The
Gravaline/Gravelius (Smith) Family
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Jonas
Nilsson Gravaline/Gravelius (Smith)1757-1816
The earliest known details of this family in the Cave-kids Clan2000
ancestry
link are as follows:
Probably born at Anundsjo nr Stockholm, Sweden" possibly in the year
1750. It is most likely that he married Katharina Persdottir
b.c.1753, however early historical details are cloudy.
There is documentary evidence according to a British Navy Exemption Certificate
dated 19th April 1794. "Jonas (Gravaline/Gravelius) Smith was 44 years of age born
c.1750".
He is known to have been residing in the
United Kingdom in the London dockland area during the early
part of the 19th Century. It is not known why the name
change to Smith. The probability may be due
to immigration laws that existed in this time period. (However
See note 1 below)***
Jonas, wife Katharina
and their children were residing in London at this time.
a. First
Child. Son: Thomas (aka
Gravaline/Smith). Thomas Smith,
was probably a carpenter of Swedish descent, b.c. 1785, whose surname
was originally Gravaline/Gravelius. He married Sarah
Joy at Saint Martin In
The Fields, Westminster, London, England on 27th August 1815. Thomas and Sarah had at least three
known children, probably 4. A daughter Tolly b.c. 1834
appears on the 1841 census - but no trace thereafter.
At
the census of 1841 this family were residing at Castle Streeet, St Anne
Westminster, London England. Thomas is a cork cutter.
Source
Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 730; Book: 6;
Civil Parish: St Anne Soho; County: Middlesex;
Enumeration District: 11; Folio: 11; Page: 14;
Line: 17; GSU roll: 438833.
First
Child. Sons
Thomas Billany Smith b.c.1821, christened 22nd August 1823
at Saint Martin In The
Fields, Westminster, London, England.
Second
Child. Son: Neiles Smith b.c. 1822, christened 22nd August 1823
at Saint Martin In The
Fields, Westminster, London, England.
In
1851 at the census Neiles is found residing at 16 Dudley Street, St Giles,
Middlesex - he is unmarried at this time. He is employed as a cork worker.
Source
Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1509; Folio: 338;
Page: 14; GSU roll: 87843.
Neiles is found residing with John
N Leaman at Plymouth in 1861, his employment is stated to be
cook/butler. He was unmarried.
Source
Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 1441; Folio: 74; Page: 10; GSU
roll: 542813.
However
in 1870 at Hull, Yorkshire, Neiles married Dorothy Carr at Hull Holy
Trinity. Dorothy was a widow with four children.
| Year of Registration: |
1870 |
| Quarter of Registration: |
Oct-Nov-Dec |
| District: |
Hull (1854 Onw) |
| County: |
Yorkshire - East Riding, Humberside |
| Volume: |
9d |
At
the census of 1871 Neiles is shown residing at 1 Staniforth Place Hull -
residing with him are wife Dorothy Smith b.c 1820 at Newcastle and two sons -
Joseph E Smith b.c 1850 at Newcastle and Charles E Smith b.c. 1861 at Hull
Yorkshire.
Source
Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 4795; Folio: 32;
Page: 26; GSU roll: 847350.
In
1901 Neiles is found to be residing in Sculcoates Union Workhouse, Hull,
Yorkshire, aged 79.
Source
Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 4496; Folio: 123; Page: 13.
Third
Child. Daughter: Sarah
Smith c. 1827 residing at 16 Castle Street, Holborn, London.
Sarah was christened on 24th June 1827 at St. Martin in
the Fields, Westminster, London.
b.
Second Child.
Daughter
Sarah Smith (aka Gravaline/Gravelius) 1787-1848
(Source
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Jonas
had followed his father and became a seaman. By the turn of the nineteenth
century he and his family had moved to Hull Yorkshire England, to make his
fortune. Hull at this time was the centre of the Whaling
industry. Mystery again surrounds this potion of cave-kids
historical data. However, it would appear that Jonas left his family
in Hull and returned to Sweden, where he died in 1816.
In 1817 Sarah Smith (1787-1848) married George
Billany (born late 18th century) at Holy Trinity, Hull,
East Yorkshire, England.
This union produced at least two surviving sons, between 1826 and 1829. George
Billany was a mariner, therefore it can be assumed that neither sons
knew their father, for in 1931, whilst at sea, on a journey to
North America, he was declared missing, presumed dead.
"probability
listing the following tragedy at sea at this time.
Ship, "Lady Sherbroke" - floundered August 1831, lost
near Cape Ray; 273 perished, there were some survivors".
SHIP
ARRIVALS WITH PASSENGERS, U.K. TO BAY CHALEUR N.B. From the
Chatham N.B. newspaper The Miramichi Gleaner.
courtesy
of Paul Delicaet
| August
16/1831:
| LADY
SHERBROOKE,
| Shipwreck,
377 tons, Londonderry bound For Quebec, 285 passengers and
15 crew. Wreck occurred near Cape Ray on the Coast of
Newfoundland. |
It
is more than probable that if George Billany survived the ship
wreck, then it is most certain that he would have found his way to
Partridge Island. Regardless of rank or
circumstance, anyone who entered North America via the Saint John
Harbour waterways, would be inspected by quarantine staff.
From 1785 to 1942, Partridge Island served as North
America's first Quarantine Station to prevent the spread of
diseases.
In 1830/31, there were so many immigrants inflicted with fever and
smallpox that they were housed in tents and pest houses.
First
Child
Son Neiles Boynton Billany
1826-1896
Second
Child
Son George Billany 1829-1870
*note*
An
understanding of:
"
British Navy Exemption Certificate"
is
as follows:
These certificates were issued to prevent people in
maritime trade
being press ganged into the Navy. The occupations 'protected'
included not only sailors, but rope makers, sail makers etc
- in fact anyone who was connected with the naval industry. They would normally have
been given to fisherman, merchant seaman,
shipwrights or any person who had been honorably discharged
from the RN.
These skilled tradesman and seamen were in high demand and many
of the best were employed by the major trading companies - who
could not only provide better wages but also better conditions
for their employees than the Navy could at that time. The
certificates were a way to
ensure that the best staff didn't get 'pinched'
by the Navy gangs.
It is also known that the certificates did a roaring trade on the black
market, changing hands for quite large sums, being much in
demand
with
young sons of the gentry as a convenient way to avoid a life
at sea! A most convenient way of "Changing
Ones Name".
(note
1)****
One
interesting genealogical point for anyone with a family living
in or around a naval/dockland area, was the practice of naming
several sons after the father. The reasoning behind this was
that any certificate issued for the father was conveniently usable
for any of the sons, should the need arise!! This would allow
the recipient to remain in his current employment and not be
forced into naval service.
Billany
Family
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of Honour
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