Dartnell Family
Florence Amelia Dartnell was the wife of Charles William Albert Austin.
They were married ca 1899 in Strood, Kent to Florence Amelia Dartnell (born 1878, Strood, Kent - died after 1899). The 4th of 10 children, she was the daughter of George Henry Edward Dartnell - an 'engine driver' and Elizabeth unknown. Her grandparents were Nathaniel Robert Dartnell and Hannah Sarah Plumer.
Charles Austin apparently deserted his wife - and their young family - on several occasions and was imprisoned at one time for desertion. His wife Florence was granted a separation order and custody of their three (possibly four) children and he was ordered to pay her 8/ a week. But he paid nothing and stole away. (Her rent in 1907 was 3/ a week.
In related Barnardo documents, Charles was described by his father, James John Austin, as 'a bad fellow' who had stolen 20 pounds of 'club money' from him two years previous (ie. 1905) - and then 'decamped.' He had not seen him since.
After attempting to raise the children, Florence found that she could not and they were placed with the Barnardo Home and adoption agency. Subsequently, the two older children were sent to Canada and raised as 'Barnardo children.'
(Charles later visited his sister, Lillian, in Burlington, Ontario. This was at a time he was trying to visit his son, Charles, now a Barnardo child on a farm at Courtland, Ontario (near Tilsonburg). Officials would not allow him to visit his son at this time (because of his earlier record of abandonment of his family). This fact was not known to the descendants of Lilian (till 2003).)
The children of Charles William Albert Austin and Florence Amelia Dartnell were:
1. Charles William Alfred Austin - born 26 July, 1899, Poplar, Kent (Greater London), England - married Ida Eleanor Lovell - Brantford, 21 September, 1921.
2. Daisy Edith Austin - born 2 February, 1904; - married Joseph Peacock; Issue: Charles and Winston
3. Albert Edward Austin - born ca 1905; he stayed with his mother when the two older children were taken into Barnardo care. He was 15 months old in 1907.
4. Unknown Austin - Florence asked Barnardo's if they could take two more - and herself, indicating this other or fourth child.
1881 Census: at 'Union Workhouse, Woolwich Rd' - a number of inmates, including: Nathaniel Dartnell, age 73, 'barge builder' (born: Southwark); also a Nathaniel Dartnell, age 26, 'barge builder' - (born Deptford, Kent) residing at 10 Woodlands Street (wife wife and three children)
Dartnell Family Line of Descent
Generation One
Robert Dartnell - born bef. 1762 - died after 1790; married Sarah (Unknown)
Issue:
1. Nathaniel - died 1858, Greenwich, Kent; married 2 Apr. 1809, St. Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, to Mary Worley (b. bef. 1791 - d. aft. 1851); issue: Mary Ann Dartnell (b. 23 August, 1812) and Nathaneil Robert Dartnell (b. 27 May, 1883). He was a 'barge builder.'
2. Robert - born ca 1782
3. Joseph - born ca 1785
4. Sarah - born ca. 1790
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Generation Two
Nathaniel Robert Dartnell - born 27 May, 1883, Greenwich, Kent; married 28 November, 1831 at St. Mary, Lewisham, Kent to Hannah Sarah Plumer (b. Deptford, Kent - died there - 1881).
Issue:
1. Hannah Mary Dartnell - born 1841 - died after 1862
2. Nathaniel James Dartnell - died after 1881
3. William Dartnell - died after 1851
4. Amelia Dartnell - born 1845
5. George Henry Edward Dartnell - born 1846: Deptford, Kent - died 1901, Medway Road, Kent; married Elizabeth (Unknown) (b. ca 1850 Chatham, Kent - d. 1941 - Medway Road, Kent.)
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Generation Three
George Henry Edward Dartnell - born 1846: Deptford, Kent - died 1901, Medway Road, Kent; married Elizabeth (Unknown) (b. ca 1850 Chatham, Kent - d. 1941 - Medway Road, Kent.)
Issue:
1. George Henry Dartnell - born 1872, Strood, Rochester, Kent
2. William John Dartnell - born 1874, Strood, Rochester, Kent - married Caroline (Unknown)
3. Elizabeth Sarah Dartnell - born 1876, Strood, Rochester, Kent; married William Carter
4. Florence Amelia Dartnell - born 1878, Strood, Rochester, Kent; married Charles William Albert Austin
5. Hannah (Annie) Dartnell - born 1880; married James Whitehead (is 27 in 1907; res. 23 Church Street, Rochester, Kent, UK)
6. James Dartnell - born ca 1882, Northfleet, Kent; died at Medway Road, Kent. - labourer
7. John Joseph Dartnell - born in 1884; married Esther Rapley
8. Daisy Dartnell - born ca 1886; married George Huworth
9. Henry Harry Dartnell - born in 1881 - died 1981; married Beatrice Maud Woodgate
10. Edith Primrose Dartnell - born in 1891 at Strood Road, Kent; married Percy Allen
A further note of possible earlier family history: Nathanyell DARKENWELL (Dartnell). [For Nat’l Datnell 100 acres arriving servant First Fleet - ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST FLEET AND EARLY SETTLERS
According to reseacher, Theresa M. Hicks, The Carolina reached land and anchored at Sewee Bay/Bull’s Island March 17; reached Port Royal about March 21 and stayed 2 days, then to St. Helena; then to Kiawah, Ashley River, arriving early in April. The five commoners of the Council: Jos. Dalton, R. Donne, Ra. Marshall, Paul Smyth and S. West were elected while they were “lying” at St. Helena.