Richard TANGEY [1015]
- Born: 24 Nov 1835, Illogan, Cornwall, England
- Marriage (1): Jane MITCHELL [1014] on 24 Aug 1854 in Illogan, Cornwall, England 1880,1881
- Marriage (2): Jane Eleanor BARNETT [6240] in 1887 in , Tasmania, Australia
- Died: 26 Feb 1899, Thames, , New Zealand at age 63 1885,1886
- Buried: 28 Feb 1899, Thames, , New Zealand
 General Notes:
Richard and Jane "TANGREY" (TANGEY) came to Australia on the ship "Violet" which sailed from Plymouth on 7 September 1854 and arrived at Portland on 14 December 1854. Richard's occupation was agricultural labourer and the family came from Cornwall. Richard was employed by John Allan of Hopkins Creek.
Richard Tangey and Jane (Mitchell) separated on the 13th March 1877. The separation was published in the Castlemaine Mail newspaper.
Following Richards separation from Jane he spent some time in Yarraville, Melbourne, but his movements for around 8 years are uncertain. In about 1885 Richard went to Tasmania and married Jane Barnett, the widow of a Chinese cook, George Ah Young, 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.
Richard contracted TB and died in 1899 and is buried in Shortlands Cemetery, Thames, New Zealand. Shortly after Richard's death, his youngest son William Alfred also died at the age of 4 months, and is buried at the same cemetery.
On Richard's death certificate his children are listed as follows:- age of daughters 8,6,4,2 and age of sons 11, 3 months - other children in Victoria ages not recorded.
Richard married Jane MITCHELL [1014] [MRIN: 298], daughter of William MITCHELL [157] and Elizabeth NETTLE [158], on 24 Aug 1854 in Illogan, Cornwall, England 1880.,1881 The marriage ended in separation on 13 Mar 1877. (Jane MITCHELL [1014] was born on 13 Apr 1834 in Illogan, Cornwall, England,1882 died on 1 Jan 1914 in Newstead, Vic, Australia 1883,1884 and was buried on 1 Jan 1914 in Green Gully, Vic, Australia.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
1. Separation: was advertised in the Castlemaine Mail newspaper, 13 Mar 1877, Castlemaine, Vic, Australia.
Richard next married Jane Eleanor BARNETT [6240] [MRIN: 1980] in 1887 in , Tasmania, Australia. (Jane Eleanor BARNETT [6240] was born on 22 Jul 1862 in , Tasmania, Australia 1890 and died on 24 May 1945 in , , New Zealand.)
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