Clara Walker
b. 25 May 1854, d. 28 Aug 1895
| Father* | Thomas Walker b. 11 Mar 1818, d. 26 Mar 1895 |
| Mother* | Elizabeth Butler b. 6 Mar 1824, d. 1893 |
| Charts | BETTS: John & Anne -Family and Descendants WALKER: John -Family and Descendants |
-clara.jpg "Clara (née Walker) Betts -from Ross Betts")
Clara (née Walker) Betts -from Ross Betts
Clara Walker married James Henry Betts, son of James Betts and Sarah Howlett, on 7 Aug 1873 in East Kempsey, New South Wales.
Clara and James lived at Euroka, Macleay River in Kempsey, New South Wales, in 1887.
Clara Betts died on 28 Aug 1895 in Kempsey, New South Wales, at the age of 41 and the cause of her death was recorded as exhaustion after delivery of child and haemorrhage.
She was buried on 30 Aug 1895 at the Uniting Cemetery in West Kempsey, New South Wales.
Family | James Henry Betts b. 8 Jan 1851, d. 18 Feb 1925 |
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James Betts
b. 29 Aug 1813, d. 3 Feb 1887
| Father* | John Betts b. 8 Apr 1779, d. 24 Jan 1846 |
| Mother* | Hannah Kimmence b. 26 Sep 1779, d. 1843 |
| Charts | BETTS: John & Anne -Family and Descendants |
James Betts was baptised on 29 Aug 1813 in Helions Bumpstead, Essex.
James Betts married Frances Goodchild on 12 Jan 1837 at the Parish Church in Little Thurlow, Suffolk.
James was a Carpenter in 1847.
James Betts married Sarah Howlett in 1849 in Stretchworth, Cambridgeshire, in the April-June Quarter.
James lived at 30 Mill Road in Stretchworth, Cambridgeshire, b 1858.
James was a Wheelwright (Immigration record) in 1858.
James Betts and Sarah Betts immigrated on 13 Jun 1858 to Sydney, New South Wales, on board the "Castilian", which had sailed from England on 20 March 1858 under Capt. William Arthur with 430 immigrants on board. James Betts died on 3 Feb 1887 at West Kempsey, New South Wales, at the age of 73 and the cause of his death was recorded as haemipagia (a Stroke). James had been paralysed for 18 months prior to his death.
He was buried on 5 Feb 1887 in West Kempsey, New South Wales.
James Betts married Frances Goodchild on 12 Jan 1837 at the Parish Church in Little Thurlow, Suffolk.
James was a Carpenter in 1847.
James Betts married Sarah Howlett in 1849 in Stretchworth, Cambridgeshire, in the April-June Quarter.
James lived at 30 Mill Road in Stretchworth, Cambridgeshire, b 1858.
James was a Wheelwright (Immigration record) in 1858.
James Betts and Sarah Betts immigrated on 13 Jun 1858 to Sydney, New South Wales, on board the "Castilian", which had sailed from England on 20 March 1858 under Capt. William Arthur with 430 immigrants on board. James Betts died on 3 Feb 1887 at West Kempsey, New South Wales, at the age of 73 and the cause of his death was recorded as haemipagia (a Stroke). James had been paralysed for 18 months prior to his death.
He was buried on 5 Feb 1887 in West Kempsey, New South Wales.
Family 1 | Frances Goodchild b. 9 Oct 1816, d. 1 Aug 1847 |
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Family 2 | Sarah Howlett b. 3 Aug 1809, d. 14 Jan 1893 |
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Sarah Howlett
b. 3 Aug 1809, d. 14 Jan 1893
| Charts | BETTS: John & Anne -Family and Descendants |
Sarah Howlett was born on 3 Aug 1809 in Borrough Green, Cambridgeshire, a daughter of John Howlett and Thomasin.
Sarah Howlett married James Betts, son of John Betts and Hannah Kimmence, in 1849 in Stretchworth, Cambridgeshire, in the April-June Quarter.
Sarah Betts and James Betts immigrated on 13 Jun 1858 to Sydney, New South Wales, on board the "Castilian", which had sailed from England on 20 March 1858 under Capt. William Arthur with 430 immigrants on board.
Sarah Betts died on 14 Jan 1893 in Kempsey, New South Wales, at the age of 83.
She was buried at General Cemetery in West Kempsey, New South Wales.
Sarah Howlett married James Betts, son of John Betts and Hannah Kimmence, in 1849 in Stretchworth, Cambridgeshire, in the April-June Quarter.
Sarah Betts and James Betts immigrated on 13 Jun 1858 to Sydney, New South Wales, on board the "Castilian", which had sailed from England on 20 March 1858 under Capt. William Arthur with 430 immigrants on board.
Sarah Betts died on 14 Jan 1893 in Kempsey, New South Wales, at the age of 83.
She was buried at General Cemetery in West Kempsey, New South Wales.
Family | James Betts b. 29 Aug 1813, d. 3 Feb 1887 |
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Rev. John Taylor
John was a Minister of the Word at the Presbyterian Church. Smith Street in Kempsey, New South Wales, in 1900.
Margaret Anderson
William Anderson
b. 2 Mar 1818, d. 8 Aug 1915
| Father* | David Anderson b. 12 Sep 1790, d. May 1866 |
| Mother* | Isabella Gray b. 1796, d. 8 Jul 1896 |
William Anderson was born on 2 Mar 1818 at Alyth, Blairgowrie in Perth, Perthshire. He was baptised on 14 Mar 1818 in Alyth, Perthshire.
William Anderson married Ann Hogg on 21 Jan 1841 in Stirling according to William's Death Certificate.
William Anderson and Ann Anderson immigrated on 22 Nov 1856 to Sydney, New South Wales, on the immigrant ship "Edward Oliver."
William lived at Grey Town, near Fredericktown in Macleay River, New South Wales, in 1862.
William Anderson married Margaret McQueen on 10 Dec 1862 at St Andrew's Scots Presbyterian Church, Kent Street in Sydney, New South Wales, according to the rites of the Church of Scotland. Margaret's age was recorded as 33 years and Rev. John Dougall performed the marriage ceremony.
William was a Farmer.
William Anderson died on 8 Aug 1915 at "Burnside" in East Kempsey, New South Wales, at the age of 97 and his Obituary in the Macleay Argus of 13 August 1915 read as follows:
When Mr. William Anderson, whose death occurred on Sunday morning last at his residence - "Burnside," East Kempsey, commenced farming operations on the Macleay River in the mid-"fifties," things were not nearly so comfortable as they are to-day. For instance, in his early farming experience on this river, this fine old pioneer threshed his maize with a flail, and when he grew wheat, it was threshed in the same way, prior to being converted into flour on the farm. Present day farmers, with all the latest labour-saving machinery at their command, will easily recognise the disadvantages of the farmer's life in the early days in this country.
Born in Alyth, Scotland, in 1818, he was a keen sportsman, greatly enjoying fishing and hunting excursions in the neighbourhood of his Scottish home. He often recounted his experiences, his hunting trips, and never forgot his first visit to John 0' Groat's house in the north.
Convinced that he could better himself, he came out to Australia in 1856, accompanied by his wife (nee Annie Hogg) and five children. Shortly after arrival in New South Wales, he rented a farm near Gladstone, from the late Mr. John Verge, and lived on that holding with
his family for two years, and it was there that his wife died.
Soon after that sad event, the late Mr. Anderson moved on to a property which he had purchased on Belmore River, and now known as Grey Farm. In 1862 he again married, his second wife being Miss Margaret McQueen, daughter of Mr. Peter McQueen, of Edinburgh. On ''Grey Farm" the subject of this sketch experienced all the up-and-downs of a pioneer's life, but he faced difficulties which would seem to many impossible to overcome, and through all he did not neglect to foster public worship, even travelling in this connection to the Bellinger and other outlying districts. Travelling in those days was not done by swift motor cars over good roads but rough and lonely bush tracks had to be negotiated, and on occasions Mr. Anderson found it necessary, to swim his horse over flooded streams. He would periodically accompany Rev. Rutledge, now a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court, to the Bellinger, a journey that was regarded in those early days as somewhat of a feat.
For a number of years Mr. Anderson had dwelt in retirement at East Kempsey with his wife and daughters. His faculties were apparently unimpaired, in fact, as Rev. David Smith stated at last meeting of the Caledonian Society, his vitality was wonderful, until a few days before his death. He was a Freemason and a foundation member of the Macleay Caledonian Society.
He leaves a widow and ten sons and daughters. The surviving members of the first family are Mrs. J. Ide . (Upper Orara), Mrs. Waddell (Clengowrie, Inverell), Mr James Anderson (Gladstone) ; and of the second, Mrs. J. H. Betts (Euroka), Mrs. C. W: Patterson (Austral Eden), Misses M. and V. Anderson, and Messrs. W. R. Anderson, Peter Anderson and Charles Anderson (Belmore River).
Of the first family two sons are dead, and one son and a daughter of the second marriage. Mr. Anderson's grandchildren number 43, and there are 58 great grandchildren, the total number of the descendants (including members above mentioned) being 111. The funeral on Monday of this, pioneer (whose age was 97) was largely attended, the interment taking place in East Kempsey cemetery, Rev. David Smith conducting the last sad rites. The carriers were Messrs. F. Fugler, H. Brown, M. Eakin, and C. P. Gralton; and the pall-bearers Messrs. J. Gilfillan, Jas. Campbell, G. Bond, A. Bond, D. J. Lobban and T. A. Miller. Many beautiful wreaths were in evidence, including one each from the Masonic Lodge and the Macleay Caledonian Society, both of which bodies deceased was a highly respected member. Mr. J. R. Garland conducted the funeral and the cause of his death was recorded as Cerebral Thrombosis and Senility.
He was buried on 9 Aug 1915 at Presbyterian Cemetery in East Kempsey, New South Wales.
William Anderson married Ann Hogg on 21 Jan 1841 in Stirling according to William's Death Certificate.
William Anderson and Ann Anderson immigrated on 22 Nov 1856 to Sydney, New South Wales, on the immigrant ship "Edward Oliver."
William lived at Grey Town, near Fredericktown in Macleay River, New South Wales, in 1862.
William Anderson married Margaret McQueen on 10 Dec 1862 at St Andrew's Scots Presbyterian Church, Kent Street in Sydney, New South Wales, according to the rites of the Church of Scotland. Margaret's age was recorded as 33 years and Rev. John Dougall performed the marriage ceremony.
William was a Farmer.
William Anderson died on 8 Aug 1915 at "Burnside" in East Kempsey, New South Wales, at the age of 97 and his Obituary in the Macleay Argus of 13 August 1915 read as follows:
When Mr. William Anderson, whose death occurred on Sunday morning last at his residence - "Burnside," East Kempsey, commenced farming operations on the Macleay River in the mid-"fifties," things were not nearly so comfortable as they are to-day. For instance, in his early farming experience on this river, this fine old pioneer threshed his maize with a flail, and when he grew wheat, it was threshed in the same way, prior to being converted into flour on the farm. Present day farmers, with all the latest labour-saving machinery at their command, will easily recognise the disadvantages of the farmer's life in the early days in this country.
Born in Alyth, Scotland, in 1818, he was a keen sportsman, greatly enjoying fishing and hunting excursions in the neighbourhood of his Scottish home. He often recounted his experiences, his hunting trips, and never forgot his first visit to John 0' Groat's house in the north.
Convinced that he could better himself, he came out to Australia in 1856, accompanied by his wife (nee Annie Hogg) and five children. Shortly after arrival in New South Wales, he rented a farm near Gladstone, from the late Mr. John Verge, and lived on that holding with
his family for two years, and it was there that his wife died.
Soon after that sad event, the late Mr. Anderson moved on to a property which he had purchased on Belmore River, and now known as Grey Farm. In 1862 he again married, his second wife being Miss Margaret McQueen, daughter of Mr. Peter McQueen, of Edinburgh. On ''Grey Farm" the subject of this sketch experienced all the up-and-downs of a pioneer's life, but he faced difficulties which would seem to many impossible to overcome, and through all he did not neglect to foster public worship, even travelling in this connection to the Bellinger and other outlying districts. Travelling in those days was not done by swift motor cars over good roads but rough and lonely bush tracks had to be negotiated, and on occasions Mr. Anderson found it necessary, to swim his horse over flooded streams. He would periodically accompany Rev. Rutledge, now a Judge of the Queensland Supreme Court, to the Bellinger, a journey that was regarded in those early days as somewhat of a feat.
For a number of years Mr. Anderson had dwelt in retirement at East Kempsey with his wife and daughters. His faculties were apparently unimpaired, in fact, as Rev. David Smith stated at last meeting of the Caledonian Society, his vitality was wonderful, until a few days before his death. He was a Freemason and a foundation member of the Macleay Caledonian Society.
He leaves a widow and ten sons and daughters. The surviving members of the first family are Mrs. J. Ide . (Upper Orara), Mrs. Waddell (Clengowrie, Inverell), Mr James Anderson (Gladstone) ; and of the second, Mrs. J. H. Betts (Euroka), Mrs. C. W: Patterson (Austral Eden), Misses M. and V. Anderson, and Messrs. W. R. Anderson, Peter Anderson and Charles Anderson (Belmore River).
Of the first family two sons are dead, and one son and a daughter of the second marriage. Mr. Anderson's grandchildren number 43, and there are 58 great grandchildren, the total number of the descendants (including members above mentioned) being 111. The funeral on Monday of this, pioneer (whose age was 97) was largely attended, the interment taking place in East Kempsey cemetery, Rev. David Smith conducting the last sad rites. The carriers were Messrs. F. Fugler, H. Brown, M. Eakin, and C. P. Gralton; and the pall-bearers Messrs. J. Gilfillan, Jas. Campbell, G. Bond, A. Bond, D. J. Lobban and T. A. Miller. Many beautiful wreaths were in evidence, including one each from the Masonic Lodge and the Macleay Caledonian Society, both of which bodies deceased was a highly respected member. Mr. J. R. Garland conducted the funeral and the cause of his death was recorded as Cerebral Thrombosis and Senility.
He was buried on 9 Aug 1915 at Presbyterian Cemetery in East Kempsey, New South Wales.
Family 1 | Ann Hogg b. 1813, d. 6 Jul 1860 |
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Family 2 | Margaret McQueen b. about 1835, d. 13 Sep 1932 |
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Margaret McQueen
b. about 1835, d. 13 Sep 1932
Margaret McQueen was born about 1835 in Edinburgh a daughter of Peter and Catherine (née Cameron) McQueen.
Margaret McQueen married William Anderson, son of David Anderson and Isabella Gray, on 10 Dec 1862 at St Andrew's Scots Presbyterian Church, Kent Street in Sydney, New South Wales, according to the rites of the Church of Scotland. Margaret's age was recorded as 33 years and Rev. John Dougall performed the marriage ceremony.
Margaret Anderson died on 13 Sep 1932 in Kempsey, New South Wales, at the age of 96 years and 10 months, late of East Kempsey, formerly of Edinburgh, Scotland.
She was buried at the Presbyterian Cemetery in Kempsey East, New South Wales.
Margaret McQueen married William Anderson, son of David Anderson and Isabella Gray, on 10 Dec 1862 at St Andrew's Scots Presbyterian Church, Kent Street in Sydney, New South Wales, according to the rites of the Church of Scotland. Margaret's age was recorded as 33 years and Rev. John Dougall performed the marriage ceremony.
Margaret Anderson died on 13 Sep 1932 in Kempsey, New South Wales, at the age of 96 years and 10 months, late of East Kempsey, formerly of Edinburgh, Scotland.
She was buried at the Presbyterian Cemetery in Kempsey East, New South Wales.
Family | William Anderson b. 2 Mar 1818, d. 8 Aug 1915 |
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Sydney George Richard Franklin Thorpe
b. 1886, d. 7 Sep 1946
| Father* | George Thorpe b. about 1850, d. 11 Apr 1920 |
| Mother* | Clara Amelia Jowsey b. 3 Dec 1858, d. 5 Jan 1931 |
| Charts | THORPE: George -Family and Descendants |
Sydney George Richard Franklin Thorpe was born in 1886 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Sydney George Richard Franklin Thorpe married Helena Magdalene Adams in 1908 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Sydney George Richard Franklin Thorpe died on 7 Sep 1946 in Sydney, New South Wales, late of Fivedock.
Sydney George Richard Franklin Thorpe married Helena Magdalene Adams in 1908 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Sydney George Richard Franklin Thorpe died on 7 Sep 1946 in Sydney, New South Wales, late of Fivedock.
Family | Helena Magdalene Adams b. 1887, d. 12 Aug 1922 |
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Ruby Thorpe
b. 1889, d. 1889
| Father* | George Thorpe b. about 1850, d. 11 Apr 1920 |
| Mother* | Clara Amelia Jowsey b. 3 Dec 1858, d. 5 Jan 1931 |
| Charts | THORPE: George -Family and Descendants |
Ruby Thorpe died in 1889 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Ruby Thorpe was born in 1889 in Sydney, New South Wales.
Mabel Irene Thorpe
b. 1892, d. 14 Mar 1971
| Father* | George Thorpe b. about 1850, d. 11 Apr 1920 |
| Mother* | Clara Amelia Jowsey b. 3 Dec 1858, d. 5 Jan 1931 |
| Charts | THORPE: George -Family and Descendants |
Mabel Irene (Thorpe) Simpson on her wedding day (from Lynette Blackler)
Mabel Irene Thorpe married Vivian Lancelot Simpson in 1915 in Ryde, New South Wales.
Mabel and Vivian lived in Brisbane, Queensland.
Mabel Irene Simpson died on 14 Mar 1971 in Hendra, Queensland.
Family | Vivian Lancelot Simpson b. 1894, d. 4 Jan 1974 |
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Hettie Almeda Thorpe
b. 28 Feb 1894, d. 8 Apr 1969
| Father* | George Thorpe b. about 1850, d. 11 Apr 1920 |
| Mother* | Clara Amelia Jowsey b. 3 Dec 1858, d. 5 Jan 1931 |
| Charts | THORPE: George -Family and Descendants |
Hettie Almeda Burrows (nee Thorpe) -1965 (from Lynette Blackler)
Hettie Almeda Thorpe married Percy George Burrows, son of William Henry Burrows and Elizabeth Sanders, on 6 Apr 1914 in Annandale, New South Wales.
Hettie Almeda Burrows died on 8 Apr 1969 in Sydney, New South Wales, at the age of 75 late of Hurstville and Urunga.
Family | Percy George Burrows b. 9 Nov 1889, d. 16 Oct 1960 |
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Nurse ?----------? Yorke
?----------? was a Midwife in Kempsey, New South Wales, in 1864.
Rev. John Dougall
John was a Minister of the Word at St Andrew's Scots Presbyterian Church, Kent Street in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1862.
David Anderson
b. 12 Sep 1790, d. May 1866
David Anderson was born on 12 Sep 1790 a son of William and Agnes (née Deuchars) Anderson.
David Anderson married Isabella Gray on 28 Jan 1816 in Alyth, Perthshire.
David Anderson died in May 1866 in Perthshire at the age of 75.
David Anderson married Isabella Gray on 28 Jan 1816 in Alyth, Perthshire.
David Anderson died in May 1866 in Perthshire at the age of 75.
Family | Isabella Gray b. 1796, d. 8 Jul 1896 |
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Isabella Gray
b. 1796, d. 8 Jul 1896
Isabella Gray was born in 1796 in Fundre, Perthshire, a daughter of Andrew and Jean (née Jack) Gray.
Isabella Gray married David Anderson on 28 Jan 1816 in Alyth, Perthshire.
Isabella Anderson died on 8 Jul 1896 in Perthshire.
Isabella Gray married David Anderson on 28 Jan 1816 in Alyth, Perthshire.
Isabella Anderson died on 8 Jul 1896 in Perthshire.
Family | David Anderson b. 12 Sep 1790, d. May 1866 |
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Ellen Agnes Anderson
b. 1872, d. 22 Sep 1961
| Father* | William Anderson b. 2 Mar 1818, d. 8 Aug 1915 |
| Mother* | Margaret McQueen b. about 1835, d. 13 Sep 1932 |
Ellen Agnes Anderson was born in 1872 in Macleay River, New South Wales.
Ellen Agnes Anderson married William Charles Patterson, son of William Henry Patterson and Jane Stewart Crispin, in 1906 in Kempsey, New South Wales.
Ellen Agnes Patterson died on 22 Sep 1961 in Bowral, New South Wales.
She was buried at the Anglican Cemetery in Frederickton, New South Wales.
Ellen Agnes Anderson married William Charles Patterson, son of William Henry Patterson and Jane Stewart Crispin, in 1906 in Kempsey, New South Wales.
Ellen Agnes Patterson died on 22 Sep 1961 in Bowral, New South Wales.
She was buried at the Anglican Cemetery in Frederickton, New South Wales.
Family | William Charles Patterson b. 1870, d. 27 Jun 1942 |