to Australia, arriving Sydney, NSW 26 Jul 1852 on the
"Tartar" from Plymouth. His children were Fanny E Catley b. 1859, NSW, d.
1879, St George District, Sydney, NSW and Amy Bowden Catley, b, 14 Nov 1869,
NSW, d, 1955.NSW.
John G Catley was a successful coal trader. He was also a leading figure in
the Congregational Church and the Temperance movement.
A death notice in the Sydney Morning Herald 25 Jan 1866 reads:
"THOMAS CATLEY, late chief officer of the P. and O. Company's steamer
Nemesis, aged 29, the only and beloved brother of Mr. J. G. Catley, of this
city."
Another death notice in the Sydney Morning Herald 23 Oct 1866 reads:
"CATLEY—July 26th, at Belle View-place, Falmouth, at the residence of her
aunt, Mrs. Edmund Bowden, Sarah Price Cately, aged 34, the only and beloved
sister of Mr. J. G. Catley, of this city."
Regards,
Mick Catley
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony M. Carter
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 3:11 AM
To: catley(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CATLEY] Catley-Bowden Collection
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bowden-edmund-1807
Although no Catley is mentioned, the above extract from Australian
Dictionary of Biography does clarify the relations between Bowden, Powell
and Connolly - all names that crop up on the staff of asylums where Sarah
Price Catley and John George Catley are found (separately) in 1841.
Phillippa was the second wife of Edmund Bowden and after his death settled
back in Cornwall where Sarah Price Catley died. These connections provide
circumstantial evidence in support of John George Catley having gone to Oz.
All we need to do now is identify the origins of John Catley and we have the
makings of a tree. Anthony
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From: catley-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [catley-bounces(a)rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of
Anthony M. Carter [ACarter(a)health.sdu.dk]
Sent: 20 August 2011 18:04
To: catley(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CATLEY] Catley-Bowden Collection
Tim has sent me a list of unallocated Catleys from Central London. My eye
fell on John Catley druggist or pharmacist who married Frances Mary Swindale
Powell and had a least three children with recorded baptisms. This family
has been discussed on the list before and it surprises me they still are
regarded as unallocated (there is a possible connection to Oz). What is the
current state of play with regard to this twig (if not yet a tree)?
The previous discussion mentioned a middle name Bowden. Since then we have
details of the daughter, Sarah Price Catley, from the National Probate
Calender. She died a spinster after a life as a governess and probate was
granted to Phillippa Bowden, her aunt, of Belle-Vue-place, Falmouth,
Cornwall.
Anthony
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