Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Living married Janet Evelyn EVANS on 2 Jun 1949 in Mullewa, Western Australia, Australia. Janet (daughter of William John EVANS and Mary Catherine CRIDDLE) was born on 14 Jun 1927 in Mullewa, Western Australia, Australia; died on 1 Apr 1967 in Mullewa, Western Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Catherine CRIDDLE on 4 Nov 1926 in Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia. Mary (daughter of Joseph Alfred CRIDDLE and Mary Frances Agnes VENTURA) was born on 30 Oct 1904 in Greenough, Western Australia, Australia; died on 2 Nov 1980 in Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia; was buried in 1980 in Cemetery, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
St Francis Xavier Cathedral

Joseph married Mary Frances Agnes VENTURA on 13 Nov 1895 in Greenough, Western Australia, Australia. Mary (daughter of Francisco Pablo Juan VENTURA and Catherine SHEEHY) was born on 8 May 1876 in Greenough Flats, Western Australia, Australia; died on 12 Apr 1935 in Mullewa, Western Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth Record: 1876, Western Australia, Australia; #16281
• Newspaper Article: 24 Apr 1935; http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/32878175

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Innkeeper & Farmer Back Flats Hotel near Bradleys

Notes:

Buried:
Pioneer Cemetery

Thomas married Mary CONNOLLY on 24 May 1869 in South Greenough, Western Australia, Australia. Mary (daughter of John W. CONNOLLY and Mary SPICE) was born on 13 Apr 1849 in Ellens Brook, Western Australia, Australia; died on 6 Nov 1925 in Greenough, Western Australia, Australia; was buried in 1925 in Cemetery, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Pioneer Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• AKA: Raphael
• Occupation: Benedictine Lay Monk
• Immigration: Arr.: 29 Dec 1849, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia; Per "La Ferrolana"

Francisco married Catherine SHEEHY on 7 Aug 1862 in Greenough, Western Australia, Australia. Catherine (daughter of Terence SHEEHY) was born in 1836 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia; died on 24 Jan 1881 in Greenough, Western Australia, Australia; was buried in 1881 in Cemetery, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• AKA: Criddle
• Occupation: Servant/Farmer
• Immigration: Arr.: 12 Oct 1829, Western Australia, Australia; Per "Caroline" as indentured servant to Alfred Hawes Stone

Notes:

"The Hentys" by Marnie
Bassett spells out the tale in fine detail ...

The Henty family chartered the CAROLINE to send out their advance party to the Swan River Colony and had to arrive before the end of 1829 with money and goods in tow (investments in the new colony) to qualify for offers of grants of free land ... part of the goods, apart from sheep & provisions, was servants.

Of the 65 passengers on board (cabin and steerage) many were servants, not only to the Hentys but to the other gentlemen on board ...Camfield, Talbot, Trimmer, Everard and Alfred Stone 28, solicitor and "a good shot, whose mustachoes were black".

Camfield's servants were Frederick & Frances Friend and child Mary Ann, and William Smith and wife and son William.

The Henty servants were George Hills and his wife, son and daughter, while other labourers and servants were listed as Mr & Mrs Chipper, Mr & Mrs Gee and 5 children, Mrs & Mrs Rewell and daughter, Mr & Mrs Bushby and 2 sons, Mr & Mrs Sandford and 4 sons and 6 single men by the names of Price,
Patterson, Dyer, Barnden, Haybittle and Goble.

No other names jump off the pages at me but Erickson says William Criddle arrived on the Caroline and was A.H. Stone's servant and Phoebe was his youngest child, born in 1870.

The HENTY servants were nearly all old employees of the family in Sussex UK and "signed on to serve Thomas Henty, gentleman, or his agents, as dutiful servants for five years in return for a free passage, twenty pounds a year, fuel, and board.

The Henty's had a rough time of it in the colony and moved on to Tasmania and settled in Launceston where their father and the rest of the migration caught up with them. One son, Charles, set up a shipping business and took goods around to Fremantle, as well as setting up business in South Australia
and their Victorian claim to fame of settling the Portland area.

It states in a book that the name may have been taken from Crit Hall in the small town of eneden. Willam Criddle was born 1804 in Kent (not sure where)his surname was spelt Crittal,and his hometown was tunbridge wells, he came to Western Australia as indentured servant to a solicitor Mr Alfred Hawes Stone, William was released from his indenture in 1830 to make his own way in the colony. After working for a few years in the Perth area, WIlliam went to Toodyay, or Newcastle as it was then known, he met future wife, Elizabeth Thomas, who was born in Bristol U k. They were married at "DEEPDALE" the home of Elizabeth in 1840,he was 36 years and she was 18 years they had fourteen(14) children.
William was a stonemason and a builder. The Perth gasette of 1842 mentions that the Police Barracksat Toodyay was built by Willaim Criddle he eventually moved the Greenough flats on his own land and engaged in farming, there is much more to this story but cannot write it all on this message.I am not sure where you live, I shall check your email address later, but if you are interested and you don't know already Greenough is about twenty five kilometres south of Geraldton, it is now a tourist area and has a renovated hamlet, and there are various old buildings and ruins in the area (we go there often researching) many of these buildings at Greenough and Dongara were built by William. He died at Greenough 12 may 1875 (i shall ask my wife where he is buried) his wife Elizabeth died in Dongara in 1909 and is buried in Dongara cemetery. One last point the first child of William and Elizabeth was Anne Criddle she married a John Patience (they were my wife Pamela's g/grandparents)John Patience was number two (2) convict on arrival,from England,that is another story.

William married Elizabeth THOMAS on 19 Jun 1842 in Newcastle, Western Australia, Australia. Elizabeth (daughter of William THOMAS and Keziah SAUNDERS) was born on 26 Nov 1822 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 21 Jan 1909 in Dongara, Western Australia, Australia; was buried in 1909 in Cemetery, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Methodist

Notes:

Married:
Deepdale

Other Events and Attributes:

• Medical: It was assumed that the horse, which was skittish, had thrown him, and his head had hit a root.
• Military Service: 63rd Regiment
• Immigration: Arr.: 8 Jun 1829, Western Australia, Australia; Per "Sulphur"
• Occupation: 1869; Farmer

Notes:

You can find John Connollys grave at the All Saints church at the end of Gnangara Road at the T junction, its near Ellen Brook and overlooking the Swan.


John was a Private in the 63rd Regiment and arrived in WA in June 1829 on HMS Sulphur.

John CONNOLLY was born on 15th September, 1800 in Armatris Parish, in or near the town of Codehile, County Monaghan Ireland. Up to the present time, nothing is known of his parents, but he did have a sister Susanna, also of' Armatris Parish, who he named as his next of Kin when he enlisted in the 63rd Regiment of Foot, Light Infantry, on the 13th of September, 1819. He was Attested into the Corps at Dublin, Ireland, on his 19th Birthday for Unlimited Service, and received a Bounty of £3 after his final approval at Plymouth, England. For almost 10 years he served with the Regiment in various areas, including 15 months in Portugal. When the decision was made in England during 1828 to form a settlement at the Swan River on the Western coast of Australia, a Detachment of men of the 63rd Regiment, under Captain Irwin, were selected to accompany the first settlers for their protection, and among the rank and file was Private John Connolly.

H.M.S.Sulphur, a Royal Navy 'bomb', was fitted out to carry passengers, many of the soldiers were married and were accompanied by their wives and children, likewise were many of the ship's officers and seamen. So overcrowded was the accommodation on the small sloop, that after sailing from Chatham to Plymouth during extremely bad weather, some 15 persons were dis-embarked to follow in ships sailing at a later date. Another ship, the Parmelia, was to sail with the Sulphur, and they left early in the month of February, 1829, the first and only port of call being Capetown, in South Africa. The Sulphur arrived off the Swan River on 8th June, 1829, the Parmelia, with her passengers, all settlers to found the new Colony, having arrived a few days previously.

Records of Pay Rolls indicate that John Connolly was attached to Headquarters in Perth during the almost 5 years he served with the 63rd Regiment in Western Australia. John Connolly, Bachelor, married Mary SPICE, on the 20th September, 1831 at Perth. The couple were married by the Colonial Chaplain, Rev. B.W. Wittenoom, by Banns, according to the Rites of the Church of England. John was just 31 years of age, Mary barely 17 years old. She was the eldest daughter of Saul and Betsy Spice, who arrived in W.A. in February, 1830 on the Hooghly, with their 6 children. Saul Spice was an Agricultural laborer, engaged by Thomas Peel, together with other settlers, to come out from England and settle in the new Colony under Peel's land settlement scheme near Rockingham. The ill-planned scheme was a total failure, most of the families moving to more fertile areas, where they became established. Saul Spice and his family were granted land at "the Head of the River", the area known later as Upper Swan, where they held large grants.

John and Mary Connolly stayed in Perth, and when at the end of 1833, the 63rd Regiment was recalled to India, John was one of the many soldiers who obtained their Discharge from the Regiment and settled in W.A.. John's Discharge Certificate and Pay Book, carefully preserved by his descendants, have thrown much light on his personal history as well as his Army life. We learn that he was a man of medium height, 5 feet 7 inches, with brown hair and
eyes, a round face, no body marks. He was also illiterate, his Pay Book shows his (x) mark, but his character reference states clearly that "John Connolly has been a Well Conducted Soldier'.

He was discharged at his own request, on 30th April,1834, after serving "Fourteen Years, Two Hundred and Thirty Days".
The Births of John and Mary's first 3 children, in Anglican Church Records, give further details of John's life. He records his occupation as a Laborer, Late 63rd. Regt. An old Family Bible states that the first 3 children were born in Perth, the following 7 at Upper Swan. The first W.A. Census taken June 30th 1837 gives John's status as 'Agricultural Laborer', most probably his father-in-law Saul Spice at Upper Swan employed him.

The Government Gazette of 18.2.1842 reports that land of 184 1/2 acres at the Lakes, applied for by J. Connolly was under course of Survey. Colonial Secretary's Office Records reveal that John Connolly requested the Title deed to land he had purchased from the original grantee near Great Lakes (the exact locality is not known), this was in 1845. Further records show that he employed a Parkhurst lad on his farm at Upper Swan in 1848.

Life in the Swan River Valley of' Western Australia would have been vastly different for John Connolly, far from the scenes of his youth among the soft green fields of Ireland, his years of stern discipline in the Army, and the voyage by sailing ship to the other side of the world to take part in the actual establishment of a new settlement in a strange land, far removed from any form of civilization. Hardship and privation was the lot of everyone, from Government official to free settler, soldier or servant alike. Families had to become almost self sufficient for their daily food, tilling the soil and planting crops was of greatest importance to all. As land was cleared, roads and bridges made, and small towns sprang up, life would have become more pleasant for John and his wife Mary. The birth of twin sons - who both survived - repaid in full measure for the loss of their first born son in infancy.

One thundery night in March, 1852, John set off on his horse to call a doctor to attend his son John who was ill. He did not return and in the morning his family set out to look for him. They found him dead, beside the track, under an overhanging tree. It was assumed that the horse, which was skittish, had thrown him, and his head had hit a root. The Perth Gazette of the 26th March reports briefly, 'An old Colonist, named Connolly, met with his death in an accidental manner by falling from his horse, on his road from Perth to the head of' the Swan. The deceased we regret to hear, has left a large family behind him'. John Connolly was buried in the small churchyard of All Saints Church, West Swan, among the graves of other pioneers of our State, a spot overlooking the Swan River, and close by Ellen's Brook, where almost 8 months later his widow Mary gave birth to the couple's 10th child.

Very little is known of the next 10 years, except for official records. The son John, ailing for some time, died, and was buried with his father. Eldest daughter Jane was married so also was the son Charles. In 1858 Mary Connolly bought 2 small blocks of land at Bindoon. By 1862 the family had journeyed by bullock wagon to the Greenough Flats, where they became pioneer settlers. When Mary died at Greenough on 30th January, 1892, at the age of 78 years, the Victoria Express, in reporting her death, referred to her as a 'Pioneer resident of the Greenough, coming to the flats with her family in the earliest years of settlement'.

This brief outline and many family names dates etc:
Of the life of John Connolly and his wife.
Was compiled by Joan DOWNES, Geraldton June 1979. (Many thanks)
Who researched records held in the Battye State Library, Perth. Also from records from the Register Generals Office, newspaper reports, and from the original Army Discharge Certificate and Account Book of John Connolly, with additional information from "Military Establishment in Western Australia", and some family memories of a granddaughter of John and Mary Connolly as told in 1960, and recorded by a Great great granddaughter.
Many thank again to "Joan DOWNES, Geraldton"
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jocylin&id=I01281

Birth:
Armatris Parish

Buried:
In the churchyard of All Saints Church

John married Mary SPICE on 20 Sep 1831 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Mary (daughter of Saul SPICE and Sarah MARCHANT) was born in 1815 in Burwash, Sussex, England; died on 30 Jan 1892 in Greenough, Western Australia, Australia; was buried in 1892 in Cemetery, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Arr.: 12 Feb 1830; Per "Hooghly" to Western Australia, Australia

Notes:

By the Colonial Chaplain, Rev. B.W. Wittenoon, Church of England, Perth West Australia

Married:
Anglican Church

Andreas married Clara FIGUERAS in UNKNOWN in Spain. Clara was born about 1811 in Constantine, Algeria; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]