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Hi, it's been some time since I have checked this site, but I am revisiting my research on the Day family and have found a reference on Ancestry to the "Child Apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London 1617-1788". The book is available digitally on Ancestry and when I checked the introduction to the book it details the sources used to compile the listing.

The item shows that John DAY was admitted in April 1742 and it reads "John Day, baptised 12 August 1733, son of John D., wax chandler, admitted from St James, Garlickhithe; 3 February 1748 to his mother Lydia D. to serve Mr John Holliday of Antigua, merchant."

With the date of admission in April 1742 I checked the burial register for St James Garlickhithe and found a burial for a John Day on 5 May 1741. Unfortunately there are no ages given in the Garlickhithe burial registers so I can't be certain that this is him but the fact that his son John was admitted so soon after to Christ's Hospital (or Bluecoats School) which was for fatherless children to get an education (among others) there is a good chance that this is John Day wax chandler.

https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/RESEARCH_GUIDES/web_detail_rg/SISN+54?SESSIONSEARCH this is the link to the research guide for the records.

The Children's Registers (CLC/210/F/003/MS12818); Presentation papers (CLC/210/F/004/MS12818A) are available on microfilm at the London Metropolitan Archives to view and I assume take copies of. The presentation papers contain petitions submitted by parents, guardians etc which provide personal and financial details of children's families.

I visited the LMA in 2019 but did not have this information at the time

I live in Australia and will not be getting to London again any time soon.  I wonder if there is someone who lives more locally who would be willing to go to the LMA to check this reference and get any copies available?

The Garlickhithe registers also detail a burial in 1750 for a Lydia DAY, and another in 1770 for a Lydia DAY, again there are no ages given so it is difficult to say for certain that these are relevant.
I did find a baptism for a Lydia DAY born to a John DAY and his wife Lydia in St Mary le Strand in 1730. The presentation papers may give details of siblings of John's that might help to clarify whether this baptism is within the same family. Other family burials in this register include Harbitt 10 Sep 1737 and Margaret 12 Jan 1738. (Harbitt was baptised at Garlickhithe in 1737 and Margaret was baptised also at Garlickhithe in 1735)

At this stage my hypothesis is that this Lydia (b.1730) is the elder sister of John (b.1733) and then that the Lydia that is buried in 1750 is the mother, wife of John DAY wax chandler and that the Lydia who is buried in 1770 is the daughter born in 1730 and therefore sister of John DAY of Antigua. John DAY and Lydia CARTER were married at St Nicholas, Leeds in Kent 27 Dec 1729. (Some indexes have it as Broomfield in Kent but the image I have is from the St Nicholas, Leeds, Kent Register, which could have been a chapel in the parish of Broomfield)

All this would indicate that John DAY of Antigua was the only member of the family to leave descendants.

I hope this adds some leads that can be followed up and add to the research.

Lorraine

Paul,

That was indeed my assumption, In view of the fact that he was admitted in 1874, I have extended the time period I was searching on Trove to try to find some sort of report of a mining accident.
While there are many mining accident reports I have not located that one. He could also have been in Sydney for some reason and met with an accident here, but I haven't found it yet. (I am still wondering why he was moved from Parkes - way out west for the time - to Sydney for treatment)

The other thing I have noticed is that the OCR text that is used for the Search on Trove is not all that good for this time and for the more regional newspapers.
It may require a systematic look through the newspaper pages to find some reference - or there may not be one.

It is a pitty the "Diagnosis" column was not filled in, that would have helped in identifying the health issue he had at the time. As you say he may have had some infection or desease that led to developing paraplegia - we may never know.

With reference to the Archives at St Vincent's, it may be a relatively recent development for the Archives and the assistance they are now able to give. Many places have only, in the recent past, realised the necessity to Archives their material. Thank goodness they are there and that they were so helpful.

Lorraine

Further observations after trawling through the newspapers and the reporting of the offences of Thomas NESTOR during the decade 1880-1889. The marriage of Thomas NESTOR and Julia ANSELINE took place in 1883, as we know.
My query comes from the fact that at no stage is the offender, Thomas, referred to as married. In fact in 1884 he is described as "A young man...sleeping in a stable...known to police for the past three years...of abandoned character, annoying respectable people...companion of thieves & women of abandoned habits..."

Is it possible that NESTOR who married ANSELINE is not the same Thomas charged repeatedly?

There are references: (1884) Thomas NESTER (21) baker & (1886) Thomas NESTOR (22) baker - as an aside Edward and John NESTOR were both described as bakers in various newspaper notices relating to their offences. (I saw at least one notice that had Thomas' surname written NESTOR and NESTER in the same paragraph)

While Thomas is shown as a plasterer on the marriage to Julia, he is shown as a baker on the birth of James Ernest in 1884 - more questions!!

Lorraine

Paul,
Going through the research about Thomas NESTOR and his family it is clear to me that Thomas (born 5 December 1863 and registered in 1864) is the son of Thomas NESTOR and Catherine KELLEHER.
He had three brothers - John born 1862 died 1867; Edward born 1865 died 1930; John Patrick born 1868 died 1926; there was a sister, Catherine who was born and died in 1873.
Thomas senior had an earlier marriage to Mary DALEY who died in 1859 - from which there were two daughters, Bridget born 1852 died 1931 and Mary born 1858 (no marriage or death yet).
I believe his second wife Catherine died in 1876. I can find no further marriage.

The daughter, Bridget married Edward LAWLER (mentioned in the funeral notice for Thomas senior)

The family lived in Elizabeth Street; Castlereagh Street and Crown Street Sydney and the marriages and baptisms are held in the St Mary's Cathedral Archives accessed on Film at Society of Australian Genealogists.

We could suppose that the boys, left without a mother young were a little wild. There are gaol entry records for Edward and John Patrick as well as Thomas - again petty crime - only John appears to have a gaol photograph.
Edward and John both married eventually - Edward 1910 and John 1921.

Lorraine

Paul,
Thomas NESTOR is a bit of a problem, to say the least.
I checked through all of the entries for Thomas NESTOR Gaol entries and there appears to be a run of dates from 1880 to 1888 in Darlinghurst (in one instance the Thomas Nestor mentioned is transferred to Parramatta Gaol - 1887). Most of the charges were for riotous behaviour, bad language and assault.
These are all confided to the greater Sydney area. Looking at the date of birth for the first child of Julia, James would have been conceived some time around September 1887, Thomas was not in gaol between June and November of 1887.
We could speculate that Julia, realising she was pregnant, went back to her mother (possible)

The Thomas NESTOR alias Thomas HYNES was charged in Bathurst and sentenced to Bathurst Gaol for receiving. - this in 1893.
I checked Trove last night and happened across an entry in 1927 for the death of Thomas John HYNES (also known as Tom NESTOR) 61 years old. (I have tagged these newspaper notices with the name) but it was in the Sydney Morning Herald for 17 Sep 1927. The death index shows his parents as Michael and Charlotte, 21570/1927, Newtown. There is a birth registration for Thomas J HINES father Michael; Mother Charlotte in Redfern - 3363/1866
This Thomas HYNES married Hannah A DILLON in 1888 in Newtown.


From this I would suggest that the Thomas HYNES alias Thomas NESTOR is not the Thomas NESTOR husband of Julia ANSELINE. (The marriage of Thomas and Julia shows his parents as Thomas NESTOR and Catherine Taylor NORTH. (I am inclined to think that this Thomas is the one who died in 1888 - the gaol entries in Darlinghurst and Parramatta stop in February of 1888 - but there is not enough evidence to prove it from the records found so far)

Lorraine