Source:
Brown St. Congregational Church, Newcastle; centenary history 1853-1953 by W. G. Courtman. Camden Theological Library
Details:
The first church roll contained the following names - James Webster, Mrs Webster, Margaret Heskett, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice, Ebenezer Maurice, Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, Dr. Robert Corbet Knaggs, Mrs. Phoebe Knaggs; Mr and Mrs. Henderson, William Laing, Mrs. Laing, Captain Charles Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Pendleberry
Source:
Newcastle Chronicle
Details:
Correspondence to the Municipal Council from James Webster and Robert Knaggs calling attention to the dangerous state of Brown-street and praying that sum of money may be placed in the estimates for the year
Place:
Cockfighter's Creek
Details:
Labourer aged 28. Assigned to William Longford
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave
Details:
Fined 10/- or 24 hrs in the cells for drunkenness
Surname:
White (Buffs regt)
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
Details:
William Halfpenny, in government service, charged with riotous conduct in the streets. James White, soldier in the Buffs, states - I was standing at the door of a house in Macquarie Street. My comrade was inside. The prisoner came and wanted to go in. I endeavoured to prevent him when he struck me. I had been drinking but not much. Joseph Mixture, soldier of the Buffs, states - I was at a house in Macquarie street on Friday last in company with White. I was inside, he stood at the door. I heard a scuffle and saw the prisoner push open the door and pass White after striking him two or three times. I interfered to prevent further violence but had much difficulty with the prisoner. Sergeant Wood came with a constable and ordered me and my comrade to barracks and the constable took the prisoner into custody but he struggled to get at us. When I interfered between him and White he struck me also. Sergeant Wood, of the buffs, states - On Friday last I was on duty at the main Guard and saw a scuffle at a distance between a soldier and the prisoner. I hastened towards them, they were struggling together. I parted them and ordered the solider to go to Barracks. I ordered the prisoner to go away also., he refused and seemed determined to make a disturbance. He followed White after I had parted them. The prisoner in his defence states - I had a shirt at the house of a woman in Macquarie Street, I went there to get it. A solider was standing at the door drunk. He refused to let me pass, but I pushed him on one side and went in. When I came out he struck me and we had a scuffle. William Halfpenny sentenced to 3 months in the gaol gang
First Name:
James, M.L.A.
Details:
THE LATE HON. JAMES WHITE. James White died at his residence, Cranbrook, near Sydney, on Sunday afternoon last. As an owner and a breeder of racehorses, Mr. White had during the past fourteen or fifteen years a most remarkably successful career, and his close identification with the Australian Turf has made his name familiar in sporting circles throughout the world. For many years he held with honourable distinction the proud position of chairman of the committee of the oldest racing club in Australia, the A.J.C., and the loss which this club and horse racing generally has sustained through his decease is one which will be severely felt. Mr. White s health had been very precarious for a long-time, and in consequence of this he determined only a few months ago to temporarily retire from the Turf and its excitements, little dreaming that his end was so close at hand. The Hon. James White was the eldest son of Mr. James White, one of the pioneer settlers in the Hunter River district. He was born at Stroud in 1828, and while he was still at school his father died. Mr. White, at the age of 16, was called upon to manage extensive station properties, and he gradually took up more and more outlying country on his own account, until he became one of the largest and most successful New South Wales squatters. He did a fair share of work in pioneering the country on the Barwon, Hunter, and Castlereagh rivers, and was almost uniformly successful in his enter-prises. In 1869 Mr. White went to England, and remained away for several years, during which time he visited all the principal cities of Europe. In 1866 Mr. White was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly as representative of the Upper Hunter, and he kept that position for three years and then resigned, as he was going to Europe. He was nominated to the Upper House in 1874, and had been a regular attendant, though not a frequent speaker, in the House ever since, except during the last two years, when failing health rendered his absence almost compulsory. The cause of his death was heart disease
Details:
Committee member of the Friends of Captain Ogilvie
Details:
Witness at committal hearing of John Byrnes. Purchased stolen lasts from Byrnes
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Witness at the trial of of John Byrns. Had previously purchased lasts from Byrnes
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Granted Ticket of Leave
Details:
Shoemaker (5 years tolerable) aged 29 from Cheshire. 5ft 7 in. Sallow complexion grey hair, dark hazel eyes, Ticket of leave holder. Absconded from his district since 1st October
Details:
Age 27. Assigned to M.G. Cory (?E.G. Cory)
Source:
Settler and Convict Lists 1787-1834. Ancestry
Details:
Assigned to Gilbert Cory
First Name:
Matthew James
Details:
Mr. Matthew James Woodbury, chairman of directors of the Wyong Co-operative Dairy Company, died this morning. He was a native of the Hawkesbury River, and was 83 years old. He had resided in the district for 55 years, being one of the oldest pioneers. The deceased was held in the highest esteem, and leaves two sons and four daughters.
Surname:
Woolley (alias Gibbons)
First Name:
William (James)
Ship:
Marquis of Wellington 1815, Medway 1822
Details:
On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per Snapper
Surname:
Woolley (alias Gibbons) (Wooly) (Parker)
First Name:
James (alias William)
Ship:
Marquis of Wellington 1815, Medway 1822
Details:
James Woolley per Marquis of Wellington 1815; re transported per Medway in 1821 as William Gibbons. In December 1823 re permission to marry at Sydney
Surname:
Woolley (Gibbons)
Details:
Absconded from Newcastle settlement
Details:
Buried in Glebe Cemetery
Place:
Woodland, Fordwich
Source:
Bailliere's Official Postal Directory p. 116
