Thank you for that Corinne. I have a JACKA that I know nothing about. Margaret JACKA 27, married John HALL 22, in 1841 at Gulval. She gave her fathers name as John, a miner. Census gives her birthplace as St Hilary. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corinne Thompson" <buryan@bigpond.net.au> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Cc: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 12:51 AM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] ALBERT JACKA VC, MC, and Bar. > > Hello Cousins, > > At least three Victorians of Cornish descent were awarded a VC during > WW1, one of whom was Albert JACKA, whose grandparents, Josiah JACKA > and Elizabeth Jane Tremewan BOTTRELL, had emigrated from St. Buryan > after their marriage in the St. Buryan Parish Church on 16th. > February 1854. > > Josiah JACKA was baptised in St, Buryan on 12th. September 1832, son > of William JACKA and Grace HOLLOW. Elizabeth Jane Trenewan BOTTRELL > was baptised on 26th. June 1836 in Madron, daughter of Nicholas > Tremewan BOTTRELL and Mary Ann VINGO. > > Josiah JACKA was 21 years old and his wife only 17 when, 9 days after > their marriage, they set sail on the "Fortune" - leaving Plymouth on > 25th. February 1854 and arriving in Adelaide, South Australia, on > 7th. June 1854. Also onboard were Elizabeth's parents and three of > her siblings, Peggy, Eliza and William. > > At least three of Josiah JACKA's siblings also immigrated to > Australia, William, John and Nathaniel. > > By 1858 Josiah and Elizabeth were farming near Geelong, in Victoria, > and their third child, Nathaniel, was born there in 1861. > > Nathaniel JACKA married Elizabeth KETTLE (from England) in Victoria > in 1885 - thus beginning our story of their son, Albert JACKA VC, MC > and Bar, who was the first Australian soldier to be awarded a VC in > WW1 - and who has been described as "Australia's greatest fighting > soldier" and "the embodiment of the ANZAC Legend". > > http://www.awm.gov.au/people/226.as5 > > Two of Albert's brothers also served in WW1. > > Kindest Regards ..... Corinne in Melbourne, Australia. > OPC for St. Buryan. > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2832 - Release Date: 04/24/10 07:31:00