John Vale, Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK.
I am interested in obtaining information on John Vale, born Bromyard, Herefordshire, c. 1808, died Castlemaine, Victoria, c. 1865. Buried in the Campbell's Creek cemetery. Travelled to Australia on the ship Blackheath, 1852-53.
Birth registration of John Vale has not yet been located
His father is thought to be Thomas Vale, possibly of Upper Batch Farm in the vicinity of Bromyard. I would like to obtain information about that property too.
John Vale married Elizabeth Taylor of Leominster, and they moved to London, probably in the 1830s before migrating to Australia with their family during the gold rush era.
The family were Congregationalists.
John Vale is the father of William Mountford Kinsey Vale (WMKV), the subject of another notice.
Thanks.