Margaret Ann Herrick, 1833–1932 (aged 98 years)
- Name
- Margaret Ann /Herrick/
- Given names
- Margaret Ann
- Surname
- Herrick
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Source citation: @NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Registration Number: 3205/1854 V18543205 72@ |
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Note: Can't locate a birth record in the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages |
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Source citation: @NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Registration Number: 7370/1864@ |
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Note: Can't locate a marriage record in the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages |
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Source citation: Footnote: 'Mary Wade to Us' p.187 FAM:EVEN:SOUR:_FOOT: 'Mary Wade to Us' p.187 |
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Note: Married according to the rites of the Presbyterian Church. Both Francis and Gertrude were living at Eames Street, St Kilda at the time of their marriage. Francis was working as a merchant, and Gertrude as a governess. Source: copy of marriage certificate. |
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Note: LEDWIDGE.— At Carrathool, suddenly, on 10th May, 1916. Christopher Ledwidge, second son of the late Christopher Ledwidge, of Carrathool, aged 61 years. LEDWIDGE.— At Carrathool, suddenly, on 10th May, 1916. Christopher Ledwidge, second son of the late Christopher Ledwidge, of Carrathool, aged 61 years. The Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW : 1873 - 1954) Tuesday 16 May 1916 p 2 Family Notices |
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Source citation: @NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Registration Number: 14465/1926@ |
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Note: THE OLDEST DISTRICT RESIDENT FIVE GENERATIONS. THE OLDEST DISTRICT RESIDENT FIVE GENERATIONS. Our illustration is a photograph of Mrs. M. A. McPherson, of Carrathool, the oldest inhabitant of the district, and members' of four succeeding generations — five in all. Mrs. McPherson has resided in the Carrathool and Hay districts (with a break of four years spent with a daughter at Port Albert, Victoria) for seventy-three years. She is a native of Campbelltown, where she was born on 9th June, 1834, and is thus in her ninety-third year. She married Mr. Christopher Ledwidge on 1st April, 1853, and went to live at Uardry upon her marriage. After living on that station for some years, the Ledwidges came into Hay, and for some time kept the Caledonian Hotel. They then went to Carrathool, and opened the Carrathool Hotel, on the main road from Hay to Wagga, and almost due south from where the town of Carrathool now stands. Mr. Ledwidge died in the Carrathool-Hotel on 8th August, 1869. Mrs. Ledwidge continued the hotel business, and in 1874 married Mr. Ewan Cluny McPherson. She had ten children to Mr. Ledwidge and one, to Mr. McPherson — eleven in all. After the railway opened, it created the present town of Carrathool, and coach traffic ceased. Mrs. McPherson kept the Railway Hotel at the new township for some time, and afterwards spent some years in Hay. After four years absence in Port Albert, she returned to Carrathool, where she has resided ever since. All her family were born in the Carrathool district, where some of them reside at present. Her descendants are: eleven children, G2 grand-children, 141 great grand-children and eight great great grand-children. (Fifteen of her grandsons went to the war, and four of them were killed in action. Three of her sons, fourteen grand-children, and eleven great-grand-children have died. The old lady's hearing is still good, and she can read with the aid of glasses but owing to an accident, about four years' ago, when she broke her leg, she has to use sticks to walk about. In the photograph, the old lady is sitting on the left of the picture. The other lady sitting is Mrs. M. J. Dodd (daughter). The three standing are (from left to right) . Mrs. Cecil Howard, of Hay (great-grand-daughter), Miss Kathleen Howard (great great grand-daughter) and Mrs. Richard Moore, of Hay (grand-daughter). The Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW : 1873 - 1954) Tuesday 28 September 1926 p 4 Article Illustrated |
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Note: DIED WHEN 99. The oldest resident of the Hay district, Mrs. Margaret Ann McPherson, widow of Mr. Ewan Cluny McPherson, has died at Hay Hospital in her 99th year. DIED WHEN 99. The oldest resident of the Hay district, Mrs. Margaret Ann McPherson, widow of Mr. Ewan Cluny McPherson, has died at Hay Hospital in her 99th year. Before her marriage to Mr. McPherson she married Mr. Christopher Ledwidge, by whom she had 11 children. Born in 1834, Mrs. McPherson had lived at Hay and Carrothool since 1853. She left 260 descendants. Fifteen of her grandsons went to the war, and four were killed in action. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) Wednesday 10 August 1932 p 6 Articl |
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1834–1869
Birth: 5 February 1834
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— Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia Death: 8 August 1869 — Balranald, New South Wales, Australia |
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1833–1932
Birth: 25 September 1833
— Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia Death: 6 August 1932 — Hay, New South Wales, Australia |
| Marriage | Marriage — 1 April 1853 — St Johns Roman Catholic Church, Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia |
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18 months
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1854–1941
Birth: 10 September 1854
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— Uardry Station, Murrumbidgee River near Hay, New South Wales, Australia Death: 7 November 1941 — Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia |
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1855–1916
Birth: 3 June 1855
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— Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia Death: 10 May 1916 — Carrathool, New South Wales, Australia |
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3 years
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1859–1931
Birth: 1 July 1859
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— Uardry Station, Murrumbidgee River near Hay, New South Wales, Australia Death: 4 November 1931 — Hay Hospital, Hay, New South Wales, Australia |
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6 months
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1859–1935
Birth: 1859
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— Hay, New South Wales, Australia Death: 21 June 1935 — Albert Park, Victoria, Australia |
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1860–1953
Birth: 16 August 1860
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— Carrathool, New South Wales, Australia Death: 3 September 1953 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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1862–1939
Birth: 1 August 1862
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— Balranald, New South Wales, Australia Death: 17 June 1939 — Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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1864–1926
Birth: 1864
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— Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia Death: 21 July 1926 — Hay, New South Wales, Australia |
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1866–1927
Birth: 7 April 1866
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— Hay, New South Wales, Australia Death: 25 July 1927 — Carrathool, New South Wales, Australia |
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1869–1935
Birth: 14 July 1869
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— Carrathool, New South Wales, Australia Death: 30 May 1935 — Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia |
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4 years
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1872–…
Birth: 1872
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— Hay, New South Wales, Australia Death: |
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1833–1932
Birth: 25 September 1833
— Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia Death: 6 August 1932 — Hay, New South Wales, Australia |
| Marriage | Marriage — 1874 — Hay, New South Wales, Australia |
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1875–1875
Birth: 1875
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— Hay, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1875 — Hay, New South Wales, Australia |
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THE OLDEST DISTRICT RESIDENT FIVE GENERATIONS. Our illustration is a photograph of Mrs. M. A. McPherson, of Carrathool, the oldest inhabitant of the district, and members' of four succeeding generations — five in all. Mrs. McPherson has resided in the Carrathool and Hay districts (with a break of four years spent with a daughter at Port Albert, Victoria) for seventy-three years. She is a native of Campbelltown, where she was born on 9th June, 1834, and is thus in her ninety-third year. She married Mr. Christopher Ledwidge on 1st April, 1853, and went to live at Uardry upon her marriage. After living on that station for some years, the Ledwidges came into Hay, and for some time kept the Caledonian Hotel. They then went to Carrathool, and opened the Carrathool Hotel, on the main road from Hay to Wagga, and almost due south from where the town of Carrathool now stands. Mr. Ledwidge died in the Carrathool-Hotel on 8th August, 1869. Mrs. Ledwidge continued the hotel business, and in 1874 married Mr. Ewan Cluny McPherson. She had ten children to Mr. Ledwidge and one, to Mr. McPherson — eleven in all. After the railway opened, it created the present town of Carrathool, and coach traffic ceased. Mrs. McPherson kept the Railway Hotel at the new township for some time, and afterwards spent some years in Hay. After four years absence in Port Albert, she returned to Carrathool, where she has resided ever since. All her family were born in the Carrathool district, where some of them reside at present. Her descendants are: eleven children, G2 grand-children, 141 great grand-children and eight great great grand-children. (Fifteen of her grandsons went to the war, and four of them were killed in action. Three of her sons, fourteen grand-children, and eleven great-grand-children have died. The old lady's hearing is still good, and she can read with the aid of glasses but owing to an accident, about four years' ago, when she broke her leg, she has to use sticks to walk about. In the photograph, the old lady is sitting on the left of the picture. The other lady sitting is Mrs. M. J. Dodd (daughter). The three standing are (from left to right) . Mrs. Cecil Howard, of Hay (great-grand-daughter), Miss Kathleen Howard (great great grand-daughter) and Mrs. Richard Moore, of Hay (grand-daughter). The Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW : 1873 - 1954) Tuesday 28 September 1926 p 4 Article Illustrated |
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DIED WHEN 99. The oldest resident of the Hay district, Mrs. Margaret Ann McPherson, widow of Mr. Ewan Cluny McPherson, has died at Hay Hospital in her 99th year. Before her marriage to Mr. McPherson she married Mr. Christopher Ledwidge, by whom she had 11 children. Born in 1834, Mrs. McPherson had lived at Hay and Carrothool since 1853. She left 260 descendants. Fifteen of her grandsons went to the war, and four were killed in action. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) Wednesday 10 August 1932 p 6 Articl |