BROADSTOCK FAMILY TREE
The information below has been discovered through hard work by several of my distant relatives, notably Len Broadstock, Helen Bastable, Shirley Haas, Elizabeth Janson.
I have tried to make chronological sense of it all leading to my own family here in Melbourne. There are many inconsistencies in the records or because of the use of the same name in different generations and branches of the family. If there are more Broadstocks or relatives who have information to add to, or clarify that given below, or if I have misinterpreted any information please let me know.

I was surprised to discover that my great-great grandfather, Joseph (father of George, father of Henry) was a convict in Tasmania and an owner of several hotels in Melbourne before starting the Broadstock line in South Australia.

The earliest Broadstock was........
ROBERT Broadstock, of All Saints West Bromwich was born 3 November 1760 Married MARY ASHAL.
Four children:
1. WILLIAM Christened 24 May 1761.
2. SUSANNA born 12 May 1766,
3. SARAH Christened15 May 1769
4. JOHN born 25 October 1772.

WILLIAM
Broadstock
Married 7 Mar 1785 to
Rebecca Grice at All Saints, West Bromwich, Stafford, England

Children:
George Broadstock


GEORGE
Christening: 9 Nov 1788 All Saints, West Bromwich, Staffordshire (Batch No. C010242), d 1872
married (noted in September Quarter 1837)
JEMIMA b 1792 d 1899 (Deaths March quarter 1870 - Jemima Ann Broadstock age not given, at Auckland Vol 10a page 126. The district of Auckland is in the county of Co. Durham)

George Broadstock and Jemima’s children were christened at All Saints, West Bromwich, Stafford, England. Her surname does not appear in the 10 christening records.

Ten Children:
1. WILLIAM
Broadstock b1811; Christening: 19 May 1811; d June 1895 (V. 6b, Pg. 511),
Married
Sarah Richards (b1813 according to marriage record) in September 1842 at All Saints.
Christening records are confused for Sarah: There is a christening listed for a Sarah Richards at All Saints, West Bromwich, Staffordshire on 19 Apr 1812 – but this cannot be the same one if she was born 1813! Parents are James Richards and Anne (maiden name not given).
ALSO a christening for a Sarah Richards, parents James and Mary, listed at All Saints, West Bromwich, on 12 May 1816.
ALSO Sarah Richards christened All Saints, West Bromwich on 25 Apr 1819 to James and Anne. (Same as James and Anne? Did the other Sarah b: 1812 die?)

Sarah was blind when she died in December, 1895, age 76 (V. 6b, Pg. 536).
Both William and Sarah Broadstock died in the Highfield Work House in West Bromwich.

1861 census
RG9/2025 f85 p20+21 sch.107
Address: Moor Street, West Bromwich
William BROADSTOCK, hd, mar, 70, carter, bn West Bromwich
Sarah BROADSTOCK, wf, mar, (60/68?), bn West Bromwich
Jemima BROADSTOCK, dau, 18, nail carter at Iron Foundry, bn West Bromwich
Humphrey BROADSTOCK, son, 9, bn West Bromwich
Joel BROADSTOCK, son, 7, bn West Bromwich
Joseph BROADSTOCK, son, 3, bn West Bromwich.

In the 1881 census:
RG11/2044 f56 p3
Address: 26 Moor Street, West Bromwich
William BROADSTOCK, hd, mar, 70, carter, bn W.Bromwich
Sarah BROADSTOCK, wf, mar, 68, bn West Bromwich

RG11/2844 f56 p3
26, Moor Street, West Bromwich
Joseph BROADSTOCK, hd, mar, 24, mill furnace man (I), bn West Bromwich
Annie BROADSTOCK, wf, mar, 19, bn West Bromwich
(Who are these two?)


2. JOSEPH Brodstock b. 04 May 1813 Christening: 12 Feb 1826 (see below)
3. SARAH Brodstock b. 08 May 1815 Christening: 12 Feb 1826
4. REBECCA Brodstock b. 25 Oct 1817 Christening: 12 Feb 1826
5. GEORGE Brodstock b.19 Jun 1820 Christening: 12 Feb 1826
6. AMOS Brodstock b.10 Dec 1823 Christening: 12 Feb 1826
7. HUMPHREY Brodstock b. 31 Dec 1825 (but 1861 census says he was only 9 - so born 1852?) Christening: 12 Feb 1826

1881 census RG11/2843 f53 p46
Address: 9B, Bromford Lane, West Bromwich
Humphrey BROADSTOCK, hd, mar, 29, Bundler Iron works, bn West Bromwich
Sarah BROADSTOCK, wf, mar, 28, bn West Bromwich
Sarah BROADSTOCK, dau, 7, bn West Bromwich
William BROADSTCOK, son, 5, bn West Bromwich
Isaac H BROADSTOCK, son, 3, bn West Browmich
Jemima BROADSTOCK, son, 7mth, bn West Bromwich

Also 1881 census
RG11/2842 f62 p50
Green Street, West Bromwich
Joel BROADSTOCK, hd, mar, 26, Bolter down at Iron Works, bn Dudley Port
Prudence BROADSTOCK, wf, mar, 26, bn West Bromwich
(NOTE: Joel wasn’t born in West Bromwich?)


8. JEMIMA
Broadstock (her burial record says she was born in 1843 and the 1861 census confirms this as she was 18) Christening: 14 Oct 1827??

Married John T. Olarenshaw in September 1837 and produced three children: Jemima, Sarah (my maternal grandmother) and George. They migrated to the USA - John T. Olarenshaw went to the USA in 1880. John T. Olarenshaw, son of Will & Eliz Olarensahw, died in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 17, 1908. There are four newspaper articles from the Cincinnati Library on John T. No mention of Jemima because the article was on John's death in 1908. He was the head of the Plumb Street Rescue Mission; he became an evangelist after 1880 and thereafter "saved souls".

Jemima Broadstock Olarenshaw and her three children (Jemima [married Riddiford – their daughter, also called Jemima married Basil Pollitt], Sarah [married Thomas William Ashforth from Birmingham], George) migrated to the USA in 1891; John T. Olarenshaw went to the states in 1880 and called for Jemima to come. Jemima, daughter of William. & Sarah Broadstock, died in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 11, 1912.

9. JOHN Broadstock Christening: 24 Apr 1831 (note 1861 census mentions a JOEL not John who was 7)

10. MATTHEW Broadstock 12 Feb 1833 Christening: 18 Aug 1833


JOSEPH 1813-83
He was born 1813 to George & Jemima Broadstock, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire. The family was recorded as 'living on the Heath' or 'from the heath' or similar. Their occupation was given as 'nailers'. I understand this to be hand-making nails at home as a cottage industry (they listed the family down to about 7 as having this occupation).

In 1832 he came before the Stafford Assizes charged with stealing and assault (amusingly, for some time, the abbreviations were taken as 'stealing an ass'). He was convicted and sentenced to 7 years transportation and was transported on the
Isabella; its sailing was delayed for some weeks while an outbreak on board of cholera cleared.
Convict Number 8188, Surname Broadstock, Given Name(s) Joseph
Ship Name
Isabella (1)
Departure Port - Plymouth, Departure Date 28/07/1833, Arrival Date 14/11/1833
Conduct Record CON31/5, Indent MM33/2, Description List, Muster Roll, Other Records, Appropriation List CON27/6

On the Tasmanian record there are references to things like 'disobediance', 'dumb insolence' and 'neglect of orders', and a sentence of 4 days treadmill, and that he was not to be sent again to Sandy Bay because of bad connections made there.

MELBOURNE, VICTORIA
Feb 1840 he is listed as being aboard the Joshua Carol (a 60 ton schooner) going to Port Phillip. He does not appear in the Convict records in Melbourne; he may well have had his name removed, I don't believe he could have done and achieved the things he did in later life if it were known he was an ex-convict.

H. John Lewis in his "SALISBURY South Australia - A History of Town and District" has him going "free" from SA to Port Phillip in 1842. In 1843 he married an Elizabeth Moro? in St James Cathedral.

There is only one entry in the Vic BDM's pre 1888, that relates to Joseph. He married in 1843 in Melbourne (St James) to an
Elizabeth Moss (The printed records say Moss but the signature on the Marriage certificate looks more like Moro to me), cert no 4760. His marriage certificate was also filed in Sydney (no. v1843 796 27c C/E St James) as Victoria then still belonged to NSW. He is an early arrival in the Port Phillip district. No children to him are located, nor death for either he or his wife pre-1888, nor marriages. Only one entry in the Vic BDMs altogether. No other information in NSW or Tasmania records.

In 1845/6 he was the owner of the 'British' hotel in Queen Street. In 1847 the Pt Phillip directory lists him as a lodging house-keeper in Queen Street; and in another as Lodging house keeper in Collingwood, Possibly he also had the "Travelers Rest" in that area.

Joseph Broadstock was a publican in Melbourne in 1844 Source: newspaper titled: The Melbourne Courier. (J.Fawcett collection) edition date: Saturday Sept 21st 1844.
"Court of Petty Sessions. Saturday 14th Sept 1844. Removals:
Joseph Broadstock, of the Derwent Wine Vaults, Collingwood, to the premises formerly known as the New Town Hotel. The bench would inspect the premises between then and Wednesday, but would make no promises. "

In Sept 1844 Broadstock was running the Derwent Wine Vaults in Collingwood, and he was applying for a license for the New Town Hotel.

The
Index To Publicans, ARGUS Newspaper, by Marion Button, tells the following (the date refers to the edition issue, and any of these references might be for license renewals, transfers, cancellations etc):
Joseph Broadstock,
Printers Arms. 27th Jan 1844
Derwent Wine Vaults New Town 7th May 1844
British Hotel. Queen St 26th Aug 1845
British Hotel. Queen St 10th April 1846, 7th July 1846, 16th July 1846
Travellers Rest, Collingwood 3 Nov 1846

The Electoral Roll Index by Marion Button (the date refers to the Argus newspaper edition):
Joseph Broadstock Queen Street, Burk Ward 9th Sept 1845 - 25th June 1849
He resided from Sept 1845 - till at least 1849 in Queen Street in Melbourne.
.
The
1847 Port Phillip Postal Directories (Mouritz) tells that Joseph Broadstsock was a lodging house keeper, in Queens Street (Melb City Central).

Joseph left Melbourne - and seemingly Elizabeth - and is next heard of in Adelaide, South Australia, describing himself as a Batchelor and a Cattleman. He may have put his money into cattle and overlanded them to SA.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
In 1848 he surfaces in Adelaide marrying Mary Ann Hamly, describing himself as a bachelor, and a Cattleman.

Did he sell the British Hotel and put his money into cattle and overlanded them to Adelaide? What happened to Elizabeth Moss/Moro?

The Land Office records in Adelaide revealed over 250 land and property transactions. He become quiet notable in the History of Salisbury, perhaps only second to John Harvey. He was associated with numerous early hotels around Adelaide and had built the Govenor Mcdonnel Hotel in Salisbury; was the Chairman of the Yatala North Council, and was involved in the establishment of schools, church building committees and the like. He was certainly a "go getter" with an eye to the best chance.

Married
Mary Ann Hamly Feb 16, 1916
The details recorded on the marriage certificate are: Marriages in the District of Adelaide 1848, No 1066. Trinity Church February 16
‘Joseph Broadstock age 34, cattleman batchelor
Mary Ann Hamly 18 spinster (note no e). Minister James Farrell (or perhaps Farrett or Jarrett) Signed Joseph Broadstock, & Mary Ann Hamly (X her mark) & signed by Witnesses Nicholas Hamly & Elizabeth Hamly (X her mark)’

He owned or was licensee of a number of hotels, was involved in a great many land deals, figured prominently in the development of Salisbury, and was a J.P.

TEN Children:
1. Joseph Broadstock 1848
2. GEORGE Broadstock 1853 (Twin)
3. Amos Broadstock 1853 (Twin)
4. Jemima Broadstock b1855 died 1870 aged 15
5. daughter 1857
6. James Hurtle Broadstock 1858 - 1907 aged 49
7. William Humphrey Broadstock 1860
8. Henry Broadstock 1862-11-01 - mother called Susan Hamley
9. Elizabeth Broadstock 1864 - 72 aged 8
10. Mary Ann Rebecca Broadstock 1874-09-23 mother called Elizabeth Eaton Braynard

GEORGE b 1853
Married 22 Oct 1876 to Hannah Nicks aged 20, daughter of Philip Nicks, at St Clement Church Enfield (ref 107/470), and lived at Para Plains, Salisbury, Willunga, Wallaroo Mines then at Kadina. George was a ‘fencing contractor’.

TWELVE Children:
1. Joseph George Philip 1877-03-06
2. HENRY HAMLEY 1880-02-13 (or Hamily or Hamly)
3. Elsie Leonora 1881-06-28
4. Alfred 1882-12-09
5. Victor Hurtle 1885-06-30
6. Percival 1887-02-23
7. Amy 1888-12-12
8. Lionel 1890-10-16
9. Wilfred 1892-12-29
10. Daisy 1895-04-08
11. Liley 1897-09-26
12. Hubert 1899-09-26

HENRY HAMLEY
1880-02-13 d February 1964
Married (aged 28) on 29 July 1908 to
FLORENCE ELLA READ (b Nov 1882, d 1963) aged 25, daughter of Nathaniel Read at the Methodist Church Victoria Sq Kadina.

Henry and Florence Broadstock01Henry and Florence 1908

Seven children:
1. Kenneth Harry — born 23/7/1899
Married Beryl Skelton - 4 children: Shirley, Trevor, Malcolm and Brian.
2. Jean Eleanor — born 18/6/1911
Married Thomas Henry Victor - 6 children: Lorraine, Jillian, Doug, Ruth, Kevin and Ian.
3. Ronald Frederick — born 8/9/1914 — bachelor — deceased 24/1/95
4. Ernest Arthur — born 12/2/1917 — bachelor — deceased in an Adelaide Nursing Home.
5. Mervyn Jack — born 4/9/1918 — bachelor — deceased 1/11/1991
6. CLEMENT HOWARD — born 11/7/1920 d 26/10/2007
Married
Valda Jean Sayers at Golden Square, Bendigo on 13/4/1946 - 3 children:
Harvey James born 21/5/1948 in Hobart, Tasmania
Lynden Howard born 22/3/1950 in Adelaide, South Australia
Brenton Thomas born 12/12/1952 in Melbourne, Victoria
7. Ella Joan — born 5/10/1925 — spinster — deceased 1970 in Adelaide, South Australia

Harvey James born 21/5/1948 in Hobart, Tasmania

Married Chieko Matsubayashi; 2 children: Marek, Keenan

Lynden Howard born 22/3/1950 in Adelaide, South Australia

Married Rosemary. 3 children: Daniel, Bethany, Timothy

Brenton Thomas born 12/12/1952 in Melbourne, Victoria

Married Dianne Judith Skinner August 1978. 3 children: Matthew Brent 13/10/82; Taryn Shay 22/2/85; Callan Mark 20/10/88