Jane/Jean GALT nee PAULEY

[fred2derf]

Family arrived assisted to NSW per 'Anna' so Jane died after 21 Feb 1855.

GALT Niven  30  Gardener  Abbey Renfrewshire  Thomas & Margt. both dead  CofS  Read & write  No relations in colony
Jane 28  - Kilmarnock Ayrshire  William & Mary Pawley  mother living in Glasgow  father dead  CofS  Read & Write  A brother Wm Pawley in Brisbane
Mary  6  Paisley  Niven & Jane on board

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3725927
The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861) - Saturday 16 April 1859 p.2
Two prisoners, David Cadwaller and John Williams, were brought here for trial, by the Clarence, on a charge of robbery and murder at Rockhampton on the 12th of March. The murdered man's name was Nevin Galt.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4608586
The Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1861 - 1864) - Wednesday 15 October 1862 p.2
... In the matter of the Goods of NEVIN GALT, late of Rockhampton, deceased, intestate. Mr. BRAMSTON moved, upon affidavit, that the sum of £5 1s. 11d., belonging to the intestate, and in the possession of the Curator of Intestate Estates, should be granted to Mary Galt, the only daughter of Nevin Galt. Order made accordingly.

Death of daughter 29 Oct 1926 ANDERSON Mary Campbell - Niven GALT -  Jean PAULEY

There are no Galt/Gault births in Qld. index 1855 - 1862.

There are no Galt/Gault/Pauley/Paulie/Pawley/Pawlie deaths in Qld. index 1855 - 1862.

Jane/Jean possibly died 1855 - 1862. Looking for her death or any other ref to her after arrival.

Thanks,

Fred

[majm]

Qld BDM online index has Mary Campbell GALT marrying in Brisbane in 1870.   What information did Mary give about her parents when she married?  If she was not yet 21 years of age, who is noted as providing consent for her to marry?  Where does the middle name of Campbell fit in?

https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/queryEntry.m?type=marriages
1870  (4 March 1870)
B2919
Mary Campbell GALT
James ANDERSON
B = Brisbane event.

Mary was awarded that sum of £5/1/11 in 1862.  In that era, female at 12 years of age was old enough to marry, but not yet old enough to give their own consent to their own marriage.  And at 12, they were also old enough to be awarded sums of money by courts. 

I can see that the Intestate estate received £46/17/8 in 1859 and paid out £4/18/- in 1859, so there must have been other claims to the rest of the £46.   

I wonder if NSW State Library has Queensland Government Gazettes for you to check further for his widow.  It is quite possible that Jane remarried after the death of Nevin.  Have you considered that she may well have been alive when Mary was awarded that £5 in 1862.

JM

[majm]

Queensland was still part of New South Wales until it was hived off in 1859.

JM

[sparrett]

Hi,
A quick internet browse using Google reveals a lot of further information regarding the GALT and PAULSY/POLLOCK families. It can and, probably should, be viewed by those attempting to assist here on R'chat, as it may be very useful and even possibly reduce the time expended on the query here. Posted just about a year ago.

http://www.forum.familyhistory.uk.com/archive/index.php/t-27405.html

Some of the news items from Trove have been corrected to make the reading easier too. Here is one for instance.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4608586

Sue

 
 

[majm]

Fred/Dave,

May I share the following thread that is stickied to the top of the main Australia Board here at RChat.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=368728.0

In particular, may I note the following from that thread:
If you do have other threads where you previously received help with this person, please be sure to add the link(s) your new thread.

May I share the following link:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/terms.php


JM

[majm]

Tidying up my desktop

May I mention that the Queenslander, 12 March 1870 has the following marriage announcement:
ANDERSON-GAULT
On the 4th March, at the residence of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. Wm Pauley, Margaret Street, by the Rev Charles Ogg, James Anderson to Mary Campbell Gault, daughter of the late Mr Niven Gault, Paisley, Scotland.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1311678

and
same paper, but  23 April 1870
PAULEY, On the 18th April, at Cardwell, Mr William Pauley, late of Brisbane, aged 47 years.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27260571

I am fairly sure that Cardwell is around 550 miles further north than Rockhampton.  Perhaps his sister Jane/Jean GAULT/GALT was the informant on that death registration, or at least the organiser of his funeral?

Qld BDM online index has the following:
1870
C72 (outside of Brisbane event)
William PAULEY
Born Scotland, aged 48 years.

https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/

JM