CLOSED Edward CHRISTIE Tas: 12th Regiment of Foot

[Macushla]

Thank you, Lou!

Wondering if the Currie witnesses from Charles's marriage might be Catherine's children from previous marriage? Do you know if Blaxton is likely to be her married name or maiden name? Not sure what the protocol was with that.

Thank you especially for the info on Rosanna; she has been very elusive. Variously listed as Minnie, Mary, Rosanna, Mary Rosana ...

No worries re the Frederick Christie / Mary Fox marriage, thank you; they were married in Victoria. Not sure where Mary Fox was born and not sure why they might have gone from Tas to Vic, back to Tas, and on to WA. Frederick followed his father in becoming a prison warder so perhaps it had something to do with that.

Very much of use, Lou, thanks so much.
Macushla

[louisa b]

I think it would be her married name - and my typo - surname should be BLANTON

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/10249705
there was a land grant to the Curries, in The Mercury Sep 25 1912
and maybe they were married in Palmerston NZ 8 Aug 1878 (Simonina Paterson, minor,  to Currie)
sometimes I love go*gle, especially when you have an unusual name

[louisa b]

marriage
March 30 1891  #325
cathedral of St Mary, Hobart; by licence
James Joseph Fletcher JONES 22 confectioner
Dora Agnes CHRISTIE 23 housekeeper
witnesses Patrick J. Christie, Elizabeth Christie

marriage
district of Hobart
Nov 30 1898
St Mary's Catholic Church
John Michael DUFFY
residence: Glenorchy usual residence: Glenorchy
age: 30
occupation: farmer
condition: bachelor
birthplace: Glenorchy
father: Michael DUFFY occ farmer
mother: Mary CARR
Elizabeth CHRISTIE
Lovett; Lovett
26
living with her parents
spinster
Huonville
Edward CHRISTIE farmer
Mary WEBB
witnesses P. DUFFY, Mary E. Duffy

marriage
District of Montague/Lyell
3 Oct 1898 at Queenstown
according to the rites and ceremonies .. Catholic Church
Patrick Joseph CHRISTIE
Queenstown; Queenstown
29
carpenter
bachelor
birthplace Port Arthur
Charles Edward (sic) CHRISTIE farmer
Mary CHRISTIE
Catharine Elizabeth MCKAIL
Queenstown; Holbank
26
farmer's daughter
spinster
Westbury
Michael McKail farmer
Rose McKail
witnesses James Fletcher JONES Queenstown
Dorah (sic) JONES Queenstown

[Macushla]

Thank you very much, Lou.

I have been 'Troving' and it looks like things didn't go too well for Patrick and Catharine. As you noted, he was a carpenter and looks like he did some damage to his hand and tried to get compensation - and lost. Court info suggests he was a widower with five children ... also looks like he was forced to sell his land.

Haven't been able to find a death notice for Catharine or for Patrick. I hope that things turned out for him ... and his children. Amazing how we can get so involved in their stories, isn't it?

Thanks again, Lou.

M.

[ShaunJ]

Thanks, ShaunJ for the extra information on Edward; in a way it seems amazing that he was sent to Australia at all. I wonder if he had perhaps been pensioned off and then come to Australia as I have just learned there was a scheme that did that; ShaunJ, is there anything in the records that suggests where he was when discharged?

He was discharged in Hobart Town on 28th December 1857.

His reckonable service was 21 years and 14 days. He had served 13 years overseas, including 9 years 11 months in Mauritius and 3 years 1 month in the Australian colonies.

[louisa b]

Hi Macushla
I could not find a death either, but the indexes only go to 1930 for Tas
the little snippets make it interesting - I found one for the sister of my gggrandmother, that said a charge against her "for failing to bandage certain fruit trees" had been withdrawn 

[johngirl]

Louisa B ,


they had to bandage their fruit trees because of the Coddling Moth.My husbands G Grandfather also got into trouble for not doing this in his orchard at Bagdad .
I still have no idea how it worked.

  Johngirl

[Macushla]

ShaunJ, thanks again so much for that information. Edward is becoming much more of a real person now. I'm hoping you might be able to answer one last question for me if it is in the record; is Edward's religion recorded at all? I'm wondering if he was Catholic and if so, would he have been likely to declare that, or would it have been too divisive an issue at the time, leading him to declare himself Protestant?

Thanks, LouisaB (I have a few deaths to follow up now!) and Johngirl. Think Mary had fruit trees too so she probably neglected to do the same!

With regards and thanks
Macushla

[Macushla]

http://www.sturmsoft.com/Writing/guide_to-gardening/apples_and_pears_in_the_home_orc.htm

Johngirl, found the above link for you  (scroll down to coddling moth); now we can all know how to bandage our trees  .

M.