1) William John Weston b. abt 1822 Lyndhurst, Hampshire (Photo)
d. 3-11-1910 Gilgandra aged 88 years.
mar. abt 1845 probably London
Eliza J Whitney chr 1-9-1825 Lying in Hospital Endell St Holborn, London d.
24-8-1881
Children:
William John born England 1849 mar. Margaret Hart 1873 Dubbo (5
children)
Fanny Louisa " " 1851 mar. Isaac Blekemore 1868 Dubbo
Mary Hannah " " 1854 mar. David Humphries 1875 Gulgong
Thomas Whitney 1857 (SEE 2 below)
Amelia 1860 Castle Hill mar. Jonathan Nagle 1879 Gulgong (3
children)
Alfred Charles 1862 Cassilis d.1935 Waverley mar. Ellen May
Mathews 1883 Coonamble (8 children)
Francis F 1866 Cassilis
Ernest H 1868 Dubbo
The Weston family arrived in Sydney on the 13 January, 1855 on the "Bangalore". William was a Police Inspector. The family consisted of his wife Eliza and their first three children. At some point William moved to Mudgee/Gulgong and became a teacher. Later he moved further west to Cobborah where he started up a school attached to John Blekemore's pub known as the "Wellcome Inn." He later tried to get the newly formed Dept of Education to open a school in Cobborah, but it did not eventuate until after his death somewhere around late 1870's.
2) Thomas Whitney Weston
b. 2-4-1857 Sydney d. 15-8-1929 Court St, Gilgandra
mar. 17-5-1878 St Lukes C/E Gulgong (Photo of Church)
Mary Eliza Barrington
b. 6-8-1856 d. 1889 probably Cobborah (see Barrington Page)
Children:
Ethel Mary b. 1879 mar. FW Dowdle (Gillian's line)
Thomas Barrington b. 1880 mar. Louisa H Dalmain 1906 Coonamble
Herbert J b. 1883 mar. Emma E Purdy 1904 Coonamble
Amy T b. 1885 Coonamble
Bertha b. 1887 Coonamble
Arthur E b. 1890 mar. Helena M Donnelly 1935 Dubbo
Lilly b. 1892 mar. Rupert L Edwards 1930 Forbes
Frank b. 1894
Maud E b. 1896 mar. Wallace J Conran 1923 Gilgandra
Alfred W b. 1899
Thomas's dc states one female deceased, probably Bertha. Gillian Prentice remembers a George Weston when she was in her 20's, he was a newsagent in Newtown. He can't be one of Thomas's children so I assume he is a grandson.
3) Ethel Mary Weston b. 21-5-1879 d. 1956
mar. 4-8-1901 Post Office Hotel, Gilgandra (Wedding Photo)
Frederick W Dowdle b.20-1-1872 d. 19-2-1930 Collarenebri
Children:
Frederick C b. about 1904 d. 1905
Ivy May 11-10-1905 mar. William John Purtle 1937 New Angledool
Dudley Victor 1908 mar. Phylllis I Jones 1929 Walgett
Leslie Barrington 1910 mar. Mavis LL Cockeral 1935 Narrabri (Wedding Photo)
Walter George June 1912 mar. Thelma Josephine Fransisco 1938 Walgett
Pearl Gladys 14-10-1915
mar. 1 Alfred Henry Reardon 1941 Moree (Wedding Photo)
mar2. Eric Batchelor
Arthur John 1918 d. 7-11-1987 mar. Bonnie ??
Beryl Ethel 28-9-1921 mar. Allan James Prentice 1941 Dubbo (See
Prentice Page) (Wedding Photo)
I don't know if this is our WJ Weston but it's interesting.
WJ Weston the Mail man and Mudgee school teacher, Mr Farrel, were held up by the bushranger known as Eather or Heather, on the 2-4-1863 on the Cassilis / Mudgee Rd near Reedy Ck. The following day a prominent landholder, Robert Lowe, shot and killed Eather. (Robert Lowe employed George Barrington at Yamble. John's daughter married WJW's son)
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