John F Sivyer and Lydia Turk had five sons who emigrated from Sussex in 1835. John and Lydia and four sons and they went to the Milwaukee area of the United States . The four sons were Joseph, William, Samuel and Henry. William Sivyer had a son Charles Milwaukee Sivyer He was the first male anglo birth in Milwaukee, his parents arrived in 1835, he was born in May of 1836. What is known of this strange emigration of Reuben at 16 years to the Hunter River area is that they obviously were in communication given the notice of deaths of Reuben's father and brother in the local papers of the Hunter River area.
For those who do travel to modern day Milwaukee in the United States, Sivyer Steel Corporation which is a product of this emigration of Sivyers to the United States is still a major enterprise employing 320 people.
Charles Milwaukee Sivyer did travel to Australia and was in the colony of Victoria in 1858 and at Ballarat when his name appeared in the paper regarding mining interests. For those who what a very definitive story of his early life and his marriage to an Australian girl here is a web link. In this article he talks about his uncle Reuben and what in the states it would be called his ranching interests. A man of adventure and story telling and a great read of his life.
https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Newspaper/BA11315
Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), Thursday 1 August 1867, page 1
DEATHS.
On the 16th of January, 1867, at the residence of his son-in-law,
Mr. Marsh, of Milwaukee, United States America, John Sivyer, aged 85 years, father of Reuben Sivyer, of Eccleston, Upper Allyn River.
Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), Saturday 20 December 1873, page 1
DEATH.
SIVYER. — July 9th, at 10.25 p.m., Joseph Sivyer, in the 55th year of his age.
"Death of Joseph Sivyer. — Another of the pioneers of Milwaukee has passed away. Mr. Joseph Sivyer, one of the Sivyer family of four brothers who settled here in our villagehood, died yesterday at the age of fifty-five. Like all the Sivyers he was a quiet, steady worker, and by earnest, honest efforts achieved a competency. The deceased leaves his family and friends the example of a pure unblemished character, and the memory of a kind and generous nature." — Milwaukee Sentinel, U.S., July 11, 1873.
The above mentioned Joseph Sivyer was brother to Reuben Sivyer, Sen., of Eccleston, Upper Allyn River.
Reuben Sivyer was born about 1822 in Wadhurst, East Sussex, a son of John and Lydia Sivyer. Reuben was a Brickmaker in 1838.
Reuben Sivyer immigrated on 27 November 1838 to Sydney, New South Wales, on board the "Lady Nugent", having left London on 23 July 1838 with 239 other passengers.Reuben went to do "piece work" with Mr George Brooker, on the Paterson River, NSW, according to the Return: Dispersal of Immigrants.
Reuben Sivyer married Sarah Alice Newman on 10 September 1845 at the Church of England in Houghton, New South Wales.He and Sarah Alice Sivyer lived at "Eccleston", Allyn River in Allynbrook, New South Wales, where they were landowners in 1855.Reuben was the Postmaster at Eccleston in Paterson, New South Wales, in 1867.
Reuben Sivyer died in 1886 in Paterson, New South Wales.
Above are the children of Reuben and Sarah Sivyer (Image sourced from Flikr)
The children of Reuben Sivyer and Sarah Newman are listed below. This information is from the New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages records. All births are recorded in the district of Paterson.
Eliza Louisa Sivyer Born: 1846
William George Sivyer Born:1847
Elizabeth Jane Sivyer Born:1849
Louisa Alice Sivyer Born: 1850
Lucy Caroline Sivyer Born:1852
Reuben Sivyer Born:1855
Sarah Anne Sivyer Born: 1857
Henry John Sivyer Born: 1859
Lydia Alberta Sivyer Born:1861
Joseph Newman Sivyer Born:1863
Rosa Helena Sivyer Born: 1864
Victoria Mary Sivyer Born 1868
Samuel Robert Peter Newman Sivyer Born: 1870
Unknown Name Sivyer Born: 1872
Blanche Rosa Sivyer Born: 1873.
A legacy left in the district of Paterson by Reuben and Sarah Sivyer.
There is no factual evidence currently that can be found to match the John Sivyer and Lydia Turk of Sussex to our William Sivyer and Elizabeth Burt. One has to only look at some of the coincidences in history to think that with DNA testing evolving there will be sometime in the future when we will have a conclusion to this Sivyer family connection.
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