He died 06 Nov 1899 in Kyneton.
See below for further details of ancestry.
He married Sarah Wall 31 Aug 1835 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
Marriage Notes for Ambrose Pullin and Sarah Wall:
Married at St. James, Church of England, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England by Rev.R Garasey.
Witnesses James Hall, E. Davey
Sarah Wall was born Jun 1815 in Gloucestershire, England;
She died 24 Oct 1899 in Kyneton.
She was the daughter of Richmond Wall and Alice Townsend.
1841 Census Bristol Gloucestershire
Ambrose Pullin, age 30, Haulier
Sarah Pullin, age 25
Sarah Ann Pullin, age 5
Thomas Pullin, age 3
William Pullin, age 1
Living in Pile Street, St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol.
Pile Street no longer exists according to the current Bristol maps.
On Sarah Ann's baptism certificate it records -
Sarah Ann PULLEN (sic), the daughter of Ambrose and Sarah, was baptised on 10th Apr 1836 at Iron Acton, Glos. The abode of the parents was Iron Acton and the occupation of the father was servant.
Shipping arrivals in the Port Phillip district
Dec 12 1841 WARD CHIPMAN
Ship - from Bristol to Port Phillip [assisted emigrant passengers]
Arrived as Ambrose and Sarah Pallin (sic) and children Sarah Thomas and William. See below for a description of the voyage undertaken on the Ward Chipman.
Other passengers on that voyage of the Ward Chipman -
Samuel Wall, aged 36, his wife Anne, aged 37, and their 4 children Thomas (11), Frederick (10), Elizabeth (6) and Harriett (2).
Samuel was the cousin of Sarah.
1847 DIRECTORY for the Town and District of Port Phillip.
Pullen Ambrose (sic)
Occupation – agriculturist
Location - Carlton Estate, Plenty
Eligible for 'Victorian Pioneer' status - known in 1847 directory. Pioneer status is granted upon proof of residence in the Colony before 1851.
Children of Ambrose Pullin and Sarah Wall are:
Sarah Ann Pullin, born 22 Dec 1835 in Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England; married William Henry Tucker 1858 in Victoria; born 1828; died 18 Mar 1886 in Collingwood.
Thomas Pullin, born 22 Jan 1838 in Bath, Somerset, England; died 1921 in Hampton Victoria.
In 1857 at age 19, Thomas went to NZ trading horses.
He returned to Australia and dies in 1921 at the home of his brother Ambrose.
He lived at Greymouth NZ for many years.
William Albert Pullin, born 08 Jan 1840 in Bristol, England; died 28 Jan 1892; married Selina Eliza Adelaide O'Mara 1875 in Melbourne.
Richmond Wall Pullin, born 17 Mar 1842 in Templestowe, Victoria, Australia; died 28 Apr 1843 in Templestowe, Victoria, Australia.
Alice Wall Pullin, born 31 Mar 1844 in Templestowe, Victoria, Australia; died 07 Jul 1852.
Richmond Wall Pullin, born 25 Apr 1846 in Templestowe, Victoria, Australia; died 1890; married Agnes Townsend 1871 in Melbourne.
City Councillor of Nathalia VIC c 1890's.
George Pullin, born 1849 in Templestowe, Victoria, Australia; died 1931 in Kyneton.
John Pullin, born 03 Jan 1851 in Templestowe, Victoria, Australia; married Elizabeth Townsend 1874 in Melbourne.
Ambrose Pullin, born 1853 in Templestowe, Victoria, Australia; died 1943 in Melbourne, Victoria; married Mary Jane Light 1876 in Melbourne.
James Henry Pullin, born 07 Feb 1856 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia; died 20 Dec 1887 in Kyneton; married Ellen Elizabeth Walker.
James had a shop as a saddler in Piper Street Kyneton until his death.
Ambrose retired in 1871 and went to live with youngest son James in the premises at the rear of his saddlery shop.
Sarah died, aged 84, on 24.10.1899
Ambrose died aged 89,on 6.11.1899 (less than 2 weeks later).
Both were buried at Kyneton Cemetery.
The Pullin family grave is at plot E3 16 and is said to contain -
Ambrose aged 89
Sarah aged 84
Richmond W aged 1 (son of Richmond Wall above and grandson of Ambrose and Sarah)
Alice W aged 8 (daughter of Ambrose and Sarah)
George aged 82 (son of Ambrose and Sarah)
Whilst at Kyneton, Ambrose was a civic leader and well known identity. From the local papers of the time.
A. Pullin purchases allotments C, Q and T, Parish of Lauriston. County of Dalhousie, Jun 1854, 16 Jan 1855: areas 30.0.0:22.2.6: 20.0.25. Parish map.
Farmer, parish of Lauriston Electoral Roll. North Western Province, Division of Dalhousie, legislative Council 1856
Signatory to petition addressed to Wlliam Lavender. Stipendiary Magistrate, calling a meeting of landholders and householders,
to form a District Road Board in the Launston and Mount Edgecombe Road District. Advertisement, Kyneton Observer, 10 Oct 1856.
Lauriston & Edgecombe District Road Board Assessment 1858 shows Ambrose Pullen had 60 acres under tillage, 12 acres pasture and paid a rate of 5 pds 1 s.
Elected member of Committee, Kyneton Agricultural Society, Kyneton Observer, 28 Aug 1857
Steward, Kyneton Farmers' Annual Ball, Kyneton Observer, 6 Non 1858
Subscriber, Kyneton Hospital enlargement fund, Kyneton Observer. 22 Sep 1860
Listed supporter of Capt R. B. Tucker for Kyneton Boroughs in Assembly election, Kyneton Observer, 27 Jul 1861
Signs request as holder of land north of Kyneton and east of the Campaspe calling on Police Magistrate to call
meeting to elect managers for Langley, Baynton and Glen Hope Farmers' Common (Black Hill Farmers'Common), 14 Aug 1861 Kyneton Observer, 14 Aug, 1862
Electoral Roll, Legislative Council, North Western Province, Kyneton Boroughs, Oct 1862, Kyneton Observer, 28 Oct. 1862
Owner, house & land Lauriston Kyneton Rate Books 1865
Owner, house & land Lauriston Kyneton Rate Books 1865
Tennant. [Owner: E. Anderson] house & land Lauriston Kyneton Rate Books 1865
Shareholder, Comet Gold Mining Company, Lauriston Observer 5 Aug 1865
Shareholder (5 shares), Glengonner Q&A Gold Mining Company, Kyneton Observer, Oct 24 1865
Pullen [sic], Sarah, Wife to Ambrose Pullin, shareholder (5 shares), Glengonner Q&A Gold Mining Company, Kyneton Observer, Oct 24 1865
Owner [tenant William Pook] land Kyneton Rate Books 1871
Owner farm [tenant Robert Sutherland; William Weeks deleted] Kyneton Rate Books 1871
Sells, at auction, on farm on the Pound Road, Piper's Creek, all livestock 'he is giving up farming.' Kyneton Guardian, 15 Mar 1871
'To miners. Farmers and others. 40 acres of freehold land on Goldfield Road, opposite Mr Dwyer's land, and lately occupied by Mr Pook... instructions received from Mr A. Pullen (sic)...' Kyneton Observer, 15 Mar 1873
Ambrose's ancestors
On 27 Jan 1806 in Westerleigh Gloucestershire, William Pullin, born Abt. 1772 in Westerleigh GLOS England married Mary Ann Tanner (born abt 1780)
Notes -
In the parish of Westerleigh
William Pullin amd Mary Ann Tanner both of this parish were married by banns
He signed his name and Mary Ann made her mark X
The witnesses were
John Pullin
George England (professional witness)
Children of William Pullin and Mary Tanner are:
John Pullin, born abt 1807 in Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England.
George Pullin, born abt 1808 in Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England.
Ambrose Pullin, born 06 Apr 1810 in Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
Further back -
Baptism of William Pullin with siblings in Westerleigh Gloucestershire
28th June 1772 William son of John Pullin
26th February 1775 Rebecca daughter of John Pullin
18th August 1779 Sarah daughter of John Pullin
9th September 1781 Mary Ann daughter of John Pullin
5th December 1784 Davy son of John Pullin
20th January 1788 Thomas son of John Pullin
Further back still (and into the rhelms of possibility only) -
John Pullin (born Abt. 1750) married Mary Twine (born abt. 1750) on 13 Jan 1772 in Westerleigh, GLOS, England.
The only John Pullin’s marriage that was around the correct time was the following:
John Pullin and Mary Twine were married in this church by banns.
Both made their mark X
The witnesses were
Hannah Gully
John Clark
George Nichols
Children of John Pullin and Mary Twine are:
William Pullin, born Abt. 1772 in Westerleigh GLOS England
Rebecca Pullin, born Abt. 1775 in Westerleigh GLOS England.
Sarah Pullin, born Abt. 1779 in Westerleigh GLOS England.
Mary Ann Pullin, born Abt. 1781 in Westerleigh GLOS England.
Davy Pullin, born Abt. 1784 in Westerleigh GLOS England.
Thomas Pullin, born Abt. 1788 in Westerleigh GLOS England.
Conditions on the ship sailed to Australia by Ambrose, Sarah and family -
From the book 'Perilous Voyages to the New Land' by M Cannon [Mornington 1995]
A Bristol shipping speculator, J. P. Hinton , thought he could turn a pretty penny by investing in the emigrant trade with Australia.
In mid -1841 he bought the 740-ton ship the Ward Chipman for 3.000 pounds, spending another 2500 pounds on refitting her with suitable bunks, laying in stores and purchasing a stock of medicines.
Hinton also decided to experiment with a consignment of nearly 7,000lbs of tinned soup and Bouille [stewed beef and vegetables].
This preservation process had been invented by a Frenchman , Francois Appert, and made known by him in a book called 'L'art de conserver toutes les substances animales et vègètables' , published 10 years before.
In Britain the technique of cooking food in tins, then soldering up a tiny vent left for steam to escape, was taken up by John Gillon and Co. of Leith, near Edinburgh. Gillon sent a large consignment to Bristol to be taken on board the Ward Chipman.
A Hunter River squatter , Timothy Nowlan , engaged Bristol shipping agent William Williams to procure Immigrants from nearby counties.
Within a few weeks, Williams had gathered seventy families comprising of 272 individuals, as well as 36 unmarried men and 17 unmarried woman. They were mostly labourers and servants from southern England and Wales.
Anticipating no unusual circumstances , Captain Lewis Bilton put the Ward Chipman to sea on 21 August 1841 for a non stop 111-day voyage to Melbourne.
Difficulties started before the vessel rounded the Cape of Good Hope . The ships surgeon, Dr Richard Dawes , was overwhelmed by scores of ailing children and adults, particularly among the steerage passengers.
The main problem , Dawes later reported , was that the preserved soup and Bouille had become contaminated by acids formed on the inner surface of some tins. The mischievous effects included severe bowel complaints and dysentery, particularly severe in the youngsters.
Most of the other rations issued to immigrants were also unsatisfactory, and sometimes harmful to their health. some of the salted pork, said Doctor Dawes was 'Pretty good----but still a large portion measley'
The peas consisted of two varieties which required different cooking times, but had been mixed together. The result was 'invariably colic . . . producing inflammation of the bowels.
The beef was 'of the hardest and coarsest kind, perfectly indigestible for the women and children, very innutricious ... one half generally bone. The suet was 'a great part bad.'
The pickles, important to help prevent scurvy, were 'very bad, so completely saturated with brine as to render their use out of the question.” Most emigrants refused to eat the heavily salted fish, because there was no fat or butter to cook it in.
Sugar supplies soon ran out. 'There should have been several casks of molasses,' reported Dr Dawes, 'For the want of it, the children were unable to eat either rice, sago, gruel or arrowroot, or any food requiring its addition to be rendered palatable.'
Coffee beans were available, but, said the surgeon, were 'of no use whatever, from not having a mill to grind them, consequently the tons of the peopled breakfast was invariable.'
Bread, which formed the bulk of the emigrants' diet, was 'of a coarse description, prepared from bran and pea flour, which many could not eat at all.' Those who did eat the bread, said Dr Dawes, suffered from disorders of the stomach and bowels. Lack of edible bread 'deprived the suckling women of their milk' which in turn affected the health of their infants.
There were no brushes on board to sweep out the berths, no charcoal for the stoves, no cook for the emigrants, and no stock medicines to administer to cattle kept in pens on the open deck.
Supplies of water were very skimpy and of poor quality. According to Dr Dawes, 'we had only about fourteen weeks water on board.' Many casks which were supposed to have been filled in Bristol were found to he empty, and others were only partly filled. The daily allowance of three quarts per person was cut severely, but Captain Bilton angrily refused to call in at Capetown to replenish supplies.
As the emigrants began to fall ill from semi-starvation and cross-infection, Dr Dawes tried to find space to isolate them from the healthy passengers. However, he complained, 'the hospital both fore and aft had been filled up with stores' for the use of paying passengers. The captain eventually agreed to empty one sick bay, but, said Dr Dawes, 'The danger and great risk from having only one small apartment for the use of so many sick was very great, and nothing but the utmost alacrity prevented the most dangerous results.'
Dr Dawes remonstrated with the shipping agent, William Williams, who had decided to travel out as a cabin passenger, but the surgeon could get no satisfaction in that quarter.
Exasperated, he enlisted the aid of three willing emigrants, Mrs Sarah Hennessy, 30, widow, from Tipperary; Mrs Susan Drew, 29, from Carmarthen, Wales; and Alexander Brodie, 23, farrier, also from Wales. They cleansed and nursed the sick as best they could. Just the same, nineteen children died of poisoning from the tinned food, and two adult males died of tuberculosis during the voyage.
When the Ward Chipman eventually sailed into Port Phillip on 16December 1841 and was cleared, it was boarded by a prominent Melbourne merchant, 35-year-old Arthur Kemmis, who had agreed to act as Melbourne agent for the Bristol interests.
Kemmis claimed £4,524 bounty on behalf of his principals. He was shocked to discover that the government, after hearing the results of a Board of Inquiry, was disinclined to pay anything at all.
The agent appealed to La Trobe, on the ground that he had made 'very large advances' on the promise of receiving the bounty, and pointing out that 'no blame has or can be attributed to him' for events during the voyage.
La Trobe was sympathetic to his plight, and early in February 1841 recommended to Governor Gipps that perhaps half the bounty could be paid. When the authorisation arrived in Melbourne, it was too late to assist Arthur Kemmis, for he died that month, probably insolvent.
Various actions and applications over the Ward Chipman case dragged on for years.
Tins of preserved food were sent back to Edinburgh, where they were heated and opened in the presence of six learned officials at the Royal Infirmary. They pronounced the contents 'quite fresh' and 'perfectly succulent', adding that 'the use of animal and vegetable food so preserved must prove highly salutary during long:voyages,' as well as being a powerful prevention of disease.'
It almost seemed that expansion of the British Umpire could be based on the use of tinned food.
Before deciding on payment of the balance of the bounty money, Governor Gipps sent all papers in the case to London.
Thomas Frederick Elliot, head of the Colonial Land & Emigration Office in Westminster, replied in September 1842 that 'the entire want of previous experience both in the owner of the Ward Chipman and in her master and officers, is much to be regretted', but that payment of bounties 'depended exclusively on the judgments of the authorities in the colony.'
That shifted the decision back to Australia, but it was not until the end of 1844 that Gipps and his Executive Council decided to reduce the penalty on the importers to an even £1,000.
This left a sum of £1,263 10s due. It was finally paid to J. P. Hinton's son K. Hinton, who had settled in Melbourne as a shipping agent.
In 1851 the Hinton family made another attempt, through .Melbourne solicitor John Duerdin, to obtain the full balance of the bounty money. Their claim was contemptuously rejected by both Melbourne and Sydney authorities, whose long memories would not soon forget the disastrous voyage of the Ward Chipman.
Read about Thomas Drew, Sarah's brother in law, murdered by Bushrangers.
Read about the New Zealand Pullin family
Read about the brother in law of William and Sarah, a ships captain washed overboard and lost.
Ambrose and Sarah Pullin
|
Pullin plot at Kyneton cemetary
|
Ambrose Pullin
|
Their funeral card
|
|
|