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THE EASTAWAYS
The family can be traced back to the 1500's in the Ilfracombe area in Devon, see IGI

Our line:
Henry Eastaway 1702 m Grace Mules 1704
John Eastaway 1746 m Elizabeth Norman 1750
Robert Eastaway 1789 - 1865 m Joanna Lethaby 1788 - 1875
Robert was a Coastguard at St Just Penwith in 1841
'5. Brighton Terrace Robert Eastaway, Superannuated Coast-guard ' (Coulson's 1864)

Children:
Elizabeth Eastaway 1811 m John Hunt 1806 - 1884
Mary Eastaway 1812
Maria Eastaway* 1815 m John Childs 1808
'Childs Maria (Mrs.), lodging house, 15 South terrace' (1893 Kelly's)

*MARIA EASTAWAY - GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER

Sarah Eastaway 1820

Henry Eastaway 1826 - 1895
Henry was a Boot Manufacturer employing 11 men at 20 Market Place Penzance
'Henry Eastaway, Boot and Shoe maker '(Coulson's Directory 1864)
'Eastaway Henry, boot & shoe maker, 20 Market place' (Kelly's 1883)

Robert Eastaway 1822 - 1900 m Mary Stewart 1830 -
Robert was a Master Mariner - some children born in Australia
'Eastaway Robert (Mrs.), lodging house, 1 Cornwall terrace' (Kelly's 1883)

Mary's father Thomas Stewart ran a Business in Penzance
'Stewart Thomas North Street' Pigots Directory 1844
'Stewart Thomas, grocer, brazier & plumber, North street ' (1856 Kelly's)
'Stewart Thomas Matthews, 2 Cornwall terrace' (Private - 1883 Kelly's)
'Stewart Thomas Henry (established 1795), general ironmonger, practical plumber, brazier, gasfitter, electric, pneumatic & general bellhanger; electric & mechanical telephones fixed; sanitary & hot water engineer, metal worker &c. 8 Causeway head & Fore st. Marazion '(1893)

Thomas Stewart Eastaway b.1856 Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia. 1861 census Penzance shows Thomas age 4 years. Possible marriage Mar 1880 Newmarket (3b 1178). Thomas Stewart Eastaway, possible brides were Jessie Barker and Ellen Sarah Pettit.
Edith Eastaway b. about 1853 Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia (1861 census).
1861 Penzance shows Edith 8 years old.
Edith died Jun 1861 Penzance (5c 219).
Looks like the family were in Australia for 2 or 3 years.
As Robert Eastaway was a Master Mariner, it is possible that he sailed a ship to Australia carrying some of the early settlers. South Australia for example was first colonised in 1836, so there would have been a lot of settlers streaming in from Great Britain to various parts of Australia. Remember also that there was a gold rush in Victoria (eastern state of Australia) during the 1850's and people from all over the world were sailing in to seek their fortune.
John Forrest (Australia)

Another branch of the family are presently in Australia today.
One branch that lived in Deptford went to India for a while. Margot

My Champs are from Lulworth in Dorset. There is another pocket of apparently unrelated Champs in Oxfordshire. Another group in Devon are probably related to the Dorset ones, but I am not sure how. The Osmington (Dorset) Champs are however connected to the Dorset ones. The Bridport Champs, of whom the Edwin I have is one, is probably also connected to the other Dorset ones but I have not yet worked out how.... Rgds Simon

There appear to be two distinct Champ families in Dorset, one Roman Catholic and all christened in Lulworth Castle having Latin forenames such as Franciscus and Richardus. The owners of Lulworth the Welds were Roman Catholic and there was a discreet Roman Catholic chapel where local families could worship.
Stories of smuggling are recorded in Lulworth involving the Champs
"The Weld Arms was run by Richard Champ around 1770 who was a smuggler operating with the well-known gang of smugglers from Osmington Mills. Lulworth was the scene of many a smuggling tale and the despair of the Lulworth Customs Officers."

I believe the London CHAMPs were French Hugenots who settled in the East End following the St Bartholomew massacre of Protestants in France - Catherine

Our side were all connected to the New Meeting House, Barrack Street, Bridport

Records:
John Champ c 1740 m Anne ?
Samuel Champ christened 20 Feb 1770 New Meeting House m Sarah Rooker c 28.03.1770
Sarah's father was James Rooker c 21.06.1757 New Meeting House

The Rooker family can be traced back to 1592 with christenings in the Meeting House Bridport

Samuel Rooker Champ b 15.7.1802 christened Old Meeting House Wareham Dorset -
Gun and Whitesmith - m Mary Hooper b 17.4.1801 c 21.6.1801 Old Meeting House
Edwin Champ b 24.9.1827 Bridport Dorset - christened New Meeting House Bridport
Alfred Champ b 1831 Bridport Dorset
Stephen Champ b 6.1.1834 d 1920 Christened New Meeting House Bridport -
Bank Clerk House Agent and Insurance Agent m Elizabeth Mary Ann ?

Alice Champ b 1864 Bradpole Dorset - Music Teacher
Arthur Champ b 1865 Bradpole Dorset
Elizabeth Champ b 1871 Bradpole Dorset
Stephen Champ b 1879 Bradpole Dorset - Professor of Music
m 1906 Dora Elizabeth Truckle b1880 Newington London in Sudbury Essex
Dora was the daughter of Henry Truckle b 1850 (Leather Salesman) Newton Toney Wilts and
Rebecka Woodward b Westminster London 1852
On the 1901 Census the Truckle family were living in Streatham London
On the 1901 Census the Champ family were still living in Bridport Dorset

Stephen Fergus Champ b 1907 Oundle Northants - School Master
m Emily Marion Bertha White b 1908 Eastbourne East Sussex

TRUCKLE

Grandmother's family:

George Truckle b.c 1815
William Truckle m Hannah Field 8.7.1841 Newton Toney Wiltshire
George b 15.5.1842 christened 24.7.1859 Newton Toney
William Field christened 24.2.1845
Henry B 23.4.1850 christened 24.7.1859
Sarah Susannah b 7.11.1855 christened 24.7.1859
Emma Catherinee b 27.2.1853 christened 24.7.1859
Frederick William b 1.2.1859 christened 24.7.1859

It appears that all the children apart from William Field were christened together on 24.7.1859

Dora Elizabeth Truckle daughter of Henry married Stephen Champ 1906.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newton Toney like this:

"NEWTON-TONEY, a village and a parish in Amesbury district, Wilts. The village stands on an affluentof the river Avon, 1¼ mile E of the boundary with Hants, 3½ S W of Grately r. station, and 4 E by N of Amesbury; and has a post-office under Salisbury. The parish comprises 2, 365 acres. Real property, with Allington and Cholderton, £4, 637. Rated property of N. T. alone, £2, 184. Pop., 351. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Wilbury House, belongs to Sir A. Malet, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £441.* Patron, Queen's College, Cambridge. The church is modern. There is a national school."

Re: Truckle
I can't believe it ! I have been looking for Stephen and Dora's children for years as Dora's father is my great great grandfather and her brother Herbert George Truckle is my great grandfather whom had an affair with my great grandmother Alice Willetts resulting in my grandmother Margaret Mary ( Spark, Married name ). I was looking to find if my grandmother had any cousins as she was an only child but unfortunately my grandmother died 3 weeks ago at the age of 94.
I have a photo of Herbert Truckle and my grandmother as a young girl. It is such a sad story as Herbert Truckle was already married to an Edith Cox and began the affair with my great grandmother, her family didn't approve so he went back to his wife, as far as I know they had no children together. They eventually left for Canada where he died. I don't know what became of Edith.......Caroline

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Edwin ( and Stephen ) Champ were the brothers of my Great great grandfather - Shirley

Frederick Champ 1840 - 1906 m Mary Bullen b Tavistock Devon c 1846 d 1888
The couple had six children
Florence Jessie Edgar Ethel Herbert Frederick

Mary had a second partner Edwin Dunstan Vipan b 1863 d 1927
1891 Census: Residing at 54 School Road, South Stoneham, Hampshire. Living there were Daisy Constance aged 7 (shown as niece but was in fact his daughter by Mary Champ nee Bullen). Lodging there were also Frederick Champ (50),
Jessie Champ (24) and Ethel Champ (20)

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