The Coonamble Independent Friday July 19 1907
Wedding
(Communicated)
FERGUSON - JENKINS. - A wedding was celebrated on Wednesday week by Rev. J.
H. Nolan at the Presbyterian Manse, Gulargambone at the residence of the
bride's parents, between William , second eldest son of Mr. Peter Ferguson,
of Gulargambone Station, and Elizabeth Florence, eldest daughter of Mr. J.
Jenkins, of that town. The bride who was given away by her father, wore a
costume of white taffeta voile, the skirt being trained and t
>From Western Post, 31 July 1861 -
CASSILIS
>From our Correspondent
July 25 - It has rained incessantly here since dusk on Tuesday evening, and as the ground was previously completely saturated, and could absorb no more moisture, the consequence is a very heavy flood. All intercourse is completely stopped, no mails having arrived at Cassilis from Sydney, Merriwa, Coonabarabran, or Mudgee. It is worthy of remark that this is the first time that Mr GREENWOOD, the mail contractor between Mudgee and Cass
From Western Post, 13 July 1861:
POLICE COURT
Tuesday, July 9
Before the Police Magistrate and Mr Thos. CADELL.
James CLOUGHAN was charged with stealing a side of leather. Mr BRODRIBB defended prisoner. Constable CAMPBELL said he apprehended the prisoner on Monday by virtue of a warrant. He found him at his residence in Gladstone-street; when he told him the charge he denied it, and said that PERRY, the man that had laid the information, had had a side of leather and had worked it all up. Rich
From Western Post & Mudgee Guardian, 4 September, 1861:
LICENSING MEETING
A special meeting of the Justices of the Peace was held in the Court House on Tuesday for the consideration of applications for the transfer of licenses.
New licenses were granted to -
James Joseph WILSON for a new house situated at Burrundulla Flat, to be called the Burrundulla Hotel; and to John SWORDS on the application of Mr BRODRIBB, Farriers' Arms, Mortimer-street.
The following applications for transfer of licenses were gr
Hi all,
Emily RICHARDSON married William Henry GOULD in 1905 in Singleton.
Eli RICHARDSON married Evelyn Lydia GOULD in 1909 in Mudgee.
Both couples and their families are buried in the Mudgee Cemetery.
I'd love to hear from any connections. :-)
Cheers
Jan
The Coonamble Independent Friday April 5 1907
Departure of Rev. Mother John St Brigids, Coonamble
The Rev Mother left by Tuesday morning's train en route to Ireland where
she will take part in the General Chapter of the Congregation which will
take place in the County Carlow in September. The Rev Mother will be
accompanied from Sydney by the Rev Mother Allacoque who intends to be
present at the General Chapter. The Rev Mother has been in Coonamble for 24
years so that we may well term her a pioneer i
The Coonamble Independent Friday May 3 1907
Wedding
A marriage was celebrated on Wednesday evening last by the Rev. John Parr
officiating when Mr. John A. P. Lee of Quambone was united in holy bond to
Miss Elinor M. Ryan also of Quambone. The bridesmaid was Miss C. F . Ryan
(sister) and the groomsman was Mr. T. H. Paine. The future residence of the
happy couple will be at Quambone and we wish them all joy and prosperity.
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Rod Warnock
Kilaben Bay NSW
Australia
rwarnock@idx.com.au
From Western Post, 7 August 1861
#10 Reward
The above reward will be paid by the undersigned for information leading to the conviction of the parties who worked and ill used my horse known as "Brown Paddy". John COX, Broomby.
SUBSCRIPTION LIST
Towards Raising a Fund for paying the Funeral Expenses of the late W BROWN, who has left his family in a complete state of destitution.
Collected by Mr LYONS:
H FROST 2s 6d
Mr CHAPPELL 2s 6d
Mr DEAN 2s 6d
Mr CASSIN 2s
Mr RICHARDS 2s 6d
Mrs A M'DONALD
From Western Post
August 14, 1861
POLICE COURT
Tuesday August 13
Before the Police Magistrate, his Worship the Mayor, and T CADELL, Esq.
Thos. BURNS charged with maliciously destroying property. Mr CLARKE appeared for the defence. Charles POLDEN, baker, on oath, stated that he was standing at the bar of HUGHSON's public house on Thursday, when defendant came up to him in a very familiar way, and greeted him with "how are you Charley?" and at the same time giving him a knock on the head which re
>From Western Post
POLICE COURT
Friday July 19th
Before the Police Magistrate, his Worship the Mayor, and T CADELL, Esq.
James GARBUTT, charged with being a prisoner of the Queen, his ticket having been cancelled. C HARDY, Chief Constable, apprehended the prisoner on the 6th of July outside the Royal Oak Hotel. Prisoner said he thought it very hard, after being acquitted by a jury, that he should be taken again into custody. He was within his district, and did not know why his ticket was cance
From Western Post
August 21, 1861
DEATH
At the Upper Meroo, on the 16th July, Mary, the beloved wife of Mr R GLASSCOCK, aged 30 years.
BIRTH
On the 20th instant, at her residence, Gladstone-street, the wife of Mr L KNIGHT, of a son.
POLICE COURT
Tuesday Aug 20th
Before the Police Magistrate, His Worship the Mayor, and Thomas CADELL, Esq., J.P.
Thomas JONES, charged with being drunk in Market-street, was fined five shillings. Not having the money he was ordered to be lock up twenty f
"Can somebody please tell me if there is a cemetery in Abercrombie? If not,
where would the likeliest nearest cemetery (or church) be?"
Try the NSW Central mailing list or the NSW-OrangeBathurst Mailing list.
Also for more information on Abercrombie and it's history, a good book is
'The Glint of Gold' by Kerrin Cook and Daniel Garvey. It gives a good
description and history of mining towns in the central west of NSW including
name changes. The book does not mention a cemetery at Abercrombie.
I hope that th
From Western Post, 10 July 1861:
July 10, 1861
CORONER'S INQUEST - An inquest was held before Dr KING, coroner for this district, at the house of Mr R CROSSING, Mortimer-street, on the body of Henry BENNETT. From the evidence of Mr CROSSING's porter it appeared that deceased was taken ill about two o'clock on Sunday. He had taken a glass of rum two or three times through the day. Not making his usual appearance on Monday morning, the man when to his bed room door and called out, not receiving a r
From Western Post
August 17, 1861
POLICE REPORT
Before the Police Magistrate, and his Worship the Mayor.
William ANDREW and Margaret ANDREWS were charged with stealing the sum of #16. Mr CLARKE for TEMPLETON, for prosecution. Mr BRODRIBB for defence. C HARDY, Chief Constable, arrested the prisoners on Tuesday, 18th instant, for stealing in April last the sum of #16, the property of William HEALY. Upon taking them into custody they said that hey knew nothing about the charge. William HEALY,
The Coonamble Independent Friday January 25 1906
Marriage
A quiet marriage was celebrated by the Rev Father Doran assisted by Rev
Father O'Kennedy in St Raphaels Church Cowra on Thursday November 29 th
between Mr Patrick Louis Veech of Quilbone Quambone and Miss Cissie Ginty
eldest surviving daughter of Mr John J Ginty J P of Sylvania Canowindra.
The bride was given away by her father. The bridesmaids were Misses Emily
and Nellie Ginty. Mr Bernard Veech acted as best man. The Rev Father Doran
celeb
From Western Post 31 August 1861:
POLICE COURT
Friday August 30
Before the Police Magistrate and his Worship the Mayor.
William LYONS was fined 5s for being drunk in Market-street.
Margaret JOHNSON, charged with stealing a water cask. Constable MILLER said he apprehended the prisoner upon warrant, and found the cask in a bed room, the door of which was nailed up; prisoner confessed that she had put it there. Edward BAYLY said the cask was stolen, with a quantity of wood, form the Cudgegong
From Western Post 17 Aug 1861:
SUICIDE - ANOTHER VICTIM
Yesterday morning Dr VAN ROSSUM, who has for some time past lead a very irregular life, informed his landlady that he had poisoned himself, and was about leaving the house when Mr G TAYLOR, happening to pass, he said "Mr TAYLOR, I have done it", or words to that effect, and handed him a bottle containing the remainder of the poison. Dr Wilson RAMSAY and Dr KING were immediately sent for but too late to be of any use. An inquest will be held this
From Western Post, 3 July 1861:
TRESPASSING
Persons found trespassing on any of Mr FITZGERALD's runs, driving off cattle or stock of any kind, without giving the necessary information to the undersigned, will be prosecuted.
James CAITHNESS, Overseer, Daby Farm.
TO Journeyman Shoemakers
Wanted by the Undersigned, Two Light Workmen and a Closer. To efficient tradesmen good wages and full employment. John BOYE, Dubbo, June 26.
#6 Reward
Lost, supposed to have been stolen, a Chestnut Horse, w
I noticed on this list recently that two different listers were looking
for the following, I remembered the list but not their URL,s, had a
quick look at the Mudgee Museum records yesterday,
GREEN/E
1875 Post Office Directory shows William GREEN as a farmer of
Cullenbone(formerly known as Greens Swamp).
CLUFF
John Cluff, buried Mudgee Cemetery, RC section, died 29/8/1910 aged 66
years, this would have made his birth year 1844, there is also a death
recorded of a Mary M. Cluff who died 13/9/1943 aged 85 yea
Thanks Annette for finding another likely reference to my ancestor
John "Brummy" Hewson.
Thats about four drinks I owe you now.
Interesting that it was spelled Hughson in the paper, there was a
local bigwig called Hughson
in Mudgee at the time and I think the reporter was just confused.
Or is there more to it than that ?
Or was there a John "Brummy" Hughson and a John "Brummy" Hewson, two
different individuals ????
We have a photo reputed to be of Brummy, who died in 1894. There is
also a Lawson short
To the list,
I am hoping someone will be able to give me some more ideas.
I am helping a friend with her family history, she is trying to find out
more about her father Donald Arthur May he was born in Gawler 1906 but can
not find a registration. We located a marriage for him to a Emily Turner in
1935 at Urana NSW and she was hoping to try and find out if there were any
children to this marriage. We have been told that this is not possible
because of privacy laws.
One story the family had been told was t
From Western Post, 6 July 1861:
HARGRAVES
From our Correspondent.
July 3..Miraculous Escape - As a young woman named PARKER was engaged in her domestic affairs in cooking, her dress caught on fire, but was fortunately put out by a person standing by. A little oil was applied to the injured parts, and the patient is recovering.
RYALSTONE
From our Correspondent
Shocking Accident - On Sunday afternoon last a man named Thomas BEANS and two boys named TRAIN went out to shoot wallabies. When they we
Hello list,
This is my first posting to this list.
Looking for anyone with a connection to
Thomas DICKERSON & wife Eliza(beth) nee RYAN in Wellington, Dubbo, Orange,
Carcoar areas from about 1850 - 1900
I am trying to identify the father of this Thomas.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Happy to do NSW BDM & Rookwood Cemetery Transcriptions lookups in return
Helen
in Sydney
From Western Post, 10 August 1861
SUPPOSED DEATH BY POISON
An inquiry was held at the hospital on Thursday afternoon before G WARBURTON, Esq., P.M., touching the death of a patient of the name of Thomas BURNS.
Dr W KING having been sworn, deposed that he was sent for on the 2nd instant to see deceased at the Royal Oak, he found him very cold, with an anxious countenance and very feeble pulse; he had said he had not been drinking, and that his bowels were very regular. He had vomited, and a dog which
From Western Post
August 24, 1861
MARRIAGE
On the 13th instant, at St. Thomas' Mulgoa by the Rev A H STEPHEN, assisted by the Rev. G VIDAL, Frederick SAVAGE, fifth son of George COX, Esq., of Wimbourne, Penrith, to Mary Hanna, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Digby MILLAR, Esq., of Mudgee.
POLICE COURT
Friday, August 23
Before the Police Magistrate, His Worship the Mayor, and E MARLAY, Esq.
John COMA, charged with being drunk was fined five shillings or twenty-four hours' imprisonment.