Person:David Timothy (1)

David Evan Timothy was born on 1st February 1824 and baptised just over a year later in the parish of St George the Martyr in Southwark, Surrey, in the southern suburbs of London. He was the son of Jane Timothy, formerly Cassanet, and her husband David Timothy, a feather and bedding merchant. When David was still very small, before his sister was born in 1826, the family moved across the river into the City of London, living on the street called Barbican. David appears there in the 1841 census living with his parents and siblings.

David became a wharfinger (harbourmaster), and appears to have travelled to Australia several times. He has not been found in the 1851 census in England, but in October 1853 he was recorded in the Melbourne area of Victoria, and was said to have been in Australia for a year. His younger brother Peter was also out in Australia at that time. In February 1854 David sailed back from Melbourne to Liverpool on the ship Marco Polo. David was clearly quite successful in his business, as he was able to afford to travel back in the first class cabin, and described himself as a gentleman.

David ran a wharfinger and lightermen's business for a time with his brother Augustus, based at Mesnard's Wharf at Shad Thames on the south bank of the Thames. They dissolved that business in 1855. David then went into business with a man called William John Shotter, forming a company called Timothy, Shotter & Co., which was based at Mellish's Wharf in the Milwall area on the Thames east of the city. That business was dissolved in 1862.

David's mother died in 1863 in Peckham.

On 20th April 1865, aged 41, David married Sophia Ingall at St Mary's Church in Hornsey, Middlesex. She was about twelve years his junior. They do not appear to have had any children.

David's father died in 1868 in Shoreditch. Shortly afterwards there were a number of court cases involving David, his siblings and their father's creditors, presumably as a result of trying to settle their father's estate.

The 1871 census finds David and Sophia and a servant living at 16 Ladbroke Grove Road in Kensington. David described himself as a retired wharfinger at this time.

David has not been found the the 1881 census; it is entirely possible that he was abroad. Sophia was visiting her siblings on census night.

By 1893 David and Sophia had moved to Australia, living at Blair House, 207 Glebe Point Road in Sydney. David died there on 27th October 1893, aged 69. Sophia survived him by nearly three years.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Baptisms register, in Southwark, Surrey, England. Parish Registers of St George the Martyr (London Metropolitan Archives).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of St George the Martyr Southwark in the County of Surrey in the Year 1825
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   788	February 20th born 1st Feb[ruar]y 1824	David Evan Son of	David Jane	Timothy	Borough Road	Gent[leman]	W.G. Plees, Curate

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 727; Book 9; Folio 15; Page 25, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Barbican; Parish: St Giles without Cripplegate; City: London; County: Middlesex
   David Timothy, male, 35 [1801-6], Bedding Warehouseman, born in county
   Jane Timothy, female, 35 [1801-6], born in county
   David Timothy, male, 15 [1821-6], born in county
   William Timothy, male, 13 [1827/8], born in county
   Peter Timothy, male, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Ellen Mullelly, female, 20 [1816-21], F[emale] S[ervant], b. Ireland

3. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 48; Folio 15; Page 22, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 16 Ladbroke Grove Road, Kensington, Middlesex
   David Evan Timothy, head, married, male, 46 [1824/5], Retired Wharfinger, b. St Georges, Surrey
   Sophia Timothy, wife, married, female, 31 [1839/40], b. Middlesex
   Susan Chambers, servant, unmarried, female, 28 [1842/3], General Servant, b. Huntingdonshire

4. ↑ New South Wales, Australia. Birth, Marriage and Death Indices.

   d. David E. TIMOTHY, Registration Number 6095/1893, parents' names unknown, District Glebe

5. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, in Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001 (ancestry.co.uk)
   Tuesday 31 Oct 1893.

   Deaths.
   TIMOTHY.-October 27, 1893, at his residence, Blair House, 207 Glebe Point-road, Sydney, David Evan Timothy, Esq., late of London, England, in his 64th year, leaving a sorrowing widow. Home papers please copy.

6. ↑ Find a Grave.

   bur. 28 Oct 1893, Rookwood General Cemetery, Rookwood, New South Wales: David E. Timothy

7.   The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria / trove.nla.gov.au)
   Page 1, Tue 18 Oct 1853.

   DAVID EVAN TIMOTHY who arrived here per William Wallace, October, 1852, or P.V. Timothy, will find letters at Messrs. Krohn and Co's office, 41 Collins-street west.

8.   Australia, Victoria, Outward Passenger Lists, 1852-1924 (familysearch.org).

   Ship: Marco Polo
   Departing: Melbourne
   Date: 15 Feb 1854
   Destination: Liverpool
   First Cabin passengers include:
   D.E. Timothy, 31 [1822/3], Gentleman

9.   England. The London gazette. (London, England)
   Page 33, 2 Jan 1857.

   NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership lately existing between us, as Wharfingers and Lightermen, carried on at Mesnard's Wharf, Shad Thames, Horsleydown, Surrey, was, on the 1st day of January instant, dissolved by mutual consent. - As witness our hands this 11th day of January, 1855.
   A.F. Timothy.
   David E. Timothy.

10.   England. The London gazette. (London, England)
    Page 1555, 21 Mar 1862.

    NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, David Evan Timothy and William John Shotter, carrying on business as Wharfingers, Warehousekeepers, and Lightermen, at Mellish's-wharf, Millwall, in the county of Middlesex, under the style or firm of Timothy, Shotter, and Co., was dissolved on the 8th day of March instant by mutual consent. All debts owing by or due to the said copartnership will be paid and received by the said David Evan Timothy, by whom business will in future be carried on. - Dated this 19th day of March, 1862.
    David Evan Timothy.
    Wm. John Shotter.