READY OR NOT – FOREWORD

		‘GEORGE’ PETER READY M 15/11/1882 JULIA JACKSON
	CHILDREN OF GEORGE AND JULIA READY	DATE BIRTH	DATE DEATH
1	UNNAMED	7/11/1883	7/11/1883
2	MABEL	25/9/1884	????????
3	GEORGE PETER MARK	18/10/1885	25/10/1955
4	FRANK	8/5/87	9/12/87
5	SYDNEY	11/5/1888	4/5/1964
6	ETHEL ELIZABETH MAY	20/9/89	12/2/1890
7	WILLIAM HENRY	1/11/1890	18/2/1964
8	JESSIE SARAH	30/5/1892	18/12/1971
9	FREDERICK BENSON	7/9/1894	10/8/1895
10	ESMA JACKSON	12/7/1896	29/8/1898
11	ARTHUR CHARLES	10/7/1899	29/3/1953
12	ALFRED JAMES	29/4/1901	10/8/1954
	FLORA AND SYD READY – PARENTS OF PHIL	ESMA AND JESSIE READY APP 1898 REDFERN	ARTHUR FR L ALF BACK R
	ALF READY , ARTHUR READY , MICK BELL AND MORE AT LAURIETON	JESSIE SARAH READY	BILL AND EM READY

 

THIS IS THE FOREWORD PHIL READY WROTE FOR HIS BOOK – “READY OR NOT “. I AM REPRODUCING IT FOLLOWING HIS EMAIL RE MY PUBLISHING HIS FINDINGS. PERMISSION GRANTED.

When I decided in 1981 to research the history of my family, i believed that we were on my father’s side, descended from an average English, Protestant  family with nothing very exciting to be found.

How wrong I was for I have found that we are descended from Irish Roman Catholic  convicts, that there are numerous skeletons in the family closet and that there existed adventure and romance that I for one never dreamed of and my father, as far as I am aware, never realised.

My mother, would have been shocked, for my earlier memories of her are that she was rather biased against Irish Roman Catholics and judgemental about people’s moral values but as she got older, in line with the changes going on, she mellowed and became more tolerant of other people’s points of view.

The detective work necessary to ferret out the information has taken my wife,Lois, and I to many parts of NSW and VICTORIA whilst the rest of the family have waited to see what would be the next discovery.

The pleasant surprise of receiving phone calls from others researching the READY family has introduced me to Doug Howe and Betty Alford, grandchildren of Catherine Louisa and Sarah Ann, my grandfather’s sisters who married Joseph Howe and William henry Watson respectively. This has opened up more information and has not only led to a continuing friendship with Doug but introduced me to several more cousins on his side of the family. Research by Doug also led to a meeting with Ken Eccleston, great grandson of George Eccleston and his wife Catherine, sister of my great,great grandmother Elizabeth Curtis. Ken’s contributions on the Curtis Family have been invaluable.

Each time I find more information I get a thrill, for there are times when I despair of ever finding the information I want, such as; WHAT HAPPENED TO THOMAS and ELIZABETH HOGAN and to JOHANNAH PRENDERGAST?  I thought that release of the Victorian Records might help but a search of these records has also proven fruitless. Time and further research may find the answer.

Finding my ancestors and researching their history has helped fill in some of my genetic heritage and what has helped in making me the way I am, for each member has added their contribution. I well remember strange feelings I had when I read JOHANNAH’s letter to Governor Darling, and also the story of HANNAH HUTCHINS or HITCHINS ( for there are many variations to the spelling of her name.)

Reading the Surgeon’s account of the voyage of the ‘Dorothy’ gave me some idea of what it was like to travel out on one of the Convict Transports, although the Dorothy apparently had a much better trip than many others.

In some ways I feel that I may have deprived those who come after me of the fun I have had but there is still a lot left untold and each day I guess, we are making history. I hope  that later researchers will enjoy it as much as I have. be careful of what you throw out for, I believe, that although we are not responsible for our ancestors, who incidentally wen through situations that I,for on, would not like to have gone through, we are, as guardians of our heritage, responsible to our descendants.

Phil Ready. July 1988. 

 

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TRIAL BAY AND SOUTH WEST ROCKS

TRIAL BAY WAS built in a later period than what I’m usually looking at. The connection with South West Rocks was earlier for my direct family. I do however have documents and images from Jan Maurice and Sanders’ were out there as Boatsmen and running a boarding house as well as one lad being remembered in the Memorial Pines. Killed in the war. So we took a drive out there on our recent 2 week Loop and took a look through the Boatsmen’s Houses which are carefully maintained and where,as usual, we encountered enthusiastic and helpful volunteers hanging on to our heritage with Tenacity. Below are some links to TRIAL BAY and some images from our exploration.

TRIAL BAY GAOL

Established in 1886, Trial Bay Gaol is the only example of a state prison specifically built to carry out public works. The intention was for prisoners to construct a breakwater in Trial Bay and create a safe harbour between Sydney and Brisbane.

http://www.kempsey.nsw.gov.au/clicka.htm

KEMSPEY AND THE MACLEAY RIVER

 

http://www.australianexplorer.com/photographs/nsw_architecture_trial_bay_gaol.htm

Trial Bay (Gaol) Photos – (New South Wales)

 

http://www.nnsw.com.au/southwestrocks/trialbay.html

TRIAL BAY GAOL Photo Gallery

 

http://migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/places/zivillager/history.shtml

ZIVIL LAGER

 

http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/org/Trial_Bay_Gaol_National_Parks_and_Wildlife/about/

Trial Bay Gaol National Parks and Wildlife : COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIA NETWORK

 

TRIAL BAY IN 2001

 

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IN THIS YEAR : 1838 -JESSIE – JENNET-JANET MCLEAN (later MCNEIL) ON THE BRILLIANT

 

1838 The BRILLIANT brought Scottish Bounty Immigrants including : JESSIE(JENNET, JANET) MCLEAN MOTHER OF MARY ANN MCNEIL( later to become known as GRANNY BELL of LAURIETON, wife of the Invalid Mr John Bell. ) Janet was born in 1831 so she was only a child of 6-7 when she came. Her parents were JOHN MCLEAN and GRACE MCINNES(McGuiness) The John Bells during the 1880s are said to have had a house at Palm Vale on the Tweed and the accident which invalided him. apparently rendering him unable to walk and preceding their removal to LAURIETON, took place in the sugar industry on the Tweed near CONDONG and TUMBULGUM. Mary Ann married John  in 1878 in Taree.

 

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4168774 The Hobart Town Courier Friday 17 November 1837 Supplement: Supplement to the Hobart Town Courier., page 2.

The Hobart Town Courier, Friday 5 January 1838, page 2 With the BRILLIANT due later in JANUARY.

JESSIE – JENNETT – JANET MCLEAN AND THE BRILLIANT 1838 THIRD AND LAST EMBARKATION OF HIGHLANDERS TO AUSTRALIA FOR THE SEASON Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), Saturday, October 14, 1837; Issue 18331.

Ships to Australia 1837-39 From the British Parliamentary Papers of 1839 II – Respecting Emigration to the Colonies http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/au1838.htm The Brilliant, a sailing ship of 428 tons, left Scotland for the Australian Colonies on September 27, 1837 and carried some 300 Scottish people who were leaving their homeland under the bounty immigration system. The selection was made by a selecting officer. 320 people embarked on the BRILLIANT and there was only one death recorded. The BRILLIANT was built in MONTREAL in 1834 and was 429 tons. She was taken up by the EMIGRATION DEPARTMENT on August 19 1837 in LEITH . The emigrants embarked in the HEBRIDES. The name of the owner was S PATERSON and she was hired at the rate of 4pounds 17/6 per ton.  A. Campbell was the Surgeon Superintendent on the voyage. The BRILLIANT departed on the 27 Sep 1837 and arrived in NSW on 27 Jan 1838. 126 days at sea with a touching at the Cape on 29 Nov 1837. 74 males. 84 females. 59 children between 14 and 7. 103 children under 7. 320 in total with 2 children born on the voyage. The 1 death was that of a child. "They Came in the Brilliant: A History of the McLaurin, McMee" Author: J. O. Randell Title: They Came in the Brilliant: A History of the McLaurin, McMeekin and Paton Families Publisher: Brown Prior Anderson Location: U.S.A. From Log Of Logs, Vol.2. By Ian Nicholson Brilliant, ship 428t, Gilkinson; Tobermory, Mull, 27/9 with 318 Highland 1837-1838 immigrants for Sydney. + Account of departure published in *Inverness Courier, reproduced in *Australian Biography & General Record, No. 15. (Sydney July 1990)

 

 

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS/2007-12/1197018234

http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/australia1837.htm

 

Watterson Family http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~watterson/wattersonrootsweb.html

McLeod Family of Ulmarra

• Letters published in Sydney Morning Herald in January 1838 regarding the voyage of the "Brilliant"

NSW State Records film # 1288 SCOTTISH BOUNTY MIGRANTS.

ON THE BRILLIANT	1837-1838
JOHN McGREGOR . John, Elizabeth and their young family came to Australia in 1838 on the ship "Brilliant" and settled in the Williams River area. They later moved to the Clarence River district where John and Elizabeth resided for the remainder of their lives. John McGregor died 28th August, 1888 at Ulmarra, NSW, and Elizabeth on 25th August, 1869, also at Ulmarra.	http://www.angelfire.com/bc/juliette/page4.html ULMARRA 2008
	Meanwhile  Queen Victoria was being crowned as per following article When Victoria Was Crowned; DESCRIPTION OF THE CORONATION OF 1838, BY AN EYE-WITNESS OF THE IMPOSING CEREMONIAL. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0CEED6103DEE32A25752C1A9639C946397D6CF
FROM THE CEMETERIES SITE OF GREAT LAKE HISTORICAL MUSEUM http://greatlakeshistorical.museum.com/cemeteries.html http://greatlakeshistorical.museum.com/krambach.html Obituary notice. Donald Cameron. The death of Mr. Donald Cameron of Port Stephens of which the usual Obituary Notice was inserted in the "Empire" of Friday last deserves a more extended notice than it then and there received. Mr. Cameron was a native of Ardnamurchan, Argyleshire, Scotland and was upwards of sixty years of age when he emigrated with his family to the colony per ship "Brilliant" which sailed from Tobar Mory in the Isle of Mull in the year 1838, being ninety years of age when he died on the 12th instant. READ ON	JANET/JENNETT MCLEAN ALSO SAILED FROM TOBER MORY IN THE ISLE OF MULL. TOBER MORY BY JAMES WISEMAN http://www.jameswiseman.com/tobermory.php OTHER MCLEANS ON THE BRILLIANT. Allan McLean and Janet McFarlane http://jamesobrien.id.au/genealogy/allan-mclean-and-janet-mcfarlane/
Inverness Courier Index 1837, p212… A large body of emigrants sailed from Tobermory on the 27th of September for New South Wales. The vessel was the Brilliant, and its size and splendid fittings were greatly admired. “the people to be conveyed by this vessel are decidedly the most valuable that have ever left the shores of Great Britain; they are all of excellent moral character, and from their knowledge of agriculture, and management of sheep and cattle, must prove a most valuable acquisition to a colony like New South Wales.” The Rev. Mr Macpherson, of Tobermory, preached a farewell sermon before the party sailed. The total number of emigrants was 322, made up as follows:—From Ardnamurchan and Strontian, 105; Coll and Tiree, 104; Mull and lona, 56; Morven, 25; Dunoon, 28; teachers, 2; surgeons, 2. A visitor from New South Wales presented as many of the party as he met with letters of introduction, and expressed himself highly gratified with the prospect of having so valuable an addition to the colony. A Government agent superintended the embarkation.	THERE are a lot of MCLEANS on this BRILLIANT trip of 1838. Some of them include: MCLEAN Allan 49 Brilliant 24/01/1838 Wife 40; boat builder MCLEAN Allan 28 Brilliant 24/01/1838 Wife 20; shepherd MCLEAN Allan 19 Brilliant 24/01/1838 Unmarried; farm servant MCLEAN Anne 18 Brilliant Unmarried; country servant MCLEAN Anne 15 Brilliant 24/01/1838 Unmarried; country servant
MORE MCLEANS ON THE BRILLIANT 1838 MCLEAN Archibald 22 Brilliant 24/01/1838 Unmarried; farm servant MCLEAN Archibald 16 Brilliant 24/01/1838 Unmarried; farm servant MCLEAN Bell 25 Brilliant 24/01/1838 Unmarried; housemaid MCLEAN Charles 36 Brilliant  24/01/1838  Wife 35; farm servant	MORE MCLEANS ON THE BRILLIANT 1838 MCLEAN Donald 28 Brilliant Wife 30; mason MCLEAN Donald 30 Brilliant Wife 28; farm servant MCLEAN Dugald 30 Unmarried; fam overseer MCLEAN Ellen 20 Unmarried; country servant MCLEAN Hugh 23 Unmarried; shepherd MCLEAN Isabella 20 Unmarried; housemaid
MCLEAN James 16 Unmarried; farm servant MCLEAN Janet 18 Unmarried; country servant MCLEAN Janet 29 Unmarried; housemaid	MCLEAN John 32 Wife 28; farm servant MCLEAN John 32 Wife 27; farm servant
MCLEAN Marion 68 Widow; farm housekeeper MCLEAN Mary 27 Unmarried; housemaid	MCLEAN Roderick 35 Wife 35; farm servant MCLEAN Roderick 30 Wife 22; farm servant
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 27 January 1838 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2550732	The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Tuesday 30 January 1838, page 3 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2550113

 

 

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 3 February 1838, page 4

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2547105

 

PERMISSION GRANTED

Today I received an email from PHIL READY, who with his wife Lois, ( descendant of 2nd fleet) compiled READY OR NOT . Hours and hours he tells me in the Mitchell Library and many cemeteries. Phil’s work was one of the major initiating factors for me in this venture. He has given me full permission to use his research . Thank you, indeed, Phil.

MCLEOD ON CONDONG PLAINS

So far we have placed John and Normal Bell with their families on the TWEED RIVER. We also have their sister Wilhelmina who married GEORGE DINSEY. There is a MR BELL christian name unknown supervising at ABBOTSFORD MILL( I don’t yet know which mill that was. ) Now a JOHN MCLEOD appears and McLeod is the maiden name of the mother WILHELMINA who came on the JAMES MORAN in 1839. She had other children with her whose names I don’t as yet have.

WANTED to Let, on Clearing Leases, Seven FARMS, of from forty to fifty acres each; fine scrub land; river frontage, Tweed River ¡ eight miles from the Heads. Apply to Mr. JOHN M’LEOD, Condong Plains, Tweed River ; or E. W. S. HAYLEY, Southgate, Clarence River. 2575

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1295006

The Brisbane Courier Friday 30 August 1872, page 1.

This is 3 years after JOHN BELL acquires his land and 6 years before he married MARY ANN MCNEIL.

 

And in 1881;

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article919217 he Brisbane Courier Saturday 30 April 1881, page 5 “Unique” writes from the Tweed River: ” On the evening of Easter Monday the rather monotonous course of life on the Tweed was broken by a ball given by the employes of the C.S.R. Company, and which, under the kind auspices of Mr. and Mrs Isaacs, bids fair to become one of the annual events of the neighbourhood. A range of the barracks had been prepared for the festive occasion, and, although the weather was unpropitious, a goodly array of the votaries of Terpsichore assembled. The room had  been most effectively decorated by the hands of f$air neighbours-wreaths, crowns, and pendants of varied colours relieved tbe sombre green of the foliage with which the walls and roof had been profusely ornamented, and with the brilliancy of the lights and the bright eyes and flowing drapery of the ladies, combined to produce a tout ensemble seldom seen in the neighbourhood. Dancing commenced at 8 o’clock to the enlivening strains of three musicians, and dance succeeded dance in rapid succession till long past the small hours of the morning. At a late hour the party broke up with many expressions of pleasure on the part of the hosts that their guests had been sufficiently enterprising to brave such stormy weather, and of hope that on a future occasion Condong might again be honoured by their presence.

THE COTTAGE BILAMBIL 2008

James had been born to John and Mary Ann by this time and Norman was born in 1881.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3429862 FROM BRISBANE COURIER THURSDAY MAY 8 . In 1884, Mr T Steel from the CONDONG MILL sent a large series of animals to the QUEENSLAND MUSEUM for nomenaclature.and two of those were included in science and named as follows;

1. a tree frog resembling in coloration an American  species. Now named HYLA FENESTRATA and
2. a fish of the GENUS GALAXUS which was to be described as GALAXIAS BREVIANALUS

The ABBOTSFORD MILL I find in the BRISBANE COURIER 5 AUGUST 1882 was erected near the JUNCTION – the village now called TUMBULGUM. This one did not belong to the massive COLONIAL SUGAR REFINING COMPANY to which CONDONG belonged. It belonged to PRINGLE, SHANKY and CO. Small but enterprising beginners.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3412851

 

IN 1886 the schooner CONDONG, of the TWEED RIVER, was carrying logs of beech, cedar and pine into BRISBANE. In the same year a general servant was wanted for the CONDONG MILL at 15s per week.

IN 1889 E DOWLING of Condong won 900 pounds in the  TATTERSALLS MELBOURNE- CUP SWEEPS.

And in 1892, the BELLS went south to LAURIETON. Some of the family remained. Wilhelmina Dinsey for one.

AND FROM TUMBULGUM, where I lived from 2002-2005;

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3701412

The Brisbane Courier Tuesday 12 September 1899,

A correspondent of a New South Wales
top-country paper questions whether the
Hunter district is entitled to the credit of
producing the largest pumpkins. He says :
-” I read an account of prolific pumpkins
in the Hunter. The Hunter may be a won-
derful place for pumpkins, but a neighbour
of mine, at Tumbulgum, lost a sow not long

since. He searched everywhere for several
days without success, and at last came to
the conclusion that she was dead.- But one
day, while riding across his farm, he no-

ticed something peculiar about one of his
pumpkins. He rode over to see, and was
surprised to find his sow. She had eaten
her way into the pumpkin, made a bed, and
had a litter of thirteen young ones all inside
the pumpkin

 

the DEATH OF GEORGE DINSEY http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3963005

CONNECTIONS FROM MURWILLUMBAH AND THE TWEED – BELLS, BIGNELLS, LAURIES AND MORE

NORMAN BELL was the older brother of JOHN BELL wife of MARY ANN MCNEIL. They had adjoining land at CONDONG on the TWEED.

Their parents were JAMES AND WILHELMINA as noted elsewhere. James was the housebreaker transported from Glasgow in 1831 on the YORK and WILHELMINA was the daughter of WILLIAM MCLEOD and JANET MACKAY who came on the JAMES MORAN in 1839. They married in 1839 at MAITLAND when WILHELMINA was 17 years old. Check in the search engine to the right for further details. It appears at this time that the Mcleods and Mackays came as a result of the ruthless clearances of the Sutherland Shires in the HIGHLANDS of Scotland. In the 1860s the BELL boys have land on the TWEED. The NSW BDM records indicate that their father JAMES died in 1859( to be verified). I do not know what brought the boys ( and perhaps more members of their family north from the Maitland Area). Land is also indicated to belong to WILHELLMINA BELL – mother ? sister ? daughter ?

NORMAN BELL was born 1845 and died 15 June 1924 . He is buried in BARRINGTON CEMETERY. His occupations are listed at TWEED RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY as farmer/grazier. Whilst on Tweed he was resident at CONDONG. Norman married in 1870 at DUNGOG NSW. His wife was AGNES FRASER HIGGINS and her mother was JANET LAURIE. As my mother used to tell me the BELLS and the LAURIES were ‘tied in somehow”. Her father was JOHN HIGGINS. Agnes Higgins was born at Pt Stephens in 1846 and died in CHATSWOOD, SYDNEY in 1929.

Their children;

names	birthdate and place	marriage date and spouse	death date and place
JANET LAURIE	1871 TWEED RIVER	1898 GEORGE BIGNELL MURWILLUMBAH
WILLIMINA A	1872 TWEED RIVER	JOHN A. GUNN COPELAND 1895	1911 STROUD NSW
JAMES WALTER	1874 PORT STEPHENS		15-8-1886 NSW
AGNES MARY	1876 PORT STEPHENS	GORDON A D CLARK STROUD 1915
ELIZABETH J	1878 PORT STEPHENS	JOHN STACE	PORT STEPHENS 1903
MARGARET CHRISTINA	1881 BARRINGTON	THOMAS FARLEY CRICK SYDNEY 1907
MARY HENRIETTA	1883 COPELAND	WILLIAM JAMES MARTIN STROUD 1907	22-8-1938 KRAMBACH NSW
JOHN JAMES	1889 COPELAND		1923 BARRINGTON
NOREINE F	1893 COPELAND

From these dates it appears Norman left the Tweed district by the early 1870s whereas John’s Children are born on Tweed between 1879 and 1890 with the youngest being born at Laurieton in the early 90s. Hmm. A rethink required again.

THE INFORMATION I HAVE IS THAT NO 49 IS JOHN BELL’S LAND . ( YET TO BE VERIFIED AS ONE MAP INDICATES CONDONG AND ONE IS FURTHER ALONG NEAR STOTTS CREEK)

 

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GEORGE  BIGNELL. IN 1898 AT MURWILLUMBAH MARRIED JANET LAURIE BELL DAUGHTER OF NORMAN BELL WHO WAS BROTHER OF JOHN BELL, GRANNY’S HUSBAND.  http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=22518

 

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FROM THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1368785 There is mention of a MR BELL managing the ABBOTSFORD SUGAR MILL on the TWEED.

 

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MURWILLUMBAH LINKS

http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.html Sercombe Families

JAMES MORGAN AND WILLIAM BROWN

SHIPS AT SEA ( NOT OUR SHIPS. JUST SHIPS )

ozmariners@ozlists.com ozmariners@ozlists.com

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WILHELMINA MCLEOD AND SIBLINGS WITH THEIR MOTHER JANET MACKAY IN 1839 and THE JACKSONS ON THE WILLIAM B BROWN IN 1853.

I stumbled across a classified advertisement in an 1839 Gazette for the ship WAVERLEY. I had been looking for the JAMES MORGAN on which I had been told that Wilhelmina and family travelled . It appears now that JAMES MORGAN is the Master’s name and the ship on which they immigrated is the WAVERLEY.

THE WAVERLEY seems also to be carrying Irish convicts so I shall begin looking. The Mcleods and Mackays are registered as from the SUTHERLAND SHIRE of SCOTLAND and coming as immigrants.

Finding that curly one caused me to wonder about the WILLIAM BROWN. I thought that might also have been the Master’s name rather than that of the ship. In fact it is the name of the Schooner and of the owner who, as you will see below, also becomes Master.

 

http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/index.htm

Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters

There’s many a story to tell . . .

Masters, crew, a stowaway or two; passengers, cabin, saloon and steerage; births at sea, deaths at sea; deserters; vessels with one crew and one passenger and those with 70 crew and hundreds of passengers; simple single sail boats, barques, brigs, large steam ships; whaling voyages, regular coastal passenger trips, voyages from other Australian ports, London, San Francisco, China and other exotic ports – you will find them all here. 

The lists on this site are being transcribed from the State Records Authority of NSW Reels of the Shipping Master’s Office, Inwards Passengers Lists . . . . . . are added to weekly.

 

MARY ANNE WARNER provides this detailed site. I just found the WILLIAM B BROWN on it. The schooner on which the JACKSONS came free in 1853. Mary Anne has a gracious way of dealing with things which I envy and a knack of saying thanks to her helpers which I lack. Great Site.

 

AND FROM NLA. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article667247  The Maitland Mercury… Saturday 21 May 1853, page 2. News

The William Barry Brown, schooner, left
Honolulu 17th February, and called at Strong’s
Island. The crew of the Paragon, whaler of

Nantucket, Captain Nelson, were there, that
vessel having been wrecked on the outer reef on
the 20th March ; she had been out 27 months,
with 400 barrels, and part of the crew came on

to Sydney in the schooner. On account of some
misunderstanding existing between Captain
White, who commanded the William Barry
Brown,on her leaving Honolulu, and Mr. Brown

the owner, Captain While was left at Strong’s
Island.

 

 

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KERSWELL COAT OF ARMS COURTESY MIKE AND SHORT KERSWELL FAMILY HISTORY.

http://www.4crests.com/kerswell-family-crest-coat-arms.html

http://www.4crests.com/kerswell-coat-of-arms.html

 

LOOK FOR SUSANNAH KERSWELL

http://www.myheritage.com/site-29656891/lynne’s-heritage-web-site

TWEED RIVER

THANKS TO THE TWEED RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY, I HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BELLS ON THE TWEED. AT CONDONG CREEK.

TWEED RIVER AT TUMBULGUM NEAR THE BELL LAND.	MT WARNING FROM BILAMBIL.	TUMBULGUM STORE.

 

James Bell’s widow, Wilhelmina Bell (b 1820) did not remarry. She died in 1903 under the name Bell as a widow. She was 83. She was the daughter of William McLeod and Janey McKay. She died on the 2nd March 1903. She married James Bell at age 17 years at Maitland.

At the time of her death her children were:

Mary (Laurie) 57	Wilhelmina (Dinsey) 56
Norman 54	John 52
Margaret (McEachran) 50	Elizabeth (Walker) 48
Christina (Quirk) 47

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Now John it was who was married to Granny Bell ( Mary Ann Mc Neill) . He had land on the Tweed from 1869 till app 1890 when they went South and Laurieton became the centre of our Bell universe. My own Grandfather Mick Bell ( William Allen) was one of their children. Mick ( Poppa Bell) and Jessie Sarah Ready ( Nana Bell) spent most of their married lives in Redfern and then in TWEEDMOUTH Avenue , ROSEBERY . Coincidence ?

Now in the 21st Century , Lynne Bell Sanders, lives in Bilambil on the Tweed and lived from 2002-2005 in TUMBULGUM which is within 5 kilometres of where the 3 BELLS had their land grants . That was Norman, John and Wilhelmina. Susan Sanders Pomroy lives in Port Macquarie within kilometres of LAURIETON. ( Note that Mary Bell married a LAURIE) . 

http://lynnesheritage.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/bells-and-dinseys-and-tweed-pt-2/

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THE TWEED FROM THE NATIONAL LIBRARY AUSTRALIA NEWSPAPERS DIGITISATION PROJECT.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2186819 SYDNEY GAZETTE 1826	It is thought by some, that the river lately discovered by Captain Logan, 50 miles to the South  of Moreton-bay, and immediately under Mount Warning, designated the DARLING RIVER, is the same of which the late Mr. Uniacke speaks, in Judge Field’s compiled work on this Colony Mr.Uniacke accompanied Mr. Oxley in a tour to Moreton-bay, and it appears that they fell in with a bay, or river, to the south of Moreton-bay, to which the name of the Tweed was given, but we cannot bring ourselves to believe that the Tweed and the Darling are one and the same, READ ON.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2188791 THE STORY OF CAPTAIN LOGAN’S EXPLORATION SOUTH OF MORETON BAY AND DOWN TO MT WARNING The Sydney Gazette and… Friday 17 August 1827, page 2	June 13th. Continued my route eastward, over a very diflicult and mountainous country ; at length perceived Mount Warning, direct in my course   READ ON
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2193237 The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 22 August 1829, page 2.	EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF CAPTAIN BARBUS HM COLONIAL SCHOONER “ALLIGATOR” : AS HE SEARCHES IN 1827 FOR THE WRECK OF THE “ELIZABETH”, POWDITCH. BETWEEN CAPE BYRON AND THE SOLITARY ISLES. COMING ACROSS  RIVER ENTRANCES AND BARS AND NOTING THE LATITUDES ETC. THE HEADLANDS OF CAPE BYRON AND POINT DANGER PROVIDE THE PRIMARY SIGNIFICANT LANDMARKS FOR THESE RIVER MOUTHS.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2193497 The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 26 September 1829	THE CONCLUSION OF AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY A MEMBER OF CAPTAIN LOGAN’S PARTY  EXPLORING THE NORTHERN RIVERS. HE TELLS OF PIERCING COLD AND A PLAIN COVERED WITH EMU.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2201896 The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 26 December 1835, page 2.	A PROSPECTUS IS ISSUED FOR A COMPANY WHICH ENCOMPASSES MUCH OF THE NORTH. “……..the territory within the limits specified in the Prospectus, possesses no less than five large beautiful rivers; viz. the M’Leay, or the Trial of Cunningham, the Brimbo, or the Big River, the Brisbane, one unnamed as yet, which empties itself into the sea near Double Point, and the Boyne, besides the Tweed, and a multiplicity of minor ones; and that it possesses numerous harbours, bays, and roadsteads for the anchorage of shipping; some of them as yet but very imperfectly known ” READ ON This article has implications for many matters including immigration which is the method by which Wilhelmina Mcleod and her mother Janet Mackay later came from the SUTHERLAND SHIRE ( arriving in 1839 ) . THIS IS THE STORY OF A GRAND VISION.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article678614 The Maitland Mercury… Wednesday 28 January 1846, page 3.	The Barque, GOLDEN FLEECE, 120 tons , CAPTAIN JOHNSON,arrived in Sydney from the RIVER TWEED with 70,000 feet CEDAR.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article680149	The steamer, THISTLE, making its way between SYDNEY and MORETON BAY spotted a large boat on the beach. Unable to land a boat due to conditions the Thistle proceeded into Moreton Bay to discover that two of the crew had arrived there. The boat belonged to Mr Burgess and had been making its way from TWEED to MORETON BAY. READ ON
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article682934 The Maitland Mercury… Saturday 11 July 1846,	THE death of two sawyers is reported on THE TWEED RIVER. A murder it was. READ ON
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article683611 The Maitland Mercury… Saturday 8 August 1846, page 2	THE barque Golden Fleece and the cutter Catherine still remained bar-bound at the Tweed ; the crew of the latter had been overland to Brisbane to obtain supplies.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article684452 The Maitland Mercury… Wednesday 2 September 1846, page 2	Loss of the ” Coolangatta.”-The Tamar, steamer, which arrived on Sunday from Moreton Bay, brought intelligence of the loss of the schooner Coolangatta, which vessel was driven ashore from her anchors in a gale of wind a short distance to the northward of the River Tweed
1846	ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY Golden Fleece, barque, 120 tons, Captain Collins, from the Tweed, with a cargo of cedar.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article696503 The Maitland Mercury… Saturday 9 February 1850, page 4	A NUMBER OF NEW POLICE DISTRICTS ARE FORMED. ONE OF THESE IS : 47:  Tabulam-In the squatting district of Clarence, and embracing the county of Rous, and part of the county of Richmond, bounded on the north by the range dividing the waters of the Logan, and other rivers from those of the Clarence, Richmond, and Tweed Rivers, from Point Danger to the great dividing range , on the west by the great dividing range, and a Line bearing south crossing the Rocky River at a point where the banks close in abruptly, about miles east of “Frocester,” Mr Bloxsome’’s station, to a line bearing east from the Bolivia Range , on the south by that line to the Clarence River, thence by a line bearing north-east to the range dividing the waters of the Clarence and Richmond Rivers, and by that range to the sea , and on the east by the sea to Point Danger aforesaid
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article680846 The Maitland Mercury… Saturday 23 August 1851, page 3.	The Effort, from the Tweed River, reports the Ocean Queen, schooner, ashore on the North Head of the Tweed Bar, on the 12th instant, and not likely to be got off
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article679073 The Maitland Mercury… Wednesday 8 October 1851	ARRIVALS OF STEAMERS IN SYDNEY Naughten, from the Tweed River, with 34,000 feet cedar
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article667445 The Maitland Mercury… Saturday 28 May 1853,	ARRIVALS OF COASTERS. Flirt, from the Tweed, with 30,000 feet cedar ;
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article682053                        1853	EXPORTS TO LONDON FROM THE NORTHERN RIVERS
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2458489 The Courier (Hobart,… Saturday 21 March 1857, page 2.	LOSS OF ANOTHER SHIP ON THE TWEED BAR – THE “FAVOURITE ” .
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1279444 The Brisbane Courier Saturday 30 September 1865	A HARD CASE – A story  of mistaken identity as Mr William Smith of the TWEED RIVER assists a friend in tracking down a horse thief.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1302592 The Brisbane Courier Saturday 24 April 1869, page 4.	The ketch Maid of the Mill has arrived, with a small parcel from the Tweed River
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1297593 The Brisbane Courier Saturday 2 October 1869, page 4.	CLEARANCE. October 1.-Sarah and Jane, cutter, 15 tons, Captain W. Griffin, for the Tweed River. Passengers : Mr. and Mrs. W. Jones and family (3), Mr. and Mrs. Hy. Carey and family (4).
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1297561 The Brisbane Courier Saturday 2 October 1869, page 4.	THE MAIZE TRADE BECOMES BIG ON TWEED
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1303128 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1300217	THE KETCH MAGGIE LOGAN 1869
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1302073 The Brisbane Courier Saturday 20 November 1869, page 4.	Maize maintains its price, but the supply seems to be small The shipment from the Tweed River by the Sarah and Jane realised 4s 3d per bushel

 

 

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PARRAMATTA IN THE NLA NEWSPAPERS PT 2

REFER TO ANN AND JOHN CURTIS

 

JOHN WAS GRANTED LAND ON 17 DECEMBER 1809 BY GOVERNOR PATTERSON. LATER CANCELLED AND THEN RE-GRANTED BY MCARTHUR IN 1810.

SOME MORE BACKGROUND NATIONAL LIBRARY AUSTRALIA ARTICLES REFERRING TO PARRAMATTA OF THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY.

YEAR	FAMILY NEWS	NATIONAL LIBRARY HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS ARTICLES OF THE TIME
1809	On 17th December  1809 JOHN CURTIS was notified that Lt Gov Patterson had granted him land at Parramatta.	January 14, 1809. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article627664 THE Lieutenant Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. James Larra to be Vendue Master to the District of Parramatta. By Command of His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, Alexander Riley, Secretary. Head Quarters, Sydney, Jan, 14, 1809.
1810	JOHN CURTIS wrote a memorial to Gov Macquarie seeking confirmation of the grant. ( sm folio pp 4 1810 NSW Colonial Sec in letters and memorials 1810 AK NO 80 REEL 1066 AONSW	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article627901 The Sydney Gazette and… Sunday 14 January 1810, page 1. SOME OF THE OFFICERS WHO HELD OFFICE BEFORE THE LATE GOVERNOR WAS ARRESTED ARE RE-INSTATED TO THEIR POSITIONS INC REV FULTON. SEE JOHN CURTIS
1811	Ann  too was proving to be a marvellous help and mother and on Wed 3rd July 1811 gave birth to their third son PETER.	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628206 Clear orders from the Governor regarding illegal brewing of beer and spirits in Sydney and in the out-settlements which included PARRAMATTA. A list of names of people granted licences. Ann Moran is not listed here but in later years is issued with a brewing licence.
1812	During March 1812 there were again heavy rains and the Hawkesbury rose 12 feet over its banks. Flood years seemed to stir John’s spirit for on 7th December he further petitioned the Governor , this time for a free pardon which was granted	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628476 A property was listed for sale as follows TO be SOLD by Private Contract, a very desirable FARM on the Road to Parramatta, from which it is scarcely a mile distant, known by the Name of Rafferty’s Farm, and now occupied by Mr. Edwards, The above is beyond dispute one of the most enviable Farms of its extent in the Colony, containing about 80 acres, and having a neat, commodious, agreeable, and substantial Dwelling-house near the high road, with every Appurtenance that can tend to convenience and accommodation, with Possession next July.- For particulars application is requested to Mrs. Walker,  at the End of Cumberland street, towards Dawe’s Battery.
1813	As cattle were always straying through the burial grounds  behind St Johns Church Parramatta, an appeal for funds towards enclosing the grounds was made, to which JOHN CURTIS subscribed ( Sydney Gazette Jan 1813).	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628632 The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 13 February 1813, page 4. An iron grey horse had also strayed – from Smith’s Paddock, at the PARK GATE near PARRAMATTA. The owner JAMES WRIGHT offered a 20 shillings reward.
1814	ANN MORAN and JOHN CURTIS MARRY Catherine ( Kitty ) is born.	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628939 The trial and tale of a sordid murder at the Turnpike at Parramatta. A story of RAGGED RASCALS and COARSE WOMEN. Of HOOLAGHAN and SUITAR. Of a yellow  handkerchief and a piece of lead worn in an ear.
1815		http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article629070 The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 7 October 1815, page 2. The second Thursday of March meant that the half-yearly fair was to be held in PARRAMATTA and it was expected that it would be well attended. IN addition there is an account of a fatal trip to the Shoal Haven and of the party sent to look for missing men.
1816		http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2176963 The patronesses of the FEMALE ORPHAN INSTITUTION are named. Mrs Wylde , Mrs Molle, Mrs Hannibal MacArthur and Mrs Macquarie.
1817		http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2177429 THIS PRESENT SEASON OF SCARCITY. A calamitous season of floods leads to Government Orders regarding rations. Details are set out in the article.

SOME CURTIS DESCENDANTS

JOYCE BELL IN 1948                     A FLOCK OF READYS                                    AT TWEEDMOUTH AVE ROSEBERY

JOHN CURTIS    JOHN CURTIS is the home person    0 ELIZABETH CURTIS    ELIZABETH CURTIS is a daughter of JOHN CURTIS    1 ANN MORAN    ANN MORAN is the wife of JOHN CURTIS    1 PETER MARK READY    PETER MARK READY is a grandson of JOHN CURTIS    2 THOMAS HOGAN    THOMAS HOGAN is a son-in-law of JOHN CURTIS (the husband of his daughter)    2 JOHN READY    JOHN READY is a son-in-law of JOHN CURTIS (the husband of his daughter)    2 PETER ( GEORGE) READY    PETER ( GEORGE) READY is a great-grandson of JOHN CURTIS    3 CATHERINE READY    CATHERINE READY is a great-granddaughter of JOHN CURTIS    3 ELIZABETH READY    ELIZABETH READY is a great-granddaughter of JOHN CURTIS    3 SARAH ANN READY    SARAH ANN READY is a great-granddaughter of JOHN CURTIS    3 SARAH ANN BENSON    SARAH ANN BENSON is the wife of a grandson of JOHN CURTIS    3 JOHANNAH CAVANAGH    JOHANNAH CAVANAGH is an in-law of JOHN CURTIS    3 JESSIE SARAH READY    JESSIE SARAH READY is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (4 generations; great-great-granddaughter)    4 JULIA JACKSON    JULIA JACKSON is the wife of a great-grandson of JOHN CURTIS    4 THOMAS BENSON    THOMAS BENSON is an in-law of a daughter of JOHN CURTIS    4 HANNAH HUTCHINS    HANNAH HUTCHINS is an in-law of a daughter of JOHN CURTIS    4 GEORGE MOORE JNR    GEORGE MOORE JNR is the husband of the wife of a grandson of JOHN CURTIS    4 FRANCIS PRENDERGAST    FRANCIS PRENDERGAST is the husband of an in-law of JOHN CURTIS    4 JACK BELL    JACK BELL is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (5 generations; great-great-great-grandson)    5 JOYCE BELL    JOYCE BELL is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (5 generations; great-great-great-granddaughter)    5 BETTY BELL    BETTY BELL is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (5 generations; great-great-great-granddaughter)    5 JEAN BELL    JEAN BELL is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (5 generations; great-great-great-granddaughter)    5 WILLIAM ALLEN BELL    WILLIAM ALLEN BELL is the husband of a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS    5 WILLIAM BELU JACKSON    WILLIAM BELU JACKSON is the father-in-law of a great-grandson of JOHN CURTIS    5 ELIZABETH JOHNSON    ELIZABETH JOHNSON is the mother-in-law of a great-grandson of JOHN CURTIS    5 WILLIAM JACKSON    WILLIAM JACKSON is a brother-in-law of a great-grandson of JOHN CURTIS    5 SARAH A JACKSON    SARAH A JACKSON is a sister-in-law of a great-grandson of JOHN CURTIS    5 JACKSON    JACKSON is a sister-in-law of a great-grandson of JOHN CURTIS    5 HENRY SAMUELS    HENRY SAMUELS is the step-father of the wife of a grandson of JOHN CURTIS    5 JON SANDERS    JON SANDERS is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (6 generations; great-great-great-great-grandson)    6 ROSS CARTER    ROSS CARTER is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (6 generations; great-great-great-great-grandson)    6 KEITH DUIST CARTER    KEITH DUIST CARTER is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (6 generations; great-great-great-great-grandson)    6 JANINE CARTER    JANINE CARTER is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (6 generations; great-great-great-great-granddaughter)    6 SUSAN SANDERS    SUSAN SANDERS is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (6 generations; great-great-great-great-granddaughter)    6 LYNNE SANDERS    LYNNE SANDERS is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (6 generations; great-great-great-great-granddaughter)    6 CHERYL BURTON    CHERYL BURTON is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (6 generations; great-great-great-great-granddaughter)    6 WILLIAM DUIST CARTER    WILLIAM DUIST CARTER is the husband of a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS    6 ALFRED ROY BURTON    ALFRED ROY BURTON is the husband of a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS    6 BRUCE SANDERS    BRUCE SANDERS is the husband of a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS    6 BENJAMIN POMROY    BENJAMIN POMROY is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (7 generations; great-great-great-great-great-grandson)    7 JIM ROBERT BRAITHWAITE    JIM ROBERT BRAITHWAITE is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (7 generations; great-great-great-great-great-grandson)    7 KATI BRAITHWAITE    KATI BRAITHWAITE is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (7 generations; great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter)    7 JOSEFINE DEWBERRY    JOSEFINE DEWBERRY is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (7 generations; great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter)    7 CASSANDRA POMROY    CASSANDRA POMROY is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (7 generations; great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter)    7 MADELINE POPPY BRAITHWAITE    MADELINE POPPY BRAITHWAITE is a direct descendant of JOHN CURTIS (8 generations; great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter)    8 APOLOGIES TO THOSE I HAVENT YET INSTALLED. or those WHO WISH TO BE UNINSTALLED.

LYNNE JOY SUE SANDERS WITH JESSIE BELL. READYS AT A WATERFALL.            JACK JOY JEAN JESSIE BELL AT ROSEBERY.