George Cornish Yeoman

1831 - 1896  (~ 65 years)

• Name	George Cornish Yeoman
  Born	1831	Malborough,Devon
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1896	Australia
  Person ID	I3434	Salcombe
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Yeoman,   b. 1790, Malborough,Devon ,   d. 1873, Combe,Malborough,Devon  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Cornish,   b. 1795, Sherford,Devon ,   d. 1888, Combe,Malborough,Devon  (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1831 - Malborough,Devon  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  George Cornish (b. 1831) arrived in Victoria with his brother. They either signed off from their ship (or, as family tradition has it, jumped ship) and started mining for gold in the Amherst area. Like his brother (and many others) he did not make his fortune. He later worked for the Victorian State railway at Maryborough, where he lived at Burke Street until his death in 1896. His first marriage is not registered and may well have been ?in common law?. Sarah Jane Barrett was born in 1833 in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, and she was the daughter of an English Army Captain. She died in Maryborough on 11 January 1889. His second wife, Bithya, was born on 6 July in Maryborough. She died on 25 January 1904 at Geelong and there were no children from that marriage.