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U is for Una

24 Tuesday Apr 2018

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Una Elizabeth Dwyer née Sneyd (1900-1982), first cousin twice removed of my husband Greg, was the daughter of Samuel Charles Sneyd (1863-1938) and Emily Sneyd née Way (1868-1952).

Usually in my family work I am able to find a considerable quantity and variety of information about the person I’m looking researching. I gain, I hope, some small insight into their circumstances and perhaps one or two events of their lives.

Una Sneyd and her family, however, managed to keep a very low profile. They didn’t write to the paper with bright ideas about burials in wicker baskets, weren’t imprisoned for bankruptcy, and weren’t exiled for their religious views. Thoreau said that the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation; the Sneyds apparently just led quiet lives, and left few traces of themselves for a family historian to work with.

Una’s mother Emily was the seventh of ten children of John Way and Sarah Way née Daw. She was born in Grenfell, New South Wales in 1868 but her family moved to Parkes, New South Wales, when she was about five years old.

In 1892 Emily married Samuel Charles Sneyd, a police constable, in Hughenden, Queensland. I don’t know why Emily, then aged 24, was in Queensland; Hughenden is two thousand kilometres north of Parkes. As far as I know, no other members of her family were in Hughenden. At the time of her marriage Emily was living at Hughenden.

Sneyd Way marriage 1892

1892 marriage certificate of Charles Samuel Sneyd and Emily Way

Emily and Samuel Charles had six children:

  • Lionel Walter Sneyd 1894–1976
  • Cecil Sneyd 1896–1954
  • infant daughter Sneyd 1898–1898
  • Una Elizabeth Sneyd 1900–1982
  • Ruth Dawes Sneyd 1904–1996
  • Jasper Samuel Sneyd 1906–1991

Lionel was born in Hughendon but the others were born in the Emmaville district of north-east of New South Wales. Samuel Charles Sneyd worked as a miner.

When Emily’s father John Way died in 1911, four daughters were mentioned in his obituary, so it would seem Emily was still in touch with her family. When her sister Mary Ann Waine died in 1938, Mary Ann’s obituary mentioned only one sister, Eliza: the family seemed to have lost touch with Emily.

The Sneyd family moved to Sydney sometime after 1913. In August 1915 Lionel Sneyd enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. He gave his father as his next of kin. At the time, he was living in Marrickville, an inner-west suburb of Sydney

Lionel served overseas in France, was wounded in action in July 1916, and was repatriated with a fractured left ankle.

Only limited number of electoral rolls for New South Wales have been digitised. In these I have been able to find  Una Elizabeth Sneyd listed in 1930 as living at  39 Tupper Street, Marrickville. Her occupation was shop assistant. She was living with her parents and younger brother Jasper, who was also a shop assistant. Samuel was a carpenter. Emily’s occupation was listed as home duties.

In 1932 Una Sneyd married Patrick George Dwyer, an engine driver. In 1935 the Dwyers were living at 11 Audley Street, Petersham. Una’s occupation was given as home duties. Petersham is immediately north of Marrickville.

By 1936 the Dwyers had moved to 6 Brightmore Street, Cremorne. The suburb of Cremorne is on the lower North Shore in Sydney, 13 kilometres north-east of Marrickville, across the harbour. The Dwyers were still at the same address at the time of the 1980 electoral roll.

Samuel Charles Sneyd died in 1938 and Emily Sneyd died in 1952.

Sneyd Samuel death

Sneyd Emily death notice
I have not ordered her death certificate, but I notice from the index that Emily’s mother was named Ruth; her family appear to have known very little about Emily’s parents.

Patrick and Una seem to have had only one child, called John. He is listed on the 1958 electoral roll as living with them and is named in their death notices. As the voting age was 21, he was born between 1936 and 1937. I have not found a newspaper birth notice.

Patrick George (Paddy) Dwyer died 29 December 1981 in hospital. His death notice stated that he was from Cremorne, loved husband of Una. The notice names his son and two grandsons. Una died on 13 February 1982, also in hospital. Her death notice also named her late husband, son and two grandsons. In May 1982 there was a notice in the Sydney Morning Herald associated with the estate of Patrick George Dwyer, retired council employee.

In researching Una I have been able to verify dates, places and relationships with the aid of birth, death and marriage indexes, electoral rolls and notices in the newspapers. The Sneyd and Dwyer families, however, did not attract much notice in the newspapers and it has been hard to find any events that enable me to get to know Una Dwyer née Sneyd.

J is for John

11 Wednesday Apr 2018

Posted by in A to Z 2018, cemetery, obituary, Parkes, Trove, Way

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One of my husband’s great great grandfathers was John Way (1835-1911).

When he died on 11 June 1911, in Parkes, New South Wales, John Way was buried in  Parkes cemetery with his wife and son. His gravestone noted the death of his grandson Leslie Leister, killed World War 1.

The local paper, recording John Way’s death, provided a  brief obituary.

John Way obituary

MR. JOHN WAY. (1911, June 16). Western Champion (Parkes, NSW : 1898 – 1934), p. 16. Retrieved December 4, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111914465

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Sadly, the headstone of John Way’s grave was broken in two by vandals in 2010 (after this photo was taken).

Because the marble is too soft and hollow to drill and pin, it could not be completely restored.

As a community service, J.T. Cock & Sons, a Parkes monumental masonry firm, repaired the headstone as best they could, picking it up off the ground and laying it flat. Unfortunately, some of the lead lettering, fractured in the damage, has come away, making the inscription harder to read.

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F is for Francis

06 Friday Apr 2018

Posted by in A to Z 2018, Ballarat, Brighton, Edwards, Gilbart, immigration, insolvency, probate, railways, Trove

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One of my husband’s great great grandfathers was Francis Gilbart Edwards (1848-1913).

He was born at St Erth, Cornwall, on 21 January 1848, youngest of the nine children of Thomas Edwards (1794-1871) and Mary née Gilbart (1805-1867).

Francis Gilbart Edwards was christened at the parish church of St Erth on 11 June 1848. On the christening documents his father’s occupation is given as carpenter.

Shortly after Francis’s birth the family emigrated to Victoria, arriving at Port Philip on the Lysander on 13 January 1849.

On 27 December 1870 Francis Gilbart Edwards married Caroline Ralph (1850-1896) in Ballarat. At the time of his marriage Francis’s occupation was declared to be farmer.

Francis and Caroline had ten children:

  • Edith Caroline (1871-1946), Greg’s great grandmother, born Ballarat, Victoria
  • Lucy Gilbart (1873-1908) born Ballarat
  • Helena Mary Francis (1876-1950) born Ballarat
  • Annie Tuckfield (1879-1906) born Port Adelaide, South Australia
  • Elizabeth Christina (1881- ) born Gladstone, South Australia
  • Ethel Augusta (1885-1963) born Kensington, South Australia
  • Benjamin Gilbart (1887-1888) born Ballarat, died Richmond, Victoria
  • Stanley Gilbert (1889-1917) born Richmond
  • Ernest Francis Gilbart (1891-1901) born East Brunswick, died Brighton
  • Arnold Leslie Morton (1893-1904) born Brighton, died Elsternwick

The oldest three children of Francis and Caroline were born in Ballarat. Sometime between 1876 and 1879 the family moved to South Australia, and three more children were born there. A seventh child was born in Ballarat in 1887. Not long afterwards the family moved to Melbourne. In March 1888 their then youngest son died in Richmond. Three more sons were born in Melbourne. From the place of birth information on their birth certificates, it appears that the family moved from Richmond to East Brunswick, Victoria. In 1893 the youngest child, Arnold, was born in Brighton and died a year later in Elsternwick. (Richmond, East Brunswick, Brighton, and Elsternwick  are suburbs of Melbourne.)

On 1 December 1887 Francis joined the railways as a carriage cleaner.

In 1894, due to ‘a reduction in his wages and sickness in the family’, Francis became insolvent.

 

NEW INSOLVENTS. (1894, February 3). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 10. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8727630

 
On 22 July 1896, after six week’s illness, Caroline Edwards died of cancer of the uterus. At the time the Edwards were living in Grant Street, Brighton.

 

Ethel Augusta Edwards & James McCorkell 1911

Francis Gilbert Edwards, seated on the left, was photographed at the 1911 wedding of his daughter Ethel Augusta Edwards to James McCorkell

 

On 29 March 1913 Francis, who had been ill for twelve months, died of  diabetes, at Primrose Crescent, Brighton. His occupation was given as railway employee.

Francis Edwards died intestate. His estate, valued at £1076:13:1, included two houses, one at Primrose Crescent Brighton and the other at Male Street Brighton. Each was valued at 500 pounds. Also in his estate was money in the bank, a gold watch, jewellery, and a cow.

Gilbart, the maiden surname of Francis’s mother, has often been used in the family as a given name. Francis Edwards used it consistently as his second personal name. There have been variant spellings. My mother-in-law Marjorie insisted that Gilbart should be spelled with an ‘a’ rather than an ‘e’. Her mother, granddaughter of Francis, was christened Stella Esther Gilbart Dawson. Sometimes, however, the name is spelled ‘Gilbert’, perhaps because of a recording error and at other times perhaps quite deliberately. Stanley Gilbert Edwards (1889-1917), a son of Francis Gilbart Edwards, spelled it with an ‘e’ when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in World War 1 and when he married.

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250 posts later

18 Sunday Jun 2017

Posted by in Cavenagh, family history, Northern Territory, politics, South Australia, Trove

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In writing on the Web about my family – I have just submitted my 250th blog post – I try to go beyond just listing names and dates and adding relatives to my tree.

How have I gone about my research and what have I noticed along the way?

My method is to be thorough. When I prepare a blog, I revisit any earlier work I might have done and check my notes and the original records. There’s always more to know on any subject, and often there’s something new to say, though I do feel that despite more research I can’t help thinking that I don’t know and understand my more remote ancestors any better than I did. I certainly don’t feel more Scottish or Irish, for example, despite confirming Celtic DNA in my blood.

More than any other topic, I have written about my forebears and relatives who have my maiden name Champion de Crespigny. Because this surname is uncommon it’s easier to research. People with the name Champion de Crespigny are certainly related to me and to one another.

I have enjoyed being inspired by ‘Sepia Saturday’ prompts and by ‘Trove Tuesday’. It’s great fun to explore the immense digitised repository ofthe National Library of Australia, especially its digitised newspapers.

For the last four years I have joined in the ‘A to Z Blogging Challenge’ in April. Trying to find ideas for every letter of the alphabet is not easy but it has lead to some fascinating research. For example, in the first Challenge, I was wondering what to write for the letter Z. My son suggested the Zulu wars. I knew my paternal grandmother’s Mainwaring relatives were in the army and sure enough I found a second cousin of mygreat great great grandfather who fought against the Zulus. I had heard of the Zulus, of course, but the blogging challenge led me to learn much more. It was fun and satisfying.

I used to enjoy historical novels, but now I can find real life history in my own family researches. Who needs fiction!?

And it’s everywhere. For example, next week our family is travelling to the Northern Territory for a short holiday. One of the main streets of Darwin is named after my great great grandfather Wentworth Cavenagh. I visited Darwin many years ago and knew of Cavenagh Street though I only learned about the family connection afterwards.

I’ve looked in Trove to learn more. On 13 January 1869 the SouthAustralian Advertiser, and other newspapers,  published instructions from W. Cavenagh, commissioner of Crown Lands, to Mr Goyder, the Surveyor-General, giving guidance to Goyder in his expedition to survey the Northern Territory. These instructions had been tabled in Parliament. The document was more of a mandate to proceed than detailed instructions. The SouthAustralian Register of 13 January 1869 notes that the instructions were in keeping with the Strangway’s Government’s laconic style. It was interested to see what Cavenagh’s role was and how it was interpreted by newspapers of the day.

In the unlikely event that someone asked for my advice about writing family history I’d say just go ahead and do it. It’s great fun.

Wentworth Cavenagh who, after being Commissioner of Crown Lands, served as Commissioner of Public Works of South Australia from 1872 to 1873. Image retrieved from the State Library of South Australia id  B 5622/17
Cavenagh Street Darwin photographed in 1915 by Ted Ryko: Chinese shops at the north west end of Cavenagh Street, Man Fong Lau in foreground. Photograph retrieved from Territory Stories ID PH0135/0045

Carngham

13 Saturday May 2017

Posted by in Carngham, Cross, gold rush, Snake Valley, Trove

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James  Cross (1828 – 1882) and his wife Ellen Cross née Murray (1837 – 1901), the great great grandparents of my husband Greg, moved to Carngham between the births of their first and second children. Frederick James Cross, their oldest son, was born on 1 April 1857 at Green Hills near Buninyong. Their daughter Ellen was born on 27 May 1859 at Carngham. James and Ellen had nine more children all born at Carngham. James Cross died at Carngham in 1882. Ellen Cross died in Ballarat in 1901.

 

From Lost and almost forgotten towns of Colonial Victoria : a comprehensive analysis of Census results for Victoria, 1841-1901 by Angus B.Watson.

Carngham, 27 km west of Ballarat, about 30 km from Buninyong, and 4 km north of Snake Valley, was a mining township, surveyed and proclaimed in 1855. State School number 146 operated at Carngham from 1856 until 1911.

Snake Valley was not proclaimed a township. It was a mining centre, surveyed as a hamlet. State School number 574, which began in 1854, is now part of the Woady Yaloak school.

According to the census of 29 March 1857 there were 459 people in Carngham, 292 males and 167 females. This figure probably includes the population of Snake Valley. In 1854 there had been 58 people, 15 males and 13 females.   There are no 1854 figures for Snake Valley. In 1861 there were 22 dwellings counted in Carngham with 92 people of whom 54 were male and 38 female. Snake Valley had 204 dwellings housing 714 people: 454 males and 260 females. In 1871 Carngham and Snake Valley were counted together, with 384 dwellings housing 1,693 people of whom 958 were male and 735 female. In 1881 there were only 133 dwellings housing 611 people, 313 males and 298 females. In 1891 Carngham had 30 dwellings housing 126 people and Snake Valley had 92 dwellings housing 333 people. Watson, Angus B Lost & almost forgotten towns of colonial Victoria : a comprehensive anaysis of census results for Victoria, 1841-1901. Angus B. Watson and Andrew MacMillan Art & Design, [Victoria, Australia], 2003. Pages 84, 408.

Today Carngham amounts to little more than a few houses where the Snake Valley – Trawalla road crosses the route from Ballarat to Beaufort.  Snake Valley is still the larger settlement. Overlooking Carngham is a cemetery where James Cross, his wife Ellen and some of his children and their families are buried.

The name Carngham is said to derive from the Wathawurrung people’s word for house or hut.  In 1838 James and Thomas Baillie squatted there and adopted the Aboriginal place name for their property. The local clan was the Karrungum baluk or Carringum balug. Clark, Ian, and Toby Heydon. “Historical Information – Carngham.” VICNAMES. Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (State Government of Victoria), 2011. Web. 01 Oct. 2013. <http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=3226>.

Snake Valley is said to have got its name when a gold miner found snakes in a shaft he was sinking. Clark, Ian, and Toby Heydon. “Historical Information – Snake Valley.” VICNAMES. Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (State Government of Victoria), 2011. Web. 01 Oct. 2013. <http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=5118>.In turn citing Porteous in Smyth 1878b: 179. 

The Ballarat Star reported on the gold rush to Carngham in November 1857. CARNGHAM. (1857, November 23). The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 – 1864), p. 2. Retrieved October 1, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66045316

 

 

Trove Tuesday: Nancy de Crespigny at Salt Creek 1936

02 Tuesday May 2017

Posted by in Champion de Crespigny, Movius, South Australia, Trove, Trove Tuesday

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Trove  is a repository of digitised data managed by the National Library of Australia.

Recently when I was researching Trove’s digitised newspapers, I came across a newly-added photograph of my great aunt Nancy de Crespigny.

Miss N. de Crespigny, Salt Creek Image from State Library of South Australia PRG 1218/34/435

Nancy Champion de Crespigny (1910-2003),  the second child of Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny and his wife Beatrix née Hughes, was the sister of my grandfather Geoff. She was a close lifelong friend of my grandmother Kathleen, Geoff’s wife.

Nancy went to Woodlands School in Adelaide and then attended the University of Melbourne, where she graduated in 1933 with a history degree. She studied archeology at the University of London and Newnham College of Cambridge University.

The photograph comes from the State Library of Australia. It was taken 8 March 1936 by Charles Pearcy Mountford (1890-1976) at Salt Creek, also known as also known as Winnininnie Creek, about 330 kilometres north of Adelaide.

The photo of Nancy is in the Mountford-Sheard Collection. In the same collection I found two shots of Nancy’s future husband Hallum Movius (1907-1987) taken on the same day.

Hallam Movius, Salt Creek Image from State Library of South Australia PRG 1218/34/433B
Hallam Movius, Salt Creek Image from State Library of South Australia PRG PRG 1218/34/433A 

The Adelaide Advertiser of 11 March 1936 mentions Nancy and Hal’s excursion. With them was the Adelaide anthropologist Charles Pearcy Mountford (1890-1907) .

PERSONAL (1936, March 11). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 – 1954), p. 18. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35415220

A few months later, in June, Hal sailed from Australia. Nancy followed in July. In September the pair married in London.

Life on the Ocean Wave (1936, June 18). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 – 1939), p. 9. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article152065161

Adelaide Archaeologist (1936, August 1). The Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 – 1982), p. 25. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48212356
DAUGHTER OF ADELAIDE DOCTOR MARRIED (1936, September 28). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 – 1954), p. 13. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48182227
Lighter Side of London Life Adelaide Girl Weds Young Archaeologist (1936, October 27). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), p. 8. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132025722

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BRAVE BOY IN SHOOT-OUT WITH BUSHRANGER, LATEST NEWS

28 Thursday Jan 2016

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The bushranger Morgan shooting McGinnerty F Cubbitt – circa 1864 Wood engraving

In 1864, my great-great-grandfather, Philip de Crespigny (1850-1927), then only 14, took a shot at a prowler, missed, and was grazed on the shoulder when the suspicious-looking stranger fired back.

This anyway was how he reported the incident to his father, Philip Robert Champion Crespigny (1817-1889), the Talbot goldfields warden and police magistrate. A manhunt was begun, with the prowler initially thought to be ‘Mad Dog’ Morgan, a bushranger from the neighbouring colony of New South Wales.

DARING ATTEMPT TO MURDER THE SON OF MR P. C. CRESPIGNY, P.M. (1864, August 18). The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 – 1864), p. 2. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66347371

The Melbourne Punch was more than a little sceptical:
(with a helpful note that the surname is pronounced Crepny)

THE CRESPIGNY LEGEND. (1864, August 25). Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 – 1900), p. 3. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176532918

and the Bendigo Advertiser frankly disbelieved the tale:

ANOTHER VERSION. (1864, August 25). Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 – 1918), p. 3. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88006055

Philip Robert Champion Crespigny leapt to his son’s defence. His boy was telling the truth, he said, and he offered a reward of a hundred pounds for the apprehension of the prowler:

THE LATE ATTEMPT TO SHOOT MR. CRESPIGNY’S SON. (1864, August 31). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 7. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5747472
NEWS AND NOTES. (1864, September 10). The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 – 1864), p. 2. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66347964

Nothing came of this, however, and Punch continued to milk the incident for laughs:

NOTES AND QUERIES. (1864, September 15). Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 – 1900), p. 3. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176533045

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Outdoor Christmas in True Australian Style 4 December 1937

04 Friday Dec 2015

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Fashions for Christmas time 78 years ago.

OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS in True AUSTRALIAN STYLE. (1937, December 4). The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 – 1954), p. 1 Section: WOMAN’S SECTION. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55073304

WHILE our kinsfolk in England long for a ‘white’ Christmas, with snow covering leafless trees, we Australians hope for a Christmas golden with sunshine, with green-leaved trees providing cool and pleasant shade, for many of us this great day of the year is spent out of doors, warming ourselves not by huge log fires, but in the summer sun.

Some Australians even forgo the usual rite of eating a large Christmas dinner inside their homes, and take their turkey and pudding with them as they set off in motor cars, caravans, or trailers for a camping holiday at the beach and in the hills.

But whether we dine conventionally at a table laden with good things or sit on the ground round an informal setting of a picnic meal on hill-slope or beach-sands, many of us spend most of the day in the open.

For the sea-lover South Australia offers plenty of sport. At Outer Harbor and seaside resorts people, both young and old, will don sporting clothes and go in search of sea breezes and thrills in yachts and motor boats, if the weather behaves as it should on December 25. Men will go out fishing, young men and women will swim and sunbake, making the beaches gay with the newest attractive fashions in beach wear.

In city, suburbs, and hills tennis courts will be the centre of many happy parties, and cars filled with pleasure-seeking holiday-makers will wend their way through the beauties of Adelaide’s surroundings.

From a fashion point of view Christmas this year should be more exciting than ever before. Shorts have been accepted almost every where in South Australia as a suitable and attractive sports costume. With white or colored designs girls will wear contrasting jumpers, or on the beach backless scarf tops. Bathing suits are gaily floral this season, and the colors as gay as the rainbow.

The fashion of wearing a scarf knotted in peasant style over the head will provide many pleasing pictures out of doors, while huge, shady hats will rival them for charm.

The tennis scene … shows Mrs. Geoffrey de Crespigny and Miss Heather Craven pausing for a moment during an after noon game at Memorial Drive. Mrs. de Crespigny is wearing a white sleeve less frock and white fell hat, while her partner is in white linen divided skirt and sleeveless top.

Mrs Geoffrey de Crespigny, née Kathleen Cudmore (1908-2013), was my grandmother.

Memorial Drive Tennis Club was founded in 1914.

Trove Tuesday: Melbourne Cup 1901

03 Tuesday Nov 2015

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One of the elegant ladies on the lawn at Flemington watching the Melbourne Cup in 1901 was Mrs Crespigny née Sophia Beggs (1870-1936), second wife of my great great grandfather, Philip Champion de Crespigny (1850-1927).

In its description of the dresses of several hundred women at Flemington, the Age reported that Mrs Crespigny wore a pink foulard costume trimmed with white lace and black velvet.

Foulard is a lightweight silk, sometimes woven with cotton. It usually has a small multi-coloured printed pattern.

The Adelaide Observer of 24 August 1901 included a column from a “London Correspondent” about Illustrated Fashions.

ILLUSTRATED FASHIONS. (1901, August 24). Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 – 1904), p. 41. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161778360

The columnist wrote:

Foulard is a material very much en evidence at present, and has much to be said in favour of its popularity. Its glossy surface is satin-like in appearance, while the fact that it is not satin renders it suitable for wear on occasions when satin would be out of place, and by young people to whom the richer fabric would be quite unsuitable. Among the most distinguished foulards are those with a creamy background with a gleaming satiny surface, patterned all over with a light lacelike or scroll design. I saw an exceedingly smart,gown of this description worn at a fashionable race meeting by one of the best dressed leaders of fashionable society. The minute details cannot be shown very well in the accompanying sketch, but the general outlines are the same. The hem of the skirt consisted in the approved style of a flowing flounce made of accordion-pleated chiffon ruched at the edge over silk and veiled by lace encrusted with a scroll-like applique of black velvet.

The Deseret Evening News of 15 June 1901 has a photograph of a foulard costume.

retrieved from Google News

The Sydney Freeman’s Journal of 21 September 1901 also has an illustration of a costume in foulard.

FASHIONS UP TO DATE. (1901, September 21). Freeman’s Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 – 1932), p. 25. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111085037

In 1901, the Cup was won by Revenue, a 5 year-old gelding, the favourite at 6 to 4 against.

1901 Melbourne Cup: the first three horses placed in winning order – Revenue, San Fran and Khaki – retrieved from http://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/1721435

Revenue, the winner of the Melbourne Cup in 1901, painted by Frederick Woodhouse junior (1847-1927) retrieved from http://www.artrecord.com

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1892 journey on the Ballaarat

10 Saturday Oct 2015

Posted by in Bendigo, Canada, Cavenagh, Cavenagh-Mainwaring, India, Ireland, Mainwaring, medicine, Napoleonic wars, Trove, Whitmore

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Portrait of Wentworth Cavenagh, Commissioner of Public Works of South Australia from 4 March 1872 to 22 July 1873 from the State Library of South Australia

Browsing the National Library of Australia’s ‘Trove’ digitised newspaper collection recently, I came across a shipping departure notice which gives a succinct family history of my Cavenagh and Mainwaring great great and great great great grandparents. The Cavenagh-Mainwaring family were about to sail for England on the Ballaarat.

The Ballaarat was a P & O ship of 4752 tons built in 1882, designed for service between the United Kingdom and Australia. The P&O history site remarks that “Her dining saloon was considered particularly fine, and patent iron beds replaced bunks for her first class passengers.”

Ballaarat – 1882 Greenock retrieved from http://www.findboatpics.com.au/sppo2.html

 

Latest News. (1892, April 27). Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 – 1912), p. 2 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved  from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204477375

Lots of information to follow up and facts to check.

Until I came across this information I did not know that James Gordon Cavenagh, my great great great grandfather, an army surgeon with the Royal Staff Corps, was at Waterloo. He is listed on page 20 in the list of officers as a surgeon in the Royal Staff Corps in John Booth’s 1816 book of The Battle of Waterloo. He is also listed in The Bloody Fields of Waterloo: Medical Support at Wellington’s Greatest Battle by Michael Crumplin published in 2013.

I also didn’t know very much about his son, my great great grandfather, Wentworth Cavenagh. It appears that he was educated at Ferns Diocesan School in Wexford, Ireland. When he was 18 years old he went to Canada, Ceylon, and Calcutta and from there to the Bendigo diggings.