The final transfer on the Certificate of Title Vol-Fol 1932-197 available on the NSW Land Titles historical viewer is recorded on 10 October 1985 when Marie Jane Perkins sold to the little cottage to the next door neighbours Jean and Arthur Bultitude who owned the original James Ryall bakehouse property at 2 River Street. ThisContinue reading “Rented & Neglected”
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Marie Jane Gray & George Perkins
A Home on River Street Marie Jane Gray married Herbert ‘George’ Perkins on 28th January 1933 at the Methodist Church in Grafton. When Marie and George married and after the birth of Lorna, the family was living first at the family farm at Alumny Creek with the 1933 electoral roll listing them as living at SouthgateContinue reading “Marie Jane Gray & George Perkins”
George Perkins Family
A significant link between the Gray family and the first white settlement and community at Yamba is that of Marie Perkins nee Gray’s husband Herbert ‘George’ Perkins (Schaumann) who was the great grandson of the first Pilot at Yamba, Francis Freeburn and his wife Elizabeth Freeburn nee McEvoy. Francis Freeburn and Elizabeth McEvoy Francis FreeburnContinue reading “George Perkins Family”
Malcolm Gordon Gray
Farmer Malcolm Gordon Gray was the son of George Abner Gray who came out to Australia with his family as assisted immigrants from the Isle of Wight, England, on the ship the ‘Thomas Arbuthnot’ which left London on 22 Sept 1848 and Plymouth on 3 Oct 1848. George Gray was 31 years of age andContinue reading “Malcolm Gordon Gray”
John Murphy
Hotelkeeper The beginning of the story of John Murphy and the cottage in River Street, Yamba starts with the story of his wife Alice Payne. Alice Payne – Family Alice was the daughter of Charles James Payne and Susanna Maria (Susan/Susannah/Maria) Cooper who married at the residence of John Shanning, Tuena NSW on 2 JulyContinue reading “John Murphy”
Thomas Flitcroft & Robert
Retired Farmer and his son Job and Jane Flitcroft – Immigrants Advertisements for the sale of the cottage and property at 3 River Street have not been found, but on 26 March 1923, No A929461 transferred from Mary Ann McCooey to Thomas Flitcroft. The Certificate of Title was produced and entered on 2 May 1923.Continue reading “Thomas Flitcroft & Robert”
Mary Ann McCooey
Widow Mary Ann Shannon was born in 1842 in Hinton NSW (near Morpeth), the daughter of Martin Ambrose Shannon born in County Cork, Ireland in 1804 and Catherine Kelleher born 1815 also in County Cork, Ireland. Martin was a convict convicted of pig stealing and transported in 1830 on the ‘Hercules’ for 7 years. OnContinue reading “Mary Ann McCooey”
George Lacey
Susannah Mary Proud On 17 December 1833, Susannah Proud and her brother Christian arrived on the ship the ‘Layton’ to the New South Wales Colony under the assisted immigrants scheme, they were both employed by Captain Thompson of Liverpool. Susannah had been born on 19 April 1812 in the Parish of St George’s Court, LondonContinue reading “George Lacey”
Ellen Fuller Brown
Wife of Constable Frederick Brown A baptismal record dated 24 April 1859, for St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico lists Jonathan Ward (Joiner) and Emma Fanny Ward of 57 Hanover St, with four children; John Fuller b 3 Jan 1850, Ellen Fuller b 9 Jan 1855, Annie [cannot read] b 17 Sept 1857 and Frank Fuller bContinue reading “Ellen Fuller Brown”
G H Varley & E C C Platt
Tenants in Common (No Ownership) At 10 minutes to 3 o’clock on 11 September 1895, the Houison’s section of Allotment 10 was transferred as ‘tenants in common (no ownership)’ to George Henry Varley and Edward Charles Close Platt.1 Dr James Houison had only purchased the property in June 1894 so it was little over aContinue reading “G H Varley & E C C Platt”
A Cottage By The Sea 