John Outrim WASCOE and Mary ROBERTS at Wattle Flat

[mcvicars]

John Outrim Wascoe (1819-1891) licencee of Pilgrim Inn, is buried at Wattle Flat. His headstone was erected by Mary Roberts, trying to find who she was. He was married to Sarah McPeake in 1864. Here's the inscription http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=1525689
Any clues? Was she related? His birth record says his mother was Mary...did she perhaps remarry?

[max777]

There is a John O.Wescoe marriage to a Mary A.Anderson in district LD (not sure where that is) in 1844....from NSW BDM.

cheers
Max

[ennael]

Hi,
L.D is an Early Church Record Code.

LD Roman Catholic Sydney, St Mary's.

You will find the Early Church Record Codes underneath the search result boxes, scroll down to find them

Leanne

[max777]

Thanks ennael, I'm in a lazy mood...I should have taken the time to look.

Just a guess, maybe John O. when he remarried to Sarah McPeake in 1864 that his first wife Mary still had very loving feelings for him when he died. She may have have been the one who erected the head stone?? even though she was Mrs Mary Roberts !!

Only a tired guess.

[mcvicars]

Mmmm that's what I was thinking..... Sarah & John don't appear to have had children (married in 1864, Sarah died 1870...21 years before him). Can't see a Mary Wascoe remarrying, will try her maiden name.

[mcvicars]

A long shot 1876    ROBERTS, JOSEPH   m to  ANDERSON, MARY    ARMIDALE   

[rosball]

Death of  Mary Ann wife of John Outrim Wascoe at old Pilgrim Inn in 1853

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59757709

regards,
  Ros

[mcvicars]

Thanks Ros, that saves going down the wrong path. So still no idea who Mary Roberts was.....

[majm]

Just a guess, maybe John O. when he remarried to Sarah McPeake in 1864 that his first wife Mary still had very loving feelings for him when he died. She may have have been the one who erected the head stone?? even though she was Mrs Mary Roberts !!

NOT possible .... NSW divorce Laws commence in the 1870s !     

Is there any chance he had a housekeeper ?   Have you sought his Probate Packet to see if a Mary Roberts was a beneficiary?
 
Cheers,  JM