Media: paperback - 52 pages
Year: 1992
Author: J. Hutton

photos, family trees

William Tuckey

Baptised 12 Jun 1814 at Wymering near Cosham, Hampshire, England
Son of William Smith TUCKEY and Sarah from Widley near Purbrook, Hampshire
Arrived at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, aboard the ‘Rapid’ with Colonel LIGHT
Married Agnes HENDERSON on 1 Jan 1840 at Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide

Agnes was bom c. 1821 dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Janet) HENDERSON possibly at Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and arrived on ‘Coromandel ’ on 17 Jan 1837 with her parents.

Children of William and Agnes TUCKEY
1. William (1840-1927)
2. Thomas (1843-1928)
3. Agnes (1845-1893) (Mrs J J MAY)
4. Arthur (1848-1897)
5. Alfred (1850-1897)
6. Sarah Jane (1854-1941) (Mrs C HFERORS)
7. Emily (1857-1939) (Mrs A A ARNOTT)
8. James (1859-1859)
9.John (1860-1860)

William TUCKEY was baptised at Wymering (Cosham) in Hampshire on 12 Jun 1814, his father’s name was William Smith TUCKEY and his mother Sarah, and they were from Widley, which is between Cosham and Purbrook near Portsmouth.

It is fortunate that there is a newspaper article which gives a great deal of information on William TUCKEY. Thomas TUCKEY, second son of William, was interviewed and the article appeared in the ‘Mail’ on 19 Apr 1924 when Thomas was eighty-one years of age. It mentions that William had received his education on a training ship in Portsmouth and also that during September 1834, the new paddle-steamer ‘Nile’ built for the Pasha of Egypt sailed from London under Colonel William Light,with William Tuckey as on of the crew ...