Mary Wade Family

Australian Town and Country Journal (New South Wales : 1870 - 1907) Saturday 17 December 1881

"AN OLD COLONIST GONE.-The late Mr. Henry Angel who died at Lake Albert, near Wagga, at his residence on the 7th instant, at the age of 91 year, was a colonist for over 60 years, having arrived in the colony in 1819. He first settled in Kiama as a farmer. In 1824 he went with Humo and Hovell's party on the expedition overland to Hobson's Bay. He was one of the first men who crossed the River Murray and was always foremost in any difficult situations or hardships on the journey. Mr. Hume, in his reports of the expedition, frequently mentions the name ot Henry Angel, and speaks highly of his courage and determination. He appears always to have been a man on whom great reliance was placed by the explorers iu any difficulty or hardships.

Mr. Angel afterwards followed the occupation of a farmer and became a squatter on the Murrumbidgee. He eventually settled near Wagga, and became possessed of a considerable landed estate. He was noted in the district for his strict integrity. ln 1832 he married Mary Brooker. There were l6 children of the marriage, eight of whom and the widow and 70 grandchildren survive their father.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), Saturday 23 April 1938. The death has occurred at Wagga of Mr Samuel Angel, one of the oldest residents of the district and a member of one of the earliest pioneering families of Australia. His father, Mr Henry Angel, was a member of the Hume and Hovell expedition that in 1824 crossed the Murray from New South Wales into Victoria. Mr Samuel Angel had been married 61 years, and he retired to Wagga after 50 years on the land. He called his Wagga home Wardry after the station on which he was born. Later the name of the station was changed to Uardry.

FUNERAL

MR. H. R. (DICK) HANSON

LARGE CORTEGE

It was not surprising that there was a large attendance at the funeral of Mr. Herbert Richard (Dick) Hanson yesterday afternoon as Mr. Hanson was a native of Wagga and had identified itimBPif closely with business, sporting, and other activities at Wagga and district all his life.

He was well respected by all sections of the community, and he was noted for his friendliness and generosity, and his readiness to assist those in need. During his long Illness he was noted for his cheerfulness and hope.

The large cortege, numbering about 50 motor cars, therefore, bore testimony to the popularity with which Mr. Hanson was regarded among all sections of the community.

A short service was held at St John's Church of England about 3.45 o'clock yesterday afternoon, which was largely attended, and which was conducted by the Ven. Archdeacon West.

The archdeacon said that he was sure that all present would agree that, this was the time and place to offer words of good cheer and hope.

Certainly it was a time also to say the tenderest words of sympathy to the wife, mother, and family, as well as friends, but those words needed something substantial upon which they could build their hopes.

Archdeacon West went on to say that there were many analogies in this world which indicated that there was a life in the world to come, notably the fact that the human body was continuously changing every seven years, and no matter what our age, the mind or the soul could reflect and remember back more than 80 years, which indicated that the soul would survive the body.

There were those, said the archdeacon, who refused to believe in a future life because they had not seen it demonstrated, yet that method of reasoning would not apply to a considerable number of facts which might not be demonstrated by the visible or palpable senses, but which reason had established beyond doubt.

The doc trine of Immortality was one of these, which had been accepted by human reason since the first days of man. The archdeacon submitted these things with a message of comfort to those in sorrow. Archdeacon West referred to his happy associations with Dick Hanson.

He had pleasant remembrances of him and of the happiness and gladness which had entered his life at the thought of the Divine, and how he had expressed the greatest satisfaction at the spiritual ministries given to him.

The cortege left the church about four o'clock for the Church of England division of the Wagga cemetery, where interment took place. Archdeacon West also conducted the service at the graveside, where again there was a large attendance of mourners.

The carriers at the church and graveside were Messrs. Frederick, George and Ross Hanson (sons), Robert Hanson and Trevor Saker (nephews) and Samuel Angel (brother-in-law).

The pall-bearers were Messrs. W. Moyes (brother-in-law), W. Cox. Ashley Angel. George Baumer, Harvey Angel, Ken Kenneally, Spencer Angel and Frank Wallace.

Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954), Tue 21 May 1940

Newspaper article

OBITUARY Mr. S. ANGEL

The death occurred at Lewisham Private Hospital, Wagga, yesterday morning of one of the best-known businessmen of The Rock, Mangoplah and Wagga districts, Mr. Samuel Angel, of Mangoplah, at the age of 65 years.

Mr. Angel was a principal of the firm of Messrs S. Angel and Son, stock and station agents, of Mangoplah and The Rock, and was highly esteemed throughout Riverina. Born at Wagga, he had resided all his life in the district.

He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Angel, of Wagga, early pioneers of the district. Mr. Angel is survived by his widow (Mrs. Rose Angel, of Mangoplah); two daughters, Miss Alice Angel of Sydney, and Mrs. M. Wilson of Culcairn; two sons, Messrs Ronald Samuel Angel of Queensland, and Clifford Angel of The Rock; one brother, Albert of Wagga; and two sisters, Mrs. R. Hanson of Wagga, and Mrs. N. Wyld of Lithgow.

The funeral will take place in Wagga today, the cortege leaving St. John's Church of England after a service commencing at 3.45 o'clock for the Wagga Cemetery.

Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954), Thu 2 Mar 1950