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I'm looking for Archibald Francis COLVILLE, who lived in Grahamstown/Adelong NSW. I have details of his marriage and of his son (the same name, which is confusing), but I have been unable to find any details about his birth, parentage, death, etc.

I'd appreciate any clues others might be able to offer.

Thanks in advance.
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Archibald Francis COLVILLE
Date and place of birth: Unknown
Date and place of death: Unknown

Married Anne/Annie Gorman (1869 - 1907) in Adelong, NSW, in 1906
Lived in Adelong. Bought a small block of land (location of Shamrock Hotel) in Adelong about 1908.

Son: Archibald Francis COLVILLE (1907 – 1970)
Married Elizabeth Muriel Ryan, 1929, Wollongong
Daughter: Sheila Rose Colville (1939 – 1939)
His mother (Annie Gorman) died when he was a very young baby, and he was raised by his aunt.
Worked as a miner in Dapto, NSW
In 1932, he leased the Shamrock Hotel and the electoral role shows him living in Adelong as a hotelkeeper in 1932
He received compensation as the licensee in 1933 when the license of the Shamrock Hotel was surrendered
Died in Dapto

I'd appreciate help to solve a mystery.

I’m very curious about a headstone (photo attached) in Camperdown Cemetery (St Stephens, Newton, NSW) and would love to find out why the headstone was defaced. From a newspaper article (SMH 13 July 1946) I know it had been defaced by then, but I have no idea when it happened.

What would have prompted somebody to erase the name of Ernestine’s husband, Gordon Sandeman?

Apart from being declared bankrupt (the 1880s), expelled from parliament for frequent absences and being involved in unsavoury labour practices, I can’t find any reason to remove his name from Ernestine’s gravestone.

Here’s a bit of what I’ve discovered about Gordon and Ernestine:

Ernestine Caroline Susette Eugenie de Satge-St Jean
B: 1833, Switzerland
Father: Vicomte Ernest Valentine de Satge-St Jean
Mother: Caroline Sparkes
M: Gordon Sandeman, 3 April 1952, London
Arrived Sydney 1862 and lived in Queensland
D: Sydney, 1864

Gordon Sandeman
B: 1819, Edinburgh
Father: Edward Sandeman
Mother: Letitia May Gordon
D: London, 1897

Came to Australia (NSW) in 1838 as a merchant but the business failed.
Lived in Queensland
Squatter/pastoralist – bought a station in 1844 in the Morton Bay District and expanded to become a large landholder.
Member of NSW parliament (Qld was then part of the NSW colony) in 1856 as well a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Leichhardt from 1863 to 1870.

Gordon was a friend of Ernestine’s brother, Oscar who was also a squatter and politician, so it seems that's how Gordon and Ernestine met.
Involved in bringing slave/indentured labour to Australia from China, India and the Pacific (Kanakas).

He returned to England by 1887 and remained until his death in 1897.

Any suggestions as to how to solve this mystery would be very much appreciated. Tx

I'm interested in info about Bridget Margaret (Bea) Cashman born in 1880 in Bathurst to James Richard Cashman and Ellen Elizabeth Clark.

Her name is on the title of a property I'm researching at 98 Albion St, Annandale (NSW) in 1924. Was she the real owner or was the title in her name for some reason?

James (worked for Railways) and Ellen lived in Bathurst until they moved to Sydney around 1917, living in the Annandale house when it was purchased in 1924.

Bea died at the residence in 1944 and is buried at Rookwood. It seems she never married.

I haven't been able to definitively identify her in any electoral roles or other sources and would appreciate any info others might have about where she lived and worked.

Thanks and regards

I am curious to find birth records for the following:

Emma Elizabeth BLAND
Born Luton, 2 December 1847 (TBC)
Mother: Emma Bland (1830-1866)
Father: Unknown

Emma (mother) married George Toyer in 1853 (Saint Mary,Luton) and the family emigrated to Australia in 1855.

I have information about her later life, but I'd really like to find out about the child's parentage. In the 1851 census I have an Emma Bland living as a lodger in Luton, and a young girl the correct age living with a family named Anderson. I just can't make out the wording on her entry - does it say "son's child" or is it something else?

I'm wondering if she was baptised in Luton. Does anyone have access to parish records for Luton? A clue is that Emma was listed as a Baptist on the passenger list on arrival in Sydney.

Thanks in advance for your help.

I’m trying to track down information about a convict who came to NSW in 1831. I don’t have any experience with convict records, so I’m hoping somebody might be able to help me track down information about his life before the court appearance, and after he obtained his ticket of leave. This is the information I have about his crime and transportation.

William Bland
Born Abt 1878 in Ware, Hertford

At Southwick Court on 7 December 1829 he was charged with embezzlement and sentenced to 7 years transportation.

Arrived Sydney Cove 4 March 1831 aboard the Lady Harewood and was allocated to work for William Dun/n of Pattersons River.

He obtained his ticket of leave on 13 June 1836.