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From: "Pamela S" <>
Subject: [AVNE] Richards/Donohoe
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:20:03 +1100
References: <000901c83c9b$ca330d80$0100000a@fletch>

Hello Arnie

Could this be the 2nd marriage ?
NSW Marriage Index

1236/1857 DONOHOE JAMES RICHARDS MARY ALBURY


Pamela S
==============
> Hi to all,
>
> I'm new to the list and would like to submit the names I'm researching :
>
> Richards / Donoghue and variations / Cadman / Nugent / Nicholls / Doran.
>
> All these people had, at one stage of their lives, something to do with
> the property " Opossum Point Station " or " Yellow Boy Run " as it was
> also known, south east of Tooma Nsw.
>
> The book " First Settlement of the Upper Murray " written by Dr Arthur
> Andrews, mentions my 2x great grandfather, Thomas Richards, as having
> taken up the run in 1840 or 1841, then dying before 1848, the article then
> goes on to mention his wife, Mary nee Nugent and her second husband James
> Donahoo ( sic ) and the fact that the lease was still in her name as late
> as 1889, and that her eldest son was one of the first children to be born
> on the Upper Murray as early as 1842.
>
> Although I'm very grateful for Dr Andrews for including this information
> in his book, I have been able to disprove most of it.
>
> I'm trying to locate the three most important pieces of documention for
> this couple :
>
> 1 ) A date and place of marriage between Thomas and Mary, no registration
> can be found in either of the most probable indexes, NSW and Victoria. ( I
> have looked at the other States )
>
> 2 ) A date and place of birth for both, no registration found in any
> index.
>
> 3 ) A date and place of death for both, no registration found in any
> index.
>
> The other aspect of this search is that if there are no registrations of
> birth for both, then that may mean they were either convicts or children
> of assisted or unassisted immigrants, but for the life of me I can find no
> evidence of their respective arrivals in the Colony. Of course if they
> were children I would have no idea when they arrived, not knowing their
> parents names, and they do not appear on any convict list I have checked
> that fits the time frame, although that time frame is one that I have set
> myself.
>
> The facts that I have proven :
>
> Thomas Richards died 4th October 1850 at Opossum Point Station ( Source
> NSW Probate Index ) but still no registration found.
>
> His wife Mary nee Nugent died 8th January 1890 at Opossum Point Station
> under the name of her second husband, Donoghue ( Source NSW Probate
> Index ) but still no registration found.
>
> The couple, Thomas and Mary, had four children, the eldest was a girl :
>
> Mary Ann born 12th August 1841 at Courabyra, just north of Tumbarumba, the
> others born 1844, 1847 and 1850, the last being my great grandfather James
> George, aka George.
>
> If anyone has any information regarding either the family or the property,
> or any suggestions as to where I could continue my search, I would be very
> grateful.
>
> I do apologise for the length of this missive.
>
> Regards
>
> Arnie Fletcher
> Albury Nsw
>
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