GEARY NSW

[Dundee]

There is a probate packet at NSW state records for Edward Dust also known as Edwin Geary who died 9 Dec 1855.
http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Entity.aspx?Path=\Item\306501

I can photograph this for you the next time I am there

cheers,
   Ros

Ros that should be 1885 not 1855 and is for the son.

If Agnes arrived from NZ with three daughters/three children then who is "Edwin DUST born New Zealand 1845-1885"?

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12895545

3472/1885
GEARY, EDWIN
Parents: JAMES & AGNES
ASHFIELD

3472/1885
DUST, EDWIN
Parents: JAMES & AGNES
ASHFIELD

Debra 

[majm]

I cannot find Edwin's likely birth/baptism at New Zealand BDM online 
And I cannot find demise of Agnes' James DUST either 

I am not much chop when I step outside of NSW 

Cheers,  JM

[rosball]

Ros that should be 1885 not 1855 and is for the son.

Debra 

Whoops thanks Debra.

Here is a death notice for Edwin GEARY in 1885
 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13605920
aged 40 years with wife and 5 children.

cheers,
   Ros

[Ruskie]

Thank you all once again. I have a lot to go through to get it all straight in my head. I will be back.

Very grateful for all the help. 

[Ruskie]

Going back a step or two and thinking about Edward's transportation, is anyone able to explain the following?:

From JM's reply #8:

Edward GAREY, ex John, convicted Lancaster (or Liverpool Quarter Sessions as per another record), Lancs, 10 Jan 1831, 7 years.
Edward GAREY aged 19, 7 years, ex John, assigned to Edward McDowell, Sydney


And from JM's reply #9:

1837 Convict Muster, NSW.
Edward GEARY, aged 19, per Westmoreland 1832, assigned to William BOWMAN, Maneroo.  (Maneroo = Monaro)

Similar names, similar ages, similar dates, but different ships and different assignees.  The same lad or two different lads? 

[sparrett]

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/Blenheim42.htm

This link for your interest to the immigration of the DUST family group to NZ.
Gives a couple more details.

The tree( linked by JM) gives a date of birth for Emma of 18th June 1841.
Arrival date of the Blenheim was 19th November 1842 and Emma's  age given as 9 months.

So an error somewhere perhaps.

Births Sep  1/4 1841 

DUST  Emma
Stoke Damerel  9/ 419

Sue

[rosball]

Let me try again ... 

There is a probate packet for Edward GEARY who died 13 Nov 1855
http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Entity.aspx?Path=\Item\228861

I can photograph this for you Ruskie 

cheers,
   Ros
(adding : I'll photograph the highlights of both 1855 and 1885 )

[wivenhoe]

"..Children for Agnes and James DUST as Elizabeth, born 1837 Dublin "

Possibly....

NSW BDM marriage
579/1861  HENNESSY John  m.   DUIST Elizabeth        SYDNEY

death
15644/1902  HENNESSY Elizabeth parents John / Agnes               Redfern
14976/1899  HENNESSY John parents John / Catherine                Redfern

SMH 11 Dec 1899
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14241482?
death of John HENNESSY...residence 21 Bullanaming  Street Redfern

Australian Town and Country Journal 3 Dec 1902
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/71496134?
death Elizabeth HENNESSY relict of John HENNESSY....residence 21 Bullanaming St...65 years
(b. ~ 1837)

[majm]

Going back a step or two and thinking about Edward's transportation, is anyone able to explain the following?:

From JM's reply #8:

Edward GAREY, ex John, convicted Lancaster (or Liverpool Quarter Sessions as per another record), Lancs, 10 Jan 1831, 7 years.
Edward GAREY aged 19, 7 years, ex John, assigned to Edward McDowell, Sydney


And from JM's reply #9:

1837 Convict Muster, NSW.
Edward GEARY, aged 19, per Westmoreland 1832, assigned to William BOWMAN, Maneroo.  (Maneroo = Monaro)

Similar names, similar ages, similar dates, but different ships and different assignees.  The same lad or two different lads? 

Good question.

Should be two separate men, but …… in following up on Edward McDowell I can see that he went to VDL. 

Edward McDowell was meant to be the  NSW Solicitor General from late 1831 but he took too long to take up his duties, and ended up in VDL instead.   He had arrived on the Bussorah Merchant in Dec 1831. 
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macdowell-edward-2397   He is famous for defending Martin Cash, “THE” bushranger.      Edward McDowell married in 1835 in Tasmania, and Alfred Stephen witnessed that marriage.  Alfred Stephen was a Judge of the NSW Supreme Court, and became Chief Justice of NSW, and was a pew holder, next to one of my direct ancestors,  at Christ Church St Lawrence, Sydney.  So I have gone through my own family papers to see if perhaps there’s a note suggesting the Stephen family took on an Edward GAREY.    Alas, no sighting for Edward there. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-2p197j2k
The NSW State Records has Edward GAREY ex the vessel John of 1832 with a CoF 1 May 1839, #39/0641

As I wrote earlier, Should be two separate men, but …… in following up on William Bowman, Monaro Pioneer …. Well of course, look to my avatar ….. A Bowman descendant ….. alas, yet again I cannot find Edward Geary mentioned in any of my own family papers….
The NSW State Records does NOT have Edward Geary ex the Westmoreland at its Convict Index.
http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx?id=65&new=1 
I cannot see how the Westmoreland could have arrived in 1832, it seems to have been launched in that year.  I think the first voyage of the Westmoreland 1835, carried male convicts, none with first name of Edward, none with surname commencing with G
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_(1832_ship)

So, instead of saying “Good Question” ….. I am upgrading that comment to
“Excellent Question Ruskie” ….
We need Dundee’s investigative skills to help sort this out.     
One of my sources includes the Biological Database of Australia.
http://www.bda-online.org.au/

JM STUMPED ….. by Ruskie
Cheers,  JM