Last updated 2 November 2008

If you have an interest in the history of Gundaroo and the people who lived hereabouts, or perhaps have some information you would like to share, email Graeme Challinor with your name and email address. Also include a note of your interest areas for addition to the text below. The geographical area covered is fairly wide and covers at least parts of the old Shires of Gunning, Yass, Boorowa, Crookwell, Mulwaree, Tallaganda and Yarrowlumla.

The text is a simple list of contributions. Use your browser's search facility (e.g. control and F keys) to locate the names of interest in the text.

The contributor's name is a clickable link to their email address.

Family or property names mentioned are:

ALCHIN, ALLPORT, AMOS, ANDERSON, ANGUS, APPS, ARCHBOLD, ARCHERS INN, ARMITAGE, ARMSTRONG, ARNOLD, ARUNDELL, ARTHURSLEIGH, ASHBY, ASHTON, AUKLAND

BAIHN, BAILEY, BAKER, BALL, BALLARD, BANKS, BARBER, BARBOUR, BARNES, BARNSDALE, BARRET(T), BARTON, BASTIN, BATEUP, BAYLEY, BEATTIE, BEER, BEETON, BEGGS, BEIRER, BELCHER, BELL, BENNETT, BERGIN, BICKERS, BILLINGSLEY, BIRMINGHAM, BLACKSHAW, BLAY, BLENNERHASSETT, BLEWITT, BLOOMFIELD, BLUNDEN, BOOL, BOOTH, BORMAN, BOSWELL, BOURKE, BOYD, BOYES, BRAY, BRENNAN, BREWER, BRITTAIN/BRITTON/BRITON, BRODERICK, BROTHERTON, BROWN, BROWNE, BROWNLOW, BRUNING, BRYAN, BUCHANAN, BUGG, BULLEY, BUNFIELD, BURKE, BURRELL, BURTON, BUSH, BUTCHER, BUTT, BYE, BYRNE, BYRNES, BYRON

CALDWELL, CALLINAN, CAMERON, CANARY CREEK, CANTOR, CANTY, CARBERRY, CARDEW, CAREY, CARNELL, CARPENTER, CARR, CARROLL, CARTER, CARTWRIGHT, CARTY, CASE, CASEY, CASHMERE, CASSELLS, CASTLES, CHAFFEY, CHALMERS, CLAIR, CLARE, CLARK, CLARKE, CLAYTON, CLEWETT, CLUNE, COCHRANE, COCKBURN, CODDINGTON, COLE, COLEMAN, COLES, COLLINS, COOK, COOKE, COOMBES, COOMBS, COOMES, COOPER, CORBY, CORCORAN, CORKERY, COSIER, COTTAM, COTTER, COTTINGTON/CODDINGTON, COTTAM, COUCH, COVES, COX, COYNE, CRADDOCK, CRAGO, CREAGH, CREED, CRILLY, CROKER, CROSS, CROXTON, CULGAN, CUMMINGS, CURRAN, CURRY

DALEY, DANIELS, DARMODY, DAVIES, DAVIS, DEAN, DEEHAN, DEHN, DELAN(E)Y, DENN(E)Y, DEWSBURY, DIEHM, DIXON, DONNELLY, DONOGHOE, DOUGLAS, DOWNES, DOWNEY, DOWNS, DOYLE, DROVER, DRURY, DUFFIELD, DUFFY, DUNCOMBE, DUNLAY, DUNN, DUNLOP, DWYER, DYCE

EARNSHAW, ECCLES, EDGEWORTH, EDMONDS, EDNEY, EDWARDS, EIRTH, ELDERSLIE, ELDRIDGE, ELLIOT, ELLIOTT, ELLIS, ELLISON, ERENSHAW, ERROL, EVANS

FAIRFIELD, FAITHFULL, FALLON, FARDON, FARMER, FAUNT, FEENEY, FENSOM/FENSON, FENTON, FERGUSON, FERGUSSON, FIFIELD, FINN, FISHER, FLANAGAN, FLOOD, FOGARTY, FOGERTY, FOLEY, FOOT, FOOTES, FORBES, FORD, FORSYTH, FOULKES, FOULKS, FOX, FRANCIS, FRASER, FRAZER, FRIEND, FROST, FULLER

GAFFNEY, GALE, GALL, GAMBELL, GARLAN, GARDINER, GARDNER, GARNER, GASCOIGNE, GAUL, GAUNTLETT, GAVAN, GEORGE, GIBBS, GILKISON, GILL, GILLESPIE, GILLETT, GILLARD, GILLIGAN, GILMOUR, GILOOLY, GLENROCK, GOODWIN, GOOUD, GORDON, GORHAM, GOSLETT, GOZZARD, GRADY, GRANT, GRAVOLIN, GREEN, GREENLEES, GRIBBLE, GRIFFITHS, GROCOTT, GROUNDS, GROVES, GRUBB, GRUBER, GUISE, de GUISE, GUNDY, GUNSELL

HADSON, HALE, HALL, HALLAM, HAMILTON, HAMMOND, HANGER, HANNAN, HARDWICK, HARLEY, HARPER, HARPUR, HARRIOTT, HARRISON, HARRY, HART, HARVEY, HASSETT, HASTINGS, HATCHER, HATELY, HATTLEY, HAWES, HAWKS, HAYLAN, HAYLE, HEADLAND, HEARNE, HEASLIP, HEAZLETT, HEFFERNAN, HENDON, HENDRY, HERBERT, HESLOP, HEWITT, HEYCOX, HICKEY, HIGGINS, HILDA, HILLIER, HILTON, HINDS, HINES, HIRST, HISLOP, HOARE, HOBBS, HOCKEY, HOLBORROW, HOLBROOK, HOLGATE, HOLLAND, HOLLINGSWORTH, HOLMES, HOOK, HOWARD, HOWELL, HUDSON, HUGHES, HUMBLEY, HUME, HUMEWOOD, HUNT, HURST, HUTCHINS, HUTCHINSON

INGLEWOOD, IRELAND, IZZARD

JACKSON, JACOB, JAMES, JEFFERY, JOBBINS, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONES, JUDD

KEBBLE, KEITH, KELLEHER, KELLY, KENNEDY, KERR, KERSHAW, KEYTE, KING, KINKADE

LAMB,LAMBERT, LANHAM, LARKHAM, LATTY, LAVERY, LAWTON, LEACOUNT, LEAHEY, LEAHY, LEARY, LEDGER, LEE, LEES, LENEHAN, LENNON, LESTER, LEVERY, LEVI, LINE, LINTOTT, LOCHMAN, LODGERS INN, LOITERTON, LONG, LOOMES, LORRIGAN, LUCAS, LUNEY, LUTON, LYELL, LYNCH, LYNHAM

MACAULEY, McALISTER, McAULIFFE, McCALLUM, McCARNEA, McCARTHY, McCONVILLE, McCORMICK, McCRORY, McCULLEN, McDONALD, McEVOY or McAVOY, McFADDEN, McFEDDEN, McFEETERS, McGRATH, McGUIGAN, McINERNEY, McINNES, McINTYRE, McKANNA, McKEIG, McKENNA, McKEON, McMAHON, McMASTER, McNALLY, McNAMARA, McTAVISH
MADIGAN, MAGANN, MAGUIRE, MAHER, MALONEY, MANGAN, MANNING, MARCH, MARKS, MARNEY, MARTIN, MASSY, MASTERS, MATTHEW, MAXWELL, MEAGHER, MEDWAY, MEEHAN, MERRIAM, MERRICK, MESTER, MILFORD, MILLARD, MILLER, MILLS, MINEHAN, MITCHELL, MOLINEUX, MONROE, MOORE, MORGAN, MORROW, MORTIMER, MORTON, MOUATT, MOWLE, MULLALY, MURDOCH, MURPHY, MURRAY, MUSSELL, MUTBILLY (MUTMUTBILLY), MYERS

NAGLE, NAISMITH, NALLIAN, NANCARROW, NANIMA, NASH, NEAGLE, NEALE, NEIL, NEILL, NESTON, NEVE, NEVILLE, NEWLING, NEWMAN, NIBLETT, NICHOLS, NIXON, NOLAN, NORTON, NOSWORTHY, NOYES, NUGENT

O'BRIAN, O'BRIEN, O'CONNOR, O'DONNELL, O'HALLORAN, O'HARA, O'HEHIR, O'KEEFFE, OLD, OLDFIELD, O'LEARY, O'MALLEY, O'NEILL, ORME, O'ROURKE, O'SHEA, OSMOND, OVENS

PACKHAM, PARKER, PASFIELD, PASKINS, PATERSON, PAYNE, PEADON, PEDEN, PEGRAM/PIGREM, PELLOW, PEMBERTON, PENDERGAST, PENNING, PENYU, PERKINS, PETERS, PETTY, PHELAN, PHELPS, PICKARD, PINDER, PIPER, PITTY, PLAYER, PLUMMER, POIDEVIN, POLLARD, POMEROY, POMPHREY, PORTER, POTTER, POTTS, POWELL, POWER, PRESTAGE, PRIOR, PRIVETT, PURCELL, PULLAN, PYE

QUINLAN, QUINN

RABJOHNS, READ, REARDON, REBERGER, REGAN, REID, REID-MASON, REIDY, REYNOLDS, RIAL, RIEL, RING, ROACH, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, ROCHE, ROCHFORT, ROFFE, ROHAN, ROSE, ROUSE, ROWE, ROWLAND, ROWLEY, ROYAL, ROYLE, RUDD, RUSSELL, RYALS, RYAN, RYRIE

SAINSBURY, SALES, SARGENT, SARSFIELD, SAVAGE, SAXBY, SAYERS, SCANLON, SEALES, SEAMAN, SELMES, SEYMOUR, SHANNON, SHARKEY, SHARROCK, SHARWOOD, SHAW, SHEA, SHEEDY, SHEEHAN, SHERIDAN, SHERRIFF, SHOEMARK, SILBY, SILVER, SIMPSON, SIMS, SINCLAIR, SINGER, SLATER, SLATTERY, SLAVIN/SLEVIN, SMITH, SMITHERS, SOARS, SOUTHWELL, SPACKMAN, SPENCE, SPENCER, STANLEY, STARR, STEAR, STEPHENSON, STEVENS, STONHAM, STUART, SULLIVAN

TAAFE, TAFFEE, TAFY, TAUNTON, TAVENER, TAYLOR, THEIS, THEOBALD, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THORN, THORNTON, TIDBOALD, TILLYGRIEG, TINDALL, TINHAM, TIYCE, TOOHEY, TOPHAM, TORPEY, TRACEY, TRIGGELL (TRIGGLE), TROTTER, TUCKER, TUFREY, TULLY, TURK, TURNER, TURTON, TWEEDIE, TWEEDY, TWIST, TWYFORD

URQUHART

VALLANCE, VARDY, VAUX, VENABLES, VINCENT

WAKARTT, WALES, WALKER, WALKOM, WALMSLEY, WALSH, WALTON, WARD, WARDEN, WARGELIA, WARN, WARNER, WARREN, WARTON, WASS, WATERFALL STATION, WATERS, WATKINS, WATSON, WATTS, WATZ, WEATHERSTONE, WEDGE, WEEKS, WELLS, WESTON, WHARTON, WHEATLEY, WHEELDON, WHITE, WHITTAKER, WHYTE, WIDGE, WILDSMITH, WILESMITH, WILKINSON, WILLANS, WILLIAMS, WILLOCK, WILLOUGHBY, WILMOT, WILSON, WINTER, WITHERS, WOMBEY, WOODBURY, WOODMAN, WORLD, WORNER, WRIGHT

YEUMBERAH

FROM: Steven
Mobile Phone: 0402 105150; 0424 820739
Email: emailus@knowles.net.au

Our interest is in any information regarding relatives and descendants of Kim's ggg grandparents Robert & Ellen EDWARDS.
Ellen's maiden surname was McEVOY or McAVOY.
Robert arrived in Gundaroo in about 1836, and died in the area in 1857. Ellen died in Gundaroo in 1870.
Their children were Robert Mark, Elizabeth, John Robert & Anne. Robert Mark married Jane BAILEY, and Elizabeth married Henry BAILEY. Henry & Jane were siblings.

FROM: Nancy Lee

DYCE-BENNETT FAMILY

I am trying to trace descendants of Charles Henry Bennett and Margaret Dyce who were married at Gundaroo in March 1855. I am the descendant of Lydia Ann Bennett who was born in 1873 in Gundaroo.

Nancy Lee
ph (02) 9634 6751

FROM: Catherine Dwyer

Telephone No. (02) 62583258
5 Bainton Place
MELBA ACT 2615

Please contact me for information on

The Massy family of Gundaroo
The Donnelly family of Gundaroo & Bungendore; and
The Leahys of Gundaroo and Bungendore

I have volumes of information on the Massy & Donnelly families, also plenty of info on Charlotte Renton Massy's father: Dr George Bute Stuart of Parramatta & Norfolk Island.

I am searching for any info available on a Richard Hassett (Blennerhassett) a Constable & Publican at Yass NSW. His daughter Margaret's birth certificate says her Mother's maiden name was Jane Arundell. However, Church records shows Richard Hassett to be married to a Jane Hearne. (Was Richard Hassett's wife married twice.) Can anyone help me on this?

FROM: Lynette Hutchings

Phone: 02 49540932

My mother's grandmother was Harriet NEWLING (née BROWN) whose father was James BROWN (born 18 October 1835) who married Susan SMITH on 4 December 1856. James parents were "Old" Thomas BROWN and Sarah TURK (married 26 April 1831) so I am related to about 75% of those buried in the Methodist Cemetery at Dalton. I have a very old photocopy of a book published in Canberra by the Federal Capital Press in 1938 (would love to get a copy of the original) which commemorated to centenary of "Old Tom Brown" of Wesley Vale Dalton.

Surnames I am researching include CLEWETT, DIEHM, (DEHN/DEAN) BROWN, NEWLING, JEFFERY, HARRY, LATTY, POWELL, BLACKSHAW, REBERGER and PENDERGAST.

FROM: Mabel Armstrong

We are interested in the Armstrong family and our main focus is William and Mary Armstrong who came from Northern Ireland.

Mabel Armstrong
Unit 5
14-20 Barsden Street
Camden, NSW 2570

FROM: Kim Jenner

I am researching my husband's ancestors from the Gundaroo area, namely the families of JOBBINS, in particular Edward Jobbins, (born 1793 in Wiltshire England, died 1870 at Back Creek, Gundaroo) and his wife Rebecca Anderson (born 1797 in Wiltshire and died 1870) and their descendants.

Edwards son, Peter, married a HANNAH DAVIS, daughter of NOAH DAVIS and MARY ANN SAINSBURY, also of Gundaroo, and are yet another branch of my husband's line of which I have an interest.

I would be interested to know if anyone has historical records regarding a bushfire which occurred at Xmas 1898 in which the home of Peter and Hannah was destroyed and which resulted in Hannah's death some 10 days later.

I can be contacted by email at squeak@pnc.com.au or by mail to:
Mrs Kim Jenner
35 Reddan Ave
Penrith 2750 NSW

FROM: Stephen Esdaile

I am interested in the following people, and would appreciate any information that readers may have:
Mary Hughes
Bridgett Donnelly
The Leahy Family
William McAlister

FROM: V Burns

I am interested in DUNLAY, DOUGLAS, THORN, and people who lived at BLAKNEY CREEK.

I am particularly looking for any info about the parents and other relatives of Harriet Elizabeth Dunlay (Douglas) - died 1911 aged 53 years and buried atYass. She was born at Blakney (Blakeney Creek) and her parents were Henry Douglas(s) and Mary Jane Thorn.

I am also interested in their lives at Blakeney Creek and info about this area - in particular any aboriginal connections.

I also have quite a bit of info on the DUNLAY and PYE families.

FROM: Judy Decker

The names that I am interested in are: BROWNE, DUNLOP, MACAULEY, DOUGLAS, HARRIOTT, LEE, SHEEHAN, and WILLOCK.

John Dunlop, born 1794 in Ayrshire, Scotland, married Marion Douglas 27 Feb 1815 in Kilmarnock, Scotland. There is reason to believe that John was military and that his wife, Marion, died in Cuba. John remarried in Scotland. John and Marion had five known Children, the oldest being Ebenezer Douglas Dunlop.

Ebenezer Douglas Dunlop was born April 1816 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland and died 1881 at Yass, NSW. He married Ellen Willock 24 April 1837 in Kilmarnock and shortly after the wedding departed Scotland for NSW arriving 31 Aug 1837 onboard "City of Edinburgh" with his wife Ellen. (They are listed as assisted passengers.) Two children are know to have been born to Ebenezer and Ellen, John born 5 Sep 1839 and Helen (Ellen) born 30 Jun 1842, both births registered at Bathurst.

It is not known when Ellen died but widower, Ebenezer Douglas Dunlop married Catherine Sheehan at Molonglo, NSW, on 9 Oct 1858. Although no know natural children were born to Ebenezer and Catherine, it is known that an adopted child, Rosa Ann Wales, was living with them at the time of the murder of Ebenezer at his home at Kitty's Creek, Yass, NSW on Boxing Day, 26 December 1880.

Coroner's Inquest 27.12.1880......Rosa Ann Wales deposed: I am the adopted daughter of the deceased.

Coroner's Inquest (resumed) 10.1.1881..Rosa Ann Wales deposed: I will be 17 on 19th next April. I was the adopted daughter of the late EBD and Mrs Dunlop; I believe I was with them 12 years (in later evidence she refers to them as Uncle and Aunt. She also said they once argued about her, Rosa, turning to her aunt's religion.)

Catherine Sheehan remarried on 1 August 1881 to Patrick Nash.

The Yass Courier reported on Thursday August 4, 1881. "Last Monday night the accused was married to a man named Patrick Nash ---- " (The two who bail for her applied to be released from their obligation. Because of her marriage they thought she may flee the Colony. Two other men were found to put up bail of 100 pounds each. But as the top policeman was away and couldn't give an opinion on the 2 new 'bailees' she would be committed back to gaol.

The Courier's report on Saturday, 6 August, 1881. "Catherine Nash, late Dunlop was brought before the court, an application having been made to grant her bail. -----.Mr Brennan had no objection; he did not want to say anything in the matter, but at the same time his feelings were very strong. Bail was therefore granted."

On Thursday, 29 September, 1881, the Yass Courier reported "Yass Circuit Court. The court will be opened next Monday. The calendar is heavier than that of any previous court held at Yass. -----. The following is a list of the prisoners awaiting trial:- Catherine Dunlop (now Nash), murder.----."

Saturday October 8, 1881 the report in the Courier read: "Kitty's Creek Poisoning Case. Catherine Nash, formerly Dunlop (on bail), was charged with having murdered her husband at Kitty's Creek on the 26th December 1880. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr Lee, Crown Prosecutor, said that the woman had been tried before, and the jury failed to agree. He would therefore ask His Honour to bind prisoner's husband (as she had since been married) over on his own recognizance of 50 pounds that his wife would appear when called upon. Prisoner's husband having been bound over, prisoner was discharged."

Again from the Yass Courier, Thursday October 20 1881: "Yass Court of Petty Sessions. Wedensday October 19. Illegal Detention of Property. Patrick Nash v. Rosanna Wales"

Rose Anna Wales married Alfred Thomas Davis in 1884. Both Rose and Alfred are buried at Goonyan, New South Wales, Australia.

John Dunlop married Jane Macauley (born 1838 Ireland, daughter of Robert and Sarah Macauley) on 12 Jan 1861 at Queanbeyan. Jane and John had 8 children, all born at Queanbeyan before Janes's death 28 Dec 1886. John then remarried 20 May 1889 at Bungendore to Mary Jane Harriott (widow of George Lee). John died Jan 1918 and is buried at Molonglo with his first wife Jane. Mary Jane died and is buried at Bungendore with her first husband, George and 3 of their children.

Caroline Ellen, daughter of John and Jane Macauley, married Walter Hercules Browne (born 1849) 1878 at Queanbeyan. They had 9 children, all born at Queanbeyan. Walter died 22 Mar 1914 and is buried at St. Luke's Church, Upper Gundaroo, with his youngest daughter, Ellen Dunlop Browne (Jan 1901-Jul 1901). Caroline died on 31 October 1929 at Molonglo.

John and Jane's youngest son was Robert. He married in 1906 at Temora to Annie Marie Peadon. Their only son, Reginald Robert (1908-1997) is my grandfather.

Any assistance that anyone can give me on these families would be gratefully appreciated.

Judy Reynolds Decker

FROM: Edna Pratt

I am looking for any descendant and/or information on Henry DANIELS and Joyce (née HERBERT) (my gg grandparents) and family. Also his brother Edward & wife Mary and family. Plus a nephew Thomas.

They all arrived in Australia aboard the "Edward Oliver" in l856. A relation, Thomas Daniels was already living in Colony at Bungendore.

I have a connection throughout the area and surrounding districts in the names of DANIELS, GRIFFITHS, FROST and WILESMITH.

Also looking for information on Charles FROST son of John and Eliza FROST.

Mrs. Edna Pratt, 50 Wilson Cres., MOIL, N.T. 0810
Telephone: (08) 89271980
Email: fam.tree@taunet.net.au

FROM: Gillian Bettridge

Names I am interested in: SHAW, O'DONNELL, FARDON, CREAGH, WHEATLEY, CURRY, BROWN, McNAMARA.

My g-g-great grandparents Alexander and Christina SHAW came to the Yass district in 1838, finally spending their twilight years in Dalton. I am descended from their two eldest daughters.

Ann married John O'DONNELL, horsebreaker of Yass in 1848. They settled at Glenbower on the Murrumbidgee, and proceeded to have an enormous family who finally moved to West Wyalong where they are buried. Their fourth child Anne O'DONNELL married John Riordan CREAGH a teacher at Dalton. They had three children - Alexander, John Bede and Catherine Gertrude (married John McNAMARA).

Christina married Thomas Kinman FARDON in 1852 and went to live in Adelong where they too had a very large family. After the death of Thomas, Christina, two daughters and three sons moved to the gold mining town of Charters Towers in Queensland where she died in 1897.

My g-grandfather Alexander CREAGH married his second cousin Christina FARDON (youngest child of Christina and Thomas) in Brisbane in 1904 and promptly produced my grandfather Malcolm, his two sisters and one brother. They settled and spent their entire lives in Mount Morgan working at the mine.

The remainder of the SHAW family also married locally. Christiana Margaret was the second wife of John WHEATLEY, Mary Ann married Henry CURRY, Charles married Charlotte Mary Hobart BLAKE, Sarah married James BROWN, Alexander Shaw (Jr) married Rachel Mary TATE, Donald married Margaret Isobel CAMPBELL and Malcolm married Charlotte MARTIN. Janet did not marry.

Any connections would be welcomed.

Gillian Bettridge
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

FROM: Greg Harper

I am researching the WHEATLEY families, and would love to hear from anyone doing the same. Most, if not all of the WHEATLEYs in Graeme's list are related to me!

Other names I am interested in from the Gunning Shire include: ALCHIN, APPS, BUSH, BUTT, POLLARD, FRIEND, HOLGATE, BROWN, MEDWAY, GALE.

FROM: Tony Sullivan

The part of my family that I am researching arrived in Australia on the ship "Portland" . The ship berthed in Sydney on March 11, 1841. The families that inter-married were the O'Keeffe and Purcell families. They went to a property called "Yarralumla" then spread to Tarago, Lake Bathurst, Collector, Goulburn and Queanbeyan.

The family is briefly covered on my homepage but I am now collecting information about all the off shoots of the family tree. Margaret Purcell married Robert O'Brien and they moved to Temora. They were my great grandparents. I have already found three other people researching the family on the net. It would be nice to find some more. There is also a book about the family "In Search of Pioneers" which is in the National Library.

FROM: Trish Cassidy

I am seeking information on the following families and known areas of residence that appear in my family tree. Any information at all would be greatly appreciated:-

BLUNDEN & GAUNTLETT - Wellington, Molong, Bathurst - all in NSW, Aust
BYRNES / PURCELL / HALLAM / HANNAN - Collector, Goulburn, Gunning - all in NSW, Aust
DUFFY - Yass, NSW
KELLY & HATELY -Yass, West Wyalong, Barmedman, NSW
HATCHER - Coolamon, Wagga Wagga, NSW
MCCRORY - Yass, NSW
MITCHELL / MURPHY - Yass, Goulburn, Gunning NSW
NANCARROW / THOMAS / BELCHER - Cooma, Tumut, Adaminaby, Kiandra - All in NSW
TAVENER - Echuca & Sandhurst, Victoria, Aust;
SHANNON - Collector, NSW; Toowoomba QLD, Aust;
WASS - Boorowa, Harden, Cowra - All in NSW

FROM: Anne Coleman

I am seeking information of the following families. Any information at all would be greatly appreciated.

PENYU - Gunning, Burrowa areas
ALCHIN - Gunning, Dalton areas
CORKERY - Boorowa area
BUSH - Jerrawa area
COLEMAN - Taree, Wingham, Manning River and Yass areas
CAMERON - Wingham and Taree areas
CAREY - Wingham and Taree areas
BALLARD - Tumut area
WATSON - Tumut area
CREED - Wingham and Taree area
HASTINGS - Tumut area.

Thanks
Anne

FROM: Kay Williams

My family research centres on Taralga NSW and the following surnames:
BOOTH, MILLS, RABJOHNS, RUDD, SHARWOOD, SULLIVAN, WEEKS and WILLIAMS.

FROM: Carol Wood

Brisbane , Queensland, Australia

I am interested in John Dewsbury of Lake Bathurst who is my great grandfather. John came to Springfield outside Goulburn in about 1850 supposedly on a ship with stock for the Faithfull family. He is not on any shipping list I can find.

He married Elizabeth Jane Smith who was working as Springfield as a nursemaid to the Faithfull children in 1857 at St. Saviour's in Goulburn. John and Elizabeth then settled at Windellama just out of Lake Bathurst and had 10 children.

Any information about this family would be appreciated. John is buried in the grounds of Lake Bathurst Church.

FROM: John Waters

I am interested in the families of John and Selina Waters of Gunning, and the family of Henry and Phoebe Bunfield (née Bush) of Dalton/Jerrawa.

My email is waters65@relax.com.au
Snailmail is:
John Waters
1156 Mt Dandenong Tourist Rd
Kalorama, Vic 3766

FROM: Jann Birks

My great great grandmother was born Maria Murphy to Johanna née Sullivan and John Murphy. John and Johanna were married at St James C of E, Sydney, in 1836. Maria was the second child (after John) to be baptised in St James C of E, Sydney in September 1837 and born August 1837. A third child born 9 years later was Whitmore Michael Murphy, baptised at Goulburn Roman Catholic Church when living at Fish River. He died in Oberon in 1933. Johanna was Catholic and John was Protestant. Maria' first marriage was to William WASS in 1855. There were three children from this marriage, John 1854, Eliza 1855 and William 1858. William Wass Senior died 1858. Maria then married Martin John Roach at the Bland on the property of Dougald Campbell McGregor in 1859. Issues of this marriage were Margaret 1860, Maria 1863, Catherine, Mary Jane (born Gundy) 1871 James 1877, Annie, and Eleanor 1880.

The Reverend Robert Cartwright who is buried at Collector Uniting Church was the minister who married John and Johanna Murphy and baptised John and Maria. Reverend Cartwright's son Ottiwell, was a witness at Eliza (née Wass) Minehan's funeral in 1901.

I would like to contact any Wass, Minehans, Murphys or Roaches who may still live in the area that may be of assistance.

My address is prestopiano@bigpond.com
Jann Birks

FROM: Raylee Dunn

I am researching my father's family and have not had much success in locating my greatgrandfather and greatgrandmother's origins. They are both from the Gundaroo area, and any information would be most appreciated.

Their names are Thomas Erenshaw (or maybe Earnshaw) and Margaret whose maiden name was Kershaw. Two sons of Thomas and Margaret have their names inscribed on the war memorial at Gundaroo. They are Thomas William (my grandfather) and Jack. I am also interested in Mary Apps who married John Earnshaw.

FROM: Jillian

I'm looking into family history MCGUIGAN, FOLEY, COLLINS

Patrick McGuigan Married Ellen Foley 1844 Ireland ?? children John, JAMES, Thomas, Ellen, Hugh, Hugh, Susan, Ellen and Jane. (Jane married Thomas RYAN Collector )

James McGuigan Married Margaret COLLINS 13.8.1877 Currawang NSW witnessed by Patrick Commess & Mary Fleet , Margaret was under the age of 21 her father Daniel COLLINS signed the certificate, any COLLINS family history followers was Cornelies Collins called Daniel, children of Margaret and James, PATRICK, Hugh, Susan, Margaret, James Thomas, James T, Michael, Matilda, Bridget, Daniel, William, Rose

FROM: Kay Clark

I am researching my family; the story of which begins in Port Fairy, Victoria, and ends (if there is such a thing!) at Cootamundra.

Two Phelan sisters; Mary and Anastatia arrived in Vic. in 1841 and between them raised 15 children. Each sister married again after being widowed at a young age. The families all moved from 1870 onwards to NSW, settling in the Cootamundra / Murrumburrah / Gundagai / Junee / Temora / Wagga areas.

These are my surnames:
BALL; BYRON; CARBERRY; CORBY; FORSYTH; GILMOUR; HOLLAND; LOITERTON; MANNING; NAISMITH; PHELAN; RYALS; SHARROCK; TWIST

FROM: Ann Dunstan

Seeking information and descendants of Joseph NEWMAN d. 1876 "Inglewood", Gunning, and William NEWMAN d. 1875 "Inglewood", Gunning.

Associated families: GARLAN; RYAN; ROWLAND; BELL; VENABLES.

Ann Dunstan
"Swandale"
RMB 828
DONALD 3480

FROM: Val Tufrey

I am trying to trace a '???' Tufrey, who arrived in Australia about 1858 in Moreton Bay and travelled overland to Barraba NSW with his two brothers, where they had a parting of the ways and this unknown brother was believed to have gone to Yass.

Val Tufrey, Maitland

FROM: Gabrielle Holland

My ancestor, William Hendon, arrived aboard the "Captain Cook II" on 26/8/1833, as a convict. He was assigned to Patrick Dyce, "Tillygrieg", Gundaroo. William worked at Tillygrieg with some other convicts, and it was here he met his wife-to-be, Mary Johnston (on some certificates it is "Mary Johnson").

Mary Johnston was a servant to Patrick Dyce. She was from Cork, County Cork, and arrived in Australia as an Immigrant aboard The Duchess of Northumberland, 3 Oct. 1836. I am seeking any information on Mary Johnston's parentage.

Would be pleased also to find other descendants.

Gabrielle Holland

FROM: Graham Cooper

I am very interested in obtaining any maps, information or photos of the Cooper Family mausoleum, or the Willeroo homestead (on the eastern side of Lake George). Any information would be very welcome.

I am a direct descendant of Robert Cooper, whose family developed the Willeroo station, after being granted the land in 1835. His sons Francis and James, and their families lived there until 1894.

Graham B. Cooper
Ferntree Gully, Victoria
gbcooper_au@yahoo.com.au
http://cooperfamily.ourfamily.com/ (The Cooper Family Homepage)

FROM: Vicki Stack

I am the Great, Great, Great Grandchild of Thomas and Ann Coleman and Joseph Fredrick and Harriet Cox buried at the Upper Gundaroo Cemetery. I am seeking any information on the above and/or their families, business and property.

My grandmother Evadne Harriet Ann was born on a property called "Glenrock". The third child of Harriet Mary and Edward Coleman.

Please email me with any information on these families.

FROM: Jill Griffiths

I am researching the Ancestors of my husband Lionel Griffiths.

Thomas Jacob: b.1784 Hampshire England d. 1867 Goulburn buried Mortis St Cemetery Goulburn, arrived 1818 per Ocean 11, Convict.
Married 1: 1835 Parramatta - Charlotte Parsons b.1803 England d.1839 NSW arrived 1830 per Roslin Castle, Convict.
Married 2: 1842 Goulburn - Lucy Sawtell b.1825 Guernsey, Channel Islands d.1881 Goulburn ,buried Mortis St. Cemetery Goulburn, arrived per Queen Victoria 1841 Free.

George Warden/Worden: b.1805 England d.1870 Yass buried Yass Cemetery arrived 1823 per Ocean 111 Sydney Convict.
Married: 7th March 1837 Parramatta - Harriet Barnes/Barron: b.1819 Parramatta d.1892 Yass buried Yass Cemetery.

Son: John Warden/Worden b.1858 Yass d.1897 Tamworth buried Church of England Cemetery Tamworth.
Married 1:1882 Yass - Clara Wakartt b.1861 Collector d.1889 Goulburn buried Anglican & Catholic Cemetery Collector.
Married 2: Sydney - Sarah S. Smith b.1866 Shoalhaven.

John Michael Wakartt b.1821 Weddern Germany d.1904 Collector buried Uniting Church Cemetery Collector arrived per Peru 1855 as assisted immigrant Sydney/Newcastle.

Name Variation: Weckhart
Married:1853 Weddern Germany - Katerine Apfelbach b.1827 Seilsbach Germany d. 1909 Collector buried Uniting Church Cemetery Collector arrived per Peru 1855 as assisted immigrant Sydney/Newcastle.

Name Variation: Weckhart

Would love to contact descendents of the above folks.

FROM: Michelle

I am trying to locate information on my great grandparents.

My ggrandfather's name was Frederick Fuller and he married Emma Foulkes in Goulburn in 1879. His parents were William A. Fuller and Annie Elizabeth Soares.

Emma Foulkes was in Gunning in 1856 and her parents were William Foulkes (Foulks) and Maria Hislop (Heslop).

Any information on Frederick and Emma would be appreciated and especially information on William and Maria. Frederick also had a first wife who died in 1876 in Goulburn - I do not have the name. Anyone who can give me a name, it would be appreciated. They apparently had 3 children Frederick, Annie and Dot.

FROM: Shirley Wright ( McKeon)

BERNARD McKEON came to Australia from a townland of Knockavannon, Co Armagh in the year 1860 on board the ship "British Trident" he eventually met and married a girl from Bungendore, BRIDGET DOYLE, on the 2nd of August 1876, they were married at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, they had six children, BRIDGET DOYLES mother being MARY DWYER father MICHAEL DOYLE, BRIDGET was given as being born in Busby Scotland so we take it that MICHAEL DOYLE and his wife MARY (DWYER) spent some time there.

BERNARD McKEON and his wife BRIDGET McKEON (DOYLE) children being TERESA who's obituary the claim to the descendant of the "Chieftain of Wicklow" was made, maternal side, also that she was brought up on the property "ASHBY" Bungendore, southern side of Lake George, this property was owned at that time by JOHN DWYER son of MICHAEL DWYER the Wicklow Chieftain, other children being : GEORGE NATHANIAL, JOHN JOSEPH, ANNIE, and MARY. JOHN JOSEPH married EFFIE FEATHERSTONE from Yass.

BERNARD McKEON born 1840 in Armagh, Ireland, he joined the NSW mounted police force in 1862, promoted to Sr Constable in1866 he was also the Registrar and Wardens clerk, he served in Bungendore, Morangarrell, Barmedman, and Braidwood where he retired from the force in 1901, we think that GEORGE NATHANIAL McKEON might have been the post master in Braidwood for a short time.

Any assistance on this family would be appreciated, and any knowledge of BRIDGET McKEON (DOYLE) would be a great help.

Don & Shirley Wright
13, Meagher St, Cootamundra, NSW 2590

FROM: Brad and Debra Pullan

We are researching information on Sydney SMITH (Auctioneer) who married Catherine Rae GILLIGAN, with a daughter Alice PULLAN (née Smith) who was buried in Braidwood Cemetery 1916.

They resided in the area of Bombay, Braidwood.

Also researching Pullan, Searle, Perrett, Muir, Asplet, Hill, Harris, Rowe, McKinnon, Carroll, Flynn, Watson, Plummer, Fotheringham, Nichols, Woodley and Ward.

Brad and Debra Pullan
6 Flemington Street
Banora Point, NSW 2486

FROM: John Horton

I am researching the Wilson family, particularly any relatives of Dr Thomas Braidwood Wilson, from whom I believe the Braidwood area came by its name.

Dr Thomas Braidwood's children married into the Mowle and Simpson families.

FROM: Gerald and Joan Hickey

I have been tracing my g-g-grandfather Michael Brennan but cannot find when he arrived in Australia.

Birth Certificates show Michael Brennan and his wife Mary (née Kelly or Curly) were living in Dixson Flats when their 5th child, Ellen, was born in Dec.1854. Their 6th child, Catherine, was born at Baltinglass near Gunning in 1857 and their 7th child, John, was born at Jerrawa in 1859.

I would appreciate any information concerning the Brennans. Joan Hickey, Auckland, N.Z.

FROM: Lynne Tocher

I have a lot of family born Goulburn, Breadalabane Tarago area.

We are descended from William Burton & Letitia Cobb, both convicts.

If anyone has an interest in the following names in roughly that area I should very much like to hear from them & exchange information :- GREEN, WALKOM, SEALES, HOLBORROW, ROSE, MURRAY, GRUBB, PETERS , BICKERS, HARRISON, TURNER, COLE & TAYLOR.

FROM: Keith James Manning

I have information on the Richard and Ann (née Bryan) Jackson and family who lived in Rowle St. Collector from 1860 to 1865. Happy to share information.

FROM: Cherie Thompson

I have a Sophia PENDERGAST m.1865 - Patrick REARDON b. 1843
Sophia & Patrick are buried in the Catholic Cemetery at Harden.

I am also seeking any information on REARDON's from Harden / Murrumburrah and JAMES family from Cootamundra. I do have more information on these families c.1850 if needed.

Regards, Cherie.
On the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Searching Family History:
ARNOLD, JAMES, GILL, KINKADE, MANGAN, PINDER, REARDON, THOMPSON, VAUX.

FROM: Graeme Fernie

My ggg grandfather was one William HAWES, who was transported, arriving here in 1828 aboard the Phoenix 2. He worked for Hannibal McArthur, who apparently sent him from Parramatta, to Camden, and then south to around the Bungonia and Lake Bathurst area. On 30/9/1842 he marries Mary FOX at "Arnprior", (on the northern bank of the Shoalhaven River near Larbert) owned by the RYRIE family.

Hawes was issued with a licence to run the Boro Inn from 1/7/1848, where he stayed until 1853. This is the hotel referred to in "Australia Visited and Revisited" (1853) by Mossman & Banister. In 1853 he then acquired a license to run the "Coach & Horses" Inn at Lake Bathurst. This may not be where the village of the same name is sited. There is a reference on the next year's license to the hotel being at "Merrighan" (sic) which I believe is the modern Mulwaree River.

In 1854 Mary Hawes died and is buried at "Lake Bathurst". Again, the village and its cemetery are [possibly] founded later than this. Hawes transferred his hotel to Mongarlowe around 1860, and died in 1868.

I am interested in any information on the above. I have a more detailed exposition of the above which may be of interest to those researching this area, which I can send as a Word 98 file (readable with Word 97).

FROM: Blossom Macdonald

Re RIAL
(awaiting contribution)

FROM: Jim Slattery

I am trying to trace members of the families of two of my ancestors, James O'BRIEN (aka O'BRIAN) and Theresa Margaret (aka Teresa Margaret, Margaret) CLEAR (aka CLARE, CLAIR).

They were married at Goulburn , 24 Nov 1873.
James was born at Gundaroo c1850. Theresa was born at Collector c1854.
Their children were:
Mary Anne (Polly) O'BRIEN b.1874 Young NSW
Teresa Margaret (Tess) O'BRIEN b. 16 May 1876 Stockinbingal NSW; m. 2 Nov 1899 Albury NSW, Michael (Mick) Harrold; d. 31 Mar 1927; bur. Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, NSW
Catherine Ellen (Kit) O'BRIEN b. 1878 Young NSW
John James (Jack) O'BRIEN b. 1880 Young NSW
Clara C. (Clara) O'BRIEN b. 1882 Young NSW
Placid William (Bill) O'BRIEN b. 1883 Young NSW
Josephine Maude (Maude) O'BRIEN b. 1885 Young NSW
Francis S. (Frank) O'BRIEN b. 1887 Young NSW

The only other details I have are for the descendants of Teresa and Michael, who were my maternal Grandmother and Grandfather.

Thank you.

FROM: Antoinette Buchanan

Richard HOWELL, m. Elizabeth HIRST/HURST at Yass 24/12/1849.

They had 15 children, 13 of whom were named, all registered in Yass or Gunning. Those children that survived married in Gunning or Young.

Any information gratefully received.

FROM: RAnde1950@aol.com

I am researching the Brown family. My great grandfather, Charles William Thurlow Brown was born in the Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass district in 1848 to William and Susannah Brown née Seymour.

I found a Stephen Brown who was born on 29 December 1851, also in the Gundaroo Gunning Yass district to a William and Susannah Brown, but as far as I know, Stephen Brown is not the brother of Charles William Thurlow Brown nor is he related.

Does anyone know who Stephen Brown is?

FROM: Rhonda

I am helping a good friend with her family. These are the family branches:
Joseph John Thomas Brewer married Eliza Thornton formerly Beggs
Alfred George Brewer married Janet Fisher
Frank Robert Brewer married Esther Lena Baker
William Baker married Mary A Ryan
William Ryan married Margaret Booth
Robert Fisher married Mary Ann Paterson

I have photographed the Brewer and Fisher graves in Gunning Cemetery.

We are interested in any connect with members of the above family branches. We are in Bundaberg in Queensland. I am willing to help in our area for anyone.

FROM: Mary Herbert

McCALLUM and associated families in the Goulburn district 1839 +,
Duncan McCALLUM and his wife Catherine FERGUSSON arrived Sydney 2 Feb 1839 on the "British King" from Mull.
Most of their family travelled with them and settled in the Goulburn district
Mary married Samuel EIRTH 1841 Wingello
Donald and his wife Catherine SINCLAIR,
Malcolm married Isabella CAMERON 1844
Christina married Alexander McDONALD1847Goulburn
John married Jane HARVEY 1848 Goulburn
Archibald married Mysie CAMERON 1851 also twins Susannah and Flora age 8 and Kate age 2 were in the family group. 2 other daughters arrived in Sydney 13 Apr 1841 on the "Sir John Falstaff" -
Ann married James JOHNSTON 1845
Isabel married Thomas TROTTER 1845 Gresford NSW

I would be interested in contact with anyone who is researching these families.

Mary Herbert
"Slimbridge"
Bedgerebong NSW 2871

FROM: Lesley Smith

I am particularly interested in a PATRICK LEAHY. He appears to have come to Australia around 1881 from Micholstown, Ireland. His parents (as listed on the death certificate) were William Leahey and Margaret Marney. Patrick married Caroline CASEY. She was the daughter of William Casey and Mary Ann Nolan/Nowlen and was born in Gundaroo. William Casey's parents (John and Mary Caroline Purcell) were both convicts. John was granted a Ticket-of-Leave for helping to capture a bushranger and the whole family appears to have settled in Tallagandra for many years. My Caroline and her siblings were born either in Gundaroo, Spring Flat or Back Creek.

I know nothing about Patrick LEAHY, who appears to have been a teenager when he arrived in Australia. He and Caroline were married at St Bridget's Catholic Church, Narrandera on August 23, 1890. Patrick worked variously as a labourer, a rabbiter and an engine fireman. He was the father of 8 children, the youngest (named Patrick) only 6 weeks old when he died. By then the family had followed the railway work to Sydney and perhaps it was his line of work that helped to kill him.....he died from cancer of the oesophagus.

I did at one stage meet his son William (probably about 93 now!!). He, my father and my brother, all named William Leahy would have the occasional drink in the hotel where he was the publican(??). I recall my late father once mentioning the family lived in Maroubra, a beach-side suburb of Sydney.

Thus ends my scant knowledge of my line of the Leahey family. By the way, the final 'e' appears to have been dropped off by my grandfather Leslie Joseph Leahy. The other children born to my Patrick Leahy and Carolie (Cassie) were John Frances, Norman, Alfred, Mary, Margaret, William and little Patrick.

Lesley Smith

FROM: Tony Moore

I am looking for any leads about APPS. The only clue I have to John Apps' ancestors is the entry on this marriage certificate showing his birth in Wagga.

I found a page in an old exercise book where my grandfather John (Jack) Augustus Moore had written the following:
CONSTANCE MARY MOORE, [née APPS] [My grandmother] b 26 May 189* [page fragment missing after 189] married St Mary's Catholic Church, Bourke, 1923 [address given as] "Leila Springs" Stn Bourke NSW. Occupation, nurse.
[She was a nurse in the Bourke hospital at the time when she married Jack Moore, my grandfather. Lived at Mogilla Stn, Goodooga NSW until 1928, then moved to Lewisham for the rest of her life. died Lewisham /(Marrickville hospital c1970 - 1973 ]

her sister: ELLEN (Nellie) JEAN APPS b. 3 May 1890 never married
I think she lived on the Mogilla Stn and then definitely also lived at same address in Lewisham NSW [died Lewisham /in a nursing home at Ashfield c1970 - 1973 same year as above]

her brother: John Stephen Apps [Uncle Jack] b. 2 March 189* [page fragment missing after the 189] Sons are Bruce Apps and Ken Apps [both living] daughter(s) ? [d. in the 1970's too.]

[John (uncle Jack was a grazier from Goodooga who moved to Croydon, NSW before the 1950's]

I have the original marriage certificate for my great grandparents. It shows:

In the Colony of Victoria
Certificate of Marriage
District of Bogong
Register number: 16 [cross referenced on vic. state record #1889-5309]
On the 3rd July, 1889 at Chiltern [Vic]
Marriage licence [word unclear] was solemnized between us according to the rites of the Catholic Church

John Apps
Usual place of residence: Merrigreen station NSW
Age: 26
Profession: Farmer
Place of Birth: WAGGA NSW.
Father's name Stephen Apps, farmer
Mother: (Maiden name) Jane Walls

Mary Elizabeth Ring
Residence: Gooramadda
Age 26
Profession: Not given
Birthplace: Goormadda Vic
Father: Michael Ring, farmer.
Mother(maiden Name): Ellen McCarthy

Marriage Celebrant: Fr John P Carolan,[signature unclear] Catholic Clergyman

Witnesses:
Jeremiah Ring
Ellen Bridget Ring

Does anyone know if there is or was a "Merrigreen" Station in NSW? and are there any RINGs hereabouts?

Thank you.

FROM: Melissa Parker

My interests are:
CARTWRIGHT of "Woodbury", Gundaroo
KING
CANTOR
ROBERTSON
SMITH
DUNN
REID
WILLIAMS

Melissa Parker
Sydney, NSW

FROM: Jan Tremaine

Name: Sarah Niblett
Born: 15 Aug 1834 Argyle NSW
Baptized: 14 Oct 1834 C/E Liverpool, St Luke's
Died: 29 Apr 1920 Gunning NSW
Buried: 30 Apr 1920 Gunning Cemetery, Wombat St.
Husband: Charles Jones

At the time of Sarah's birth her father was a farmer at Argyle County near Liverpool.

First Marriage
Name: Charles Jones
Born: About 1826, lived in Gundaroo NSW
Died: Before 1859 
Buried:  unknown
Occupation: Blacksmith

Charles Jones & Sarah Niblett, his mark, her mark. 
I William Lightbody of Queanbyan Minister of Wesleyan Church do hereby 
certify that Charles Jones of Gundaroo and Sarah Niblett of Gundaroo 
were joined in wedlock by me on the 26th November 1849 at Queanbyan. 
In the presence of William Conway Armstrong and William Edward Percy (butcher??) 
Duration of marriage was 13 years.

Second Marriage
Name: John  Robinson
Born: __ ___ 1836 Portsmouth England???
Died:  Unknown
Buried: Unknown 
Occupation: Farm Labour
Wife: Sarah Niblett

His parents unknown.  
On John's wedding certificate usual residence Berebanglo, near Gunning. 
Sarah also give Berebangello as her usual place of residence. 
Witnesses were Henry Pomeroy and Eliza Pomeroy.  Eliza was Sarah's sister.
Minster: D.P.M. Hubert, bride signed with her mark.

A John Robinson was mentioned in E.g. Hazell Book "Some Came Free". 
John was one of 14 assigned men to John Kennedy Hume of "Collingwood"
near Gunning. 
He served six years with Hume in the 1840s.  
Possible father to John, as he would be too old to be Sarah's John. 
Not being able to find the death of John I have nothing to go on. 

According to son William's marriage certificate in 1892 John was deceased.

Children:
Jane Robinson married Thomas Alchin
William married Sarah Jane Hateley
Robert married Lilly May Potter
John Married Elizabeth Hillier
Samuel married Johanna Charlotte Merriam

Up till now I have not been able to find any information on John Robinson 
other than he lived at Berebanglo.

Jan

FROM: Jan Tremaine

Hi my name is Janet - all the people below are on my family tree, and I would like to put some meat on their bones - the type of life that would have been lived in the area, when it was first settled and by whom. It seems this area was mostly settled, or should I say worked, by convicts. As most of them could not read or write it is hard to get documentation on them.

Samuel and Mary Niblett

Jane and Thomas Alchin: Jane is the daughter of John Robinson and Sarah Niblett. Sarah was previously married to Charles Jones who was a blacksmith in Gundaroo (have not been able to find his death).

William Robinson and Sarah Hately: William is the first son of John and Sarah, born about 1860 but I cannot find any record of his birth. Eliza Niblett (sister to Sarah) who married Henry Pomeroy had a son Thomas Molloy Pomeroy born the same year, same place, cannot find a record of his birth, can anyone tell me how and where I can look for these records?

The family of Eliza Pomeroy had some changes in their surname. Some members of her family use the name Stokes. Her daughter Mary Ann married Joseph Murdoch - this family settled in Gundagai. I would love to share my information with anyone who is interested.

Also trying to locate the death of Phoebe Niblett and husband John Martin who arrived as a convict. He was assigned to Major Morris Barlow in the Yass area, does anyone know anything of this man?

If anyone would like to get in touch by phone the number is 07-54957225.

FROM: Neil GILL (Malvern, Vic)

I have some ancestors who were located at Gundaroo in the 1830s. They were:-
Maurice (sometimes Morris) HICKEY and his wife Bridget HICKEY (née-QUINN)

References:

1-Daughter's marriage certificate: Ref. #136 Vol.129
5th March 1834 married at Gunning (I think), NSW. R/C rites by the Rev. J.J.THERRY.
Thomas BOYD, ship 'Isabella (1822)'
to
Ellen HICKEY, daughter of Maurice HICKEY, Gondoroo (Gundaroo) Witnesses: Mathew HELY, John BARTLEY, Richard NAGLE

2-It is written in Tumut's history that Thomas BOYD, his wife Ellen brought the WILKINSON youths into the Tumut District from Gundaroo.
Ref. Adelong Argus, 1904
Mr.Thomas WILKINSON said, "In 1838 I left Gundaroo and rode up to Tumut accompanied by BOYD who drove a bullock team. My sister came up also with BOYD's wife on a cart...." also another brother John WILKINSON came too after they all had a disagreement with their stepmother.

3-Surveyor's Plan of Gundaroo (c183?)
I have a plan by the above date (their are a few dates on the plan) that shows Mrs.WILKINSON Hut just over the Yass River from the land owned by Mary Ann WHITE.
Just nearby, on the property next door, apparently owned by William WILLIAMS, is HICKEY's Hut. Both huts are clearly marked and named. Now, HICKEY's hut is located on the Yass River also and if you look at "The Rural Directory of Yass & Gunning Shires"(1996 edition), you will see on Map 2437, along the Yass River Road (around the centre of the page) (look for property #31 Oldfield "Milford") where the Yass River is joined by "Hickey's Creek". Now, HICKEY's hut was located at this intersection and on the "Milford" side of Yass River. It seems that a little portion has been annexed for the HICKEY's from the property where their hut was. A later parish Plan dated around 1917 shows the hut still there.

Now, NO DEATH of either Maurice or Bridget HICKEY has ever been found in NSW or elsewhere in Australia. Whether they stayed there until their death, we don't know. Maybe there is a burial record or a newspaper article somewhere up that way regarding their demise?

My guess is they were probably looking after the property as Maurice was a Hedger by trade. They were both former convicts too. Maurice was born about 1889, so he was about 50-60yrs when he is shown at Gundaroo. Bridget was a couple of years older.

If anyone else has any information on these two or their other son James HICKEY who was born around 1821, it will be greatly appreciated.

Neil GILL (Malvern, Vic)

FROM: Carolyn Hart

WILLIAM APPS born 1783 Sussex, married ELIZABETH ELLIS, born 1783, in 1805
Children:
1. WILLIAM APPS 1813 (he is my family)
2. Harriet APPS 1815
3. Reuben APPS 1818
4. Seymore APPS 1823
5. Mary APPS 1830
6. Elizabeth APPS 1840

This is my lineage below. Hope it helps. I have heaps more back to 1746, just haven't verified the link, although I'm sure that it is linked somewhere.

William Apps, Elizabeth Ellis
William Apps, Philadelphia Footes
Thomas Apps, Ellen Butcher
William Charles Apps, Amelia Osmond
Austin George Apps, Kathleen May Moore
Carolyn Mary Apps, Robert Marshall Hart

FROM: Lyn Bradley

I am searching for information on the following:

VENABLES - Henry, born February 2, 1851 at Yass. His parents were John Venables and Martha Eliza (Hutchinson).
Henry died September 4, 1922 and was buried in Cootamundra Church of England Cemtery on September 6, 1922. His occupation is listed as 'miner'. I do not know if Henry was married or if he had any children.

VENABLES - Nicholas, born 1868 in Yass, and died October 16, 1928 and is buried at St. George's cemetery in NSW.
Nicholas married Agnes Rouse in 1897 in Brewinna NSW. They had the following children: Ivy b. 1897, Vera b. 1902 , Leila d. 1913, Ruby b. 1905 and Sydney b. 1898 d. 1910. Nicholas' parents were: John Venables and Mary Kate (Sullivan).

VENABLES, Ada born 1872 at Yass to John Venables and Mary Kate (Sullivan). I do not have further details of Ada.

VENABLES, Frank born 1874 in Yass, Parents: John Venables and Mary Kate (Sullivan).

If anyone has any connection to the above please contact me. My great grandparents were John Venables and Mary Kate (Sullivan), their son George was my grandfather.

FROM: John Corby

My name is John Corby and I am a direct descendant of William Thomas Corby, Tarcutta N. S. W. and William and Thomas Brown. Thomas came to be known throughout his life as Old Tom Brown or Old Tom. I was born at Tarcutta. My grandfather was James Henry Brown and my mother was Ruby Brown. Other names connected with our family are Collins, Piper, Wright and Hilton.

John Corby
33 Ferguson Ave
Castle Hill, NSW 2154
Phone 02-96341502

FROM: Wayne and Di Hoppe

Owen O'NEILL (b 1820) married Catherine FOLEY (b 1833) in Ireland and emigrated to Australia in 1857. They settled in the area where Owen lived until the age of 102. They are buried at Mutmutbilly.

Their 2nd child was our ancestor:-
Catherine O'NEILL b. 1855 d. 13.11.1947 at Glen Innes married 26.02.1884 at Gunning
Henry J HEFFERNAN b. 18.07.1864 d. 03.04.1955 at Glen Innes

The other children were Mary TAYLOR, Jeremiah O'NEILL, Owen O'NEILL, Honora CALLINAN, Peter O'NEILL, Ellen SPACKMAN, Denis O'NEILL, Johannah ERROL, Julia COVES.

Another of our interests in the area is:-
James O'BRIEN (b. 1838) married Hannah JONES (b 30.06.1849) at Gullen. They married 15.07.1870 at Goulburn. Their 5th child was our ancestor:
William Robert b. 04.06..1879 at Wheeo, d. 07.08.1948 at Crookwell married 06.01.1904 at Gunning
Johanna HEFFERNAN b. 24.12.1885 at Gurrundah d. 28.05.1969 at Crookwell

The other children of James and Hannah were:
Susan, Thomas J, Bridget, James R, John S, Mary, Catherine and Margaret.

Wayne and Di Hoppe
108 Eathorpe Rd
ARMIDALE NSW 2350
Ph. 0267 714681
whoppe@necu.com.au

FROM: Sandra Armstrong

My husband was a descendant of Paterson families who came to Australia between 1839 and 1851 and settled in the Yass, Gunning areas.

I have quite a bit of info on families and their marriages and some copies of certificates. If you have a Paterson in your family down that way, they are probable related and I would be happy to pass on information.

Sandra Armstrong
Maryborough, Queensland

FROM: Ray Gavan

I have both sides of my paternal grandparents families from Gunning.

My grandmother Elizabeth HENDRY daughter of Mary Anne DELANEY, was the daughter of Ellen COLLINS and Michael DELANEY. Elizabeth married John GAVAN, son of John GAVAN and Marcella (Ellen) DOYLE from Maitland.

Their children's spouses were, BRAY, BAIHN, EDGEWORTH, BEIRER, LENNON, JAMES, POWELL, and LUNEY.

I have their descendants tree to date and am happy to share any information with others. They lived at Gunning and Boorowa. My grandmother with her ten children walked to Goulburn, she met wandering aboriginals on the way and she gave them treacle and bread as they were hungry, she had a big heart. My father was 12 pounds!! born to her alone, with only her children to help. She had her children, all huge, alone in the same manner. Those old ladies, and she was a lady, were the true pioneers of Australia.

My BIG brickwall is Ellen Collins she died in 1843 in childbirth at the farm "Wargelia" near Wombat. There is only a rudimentary marriage certificate and no death or internment details. She may have buried on the farm. Anyone with even a suggestion is most welcome.

Ray Gavan, Sydney

FROM: Lea Davis-Lesiuk

I am seeking descendants of or information on the following families.

Christian Gruber married Christina Lochman and came from Germany to Gundaroo where they had the following children:
Frederick (b) 1858
William (b) 1859 m Pheobe Walmsley
John (b) 1861 m Johanna Ellen Bush and Wilhelmina Grocott b) 1878 d) 1918 ( would love some Grocott info).
Henry (b) 1861 m Catherine Deehan
Mary 1865 - 1880
Christian 1866-1954 m Ellen Jobbins
Jacob 1872
Christina 1878

Also Alfred Luton married Ann Brown at Yass - seek any information.

FROM: Ann Gugler

I am a second fleet convict descendant - Edward Merrick and Mary Ann Russell.

I am interested in the pioneers of the district and in particular the Coleman and Carroll families.

FROM: Peter Roberts

I discovered my great great Grandparents are buried at St Luke's Cemetery, Gundaroo. I was wondering if anyone has any information whatsoever on:

William Goslett (died 9/2/1876) or Mary Ann Goslett (died 22/2/1895)

If so, please e-mail me. I don't have much more info than that, but any clues would be helpful and greatly appreciated.

Peter Roberts

FROM: Melva

My great-great-great-grandmother, Ellen Gaffney, formerly Spence, née Down(e)s, died in 1849 'at her residence, Lake George'.

I am trying to establish where that residence was and where she was buried. She married William Gaffney in 1843 at Maitland.

Melva

FROM: Lesley Whitla

I am researching my family name of HOLMES who lived in the Gunning, Yass, Crookwell, Wheeo, Boorowa and Frogmore areas. My name interests are:

JOHANNA HICKEY married JAMES O'SHEA about 1817 Tipperary.
Children
Mary married Slattery
Bridget married John Sheedy 5 Dec 1842.
Johanna married John Shea.

BRIDGET O'SHEA and JOHN SHEEDY
Children married
Burke, O'Neill, Hannon.

BRIDGET SHEEDY and HENRY O'NEILL
Children married
Walsh, Rochfort, Burrell, Boyes.
BRIDGET second marriage WILLIAM CASSELLS.

CATHERINE and ROBERT WALSH
Children
Ellen, Ann, Francis, Robert, Patrick, Mary Ann, John, and Michael J.

HELEN MARY ROCHFORT married PATRICK (PADDY) RYAN
Children
Patrick, Terence, Marie, Annette.

ROBERT HOLMES married ALICE RYAN about 1843.
Children married
Byrne, Walsh, Bulley, Smith and Cooke.

Anyone with similar name interests I would love to make contact.
Lesley Whitla (née Holmes).

FROM: Allison Taylor

I am looking for information on my ancestors who settled in Gundaroo around 1838. Thomas CASE and his wife Maria née MUSSELL came to Australia from Bishopstone, Wiltshire, England. They had 10 children (mainly born in Gundaroo) and I am a descendant of their daughter Emma (b 02/07/1855) who married John Thomas TAYLOR (b 1851). John Thomas was also born in Gundaroo.
If anyone has any information it would be greatly appreciated and in turn I could share what info I have. Thank you.
Allison Taylor

FROM: Warwick McMahon

I am a descendant to the Jane Robertson (1849-1878) of Woodbury. Apparently this is a property on the Federal Highway near Sutton Rd.

My line comes down from Robertson to Wilson and McMahon. I have a very large database of nearly 40,000 names and links. Anyone with interest in linking please feel free to contact me. I am willing to swap any information dating from 1745 to the present - it varies in direction as there are many links. I have recently added the first fleet links towards these settlers.

I'll answer all enquiries.
Warwick McMahon
12 Elaine Ave
Lemon Tree Passage, NSW 2319.
Fax: 02 49824701
Phone: 02 49823199

FROM: Mavis Hunt

My husband is a descendant of Mattison and Elizabeth HUNT buried in the Parksbourne cemetery.
I have a small booklet published about PARKSBOURNE history and some of its early pioneer families.
Those mentioned include:JOHN AND ANN BROWN, JOHN AND CATHERINE WEATHERSTONE, WILLIAM AND JANE WEATHERSTONE, HENRY AND MARIA BUGG, SAMUEL AND HARRIET APPS, GEORGE GUNSELL, THOMAS AND MARY GUNSELL, GEORGE AND SARAH BASTIN, JOHN AND CLARA SIMS, WILLIAM AND PHILADELPHIA APPS, GEORGE AND MARY HEADLAND, JACOB AND ELIZABETH WORNER.
This booklet was produced by G WEATHERSTONE, who to my knowledge still lives in the PARKSBOURNE area. ISBN 1 86252 714 8.

FROM: Peter Davis

I'm looking for William Davis who was born around 1872-1874 in what appears to be Bungendore (the spelling on the marriage certificate is atrocious) to John and Frances Davis (née Davis, but I can't be sure) but the only John and Frances Davis registered in the whole country to have any issue (Thomas Davis, 1870) were recorded at Derrengullen Creek near Yass. John Davis, as you might expect, is a plentiful name and Frances less so but not unique.
Any help appreciated.

Peter Davis

FROM: Denise Marshall

I would like to hear from any descendants of Frederick & Mary Deborah (Poulter) TAYLOR of Young, NSW, who arrived in Sydney in January 1859 from East Woodhay, Hampshire, UK, onboard the "Daphne" with children: George 10, Charles 9, David 7, Frederick 4, and newly born son James John ( my great grandfather).

After Frederick (snr) died in 1865, Mary remarried Thomas Eady in 1866. Descendants of Thomas Eady may be able to give me some info on Mary (Taylor) Eady. Any help will be gratefully appreciated.

As noted above, my great grandfather JAMES JOHN TAYLOR was born late 1858 onboard the"Daphne" in the Bay of Biscay coming to Australia. He was never heard of again after about 1909. He married Mary Coddington on 11th Feb 1880 at St.John's Church of England, Young, NSW and any further information would be much appreciated.

I am also looking for information on MICHAEL DUNN(e) who married Margaret Kelly on 18th March 1846 at the Temporary Church, Cumbermurra near Yass, NSW. Both were convicts and later became the parents of John Dunn the Bushranger.

In addition, I would like to hear from any descendants of ROBERT and JANE SCOTT, who with their children Margaret 14, Jane Ann 12, Robert 11, Eliza 9 and Henry 7, arrived aboard the "disease ship MANLIUS" at Port Phillip Bay on 16th Feb 1842.
Robert and his wife Jane died shortly after arrival but all children survived.
I believe the child, Jane Ann to be my great great grandmother but no-one knows what happened to any of these children. Jane Ann married James Dunn (ex convict) at Port Macquarie in December 1850.

Any help would be appreciated.

Denise Marshall
28 Turnbull street,
FENNELL BAY, NSW 2283

FROM: Peter Gibson

I am interested in the genealogy of Thomas Royal or Royle, a convict who arrived in 1836, and by the 1837 muster was shown as assigned to Mr JP Campbell of Gundaroo. He was presumably still there up to the 1840's, when he got ticket of leave and eventually conditional pardon (1847). He turns up in Queanbeyan in the mid 1850's, moving slightly out of town in 1864. He was in Bungendore in 1890, just before his death in 1893.

Peter Gibson

FROM: Lynette Mok

I am a descendant of Jane (Jean) Neill who married a Morton. She is in the Breadalbane cemetery list as Jane Morton, buried with her son Thomas Morton. When Jane died she was living at "Elderslie", Breadalbane. I would like to obtain any information of Jane and her family who may be buried at Breadalbane.

Many thanks.

Lynette Mok

FROM: William Kershaw

I am searching for information about my grandfather FRANCIS THOMAS KERSHAW and my grandmother MARY COLLINS. Francis was born at Gundaroo in 1875. His parents were JAMES AND MARY ANNE KERSHAW. Mary Collins was born at Arabien , NSW, in 1880. (I do not know where this is, and presume it was the name of a property.)

Francis and Mary were married in 1905 and sometime between 1905 and 1909, they migrated to the Hutt Valley in New Zealand. I would appreciate any information relating to either or both of my grandparents.

FROM: Helen Hall

I am descended from William Roche, police constable of Yass - m Eliza Kimmage at Yass in 1858. William had numerous cousins who came out as well, some from Limerick, some from Kerry.

I obtained a copy of the marriage certificate of James Roche who married Margaret Foley in 1870 to see if he was any relation, but there were no personal details given. He lived at Gundaroo.

I would be interested in any information on James and his background.

Helen Hall

FROM: Damien Hynes

In my maternal line I have an ancestor Sam Johnson of the former world renowned cotton manufacturing town of Oldham in Lancashire (7 miles east of Manchester). Sam the eldest son was born in 1817 and became involved in industrial disputes with mill owners over labour conditions. Riots ensued and he was arrested, tried at Lancaster assizes and sentence of death was subsequently commuted to life beyond the seas. After a temporary stay on the hulks in the Medway of the Thames he was dispatched on the "Lady Nugent" to Sydney arriving in 1835.

Sam appears in the 1837 Musters as assigned to Archibald Macleod on Maneroo, ie Gundaroo. In 1844 he obtained from the Queanbeyan bench his Ticket of leave and in 1845 a Passport Ticket of leave from the same bench to go with Macleod to Gippsland for 12 months. In 1847 there is another Ticket of leave for him then being with the Loughnan brothers who were also original settlers in east Gippsland. On receiving a conditional pardon in 1854 he married at Roseneath, Gippsland in 1851, settle in E Gippsland, and successfully followed the work of a carrier.

The pardon was somewhat due to his loving father in England. Ned in 1850 was actively seeking return of Sam to the bosom of his family and there survives correspondence from Govt. House, Sydney back to the authority in London describing Sam's behaviour as a convict. It is overall favourable and states there had been three disciplines. Co-incidentally some years ago in visiting the Hyde Park barracks I came upon record of one of these. It reveals 24 hour solitary confinement, on a diet of bread and water, in the summer of 1836. Sam at the 1851 date of this letter was in the employ of the Lands Commissioner, namely Charles Tyers who was responsible for Gippsland.

Some years ago in the National Library, Canberra, I recorded the various convicts assigned to either of the brothers Macleod. My list is of 35 names including Sam. Interestingly, none of them are recorded on the headstone inscriptions at Gundaroo. Of course not all of them are given as being on Maneroo or Gundaroo but 21 are thereof in this source, which is the General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837, prepared by Soc. of Aust. Genealogists.

Damien Hynes
47 Arthur Street,
Eltham Vic. 3095.

FROM: Ian McDonald

I'm after any information on John McDonald , born 1821 in N.S.W. who married Ellen Taylor at St. Mary's Church Bungendore, April 1864. They were living at Halfway Creek Bungendore in 1867, when my great grandfather, Richard was born there. Prior to this John lived at "Fairfield " possibly a property in Gundaroo district. John was a widower when he married Ellen, and was much older. She was born at Long Swamp [ near Mulloon Creek, Boro ] in 1846. Her father was Josiah Taylor and mother was Ann Billingsley.
Witnesses to their marriage were Michael Dwyer, Hanna Cunningham and the priest was Patrick White.

Any information would be welcome.
Ian McDonald
P.O. Box 404
Rose Bay 2029.

FROM: Gordon Best

A relative of mine, Mary A (Polly) Gooud (1862 - 1947) married John (Jack) O'Brien (1866 - 1939) of Gunning in 1894 at Balmain North.
Their children were Grace Mary (Worthington) b. 1897, Vincent J b. 1899, John Augustus (1902 - 1915), and Zeta (Sister Mary John of Yass (1904 - 1963).

I would be pleased to be contacted by others with an interest in this family.

Gordon Best
89 Valley View Drive
Highbury SA 5089

FROM: Gina Hammond

I am researching the following names. They all appear to have been in the Goulburn and surrounding areas from either the 1830s / 1840s.

Names of interest:
Hammond - Goulburn, Grabben Gullen, Yass, Cootamundra, Gundagai
Quinlan - Goulburn, Cootamundra, Gundagai
Tully - Goulburn, Grabben Gullen, Yass, Cootamundra, Gundagai

Gina Hammond

FROM: Margaret Senior

I am looking for information on a Henry Theis ( Tiyce ),who was a young German. He brought prize rams out from England on a ship for a man called Massy and I think he worked as a shepherd for Massy.

In 1871 he married Sarah Hardwick - daughter of John Hardwick (1818-1899) who was Massy's superintendent.

I am trying to find out what ship he came over on, and in what year.

Thank you
Margaret Senior

FROM: Tracey

My grand father Charles Herbert CHALMERS married a Edna NIXON in 1928 and he is from Gundaroo, according to his army dossier.
His parents were James D CHALMERS and his wife was Elizabeth COLEMAN.
They had a farm called "Gooryo###" , his trade/calling was a farmer. (Sorry I can not read his handwriting very well.)

James David Chalmers married Elizabeth Coleman 26 July 1893 at Gunning though they are listed as living in Gundaroo. They married at St Edmunds Church, Gunning. Elizabeth's father Was Thomas Coleman and the witness were Thomas Coleman Jr and Sarah Ann Coleman. The certificate states that James was a storekeeper.
Does any one know if these people are related? I have found an Elizabeth Coleman whose parents were Thomas and Ann Coleman and an Elizabeth Chalmers who died with the parents Thomas and Annie Colman.
Can any one help me with this? James and Elizabeth had 5 children.

Tracey (WA)

FROM: Mandy Pemberton

Mandy has provided the following information on Frank Arthur Pemberton and family of Bungendore:

Frank and his wife Matilda immigrated to Australia in 1876/77. They soon settled in Bungendore where Frank took on the position of Railway Stationmaster. They very quickly had four girls, Mabel, Jessie, Olive and Blanche.

At the early age of 30 (on 26 July 1885), Frank died of an epileptic fit after feeling unwell for some days prior to this. He left his wife pregnant with their fifth child, another girl, who she named after him, Frances Alice Pemberton. Soon after her confinement she returned to live in Wales (I gather to live with members of her family).

A notice of the circumstances of Frank's death was printed in the Goulburn Herald on 28 July 1885. He is buried in Bungendore.

Mandy Pemberton

FROM: Ray Fairall

My interests are:
The Izzards of 19c Braidwood. George Izzard married Margaret McFadden(McFedden) in 1862 at Braidwood and raised their family. Both eventually died there leaving many descendants. Also interested in Ann Leacount who married Peter Byrne in 1857. Ann and Peter lived in the southern Highlands.

Ray Fairall
Phone: 02 4921 6582

FROM: Sandra Jones

I'm researching my husbands ancestors; George Moore Brownlow was murdered in 1855 by his wife Mary Ann Brownlow. I believe he was buried near Gundaroo possibly in the Guise family plot as that was Mary Ann's family name. I would appreciate any information.

Thank you.
Sandra Jones

FROM: Helen Grevatt

If anyone can assist with information on the following people I would be very pleased.

William Barber married Mary Ann Brittain (Britton/Briton etc) in 1832 at Campbeltown. The first two children born to them were John W, born 1831 and Charlotte M.A. born 1833 and both registered at Berrima. The family moved to the Lake Bathurst/Goulburn area after 1833 and appear not to have registered any more of their children. A son, William was born c.1845, supposedly at Lake Bathurst. William was believed to have been a Hotelkeeper. Mary Ann was the daughter of William Britton and Charlotte Sutton who married at Windsor in 1813. William Britton arrived per the 'Active' - a ship of the Third Fleet. Charlotte is believed to have arrived per the 'Porpoise'.

William and Mary Ann's daughter Charlotte married James Doyle at Goulburn in 1852. This family appears to have stayed in the area as the birth of children appear at Yass and Queanbeyan.

William Junior married Hannah Wright at Orange in 1868.

Helen Grevatt

FROM: Barbara Lendrum

I am interested in the name of Clarke in the Gunning area. My great grandfather was Henry James Clarke born in the Gunning area C.1850. His father was Henry Clarke(a carrier) and mother Mary (Bateman?) and is thought to have had a brother by the name of William.

Henry James Clarke married Catherine Collins in Burragorang Valley, N.S.W. on 23rd June 1872.

Barbara Lendrum

FROM: Val Macquarie-Smith

Crookwell NSW Family History: Sarah Keith 1837 - 1895, John Mouatt 1832 - 1931, William Keith 1827 - 1888, and Catherine (Kate) Mary Cameron 1830 - 1918.

Children of Sarah and John with descendants:-
John Mouat 1858 - 1924 M: Margaret Buchanan 1837 - 1895
  ( Margaret's family were related to the family of
  Sarah & William Keith. They settled in Donald, Victoria. )
Margaret Elizabeth Mouat 1859 - 1921 M: William Henry Judd 1855 - 1934
Edward Mouatt 1863 - ____ M: Mary Anne Long 1855 - 1918
Christina Mouatt 1864 - 1943 M: Ezra Harvey 1850 - 1932
Sarah Anne Mouatt 1870 - 1954 M: Alfred George Rowe 1870 - 1946
Mary Jane Mouatt 1872 - 1917 M: John Parker 1873 - 1920
Graham Buchanan Mouatt 1884 - 1950 M: Mary Eve Gordon 1882 - 1950
Associated Families: Buchanan, Scott, Roberts ,Sellick, Long, Harvey, White, Rowe, Lenny, Whitney, Selby, Apps, Holy, Grenenger, Waugh, Murdock, Brooks, Gordon, Bradbury.

Children of William and Catherine with descendants:-
Christina Keith 1857 - 1922 M: Anthony William Warn
John Keith 1860 - 1948 M: Beatrice Emma Blay
William Keith 1862 - 1931 M: Flora McInnes 1838 - 1893
Charles Duncan Keith 1866 - 1949 M: Barbara Peden
Alexander William Keith 1868 - ____ M: Emma Whittaker
Mary Anne Keith 1873 - 1956 M: Charles Cameron
Catherine Isabella Keith M: William Charles Monroe 1864 - 1909
Associated families: Warn, Blay, Cruise, Charles, Duram Court, Bennett, Bunker, Colman, Pedley, Macauley, McInnes, Pedon, Whittaker, Cameron, Monroe, Noble, Cody, Hunter.

Most of these families settled Crookwell, Taralga, Goulburn, Yass, Boorowa, Mittagong areas and many descendants are living in these areas today. Anyone with any information - I would like to hear from you.

Val Macquarie-Smith

FROM: Mary Roose

On my maternal side I am related to Tom and Sarah Brown who settled at Wesley Vale, Dalton, Tom having become known as "Old Tom Brown". Their daughter Harriet married James Christie. Their daughter, Eliza Jane married Henry Stephenson - from Crookwell.

William and Mary Stephenson arrived in Crookwell in the late 1840's, having purchased land there some years earlier. They bred horses with the Warn's, who also owned land in Crookwell. Quite a few of the children from each family married each other and remained in the area, including my direct ancestor, Benjamin Stephenson who married Hannah Warn.

The Stephensons in the Bareena Cemetery are directly related to me. Benjamin and Hannah (Warn) were my gggrandparents. Ben (b1852) was my ggrandfather's (Henry b. 1857) older brother and Rebecca (Hunt) was Ben's wife.

Any further information on the above would be appreciated. Also I would like to find out about who is buried in a family vault on the James Valley Farm which belongs to the Warn family. Keith Warn did some very good research in detailing the history of both the Warn and Stephenson families some years ago although he made reference to the family vault he does not appear to have detailed this type of information.

Mary Roose

FROM: Lee White

My g-mother was born a JONES in Goulburn in 1884. Her father was William Joseph Treanor Jones and her mother was Emily Kate née BYRNE. I have a newspaper cutting describing her wedding day [dress, attendants, jewellery etc.] which has her leaving from her home - HOBART HOUSE. Does anyone know of this house and its location in Goulburn?

My g-g-mother was born a BYRNE. I believe she may be a daughter of Thomas Henry Byrne who emigrated from Ireland in the 1840s. He is buried in St.Saviour's cemetery. I believe a Mr. Wal Young, once of 40 Pacific Highway, Kariong, NSW 2251, was doing research on T. H. Byrne and his descendants. Does anyone have material on this family? - understanding that researching the name BYRNE in this district seems to leave you with the only option of following half the sons of Northern Ireland!

Kate Byrne m. William Joseph Treanor JONES. He is listed early as a "boot finisher" and at the time of his daughter's marriage as a "carrier". Does anyone know his family history?

Please e mail any information to esthea@ozemail.com.au
Many thanks.
Lee White

FROM: Min Tamsitt

For years I have been delving into my family history, and have two STARR lines which I've traced back to East Sussex. However my interest in these families has grown with the knowledge that there were several by this surname to come to Australia, many of which slot back into the East Sussex family. The family was very staunchly Wesleyan Methodist and some were instrumental in the originating of chapels in their areas. A couple of families settled around the Dalton & Gunning areas and I would be most happy to exchange and share details with anyone who may have a STARR connection, whether it be in their own pedigree line or just a distant in-law marriage.

I am collecting all references to the STARR name with the view of being able to assist others in their Family history research.

My email address is mintamsitt@hotmail.com and I will be happy to answer all inquiries.

Min Tamsitt, Qld.

FROM: Joyce Gilbert

My name is Joyce Gilbert, and I doing my family tree. I'm trying to trace history on my great grandfather and great grandmother.

Details I have are:-
John MARTIN
Born 21/5/1859 Gundaroo
Married ?? Where??
Died ??/??/?? Goolagong

His partner/wife was
Joahannah MEAGHER
Born 13/8/1862 Dungowan Creek
Married ?? Where ??
Died ??/??/?? Where ??

Joahannah left John with 4 children at on earlier age, 2 boys & 2 girls (one was my grandfather John Martin). The girls where put in a Catholic home and the boys were reared by my great grandfather.

Any information on the marriage or/the death's of either party would be much appreciated.

We are especially interested in my great grandmother's history as none of the family know were she is buried or if there are any further children.

Joyce Gilbert
17 McAlister St
DARLINGTON POINT NSW 2706
02 6968 4172

FROM: Gordon S Herbert

Looking for information on a William Herbert of Queanbeyan.
Born in Wiltshire England abt.1783, he came to Australia as a convict in 1817, married Ann Sharkey 1818 (convict) and had the following children:
Mary Ann b.1820, William Campbell b.1824?, Thomas b.1826 and Michael b.1830.
Moved to Queanbeyan somewhere between 1830 and 1860 after initially living in Liverpool.

Any help would be appreciated.

FROM: Suzanne Jakobsen

Indexes show that a person I think may have been my great grandmother Martha Boswell (née Elliot), died in 1934.

Martha was the third eldest child of seven children. Their parents, James and Martha Elliot, died in 1858 when she was only 13. I think the children were taken in by relatives. The other Elliot children were Elizabeth; James; Mary Anne; Sarah and William.

The children of William Boswell and Martha Elliot were: Albert; Christina; George; Mary; and Ernest (my grandfather). My great grandfather's death certificate shows that and that he died at Gundaroo on 4/12/1900, aged years of bronchitis, and that he was buried at the Presbytarian cemetery at Gundaroo on 5/12/1900. It states his occupation as undertaker.

My grandfather Ernest Eugene was born at Gundaroo in 1883.

I would appreciate sharing any further information regarding this family.

Suzanne Jakobsen (née Boswell)

FROM: Shirley Mills

My mother is looking for John & Caroline (née Purcell) Casey. They were parents of Mary Casey who married George Reid (Read) on 26-12-1853 at St. Gregory's Catholic Church, Queanbeyan.
John and Caroline married on 4-2-1833 their address being given "Gondoloo". I believe John died in 1852 and was buried in Gundaroo Cemetery - probably catholic.
Also seeking any descendants.
Thank you for any assistance,
Shirley Mills.

FROM: Michelle Thew

I am researching the Vallance family of Murrumbateman, Yass, Gunning area and would appreciate any information about them. I am a direct descendant of Hugh and Margaret Vallance who arrived in Australia on the ship Trinidad 6/11/1841.
I have most of the family tree worked out and can trace them to my grandfather William Vallance who lives in Corrimal NSW. I have only been able to locate one grave at Gundaroo Village cemetery for Hugh who was the son of Hugh and Margaret. They were a very large family so there must be many graves in the area. Anyone with information regarding the Vallance family, where they are buried, where their property was or anything else please email me with the details.

I am also interested in finding out the names of Elizabeth Butt's parents. She married Peter Vallance in 1858 in the Yass area. She would be my g g greatgrandmother.

Michelle

FROM: John Murray

I am trying to trace an ancestor Patrick Murray born in 1802 or 1806 at Muff/Kingscourt/Cavan/Ireland. Note some of the documents show him as Carlow rather than Cavan.

He was married and had two children. His father's name may have been William or Thomas. He received a life sentence, was transported as a convict and arrived in NSW in April 1832 on Captain Cook - 1st voyage. There were no females on his voyage. I do not know whether his wife and children followed him to Australia.

He worked for J Kennedy in Appin. He appears in a muster of 1837. He received various tickets of leave and finally, in 1851, a conditional pardon which meant he was free provided he remained in NSW.

I cannot trace his death certificate in NSW although I still have to examine those that would have made him 80+ at his death. I also have to try to examine death certificates for Queensland. I have not been able to find him in any online cemetery. Indeed I have been surprised at the small number of Murrays appearing in the online cemetery lists.

John Murray

FROM: Mr Geoff Chin, Mt Colah, NSW

Information on Margaret Dyce of Gundaroo

Born: 1835, Gundaroo
Parents: Patrick Dyce and Margaret Roach
Died: 24.4.1896, Gladstone Street, Merrylands
Buried: Mays Hill Cemetery, Parramatta
Married: Charles Bennett in Gundaroo 26.3.1855
Children:
   Henry Alexander b. 1856
   Margaret Emily b. 1858
   Felix Sydney b. 1860
   Johanna Strane b. 1863
   Patrick b. 1865
   Augustus Arthur b. 1866
   Evelyn Oswald b. 1867
   Lydia Ann b. 1873
   William James b. 1876
   Percy Horace b. 1879
all born in Gundaroo

Margaret's father Patrick was a settler from Aberdeen, Scotland, who arrived in 1828 and her mother was a convict. Patrick acquired land at Gundaroo and part of this land became Margaret's inheritance when she reached the age of 21. In about 1886 the family moved to live in Parramatta.

FROM: Mr Geoff Chin, Mt Colah, NSW

Information on Charles Masters of Gundaroo
Charles Masters (1811 - 1894) Farm labourer, gold fossiker, farmer
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Was born in 1811 in Peasmarsh, Sussex, England; baptised 5 May 1811 at Peasmarsh Methodist Church; son of George (agricultural labourer) and Sarah (Foster); married Philadelphia Paine (1814 - 1897) daughter of Robert Sussex and Hannah Boots on 28.3.1835 in Brebe, Sussex; arrived in Sydney 11.10.1837 per Augusta Jesse and purchased Brookes Creek, NSW.

Children:
Annie (1834 - 1897) wed Taylor
Robert (1837 - 1923)
Eliza Esther (1839 - 1915) wed Armour
Elizabeth Sarah ( 1841 - ?) wed Armour
Emma (1843 - 1899) wed Barber
Charles (1844 - 1923)
Caroline (1846 - ?) wed Noakes
Harriett (1848 - 1919) wed Dawson
Ellen (1850 - 1896) wed Hines
Alfred (1852 - 1929)
Eliass (1854 - 1915)

Died 28.8.1894 at Brookes Creek and buried at St. Luke's Upper Gundaroo.

FROM: Mr Geoff Chin, Mt Colah, NSW

Information on George FORBES
George FORBES (1851 - 1928) farmer, grazier and carrier of Gundaroo NSW, Young and Nyngan.
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Born 19.3.1851 son of Patrick, farmer and grazier of 'Neston', Gundaroo, and Jane Molineaux; had conditional land lease of 2500 acres in 1898 at Beablebar, Nyngan.

Spouse was Helen Douglas (1856 - 1938) daughter of Joseph Douglas of Mount Lanbie, Bathurst, and Mary Anne (Howell). They were married on 12.1.1876 at the Presbyterian Church in Young.

Children:
Sydney Douglas (1876 - 1958)
George (1878 - 1965)
Rodney (1979 - 1882)
Ruby Georgina (1881 - 1882)
Archibald Essington (1883 - 1885)
Leonard Hiver ((1885 - 1933)
Bernard(?) (1887 - 1915)
Ellie Valentine (1890 - 1925) wed Smith
Charles Volney (1892 - 1917)
May Josephine Mary (1893 - 1961) wed Arneil.

He was about 16 when his family moved Lambine Flat goldfields. He spent a brief time on the Emu Creek goldfields near Grenfell and in the 1870s worked as a farmer at Cudgell Creek, Young where several of his brothers had selections.
In 1882 he and his family travelled north and west in search of land. The two youngest children Rodney and Ruby died on the journey at Nymagee.
In 1883 George obtained a conditional purchase of 640 acres near Nyngan which he named 'Neston' after the property at Gundaroo.
He retained Neston for 15 years but also worked as a carrier using a bullock team to take supplies from the railhead at Nyngan to Nymagee and Cobar and bringing back wool, wheat and copper from the mines.
He sold Neston to Goldsborough Mort in 1898 and obtained a settlement lease of 2560 acres at Beablebar 20 miles south of Nyngan. In 1905 he obtained an additional lease of 2440 acres. On this property named Beablebar he built a family home and became a successful sheep breeder and woolgrower.
Interested in horse racing, he was involved in the Nyngan Jockey Club and the Picnic Race Club and became the first President of the Beablebar Picnic Race Club. The meetings were conducted on his property before moving to a site opposite Mullengudgery railway station.
The race meetings were popular events in the northwest until 1941. He was a supporter of Nyngan Hostpital, foundation member of Nyngan P and A Association, and a foundation member of Lodge Oxley. He was a good horseman and won a prize for throwing the hammer at Young in May 1887.

He died in Nyngan on 21.11.1928 and was buried in the C of E cemetery.

FROM: Lorraine Neate

Samuel Niblett married Mary Murphy.
Their daughter Eliza (whose birth does not appear to have been registered) was my great great grandmother.
She and her mother Mary who married Richard Howell after the death of Samuel (no record of his death) were witnesses called at the hearing of the murder trial of Mary Ann Brownlow.

Lorraine Neate

FROM: Kylie Ashworth

I am interested in any information relating to the descendants of George and Mary WILESMITH (WILDSMITH) of Durham, England. and their children:
George and Mary WILESMITH (WILDSMITH), of COOTAMUNDRA/BERRIMA;
John WILESMITH and Eliza FROST, of KEMPSEY/JUNEE;
Margaret WILESMITH and John LOITERTON of COOTAMUNDRA/BERRIMA/JINDALEE;
Robert WILESMITH and Matilda BARRET of TEMORA; and
James WILESMITH and Anne EVANS of JINDALEE/HAY/NARRANDERRA/RANDWICK.

Also looking for the final resting place of George and Mary WILESMITH, at Wingecarribbe - Berrima (Church of England Cemetery).
Please contact me at kas70137@bigpond.net.au

Thank you.

Kylie Ashworth

FROM: Dawn Stanford

I am searching for any information on the Tiyce (Theis) family. My e-mail address is fizztop@iprimus.com.au
Thank you
Dawn Stanford

FROM: Craig Williams

I have an interest in Gundaroo because my ancestor, John Grady was born there around 1842. He married Mary Lynch in Queanbeyan in 1861.

I am happy to share any Grady information I have with interested parties, and, obviously, am interested in any new info people could offer me.

Craig Williams

FROM: Kerry

Searching for ANY info on the DAVIS, LEDGER, GILOOLY, GARNER families in the Yass district. Peter DAVIS married Marion LEDGER in 1916. They lived at Yass.
Samuel LEDGER married Sarah Ann GARNER, in 1875. They apparently lived at 'The Mullion'.
Elizabeth GILLESLEY / GILLULEY married William DAVIS in 1862.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Sarah GILLULY. From the records I have accessed, it appears that Sarah wasn't born. I suspect, however, that she was, & her father was Michael GILOOLY an Irish convict transported on the Atlas 2 in 1802.
In the 1828 Census, Michael GLULEY was 60 years old, a shepherd to Mr Allan, at Goulburn Plains. (i.e. Andrew ALLAN, landowner with 10,560 acres).
Despite the fact that Michael's death doesn't appear to have been registered, he was buried on 19/8/1853, at Bungendore Cemetery, aged 92 years, named Michael GILHOOLY.

My email address is: kerrycranney@hotmail.com

Thanks,
Kerry

FROM: Lynne Radley

I have been researching the Bye family history, particularly that of John Bye Jnr. who was born in Gunning 21/3/1855. He went to Bourke at age abt. 18.
His parents were John and Margaret and they came to Australia on the Queen Victoria arriving 26/7/1841. John has 3 brothers and 3 sisters, but I do not know how his parents John and Margaret arrived at Gunning or when they left.
Margaret died in 1903 and is buried in the Catholic Cemetry, Junee NSW. I have no idea on when John died or where he is buried.
I have plenty of information on John Jnr., his marriage, his children and all their descendants etc. but am looking for information on his father.
I hope someone out there may have some information that would help. I am happy to share any of the information that I have already researched with anyone who may be interested.

Thank you.
Lynne Radley (Née Bye)

FROM: Keith James Manning

Descendents of Richard JACKSON

Richard JACKSON, born 15 Mar 1821 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died 17 Oct 1899 in Alectown, NSW, Australia; buried 18th October 1899 in Alectown, Church of England Cemetry, Australia, son of Richard JACKSON and 3. Mary ((---)) Jackson.
He married in 1849 in Selby, Yorkshire, England Ann (BRYAN) Jackson, born 27 Aug 1830 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died 15 Dec 1897 in Alectown, NSW, Australia, daughter of John BRYAN and Mary ((---)) Bryan.
At one time Richard lived 1 Mowle St. Collector. The area is now paddocks (1995) but you can see where the street once laid because of the fence perimeters run parallel to where the street once was. Collector Creek flows at the bottom of the street. This is where Sarah Jackson drowned in 1864 on the 5th of December. See notes on Sarah Jackson.
The exact date of their marriage is unknown; information from children's birth certificates vary. Ann gave the year of their marriage in 1848 and 1849. Richard gave 1839, 1840, 1848, 1851 and 1853. On Ann's death certificate Richard said that Ann was 16 years old when she was married. This makes the year to be 1846. Richard was the informant. The information that Ann provided on her children certificates would be the most reliable source of information.
The cause of death for Richard was 'congestion' of the livers. Ann died of Apoplexy (stroke).

Children of Richard JACKSON and Ann BRYAN were as follows:
Mary Ann JACKSON, born 1850.
(---) JACKSON, born 1852.
(---) JACKSON, born 1855.
(---) JACKSON, born 1857.
Richard JACKSON, born 1854.
John JACKSON, born 1856 in Collector, NSW, Australia; died 2 Sep 1861 in Collector, NSW, Australia; buried 4th September 1861 in Collector.
William George JACKSON, born 23 Jul 1858 in Collector, NSW, Australia.
Margaret Elizabeth JACKSON, born 3 Sep 1860 in Collector, NSW, Australia.
Sarah JACKSON, born 2 May 1862 in Collector, NSW, Australia; died 3 Dec 1864 in Collector, NSW, Australia; buried 6th December 1864 in Collector. On Sarah Jackson's death certificate the cause of death was listed as accidental drowning.
Sarah Jane JACKSON, born 7 Nov 1864 in Collector, NSW, Australia; died 31 Dec 1939 in Kogarah, NSW, Australia; buried 2 Jan 1940 in Church of England section of Woronora Cemetry, NSW, Australia.
John JACKSON, born 8 Oct 1867 in Burranjong, NSW, Australia; died 4 Mar 1867 in Green Swamp, NSW, Australia; buried 5th March 1867 in Young Cemetery. Died from a fractured skull. On the death certificate under the heading where born it was put Main Creek Young.
Fannie Emaline JACKSON, born 9 Mar 1871 in Burrangong.
Alice Edith JACKSON, born 15 Jun 1874 in Parkes, NSW, Australia.

FROM: Joan McIntyre

I am researching GRANT and LYNHAM. Who lived in the Collector area in the 1840s.
My connection is through their third child - my great-grandmother Marian Grant.
Thank you.
Joan McIntyre

FROM: Warwick McCall

My name is Warwick McCall and my wife is Pat (née Hamilton). My wife's family is from Goulburn, but had its origins in Spring Valley near Collector. Her Mother's side is the ever present Eldridge family from Binda near Crookwell. I would love to hear from anyone doing research on either of these families and would be willing to exchange what information I have.

Many thanks.
Address: 40 Balonne St, Kaleen ACT 2617
e-mail: warwickmc@actewagl.net.au
WWW: http://warwickmccall.tripod.com

FROM: Judith A Sutton

I have been researching my MURRAY family history and have only gone back as far as my great-grandfather, George Edward MURRAY. He died at Collector 6 April 1900, and his death certificate states that he was buried in the Wesleyan Cemetery at Collector 7 April 1900. Is the Wesleyan Cemetery a separate area, or is it what is now known as the Uniting Church? [Yes - G.C.]
I have found three of his daughters in the cemetery lists - Rhoda Elizabeth ALLPORT , died 31 July 1944, buried Anglican Section, Dalton; Amy F M OLD, died 25 August 1923, buried Uniting Church Cemetery, Collector; Rachel JOHNSON, died 6 April 1955 [the same date as her father, 55 years on], buried General Cemetery, Gunning.
I know that George Edward MURRAY arrived in Australia at the age of 10 or 11 in 1833. His parents were John and Ruth (née Proctor) MURRAY, and they arrived in Sydney on 30 May 1833 per 'Eliza'. My search is now to try and find information about his father and mother and the county in Ireland where his birthplace of Frankfort is located, as there are towns of that name in four counties.

Judith Sutton (email: juansutt@bigpond.com)

FROM: Wendy Cox

I am looking for any information on the BLOOMFIELD and BYRNES family who lived in Gundaroo from about 1833.

John BLOOMFIELD (Captain Cook 1833) was born in Suffolk, England abt 1803. He was convicted of stealing silver and transported for life to Port Jackson. He was assigned to WJ Packer, Gundaroo. He recieved a ticket of leave 1841.

John married Margaret BYRNES, born ?Parramatta 1820 and had 15 children, 12 of whom survived. John and Margaret married 1857, 9 years after the birth of their first child. The children were James b.1848, John b. 1845, George ( my GGGGrandfather) b.1849, twins Hannah and Margaret b. 1854, Susan b. 1856, Samuel b. 1859, Fanny b. 1861, William b. 1863, Thomas b.1866, Stephen b.1870 and Charles b.1872.

John was 68 and Margaret 52 at the birth of Charles. John died 1882 at age 80. Margaret isn't mentioned on his death certificate. The informant is John BLOOMFIELD - son. The witnesses are George NOYES ( Grandson of convict Silas NOYES Georgiana 1831) married to Susan, George MARTIN married to Fanny and George SILBY married to Hannah.

Goerge BLOOMFIELD moved to Maryborough and married Jane Amelia BARTON 1873. I am unsure of the movement of the other children.

My questions are these :-
Where was Margaret born and who are her parents? When did Margaret die? Considering there are 1163 BLOOMFIELD's living in Suffolk 1803 so which one is my John and who are his parents? Does anyone have connections to this family? I would love to hear from you.

Thanks, Wendy COX

FROM: Jennifer L Touzell

I am interested in hearing from anyone who has information on de Guise and Brownlow history...particularly the whereabouts of Maryanne's grave and the fate of her child born in Goulbourn jail before her execution, and where the family originated from (France or The Jersey Islands).
The information I have was passed on to me by my Grandmother (dec) Alice Rock who was the great grand-daughter of Maryanne and George Brownlow. Some further research has been carried out by other family members over the years. The story does vary occasionally but the articles of interest to me, mentioned above, have never been decided definitely.

If anyone is able to give me any further information I would be most grateful.

Jennifer L Touzell.

FROM: Kaye Vernon

My interest is in John Thomas Hadson / Hudson who married Alice Ann Keyte who was the adopted daughter of Denis and Catherine Murphy.
They were in the Dirt Hole Flats / Collector / Currawong area 1853 - 1863.
Trying to find death certs of John Thomas and Alice .

Kaye Vernon
Beacon Hill

FROM: Debbie Smith

I am searching for any information I can find on John Kennedy Hume, who was murdered at Gunning on 20/1/1840. His wife was Elizabeth O'Neil.
I believe I am a descendant of his daughter Matilda born in 1836. She married James Hall Hume in 1868. She had a daughter Jane born 1863 (father unknown). John was the son of Andrew Hume & Elizabeth Moore Hume (née Kennedy). He was the brother of Hamilton Hume & Francis Rawden Hume & Isabella Barber (née Hume).
If anyone can help me with any information regarding this prominent family, I would be delighted to hear from you.

Thanks Debbie
Email: blossom_7356@hotmail.com

FROM: Margaret McIntosh

I am searching for my paternal grandparents.
James NEALE is my grandfather. Cicely Clare MAGANN is my grandmother.
Henry and Mary Neale arrived in Australia as assisted Immigrants on the "Elizabeth" on 31.3.1845.
Their children were Robert aged 6, Steward aged 4 and Martha 8months old.

Steward is my g-grandfather who married Catherine GOODWIN in Sydney 1862.
Their children were John b.1862, Mary J b.1864, James b.1872 (my grandfather) at Mutbilly, Henry Thomas b.1868 at Breadalbane, Stewart Matthew b.1874 at Mutbilly, Francis Nicholas b.1876 at Collector, Richard Mark b.1879, Catherine Ada b.1880, Annie McD b.1882 (although her parents are shown as Stewart and Caroline), Patrick Henry b.1884.
My grandfather James NEALE married Cicely Clare MAGANN at Leichhardt in 1906. Her parents were James MAGANN who married Rosanna MCKANNA (MCCARNEA) later registered as being spelt McKENNA in 1852.

Margaret McIntosh (née Neale)

FROM: Margaret Doughty

I am interested in the names BUTT and MALONEY. They are from two different lines in my family.
1. Children of a John and Augusta BUTT, who came to Australia in 1857.
2. John Joseph MALONEY who was born in Yass or Boorowa of parents Patrick Maloney and Margaret O'Connor.

Margaret Doughty

FROM: Lynne Randell

I am researching Francis Richard Poidevin; unable to find death certificate to establish cause of death. Date of birth 31/10/1850. Died 29/04/1899.

Would appreciate any information including his occupation.

FROM: Rod Smith

My paternal grandmother Sarah Sophia BROWN was born at Dalton (Jerrawa Creek) in 1875 the daughter of Thomas Bernard BROWN from Northamptonshire and Maria BUSH.
Maria was the third daughter(?) of the cousins John and Hephzibah BUSH son and daughter respectively of the convict Jeremiah BUSH and his brother the free settler Arthur BUSH.
The BUSH/BUSH marriage had 16 known children most of whom married and the BROWN/BUSH marriage had 16 known children most of whom married. I am therefore related to a vast number of families in the district and further "down" the road at Goulburn and the Moss Vale district and beyond. As a consequence I have embarked upon a rather ambitious project of documenting "The Descendants of Arthur BUSH/Mary POMPHREY and Jeremiah BUSH/Mary FLOOD in Australia".
This has been done twice now to my knowledge. Firstly in a book titled "The BUSH brothers of Jerrawa Creek" published c1957 a copy of which I am fortunate to own. Secondly a more recent revised book a copy of which I would love to obtain so that I could decided whether my project would be worthwhile or not.
Anybody who could guide me to obtaining a copy of the more recent BUSH family tree, who is also a descendant and might like to correspond or whom I might be able to assist is most welcome.

Rod Smith
23 Tributary Place
Australind 6233
WA
email: camelot@geo.net.au

FROM: Peter McNally

Please let me know if anyone has any information on the following families:
   Davis
   McNally
   Woodman
   Bush
All surrounding the Murrumbateman, Yass & Bowral areas.

Thank you
Peter McNally

FROM: Kym Nicholson

I'd like to add a few names to the region:) These include BARNES, BRAY, BROWN, CARDEW, CLARK, COLE, COUCH, HANGER, HARLEY, HARPER, HUTCHINS, MATTHEW, NIXON, PAYNE, PRIVETT, RUSSELL, SALES, VINCENT, and WATTS.

If anyone would like information on these families or have information on these families, we would be very interested to hear from people.

Thanks
Kym Nicholson & Daniel Nixon

FROM: Kerry Gavin

I am very interested in finding out about my G.G. Grandmother ELIZA GALL (or maybe Gaul) she was born at Jerrawa Creek in around 1843 to 1849. I cannot find the name Gall or Gaul anywhere in the records of Yass, Gunning or Dalton. I have just obtained her marriage certificate and I know she was married on the 18th May 1891 at the Primitive Methodist Church at Broadway Dalton to William Howard who is the grandson of Jeremiah Bush. The Bushes are well known to the area and I have a lot of information on them but Eliza remains a mystery to me. I am anxiously waiting for her death certificate to shed some light on her family. I do know from the Registry records that her parents are James and Mary A. Gall and that she died in 1933.
I am interested to know where the name Gall is from and of course the maiden name of her mother. The marriage certificate has no extra family information on it. I know that Eliza and William were married after the had their 7 or 9 children. I am interested to know of the name or of any records from the church.

Update:
I have found out a bit more information on my GG Grandmother, I am now following up her parents who it seems are interred at Greendale cemetery under the name of Mr and Mrs Gaul, number 82 on the cemetery list. I am hoping someone may be able to shed some light on them. I am assuming they are the parents of Eliza Gall whose cemetery number is 81 and buried as Eliza Howard. On Eliza's death certificate it states her parents as James Gall and Mary Ann Wedge or Widge. Any information would be great.

FROM: Vivien Edwards

I am the g-g granddaughter of Daniel Nathaniel Thomas McKeig.
He was born in 1870 and died at Yass on 14/12/1930. He married Sarah Jane Grocott on 24/1/1895.
I am looking for any information regarding Daniel.

Vivien Edwards

FROM: Rachel Steele

I am researching my mother's family from the Gundaroo/Goulburn areas, namely the families of GORDON and CARTER.
William GORDON was born about 1830 in London, he married Mary Grace CARTER who was born about 1834 in Goulburn. They were married in 1860 at Gundaroo and had three children that I know of Elizabeth....1864, Matthew....1867 and Mary J.
William Gordon's occupation was a 'digger'.

Any information on any of these people would be greatly appreciated.

Rachel Steele

FROM: Shane David Wright

I am writing a book on the Shoemark family. Two brothers, with their brides and one young boy, came to Australia from Somerset in 1855, and all Shoemarks in Australia are related to these five people.
This includes George Shoemark and his wife Emily who lived in Lake Bathurst with their family through the first 50 years of the 20th century. Emily was in fact the postmistress for the village for most of this time.
A sister of George, Emma, married John Thomas Sheridan at Lerida in 1890, settling at John's property just outside Collector.

I am especially looking for information from John and Emma's relations - the couple had five children, Olive, Harry, Fred, Jack and Lilly, before Emma's death in 1904.
Children of George and Emily include George jnr, Alfred George, Oswald, Ruth, Eileen, Edith, Harold, Elsie and Florence.

If you have any information, clues or just what a chat, please call or email.

Contact details
Ph. 02 6282 0393
or shaneanddanette@bigpond.com

FROM: Colleen Willis

Does anyone have any information on Ellen Green and Patrick Flood, who stated they married at Gundaroo c 1850 ?
They had about 11 children. Hannah (Anna) b. c. 1856 Yass, Jane 1857,Ellen 1859,Elizabeth 1862, Thomas b. 1863 (the first reg,) Allen,1865 Henry (Harry) 1870, Eliza 1875 Mary Agnes (Maggie) 1877 Simon (Samuel) 1880. Hannah was my great grandmother.
Ellen was said to be born Gundaroo, however the only baptism of a "Green" who suits is Helen Green. b. 13 July 1840 parents Thomas Green (settler) and Ann. Patrick Flood and Ellen (Green) were at Billabong Creek, Bethungra in the 1870's.
Patrick Flood was born Dublin Ireland c. 1817 and died Bethungra 30 November, 1887 and Ellen (Green) Flood died Cootamundra 9 October 1914.

I would appreciate any information on Patrick and Ellen and descendants.
Colleen.
col.wil@optusnet.com.au

FROM: Louise Inall

My name is Louise Inall and I am tracing my family history, at the moment I am tracing my mother's side, my mother is a Fenton.
I have some information tracing back to Isaac Fenton and his wife Anne Fenton (née Winter), I know that the Fenton's were around the Gundaroo area and the Crookwell and surrounding areas.
If anyone has any information at all, could they please email me at lollie3@bigpond.com. It would be a big help to me.

Thank you
Louise Inall

FROM: Marie Young

My interest in Gundaroo is my Great Grandfather's brother Robert Clark/e, Innkeeper, who is buried in St Luke's cemetery (he died in 1861). He was a twin. He and his sister were the first set of twins born in the colony (1817), and was the son of Daniel & Hannah Clark/e (née Stanley).

Another of my connections is Lydia Jackson (formerly Neve and Hook (née Hobbs)). Lydia and James Neve were my great grandparents. Lydia is buried in Boorowa.

Marie Young
Sydney

FROM: Mark Kelly

KELLY FAMILY

I am trying to trace down information about the following family who lived in the YASS/Binalong/Harden area.
I am looking for the parents of Thomas James Kelly (b: 21 Jan 1850) who married Charlotte Isabella Harrison at 28 May 1878 in Yass.
His Baptism certificate shows the parents as John and Mary Kelly living in Cumbermurra (near Yass) and was a Settler.

Does anyone have further information on this? It would be much appreciated.

Regards,
Mark Kelly
Ph: (02) 9665 7561

FROM: Leanne Hay

I live in Wagga Wagga and I'm doing my family history.
I'm looking for the name Rudd - my father's family from around the Goulburn area.
Any information welcome.

Leanne Hay

FROM: Ron Sleigh

Looking for info etc. on Michael Canty who married Bridget O'Hehir at St Augustin's Catholic Church Yass 28/02/1868.
They had at least 7 children: John 1869 - Bridget 1871 - Joseph 1871 (twins) - Michael 1873 - Annie 1877 - Phillip 1881- and my G /Father Francis 1844, all born at Burrowa.
I would like to find out about Michael's and Bridget's parents .....who they were - where they came from etc. any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

FROM: Lyn Eccles

Thomas James March and Jobbins family:

I am interested in Thomas James March b. 1808, d. 1902 Bywong, m. Charlotte Plummer 1828.

Also interested in Edward Jobbins descendants (particularly Peter Jobbins).

Lyn Eccles

FROM: Norma Staber

I am one of many great-great-granddaughters of Mary Ann Brownlow and have volumes of information on her as well as the associated families descended from her grandfather, Sgt. Richard Guise. However I still have two missing links viz. the birthplace, in France, of Richard Guise and the confirmation of the death of Mary Ann's baby boy, George Brownlow, born to her in Goulburn Gaol. He was said to have died in infancy but there is no record of same to be found.
Her two daughters, Catherine(my great-grandmother) and Eliza, were raised by Henry and Elizabeth Lintott (Mary Ann's sister) which is why I have asked for help from Lintott descendants and/or those of Eliza Flanagan (née Brownlow).

Associated family names for the Lintott line of interest to me are:
Green, Lintott, Mortimer, Porter, Scanlon, Watz, Weston.

Associated family names for the Flanagan line of interest to me are:
Cosier, Flanagan, Gribble, Kerr, Leary.

Norma Staber
75 Moala Parade, Charmhaven, NSW 2263.

FROM: Rob Ryan

Michael Ryan b. abt. 1832 Cappawhite Co. Tipperary d. 29.12.1909 Grace Flat, Bowning, NSW. (arr. Aust. 'Dirigo' 1860.)
m. (Sydney 1860) Margaret Warren b. abt. 1834 Birdhill Co. Tipperary d. 3.9.1908 Grace Flat Bowning, NSW. (arr. Aust. 'Fitzjames' 1858.)

I would like to know more about their time at Ginninderra Creek and Murrumbateman which remains mostly a mystery.
They were shepherds and share farmers at Ginninderra Creek soon after 1860, moved to Murrumbateman around 1880ish (60 acres - leasehold?) then finally settled on their own property at Grace Flat, Bowning, NSW around 1900ish. They had 9 children, 3 died in infancy at Ginninderra Creek, a 4th age 18 at Murrumbateman. For example, did they work for G.T. Palmer jnr or William Davis at Ginninderra Creek? How did they progress to their own 60 acre block at Murrumbateman? Michael is listed on arrival as 'labourer, RC, neither read or write'. Perhaps odd for the time, Margaret was C of E. Does a cemetery remain at what was then Ginninderra Creek? I have some other details (eg: children's names and subsequent fate) and life at Bowning after Murrumbateman is reasonably well known.

Rob Ryan
Melbourne

FROM: Maureen Grieves

I am interested in the Howell, Hollingsworth and Beeton names. They all lived in and around the Yass area.

Thank-you.
Maureen

FROM: Lynne Hannan

I am a descendant of the Hannan family and I now live in Melbourne.
I am interested in the Hannan family and particularly in my grandfather Edward Joseph Hannan (b.1877) and John Hannan, my great great grandfather (on whom I have no details at all).

Thanks in anticipation,
Lynne Hannan

FROM: Lois Coles

I am researching the COLES family in the GUNDAROO AREA.
JAMES COLES a grazier died 1889 and his wife ELIZABETH died 1910 both are buried at St Lukes, Upper Gundaroo.
JAMES and ELIZABETH arrived in NSW on the Plantagent in 1854 with their 4 children named as follows:
MARYANN COLES chr 1844 possibly married a JAMES MOORE reg BRAIDWOOD 1862 MARYANN d 1920 PETERSHAM

RACHEL COLES chr 1845 married EDWARD HENRY TAYLOR in 1862 reg BRAIDWOOD,, RACHEL died ANNANDALE 1925 family as follows
AMY E
RACHEL CP, ( CONSTANCE) married JAMES GREENLEES in 1865 reg LEICHHARDT
JAMES C...............EDWARD...................FANNY.........
MARY A O ( OLIVE) married JOHN A MACLEOD 1906 reg ANNANDALE
CAROLINE ( CARRIE) married FRANK C G TREMLETT 1907 reg ANNANDALE
HAROLD E married VIOLA P FISHER 1902 reg SINGLETON

RICHARD COLES chr 1847 married ELLEN LORRIGAN 1881 reg QUEANBEYAN, RICHARD died SPRINGFIELD 1922 family as follows:
WILLIAM
EMILY FLORENCE
ADA married WILLIAM BOOTH 1906 reg QUEANBEYAN
ERNEST E married ETHEL E JEFFS 1911 reg WEST WYALONG
ALICE M
SELBY J married BERTHA N DARBY 1914 at PETERSHAM
ERIC R
IRENE

JOB COLES married SARAH EIRTH 1877 QUEANBEYAN family as follows:
JOHN 1877-1877 .............HENRY..............JAMES
CHARLES married SARAH HEAZLETT 1911
JOHN

I would love to hear from anybody researching any of the above names, and any help at all would be appreciated.
Lois Coles

FROM: Julie McGill

I am researching my ancestral tree and am trying to confirm the Casey family structure from the Queanbeyan, Cooma, Bombala regions.

My GG Grandfather was Daniel Casey b 1816 in Kerry, Ireland and his wife was Mary Ann Griffin b 01/02/1831at New Norfolk, Buckingham, Tasmania. They married at Hunters Hill, NSW 07/12/1846.

Daniel and Mary Ann had 10 children; Ellen b28/11/1849: Elizabeth b07/03/1852: Honora b05/08/1855: John b1857: Catherine b05/04/1860: Thomas b1862: Daniel b08/10/1865: all these in the Queanbeyan Cooma area; Mary A b1867: Timothy A b1870: both these supposedly back in Kerry Ireland ?? and finally Henry William b1874 back in Queanbeyan again. I trust the detail is correct but is as yet unconfirmed. I got the dates and lineage from the NSW Births Deaths and Marriages.

The Thomas mentioned is my G Grandfather. One of his sons Andrew Hartigan Casey b1891 moved to Melbourne sometime and married an Ellen Jordan abt 1918 and produced my Dad.

Any person/s with an interest is welcome to email me.
Julie McGill

FROM: Peter Moore

My grandmother, Ada McGrath, was born in Gundaroo 21 Jan 1884. Her father was Hugh Anthony Joseph McGrath who operated a general store in Gundaroo called 'London House' which was on the corner of Cork and Lot Streets.

For further information on Hugh McGrath and his family go here.

FROM: Gail F Wipaki

I'm interested in the family of Hannah Foulks who married John Auckland at Yass NSW. Hannah was born at Gunning NSW around 1848; I haven't found her birth yet.
John Auckland was a Grazier at the time of his death on 26th January 1932.
John and Hannah had about 8 children - the eldest was Mary Ann who was my Great-Grandmother. I have info on Mary Ann and her husband Thomas Tracey, who came up to north-west Qld and settled at McKinlay.
John Auckland had a place around Tumut called Walls Flat.
I would like to find more information if possible.

Gail F Wipaki

FROM: Lynette

I am seeking information on Rebecca Cummings née Holbrook and John Cummins who resided in Collector, NSW. Rebecca died 28 Dec. 1874 and was buried in Collector. Minister was Rev H E Taylor, Church of England.
Rebecca was born in England about 1826.
John was born in Scotland.
At the time of Rebecca's death there was 1 boy, 1 girl living. 5 boys and 6 girls deceased.

Any further information would be gratefully received.

Lynette - NZ

FROM: Leanne Ward

The family name I am researching is WARD. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

FROM: Cheryl Hewlett

Go here to see some of my ALCHIN, LANHAM and DOWLING family photographs.

FROM: Val Wilkinson

Go here for information about Catherine RYAN, Joseph TURTON and their family.

FROM: Fran Stephenson

Go here for information about William Alexander Jackson and Caroline Jackson (Turner).

FROM: Gail Macqueen

My name is Gail Macqueen.
I am researching the LOOMES and STEAR families from Gunning, Yass, Bowning and surrounding areas, and the families related by marriage. These include BROWN, ALCHIN, SOUTHWELL, SMITH, ANDERSON, BANKS, PRIOR, CRAGO, SILVER, BERGIN, NICHOLS.
I am happy to share what I have, but would be grateful for information received as well.

FROM: Denise Simpson

My gggrandfather was John Kelly born between 1815-1828. He lived in the Braidwood area had land at Mongarlowe.
John Kelly married Maryane Manning at Goulburne in 1850.
John died 1863 and Maryane later married Charles Hattley 1868.
John Kelly arived 1831/32 and was not heard of until he married Maryane in 1850. I would love to know his whereabouts between those years. Apparently there was a Kelly family bible with information about the Kellys and I would love to know its whereabouts. I would love to hear from anyone related or who could answer any of my questions.
Denise

FROM: Bobby Drover

Interests are:
John MAHER 1835 'Backwell'
John MARTIN 1835 'England'
John BROWNE 1836 'Surry'
FENSOM / FENSON
GILLARD
William DROVER 1831 'Camden'
Samuel TAYLOR 1840s- 1850s
James and Elizabeth COTTINGTON / CODDINGTON
John L. COTTINGTON
Jeremiah McAULIFFE of Nanima, Gundaroo
Johanna LEAHY of Mount Prospect, Gundaroo

Please write with information or enquiries to:
Mr Bobby Drover
2/38 Greenwell Point Road
Greenwell Point
NSW 2540

FROM: Wendy Harris

I am researching:

Margaret and Alexander Fraser, she died 2.1.1894, Binda and he died in Charleville. They had Isabella (Grilly) died Binda 1920, Jane (Cashmere), Henrietta (died on voyage from Scotland), Sarah (died in infancy), Alexander (born 1841 "Narrawa" Binda and died Charleville ), Elizabeth (born Crookwell 1844 and died Charleville) and MaryAnn (McDonald) born and married in Binda.

Alexander and Elizabeth married Martha and William Marks respectively. They were the children of William Marks and Ann (Lamb) . Martha was born at Markdale and William at Mulgowie. William Marks (Senior) was born in England (I think) and died Binda and Ann was born in England and died Yass. I think Ann had multiple marriages.

I would love some help from someone.

FROM: Mike Hallinan

I am the great great grandson of Thomas and Elizabeth Turner, who either purchased or leased "Barnsdale" from Donald Roderick Macleod in late April 1845 until sometime around 1850.

Thomas was the son of John and Mary Turner from Brewood, Staffordshire and had arrived in Australia in 1834. He had come out to assist his elder brother John Entwistle Turner run the property "Yeumberah" on the Murrumbidgee river not far from Murrumbateman. I have not as yet been able to determine if the brothers owned, leased or managed "Yeumberah" but it appears that Thomas and Elizabeth Turner had returned to live on "Yeumberah" by 17 June 1850 when their third child James Francis Turner was born. They were still there when my great grandfather Alfred Devonshire Turner was born on 1 September 1852.

Elizabeth Turner was born Elizabeth Wingate on 24 October 1808 in Verdun, France. Her father, Lieut. George Thomas Wingate RN, was a prisoner of war in Verdun from 10 November 1805 until his release sometime around 1814. Her mother, Thomzin Devonshire, and the