Families living in Australia, including those with origins elsewhere.
This post is about a Devon family who travelled to the other side of the world in search of a better life. John Tickle (also shown as John Tickell in some records) was born around 1801 in Bridestowe, Devon, England. He married Ann Isobel Cole in 1827 and they set up home in the hamlet …
Another English county in which Tickles and Tickells were found is Devon, formerly called Devonshire. It is mostly rural, with hills, coastal cliffs, and sandy beaches. About 25% of the county is heath or moorland, providing rough grazing. There are two large areas of open moorland that are now National Parks – Dartmoor and Exmoor …
Devonshire – Clotted Cream, Cider, and Shipbuilding. Read More »
Thanks to Jennifer Rawlinson, I have now added several more Australian Tickle families. These are descended from Peter Tickle (1827 – 1891), who emigrated to Australia in 1878. Peter led a chequered life – he was married three times and had several brushes with the law. I’ll write more about him in the ‘Stories’ section …
This is the first of three Tickle families in Australia that I’m hoping to add soon. There is some uncertainty about the earliest ancestors – they appear to have married almost 12 years after at least one of their children was born! I’ll investigate further but, if you are related to this family, please get …
