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New Zealand / Re: Finding Jane Donnelly & Captain Alexander Edwards 1877
« on: Friday 12 April 24 03:21 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for all of this Lu, interesting about the couple, Alexander did call his wife "my dear wife" that is something I suppose.

Jan

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New Zealand / Re: Finding Jane Donnelly & Captain Alexander Edwards 1877
« on: Friday 12 April 24 02:10 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Lu, that is great.
Jan

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New Zealand / Re: Finding Jane Donnelly & Captain Alexander Edwards 1877
« on: Friday 12 April 24 02:06 BST (UK)  »
Lu,
Yes have been doing that, still not found any yet.    At least I'm getting the story together now on Jane Donnelly and her family.
Sydney Alexander Edwards died in 1973 up on the Blue Mountains at Springwood, he was a Chemist, not in the sailing fraternity.
Jan

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New Zealand / Re: Finding Jane Donnelly & Captain Alexander Edwards 1877
« on: Friday 12 April 24 01:20 BST (UK)  »
Hi Lu,
Just finding information now, he married Mabel Wilmshurst in 1905 at Newtown, NSW. He was buried at Rookwood Cemetery 12.7.1973.

Now to find some shipping records, if we can.
Jan

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New Zealand / Re: Finding Jane Donnelly & Captain Alexander Edwards 1877
« on: Friday 12 April 24 01:12 BST (UK)  »
Wow that's interesting, thank you. 
Jan

Quote from: Lucy2 on Friday 12 April 24 01:07 BST (UK)
Hi again Jan

The following birth was registered at Wellington (NZ) >

1882 / 6435  - EDWARDS - Sydney Alexander

Parents:    Jane and Alexander Edmund EDWARDS

Haven't found a death or marriage for this chap in NZ (Sydney / Sidney - both checked )  ??

   ~  Lu

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New Zealand / Re: Finding Jane Donnelly & Captain Alexander Edwards 1877
« on: Friday 12 April 24 01:00 BST (UK)  »
Lucy,
Thank you for this information.   Yes we've seen his second name changed to John in other documentation.  We wonder if he changed his second name as we think he had a brother two years younger than him with the christian name Edmund, who we also think was based in NZ.

Thank you, I look forward to any other information.  Jan

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Australia / Re: Finding what happened to William Donnelly b. 1841 Sydney Australia
« on: Friday 12 April 24 00:41 BST (UK)  »
Thank you everyone for your input, I am struggling though in finding any information on William Donnelly having travelled to California in the United States, as he returned home ill in 1866 and admitted to Gladesville Hospital.

Also cannot find any shipping records for his sister Jane Donnelly b. 1843 Balmain, who also moved to New Zealand and married Captain Alexander Edmund Edwards over in Wellington NZ in 1877.

Jan

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New Zealand / Finding Jane Donnelly & Captain Alexander Edwards 1877
« on: Thursday 11 April 24 23:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I am trying to find any information in regard to our Ancestor, Jane Donnelly b. 1843, Balmain,Sydney NSW Aust. who married a Mariner, Captain Alexander Edmund Edwards in Wellington, NZ in 1877.   Jane was daughter of Timothy & Eliza Donnelly.

Have not been able to find any shipping records of Jane Donnelly travelling to New Zealand and whether she had any children from the marriage to Alexander Edwards.   We think that he died in New Zealand around 1900, as we later found Jane (now Edwards) living at Stanmore near Sydney, where she died in 1921.

Would love to know more about their lives in NZ, have found a little information regarding Captain Edwards being the Master of the ship "Patea" that wrecked, but not much more on Jane Edwards life in NZ.    There is much history on the Donnelly family here in Australia, her brother was the Legendary Boat Builder, her Father a Sailmaker from Hog Island in Ireland.

Looking forward to any assistance please.

Regards Jan

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Australia / Re: Finding what happened to William Donnelly b. 1841 Sydney Australia
« on: Tuesday 09 April 24 05:22 BST (UK)  »
Sue,
I did find where Timothy had freehold land around 1853 at Balmain and now that we see he is selling in 1867, confirms that this was Timothy's home at 7 Duke Street, Balmain.   
He had marriage problems at the time, and maybe forced to sell the same.

Jan

Quote from: sparrett on Tuesday 09 April 24 04:57 BST (UK)


I think this marriage is for a daughter of the family.

698/1859 BRISCOE George
DONNELLY Mary
SYDNEY

It looks to me as the surname BRISCOE is what is intended here in a death notice for Eliza in 1900.
Printed as BRISCOF

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/14232625

It looks like T. (Timothy?) DONNELLY was selling the home of George. August 1867. Perhaps George had been admitted to the asylum or no longer living there.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13153817

Sue

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