St Paul's Anglican Church, Cobbity, NSW (Cemetery)

?, ID3331
Last Edited20 Feb 2019

St John's Anglican Church, Parramatta, NSW (Church)

?, ID3332
Last Edited16 Feb 2021
(Church) Marriage10 Oct 1804Thomas Dunn, Rose Bean; St John's Anglican Church, Parramatta, NSW; >
Married by Rev. Samuel Marsden.
Eight children.
First child born out of wedlock, probably the result of Rose being raped by two Irish convicts in Feb 1803 (13 months before the Vinegar Hill uprising by Irish convicts).
First child born 29 Jul 1804 [so could not have been result of the rape].1,2,3,4,5 
(Church) Marriage28 Nov 1808Samuel James, Ann Bean; St John's Anglican Church, Parramatta, NSW; >
10 or 11 children.1,6,7 
(Church) Marriage22 Nov 1819Jonathan Hassall, Mary Rouse; St John's Anglican Church, Parramatta, NSW8 
(Church) Marriage25 May 1840Jeremiah Crossley, Sarah James; St John's Anglican Church, Parramatta, NSW; >
12 children.9 

Citations

  1. Parramatta Family History Group, Parramatta Pioneer Register, Volume 1, Foundation to Federation (published by Parramatta & District Historical Society Inc., Parramatta, NSW in 2003, reproduced on CD in 2013), hereafter called Parramatta Pioneer Register Vol 1; CD in Researcher's Library. Names of contributors for all items are listed in the CD. Page 28: Marriage.
  2. Marion McGuirk, The Battle of Vinegar Hill March 1804: Our Pioneers (published by Blacktown City Council, Blacktown, NSW, 2005); hereafter called McGuirk, Battle of Vinegar Hill; copy in Researcher's Library. Page 53: YOM, POM, Memo1, Memo2.
  3. Silver (nee Ramsay), Lynette R, Letter, hereafter called Silver LR, Letter; original in Researcher's Family History records, ID3461. 25 Oct 1996: YOM, Memo3.
  4. OZIGEN - Australian Genealogy: Robert Mote's Family Tree - mainly Australian families with UK and Irish ancestry at URL https://www.ozigen.com/; hereafter called Mote Family Tree website. Site viewed 25 Mar 2020: Memo4.
  5. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Online Marriages Index, URL https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/; hereafter called NSW Online Marriages Index. Registration No. 604/1804 V1804604 [Thomas dunn + Rose Bean], viewed 18 Apr 2020: DOM [date by reduction], Registration District CB = St John's Church, Parramatte.
  6. Silver LR, Letter. 25 Oct 1996: YOM, POM, 10 children.
  7. Jean Stewart, The Bean Family in England and John Thomas Bean and Betty Bean and their Descendants in Australia (Published by Jean Stewart, Kenmore QLD, Apr 2001); hereafter called Stewart, Bean Family; copy in Researcher's Library. Page 135/136: DOM, POM, 11 children.
  8. Margaret Reeson, Currency Lass: The moving story of a young woman in the convict town of Sydney and the South Seas (Published by Openbook Publishers, Adelaide, SA, 1999); hereafter called Reeson, Currency Lass; copy in Researcher's Library: Page 85: DOM, POM.
  9. Jean Stewart, Bean Family, p181: DOM, POM, Memo.

St John's Anglican Church, Parramatta, NSW (Cemetery)

?, ID3333
Last Edited18 Apr 2020
(Church) Marriage19 Oct 1840Joseph Hendle, Lucy Jane James; St John's, Parramatta, NSW; >
Seven children.1 
(Cemetery) Buriala 12 Mar 1854Ann James; Section 2, Row J, No. 12, St John's Cemetery, Parramatta, NSW; >
Headstone reads:
     Sacred
     to the memory of
     ANN JAMES
     who departed this life
     12 March 1854
     aged 64 years2 

Citations

  1. Jean Stewart, The Bean Family in England and John Thomas Bean and Betty Bean and their Descendants in Australia (Published by Jean Stewart, Kenmore QLD, Apr 2001); hereafter called Stewart, Bean Family; copy in Researcher's Library. Page 179: DOM, POM, Memo.
  2. Jean Stewart, Bean Family, p135/136: POBurial, Memo.

St Matthew's Church, Windsor, NSW (Cemetery)

?, ID3334
Last Edited20 Feb 2019
(Cemetery) Burialc 15 Dec 1834Jonathan Hassall; St Matthew's, Windsor, NSW1 
(Cemetery) Burialc 17 Dec 1883Mary Rouse; St Matthew's, Windsor, NSW1 

Citations

  1. Descendant indiented chart, Hassall family, compiled by Don Ferguson, Port Melbourne, VIC on 25 May 2018; hereafter called FH chart, Hassall; copy in Researcher's Family History records: POBurial.

St Michael's Anglican Church, Wollongong, NSW (Church)

?, ID3352
Last Edited15 Jan 2024
Notefr Sep 1858 - Dec 1859The foundation stone for the present church on Church Hill was laid by Bishop Frederic Barker on 8 Sep 1858, and the church was built during 1859. It was consecrated by Bishop Barker on 15 Dec 1859.
The book 'Treasure in Earthen Vessels: A History of St Michael's Cathedral, Wollongong' by Margaret Lamb, Stuart Piggin and Susan Radkovic was published in 1984 for the 125th anniversary of the consecration. It contains a detailed history of the church and people associated with it, and includes a useful list of other relevant sources.1 
(Church) Employmentfrom ca Dec 1924 to 1941Rev. Edward (Pat) Walker; Church of England in Australia, St Michael's Anglican Church, Wollongong, NSW; >
ca Apr 1924: Parish Rector.
ca Mar 1925: also Rural Dean.
Melbourne Argus 14 Mar 1925, page 27: The Rev. Edward Walker ... has been advanced as Rural Dean of Wollongong, in the Sydney diocese.
Extracts from 'Treasure in Earthern Vessels, A History of St Michael's Cathedral Wollongong':
          All Things to all Men -- and Ladies, too!
     St Michael's role in the expanding town [of Wollongong] ... was further consolidated by ... the Rev. Edward (Pat) Walker (1924-41). Trained for missionary service in the Church Missionary Service's Training College in Islington, London, Walker worked in India from 1903 [actually 1898] until 1906, when he came to Australia. He worked in the Dioceses of Gippsland, Melbourne, Bathurst and Sydney, and was Rector of St Paul's, Chatswood from 1917 until 1922 ...
     Walker was a tall, smiling, approachable Irishman, popular with the ladies and at eae with 'ordinary men'. In his Scripture class, his pupils made capital of his love of story-telling, ide-tracking him from the lessons by asking about his experiences under the British raj in India.
     Towering in personality and stature, he quickly won favour with the townsfolk, and in 1931 was asked by Wollongong Council to submit his name for municipl honours. He used this popularity to build the church. ... Walker was criticised by some members of the parish for meeting Father Dunne, the Roman Catholic priest, each morning at the Oxford Hotel for a whisky and chat over parish affairs.
      ...
          Expansion of the Ministry
     Overlooking the quickly growing parish Walker planned to establish preasching centres and Sunday schools in West Wollongong, Coniston and North Wollongong. In the same year as he dedicated the new church hall (19265), he commenced holding church services in the Rosemount Union Church, West Wollongong. ... Walker hoped to start an independent Anglican work in that area by buying land [in] West Wollongong [and] ... in 1928 at Coniston [and planned] to buy land at North Wollongong. [Some of these plans] fell through with the onset of the Depression. ... The South Coast Festival, inaugurated by Walker in 1926, was a popular annual event in Wollongong for three decades, with all proceeds going to train men for the ministry.2 
(Residence) AddressOldfr Dec 1924 - Jun 1926Rev. Edward (Pat) Walker, Nettie Huntingdon Walker; Rectory, St Michael's Anglican Church, Market Street, Wollongong, NSW; >
Parents and 8 living children.3 
(Residence) AddressOldfr Jun 1926 - Aug 1930Rev. Edward (Pat) Walker, Nettie Huntingdon Walker; Rectory, St Michael's Anglican Church, Market Street, Wollongong, NSW; >
Parents and 9 living children, assuming Kathleen lived at home until her marriage. Date1 = Geoffrey's DOB, Date2 = Kathleen's DOM. 
(Church) Marriage30 Aug 1930Rev. Leonard Neville (Len) Sutton, Kathleen Huntingdon (Kath) Walker; St Michael's Anglican Church, Wollongong, NSW; >
Marriage Notice in Sydney Morning Herald, 2 Sep 1930, page 4:
     SUTTON-WALKER -- On the afternoon of August 30, at St. Michael's Church, Wollongong, the marriage was celebrated of Miss Kathleen Walker, daughter of the Rev. E. Walker and Mrs Walker, of Wollongong, to the Rev. L. N. Sutton, precentor of St. Andrew's Cathedral. The ceremony was performed by Bishop D'Arcy Irvine, assisted by Dean Talbot, Archdeacon Davies, the Rev. C. H. Tomlinson, and the Rev. W. A. Setchell. The service was fully choral, the St. Andrew's Cathedral and the Wollongong choirs taking part.
     The bride was given away by her father. ... The bridesmaids were Miss Dorothy Walker (sister of the bride) and Miss Betty Maddox. ... Little Ruth Waterhouse and Master Geoffrey Walker were the train-bearers. The best man was Dr Maddox, and the groomsman, Mr B. Madgwick.
     After the ceremony a reception was held in St. Michael's parish hall, the guests being received by the bride's parents. ... The bridegroom's mother was ... [present].4,5,6,7,8 
(Residence) AddressOldfr Sep 1930 - 1941Rev. Edward (Pat) Walker, Nettie Huntingdon Walker; Rectory, St Michael's Anglican Church, Market Street, Wollongong, NSW; >
Parents and 8 living children, although some of the older children may have left home before Kathleen's marriage. Date1 = Kathleen's DOM.
Date2 before Easter 1941.9,10 
(Church) Marriage15 Oct 1938Archibald David (Arch) Graham, Margaret Grace Walker; St Michael's Anglican Church, Wollongong, NSW; >
Arch's first marriage, Margaret's first marriage.11 

Citations

  1. Margaret Lamb, Stuart Piggin and Susan Radkovic, Treasure in Earthen Vessels: A History of St Michael's Cathedral, Wollongong (published by St Michael's Anglican Church, Wollongong NSW, 1984); hereafter called Treasure in Earthen Vessels; copy in Researcher's Library. Page 16: Memo1.
  2. The Argus, Melbourne, hereafter called Melb. Argus; accessed via National Library of Australia Trove web site at http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper; copy in Researcher's family history papers, ID0088. 14 Mar 1925, p27: Memos2-3.
  3. Noakes (née Walker, then Graham), Margaret G, Oral, hereafter called Noakes MG, Oral. Dec 1990: Date1, Date2 = David's DOB.
  4. Family history chart, Harris family, compiled by John Michael Cottee, Canberra, March 1980 "from available information"; hereafter called FH chart, Harris/Cottee; copy in Researcher's Family History records: YOM 1928.
  5. Noakes MG, Oral. Jan 1993: YOM 1930.
  6. Noakes MG, Oral. Dec 1990: POM Wollongong, NSW.
  7. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, On-line Marriages Index, URL http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/FamilyHistory/search.htm, hereafter called NSW BDM Registry, Marriages Index; copy in Researcher's family history papers, ID0130. Registration No. 11264/1930 [Leonard N Sutton + Kathleen H Walker], viewed 16 Feb 2009: YOM, Registration District.
  8. Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, Sydney, hereafter called Sydney Morning Herald; accessed via National Library of Australia Trove web site at http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper; copy of article in Researcher's family history papers, ID0130. 2 Sep 1930, p4: DOM, POM, Memos.
  9. Walker, David W, Oral, hereafter called Walker DW, Oral. 12 Jan 2000: Memo3 -- family left Wollongong when DWW was about 14½ years old.
  10. Walker, David W [0151], Notes (date unknown, but probably soon after May 1992) on and about LDG's family history notes given to DWW in May 1992, and passed on by DWW to Pat Davidson, hereafter called Walker DW, Notes; copy in Researcher's family history papers, ID0088. Date2 before Easter.
  11. Marriage Certificate: Graham, Archibald & Walker, Margaret G, 15 Oct 1938, NSW Marriage Act, C467186.

Empire Star (Ship)

?, ID3353
Last Edited20 Feb 2019
(Ship) Travelfr 12 Feb 1942 - 23 Feb 1942Leslie Denis (Denis) Emerson-Elliott, Nona/Norma Brayer; SS Empire Star, Blue Star Line, Singapore/Batavia/Fremantle, SINGAPORE/INONESIA/AUSTRALIA; >
Parents and 2 children in First Class.
MV Empire Star left Singapore before dawn on 12 Feb 1942 in the last convoy to depart before the fall of Singapore to the Japanese Army 3 days later.
Passenger List on arrival at at Fremantle 23 Feb 1942 shows: Passengers = ELLIOTT-EMERSON [sic], Leslie Denis, Norma Felece [sic], Anthony Denis, Derek St John; Port of Embarkation = Singapore; Profession, Occupation or Calling = Lt RNVR, Home-Duties, Infant, Infant; Age = 33 [actually 36], 23, 4, 2; Country of Last Permanent Residence = Singapore; Nationality = British; Race (specifying Country) = British; Country of Intended Future Permanent Residence = Australia; Address in Australia = c/o S.N.O., Sydney, NSW.
On this voyage, Master = Selwyn N. Capon, Total Passengers = 33, being 30 adults [8M, 22F) and 3 children [2M, 1F]. No Births or Deaths on the voyage.
However, from contemporary accounts, there were at least 2,000 people on board, some 15 people died when the ship was attacked by Japanese planes and some people disembarked at Batavia -- it is not known why only 33 names were on the Passenger List at Fremantle, or why that List contains no reference to those who died.
MV Empire Star (12,656 tons gross), owned by the Union Cold Storage Company, was the second of 3 ships of that name. Built in Belfast in 1935, she was torpedoed and sunk off the Azores later in 1942 with the loss of 42 lives.
MEMORIES OF A CHILD PASSENGER Submitted by Derek Emerson-Elliott
I was aboard the Empire Star when she left Singapore just before the surrender. I was two-and-a-half at the time, but have three, possibly four memories of the voyage. The probable memory is of seeing an ack ack gun firing, and then going into a sandbagged shelter with my mother and brother, and sitting on the floor listening to the sound of diving aircraft. I remember all the women in the shelter were fanning themselves with Chinese paper fans. They all looked frightened except my mother, who smiled at me. I was told that this happened on No. 4 wharf just before we boarded the vessel, but otherwise cannot connect it with the Empire Star.
I am certain that the other three memories are of the Empire Star. One is of my brother Tony and I sitting on the floor with other children in a darkened cabin. There was a lady (not my mother) lying on a bed looking at me. The occasion was the giving of Christmas presents to children on the ship, and someone (I understood it to be the Captain) opened a sack and handed out little presents. The only present I recall was a comb that I was very proud of. My understanding is that the Empire Star had brought Christmas toys to Singapore in its cargo but had not unloaded them in Singapore, and that the Captain had decided to give some of them to the children on board. My next memory was of looking over the rail and seeing the ship towing a large flat raft. This may have been in Batavia harbour during repairs, but at the time I thought we were under way.
The last memory is of my mother, father (who was a lieutenant in the RNVR seconded to the ship as an 'additional officer'), Tony and I going to dinner and finding the dining room absolutely packed out, with tables and chairs full of people in the lobby outside the dining room.
My mother, Tony and I had been put on Empire Star by Bishop Wilson, the Bishop of Singapore. Father - who had been a rubber planter and then businessman in Malaya before the war - had been the First Lieutenant of a minesweeper which was sunk, and had been given orders to join Empire Star by his CO, Captain Mulock, RN, Head of Extended Defences. Father was in Naval Intelligence, ending the war as Personal Assistant and Chief of Staff to the Australian Director of Naval Intelligence, Commander RBM Long.
We remained with Empire Star until disembarking in Fremantle on 23 February 1942.1,2,3

Citations

  1. Passenger List 'Empire Star' in Inward Passenger Manifests for Ships and Aircraft arriving at Fremantle and Perth Airport, 23 Feb 1942, Microfilm CRS K269, Roll 91, 11 Feb 1941 to 23 Apr 1942, hereafter called Passenger List 'Empire Star' Feb 1942; original sighted at National Archives of Australia, photocopy in Researcher's Family History papers, ID0016. Dates, Route, Memo3, Memo4.
  2. Passport; Emerson-Elliott, Leslie D. [0016], No. 8534 issued 20 Jan 1939 by Federated Malay States, Kuala Lumpur, hereafter called Passport EELD 1939; photocopy in Researcher's family history papers, ID0016. Passport valid to 20 Jan 1944, renewed to 20 Jan 1949 and includes the notes "British Subject by birth" and "Bearer previously travelled on Foreign Office passport, number unknown, issued in 1934, now stated as lost". Arrived Fremantle Date2.
  3. TheShipsList web site, URL www.theshipslist.com, hereafter called TheShipsList; web page sighted 20 Aug 2008, copy held in Researcher's computer records, file TSL Blue Funnel Line 20080820.mht. Memo6.

Mantua (Ship)

?, ID3354
Last Edited22 Jan 2020
Notefr 1909 - 1935     SS Mantua was 10,946 gross tonnage, length 562 ft, beam 61.2 ft, with 2 funnels, 2 masts, twin screw, and speed 16 knots. She was the first of 2 ships of that name. Launched as a commercial merchant liner on 10 Feb 1909 by Caird & Co., Greenock, for Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., she started her maiden voyage to Australia on 4 Jun 1909. Between 1913 and 1914, she was used as a cruise ship.
     In Aug 1914, she was commissioned into the Royal Navy, fitted as an armed merchant cruiser and attached to the 10th Cruiser Squadron tasked with patrolling the waters between Britain and Iceland. During one of her patrols in the North Sea, the ship reportedly hit a submerged object, an occurrence that has led to some sources suspecting that Mantua caused the loss of the German merchant submarine Bremen, an event for which Mantua did not take credit. From 1915 she was used as a troopship.
     In 1918, Mantua sailed to Freetown, Sierra Leone, arriving on 15 August. As some of her passengers and crew were ill with influenza, HMS Mantua is considered one of the first ships to have spread the ongoing pandemic to the African continent.
     In 1920, she was refitted by Vickers Armstrong and returned to the civilian Australia service with a call at Bombay.
     In July1935, she was sold for scrapping at Shanghai.1,2 
(Ship) Travelfr 29 Nov 1929 - 29 Dec 1929Leslie Denis Emerson-Elliott; SS Mantua, P&O Steam Navigation Co., London/Singapore, ENGLAND/SINGAPORE; >
From contemporary press reports, letter from the National Maritime Museum 12 Jul 1991 and the Mantua passenger list, it appears that:
     * SS Mantua left Gravesend London 29 Nov 1929, Southampton 30 Nov 1929, Gibraltar 4 Dec 1929, Tangier??, Marseilles 6/7 Dec 1929, Malta??, Aden/Port Said 11 Dec 1929, Bombay??, Colombo??, Penang 26 Dec 1929 and Singapore 28 Dec 1929; and
     * LD Elliott arrived Singapore on P&O SS Mantua 29 Dec 1929.
     Passenger List shows Name = Leslie Denis Elliot [sic]; Port of Embarkation = London; Class = Second; Last Address in the UK = c/o Mrs Dibble, Cyril St, West Taunton; Profession, Occupation or Calling = Planter; Age = 24; Country of Last Permanent Residence = England; Country of Intended Future Permanent Residence = Malaya.
     On this voyage, the ship sailed from London (Gravesend), called at ports as shown above and, after Singapore, continued to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama; Master = AH Hignett; Total passengers = 261, being 226 adults (30 couples, 98M, 68F), 32 children 1-12 (16M, 16F) and 3 infants (1M, 2F).3,4,5 

Citations

  1. TheShipsList web site, URL www.theshipslist.com, hereafter called TheShipsList; web page sighted 20 Aug 2008, copy held in Researcher's computer records, file TSL Blue Funnel Line 20080820.mht. Sighted 9 Jan 2009 & 21 Jan 2020 -- Memos.
  2. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/; hereafter called Wikipedia. Article HMS Mantua, article sighted 21 Jan 2020 -- Memos.
  3. The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985, URL http://infotrac.galegroup.com.rp.nla.gov.au, hereafter called London Times Digital Archive; accessed through National Library of Australia, Canberra, eResources web site. 30 Nov 1929, page 21; 2 Dec 1929, page 22; 5 Dec 1929, page 19; 10 Dec 1929, page28 (all sighted Dec 2008): Memo1(a).
  4. The Straits Times, Singapore, hereafter called Straits Times; accessed via Singapore National Library web site at www.singapore.nl.sg; copy in Researcher's family history papers, ?? Dec 1929 (sighted Nov 1989 in Singapore): Date2, Memo1.1.
  5. Passenger List 'SS Mantua' departing London 29 Nov 1929, from the records of The National Archives, London, England, digitised by, and accessed at, findmypast.com, hereafter called Passenger List 'SS Mantua' Nov 1929; images in Researcher's computer records, file Documents\TMG7\Sources\0016 Pass List 1929-11-29... .jpeg, paper copies of summary and one image in Researcher's family history papers, ID0016. Date1, Ship, Route, Memo2, Memo3.

Arthur Jeffery1

M, ID3355
Last Edited31 Mar 2019
Marriages 1908Alice (?) 
Birth of sons 1910Secil Jeffery 

Family

 Alice (?)
Child 1.Secil Jeffery+ b. s 1910, d. 22 Mar 1975

Citations

  1. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, On-line Deaths Index, URL https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/; hereafter called NSW BDM Registry, Deaths Index. ID0421: Death Registration viewed 18 Feb 2019: Father's given name.

Alice (?)1

F, ID3356
Last Edited31 Mar 2019
Marriages 1908Arthur Jeffery 
Married Names 1908Jeffery 
Birth of sons 1910Secil Jeffery 

Family

 Arthur Jeffery
Child 1.Secil Jeffery+ b. s 1910, d. 22 Mar 1975

Citations

  1. NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, On-line Deaths Index, URL https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/; hereafter called NSW BDM Registry, Deaths Index. ID0421: Death Registration viewed 18 Feb 2019: Mother's given name.

Grenfell, NSW (Cemetery)

?, ID3358
Last Edited13 Nov 2022
(Cemetery) Burial25 Jun 1895William Graham; Row K, Sections 7, 8 & 9, Old Anglican Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW; >
+Undertaker: John Thomson
+Minister: Alfred Poole, Church of England
+Witnesses: Robert Graham & A. Shaw.1,2 
(Cemetery) BurialJul 1910John Durham II; Church of England Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW3 
(Cemetery) BurialAug 1912Fanny Stimson; Row N, Section 7, 8 & 9, Old Anglican Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW4 
(Cemetery) Burial19 May 1914Sarah Graham; Row K, Sections 7, 8 & 9, Old Anglican Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW; >
Undertaker John Thomson; Minister Edward Walker, Church of England; Witnesses William J? Jones & N. S. Woodhouse.5,6 
(Cemetery) Burial20 Jul 1931William (Bill) Graham; Row N, Section 7, 8 & 9, Old Anglican Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW; >
Death Transcription details:
+Undertaker: John Thomson
+Minister: Norman Cooke, Church of England
+Witnesses: James Harney & Gordon Proctor.7,4 
(Cemetery) Burial9 Dec 1932William Alfred Hall; Row C, Sections 10, 11 & 12, Old Anglican Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW; >
Extract from Obituary in Grenfell Record, 12 Dec 1932, page 2:
     ... burial being in the Church of England portion ...8,9
(Cemetery) Burialc 16 Jul 1933Eliza Baker; Church of England Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW; >
Obituary in the Grenfell Record 17 Jul 1933 p2 states that the burial was in the Grenfell cemetery, Rev. N. G. F. Cooke officiating. A long list of those who sent wreaths is included.3,10
(Cemetery) Burial8 Mar 1942Eva May Hampton; Row H, Sections 10, 11 & 12, Old Anglican Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW11 
(Cemetery) Burial16 Jul 1942Amy Isabel Jane Barrett; Row G, Sections 10, 11 & 12, Old Anglican Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW; >
+When and where buried: 16th July 1942, Church of England Cemetery Grenfell.
+Name of Undertaker: A. R. Penrose.
+Name and religion of Minister: A. S. Rowe, Church of England.
+Names of witnesses of burial: Thos. Joyce, P. Kearins.12,13 
(Cemetery) Burial17 Nov 1945Mary Jane Graham; Row B, Sections 19 & 20, Presbyterian Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW; >
+When and where buried: 17 Nov 1945; Presbyterian Cemetery, Grenfell.
+Name of undertaker: A. R. Penrose.
+Name and religion of Minister: Hector L. Dunn, Presbyterian.
+Names of witnesses of burial: Thos. Joyce, P. Kearins.14,15 
(Cemetery) Burial29 Nov 1949Robert (Bob) Graham; Row L, Sections 7, 8 & 9, Old Anglican Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW; >
The headstone inscription says 'My Husband & My Father'. In an adjacent plot, there is a headstone for R. Graham (no given names, death date or age) with the inscription 'My Dad. From Lou'. This plot also contains the grave of Lucy May ROBERTSON, believed to be Lucy May GRAHAM, daughter of Robert GRAHAM. Perhaps a rift in the family resulted in 2 separate headstones?16 
(Cemetery) BurialNov 1952John Richard Henry Hampton; Row H, Sections 10, 11 & 12, Old Anglican Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW11 
(Cemetery) Burialc 6 Jan 1954Arthur Edward Graham; Row G, Sections 10, 11 & 12, Old Anglican Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW17 
(Cemetery) BurialNov 1960Bertha Margaret Hope; Row D, Section 13, Anglican Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW18 
(Cemetery) Burial9 Sep 1967George Grenfell Graham; Row D, Section 13, Anglican Cemetery, Grenfell, NSW; >
Extract from Grenfell Record Obituary 15 Sep 1967:
... interment was in the Church of England Portion of the Grenfell Cemetery.18,19 
(Cemetery) Burial10 Feb 1999Archibald David (Arch) Graham; Grenfell Cemetery, Young Road, Grenfell, NSW; >
Death Notices in Canberra Times, 6 Feb 1999; Illawarra Mercury, 6 Feb 1999, p26; SMH 6 Feb 1999, p90 and 9 Feb 1999; Grenfell Record, 10 Feb 1999, p29 included:
     ... Interment will take place on Wednesday, 10 Feb 1999, after a graveside service commencing at 2pm in the Grenfell Cemetery, Young Road, Grenfell. Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
     Southern Highlands Funerals, 226 Argyle Street, Moss Vale 02 4869 2888.

     Arch's coffin was carried by his 5 living children and their families from Moss Vale to Grenfell. He was buried beside his parents in the Anglican section of Grenfell Cemetery.20,21,22,23,24,25

Citations

  1. Death Certificate: Graham, William [0038], issued by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Registration No. 1895/004882, dated 24 Mar 2005, hereafter called Death Certificate GrW; original in Researcher's family history papers, ID0038. DOBurial, POBurial Church of England Cemetery.
  2. Forbes Family History Group, Grenfell Cemetery Transcripts (Published by Forbes Family History Group, Forbes, 2002), hereafter called Forbes FHG, Grenfell Cemetery Transcripts; copy in Researcher's Library. Vol. 1, page 22: POBurial.
  3. Family history chart, Durham&Baker/Hunter, compiled by Lois Hunter, Mar 1999 for the Durham Family Reunion in Oct 1999, hereafter called FH chart, Durham&Baker/Hunter; copy in Researcher's family history papers: POBurial.
  4. Forbes FHG, Grenfell Cemetery Transcripts, Vol. 1, page 26: POBurial.
  5. Death Certificate: Graham (nee Carnwath), Sarah [0143], issued by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Registration No. 1914/009218, dated 24 Mar 2005, hereafter called Death Certificate GrS; original in Researcher's family history papers, ID0143. DOBurial, POBurial Church of England Cemetery, Memo1.
  6. Forbes FHG, Grenfell Cemetery Transcripts, Vol. 1, p22: POBurial.
  7. Death Transcription: Graham, William [0040]. Certificate 11866/1931 transcribed by Joy Murrin, NSW Transcription Agent in Apr 2005, hereafter called Death Transcription GrW2; transcription in Researcher's family history papers, ID0040. DOBurial, POBurial (Cemetery name & town), Memos 1-3.
  8. Forbes FHG, Grenfell Cemetery Transcripts, Vol. 1, page 11: POBurial.
  9. Grenfell Record newspaper, published by WB Howarth in Grenfell, NSW, accessed via National Library of Australia website at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper; hereafter called Grenfell Record/Trove, digital and paper copies in Researcher's Family History records at ID1789. 12 Dec 1932, p2, accessed 21 Sep 2021: DOBurial, POBurial C. of E. portion, Memo.
  10. Grenfell Record newspaper, published in Grenfell, NSW, accessed via National Library of Australia Trove web site at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper; hereafter called Grenfell Record; image and paper copy in Researcher's Family History records at ID0044. Source viewed 9 Mar 2019: POBurial, Memo.
  11. Forbes FHG, Grenfell Cemetery Transcripts, Vol. 1, page 19: POBurial.
  12. Forbes FHG, Grenfell Cemetery Transcripts, Vol. 1, page 17: POBurial Detail.
  13. Death Certificate: Graham, Amy IJ [0055], Issued by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Registration No. 1942/018155, Registered 20 Jul 1942, True copy issued 24 Jul 2009, hereafter called Death Certificate GrAIJ; certificate in Researcher's family history papers, ID1259. DOBu, POBu, Memos.
  14. Forbes FHG, Grenfell Cemetery Transcripts, Vol. 2, page 49: POBurial.
  15. Death Certificate: Shaw (nee Graham), Mary Jane [0051], Issued by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Registration No. 1945/024780, Registered 21 Nov 1945, Copy issued 9 Oct 2008, hereafter called Death Certificate ShMJ; copy held in Researcher's family history papers, ID0051. Memos 1-4.
  16. Forbes FHG, Grenfell Cemetery Transcripts, Vol. 1, page 25: Grave location, Memo.
  17. Forbes FHG, Grenfell Cemetery Transcripts, Vol. 1, page 17: POBurial.
  18. Forbes FHG, Grenfell Cemetery Transcripts, Vol. 1, page 35: POBurial.
  19. Obituary, Grenfell Record, 15 Sep 1967, page 4 [George Grenfell Graham], hereafter called Obituary GrGG; acquired 27 Apr 2010 from National Library of Australia, Canberra; photocopy in Researcher's family history papers, ID0751. DOBurial, POBurial, Memo.
  20. Death Certificate: Graham, Archibald D, 20 Feb 1999. Certificate incorrectly says Lawn Cemetery, Grenfell.
  21. The Canberra Times newspaper, published by Fairfax Media/Australian Community Media, Canberra, ACT, accessed via National Library of Australia newspaper files; hereafter called Canberra Times/NLA; image and paper copy in Researcher's Family History records at ID0007. 6 Feb 1999, accessed 9 Feb 2021: DOBurial, POBurial, Memo1.
  22. Illawarra Mercury newspaper, published by Australia Community Media, then Fairfax Media, then Nine Entertainment, Wollongong, NSW, accessed via National Library of Australia newspaper files; hereafter called Canberra Times/NLA; image and paper copy in Researcher's Family History records at ID0007. 6 Feb 1999, p26, accessed 16 Feb 2021: DOBurial, POBurial, Memo1.
  23. Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, published by John Fairfax & Sons, Sydney, NSW, accessed via National Library of Australia newspaper files; hereafter called SMH/NLA; image and paper copy in Researcher's Family History records at ID0007. 6 Feb 1999, p90 & 9 Feb 1999, accessed 16 Feb 2021: DOBurial, POBurial, Memo1.
  24. Grenfell Record newspaper, published by WB Howarth, Grenfell, NSW, accessed via National Library of Australia newspaper files; hereafter called Grenfell Record/NLA; image and paper copy in Researcher's Family History records at ID0007. 10 Feb 1999, p29, accessed 16 Feb 2021: DOBurial, POBurial, Memo2.
  25. Graham, Lindsay D, Personal knowledge; hereafter called Graham LD, Personal knowledge: 10 Feb 1999 -- Memo3, Memo4.

Norwood Park Crematorium, Mitchell, ACT (Cemetery)

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Last Edited24 Nov 2022
(Cemetery) Funeral14 Dec 2012Patricia Jillian (Jill) Stacy; Chapel, Norwood Park Crematorium, Sandford Street, Mitchell, ACT; >
Death Notice in Canberra Times, 12 Dec 2012, page 16:
     COTTEE (nee STACY), Patricia Jillian "Jill" -- The funeral service for Jill will be held in the Chapel of the Norwood Park Crematorium, Sandford Street, Mitchell on Friday 14 Dec 2012 commencing at 4.30pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either Breast Cancer Network Australia or Clare Holland House.
     William Cole Funerals, Canberra 6253 3655. Excellence in Funeral Service1 
Funeral5 Apr 2017Helen Ann Sykes; Chapel, Norwood Park Crematorium, Sandford Street, Mitchell, ACT; >
Death notice in The Canberra Times, 1 April 2017, page 87:
     DOWNIE (formally [sic] EMERSON), Helen Ann -- 2 Mar 1937 - 24 Mar 2017.
     The funeral service for Helen will be held in the Chapel of Norwoord Park Crematorium, Sandford Street, Mitchell on Wednesday, 5 April 2017 commencing at 1:30pm.
     William Cole Funerals, Canberra 6253 36552 

Citations

  1. The Canberra Times newspaper, published by Fairfax Press, Pirie Street, Fyshwick, ACT; hereafter called Canberra Times; copy and image in Researcher's Family History records, ID0394. 12 Dec 2012, p16: DOFuneral, POFuneral, Memo.
  2. Death Notice, The Canberra Times, 1 Apr 2017 [Helen Ann Downie (formerly Emerson)], hereafter called DN/CTimes, Downie HA; acquired 10 Jul 2017 from newspaper; image and paper copy in Researcher's Family History records, ID1058: DOFuneral, POFuneral, Memo.

St Paul's Anglican Church, Chatswood, NSW (Church)

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Last Edited22 May 2020
Note1902Chatswood, NSW; >
The first Curate-in-Charge of St Paul's, Rev. Harry G. J. Howe, was appointed in Jan 1902. He became Rector when St Paul's became a full-fledged parish in 1905. Services were held in a hall in Brown Street until a Parish Hall was erected in 1906. For more information on the early days of the church, see the book mentioned below.
The book 'A City On A Hill: A History of St Paul's Anglican Church, Chatswood 1901 - 1991' compiled from various sources and written by Lesley Hicks, BA, Dip Ed was published in 1991 by the St Paul's Parish Council. It contains a detailed history of the church and people associated with it, and includes a useful list of other relevant sources.1 
(Employer) Employmentfr Jul 1917 - Nov 1924Rev. Edward (Pat) Walker; Church of England in Australia, St Paul's Church, Chatswood, NSW; >
Parish Rector.
SMH 2 Jun 1917, page 8: The Archbishop of Sydney has accepted the presentation by the board of niominators of the Rev. Edward Walker of Grenfell, for appointment and license to the incumbency of St Paul's, Chatswood.2,3 
(Residence) AddressOldfr Aug 1917 - Jun 1924Rev. Edward (Pat) Walker, Nettie Huntingdon Walker; Rectory, St Paul's Church, Chatswood, NSW; >
Parents and 7 living children.
     Aug 1917 - ??? 1918     'Bezwada', cnr Fuller's Road & Anglo Street, Chatswood
     ??? 1918 - ??? 1919     'Erinveine', Tessa Street, Chatswood
     ??? 1919 - Jun 1924     View Street, Chatswood.4 
(Church) Marriage21 May 1924Hamlyn Lavicount Vernon (Vern) Harris, Olive Marie (Mollie) Proudfoot; St Paul's Church of England, Chatswood, NSW; >
SMH 3 Jun 1924: The marriage was celebrated at St Paul's Church of England, Chatswood on May 21, of Miss Mollie Proudfoot, youngest daughter of Mr G. T. Proudfoot, of Montrose, Cottesloe, W.A., and Mr A. L. Vernon Harris (late A.I.F.), youngest son of Mr and Mrs H. L. Harris, of Wermatong Station, Tumut. Rev. Edward Walker officiated. The bride ... was given away by her father ..., was attended by her sister and Mr G. T. H. Harris acted as best man. After the ceremony, the guests were entertained by Mrs Walker at the rectory.5,6,7 
(Place of birth) Birth19 Jun 1924George Geoffrey Campbell (Geoff) Walker; St Paul's Rectory, Chatswood, NSW8,9,10,11 
(Residence) AddressOldfr Jun 1924 - Nov 1924Rev. Edward (Pat) Walker, Nettie Huntingdon Walker; St Paul's Rectory, View Street, Chatswood, NSW; >
Parents and 8 living children.12 

Citations

  1. Lesley Hicks, A City On A Hill: A History of St Paul's Anglican Church Chatswood 1901-1991 (Published by St Paul's Chatswood Parish Council, Chatswood NSW, 1991), hereafter called Hicks City on a Hill; copy in Researcher's Library. Page p13-17: Memo1.
  2. Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, Sydney, hereafter called Sydney Morning Herald; accessed via National Library of Australia Trove web site at http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper; copy of article in Researcher's family history papers, ID0088. 2 Jun 1917, p8: Memo2.
  3. Lesley Hicks City on a Hill, ppiii: Date2.
  4. Lesley Hicks City on a Hill, ppiii, 21-25: Dates, Addresses as in Memo.
  5. Family history chart, Harris family, compiled by John Michael Cottee, Canberra, March 1980 "from available information"; hereafter called FH chart, Harris/Cottee; copy in Researcher's Family History records: YOM.
  6. Kirsty Harris, Betty and Tom Harris (Self-published by the author, Melbourne, 4 Dec 2000); hereafter called Harris, Betty and Tom Harris; copy (acquired from Pat Davidson, Shepperton, London, Oct 2006) in Researcher's Library. Page 10: YOM.
  7. Sydney Morning Herald; copy of article in Researcher's FH papers, ID0194. 3 Jun 1924, p5: DOM, Memo.
  8. Noakes (née Walker, then Graham), Margaret G, Oral, hereafter called Noakes MG, Oral. Jun 1988: Suburb of birth.
  9. FH chart, Harris/Cottee: DOB.
  10. Family Bible: Walker, Edward & Nettie H Harris, hereafter called Family Bible, WaE+HaNH; location and date seen unknown.. POB Rectory, Chatswood.
  11. Swinson (nee Walker), Dorothy E, List of Family Birthdays prepared late 1981 or early 1982. Photocopy of the original handwritten list was acquired from Pat Davidson 18 Oct 2006 and is held in Researcher's family history papers. Hereafter called Swinson DE, List. DOB, SuburbOB.
  12. Lesley Hicks City on a Hill, ppiii, 21-25: Date2, Address.