Daniel Dee Hyde

DANIEL DEE HYDE was born 1 November 1836 at Shepperton Middlesex England.
a month later on 11 December 1836 he was christened at St Nicholas church Shepperton England

On the 1851 British census of Walton on the Thames West Surrey London, it shows Daniel Dee Hyde as the nephew of William Dee and Elizabeth Ann Dee living at 58 Bridge street. Walton on the Thames staying with his uncle and aunt as an apprentice in the Brazier and Tin Plate trade, Daniel was 14 years old at the time.

piece number No HO 107/1593.f.41v

William Dee Head      married       41         Brazier and Tin Plate worker Surrey , Walton on Thames

Elizabeth Ann              Wife         47                                                         Kent , Dartford

Christian                daughter                                                                     Surrey , Walton

Elizabeth                  daughter                               scholar                          Surrey , Walton

Ann                          daughter                             scholar                            Surrey , Walton

William John (sic )      son             7                     scholar                           Surrey , Walton

Henry                        son              1                                                         Surrey , Walton

James                         son            6                                                           Surrey , Walton

Daniel D Hyde       nephew         14                  apprentice                    Middlesex, Shepperton

On the 22 April 1854 Daniel Dee Hyde immigrated to Melbourne Australia, travelling as a Unassisted Passenger on the " Graham” He travelled with his 2 brothers Hammond aged 19 and William Henry aged 22, he was only 17 years old The Master of the “Graham” was John Henderson, her tonnage was 668 The ship was bound for Port Philip, Sydney (Port Philip is actually in Melbourne not Sydney)
The Passenger list shows the 3 brothers were all listed as Labourers from England and contracted to land at "S" (Sydney). The "Graham" left England November 19th 1853 via Cape of Good Hope then to Melbourne carrying a total of 233 people, furniture and seeds Depending on which records you look at the “Graham “ arrival date is either 7 April 1854 or 22 April 1854 I haven’t been able to find out if the “Graham” was going to Melbourne or Sydney but either way Daniel and his brothers got off in Melbourne

Why did the 3 boys immigrate to Australia Was it “Gold” ,they where in the area but I haven’t found any records that they were on the gold fields or was it that there mother Sarah Dee had a brother in Australia .Charles Dee had come to Australia when he was in the 57^th foot regiment and after being discharged had returned to England On the 7^th October 1834 he returned to Australia on the William Metcalf and started a life in Raymond Terrace as a Licensee of the Junction Inn and other Inns in that area