(1868-1897).
He was a twin. He was the son of Nicholas and Julia. Daniel married Lily Cecilia Moulton (1873-). Lily was the daughter of Abraham and Esther Rose. She remarried Frederick HcAlinden, who was a coach driver on the Bunbury-Bridgetown route. Daniel was killed in a riding accident.
(1822-1897)
Article in the Bunbury Herald 1892
Bunbury Herald Wed 7 Dec 1892Page 2
Photo courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Dennis was was a local bricklayer in Bunbury in 1885. Very limited information exists in the historical record on Dennis, whose name is also alternatively spelled Denis. He was born in 1822 at Manchester in England (reference). In 1869 he married Mary Neal in Bunbury (reference). In the South Western Times article ‘Recollections of Bunbury’ Denis is remembered as a principal bricklayer of the Bunbury area (reference). According to the 1894-1895 Post Office Directory he was living in Arthur Street (reference). Dennis had a daughter, Katherine, who married John Donovan and was a prominent Bunbury midwife (reference). His daughter was married in a ‘little church’ that he helped to build (reference). By 1948 this church was being used by the Sisters as a dormitory (reference). He also had another daughter named Mary Ann.
Dennis’ attempted suicide in 1892 was covered in all the major colonial newspapers (reference). At this point in his life he was considered elderly (reference). On 8 February 1897 he passed away at 75 years old and is buried in the Bunbury Pioneer Cemetery which is now in the sand dunes along the Back Beach (reference; reference).
(04/03/1831-).
Charles completed his sentence as a convict. He arrived on 14/07/1867 on the Norwood. He married Magdeline (Maud) (1834-07/10/1883) in the United Kingdom. Magdalene died in Bunbury and arrived in Western Australia on 29/01/1871 on the Strathmore from London to join Charles. Their children were Sydney (1861-), Charles (1863-) and Emily (1864-). Charles was an accountant in Bunbury in the 1870s. He established a rope factory in 08/1870 known as Messrs Utton & Co. He employed 14 ticket of leave men on occasions between 1870 and 1881. In 1875 he was the secretary and librarian of the Perth Mechanics Institute.
(1814-26/12/1885).
William was born in Scotland and died in Perth. William was a member of the 11th Battalion of the Royal Artillery. He arrived as an Enrolled Pensioner Guard on the convict transport ship Ramilles on 07/08/1954 with his wife and children. He married Rachel King (24/05/1819-04/03/1887) on 01/04/1840 in St Johns, Newfoundland. She was born at St. Johns and died 04/03/1887 at Perth. Their children were Alexander James, Mary, Kate, Rachel (1855-) and Isabel. William was formerly a sergeant of the Royal Artillery. At Fremantle he was a gardener between 1876 and 1878. On 18/10/1879 he was granted Wellington Location 402 at Bunbury.
Isabel was the daughter of William and Rachel. She was possibly born in St Johns, Newfoundland. She was a school teacher at Busselton between 1879 and 1880 and at Brunswick between 1881 and 1890. She made voyages between Bunbury, Fremantle and Albany and possibly one overseas journey returning 03/11/1884 on the Mirzapore.
(1821/05-06/12/1842).
He was from London. Andy arrived on the Trusty. He married on 12/01/1854 in Bunbury to Elizabeth Snowden (1837-). She arrived on 01/06/1853 on the Sabrina. Their children were Thomas Sowden (1857-), Enoch Edmund (1858-), Charles Henry (1861-) and George (1870-). All their children were born in Bunbury and baptised into the Church of England. He bought a Busselton Town lot in 1852. He was a Bunbury farmer. He employed three ticket of leave men on occasions between 1865 and 1879.
(18 /11/1858-).
He was born in Bunbury. He was the son of Andy and Elizabeth. In Bunbury he was a carter in 1885.
(1838-).
John arrived on 28/08/1875 on the Daylight from London with his wife Elizabeth (1845-). Their children were Arthur (1865-), born in the UK, Emily Elizabeth (1875-), born in the UK and Henry (1880-), born in Bunbury. He was a farrier and ran a veterinary surgeon.
(1865-).
She arrived on 11/03/1884 on the Natal from London. Her child was Mary Ellen. She was nominated by John Harrison of Bunbury and was sent to that district to find work. She was in prison in 1887 and was expected to enter an Immigrant home after release on 02/03/1887.
(01/121851-13/07/1916).
Patrick was born in Ireland and died in Guildford. He was the son of Richard Michael Mary. He arrived on 13/06/1853 on the Sabrina with his parents. He married Mary Carlotta Teresa Butler (15/08/1856-). She was the daughter of John Martin and Mary. Their child was Patrick Aloysius (1895-). Patrick joined the Western Australian police force in 1873. He moved from Fremantle to Harvey in 1874, Victoria Plains in 1875 and Mt. Wittenoon in 1880. He was a sergeant at West Kimberley in 1886, Bunbury in 1888, and then Geraldton. He was a travelling Inspector in 1894 and resigned to be Goldfields Warden in mines deport and Resident Magistrate at Coolgardie (Bulong) Murchison in 1903. He was the acting magistrate in Perth, Midland Moora and RM (Swan). He resigned on 30/04/1916 because of ill health. His reports on Kimberley tours of inspection are memorable for detail and accuracy.
(20/11/1854-).
He was born in Bunbury as the son of Thomas and Ellen. Their child was EIlen Eliza (1876-), who was born in Bunbury. William was a stonemason and builder in Bunbury from 1885 to 1887. He moved to Albany in 1886. He was employed on major works at Albany, including the Town Hall in 1888. He employed a ticket of leave brickmaker at Bunbury in 1879.
(25/10/1822-).
Thomas was an expiree. He arrived on 01/06/1850 on the Scindian. Thomas married on 15/08/1851 with the Church of England and on 25/08/1851 with the Roman Catholic to Ellen Mary Mead (1840-). Their children were William (1854-), Ellen Maria (1857-1924), Hary A (1859) born in Bunbury, James (1862-), Elizabeth Mary (1865-), Henry Thomas (1867-), Harriet (1869-), Caroline (1872-), George S (1875-), Ellen F (1877-), Maria (1879-) and Edward. In Bunbury he was a mason and bricklayer. Thomas employed seven ticket of leave men on occasions from 1864 to 1871.
(1830-04/08/1884).
James died while on the road to Albany and he was an expiree. James arrived on 02/06/1855 on the Stag. He employed a ticket of leave man at Bunbury in 1869.
(1817-1890).
Henry arrived on 18/12/1851 on the Anna Robertson, with his family of five children and wife, Agnes Ann Garland (1822-05/06/1898). She was born in Gibralter and died in Bunbury. Their children were Henry John (1844-1900), John (1846-1900), Elizabeth (1850-1892), Walter William (1853-), George (1855-), Charles Raymond (1856-), Thomas (1857-), Harriet Agnes (1859-), Caroline Emma (1861-), Richard James and Alfred (1864-). Henry was a second Corporal Instructing Warder at Fremantle of Royal Engineers. He was a Sergeant when he was discharged on 21/12/1861. He moved to the Wellington district. In Blackwood, he was a farmer and grazier in the 1860s on the Preston River. He had 60 acres of land in 1868. He was a publican and innkeeper for the "Anchor and Rope Inn" from 1869 to 1885. His wife was the local midwife. He employed four ticket of leave men, including a bricklayer on occasions between 1868 and 1880.
(13/01/1856-).
Charles was born in Bunbury as the son of Henry and Agnes Ann. Charles married on 14/11/1883 to Frances Moore (23/8/1862-). Frances was the daughter of John Arthur and Mary Eliza. Their children were Elsie Curtis (baptised 1885), Clarence Alexander Walker (Baptized 1887) and Harold Garland (Baptised 1891). Charles was a blacksmith in 1885 in Donnybrook. He was a member of the progress association in 1894. His wife was a postmistress from 1888 to 1895. Upon her retirement, they went farming at "Range" some miles out of town
James married Julie. He remarried on 28/6/1869 to Hannah Burnham Mason (1841-12/01/1877), the widow of Henry. Hannah was the daughter of Samuel Burnham Bryan and his wife, Anne. Their children were Maude Mary (1864-) in Bunbury, Amanda (1870-), Kate Adellne (1874-) and Nelson Benedict (1876-1912). James was an American whaler. He corresponded about land in 1861 in Caple Hill. He was a farmer in Busselton from 1867 to 1877. James employed five ticket of leave men in 1866 and 1869 including a fencer and a splitter.
(1870-).
Ada arrived on 21/02/1887 on the Hampshire. They were stowed away on the Rob Ray to Bunbury with 14-year-old Adelaide Stevens. The Resident Magistrate found them work at "Brookhampton".
(1821-25/04/1881)
Solomon died in Bunbury. He was a Kojonup shepherd who committed suicide when he could not secure admission to the Invalid Depot.
(1833-).
Catherine married in 1854 to Henry Offer in Bunbury. She was on Salvado's list in 1854. Her religion was Roman Catholic.
(1818-09/04/1907).
John died in York. He was the son of William. John remarried on 06/12/1870 in Beverley to Sarah Horn(e) (1814-15/10/1914). Sarah was born in England and was the widow of Charles. John may have employed a tick of leave man at Bunbury in 1870. John was a labourer at Avondale, Beverley from 1884 to 1885.