Jane MITCHELL [1014]

   Another name for Jane was Jane MICHELL.

  General Notes:

Jane married Richard Tangey at the Parish Church by Banns on 24 August 1854. Richard was 21 years of age and a bachelor and gave his occupation as labourer. He was living at Portreath at the time of the marriage and gives his father as John Tangey, labourer. Jane was 19 years old and a spinster also living at Portreath. She gave her fathers name as William Michell, labourer. Witnesses to the wedding were Silas Oke and Joseph Sleeman. The Records name was James Gee Nuff????????

Richard Tangey and Jane (Mitchell) left Plymouth on the 7th of September 1854 on the "Violet", arriving at Portland on 14 December 1854. They had 9 children between 1856 and 1868.

It would seem that Richard and Jane became estranged sometime prior to 1871, as in 1871 Jane had a child, Anne Tangey, whose father's name is registered as unknown, then in 1878 she had Rose Crockett (probably Crocker) Tangey whose father is registered as Richard Tangey and in 1881 she had Joseph Crocker Tangey whose father is named as unknown.

This assumption is strengthened in view of the fact that an official separation notice was published in the Castlemaine Mail newspaper on 13th March 1877 between Richard Tangey and Jane Mitchell .

"Memorandum of Agreement of separation made this day, the 13th day of March 1877, betwixt Richard Tangey and his wife, Jane Tangey. The said parties agree to never go together any more, or never to have any more correspondence from this day, as witness our hands, Jane Tangey (her mark) Richard Tangey. witness Wm. Green????

Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917) Thu 15 Mar 1877 Page 3
Memorandum of agreement of SEPARATION made This Day, the 13th day of March, 1877, betwixt Richard Tangey and his wife, Jane Tangey. The said parties agree to never go together any more, or never to have any more correspondence from this day, as witness our hands.
JANE TANGEY (her mark).
RICHARD TANGEY.
Witness - Wm. GREENWELL

Following Jane's separation from Richard Tangey, Richard went to Tasmania in about 1885. He married Jane Barnett, the widow of a Chinese cook, George Ah Young, who was the mother of two children. Richard adopted her two boys and they became Tangye's. Richard and Jane Barnett had 5 children in Tasmania, 1 boy, 4 girls. Around 1897, Richard and Jane Barnett moved to New Zealand and had another daughter and son. They changed the spelling of their surname from Tangey to Tangye.

Eighteen months after the separation advertisement of Richard and Jane Tangey was published in the Newspaper, Rose Crockett(r) Tangey was born to Jane and 3 years after that, Joseph Crocker Tangey was born.

James Crocker registered the birth and death of the youngest child, Joseph Crocker and was also the undertaker who buried Joseph. James Crocker was a neighbour of Jane and was a widower. It is assumed that James Crocker is most likely the father of at least the youngest 2 of Jane's children. According to the information I have received, James Crocker left after he and Jane had been together for around four years.

On 1 October 2016, DNA results confirmed this theory. I found an Ancestry.com member who shares 50 cM of DNA over 5 segments with Margaret Ann Sullivan. This man's direct ancestor and the only connection so far found, was George Crocker, the brother of James Crocker, sons of James Crocker and Mary Ann Bow.

Jane married Richard TANGEY [1015] [MRIN: 298], son of John TANGEY 5 [1016] and Jane ROGERS [1017], on 24 Aug 1854 in Illogan, Cornwall, England ¹⁸⁵².^,1853 The marriage ended in separation on 13 Mar 1877. (Richard TANGEY [1015] was born in 1834 in Illogan, Cornwall, England, died on 26 Feb 1899 in Thames, , New Zealand ^1857,1858 and was buried on 28 Feb 1899 in Thames, , New Zealand.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Separation: was advertised in the Castlemaine Mail newspaper, 13 Mar 1877, Castlemaine, Vic, Australia.

Jane had a relationship with James CROCKER [6239] [MRIN: 1979], son of James CROCKER [6248] and Mary Ann BOW [6249]. (James CROCKER [6239] was born about 1826 in , , England, christened on 14 Jan 1827 in Closworth, Somerset, England,¹⁸⁵⁹ died on 22 Oct 1890 in Castlemaine, Vic, Australia ¹⁸⁶⁰ and was buried on 25 Oct 1890 in Campbells Creek, Vic, Australia ¹⁸⁶¹.)