Robert HUTTON/ Catherine DOWNEY late 19th century

[tropicalj]

Hello  there Sarah
an  welcome to  rootschat

So you  belong  to the Hutton's  we had a lot of fun  helping Yelkcub  and   Siouxsie with  their family.

I  am sure  they will both  be  glad  to find another family  member.

Now  if you need any  help  with  your research  ask away.

kind  thoughts Jenn

[yelkcub]

Hello Sarah -
Good to meet another member of the family! You have certainly come to the right place to discover more about your forebears. This discussion has been incredibly informative, and I have been grateful for the amazing help and friendliness I have found here.
Catherine Downey was the daughter of Mary Teresa Page, daughter of an ancestor of mine, Henry Page of London. You can probably pick up most of Catherine's dramatic story from the pages of this thread. However, if you like I can send you my file on her and her Dickensian childhood. Just PM me your email address.
Best wishes
Ian in Cornwall ... where spring has sprung!

[baardsgirl]

Many thanks for the warm welcome Jenn. I have to say it has been incredible reading through all of this information and just seeing the way everyone interacts with and contributes from their own little 'corner of the world'. It is true, when searching for relatives you're likely to find friends :-)

[baardsgirl]

Hi Ian,

It's truly incredible, I didn't think I had a hope in hades of finding out anything, at least not in the first few months. But after a relatively short time I have all this insight into 'my common gene pool' .... it's very encouraging. Sadly, I don't think my father's side is going to prove to be as easy (surname James, grandfather born in slums of Birmingham at the turn of the last century, and not much else to go on) but it'll be a good challenge.
And thank you for your generous offer. It would be great to see it all in black and white.

Enjoy the spring!!!

[tropicalj]

Baardsgirl,

do  you  know what happened to Alberta Ann HUTTON (neeJenkyns) after David Downey Huttons death in Beaconsfield,  I do see her listed on  the Electoral Rolls  1914 to1936 at Beaconsfield.

in 1914 at Weld Street Beaconsfield
Alberta Ann store keeper
Eva May domestic duties
Gladys Irene school teacher
Mary domestic duties
Wallace Henry battery hand
William Forrester labourer
William Joseph shop assistant

 But no sign of Eva Mary after 1914 but she may have  married and I  don't have index records for  that time frame


http://eheritage.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/resources/detail.aspx?ID=LFH_00918

link  to David Downey Hutton's grave


Also regarding your Grandfather JAMES  if you start a new thread/topic  you  will get a lot of eager researchers more than  happy  to search  for you,  just give as much information as you  have.


kind thoughts Jenn

[cando]

Marriage as requested by Jenn

HUTTON Eva May
RICHARDS Harold
5 Apr 1915
At Beaconsfield   1915  Reg#15

She is alone on the electoral rolls but in 1936 is living at 24 Gardens Road, Moonah HD. At the same address - Grenville Sircombe RICHARDS, Labourer. 

Cannot see a death for Harold to 1930.

Now to confusion -

There is a grave for Eva May RICHARDS who died in 1918
Gravestone of Eva May RICHARDS . Died in 1918, aged 30yrs. Source: Latrobe Cemetery, General Section

and

Death
RICHARDS Eva May
Father Surname No recorded   Mother Name Not recorded
24 Dec 1918
Place Cotton St LATROBE   1918  Reg#789

Cheers
Cando

[deeiluka]

Great to see that this thread is still evolving. It's been a most interesting exchange.

Welcome to Rootschat, baardsgirl. You'll find lots of helpful people here if you have any queries with your research.


Dee

[cando]

I see that Eva May HUTTON was born 1888 and the gravestone record states aged 30 years of age in 1918.  This would tie in with Eva May's birth date.

Jenn - the same headstone for David -
Headstone of Alberta Ann HUTTON . Born in 1857, died in 1938. Source: Beaconsfield General Cemetery Methodist Section


Cheers
Cando

[Siouxsie]

WOW........I rushed out the door yesterday to head up to Sydney to be with a critically ill relative in hospital and I come back today and I have a new cousin!!!

Hi Baardsgirl, my side of the family is descended through Catherine and Robert's son, John Thomas.

Catherine and Robert lead an amazing life.........they married in Adelaide, where Robert is listed as a "clerk", then got gold fever and headed to Victoria for many years, before heading to Waratah in Tasmania, where Robert (we think) spent some time working as a miner, before becoming an accountant for the mines. He died on 10th August 1880 at the age of 49. Catherine then remarried, and she died 26 March 1919 in Flemington, Vic.

Two of their sons, David Downey (your great grandfather) and Robert Francis both went to the mine at Beaconsfield and according to the Beaconsfield Historical Society they both died of Phthisis (Miner's black lung disease). David Downey died on 12 February 1893 and Robert Francis died on 4 January 1895.

I have lots more on all the children and Robert and Catherine.........I will P.M. my email address........again........WOW....another cousin!!!!

Cheers
Susie