1 25 6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wade's Children Description An account of the resource Stories of the first generations following Mary Wade. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Elizabeth Brooker, Mary Wade’s sixth child and second daughter, was born in the Hawkesbury district on 7th December, 1810. At a young age Elizabeth accompanied her family’s move to Airds where she was christened on 19th April, 1819. The attending minister was Reverend Youl who duly recorded the christening at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Liverpool. A month before she turned sixteen, Elizabeth married Daniel Lowe, an assignee convict to Nathaniel Boon, who later married Elizabeth’s elder sister, Sarah. Daniel’s conviction in England had been for highway robbery: an assault of William Izod and the theft from him of a watch valued at forty shillings. For this he was sentenced to hang but when the sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life he joined those transported to New South Wales on the Grenada, arriving at Sydney on 16th September, 1821. The ship’s indent described him as follows: “Native place, London Wall, Warehouseman, age 17, height 5’ 5 1/4 inches; fair blond complexion, fair hair, hazel eyes.” Elizabeth and Daniel’s marriage was conducted on 27th November, 1826 by Reverend Thomas Reddall at St. Peter’s Church, Campbelltown. Banns were read and the Governor’s consent obtained. Daniel signed his own name on the marriage certificate whereas Elizabeth used an ‘X’, as did the witnesses Evan and Sarah Evans. The Evans’ worked for Dr Redfern at Airds, the husband as a fencer and his wife as housekeeper for Mrs. Redfern. Elizabeth and Daniel may have had a son, Daniel, but we have no definite record of this. Their daughter, Sophia, born 14th April, 1828, was baptised at St. James’ Church, Sydney on 22nd July 1832. The baptismal certificate states that Daniel was a sawyer at Wollongong in that year. Beyond this date information about Elizabeth and Daniel is sketchy. It is likely, however, that they followed some of Elizabeth’s relatives to the Murrumbidgee and possibly Henry Angel on his large station, ‘Yangunjular’. It was here that Sophia met and married Daniel Griffin (born 1814), a native of Cork, Ireland. The Mutch Index records: Sophia Lowe of Yangungalee was married to Daniel Griffin of Police Point, Murumbidgee, by the Rev. Charles Lovat, a Roman Catholic Priest, then officiating in the district of Yass, on 1st December, 1845. Both Sophia and Daniel were recorded on the marriage certificate as Roman Catholics, even though Sophia was baptised Church of England. Daniel marked his signature X. The witnesses were Thomas Walsh of Yass and. Mary Angel of ‘Yangungalee’. At some time after Sophia’s marriage, her parents Elizabeth and Daniel probably moved to Melbourne. A Will prepared by Daniel on 27th April, 1865 indicated that he was then residing in Melbourne. He had apparently prospered, since his will made ample provision for Sophia and benefitted her children when they reached, twenty-one years. Sophia and Daniel Griffin had thirteen children. The first child, Emily, may have been born on the Murrumbidgee property, before Daniel moved his family in about 1848 to Charcoal Creek, Wollongong, where he became, a butcher and had considerable land dealings. It appears that he retained cattle on land by the Murrumbidgee, perhaps at Henry Angel’s station, while he worked as a butcher at Wollongong. The other twelve children were born at Wollongong. Her large family kept Sophia very busy; all the more so when Emily was widowed and rejoined the household with her own five children. A vivid insight into how this household functioned has been provided for us by Sophia’s greatgrandchild, Patricia Trevor. She recalls that her grandmother, Sophia’s daughter Clara, spoke of the women family as being good housekeepers and cooks - the latter being substantiated by the quality of recipes in a cook book handed down through the family. Clara related that her mother had the family organized so that ‘two of the girls were cooks for the day, and as the fuel stove stoked it was a busy day for the ones whose turn it was!’ Clara also recalled that she and her sisters used to get quite hysterical lifting the clothes basket containing so many towels - sixty or more and sheets and tea towels a mammoth task. They were put through a large mangle which was over 6’ in length - not ironed. Fireplaces, steps were whitened every day and as stainless steel knives very well known those had to be polished too. All dresses for the family were bought at Farmers Dept. Store, white for best… it took an hour to iron a sleeve. ‘Sophia had wonderful pot plants on the verandah. She had a green thumb with the garden. This gift was passed on to the next generations for my granny (Clara) made a lovely garden and my mother (Olive Dence) enjoyed it and her sister too and I do. The daughter that brought her family back to Sophia taught music, the piano, to help things along, I think there were a couple of pianos, and after dinner a rush to play and also to obtain the settees so that one could really be comfortable and have a doze. One of the greatest thrills and enjoyment was to picnic at Mt. Keira with hampers of marvellous food sucking pig and other specialties. The mountain was beautiful bird’s nest ferns and lush greenery. When bathing on the beach, males and females were separated. Sophia was artistic and made most beautiful things from shells, houses and villages, but noone knows what happened to them.’ Sophia’s husband, Daniel, had a very warm nature. He had cattle but not anywhere near home. He was a Catholic and they both went their own way until something happened and right near his death he was offended and changed. Some of the family were christened in the Catholic Church and a few of them followed this faith. When Sophia died, her will was a most complicated one and couldn’t be wound up until the last child died. Over the years, sums of money used to arrive out of the blue to the following generations. Sophia died at the age of sixty five on 29th March, 1893 at Wollongong. The cause of death was heart disease. She was buried at the Church of England Cemetery, Wollongong. Her husband, Daniel, and eleven children survived her two female children having died at an early age. In accordance with her will, dated 6th May, 1886, Daniel was provided with an income for life. Her three sons, Daniel, Frederick and George each received £1,000 and the residue was divided among all her children in equal shares, with further provision for her grandchildren. There was also a parcel of land called ‘Corrimal’ given to her daughter, Selina, if she remained unmarried for life. Another block of land, left to Sophia by Thomas Lewis, was held in trust for her daughter, Ada Sophia, for life if she had no issue. When probate was granted in 1893 the sworn value of the estate was less than £5,000. The Will proved awkward for its executors, Frederick Lowe Griffin and George Herbert Griffin, to administer and was finally wound up in 1955 following the appointment of a Public Trustee. Sophia’s husband, Daniel, died of senile decay on 2nd January, 1904, aged ninety years. He was survived by his eleven children. Available information about Sophia and Daniel’s family is limited. As indicated above, their first child, Emily, was probably born at ‘Yangunjular’ by the Murrumbidgee. Born 17th August, 1846, she was baptised on the 24th January, 1849 by Reverend Peter Young, Parish of Wollongong, who recorded her father, Daniel, as being a settler residing by the Murrumbidgee. We next hear of Emily when she marries Charles Morris at Wollongong on 15th November, 1865. The couple raised at least five children after their firstborn, a son named Charles, died in infancy in 1867. The other known children are George Herbert (born 1868), Emily Lowe (born 1870), Lila Shepherdess (born 1874), Mildred Sophia (born 1876) and a son, R.E. Morris (birth date unknown). The father, Charles, died a few years before his wife Emily died on 25th January, 1908. She was killed in a railway accident at Stanwell Park, the only fatality of several people who were injured. A report in the Illawarra Mercury (28th January, 1908) noted that Emily was ‘of a gentle retiring disposition, and also very much beloved by all who knew her’. Sophia’s next child, Daniel Edmund (or Amos) was born at Fairy Meadow, Wollongong, on 17th September, 1848. He was baptised on 24th January, 1849 by Reverend Young, Parish of Wollongong. The infant’s sponsors were Patrick and Catherine Daly. Daniel became a butcher with his father at Wollongong. At twenty-two years he married Joan Jackson, at St. Phillip’s Church of England, Church Hill, Sydney, on 28th July, 1870. Joan was London born, the daughter of Robert Jackson, a farmer, and Frances Ann Wood. The couple’s first child, Frank Carlton Griffin was born at Crown Street, Wollongong on 26th July, 1871, Dr Lyons and Mrs. Weller assisting at the birth. Frank became a railway employee at Wollongong, married Florence Ann Penney on 22nd April, 1897 and raised two sons, Victor Carlton (born 1898) and Elton Reginald (born 1906). Victor served with the A.I.F. at Gallipoli, Egypt, France and Flanders, and had a distinguished career in the British Indian Army. He was a Captain of the Mahratta Light Infantry, serving in Sind Province, India, in 1925 when he met and married Myra Julie Rieu, only daughter of Sir Louis Rieu, Commissioner of Sind. Victor saw further action during World War 11 and rose to be Brigadier General. He died at Sydney in 1973, survived by his wife, Myra, three children, Denis, Brian and June, and eight grandchildren. Victor’s younger brother, Elton, had an equally distinguished career in business, being the founding manager of Boral Oil. Sophia’s third child, Adeline Jane, was born in September 1850, at Charcoal Creek, Wollongong. She was baptised on 24th November, 1852 by Father T. Murray. Adeline married Charles Septimus Guest, a saddler in the Richmond District, on 24th February, 1876, and had two children. The first born, Frank, married Dora Walker, apparently without issue. At the age of thirty seven, Frank was run down and killed by a tram whilst attempting to cross Pitt Street in Sydney. The second born was a daughter, Elfie, who married Norman Cox of the pioneering Cox family, on 20th June, 1875. It is interesting to note that all five of Elfie and Norman’s children were given the middle name Richmond, apparently after the district in which they were raised. Sophia’s fourth child, Matilda (born 1853), married Harry Richardson on 14th September. 1871. The couple raised two daughters, Ethel May and Maud, neither of whom married. Harry rose to be a Commissioner of Railways. The fifth child, Anglina May (born 1855) married Fred Richardson, who also worked with the Railways. This couple’s third child, Russel Burton Richardson (born 1890), became a well known Stock and Station agent in Dubbo. Russel enlisted during World War 1, was badly wounded in Europe and became a P.O.W. in Germany. The Dubbo Liberal reported that Russel was one of the town’s best respected citizens when he died there in 1960. Sophia’s ninth child, Alice Amelia (born 1863) married William Archibald Mc Donald on 12th August, 1885. William was one of the earliest estate agents in the Neutral Bay area, where he remained in business for many years though he lived at Waverton. The couple raised three children, Roy Grantley (born 1886), Dora (born 1889) and Raymond (born 1890). With these few profiles of some direct descendants of the convict lass, Mary Wade, our family history comes to an end. It has, of course, been quite beyond our resources, and indeed our intention, to tell the stories of each one of Mary’s descendants. With the limited time and space available to us, we have tried to record mainly that part of Mary’s story most in danger of becoming obscure, if not lost to memory. In this chapter, therefore, as in the others, we have tried as accurately as our means permit to give the reader a general flavour of Mary’s family history. In doing so, many omissions of people and events inevitably occur. We nevertheless hope that in telling what we have of Mary’s history, a very human and very Australian story has been depicted. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Mary Wade to us : a family history, 1778-1986. Mary Wade History Association, Cromer, N.S.W, 1986. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wade Descendants through her daughter, Elizabeth Subject The topic of the resource Elizabeth Brooker Description An account of the resource The story of the descendants of Mary Wade through her daughter Elizabeth Brooker. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Mary Wade History Association (Editorial Committee) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Wade to us : a family history, 1778-1986. Mary Wade History Association, Cromer, N.S.W, 1986. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Norma Campbell; Brian Griffin; Patricia Trevor Language A language of the resource en-au Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wade's Children Description An account of the resource Stories of the first generations following Mary Wade. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Mary Brooker was the third child born to Mary Wade and Jonathan Brooker in New South Wales. She was born on 28th November, 1812, in the Hawkesbury District where her father, freed by servitude on Norfolk Island, was supporting his family possibly as a carpenter. While Mary was a very small child the family moved to their new home at Airds (Campbelltown). When 11 years old, Mary shared with her family the tragic experience of being rendered destitute by a severe bushfire. By 1828 we find the family established on the Illawarra, near Corrimal. Jonathan’s household consisted of his wife Mary, their children John, Mary and James, and Edward Harrigan, referred to as Edward Brooker.   Shortly after her 16th birthday, Mary Brooker married John Hart on 14th February 1829. Father Therry, a Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony and the marriage was registered at Liverpool. John Hart, who had arrived a free man on the Earl St Vincent, was about 29 years of age. This marriage was short lived and without issue as John Hart soon died.   Mary’s second marriage, to Christopher Ledwidge, was also conducted by Father Therry on 1 7th November, 1833. Ledwidge had arrived on the transport Isobella in 1822 to serve a term of 7 years transportation, Christopher was listed as a Catholic labourer, assigned to Charles Tunstall, a bricklayer of Lower Minto. In 1824 he was sent to Port Macquarie as a punishment for attempting to rob a cart. He returned to Lower Minto in 1827, gained his freedom the next year, and settled at Fairy Meadow in the Illawarra District. It was here that he met the young widow Mary Hart, daughter of Jonathan Brooker and Mary Wade. She bore him a son, John, in 1832, and they married on 17th November, 1833. The following year, on the very day of Christopher’s death, a second son was born and named Christopher. This meant that within four years, and still only 21, Mary was twice widowed and the mother of two boys. These circumstances probably explain why, less than a year later, Mary married for a third time. The groom was Henry Angel, a farmer of Fairy Meadow. The marriage was by Banns with the consent of the Governor. and took place on 3rd January, 1834, in the Church of England School House in Wollongong.   Henry Angel was a very colourful character. He was as born in Salisbury. England, in 1791, and had worked on the land from an early age, becoming proficient in the skills of farming. At the age of 26 a brush with the law earned him a conviction and he was sentenced to transportation for life. Exact circumstances of his crime remain a mystery but according to family Folk-lore Henry may have been the innocent victim of a miscarriage of justice. This version that at the age of 17 he purchased a pair of bloodstained boots from a stranger for one shilling and was subsequently charged with the murder of the owner of the boots. Since could not produce evidence to the contrary, he was tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged, the sentence being commuted to transportation for life. The second explanation for Henry’s transportation rests on more reliable documented evidence. An extract from a sworn statement in the Public Records Office, London states that Henry Angel and an accomplice were tried on 18th March 1817 for highway robbery. Henry was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. He arrived in New South aboard the transport Neptune on 9th May 1818 to serve his sentence.   Henry was described as having a ruddy complexion, 5′ 2 ½” tall, brown hair and hazel eyes. Sometime after his arrival Henry was assigned to William Cox, a considerable land holder, best remembered for his role in the construction of the first road over Blue Mountains in 1815. It appears that Cox recommended Henry Angel to Hamilton Hume was preparing for his expedition with Hovell, to Port Phillip. Subsequently Angel was assigned to Hume for the expedition and a close bond of friendship developed between these two men. As the overland journey continued, Angel proved of great value in difficult situations. On reaching the Murray, Angel became the first white man to swim across the river. He did do to get a line across in order to facilitate the crossing over of equipment and stores.   On returning to Sydney at the completion of the journey, Hume received a land grant at Shoalhaven. Henry Angel’s part was recognised by the granting of a ticketofleave on Hume’s recommendation. This was granted on 5th July 1825 for the district of Appin by special order of the Governor and was later altered to cover the District of Illawarra. Hume also recognised Angel’s contribution by making him a gift of two good quality bullocks and a watch. This watch was in the possession of one of daughters until fairly recently. Its immediate location is not at present known. Angel lived in the Corrimal area, but on the 14th January 1828, his ticketofleave was revoked on a charge of harbouring a notorious cattle stealer in his house, and with having some connection with the gang. He was returned to Government Service and in the 1828 Census taken in November, he is listed as Protestant, aged 36 years and living in convict barracks, Liverpool.   At about this time, Sturt invited Hume to accompany him on his first expedition to trace headwaters of the Macquarie River. Together, Sturt and Hume selected a small party soldiers and convicts to assist them on the journey, among whom Henry Angel was included. This expedition reached the Darling River before returning to Sydney.   On 22nd February 1832, Henry Angel’s ticketofleave was restored in recognition of his assistance in the capture of a bushranger named Patrick Burke, notorious for his activities on the lonely road between Appin and Illawarra. Thereafter he was registered at the P.O. Wollongong as a resident of Fairy Meadow and 1834 he married Mary Ledwidge (nee Brooker). It is interesting to note that Henry did not get his conditional pardon until 1st October 1841 so he was still a ticketofleave convict at the time of his marriage.   After this marriage, Henry and Mary lived in a pitsawn timber shed on the Angel farm, together .With Mary’s two young sons, John and Christopher Ledwidge. The two small boys were soon joined by some Angel children. There were Henry (1836), William (1838) and twins, Keturah and Robert (1841). The Ledwidge boys and Robert Angel in due time attended the local school, a simple slab and bark building about one mile south of Angel’s Bridge which spanned Towradgi Creek running through the Angel farm. From time to time the boys would arrive at the school with the two bullocks Hume had given to Angel, in order to carry firewood for the teacher. The bullocks carried the double H (HH) brand of Hamilton Hume and were always of great interest.   Angel’s English farming upbringing, together with his bush experience in Australia, stood him in good stead as a pioneer settler. James Gormley recalls “I had frequent opportunities of seeing how Angel cultivated his land and managed his working horses and bullocks and the plan he then adopted 1 have not since excelled … (he) did the work slowly and carefully, evidently on a well defined plan.”   A good description of the area at about the time was recorded in 1846 by a retired army colonel, Godfrey Mundy:The pretty village of Fairy Meadow, close to Wollongong, separated by a ridge of highish land from the seaboard, backed by the mountain range, with a meandering stream of fresh water running through the flat; settlers’ houses perched on the hills, bark huts overgrown with passion flowers, vines, ivy or gourds; fields of growing wheat or maize with its tall, green flags and yellow plumes; rude barns at the corners of the enclosures, where the cheerful sound of the flail reaches the traveller’s ear.”   A prominent feature on the range behind Fairy Meadow is called Broker’s Nose. (Broker was the spelling used for Brooker in many old documents). This feature resembles the outline of a human face profile, and is so named as it is a part of the range close to Brooker land. By the eighteen fifties the descendants of Mary Wade (Mary Angel’s mother and an early resident) were leaving permanent place names throughout the district. These include street names such as Brokers Road, Harrigan Street, etc, and features such as Angels Bridge and Broker’s Nose.   During the eighteen thirties, Henry appeared to be interested in various parcels of land. In 1839 he was unsuccessful in purchasing land at Garie but later purchased 50 acres on the Cataract River near Wollongong. In 1841 he received a conditional pardon from the Governor, Sir George Gipps, to take effect from 28th December 1841. He was now a free man, but unable to return to England.   Two of Mary Angel’s nephews, John and Edward Ray, journeyed southwest into the Riverina in 1840. Their assessment of the land available in the. Hay district was enough to encourage Henry Angel to move his young family 450 miles to the area in 1844. Originally Angel settled on the opposite side of the river to the Rays, believing the land to be available. He built a house there on the south bank, called ‘Yangunjular’ after the name of the local aboriginal tribe. The Commissioner for Crown Lands changed the name to Wardry, which is not an aboriginal name. It finally reverted to Uardry, a native name meaning yellow box tree and to this day the station retains the name Uardry. Another son of Mary Wade, Edward Harrigan, went to the area in 1849 but he preferred the Illawarra and returned there in 1853. While at Uardry four sons and a daughter were added to, the Angel family between 1844 and 1853. Uardry was an extensive holding used by Ray and Angel as a cattle and sheep run. The N.S.W. Gazette for 1866 states, “Uardry” station(Lachlan District) occupiers Ray and Angel; area 32,000 acres, grazing capability, 900 head of cattle. Crown charges £53/13/9. It is recorded that Angel and some of his sons made trips to Sydney from time to time. On one such trip in 1846, Henry Angel junior remembers that he and his father carried a ton of cheese to Sydney which they sold, bringing back provisions. The team used consisted of a horse in the shafts of a dray and four bullocks leading. The round trip took three months. On his return, Henry Angel presented the local Aboriginal chief with a brass plate he had obtained in Sydney, inscribed to Jacky, King of Yangunjular.   It should be realised that while at Uardry the Angels were living a frontier existence. The Angels enjoyed a good friendly relationship with the local aborigines, but among themselves the native tribes observed their traditional customs, including conflict. Murder was not unknown among them, and Henry Angel himself witnessed at least one fight to the death between two rival chiefs. Henry’s wife Mary relates a story of an aboriginal visitor sampling chillies from her kitchen table. “He got the surprise of his life”,said Mary, “shouting, ‘Pattacollu, Pattacoliu’, meaning give me water.   The white population of Uardry was comparatively large with both the Ray and Angel families there. The Ledwidge boys became expert horsemen and worked as stockmen on the station. The trips to Sydney provided an opportunity to visit relations and family friends at Campbelltown and on the Illawarra. Such trips provided contact with school friends of the Ledwidges and Henry Angel junior. On one such trip in 1855, Christie Ledwidge married Margaret Ann Herrick, who came from a family connected by marriage to his cousin Edward Ray and his uncle, William Brooker. The same year John Ledwidge married Julia Ahern of Fairy Meadow who had attended the local school with him.   John and Christie each had ten children and 26 and 54 grandchildren respectively. Consequently many Australians can trace their origins to these two brothers. Most of John’s descendants come through his seven daughters and do not carry the Ledwidge name, but Christopher’s descendants are mostly through his sons and this ensured the Ledwidge name still survives in the area.   By 1859 the district had developed sufficiently for the establishment of a new township called Hay at Lang’s Crossing. The Ledwidge brothers left Uardry at this stage to try their luck as publicans in the new town. It was not long before John, who sadly missed his horses, purchased a new team and set up as a carrier. Christie continued as a publican of the Caledonian Hotel, Hay, and did well. In 1868 he left Hay to open the Currathool Hotel at Carrathool. He died the following year and his wife carried on the business. John gave up carrying and worked as a labourer until his death in 1873. One of Christie’s sons, John, became a pioneer of Swan Hill in 1876, arriving there on foot having walked from Hay. He has recorded a notable description of white settlement in the area at that time:   The country at that time had not been opened up for closer settlement and was largely in the virgin state. As a contractor with a large number of men under me, 1 ran 28,000 acres of box timber on Lalbert Station, and about 20,000 acres on Springfield Station. Blacks roamed everywhere, and there was an encampment on the other side of the river, opposite the present pumping station. They were a tame lot however, and did not molest the white invaders. Wildlife abounded and there were any amount of emus and kangaroos. The rabbit population had reached alarming proportions and presented a major problem; they were so thick that at one time they actually blocked the Boga road when the coach was proceeding to Swan Hill. We killed thousands in Lake Boga alone.   There was a great social spirit pervading the whole community. The greatest event of the year was the Oddfellows Ball, held in the new brick school. It was a wonderful affair and attended by all the people of the district. Tickets cost one pound ten shillings apiece but was worth every penny of it. What a feast we had! Plenty of suckling pig and turkey, in striking contrast to the suppers of today perhaps a piece of cake.”   John’s wife, Annie, was employed as a cook at the Swan Hill Coffee Palace in Campbell Street and afterwards accompanied him on his contracts, cooking for the men and camping under bullock waggons. In 1864 (?) Henry Angel sold his rights to at least part of Uardry and purchased a property called Spring Vale near Lake Albert, a few miles south of Wagga. He was now in his seventies and remained there until his death, aged 91, in 1881. Perusal of his Will indicates that by the time of his death, Angel was a man of considerable wealth, a rather remarkable achievement for a former convict transported to the colony in 1818 to serve out a life sentence. It was entirely due to his own efforts that he had acquired such wealth and he did not wish to see it frittered away. His Will contains a firm direction to his beneficiaries as follows: “I wish it to be understood by all my dear children that as 1 have worked hard and long to gain the property which 1 now possess and which 1 hereby devise and bequeath in their favour, so 1 earnestly desire they will not, unless for very good reasons, sell or mortgage the said properties, but 1 do not forbid them so doing.” Mary Angel survived Henry by nine years. She died on 29th September 1890 at Lake Albert, aged 78 years, and was buried beside Henry in the Church of England section of Wagga Wagga Cemetery. She was survived by six sons and two daughters, three sons being deceased.   One of Mary’s descendants received considerable acclaim in 1941. Corporal John Hurst Edmondson was awarded a V.C. posthumously. for bravery in action on the night of 1314th April 1941 at Tobruk. This V.C. medal was the first awarded to an Australian in the Second World War. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Mary Wade to us : a family history, 1778-1986. Mary Wade History Association, Cromer, N.S.W, 1986. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wade Descendants through her daughter, Mary Subject The topic of the resource Mary Brooker Description An account of the resource The story of the descendants of Mary Wade through her daughter Mary. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Mary Wade History Association (Editorial Committee) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Wade to us : a family history, 1778-1986. Mary Wade History Association, Cromer, N.S.W, 1986. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource N. Campbell; R. Harrigan; J and R Chapman; I. Maxwell. Language A language of the resource en-au Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wade's Children Description An account of the resource Stories of the first generations following Mary Wade. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Edward was born 20th Aug, 1803. This event, according to his mother, took place in a tent on a bank of the Tank Stream in Sydney. The child was baptised at St Phillips Church on Christmas Day, 1804. His father, Teague Harrigan, was then a free man working for himself. Work may have been scarce, and in 1806 we find Teague joined a whaling and sealing expedition on board the Brigantine Fox, and he does not re-enter our story. Mary was left with the baby Edward and two other small children, Sarah and William, who had been born on Norfolk Island. We next find Mary and her three children in the household of Jonathan Brooker on the Hawkesbury. In 1809 another boy joined them with the birth of John, son of Jonathan and Mary, at Windsor in 1809. John was followed by two sisters and a brother, making a household of two adults and seven children. Jonathan moved his household to his Grant at Airds (now Campbelltown) before 1814. Edward (listed as Edward Brooker) was now a lad of ten or eleven years, and would assist with the farm work. He was fortunate to attend night school for six months. In 1815, aged 12 years, Edward accompanied his stepfather, Jonathan Brooker, in a party of cedar getters on the eastern slopes of the Illawarra Range. Edward was a big, strong lad, able to carry out the arduous tasks of cedar getting. Jonathan Brooker and his household were established on the Illawarra by 1828 and in the Census of that year; Edward is listed as Edward Brooker. He was ambitious enough to ask for a Grant while still a youth of 15. Family and oral history has it that when asked by the Governor what he would do with a Grant he replied: “I will work it”. He early showed an ability to produce a necessary tool when he built a plough. Edward's grant was 60 acres at Tarrawanna, known as Spring Farm; so called because of its adequate water supply. Later on in drought years, water from Spring Farm met the needs of several households in the area between Corrimal and Wollongong. There were also good stands of building timber on the property, including red cedar, much of which was used to build the homestead. A saw pit was dug, trees were felled and cut into frame timber and weatherboard, the latter being planed and beaded by hand, then nailed in place with handmade nails. There being no galvanised iron for roofing, shingles were made, and by necessity the farm became self-sufficient to a degree; most of the requirements of life, food, means of transport, building etc., being grown, manufactured or built on the property. About 1833 it is believed that Edward married Mrs Mary Webber and set up a home on Spring Farm. Both Edward and Mary were in their thirties. Three children were born to them at Tarrawanna, Mary Anne (1835), Elizabeth (1837) and James Edward (1839). In 1849, Edward paid an extended visit to the Hay district to assess the farming prospects of the area. His relatives (Rays and Angels) had large sheep and cattle runs near Hay. Edward preferred the Illawarra area and returned there in 1353 for good. Soon after his return, on 7th February 1854, he and his wife Mary were travelling to Wollongong in a spring cart which capsized after hitting a stump. Mary was thrown out and fatally injured. Two months later his daughter, Elizabeth, aged 17, married Robert Spinks on 25th April, 1854 and a few months later, Edward married for the second time. The second Mrs Edward Harrigan was Jane Willison Wood, born 1820 in Ireland. Jane was the eldest daughter of William Willison Wood, an architect of Cork. She was born in St. Patrick's Street, Cork. In 1849, Jane, with her mother and younger sister, Elizabeth, arrived in Melbourne and later came to Wollongong. The Wood sisters were well-educated women and established a private school at Market Square, Wollongong. At the time of her marriage, Jane's stepchildren were in their teens and Elizabeth was married. Jane and Edward were devout Christians and in 1857 began moves to obtain a Church at Tarrawanna to serve all denominations. Edward provided the land, and at a later stage guaranteed debt incurred in building. A weatherboard church was built at a cost of ninety pounds Payne's Lane, now Caldwell Avenue. The Church of England acquired the Church on December 1859. Parish records show that first funeral at St Paul's Church of England at Meadow was that of Edward's mother, Mary Anne Brooker (nee Wade) who had died previous day on 17th December 1859. Edward died on 9th July 1891 in his 88th year having firmly established a family group Australia. To return to Edward’s children, we first born child, Mary Anne (1835), remained at Tarrawanna until her early death on 7th August 1870. Elizabeth (1837) had married Spinks, a local man of Towradgi, Illawarra her father’s second marriage. Elizabeth and Robert remained at Towradgi for several years. Their first six children were born there between 1855 and 1862. They then moved to a farm at Milton, near Ulladulla, where eight more children were born between 1866 and 1879. Sadly, at the age of 8 years, a son, William Spinks, was found dead in the bush. Cause of death was unknown and a Coroner’s Inquest was held. William was buried on the 14th October, 1874 at Church of England Ulladulla. The following was written in Elizabeth’s hand writing and placed in her Bible. The Folded Lamb In Memory of my Dear Little Willie I have a little child in heaven, A dear one angel-bright, Christ unto him a crown has given, and garments pure and white He stands upon the crystal sea, Before the Throne above, With harp and palm of victory, And sings the songs of love. I miss the hands that clung to me, And made my heart so glad, I miss his prattle and his glee, And I am very sad. God’s will be done, He knoweth best, His wanderings are O’er, My little lamb is safe at rest, Where sin can hurt no more. He might have stayed - I cannot tell, Christ knew what lay before, But now I know that all is well, And fear for him no more. Before one rising cloud could dim, It’s sky, or drop in tears, Christ came and took him home with Him, To summer all the years. I often think where he has gone, What honour great I bear, That I have one before the Throne, Who calls me Mother there. He is with Christ and I am his, Round him our heart entwined, And tho’up the heights of bliss, In Heaven he’s still mine. The Spinks family home at Milton was of timber with a shingle roof. Water for the house was carried in drums from a spring about 50 yards away. Robert was certainly head of the house, and no child left the table before the end of a meal. The Spinks’ owned a large buggy pulled by a grey horse. This provided the means of transport for the family. The farm was not really big enough to support the large growing family, so the older children left home to find work elsewhere. Robert Spinks died on 30th April 1908 aged 86 years, leaving his Ulladulla property to his only unmarried daughter, Matilda Jane, together with his cattle, household effects and furniture. It seems Matilda sold out and bought a house in Sydney at Randwick as we find Elizabeth Spinks (nee Harrigan) died at the Home of Peace, Marrickville on 20th December 1915 and is buried at Rookwood. The last child of Edward’s first marriage was James Edward Harrigan (Ned). He married Amelia Ann Thornton in 1859 and when the Kangaloon area was settled in the early sixties, he took up land on conditional purchase terms adjacent to his step uncle, John Brooker. James Edward and Amelia had 10 children, none of whom are now in the Kangaloon area. As the children grew up the farm was not big enough to support them all, so we find several of the boys went further afield for land. Some went to the north coast, some to the central coast, where they established families. The fifth son, George, married Annie Piper and remained for many years on the original holding. As George’s family grew, they too moved away. His eldest daughter, Olga, married Roy Nelson and went to Dorrigo where some of her descendants are still on the land. James Edward’s daughters also married and left the district. His youngest daughter, Elsie, married a teacher, John Irish. The Irishes finally settled in Newcastle where James Edward spent his last years, dying at their home on 12th May 1929. After the death of his first wife, Amelia, James Edward married Louise Brenning on 5th June 1889. There were no children to this marriage. James Edward and his wives are buried at East Kangaloon. The children of Edward’s second marriage were Sarah (1855), William (1857), Louisa (1860) and Alice (1862). These children were all born on Spring Farm. Sarah Harrigan was born when her mother was 35 and her father 52. She lived at Spring Farm until she married Charles Kevern Thorn in 1884. Charles Thorn, originally from Adelaide, had left home when 12. During a roving life he acquired carpentry skills and some of the timber houses he built in the Corrimal district still stand. They had six children in seven years, of whom four survived. Sarah died soon after the birth of the sixth child, and this last infant only survived a few months. Charles Thorn raised these children together with the children of his next marriage. The surviving children were Myrtle, Illilias Helen, Angus and Muriel, Myrtle married twice and had ten children (including twins) and lived to 90 years of age. Illilias Helen (Lil), married William Phillips. They moved to Bowenfels because of their daughter’s health. The family were stricken with pneumonic influenza during the severe epidemic after World War 1. The father nursed his wife and three children successfully, and then succumbed himself. Lil then took her children and household goods to Sydney in a horsedrawn cart where she worked in boarding houses, eventually owning her own establishment, and in this way supported her family. Angus Kevern Thorn, born 1890, early knew his own mind. His parents wanted him to become a teacher; he wanted to be a carpenter, so he left home aged 12, went to Sydney, found board at Birchgrove and got a job with a stonemason and builder at Willoughby. For a week he walked to work each day, then said he couldn’t keep doing this, so his employer provided accommodation in his own home and apprenticed the lad. Eventually Angus married the boss’s daughter’ and began his own family and business. During his working life all his building materials were carried on a Harley Davidson motor cycle with sidecar. Apart from his building interests, Angus interested himself in community affairs and served nine years as an alderman on Mosman Council. Muriel Thorn, born 1891, married Lester John Lane (Wick) and lived until her 90th year. William Harrigan, born 22nd December 1857, was the second child and only son of Edward Harrigan and Jane Wood. As sole heir he eventually took over Spring Farm and worked the property until his death in 1948. William received his early education at Fairy Meadow Public School where he was associated with the planting of a fig tree, still standing in 1986. He soon showed skill at carpentry. At the age of 14 he was sent to Leichhardt, a Sydney suburb of one house at that time, to learn his trade of carpentry and cabinetmaking. On returning to Illawarra he was employed at the South Bulli, Corrimal and Mount Pleasant mines as a pit sawyer, miner and carpenter. He later became involved in other large timber construction of the time, including bridges for Illawarra Council. As a young man he joined the Wollongong Garrison Artillery Volunteers and was a member of the Wollongong Rifle Club for forty years. He became an expert shot, representing N.S.W. at interstate meetings, and was awarded many trophies, including the Queen’s Badge. He also interested himself in civic affairs, serving as an alderman on the Illawarra Municipal Council for many years. In 1881 William married Elizabeth Williamson of Dapto, the issue being four sons, Charles Edward (1882), William James (1883), Herbert Ernest (1885) and William Leslie (1892). All were born at Spring Farm. Charles and William James, after working in coal mines for a number of years became pioneers and successful farmers in the Dorrigo district, where their descendants are found today. William James, on 4th September 1908, selected 213 acres of land situated 15 miles from Dorrigo on the old Armidale road at a place known as Deer Vale. The following year he left the mine and accompanied by his father, returned to build a tworoom slab house on the property. On 27th April 1910 James married Clara Tucker of Balgownie. James worked hard and long to develop the land and support his wife and the four children born between 1911 and 1920. Trees were felled, scrub cleared and by 1914 the farm began to do better than break even. Times were hard and up to this point he had found it necessary to supplement the farm income by taking outside work; but now milk cream and other produce reached the market in a quantity that made the farm a viable proposition. With success came expansion: another farm was purchased and over the years James continued to develop and improve his holdings. To James the land was his life, and he worked it until he was over eighty. He died at Dorrigo on 31st July 1974, aged 91 years. The old slab hut still stands on the property a monument to his endeavour. Charles Edward, elder brother of James, did not go north as soon as James, but stayed on the job at Corrimal mine, performing various specified tasks. In order to get money to purchase land for a home he also took contract work clearing land for the Fern Hill subdivision. He eventually purchased a block land in Paynes Lane, Tarrawanna and began to build. He married Anna Tucker (Clara’s sister) 20th March 1907 and they moved into the new house, Over the years Charles gave a lot or thought to going onto the land, but it was not until 1921 that the final decision was made when a property at Deer Vale, next door to his brother, became available. To build a house on the property he built a saw pit and utilised timber from his property for this purpose; just as grandfather, Edward Harrigan, had done at Spring Farm. After months of hard work the house was completed. Then came the building of bails, the dairy and sheds so that dairying could begin. Life on this property for the first few years could only be described as pioneering; heavy timber had to be cleared, stumps and stones removed to make way for the grass and crops sown, and to contain cattle protect the crops sown from kangaroos, wallabies and rabbits, fences had to be erected. Even in those days, ‘life was not meant to be easy’. Six children, three boys and three girls, born to Charles and Anna between 1908 and 1924. In 1952 it was decided to move to town where another dairy farm was purchased and worked for several years before a house was purchased in Dorrigo and Charles retired. He and his family had been beneficial for the area in which they lived. Charles died on 26th December 1975 at the age of 93. Herbert Ernest Harrigan (known as Bert) early showed the qualities that characterised his very successful career. At 14 he applied for and got work at the Wollongong Cycle and Engineering Works whose 1903 letterhead stated they were Cycle, Gas, Steam, Motor and Electrical Engineers, Turners, Fitters, Gunsmiths etc., etc., and agents for Crossley’s gas and oil engines, with a Head Office in Sydney.The proprietor, Mr Fred Taylor, visited Wollongong to demonstrate and race on Massey Harris bicycles and seeing the potential of the area set up business. Bert’s father paid a Twenty-five Pound premium and Bert became apprenticed to the cycle and engineering trade. He received no wages for the first year, two and six pence a week in his second year and five shillings a week in his third year as an apprentice.Conditions in the indenture included: Taverns, Inns and Ale Houses he shall not haunt; at cards, dice, tables or any other unlawful game he shall not play; matrimony he shall not contemplate.” One wonders how he could have done these things on the wage provided. During his employment with Fred Taylor, Bert gained a wealth of engineering experience, including the building of a motor car, experience that was to serve him well in his future endeavours. To further improve his knowledge, after serving his apprenticeship, Bert obtained employment in other allied fields of engineering. He was for a time with the Balgownie Corrimal Colliery, in their machine shop, and later at a foundry owned by Mr Sam Davis. Early in 1907, Fred Taylor closed his Wollongong business and Bert seized the opportunity to start out on his own, in leased premises in Crown Street. He bought Eight Pounds worth of stock and on 4th July 1907 opened for business with a working capital of One Pound. Bert was a prominent racing cyclist of the day, and the first product of his new venture was the Illawarra Bicycle, built on the premises by Bert and his brother, Bill. His next undertaking was the manufacture of motor cycles (motor bikes) with engines and major components imported from the United Kingdom. Later, boat engines were designed and built, and it was here that his foundry experience paid dividends. He was able to produce patterns from which cylinder blocks and crank cases for his engines were cast. Most the patterns were made from red cedar from his father’s farm at Tarrawanna. In addition, gas oil engines were sold and serviced as were all types of farm machinery. To illustrate the magnitude and complexity of work undertaken, crankshaft for a Ford car was made for a customer at Ulladulla on the south coast. The crankshaft was machined on a treadle lathe with Bert and Bill working alternately to turn or work the treadle. The effort put into this seems to have suggested the next venture, as at a later date he developed a power plant to generate electricity the first in Wollongong which was used to illuminate his home and workshop. He later installed a similar plant in the local picture theatre. In 1911 he went to North Sydney to repair an early motion picture plant. For this he received Fifteen Pounds. He also operated the first oxyacetylene welding plant in Wollongong. In 1910 Bert was offered and accepted the Ford Car and Truck Agency for the south coast. He then purchased two blocks of land and in 1912 built a workshop, sales and office complex on his Crown Street property. Expanding business resulted in the building of another large workshop at 2 Crown Lane. Harrigan’s Garage by this time had become established as the first motor garage on the south coast. The first handoperated petrol pump was in use, and Shell petrol was sold at one shilling and a halfpenny per gallon. One of the problems with the first bowser was that the petrol could not be seen until it emerged from the hose. Bert altered the design to incorporate a glass bowl through which the flow of petrol could be seen. Details of this modification were sent to America by the Shell Company and the next model to appear had a modified version of Bert’s idea. There were only a dozen or so vehicles on the roads in the Wollongong area between 1906 and 1909, and in 1912 a bus service, Corrimal to Wollongong, operated. Some of Bert’s early customers and owners of early cars are of interest. Dr Scott of Brownsville bought an International Buggy about 1906. it had wheels like a sulky and was driven from the engine by canvas covered chains attached to extended hooks around the rear wheel spokes. The buggy was steered by a tiller like that of a boat, and finished up over Bald Hill in 1908. In 1907 Mr Dollahan had a very early Ford. Dr Lee had an 8 horsepower De Dion and Dr John Kerr a two cylinder Renault with two seats. Dr Park of Corrimal had a five seater and Mr Walker, a dentist, had a Clement Bayard. Mr Joe Parsons had a Commer Truck with automatic gear change. Mr Harry Woods had a three ton truck, while Mr S. Davis and Mr J. Parsons each had a 20 horsepower Metallurgic fitted with pneumatic tyres. Mr Billy Gilmore in 1907 had an 8 horsepower Enfield car with low petrol consumption. One day he settled an argument about this with a test run on a quart of petrol: the car managed 84 miles to the gallon. Petrol was one shilling and a halfpenny a gallon at the time. On 25th November 1914 Bert married Rebecca Caldwell of Balgownie. Prior to this he had bought land and a residence in Crown Lane which became their first home. An extract from a report of this wedding which appeared in the Illawarra Mercury of 1st January 1915 is detailed and characteristic of social reporting of the day: A very pretty wedding was celebrated at Mr F. Caldwell’s residence, Balgownie, on 25th November 1914 when Rebecca, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs F. Caldwell of Balgownie was married to Herbert Ernest, third son of Mr and Mrs W. Harrigan of Tarrawanna. The Rev. D. McKay Barnett officiated. Mrs Barnett presided at the piano and played the Wedding March, while the bride entered the drawing room on the arm of her father, after which all guests joined in singing ‘The Voice That Breathed O’er Eden’. The bride, who was given away by her father wore an ivory satin Sylvia dress trimmed with silk shadow lace and seed pearls and court train with orange blossom, horse shoe and true lover’s knot and wreath and Brussell’s net embroidered veil. She also wore a gold pendant set with aquamarines and pearls and a bouquet of white Canterbury Bells, sweet peas and maidenhair ferns, gift of the bridegroom. Miss A. Bell and Miss Dorothy Caldwell were bridesmaids, the former wearing a white embroidered voile dress trimmed with shadow lace and pale pink satin belt, white hat with white silk ribbon and pink heather flowers, the latter wearing a pretty frock of white silk brocade trimmed with shadow lace and pink satin sash and pink floral hat. The bridegroom’s gift to the bridesmaids was a gold brooch and bouquet and a gold brooch and basket of flowers. Mr W. Harrigan junior acted as best man and Mr F. Caldwell junior as groomsman. A reception was subsequently held. The mother of the bride wore grey silk dress and black tagel hat and lancer feather, Mrs Harrigan, mother of the bridegroom, wearing black silk and black hat. The happy couple left by motor for an extended trip through the country, the bride travelling in a dress of ashes of roses silk brocade trimmed with silk guipure and pailette; she wore a white hat with lancer feather and silk roses. The happy couple were the recipients of many costly and useful presents. At the wedding breakfast the customary toasts were honoured. In November 1918 Bert purchased land at Regent Street and in 1922 the family moved into a spacious new home. There were two small boys now in the household, and Ron and Doug appreciated a home with enough playing space for them and their school friends. The business progressed and car sales became the main source of income. During the depression years of the late twenties and early thirties repair work dwindled but rather than put men off, Bert went out into the western districts and purchased Fordson tractors that had been superseded by more powerful machines. The machines were railed to Wollongong, reconditioned in the repair shop and were sold to coastal farmers who up until now had used horsedrawn ploughs. The repair shop was kept busy and the business survived. With the coming of war, as well as keeping transport and farm machinery moving, Bert committed the machine shop to defence work on a subcontract basis with Australian Iron and Steel at Port Kembla. During the war, replacement parts for cars and trucks were at times nonexistent or in very restricted supply and if a part was not available it had to be made Harrigan’s workshop could do it. After the war, car sales were again an important part of the business and the Rootes franchise, accepted in 1940, provided cars for sale in 1946. In July 1946 a partnership agreement under the name Harrigan and Sons was signed, as Bert’s sons had joined their father in the business he had established. In 1955 two companies were formed, H. E. Harrigan and Sons, and Harrigan Properties. Herbert Ernest Harrigan died on 10th April 1967, aged 81 years. Over 60 years of his life had been spent in the motor trade, 27 of which he sold and serviced Fords. At the time of his death H. E. Harrigan & Sons was one of the biggest motoring firms outside Sydney metropolitan area. From 1965 to 1972 Harrigan and Sons traded as HarriganFord. William Leslie (Bill) was the youngest son of William Harrigan and Elizabeth Ann Williamson and the younger brother of Herbert Ernest (Bert). Bill was associated with Bert in the Harrigan motor business from its inception. He was born at Spring Farm, Tarrawanna, and like Bert remained in the area all his life. His early education, like his father before him, and his brothers, was at Balgownie and Fairy Meadow schools. He was a noted poultry breeder, specialising in white and silver Wyandottes and game fowls. His birds won prizes all over Australia. He was a keen sportsman, being an A grade tennis player and an interstate representative in Soccer. He was an active worker for St Paul’s Church of England, Fernhill, and a great supporter of many other, district organisations. His first marriage on 9th May 1917 was Alice Genevieve Dixon. They had two sons and three daughters between 1918 and 1928. Alice died on 4th June 1928 and on 21st June 1 958 after 27 years a widower, Bill was married to Lily Milburn and became the stepfather of three children. Bill died suddenly, at home, on 20th August 1961, predeceasing Bert by six years. With the passing of Bert and Bill, an era in the annals of the motor industry on the south coast ended, an industry to which both men had their working lives. As their forefathers had pioneered the land, they had pioneered the motor industry and so they will be remembered. Louisa Emily Harrigan was born at Fairy Meadow on 22nd March 1860. She was the third child and second daughter of Edward and Jane. She married Frederick William Mayne on the 25th September 1884. Their first child, Irene Alice Mayne was born in 1886 and the next child was a son, Frederick William Mayne, born in 1889. Louisa did not long survive the birth of Frederick; she died leaving two young children three, Irene Alice, and an infant son, Frederick William junior. Irene Alice was brought up by foster parents and retained the surname Mayne. In 1907 she married William Henry Whittorn who had been born in 1879 in South Australia. Their second son, Raymond Harold Whittorn, born in 1908, married Annie Eliza Boocock in 1939 and later became a member of the Commonwealth Parliament, representing the blue ribbon Liberal seat of Balaclava in Victoria, 196074. Alice Clara was the last child of Edward and Jane, born in 1963. She attended Fairy Meadow School and in 1885, aged 22, she married Cunningham Caldwell of Balgownie, a first generation Australian born of Irish parentage. They lived for some years at Fairy Meadow, moving eventually to their own home ‘Hilcot’ at Corrimal, built on land bequeathed to Alice by her father. They had eleven children between 1885 and 1905. Over the years Cunningham worked as a farmer, butcher, drover and miner to support his large family. In 1917 their daughter, Ruth, died after a short illness leaving five children under the age of seven. Alice and Cunningham reared two of these children. Also in 1917, their son, Bruce, was killed in action in France. The Caldwell boys all worked in the mines. Alice’s family all married and reared families of their own (except Bruce). Alice and Cunningham were supporters of the Presbyterian Church at Corrimal. Cunningham died in October 1941 and a few months later, their son, Stanley died of injuries received in a mining accident. Alice died on 17th January 1956, aged 93 years, at the home of her daughter, Dolly. She is fondly remembered by her many grandchildren as a very loving person. POSTSCRIPT Re Alice Caldwell, by her granddaughter, Joan Reid: What a host of memories has been revived with the typing of this history. To say that Alice Harrigan Caldwell is remembered as a very loving person seems hardly tribute enough to this very remarkable woman and I don’t doubt that there is more about her elsewhere in the story. I spent some part of every year with my granny, as did my four brothers and I recall her as a ‘mother superior’, the matriarch with the iron hands in a velvet glove. A woman of great intelligence, well read, and a woman of vision, integrity and perspicacity and generosity. Having borne eleven children of her own, she took into her home two of the children of her sister, Ruth, who died leaving such a young family. She looked after me for some time when I was only six months old because my eldest brother had contracted Scarlet Fever. As I grew to my teens, Granny and I used to sit out on the verandah of Hilcot, gazing over the peaceful evening view to Wollongong as day ended; she in her rocking chair and I on the top step. I learned lessons of self-reliance, self-determination and responsibility from her during those times which were to stand me in good stead throughout my later ordeals; lessons which I remember today, nearly 50 years later. It is my loss that circumstances caused my removal to Queensland when I married in 1946 and my only contact with Granny was through the mail. Even so, her intuitive ability was expressed when occasionally, and always when I was at my lowest, down to the last ten shillings, a book would arrive with the instruction to ‘read it now’. Scattered throughout the book for my eyes only would be several One Pound Notes. God Bless my granny for ever! Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Mary Wade to us : a family history, 1778-1986. Mary Wade History Association, Cromer, N.S.W, 1986. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wade Descendants through her son, Edward Harrigan Subject The topic of the resource Harrigan Family Description An account of the resource The story of the descendants of Mary Wade through her son Edward Harrigan. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Mary Wade History Association (Editorial Committee) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Wade to us : a family history, 1778-1986. Mary Wade History Association, Cromer, N.S.W, 1986. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Many descendants, particularly V. Caldwell; R. Harrigan; J. Shepherd; S. Webb; H. Williams. Language A language of the resource en-au Harrigan Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wade's Children Description An account of the resource Stories of the first generations following Mary Wade. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. James Brooker, son of Mary Wade and Jonathan Brooker, was born at Airds in 1814. He was the last known child of Mary Wade. He would have shared the hardships of the pioneering settlers as a small child. James and his elder brother John and his two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, all have baptismal records in St Luke’s church at Liverpool; all entered on the same day in 1819. The 1828 Census reveals that James, then 14 years old, was living with his parents on a farm on the Illawarra, at Fairy Meadow, near Corrimal. By the 1841 Census, aged 27, he was the owner of three houses in Fairy Meadow. He lived in one of them with his mother, and the other two were rented out. He also had 60 acres in the area. After his father, Jonathan died in 1833, William inherited his property at Fairy Meadow, and in 1844 it was transferred to James on payment to William of twenty pounds in March 1845. James, aged 38, married Elizabeth Willison Wood on 2.9.1852 at Christ Church, St Laurence, Sydney. Elizabeth was a direct descendant of an old Irish family. She came to Australia in 1849 aboard the Duke of Bronte, together with her mother and her sister, Jane, who later married Edward Harrigan. All three Woods were women of considerable education. Prior to leaving Ireland, Elizabeth had witnessed the funeral of Dan O’Connell and had been associated for five years with a Deaf and Dumb Institution at Claremont. The Woods arrived in Melbourne and, as mentioned in the Harrigan story, shortly after arriving in Wollongong the sisters opened a school at Market Square. In December, 1852, James acquired a crown land block at the Glebe, South Wollongong. Between 1853 and 1865, five children were born. Louisa Willison (1853), James Albert (1858), Mary Louisa (1860), William Willison (1862) and Rosina (1865). Louisa Willison and William Willison died in infancy. By 1870, James was a man of property and able to devote considerable time to public life. In 1874 he appeared in debates regarding the establishment of a free library in Wollongong. He was also a considerable writer of letters to newspapers on matters relating to public affairs. He served as an alderman on the North Illawarra Council for several years and was Mayor for two terms. He displayed very considerable intelligence and energy in his work for the public good and was much respected. In 1875 he purchased two houses in central Wollongong opposite the Wollongong Town Hall. In 1879 an exhibition was staged at the local School of Arts; James Brooker exhibited some bonework which was described as ‘the greatest curiosity in the whole collection’. The bonework had been done some 30 years earlier by an old resident of the district employed by Mr A. Beatson and was representations of flora and fauna carved in bone. In September 1879 James aged 65 years, suffered a severe stroke. The Illawarra Mercury, 23.9.1879, carried the following description: ‘On Saturday, forenoon last, Mr James Brooker of Fairy Meadow was taken seriously ill. It appears that while on his way into town in a dogcart, his right side from the shoulder to the foot suddenly became paralysed. Mrs Allum, of Fairy Meadow (to whom Mr Brooker had given a seat in his dogcart as he was coming along the road) noticed the whip fall out of his hand, and a motion on the part of his body as if he were about to fall helplessly over the side of the vehicle. She at once caught hold of him and thus probably saved him from falling out of the cart onto the road. This occurred about midway between Fairy Creek and the hospital. Mrs Allum at once called for help, and Mr Dennis Williams being just approaching the road from the lane leading to his residence, that gentleman hastened to the assistance of Mr Brooker whom he found quite unable to either speak or move. With the assistance of the others, Mr Williams drove the vehicle with Mr Brooker to the Freemason’s Hotel, where every attention was at once paid to him, and Dr Thomas called in to his aid. After some time the patient’s speech returned a little, and in the course of the afternoon he was removed to his home at Fairy Meadow. We are happy to learn he had somewhat improved on Sunday and yesterday, though still prostrated. Very great sympathy is felt for Mr Brooker and his family, he being one of the oldest residents of the district, being also very deservedly respected. He has also been wry active and useful as a public man, more especially in connection with the North Illawarra Council of which he was Mayor for several years. James died 15th March, 1880, and is buried in the Congregational Cemetery. He was survived by his widow, his son, James Albert, and two daughters, Mary Louisa and Rosina. By the terms of James’ will his son, James Albert, received 75 acres at Fairy Meadow and all animals and personal property on it. His wife, Elizabeth, received an annuity of thirty pounds for the term of her life. To his trustees, James Albert (his son) and George Hewitt (a Wollongong Bank Manager), went 400 shares in Mercantile Mutual Company and 500 shares in City Mutual Insurance Co, together with any money, all to be held in Trust and divided equally between his three surviving children, James Albert, Mary Louisa and Rosina. James’s wife, Elizabeth, died at Gosford on 3rd January 1916, aged 95 at the home of her daughter, Mary Louisa. The opening sentence of her obituary, published in the Illawarra Mercury on the 14th January, 1916, reads: ‘To have seen the first load of coal shipped from Wollongong and to live until the early days of 1916 was the privilege of Mrs Elizabeth Willison Brooker, who passed away last week at Gosford, aged 95 years.’ It is interesting to note that the following week the Mercury reported the death of Elizabeth’s sister, Jane Harrigan (nee Wood), aged 96 years. His son James married Catherine Mary Nash on 4th May, 1881. James died at Longreach, Queensland on 22nd October, 1939. Mary Louisa married twice, first to Walter Hogan on 14th April, 1882, and secondly to William Edward King on 27th April, 1922, with no issue. Rosina married Robert John Spinks on the 13th December, 1876, and died 20th January, 1944. Although James and Elizabeth had five children, the line only continues through her daughter, Rosina. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Mary Wade to us : a family history, 1778-1986. Mary Wade History Association, Cromer, N.S.W, 1986. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wade Descendants through her son, James Brooker Subject The topic of the resource James Brooker Description An account of the resource The story of the descendants of Mary Wade through her son James. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Mary Wade History Association (Editorial Committee) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Wade to us : a family history, 1778-1986. Mary Wade History Association, Cromer, N.S.W, 1986. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource N Campbell; V Caldwell. Language A language of the resource en-au Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wade's Children Description An account of the resource Stories of the first generations following Mary Wade. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. With only limited space available for this story I shall concentrate on John, his children and grandchildren. John Brooker, son of Mary Wade and Jonathan Brooker, was born at Windsor 24th June, 1809, and was taken as a child of four or five to live at Airds (Campbelltown). The 1814 Muster shows him as one of four children with Jonathan and Mary in the Liverpool District (which included Airds), all off stores. Jonathan’s grant had been surveyed in 1809. I know little of the childhood of John, but he certainly shared the hardships of the early settlers. The family were still at Airds in 1825. The 1828 Census shows them as residents of Illawarra, where Jonathan is listed as a carpenter, 68 years of age, with 50 acres cleared and 12 cultivated. To have achieved this he must have arrived earlier than 1828.  John was living with the family, aged I9 years, although the Census says 22 years. John held a Crown Grant, Portion 86, in the Corrimal District, but I can find no record when that land returned to the Crown. However, the same portion 86 was “originally granted” to Patrick Plunkett by Crown Grant 295I838 (Ac. Registrar General, see Volume I577, Folio I52), and the papers say granted earlier to John Brooker. There are many gaps in our knowledge of John’s life between 1828 and 1848 when he married Janet MacKenzie at Berkeley near Wollongong. Janet had arrived from Scotland to join her brother, Dr. Kenneth MacKenzie, an early settler on the Shoalhaven. John and Janet lived at Charcoal Creek (called Unanderra since 7.4.1881), where their four children were born. In the new colony centred on Sydney, all land belonged to the Crown.  At first Crown Grants were made to some people. This system prevailed from 1788 till about 1831, after which land could be purchased at varying prices. In 1842 the Crown Lands Sale Act was passed, stipulating that all land must be sold at auction for not less than £1 an acre, and Squatter’s Licences were issued for large tracts of land at £10 a time, to squatters who had previously paid nothing. John Robertson, a large landowner and business man, was Minister in charge of land at this time, and he advocated a change in land system to encourage a more productive use of the land anywhere. In 1861 two Acts, passed aimed at this reform, and from 1.1.1862 any person could Conditionally Purchase 40 to 320 acres of unreserved Crown Land at £1 an acre. One quarter of the purchase price was required at the time of purchase, and the rest within three years or 5% interest would be charged on the balance. Two more conditions were laid down. The purchaser must occupy the land, and no freehold would be granted until the land was improved to the extent of £1 an acre. The Kangaloon area was opened up by this method of Conditional Purchase, and any man could make a free selection of Crown Land before survey. John’s brother James Brooker of Wollongong purchased 23 acres at Charcoal Creek in 1852 and the adjoining 23 acres was held by Jonathan Brooker of Charcoal Creek from 1.6.1854. It was from Charcoal Creek that John went to Kangaloon, where he finally settled. Whether John and Jonathan of Charcoal Creek is the same person matters not. We do know however, that the first three portions surveyed on 1.4.1862 in the Yarrawa Brush, on the northern side of the Wingecarribee Swamp went to John Brooker, his brotherinlaw Dr. Kenneth MacKenzie and William Newcombe, at a place now called Kangaloon. The Yarrawa Brush was very dense rain forest covering a large tract of higher country, just west of the range, and to the north and south of Wingecarribee Swamp. This Brush for many years effectively separated the coastal region of Illawarra from the land opening up a few miles further west which was served by the Old South road to Sydney. John and his family walked up over the mountain, via the Bong Bong track as far as Mount Murray, and then across to Kangaloon. They carried what they could. They were not going to better conditions at once, these came much later. The walk took three days. Although the Yarrawa Brush was almost impenetrable rain forest, the red basalt soil with springs, running creeks and rivulets made it an attractive proposition to land hungry men from the Illawarra. By 1865 30,000 acres were taken up. Men with money considered the cost of clearing the land, at an estimated cost of £25 an acre, far outweighed its potential value, and so it went to settlers prepared to do the work themselves. John’s original Portion 29 was bounded by the Folly Creek to the North, and stretched southwards to just beyond the present Kangaloon Road. The first shelter for the family was erected beside a spring not far from the creek, and a little to the west of the present lane. The first small area round the house became a vegetable garden, as it was necessary to produce as much food as possible, as soon as possible. Later a better house was built a little further west of the first shelter, and peaches and gooseberries flourished in that garden till the1930’s, when the house was demolished. Clearing the land was a formidable task. Axes and hoes were the available tools, and the brush contained hardwood trees (messmates, bloodwoods and turpentine) and softwoods (sassafras, leather jacket, sally wattles and a little red cedar). These trees were intertwined with various vines, bushes and lower growing trees. Early surveyors describing this brush called it impenetrable. When John’s land at Kangaloon was surveyed his boys were roughly 11, 9 and 7 years of age and, although he was over 50 himself, most of early clearing fell to him. The smaller trees and vines were cut down, dried and later burnt. The ashes were hoed into the soil and maize and potatoes thrived in small areas. The women and children helped where they could.   There were no roads, so any surplus produce could only reach the coast if taken on a man’s back, or later by packhorse, where it could be exchanged for flour, etc. The first years at Kangaloon were hard years for the settlers, and droughts did not help. The years 1867-869 almost killed the settlement.  Some settlers went under, but some, including the Brookers of Forest lodge, survived. It was only in the eighteen seventies, with the coming steam saw mills, that real progress was evident. The big trees, after felling, could be hauled by bullocks to the mill. The less valuable timber was kept by the settlers to improve their dwellings, and the better timber was sold, much of it on the Sydney market. This was the first reliable cash crop for Kangaloon, while the timber lasted. Lack of roads to get produce out to a market persisted through the early years. A road connecting Kangaloon with the Old South Road surveyed in 1865 and extended to Robertson in 1867. In 1869 Macquarie Pass Track was improved, but the Pass Road as we it was not opened till 1898. Slowly the land was being cleared and pasture established. Cattle and horses followed. To keep stock, fences were needed. In Kangaloon some were cockatoo fences, made of logs, and some were stone walls. At first the womenfolk were responsible for the dairy work. They assisted with milking, heated the milk and set it out in large shallow trays till the cream rose. The cream was collected and made into butter in old fashioned wooden hand churns. At this time the dairy was an important adjunct to the house. The old Forest Lodge stone dairy still stands, carrying the date 1888, but the adjacent house is gone. The homemade butter was well salted and packed in wooden kegs for packhorse transport to the coast. If only one keg of butter was being carried, a second keg of stones balanced the load. In many cases among the stones in the second keg would be “mountain dew”, and this home made whisky found a ready market and provided a source of cash. The dairy industry in Kangaloon, from its humble beginnings has flourished, and today milk is supplied to the Sydney market. The products of dairying are perishable, and only with improved roads, faster transport and refrigeration did Kangaloon realise its potential. The hand churning of butter in individual homes was replaced by cooperative dairy factories in the nineties, employing butter makers. At first all milk was taken to the factory, for separation of the cream, but later separators were installed on individual farms. Refrigeration of milk, cream and butter increased the life of the products, enabling transport to larger depots. The small dairy factories closed. At first transport was horse drawn and slow. In 1913 the Board of the Kangaloon Cooperative Transport Society purchased their first motor lorry and faster transport to Bowral depot ensued. This method of transport lasted till 1963, when a new system was introduced. Bulk milk pickup from individual farms by refrigerated tanker began, and is still operating. Photos of different parts of Kangaloon, taken at the turn of the century, show that the early settlers had cleared most of the “impenetrable brush”, and so in less than forty years a very beautiful, and very productive area had emerged. Some of the original Grants by conditional purchase are still held by descendants of the original purchasers, such as Brookers. Additional adjacent farms have been added to the Brooker property by purchase. As well as clearing the land and bringing it into production, the early settlers concerned themselves with religion and education in their community. The first churches were built, and schools were opened at both East and West Kangaloon in the 1860’s. That these things happened during the first decade when settlers were struggling to survive, speaks highly and loudly of their quality, and here I would like to pay special tribute to the women who faced hardship beside their men, bore their children, lived to great ages and achieved a serenity we seldom meet today. The women to whom I particularly refer are John’s wife, Janet, and her three daughtersinlaw, Henrietta, Margaret and Eliza. Quite early we find the settlers of Robertson, Burrawang, Wildes Meadow and Kangaloon forming a Progress Association which later grew into the Robertson Agriculture and Horticultural Society, representing the farmers of the area. This Society celebrated its Centenary in 1978. The name Brooker is liberally sprinkled through its records, both as committeemen and exhibitors. The Centenary President, F. C. Morrow, and the VicePresident and chief cattle steward, Eric Brooker, are both great grandsons of John Brooker, who took up Forest Lodge in 1862. F.C. Morrow is a grandson of Murdo of Yarrawa, and Eric Brooker is a grandson of William of Forest Lodge. Before John’s death in 1886 he had secured land for each of his sons. Jonathan got portion 175, known as Thistle Brae Farm, Box Vale. John applied for this portion 20.9.1869 and the survey was completed 21.5.1870. William got portion 47 across the creek from Forest Lodge. This was purchased at a land auction at Berrima in 1864 by Peter Schuhmann, and later sold to John Brooker. Similarly, portions 45 and 36 of Albert and Alfred S. Sawtell respectively were added to the Brooker property by purchase. When the Youman family left East Kangaloon in the early eighties their farm was purchased and went to Murdo. In December 1880 Jonathan married Henrietta Brenning, at St. Mark’s C. of E., West Kangaloon. The bride, daughter of an early settler, had walked with her family from Dapto to Kangaloon, at the age of four, carrying her pet bantam. Jonathan and Henrietta went to live at Box Vale and raised a large family of eight boys and six girls. Tragedy struck early. The first child was burnt to death aged 31/2 years. Jonathan became well known as a breeder and judge of cattle. On his own property he favoured Ayrshires, and was a successful exhibitor of these. He was a healthy, hard working man, and his death from blood poisoning at 56 years shocked the district. At this time only his eldest daughter, May, had married and left home and this left his widow, Henrietta, with the formidable task of running the property and supporting twelve children. Her eldest son, Leslie, was 20 years old, and the youngest child was 6. The very severe drought at the turn of the century had forced many early settlers with growing families to move elsewhere. Many had gone to the Richmond River. The eldest son Leslie remained at Box Vale. The eldest daughter, May, had married a Kangaloon Lindsay, already at Mullumbimby. Later May’s brother George Robert (Bob) visited her, and his report on the area encouraged some of the Box Vale Brookers to go there. Half the cattle at Thistle Brae were given to Robert, Stanley, Stafford and Charles to start them in the new area. They drove the cattle from Box Vale to a rented farm at Myocum, Mullambimby. Two of their sisters, Annie and Millie, went to housekeep for their brothers. The girls travelled by boat to Byron Bay. Annie later married Arthur Tindall and lived to see her family establish a wellknown Hereford Stud at Cawongla, near Kyogle. She died shortly before her I00th birthday. Robert, Stafford, Stanley and Charles enlisted in World War I. Charles was rejected on account of eyesight. He returned to Box Vale for the duration, but later went back to the rivers, married, established his own farm, and raised a family of two boys and two girls. Both boys met tragic ends by accidents. One drowned and the other was electrocuted on their own property. After the war Stafford and Stanley established themselves on the Richmond River at Wyralla. Robert went to the Dorrigo and established himself, like his father, as a cattle breeder. Of the girls, May and Annie remained on the Richmond River. Jean and Ella married teachers and lived in Sydney. In I9I6 Leslie took over the farm, and his mother went to Sydney to live with her unmarried daughters. Later Millie and Linda married and remained living in Sydney. Mrs Brooker lived to a great age, the later part of which was spent in the home of her daughter, Ella Middleton. She died, aged 95, in I953 and is buried at East Kangaloon. William was the second son of John and Janet. Janet was a Highland Scot, and followed Scottish tradition whenever possible, as in the naming of her children. The first girl was named Mary, after her father’s mother. There was no second girl to be called Anne for her mother’s mother. The eldest son was called Jonathan, for his father’s father. The second son should have been Murdo, for his mother’s father, but he was a very frail baby, not expected to live. He was called William, rather than waste the name Murdo, which eventually went to the third son incidentally, William survived for 83 years. William married Margaret Youman, 22.4.1882, eldest daughter of Joseph Youman, an early settler in East Kangaloon. The marriage was in the Presbyterian Church, Dapto, where Margaret’s parents had married a generation earlier. William and Margaret began married life on portion 47, across the Folly Creek from Forest Lodge. After the death of John in 1886, William took over Forest Lodge as well. Whether the big old house was built before John died I am not sure, but the stone dairy adjoining the house and orchard still stands, and carries the date 1888. The old house survived into the 30s, and deserves some comment. It was not near the creek, but on the top of a hill, and was the third house, I think, and overlooked the Kangaloon Road. This position was only possible because tanks had arrived in the district, and the collection of roof runoff water ensured water supply. The house was of timber, and built to the usual plan at that time. The big kitchen and a very large dining room formed one section, separated by a covered breezeway from the front area of bedrooms and a little used sitting room. The outer walls of the kitchen area were of vertical slabs, while the outer walls of the front area were of sawn timber. Verandahs ran on two sides of the kitchen, and across the front of the house. A picket fence secured the house garden from the inroads of stock. Ivy, violets, lavender, roses and bulbs flourished in this garden.  A box tree grew on either side of the front gate, and though the house is gone, the box trees are still alive in the paddock. An adjoining orchard contained apples, pears, plums, gooseberries, etc. The dairy was a separate building, at the back of the kitchen; milk was dealt with and butter made. The kitchen was the hub of the house. Almost the whole of one end wall was taken up by the fireplace, furnished with firedogs and cross bars, while an upright iron bar supported a swinging horizontal arm to which hooks were attached to carry camp ovens and pots, etc. Wood for the fire was cut in varying lengths and thickness. The fire itself was raised about eight inches above floor level. A huge hearthstone was in front of the fireplace. With these primitive aids, and no refrigeration or electricity, women coped successfully, producing good meals with minimum fuss. Sides of bacon usually hung from the roof, and in wet weather men’s heavy outdoor clothing would be hung up before the fire to dry. The writer of this section was born in this old house. Five children were born to William and Margaret between 1883 and 1888, the last two, Joseph James and Mary Helen were twins. Mary Helen was burnt to death when three years and eight months old. The four children, Elsie, George, Janet (Sis) and Joseph James (Jim) went at different times to both East and West Kangaloon schools in the 1890’s. They lived halfway between the two schools. By the turn of the century Kangaloon was beginning to prosper, and the days of real hardship were over. In 1905 Elsie married Stanley Morrow, a teacher, and left Kangaloon. Janet married Joseph Noble in 1907. They farmed for some years at Springside, Kangaloon, but later moved to the Hunter at Raymond Terrace. Both Elsie and Janet (Sis) were married in the house at Forest Lodge. George and Jim remained at Forest Lodge while young men. George married Vera Fuller in 1912 and farmed at East Kangaloon for some years. William Brooker retired from active farming in 1917 and went to live in “Brooklyn”, another cottage on the property. George and family moved into Forest Lodge, and George and Jim ran the property as a single unit. Jim remained at Forest Lodge till his marriage to Clarice Marr, at Bulli in 1925, after which he lived in Robertson, where he established a carrying business. William Brooker died in 1935, leaving his farms to his sons George and Jim. George ran the property as a single unit, with the help of his sons Eric and. Keith until his sudden death in 1955. Eric and Keith continued the single unit pattern till Jim’s death in 1968, after which time it was separated to two units, one going to George’s sons, and the other to Jim’s daughter, Heather Paterson. Neither Eric nor Keith had sons, so with this generation the name Brooker is lost to Forest Lodge. After William’s death his widow Margaret, remained at “Brooklyn” for some time. Her later years were spent with her daughters Elsie and Janet. She died in 1946 at the home of Elsie Morrow in Haberfield, and is buried at East Kangaloon. Murdo was the last son of John and Janet. He married Eliza Diggins, daughter of an early settler, and went to live on portion 58 of 100 acres at East Kangaloon, purchased from the Youman family when they moved to the New England district in the early eighties. They had eight children, including two sets of twins, between 1885 and 1894. Two children were lost while in Kangaloon. Frederick Donald, twin brother of Herbert, died when nine weeks old, and John James was killed by lightning in 1905, aged fifteen years. Soon after this, and shortly before the marriage of the eldest child, Sarah, the family moved to Yarrawa, near Robertson, to a property purchased from Millers, original settlers on the southern side of Wingecarribee Swamp.  The East Kangaloon property was not sold. Sarah married Francis Westley Morrow and remained in the district, farming first on Portion 58, and later on the Diggins property now occupied by their son, Francis Cecil Morrow. The other daughter, Janet, married an American, Arthur Stine. They remained in NSW for some time, but eventually went to America where their descendants now reside. Both Sarah and Janet were married in the house at Yarrawa. Murdo and his sons established a reputation as vegetable growers as well as being cattle men. Murdo died suddenly in 1913. His widow remained at Yarrawa till her death in 1940. Herbert did not marry, and remained at Yarrawa after the death of his mother. He died in 1963. Murdo’s son, Archie, married Doris Saunders and farmed in the district, then at Picton, later Exeter and finally on the Reservoir Farm at Dapto. He died in 1946. Archie’s twin brother, Albert (Bertie), bought Portion 58 in 1919 and farmed there for many years. His first wife was Merlina Marshall. They had three daughters; the first two being twins, and at a later date one of these twins presented her father, (himself a twin) with twin granddaughters. His second wife was Alice Barton (nee Chadwick), and they had one daughter. Murdo’s youngest son, Waiter, married Elsie Bisby and farmed in the Robertson area for some years. When one of his sons had learnt the trade of soft drink manufacture, Walter and family moved to Yass and established a soft drink factory, which is run today by two of his sons. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Mary Wade to us : a family history, 1778-1986. Mary Wade History Association, Cromer, N.S.W, 1986. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wade Descendants through her son, John Brooker Subject The topic of the resource John Brooker Description An account of the resource The story of Mary Wade's descendants through her son, John Brooker. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marjorie Morrow Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Wade to us : a family history, 1778-1986. Mary Wade History Association, Cromer, N.S.W, 1986. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Language A language of the resource en-au Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wade's Children Description An account of the resource Stories of the first generations following Mary Wade. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. Mary Wade’s second son, William, was born on Norfolk Island in 1796. As he is listed in the Victuall Book of that year as “Wade - convict’s child”, there is no clear identity of his father. Mary, on her return from Norfolk, shared consecutive relationships in New South Wales with Teague Harrigan and Jonathan Brooker, both of whom were convicts on Norfolk Island at the time of William’s birth. However, her long-standing relationship was with the latter, who became the father figure in William’s life. William is next mentioned in the NSW muster of 1806 as one of three children living with his mother at Sydney Cove. Mary was assigned as housekeeper to Teague Harrigan who had since gained his freedom. A Harrigan family reminiscence has it that their home was a tent by the Tank Stream, Sydney’s earliest water supply, now situated beneath Pitt Street. At about this time a child born of the Harrigan-Wade relationship died. The death occurred in 1803 and is recorded in the Mutch Papers and in St Philip’s church records. It seems that Mary’s relationship with Teague Harrigan ceased when he departed on a whaling expedition, as related elsewhere in this book. Jonathan Brooker then renewed, or established his association with Mary, and the couple settled near the Hawkesbury River where another child, John, was born in 1809. William would have lived with his parents in the Hawkesbury district until the family made its move to Airds (now Campbelltown) a year or so after John’s birth. The family soon increased with the births of three more children: Elizabeth (1810), Mary (1812) and James (1814). Jonathan at this time was a landholder, supporting his family as a carpenter. In 1811 he received a land grant of 60 acres in the Illawarra region but did not immediately settle on it. This land, situated at Corrimal, north of Wollongong, was inherited by William as eldest son at law when his father died in 1833. On 10th February 1817 William married Sophia Mitton, eldest of ten children born to a convict couple, John Mitton and Catherine Lahey. John Mitton had received an unconditional pardon while employed as a police constable at Toongabbie, upon his apprehension leading to a conviction of a person using an illegal still. Catherine had been transported for forgery, having attempted to make a copper coin look like a shilling. William was about 20 when he married; Sophia was 16. On 5th April 1821 William became a landholder at Airds, on receipt of a Macquarie grant of 60 acres. It would appear that he had learnt the carpentry trade from his father and that he worked as a carpenter and joiner in the Campbelltown area. Sophia was 19 when her first child, Mary Ann, was born in March 1821. She bore eleven more children during the next 25 years. The last of her children, twin boys, were born in 1846 when Sophia was 45. St Peter’s Church records reveal that William, having such a large family, could not pay his pew rents and cleared his debt by completing building tasks for the Church. No doubt many couples with large families would have acted similarly. In 1826 William was a suspect in the sensational murder of Frederick Fisher at Campbelltown. There had been ill feeling between Fisher and William after Fisher short-changed him for his work on Fisher’s Inn, the Horse and Jockey. Fisher lost a court case held over the matter and maintained a deep grudge which finally resulted in his stabbing William after an argument in the Horse and jockey in 1825. Fisher was charged and convicted but received a surprisingly light sentence of six months imprisonment and a fine. William gave forth to a loud display of bad temper at this judgement in the court room, and was rebuked by the magistrate. As a result of this connection with Fisher, William became a prime suspect when Fisher’s badly bashed body was discovered buried in a swamp in October 1826. In fact, William was not responsible for the murder. The assailant committed and found guilty was George Worrall, with whom Fisher had shared residence and signed over custody of his property while serving time in prison for the assault on William. During Worrall’s trial, evidence was also given that Fisher had attempted to default William’s brother-in-law, Nathaniel Boon. William qualified to serve as a juror on 4th December 1826. Testimony to his skill as builder is provided by the fact that William, a Protestant, successfully tendered for and proceeded to construct the roof of the Catholic Church at Campbelltown. The 1828 Census listed him as the holder of 60 acres in the Parish of St Peter, County of Cumberland, 20 acres of which were cleared and stocked with 10 or 20 head of cattle. On 15th May 1852 he increased his holding in the Campbelltown district through the purchase of his father-in-law, John Mitton’s Macquarie grant (Portion 131 Parish of St Peter); and in addition to this, he had earlier acquired Charlotte Wair’s land (Portion 130). William also inherited his father’s 60 acres on the Illawarra, but he sold this to his brother, James. By 1865 William had moved part of his family to Wagga, joining other relatives already settled there. In the Lake Albert district his sister, Mary, lived with her husband, Henry Angel; while in the Albury district, his son, William, resided. William’s second daughter, Sarah and her husband, Edward Rudd, also made the move to Wagga. Edward, the youngest son of Thomas Rudd of Campbelitown, had three brothers who were settled on the Murrumbidgee. Edward acquired land by the Albury Road and raised a family there. The Robertson land Acts were clearly encouraging a southwest drift of settlers from Campbelltown towards Wagga and Albury. When William moved to the Lake Albert area, south of Wagga, his son James and his wife, Mary Ann (nee Jamison), chose to live on William’s Wagga property. Via one of Mary Ann’s descendants, her granddaughter, Hazel Denton, the following incident has been preserved. Apparently, neighbours of William and Sophia, the Holders, contracted typhoid. On learning of this, Mary Ann left her baby with her mother-in-law, Sophia, in order to nurse the Holder family. However, as she had to breast-feed her baby, she would cross a paddock and come to the fence where Sophia would pass the baby over for feeding. Such was an example of the kind of cooperation that existed amongst pioneering families. Upon William’s death in 1885, James inherited the Lake Albert property he had worked with his father. Most of the land acquired is still held by members of the family. William’s eldest daughter, Mary Ann, married James Warby in 1824 and had five children. James died in 1849 and Mary Ann married Thomas Byrne in 1853, later having two children to him. The couple became licencees of the Australian Hotel in Wagga, which was renovated by William for them. According to an 1872 description of the building, it was situated on 1½ acres on the high side of the street and because of its trade was known like other successful hotels as a ‘quartz reef’, having 55 rooms, several private suites, being a brick building with kitchens and outhouses at the rear. Today it still stands, an arcade being constructed within its walls. Only one child from Mary Anne’s marriage to James Warby had issue namely, James Edward Warby who in 1865 married Sarah Lakeman and had 12 children. It appears James E. Warby dealt in property and settled on ‘Billenbah’ near Narrandera, where a fine home was built. Tragedy struck in January 1911 when two young men working for him murdered his wife and his youngest daughter, Amy Mayo. For this crime they were hanged. William’s first son, William, married a widow, Elizabeth Henrietta Warby, whose first husband was Robert Warby, brother-in-law of William’s eldest daughter. William raised children from Elizabeth’s first marriage as well as children of his own. They lived in the Albury area on a farm eventually absorbed into the city of Albury. William’s daughter, Elizabeth, married Reuben Hannan and lived near her father at Lake Albert now a suburb on the southern side of Wagga. Jonathan married Elizabeth Rea (later Ray) at Wagga on 5th December 1860. The couple had 10 children, four of whom married and settled in the Wagga district. Sophia Jane (known as Jane) married John Bentley who started the Wagga Express. They had eight children. When Bentley died in 1880, Jane married Samuel Larkins. She appears on the Wagga electoral roll of 1908, but cannot be traced after this date. Her eldest son, Richard, was a milk vendor residing at 2 King Street Newtown, Sydney, in 1908. He was married and had issue, but no further details about him are known. Joseph Henry died in 1840 when only 10 months of age. Eliza married William Munro who had died by 1869 when she then married Arthur Lenon. She died at Liverpool in 1877 and was buried next to her grandfather, Jonathan Brooker, in St Peter’s Churchyard, Campbelltown. Her tombstone states that she had ‘5 children lament her loss’ but no details about them can be found. The last of William and Sophia’s children were the twins, Joseph and Henry. Joseph did not marry, and died at Wagga in 1929. An obituary in the Wagga Advertiser states that his twin, Edward was alive at the time but we have no further information about him. With the sole exception of Eliza then, all of William’s children settled permanently in the vicinity of Wagga and Albury. Their story, in the main, is that of pioneering stock who participated in the southwestward drift of smaller landholders from Campbelltown to the eastern Riverina. Hardworking and respectable, they had before them the example set by William, the Norfolk Island born son of convict parents, who himself never shied from heavy toil. It is recorded of William for example, that at the age of 96, three months before he died he carried two kerosene tins full of water from a nearby creek to his home. Doubtless a great number of William’s descendants showed similar strength and determination in their struggle to make good in a harsh land. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Mary Wade to us : a family history, 1778-1986. Mary Wade History Association, Cromer, N.S.W, 1986. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mary Wade Descendants through her son, William Brooker Subject The topic of the resource Brooker Family Description An account of the resource The story of Mary Wade's descendants through her son William Brooker. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Mary Wade History Association (Editorial Committee) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mary Wade to us : a family history, 1778-1986. Mary Wade History Association, Cromer, N.S.W, 1986. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Norma Campbell Language A language of the resource en-au