The Mary Ann Joiner Line

Mary Ann Joiner
& her parents

A three year old on the Cornwall, with her parents Charles and Mary and her sister Eliza

Born 1845 · Oving, Sussex, England
Died 1898 · Clunes, Victoria
Arrived 11 August 1848 · Cornwall
From The parishes between Petworth and Chichester in West Sussex

This Family Line

The Story of Mary Ann Joiner
and her Family

A three year old girl on the voyage out in 1848, and a father who had work waiting for him in Victoria before he ever boarded the Cornwall. The Joiners were labouring people who moved around Sussex, and then moved again, much further.

Before they Left

The Sussex years - Oving, Fittleworth, and the parishes the Joiner family moved between before emigrating.

○ In preparation Climbing from Boughs

After they Arrived

The Joiners in Victoria - Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula and the Bullarook State Forest, from Claire Hinton’s family history.

● Available now Photographs

Ancestral Home Photographs

The Joiner family’s Sussex - photographed on a visit in 2026.

○ Photographs coming soon
Vital Records
Mary Ann born1845, Oving, Sussex
Mary Ann baptised1845, Oving, Sussex
ParentsCharles Joiner and Mary Henley, married 1843
BrotherGeorge, born and died 1844, Oving
SisterEliza, born 1847, Chichester
Charles born1822, Fittleworth, Sussex
Charles’s occupationsAgricultural labourer, 1841 census · fishmonger, Mary Ann’s birth record · labourer, Eliza’s birth record, Chichester
DepartedPlymouth, 28 April 1848
ShipCornwall
ArrivedPort Phillip, 11 August 1848, a voyage of 105 days
SettledGeelong · Bellarine Peninsula · Bullarook State Forest
Mary died1855, Clifton, Geelong
Mary Ann marriedJakob Steinhauser, 9 July 1859, Creswick
Mary Ann died1898, Clunes, Victoria
Charles died1894, Orbost, Victoria