This is the family line of Amelia Sussanah Rogers who married George Oakley. Amelia was born on 3rd October 1830 in Portsmouth to Thomas Rogers and Hannah Nelder. Amelia had an older brother James who had been born in 1826. The 1841 census tells us that the family were living in Portsea Town with Hannah as head of the household -James aged 15, Amelia aged 11 and Sarah Pray aged 20 and her daughter Amelia Pray aged 1 yr. By 1861 Hannah is a widow and Amelia wife of cook RN ie George Oakley and 4 of her children are living at 25 Berkley St Portsea. We don't know when Thomas died exactly but there is a record for 1845 but this needs substantiation. There is no 1851 census for Hannah only 1861 where she is definitely widowed. 












Thomas married Hannah on 25th June 1820 at Alverstoke in Hampshire. He was 22 years old and Hannah a year younger. Thomas was born outside of the Church of England ie he was Wesleyan on 11th January 1790 to William and Elizabeth Rogers. He was baptised on 24th August 1800. [Ref: Daniel St Wesleyan Church records Portsea 1798-1832]. Elizabeth was in fact Elizabeth Hannah Morey. Thomas was the eldest of 5 children born to William and Elizabeth.  Their second child was Phillip Rogers born 21st December 1799 in Portsmouth and also baptised on 24th August 1800. Family trees indicate he died circa 1848 in Portsmouth. Their third child was Elizabeth Mary Rogers born 23rd February 1802  Portsmouth and baptised at St Peters Daniel St Wesleyan Church on 7th March 1802. There are 2 possible marriages for her both in documentation and family trees. Neither can be validated at this time as the accurate marriage. The fourth child was Dinah Mary Rogers born 2nd December 1806 in Portsmouth. She married John Wild on 11th November 1838 at St Thomas Church Portsea Island. She died 2 years later on 26th April 1840 in Portsmouth. Perhaps during childbirth but this cannot be substantiated. Their last child was Jemima Sarah Rogers [ see photo below] born 9th March 1811 in Portsmouth and unlike her siblings she was baptised quickly on 1st April 1811! We know quite a bit about Jemima Sarah thanks to her descendants.

Jemima Sarah Rogers married twice. Her first marriage to John Benjamin Franklin occurred on 8th April 1830 at Saint Mary's Portsea. They had 6 children: 
1. William Benjamin Franklin 1830-1886-he entered naval service on the Asia on 13th April 1874, 7 years after George Oakley served on the Asia. William married Emma Budd on 13th Sept 1856 in Portsea and they had one son William John born circa 1857.
2. Elizabeth Jemima Franklin;  born 3rd March 1833 Saint Mary's Portsea. She married Henry Allen Turner on 25th June 1853 Saint Mary's Portsea and went on to have 5 girls between 1855 and 1860. She died on 8th August 1865 at 1 Nutfield Place Portsea Island when her youngest daughter was just 5 years old. 
3. John Benjamin Franklin; born 5th October 1834 and died 14th June 1835.
4. Augusta Diana Emma Franklin [ see photo below] ; Born 10th Jan 1836 Saint Mary's Portsea. She has two marriages documented within a year of each other. The first to John Henry Smith [b 1825] on 18th oct 1856 in Portsea and then to John Richard Manchester  in 1857 according to family trees. She is buried on 15th March 1900 under the name Augusta Diana Emma Manchester in Newham London. The 1871 census lists her as Augusta Manchester married to John with 4 children-Jemima S.C [b 1865]; John GB [b 1867]; Robert ER [b 1869]Emily AMM [b1874]. The 1881 census registers the last child Henry ACFJ Manchester [b 1879]. Jemima was born in Portsmouth but the family moved to Middlesex where John was born and ended up in Southwark where Henry was born. Goodness knows what happened to John Henry Smith. By 1891 the census indicates she is a widow lodging at 5 Cornwall rd St Mary's Lambeth.
5. Jemima Sarah Franklin; born 10th Sept 1837 St Mary's Portsea. She married George Newman on 20th June 1867 Saint Mary's Portsea and they went on to have 5 children: George F [b 1868]; Thomas John William [b1873-1877]; Jemima S [b 1875]; Edward C [b 1880] and Elizabeth L [b 1883]. they were contemporaries of the Grinton children. i wonder if they grew up together as family? Jemima Sarah died on October 27th 1894 and she is buried at Kingston Cemetery Portsmouth.
6. Emma Ann Franklin; born 21st June 1840 saint Mary's Portsea. Like her sister she has 2 marriages, the first to Robert John Tucker Casley on 10th August 1864 in Saint Mary's Portsea. We know Robert was also a naval man as the 1861 census has him in Esquimault Harbour Vancouver Island on the naval ship Bacchante as an able seaman. At this stage there is no recorded death for him. The 1911 census though has Emma married to Jonathan Rice a Navy pensioner for the past 36 years and a marriage certificate has been found for them indicating they married on 5th July 1874 in Gillingham Kent. She married under the name of Emma Ann Casley so we can assume she was widowed. 2 children appear from the marriage Emma W Rice who we know by 1911 c  census is living with her parents and her husband Harry Redman and their 3 children. The second child was Arthur Rice [b 1883].

That ends Jemima Sarah's Franklin children. In  1853 John Benjamin Franklin dies and is buried on 4th Dec in Portsea, leaving Jemima with 6 children to raise. Is this correct because she marries William Torrington [see photo] on 20th November 1853 in Saint Mary's Portsea. There are no records of JB Franklin's date of death just his date of burial. Did he die at sea earlier which might explain the November 1853 marriage?  Jemima married William Torrington under her married name of Franklin according to the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915. Jemima and William have 3 children together: Harry George Torrington [1856-1915]; Mary Ann Torrington [see photo] [1856-1923] and John William Torrington [1859-1915]. Jemima Sarah died on 6th July 1875 in Gillingham Kent.