I've put the emphasis on Elizabeth in this bio. As always would love to hear from others. There are details on Thomas TREVITHICK that are not included in this bio. My intention is to expand to incorporate details of Thomas and their children. As with most things posted here, several people have contributed primary sources.
Elizabeth Candy (1832-1871) and Thomas TREVITHICK (1832-1913)
On 1 October 1853 in Plymouth, Thomas TREVITHICK married Elizabeth Randal CANDY (1832 – 1871). Their marriage certificate states that she was born in Truro in 1832, the daughter of John CANDY and Elizabeth Watkins ALLEN. The only evidence of Elizabeth’s life before marriage uncovered thus far is her entry on the 1851 UK Census at age 18, a dressmaker, living with her grandmother Elizabeth CANDY and sister Susan on Lemon Row in Truro, where many of the CANDY family lived – her parents lived on the same street at the time.
Less than a year after marriage, Thomas and Elizabeth sailed from London on 3 Aug 1854, on the ‘Panama’, a ship of 734 ft, carrying 275 migrants, arriving in Portland, Victoria on the 25th October 1854. After they set to sea, Elizabeth gave birth to the first of their ten children, Elizabeth Trevithick.
Their arrival entries in the Victorian PROV site are incorrectly transcribed, and they are listed under 'Assisted British Immigration' arrivals:
TREWITHICK ----INFANT WITH I OCT 1854 PANAMA
TREWITHICK ELIZH 21 OCT 1854 PANAMA 10
TREWITHICK THOMAS 21 OCT 1854 PANAMA
(I am yet to find a way to obtain a copy of their arrival records)
Elizabeth’s certificate was registered in Belfast (now Port Fairy) in Victoria. Thomas and Elizabeth had three more children in the Ararat area of Victoria (undergoing a gold rush at the time): Thomas (b.1857), and the twins Ellen and Emma (b. 1859). They then appear to have followed gold to NSW (though Thomas always gives his occupation as blacksmith in certificates) as their last three registered children were born in Burrangong (Eliza, 1862), Young (Harriet, 1864) and finally Mary Ann (Grenfell, NSW).
Elizabeth died in Sydney three years after the birth Mary Ann, on July 20th 1871. She had moved into Sydney with the children, living in a notorious slum area, Linden Lane (Linden Lane still exists, in Surry Hills). Thomas had remained in the gold field area around Tambaroora and Hill End. Her death received attention in the Sydney Morning Herald, and gives some insight into their life at the time, and the family was clearly poor:
Sydney Morning Herald.
Friday, 21 July 1871.
FOUND DEAD IN BED
"It was yesterday reported to the City Coroner that at about 8 o'clock that morning a woman, named Elizabeth Trevithathick (sic), thirty-nine years of age, residing in Linden Lane, off Parramatta Street, had been found dead in bed by her daughter, Elizabeth, nine years of age. It would appear that the deceased had been drinking for the last week, and complaining of pains in the chest, but had no medical attention. She was married and had a family of young children. Her husband is said to be at the gold-diggings. The City Coroner will hold this forenoon an inquest touching the woman's death."
This article was following by another outlining proceedings of the coronial inquest into the death of Elizabeth Trevithick.
CORONER'S INQUEST
DEATH FROM APOPLEXY, ACCELERATED BY INTEMPERANCE.
"Yesterday forenoon, the City Coroner (Mr Henry Shiell) held at te Australian Inn, Parramatta Street, an Inquest touching the death of a woman named Elizabeth Trevithick, who was found dead in her bed on the previous morning. Elizabeth Trevithick, daughter of deceased, deposed that she was in the service of Mr Abigail of Goulburn –street; her mother, who had resided at 27 Linden-lane, off Parramatta Street, was 39 years of age, and a native of Cornwall (England); she had been in the colony nineteen years, and had been seventeen years married. Her husband (witness’s Father) was alive, and at present at Tambaroora, where he was employed at a crushing machine; deceased has left seven children, of which witness was the eldest; the last time she saw her mother alive was on Monday last at her residence; she ten complained of a pain in the chest, of which she had complained for the last three weeks; she did not observe that she was suffering from cold; her father had not been in Sydney for the last eight months; believed that her mother was near her confinement; occasionally she drank to excess; for the last three weeks she had taken a little pale brandy for the pain in her chest; her children were the only persons living with her; witness and her eldest brother lived away from home; previous to the last three weeks she enjoyed good health; she had not been under medical treatment; she was not aware that she had taken any medicine; in consequence of something she heard on Thursday morning; witness went home and found her mother dead.
Emma Trevithick, twelve years of age, deposed that on Monday last, her mother took three penny worth of laudanum for pains in her chest; a woman in their lane gave deceased a bottle of medicine on Sunday; her mother had been confined to her bed since Monday last; she took a shilling’s worth of brandy daily; witness got the brandy and went twice daily for it; her other sister also went for brandy for her; she had had nothing to eat since Monday; she and her four sisters were the only persons in the house; witness prepared the meals; she got some corn flour on Monday for her mother, but she would not take it; witness had been at home since Monday; on last Wednesday night deceased would not speak; she was groaning; got up on Thursday, called her mother, but got no answer; found she was dead; some times she would have a glass of ale as well as the pale brandy’
Adele Fifer also gave evidence, which was corroborative. Dr Schuette deposed that, from his own observation and the evidence given at the inquest, he was of the opinion that death had resulted from pulmonary consumption. The jury found that death had resulted as above."
Elizabeth’s brother Roger CANDY had also emigrated to Australia before her, and Roger is listed as a witness on her burial at Rookwood Cemetery (he would again be a witness at his brother John’s burial three years later). Her death certificate states her age as 39, and the informant was Henry Thiell, Coroner, Sydney. After her husband arrived in Sydney from Tamabaroora/Hill End, he also was listed as an informant in tiny writing in the small space left on the certificate: ‘Thos Trevithick, Widower of deceased, Parramatta St’. It must have been overwhelming to arrive to collect his children following an inquest into her death, burial and find the death certificate already completed.
Thomas returned to Hill End, presumably with all his children – the Greville Post Office Directory for 1875 lists him as an engineer. Thomas married twice more, to Margaret HOSIER in 1881, and Mary Ann Green in 1900, with no issue. In the 1903 Electoral Roll Thomas is living at Hill End with his wife, and his son Thomas and grandson Thomas William were both married in also living in Hill End. Thomas did not die till 1913 in the Hill End district of NSW, at the age of 81.
Sadly, Lauris Candy-Kidd states in her book ‘A Thin Place - Some History of the Cornish Candy’s’ that the place where Elizabeth was buried is now under roadway. There is no headstone.”
Friday, March 28, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Thomas Trevithick - email
An e-mail about my ancestory Thomas Trevithick - I have ag great deal of info on this guy I need to post:
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So the Trevithick family is indeed interesting, and there has been a little confusion about them, as there were in fact two Trevithick families in Australia around the same time.
There was a Thomas Henry TREVITHICK born in England in 1838, who arrived with his parents Henry TREVITHICK and Elizabeth nee PASCOE at Port Adealide on the Aboukir in 1847. This family stayed at Burra for a time and made their way to Victoria, settling in Avoca. This Thomas Henry TREVITHICK never married, and died in 1899 at Ballarat Hospital. I found this out ultimately by wasting (investing?) a bunch of money on Victorian birth certificates, and scratching my head over why his death certificate stated he never married nor had children. (Anyone reading descending from this family that stayed in Victoria - feel free to e-mail me).
The ‘other’ (and in our case relevant) Thomas Trevithick is just as interesting! And I have collated quite a bit of information, though there are parts to be filled in.
It took me a LONG time to discover that another Trevithick family had arrived in Victoria (from Kenwyn/Truro in Cornwall) in 1854 on the Panama. This is because the PROV search engine for arrivals in Victoria incorrectly had them transcribed as Trewithick. They were Thomas (1832 - 1913) and Elizabeth nee CANDY (1832 - 1871). They married in Plymouth in 1853 prior to departing for Australia.
Thomas was a blacksmith (the certificates always state so though in reality I think he was usually a miner) and their first child was born at sea but registered in Vic, and the next three were also born in Victoria in gold towns such as Mt Ararat, and Armstrongs (you can see how the two families could be confused). One of these was Thomas TREVITHICK, born Mt Ararat in 1857 (I have this certificate too). The family then moved to NSW having children in 16 Mile Flat, Lambing Flat and Grenfell (1868). There they settled for a while, before Elizabeth at least some of the children to Sydney where they lived in squalid conditions – we know this because while heavily pregnant in 1871 she died and there was an inquest held – covered in the Herald at the time.
Thomas came from Tambaroora and collected the children and took them back to the area where they settled ultimately in Hill End (1903 Electoral Roll, for example shows them all).
Six years after his mothers death in 1877, the younger Thomas Trevithick married Sarah TEE (born in Tambaroora) - w they had several children, some born at Hill End and some in Sydney, where the younger Thomas died in 1929. Thomas and his wife are living in Hill End in the 1903 Electoral Roll I have a copy of.
The elder Thomas (from Cornwall) married twice more in Hill End (I’m yet to confirm this with marriage certs) - Margaret HOSIER, a widow, in 1882 (she died in 1892) and Mary Ann GREEN in 1900. He passed away in 1913. I do not know if he had any children to these marriages.
So that’s the summary. I mentioned a few bits and pieces above – mention those you’re interested in and we can go from there. I have few primary sources on your direct ancestor Thomas Trevithick (born 1857 vic, died 1929 nsw) apart from his birth certificate, and electoral roll. I also have him on at least one auriferous lease entry in Hill End - I think he was mining with his father for gold long after others had ceased to do so.
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So the Trevithick family is indeed interesting, and there has been a little confusion about them, as there were in fact two Trevithick families in Australia around the same time.
There was a Thomas Henry TREVITHICK born in England in 1838, who arrived with his parents Henry TREVITHICK and Elizabeth nee PASCOE at Port Adealide on the Aboukir in 1847. This family stayed at Burra for a time and made their way to Victoria, settling in Avoca. This Thomas Henry TREVITHICK never married, and died in 1899 at Ballarat Hospital. I found this out ultimately by wasting (investing?) a bunch of money on Victorian birth certificates, and scratching my head over why his death certificate stated he never married nor had children. (Anyone reading descending from this family that stayed in Victoria - feel free to e-mail me).
The ‘other’ (and in our case relevant) Thomas Trevithick is just as interesting! And I have collated quite a bit of information, though there are parts to be filled in.
It took me a LONG time to discover that another Trevithick family had arrived in Victoria (from Kenwyn/Truro in Cornwall) in 1854 on the Panama. This is because the PROV search engine for arrivals in Victoria incorrectly had them transcribed as Trewithick. They were Thomas (1832 - 1913) and Elizabeth nee CANDY (1832 - 1871). They married in Plymouth in 1853 prior to departing for Australia.
Thomas was a blacksmith (the certificates always state so though in reality I think he was usually a miner) and their first child was born at sea but registered in Vic, and the next three were also born in Victoria in gold towns such as Mt Ararat, and Armstrongs (you can see how the two families could be confused). One of these was Thomas TREVITHICK, born Mt Ararat in 1857 (I have this certificate too). The family then moved to NSW having children in 16 Mile Flat, Lambing Flat and Grenfell (1868). There they settled for a while, before Elizabeth at least some of the children to Sydney where they lived in squalid conditions – we know this because while heavily pregnant in 1871 she died and there was an inquest held – covered in the Herald at the time.
Thomas came from Tambaroora and collected the children and took them back to the area where they settled ultimately in Hill End (1903 Electoral Roll, for example shows them all).
Six years after his mothers death in 1877, the younger Thomas Trevithick married Sarah TEE (born in Tambaroora) - w they had several children, some born at Hill End and some in Sydney, where the younger Thomas died in 1929. Thomas and his wife are living in Hill End in the 1903 Electoral Roll I have a copy of.
The elder Thomas (from Cornwall) married twice more in Hill End (I’m yet to confirm this with marriage certs) - Margaret HOSIER, a widow, in 1882 (she died in 1892) and Mary Ann GREEN in 1900. He passed away in 1913. I do not know if he had any children to these marriages.
So that’s the summary. I mentioned a few bits and pieces above – mention those you’re interested in and we can go from there. I have few primary sources on your direct ancestor Thomas Trevithick (born 1857 vic, died 1929 nsw) apart from his birth certificate, and electoral roll. I also have him on at least one auriferous lease entry in Hill End - I think he was mining with his father for gold long after others had ceased to do so.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Eliza BLISS
The Hall family historian for a long time was Frank Hall (Francis Michael Hall, 1923 - 2005). Frank, Eliza BLISS' great grandson, wrote up an amazing family history (he visited England several times as part of this). Frank traced descendents everywhere in NSW and visited them, and in doing so Frank visited Joyce Schuberth nee Hodges. Frank wrote in 1987: "I met Joyce Schuberth at 13 Hilda Rd Baulkham Hills and she has a photo of Eliza Bliss (Eliza Hall) my great grandmother" and elsewhere "A photo of Eliza - held by Joyce Schuberth (Table 1, No 15) shows Eliza at about 65 years to be slightly plump, about 5'6" tall with sizable hands". Frank took a photo of the framed picture of Eliza (you can see his reflection in the glass), and as the Hall family members look after the family history now, this photo was scanned.
Here is the photo:

I tried to track down Joyce Schuberth last year, but believe she may have passed on (though there is nothing in the Ryerson index). Joyce was the daughter of Ethel May HALL (1896-1967) and William HODGES. Ethel May HALL was the 15th child of William HALL and Eliza BLISS.
Eliza's story, adapted from Frank's hadnwritten history:
ELIZA BLISS (1852-1925)
The eldest of twelve children born to George BLISS and Sarah Ann FURRILL was Eliza BLISS. Eliza was born on the family property at Yass River - Spring Creek, NSW on 3rd March 1852, formally baptized at St Clements C of E Yass on 5th November 1852 and married William HALL (born 1843 in Chersteron, Cambridge, England) on the Yass Rive property in 1868 at the age of 16 years. She signed her marriage certificate with an 'X'
All fifteen children born to William and Eliza were born at Yass River, the last in 1896. It is estimated about 1903 to 1907 William and Eliza moved to Koorawatha near Cowra, NSW with their younger children Edward, Walter, Cyril, Sarah and Ethel. Edward ran a general store and Eliza a fruit shop. William HALL had a stroke about 1908 and died in Cowra on 26th July 1912, and is buried head-to-head with Eliza at Koorawatha C of E cemetery. She died at Sacred Heart Hospital, Young on 10th January 1925, aged 73 years, of cirhossis of the liver. She is reported to have been a firm mother but loving, and must have been competent, for all 15 children reached maturity.
Here is the photo:

I tried to track down Joyce Schuberth last year, but believe she may have passed on (though there is nothing in the Ryerson index). Joyce was the daughter of Ethel May HALL (1896-1967) and William HODGES. Ethel May HALL was the 15th child of William HALL and Eliza BLISS.
Eliza's story, adapted from Frank's hadnwritten history:
ELIZA BLISS (1852-1925)
The eldest of twelve children born to George BLISS and Sarah Ann FURRILL was Eliza BLISS. Eliza was born on the family property at Yass River - Spring Creek, NSW on 3rd March 1852, formally baptized at St Clements C of E Yass on 5th November 1852 and married William HALL (born 1843 in Chersteron, Cambridge, England) on the Yass Rive property in 1868 at the age of 16 years. She signed her marriage certificate with an 'X'
All fifteen children born to William and Eliza were born at Yass River, the last in 1896. It is estimated about 1903 to 1907 William and Eliza moved to Koorawatha near Cowra, NSW with their younger children Edward, Walter, Cyril, Sarah and Ethel. Edward ran a general store and Eliza a fruit shop. William HALL had a stroke about 1908 and died in Cowra on 26th July 1912, and is buried head-to-head with Eliza at Koorawatha C of E cemetery. She died at Sacred Heart Hospital, Young on 10th January 1925, aged 73 years, of cirhossis of the liver. She is reported to have been a firm mother but loving, and must have been competent, for all 15 children reached maturity.
Lucy SNAPE and William SIMMONDS
Post I made at the ancestry.com forum. My ancestor Annie SNAPE came to Australia with her sister Lucy in 1883 - they were born in Burslem, Staffordshire. Lucy married William SIMMONDS in 1884, and it appears she followed him (the family story was that the girls followed two brothers) and his brother Ebenezer, as described below.
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Seeking information on the descendents of William Sidney SIMMONDS, born abt 1852 Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England. In 1861 he is living with his father William and mother Harriet, and brothers Ebenezer and Herbert in Gloucestershire.
He was living in 1881 in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, in the home on John Snape and family, and must have sailed for Australia shortly afterwards as he married John Snape's daughter Lucy in Sydney in 1884. Lucy herself arrived in Sydney with her sister Annue in 1883 on the Illawarra. The anecdotal story in my family is that Lucy and Annie sailed to Australia to follow two brothers.
William and Lucy lived at 18 Thomas St, Ashfield (Sands Directories and NSW Electoral Roll for 1903), and William's occupation in Australia was that of cooper. The 1903 Electoral Roll also reveals that William is living next door to his brother Ebenezer (and wife Elizabeth Britton - they married in Gloucestershire in 1882), at 20 Thomas St Ashfield!
William Sidney SIMMONDS and Lucy nee Snape appear to have had the following children:
William Albert SIMMONDS, 1884-1955
Edith M SIMMONDS, 1886-?
John E SIMMONDS, 1888-1889
Grace SIMMONDS, 1890-1962
Emma A SIMMONDS, 1892-?
Sydney Charles SIMMONDS, 1895-1936
Lucy M SIMMONDS, 1903-?
NSW State Archives don't have William and Ebenezer SIMMONDS arriving in Ausrtalia. Any information about their descendents or the SIMMONDS family would be greatly appreciated.
William died in 1917 in Ashfield, and Lucy in 1946 in Burwood NSW.
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Seeking information on the descendents of William Sidney SIMMONDS, born abt 1852 Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England. In 1861 he is living with his father William and mother Harriet, and brothers Ebenezer and Herbert in Gloucestershire.
He was living in 1881 in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, in the home on John Snape and family, and must have sailed for Australia shortly afterwards as he married John Snape's daughter Lucy in Sydney in 1884. Lucy herself arrived in Sydney with her sister Annue in 1883 on the Illawarra. The anecdotal story in my family is that Lucy and Annie sailed to Australia to follow two brothers.
William and Lucy lived at 18 Thomas St, Ashfield (Sands Directories and NSW Electoral Roll for 1903), and William's occupation in Australia was that of cooper. The 1903 Electoral Roll also reveals that William is living next door to his brother Ebenezer (and wife Elizabeth Britton - they married in Gloucestershire in 1882), at 20 Thomas St Ashfield!
William Sidney SIMMONDS and Lucy nee Snape appear to have had the following children:
William Albert SIMMONDS, 1884-1955
Edith M SIMMONDS, 1886-?
John E SIMMONDS, 1888-1889
Grace SIMMONDS, 1890-1962
Emma A SIMMONDS, 1892-?
Sydney Charles SIMMONDS, 1895-1936
Lucy M SIMMONDS, 1903-?
NSW State Archives don't have William and Ebenezer SIMMONDS arriving in Ausrtalia. Any information about their descendents or the SIMMONDS family would be greatly appreciated.
William died in 1917 in Ashfield, and Lucy in 1946 in Burwood NSW.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Sebastian HODGE continued
Still working on Sebastian HODGE. I wrote to the Grammar School (Sydney) archivist, as he had several NSW Sands Directory entries that suggested he was associated with them:
1865, p235 - Hodge, Sebastian, janitor and drill master, Sydney Grammar School, College-Street
1866, p 252 - Hodge, Sebastian, teacher, Stanley St
1867, p294 - Hdge, Sebastian, Sydney Grammar School, Stanley St
1868, p 288 - Hodge, Sebastian, drill instructor, Stanley St
1869, p314 - Hodge, Sebastian, Stanley St
1870, p 334 - Hodge, Sebastian, Stanley St
1871, p 410 - Hodge, Sebastian, Stanley St
1873 - no entry
1875, p 356 - Hodge S, musician, Stanley St
1876, p 374 - Hodge, Sebastian, musician, 2 Stanley St
The Grammar archivist has written back with the following:
‘"Bas" Hodge was our first School Sergeant,1862-75. He was a key man in the Cadet Corps, he led the singing ,drilled the boys in bayonet drill and played the saxophone and clarionet (sic). He left the school for the more lucrative task as Licensee of Usher's Hotel.’
References from The Sydneian, the school magazine.
That helps fill in his time-line, and I've found (with help from others) more information about his subsequent career as a license - mainly the Commercial Hotel on King St in Sydney. I hope to find photos of his hotels.
1865, p235 - Hodge, Sebastian, janitor and drill master, Sydney Grammar School, College-Street
1866, p 252 - Hodge, Sebastian, teacher, Stanley St
1867, p294 - Hdge, Sebastian, Sydney Grammar School, Stanley St
1868, p 288 - Hodge, Sebastian, drill instructor, Stanley St
1869, p314 - Hodge, Sebastian, Stanley St
1870, p 334 - Hodge, Sebastian, Stanley St
1871, p 410 - Hodge, Sebastian, Stanley St
1873 - no entry
1875, p 356 - Hodge S, musician, Stanley St
1876, p 374 - Hodge, Sebastian, musician, 2 Stanley St
The Grammar archivist has written back with the following:
‘"Bas" Hodge was our first School Sergeant,1862-75. He was a key man in the Cadet Corps, he led the singing ,drilled the boys in bayonet drill and played the saxophone and clarionet (sic). He left the school for the more lucrative task as Licensee of Usher's Hotel.’
References from The Sydneian, the school magazine.
That helps fill in his time-line, and I've found (with help from others) more information about his subsequent career as a license - mainly the Commercial Hotel on King St in Sydney. I hope to find photos of his hotels.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Samuel Litson BORDER
Given that I've been looking into the Hodge line, I've written a bio for Samuel Litson BORDER, who married Eileen Hodge.
Samuel Litson BORDER.
Born 30 Nov 1892, Bangaroo near Canowindra, NSW Australia.
Died 1963 (aged 71), Marrickville, NSW, Australia
Married Eileen Helen HODGE (1900-1947), 26 Apr 1922,St John's Church, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Biography.
Samuel Border had more challenges in life than most. He was born to Samuel Litson Border and Amy Castle at Bangaroo, near Canowindra NSW, in 1892. His father's occupation was listed as boundary rider in his birth certificate, and in other documents as farmer, and was one of 13 children. His childhood would have been not without drama - several of his siblings died in their infancy.
When the first world war erupted Samuel was about 22 years of age, and he enlisted for service in the Australian Imperial Force in early July 1915, like so many men, in the months following the launch of the ANZAC campaign at the Gallipoli peninsula. On enlistment, Samuel gave his occupation as labourer, and his name as Samuel Arthur (rather than Samuel Litson) and also written as Somerset Arthur on other pages. His enlistment also reveals that prior to the war he was a member of the NSW Militia as a Rifle Reservist.
It appears that Samuel initially enlisted at the Barracks in Sydney (based on a statement elsewhere in his service record), though where he lived at the time is unclear as many soldiers joined enlistment marches from all over NSW, marching to the barracks. His enlistment papers describe him as being 5 ft 6 1/2 inches tall, weighing 148 pounds, with a fresh complexion, brown eyes, and fair hair, and with a tattoo on his right forearm. His religion was Church of England.
Samuel spent only a few months training, as on 15th September 1915 he was involved in an accident at Granville railway station in Sydney. It is summarised on his medical incident form in early 1916 thus: "He was running along via platform and was jostled by crowd which bumped him against the goods with with the result that he fell between the platform and train. The train cut off both legs. Operation at Parramatta Hostpital...... both stumps quite healed and he is able to get about with artificial limbs". Interestingly, two weeks after the accident, while still in hospital, a warrant was issued as was believed to have deserted, howeve this was subsequently cancelled.
Samuel lodged a claim for a pension from the army in April 1916, which was complicated by the fact that he was on leave at the time of the accident. This application included a statement by Samuel: "at 10:40 pm... I was standing on the platform at Granville Railway Station. There was a crowd of people (chiefly soldiers) standing on the platform beside myself. There was a row (note: fight/argument) proceeding on the other side of the platform to where I was standing. I found that the train to Liverpool for which I was waiting did no leave from the platform where I was, and as I rushed along to go ove the over-head bridge, a goods train was passing through the station, and someone gave me a bump. I fell between the platform and the moving train and as a result both my legs were cut off below the knees. After the accident I did not remember anything further until I found myself in Parramatta Hospital. I was in that Hospital 5 weeks, after which I was transferred to the Garrison Hospital and thence to Rosehall in which latter place I have been 4 months. At the time of the accident I was perfectly sober. The only witness who actually saw what happened was a Jack THORNE who has since embarked on active service. No enquiry has ever been held by the military authorities and I have not been examined by any medical board. My pay was continued up till approximately 15/2/16 when I was informed that payment had been stopped. The accident was caused by no fault of my own. Neither can I say that the military authorities are to blame in any way. My trade was Carpenter's laborer, but I could do some light work."
He was discharged from the army in May 1916 and his claim for a pension was approved and 3 pounds p.f. was granted from 3rd June 1916. Later in life and long after his death, family members believed he'd lost his legs in Gallipoli. It must have been immensely frustrating to have tried to serve one's nation, outwardly appear to carry the scars of battle, but for this not to be the case.
On 26th April 1922, Samuel married Eileen Hodge, a typist, at St John's Church, Darlinghurst NSW. Eileen Hodge was born in 1900, to Walter Herbert Hodge, an auctioneer, and Grace nee Smith, both of whom were born in Sydney. Samuel's occupation was given as that of a wickerworker, and they both lived in Darlinghurst at the time of their marriage. The Sands Directory for Sydney for 1923 shows them to be living in O'Sullivan Rd, Bellevue Hill. The couple had four children, John Walter, Margaret, Norma and Aileen. The NSW Electoral Roll for 1930 shows a James Arthur (instead of Samuel, Sam or Somerset Arthur) and Eileen Helen Border living at 326 Anzac Parade, Randwick, Samuel as a grocer (which family describe him as). By 1932 they were living at 20 Glasgow Ave, North Bondi and were at 178 Old South Head Rd, Vaucluse in the 1936 NSW Electoral Roll. So the family seemed to have lived in a number of residences up to World War 2, all around the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, centring on the Watsons Bay area at the South Head of Sydney Harbour.
After World War 2 broke out, Samuel and Eileen's son John Walter Border enlisted for service in 1941, and spent a considerable amount of the remainder of the war fighting in both North Africa and the Pacific. His enlistment names his mother Eileen as next of kin, and gives their address as Moore St, Watson's Bay. John returned home in January 1946 and was discharged from the army in March 1946 'at his own request on compasionate grounds'. While the exact reason is not stated, it was probably his mothers illness; Samuel's wife died in 1947of cancer. Then, in late 1952, Samuel's son John Walter was diagnosed with a blood cancer (leukemia) and died several months later in 1953. Two losses, his wife and his only son, in short succession must have been immensely taxing.
Samuel died ten years later in 1963. I've yet to order Samuel and Eileen's death certificates, and it is hoped that other members of the Border family will have a photo of the couple. Why his name varies over the course of his life is unclear, though it seems likely that he was unaware of his baptised middle name.
Samuel Litson BORDER.
Born 30 Nov 1892, Bangaroo near Canowindra, NSW Australia.
Died 1963 (aged 71), Marrickville, NSW, Australia
Married Eileen Helen HODGE (1900-1947), 26 Apr 1922,St John's Church, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Biography.
Samuel Border had more challenges in life than most. He was born to Samuel Litson Border and Amy Castle at Bangaroo, near Canowindra NSW, in 1892. His father's occupation was listed as boundary rider in his birth certificate, and in other documents as farmer, and was one of 13 children. His childhood would have been not without drama - several of his siblings died in their infancy.
When the first world war erupted Samuel was about 22 years of age, and he enlisted for service in the Australian Imperial Force in early July 1915, like so many men, in the months following the launch of the ANZAC campaign at the Gallipoli peninsula. On enlistment, Samuel gave his occupation as labourer, and his name as Samuel Arthur (rather than Samuel Litson) and also written as Somerset Arthur on other pages. His enlistment also reveals that prior to the war he was a member of the NSW Militia as a Rifle Reservist.
It appears that Samuel initially enlisted at the Barracks in Sydney (based on a statement elsewhere in his service record), though where he lived at the time is unclear as many soldiers joined enlistment marches from all over NSW, marching to the barracks. His enlistment papers describe him as being 5 ft 6 1/2 inches tall, weighing 148 pounds, with a fresh complexion, brown eyes, and fair hair, and with a tattoo on his right forearm. His religion was Church of England.
Samuel spent only a few months training, as on 15th September 1915 he was involved in an accident at Granville railway station in Sydney. It is summarised on his medical incident form in early 1916 thus: "He was running along via platform and was jostled by crowd which bumped him against the goods with with the result that he fell between the platform and train. The train cut off both legs. Operation at Parramatta Hostpital...... both stumps quite healed and he is able to get about with artificial limbs". Interestingly, two weeks after the accident, while still in hospital, a warrant was issued as was believed to have deserted, howeve this was subsequently cancelled.
Samuel lodged a claim for a pension from the army in April 1916, which was complicated by the fact that he was on leave at the time of the accident. This application included a statement by Samuel: "at 10:40 pm... I was standing on the platform at Granville Railway Station. There was a crowd of people (chiefly soldiers) standing on the platform beside myself. There was a row (note: fight/argument) proceeding on the other side of the platform to where I was standing. I found that the train to Liverpool for which I was waiting did no leave from the platform where I was, and as I rushed along to go ove the over-head bridge, a goods train was passing through the station, and someone gave me a bump. I fell between the platform and the moving train and as a result both my legs were cut off below the knees. After the accident I did not remember anything further until I found myself in Parramatta Hospital. I was in that Hospital 5 weeks, after which I was transferred to the Garrison Hospital and thence to Rosehall in which latter place I have been 4 months. At the time of the accident I was perfectly sober. The only witness who actually saw what happened was a Jack THORNE who has since embarked on active service. No enquiry has ever been held by the military authorities and I have not been examined by any medical board. My pay was continued up till approximately 15/2/16 when I was informed that payment had been stopped. The accident was caused by no fault of my own. Neither can I say that the military authorities are to blame in any way. My trade was Carpenter's laborer, but I could do some light work."
He was discharged from the army in May 1916 and his claim for a pension was approved and 3 pounds p.f. was granted from 3rd June 1916. Later in life and long after his death, family members believed he'd lost his legs in Gallipoli. It must have been immensely frustrating to have tried to serve one's nation, outwardly appear to carry the scars of battle, but for this not to be the case.
On 26th April 1922, Samuel married Eileen Hodge, a typist, at St John's Church, Darlinghurst NSW. Eileen Hodge was born in 1900, to Walter Herbert Hodge, an auctioneer, and Grace nee Smith, both of whom were born in Sydney. Samuel's occupation was given as that of a wickerworker, and they both lived in Darlinghurst at the time of their marriage. The Sands Directory for Sydney for 1923 shows them to be living in O'Sullivan Rd, Bellevue Hill. The couple had four children, John Walter, Margaret, Norma and Aileen. The NSW Electoral Roll for 1930 shows a James Arthur (instead of Samuel, Sam or Somerset Arthur) and Eileen Helen Border living at 326 Anzac Parade, Randwick, Samuel as a grocer (which family describe him as). By 1932 they were living at 20 Glasgow Ave, North Bondi and were at 178 Old South Head Rd, Vaucluse in the 1936 NSW Electoral Roll. So the family seemed to have lived in a number of residences up to World War 2, all around the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, centring on the Watsons Bay area at the South Head of Sydney Harbour.
After World War 2 broke out, Samuel and Eileen's son John Walter Border enlisted for service in 1941, and spent a considerable amount of the remainder of the war fighting in both North Africa and the Pacific. His enlistment names his mother Eileen as next of kin, and gives their address as Moore St, Watson's Bay. John returned home in January 1946 and was discharged from the army in March 1946 'at his own request on compasionate grounds'. While the exact reason is not stated, it was probably his mothers illness; Samuel's wife died in 1947of cancer. Then, in late 1952, Samuel's son John Walter was diagnosed with a blood cancer (leukemia) and died several months later in 1953. Two losses, his wife and his only son, in short succession must have been immensely taxing.
Samuel died ten years later in 1963. I've yet to order Samuel and Eileen's death certificates, and it is hoped that other members of the Border family will have a photo of the couple. Why his name varies over the course of his life is unclear, though it seems likely that he was unaware of his baptised middle name.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Follow up email on Sebastian HODGE
Hi Veronika,
Thanks for the email! Sebastian seems to be a Hodge name... I wouldn’t be surprised if both Hodge’s are related. The UK census shows a couple of Sebastian Hodge’s.
There were two weddings for a Sebastian Hodge in NSW:
V185541 82/1855 HODGE SEBASTIAN SMITH HARRIET QC
1413/1857 HODGE SEBASTIAN SMITH EMMA ELIZA BATHURST
Amazing. Two Sebastian Hodge’s married two girls with the surname Smith. I have the mariage certificate for Sebastian Hodge and Harriet Smith, though unfortunately it must be one of the LAST weddings not registered – so I have no information on where they were born:
NSW Marriage Certificate
Number: 41 Vol: 82
Grooms Details
Name: Sebastian HODGE, Bachelor
Member: Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Abode: Sydney
Brides Details
Name: Harriet SMITH, Spinster
Member: Not stated
Abode: Sydney
When married: 16 March, 1855
Where married: Sydney
Minister: James Fullerton L.L.D., Minister Scots Church, Pitt St.
Religion: Presbytyrian
Abode: Sydney
Witnesses:
J. Lawler of Sydney
William Smith, of Sydney
The State Records NSW indicate a Sebastian HODGE arrived on the ‘Rose of Sharon’ in 1855 (without any other family), and there are no cogent births in the NSW BDM, which leads one to ponder how NSW had two.
So here is the most interesting thing I’ve ever found in censuses!
UK 1841 census: Three Sebastian Hodge men in Barnstaple, Devon., born 1786, 1807 and 1830 (three generations of the same family), all born in Devon, England.
In the UK in 1851 there were two Sebastian Hodge’s – father (with wife Susanna) and son (from above) in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. Sebastian the older was born in 1808 and appears in later censuses – i.e. He never moved to Australia. The Devonshire probate records available online show a Sebastian, son of Sebastian and Sarah Hodge baptised 30 Mar 1808 in Devon: Barnstaple - Parish Register, 1538-1812.
Sebastian the younger was single in 1851. Both father and son have the occupation of ‘house joiner’, but in 1861 Sebastian is no longer living in England. I believe this to be one of the two Sebastian Hodge’s in Australia, as one death matches the
9521/1895 HODGE SEBASTIAN SEBASTIAN SUSAN NEWTOWN.
However the 1861 census for England, amazingly, shows my Sebastian Hodge!!
It transpires that my Sebastian Hodge was a Private. The 1861 census for Portsmouth, District First Battalion 11th Infantry Regiment shows:
Hodge, Sebastian. Married. Soldier. Age 27 (so born about 1834). Rank: Private. Born: Island of Zante, Mediterranean. British Subject.
Hodge, Harriet. Married. Wife. Age 27 (so born about 1834). Born: Ireland.
Hodge, William. Son. Age 5 (so born about 1856). Born: New South Wales, Sydney.
Hodge, Mary. Daughter. Age 3 (so born about 1858). Born: Kent, Dover.
The birth of William in Sydney is on the BDM, and matches with my Sebastian and Harriet. The fact that their daughter Mary was born in Kent suggests that he is related to the Kent Hodge’s I’ve heard so much about – if you can fit it into your tree I’d be most interested to hear of it. The Island of Zante (Zakynthos) was under British control from the time it was wrested from Napoleon in 1798 till 1864 when it was incorporated into the Greek State. So Sebastian himself may be the son of a soldier.
I know they returned to Australia – they had a child in Sydney 1855 (William), were in England in 1861 and then their next child in Sydney was in 1863 (Phillip E). His military career also fits with early entries in the NSW Sands Directory:
1865, p235 - Hodge, Sebastian, janitor and drill master, Sydney Grammar School, College-Street
1866, p 252 - Hodge, Sebastian, teacher, Stanley St
1868, p 288 - Hodge, Sebastian, drill instructor, Stanley St
I’ve e-mailed Grammar archives to see what they’ve got. I also need to learn about the First Battalion 11th Infantry Regiment.
This clearly leaves me with a lot to do! My Sebastian probably doesn’t appear on NSW immigration records if he arrived as a soldier, leaving the other likely Sebastian as the one born on Devonshire.
I’ll let you know when I learn more.
Cheers
matt
Thanks for the email! Sebastian seems to be a Hodge name... I wouldn’t be surprised if both Hodge’s are related. The UK census shows a couple of Sebastian Hodge’s.
There were two weddings for a Sebastian Hodge in NSW:
V185541 82/1855 HODGE SEBASTIAN SMITH HARRIET QC
1413/1857 HODGE SEBASTIAN SMITH EMMA ELIZA BATHURST
Amazing. Two Sebastian Hodge’s married two girls with the surname Smith. I have the mariage certificate for Sebastian Hodge and Harriet Smith, though unfortunately it must be one of the LAST weddings not registered – so I have no information on where they were born:
NSW Marriage Certificate
Number: 41 Vol: 82
Grooms Details
Name: Sebastian HODGE, Bachelor
Member: Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Abode: Sydney
Brides Details
Name: Harriet SMITH, Spinster
Member: Not stated
Abode: Sydney
When married: 16 March, 1855
Where married: Sydney
Minister: James Fullerton L.L.D., Minister Scots Church, Pitt St.
Religion: Presbytyrian
Abode: Sydney
Witnesses:
J. Lawler of Sydney
William Smith, of Sydney
The State Records NSW indicate a Sebastian HODGE arrived on the ‘Rose of Sharon’ in 1855 (without any other family), and there are no cogent births in the NSW BDM, which leads one to ponder how NSW had two.
So here is the most interesting thing I’ve ever found in censuses!
UK 1841 census: Three Sebastian Hodge men in Barnstaple, Devon., born 1786, 1807 and 1830 (three generations of the same family), all born in Devon, England.
In the UK in 1851 there were two Sebastian Hodge’s – father (with wife Susanna) and son (from above) in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. Sebastian the older was born in 1808 and appears in later censuses – i.e. He never moved to Australia. The Devonshire probate records available online show a Sebastian, son of Sebastian and Sarah Hodge baptised 30 Mar 1808 in Devon: Barnstaple - Parish Register, 1538-1812.
Sebastian the younger was single in 1851. Both father and son have the occupation of ‘house joiner’, but in 1861 Sebastian is no longer living in England. I believe this to be one of the two Sebastian Hodge’s in Australia, as one death matches the
9521/1895 HODGE SEBASTIAN SEBASTIAN SUSAN NEWTOWN.
However the 1861 census for England, amazingly, shows my Sebastian Hodge!!
It transpires that my Sebastian Hodge was a Private. The 1861 census for Portsmouth, District First Battalion 11th Infantry Regiment shows:
Hodge, Sebastian. Married. Soldier. Age 27 (so born about 1834). Rank: Private. Born: Island of Zante, Mediterranean. British Subject.
Hodge, Harriet. Married. Wife. Age 27 (so born about 1834). Born: Ireland.
Hodge, William. Son. Age 5 (so born about 1856). Born: New South Wales, Sydney.
Hodge, Mary. Daughter. Age 3 (so born about 1858). Born: Kent, Dover.
The birth of William in Sydney is on the BDM, and matches with my Sebastian and Harriet. The fact that their daughter Mary was born in Kent suggests that he is related to the Kent Hodge’s I’ve heard so much about – if you can fit it into your tree I’d be most interested to hear of it. The Island of Zante (Zakynthos) was under British control from the time it was wrested from Napoleon in 1798 till 1864 when it was incorporated into the Greek State. So Sebastian himself may be the son of a soldier.
I know they returned to Australia – they had a child in Sydney 1855 (William), were in England in 1861 and then their next child in Sydney was in 1863 (Phillip E). His military career also fits with early entries in the NSW Sands Directory:
1865, p235 - Hodge, Sebastian, janitor and drill master, Sydney Grammar School, College-Street
1866, p 252 - Hodge, Sebastian, teacher, Stanley St
1868, p 288 - Hodge, Sebastian, drill instructor, Stanley St
I’ve e-mailed Grammar archives to see what they’ve got. I also need to learn about the First Battalion 11th Infantry Regiment.
This clearly leaves me with a lot to do! My Sebastian probably doesn’t appear on NSW immigration records if he arrived as a soldier, leaving the other likely Sebastian as the one born on Devonshire.
I’ll let you know when I learn more.
Cheers
matt
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Message posted on genforum r.e. Hodge family
Hi,
Seeking desecendants, information on Sebastian HODGE and Harriet SMITH (m. abt 1855 in Sydney), parents of Walter Herbert HODGE (1871 Sydney - 1956 Sydney) who married Grace SMITH at St John's, Darlinghurst, NSW in 1897.
I believe Sebastian may have arrived on the 'Rose of Sharon' in 1855, as it's the only Sebastian HODGE I can find in the NSW State Archives.
The HODGE family, Sebastian wife and children, lived in East Sydney I believe.
Other children of Sebastian HODGE and Harriet SMITH appear to be Sebastian (d. 1866), William (b 1855), Philip E (1863-1892), John A (1865-?), Harriet E (1869-?), Thomas R (1869-1930), and Sydney Sebastian (1874-?).
Would love to hear from any descendants.
cheers,
matt
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The interesting thing about this family is that the only UK census match in 1851 for Sebastian HODGE lives in Barnstaple, Devonshire. If true, this is the same area as James Border and particularly his wife Sophia Mason (Ilfracombe) came from!
Seeking desecendants, information on Sebastian HODGE and Harriet SMITH (m. abt 1855 in Sydney), parents of Walter Herbert HODGE (1871 Sydney - 1956 Sydney) who married Grace SMITH at St John's, Darlinghurst, NSW in 1897.
I believe Sebastian may have arrived on the 'Rose of Sharon' in 1855, as it's the only Sebastian HODGE I can find in the NSW State Archives.
The HODGE family, Sebastian wife and children, lived in East Sydney I believe.
Other children of Sebastian HODGE and Harriet SMITH appear to be Sebastian (d. 1866), William (b 1855), Philip E (1863-1892), John A (1865-?), Harriet E (1869-?), Thomas R (1869-1930), and Sydney Sebastian (1874-?).
Would love to hear from any descendants.
cheers,
matt
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The interesting thing about this family is that the only UK census match in 1851 for Sebastian HODGE lives in Barnstaple, Devonshire. If true, this is the same area as James Border and particularly his wife Sophia Mason (Ilfracombe) came from!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
John HALL
My grandfather enlisted in the RAAF in the second half of the second world war - he'd spent the first half in the 30th Battalion AIF in Sydney and Western Australia, but transferred. I've had the Australian Archives digitise his RAAF service record, which is 167 pages long!
This means it'll take quite a while to sift through and summarise, however it includes a fantastic enlistment photo, and an educational summary which both give a lot of information.


Extract from his educational experience:
Extract from RAAF Service Record
Application for Air Crew
NX14224
Pte J Hall
Motor Trasport
HQ Coy
30th Aust. Inf. Bn.
Date of birth: 30 . 8 . 20
Single
Next of kin: Norman Hall, 37 Stanley St, Burwood N.S.W.
Father: Australian, Mother: Australian
Give particulars of the schools at which you were educated from age 12:
St Joseph's Convent, Enfield, NSW, 1927 - 1933
Marist Bros. High School, Darlinghurst NSW, 1934 - 1938
Have you sat for the Merit Intermediate or Junior Public Examination?
Name of examining body: NSW Dept of Education
Description of certificate: Intermediate Certificate
Date of examination: 1936
Was certificate obtained? Yes
Subjects pass in: English, Latin, French, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics I, Mathematics II, History.
Subjects failed: NIL
Subjects in which a first-class pass was obtained: Mathematics II, Chemistry, Latin, French
Have you sat for any other educational examination?
Name of examining body: NSW Dept of Education
Description of certificate: Leaving Certificate
Date of examination: 1938
Was examination passed? Yes
Subjects pass in: Maths I, Maths II, Physics, Chemistry, English, Latin, French
(Qualified for entrance to University of Sydney)
Occupation since leaving school, including nature of work in which now engaged:
Clerk (Staff and Records) NSW P.M.G. Dept, Commonwealth Public Service
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Note: Other application forms mention 6 months of analytical chemistry training. I'd always known that Pa started training in chemistry, but that the war had ended it. I certainly didn't know he'd qualified to study at Sydney University (my alma mater)... I'd like to know why he didn't attend. The family didn't have a great deal of money when he finished school (it was the tail end of the depression) so it's possible that was the main reason. His mother was also unwell and died on cancer in 1940. I imagine the stability of a public service job would have been too enticing for him. His father didn't study chemistry until quite a way into his career, and i'm sure Pa figured he could do the same. The war stopped that.
This means it'll take quite a while to sift through and summarise, however it includes a fantastic enlistment photo, and an educational summary which both give a lot of information.


Extract from his educational experience:
Extract from RAAF Service Record
Application for Air Crew
NX14224
Pte J Hall
Motor Trasport
HQ Coy
30th Aust. Inf. Bn.
Date of birth: 30 . 8 . 20
Single
Next of kin: Norman Hall, 37 Stanley St, Burwood N.S.W.
Father: Australian, Mother: Australian
Give particulars of the schools at which you were educated from age 12:
St Joseph's Convent, Enfield, NSW, 1927 - 1933
Marist Bros. High School, Darlinghurst NSW, 1934 - 1938
Have you sat for the Merit Intermediate or Junior Public Examination?
Name of examining body: NSW Dept of Education
Description of certificate: Intermediate Certificate
Date of examination: 1936
Was certificate obtained? Yes
Subjects pass in: English, Latin, French, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics I, Mathematics II, History.
Subjects failed: NIL
Subjects in which a first-class pass was obtained: Mathematics II, Chemistry, Latin, French
Have you sat for any other educational examination?
Name of examining body: NSW Dept of Education
Description of certificate: Leaving Certificate
Date of examination: 1938
Was examination passed? Yes
Subjects pass in: Maths I, Maths II, Physics, Chemistry, English, Latin, French
(Qualified for entrance to University of Sydney)
Occupation since leaving school, including nature of work in which now engaged:
Clerk (Staff and Records) NSW P.M.G. Dept, Commonwealth Public Service
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Note: Other application forms mention 6 months of analytical chemistry training. I'd always known that Pa started training in chemistry, but that the war had ended it. I certainly didn't know he'd qualified to study at Sydney University (my alma mater)... I'd like to know why he didn't attend. The family didn't have a great deal of money when he finished school (it was the tail end of the depression) so it's possible that was the main reason. His mother was also unwell and died on cancer in 1940. I imagine the stability of a public service job would have been too enticing for him. His father didn't study chemistry until quite a way into his career, and i'm sure Pa figured he could do the same. The war stopped that.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Ellen Alleyn
I'm putting the pieces of the Alleyne family together. They can also be called the Allen family or the Alleyn family.
Michael Jospeh CONLON married Ellen Alleyn in St. Mary's Cathedral Sydney on 29 Jun 1865 and they subsequently lived in Glebe. In Michael's biography posted elsewhere here, he mentions that he married the daughter of Samuel Hyde ALLEYN, and in Ellen's marriage certifiate her place of birth is listed as Co. Tipperary, Ireland and her mother is named Mary.
These clues led me to the NSW Archives database, and a family who were entered under the surname ALLEN. I imagine the name was written phonetically, given the variation in name.
Here are their arrival records (pasted below). The main information to note is that Samuel ALLEN/ALLEY was married to Mary HAMMOND, though her age and the age of his children hints that she may be his second wife. Samuel and all his children were born in Golden, Tipperary, while Mary Hammond was born in Clonmel, Tipperary.
The other key clue is that the ALLEYN's already had a daughter in Sydney, Eliza: "Daighter Eliza Allen living in Sydney" and while I'm yet to track her down in arrival records, it's certainly an interesting development.
So, here are their arrival records transcribed. I look forward to connecting them to the other ALLEYNs in Golden, Tipperary.
List of Immigrants per Ship "Thetis" arrived 20 May 1850
- Allen, Samuel, Married, 47, Calling: Shepherd, Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Can Read
- Allen, Mary, Married, 35, Callling: (wife), Native place and country: Clonmell, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Can Read and Write
- Allen, William, 19, Callling: Shepherd, Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Can Read and Write
- Allen, Ann, 14, Callling: Farmservant (daughter), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Can Read
- Allen, Samuel, 11, Callling: (son), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Can Read
- Allen, Ellen, 5, Callling: (daughter), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Cannot read
- Allen, Mary, 2, Callling: (daughter), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Cannot read
List of Immigrants per Ship "Thetis" as by the immigration board inspected 22 May 1850
- Allen, Samuel, Married, 47, Parents names: William and Ellen, both dead, Calling: Shepherd, Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: R.C., Can Read, Relations in the colony: Daighter Eliza Allen living in Sydney, State of bodily health: Inferior, Any complaints regarding voyage: None. Remarks: 2 pounds sterling.
- Allen, Mary, Married, 35, Callling: House servant, Native place and country: Clonmell, Tipperary, Parents: Richard and Ellen Hammond, both dead, Religion: R.C., Can Read and Write, Relations in the colony: none, State of bodily health: Good, Any complaints regarding voyage: None. Remarks: 2 pounds sterling.
- Allen, William, 19, Callling: Shepherd, Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: R.C., Can Read and Write, State of bodily health: Good, Remarks: 2 pounds sterling.
- Allen, Ann, 14, Callling: Farmservant (daughter), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: R.C., Can Read, Can Read and Write, State of bodily health: Good, Remarks: 2 pounds sterling.
- Allen, Samuel, 11, Callling: (son), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: R.C., Can Read, Can Read and Write, State of bodily health: Good, Remarks: 1 pound1 sterling.
- Allen, Ellen, 5, Callling: (daughter), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: R.C., Cannot read, Can Read and Write, State of bodily health: Good, Remarks: 1 pound sterling.
- Allen, Mary, 2, Callling: (daughter), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: R.C., Cannot read, Can Read and Write, State of bodily health: Good, Remarks: 1 pound sterling.
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Michael Jospeh CONLON married Ellen Alleyn in St. Mary's Cathedral Sydney on 29 Jun 1865 and they subsequently lived in Glebe. In Michael's biography posted elsewhere here, he mentions that he married the daughter of Samuel Hyde ALLEYN, and in Ellen's marriage certifiate her place of birth is listed as Co. Tipperary, Ireland and her mother is named Mary.
These clues led me to the NSW Archives database, and a family who were entered under the surname ALLEN. I imagine the name was written phonetically, given the variation in name.
Here are their arrival records (pasted below). The main information to note is that Samuel ALLEN/ALLEY was married to Mary HAMMOND, though her age and the age of his children hints that she may be his second wife. Samuel and all his children were born in Golden, Tipperary, while Mary Hammond was born in Clonmel, Tipperary.
The other key clue is that the ALLEYN's already had a daughter in Sydney, Eliza: "Daighter Eliza Allen living in Sydney" and while I'm yet to track her down in arrival records, it's certainly an interesting development.
So, here are their arrival records transcribed. I look forward to connecting them to the other ALLEYNs in Golden, Tipperary.
List of Immigrants per Ship "Thetis" arrived 20 May 1850
- Allen, Samuel, Married, 47, Calling: Shepherd, Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Can Read
- Allen, Mary, Married, 35, Callling: (wife), Native place and country: Clonmell, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Can Read and Write
- Allen, William, 19, Callling: Shepherd, Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Can Read and Write
- Allen, Ann, 14, Callling: Farmservant (daughter), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Can Read
- Allen, Samuel, 11, Callling: (son), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Can Read
- Allen, Ellen, 5, Callling: (daughter), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Cannot read
- Allen, Mary, 2, Callling: (daughter), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: Ch. of Rome, Cannot read
List of Immigrants per Ship "Thetis" as by the immigration board inspected 22 May 1850
- Allen, Samuel, Married, 47, Parents names: William and Ellen, both dead, Calling: Shepherd, Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: R.C., Can Read, Relations in the colony: Daighter Eliza Allen living in Sydney, State of bodily health: Inferior, Any complaints regarding voyage: None. Remarks: 2 pounds sterling.
- Allen, Mary, Married, 35, Callling: House servant, Native place and country: Clonmell, Tipperary, Parents: Richard and Ellen Hammond, both dead, Religion: R.C., Can Read and Write, Relations in the colony: none, State of bodily health: Good, Any complaints regarding voyage: None. Remarks: 2 pounds sterling.
- Allen, William, 19, Callling: Shepherd, Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: R.C., Can Read and Write, State of bodily health: Good, Remarks: 2 pounds sterling.
- Allen, Ann, 14, Callling: Farmservant (daughter), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: R.C., Can Read, Can Read and Write, State of bodily health: Good, Remarks: 2 pounds sterling.
- Allen, Samuel, 11, Callling: (son), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: R.C., Can Read, Can Read and Write, State of bodily health: Good, Remarks: 1 pound1 sterling.
- Allen, Ellen, 5, Callling: (daughter), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: R.C., Cannot read, Can Read and Write, State of bodily health: Good, Remarks: 1 pound sterling.
- Allen, Mary, 2, Callling: (daughter), Native place and country: Golden, Tipperary, Religion: R.C., Cannot read, Can Read and Write, State of bodily health: Good, Remarks: 1 pound sterling.
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