The MAY Family to Australia?

[redtonyt]

An update on my very sad May famliy. 

I have to hand a Transcription of Mary Ann May's Death. 

Detail
Date of Death 2 FEB 1888
Place of Death MILSONS LANE, MILSONS POINT, ST LEONARDS EAST
Name MARY ANN MAY
Sex FEMALE
Age 65
Father NOT KNOWN TO INFORMANT
Father's Occupation NOT KNOWN TO INFORMANT
Mother - Maiden Name MARY ANN BARNES
Informant RICHARD MAY, SON, OCCUPANT OF HOUSE IN WHICH DECEASED
DIED, MILSONS LANE, MILSONS POINT, ST LEONARDS EAST;
REGISTERED 3 FEB 1888, BLUE STREET, ST LEONARDS
When Buried 3 FEB 1888
Where CHURCH OF ENGLAND CEMETERY, NORTH SHORE
Undertaker THOMAS HIGLEY
Minister S.H. CHILDE
Religion CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Witnesses RICHARD MAY, JAMES YOUNG
Where born LONDON, ENGLAND
Time in Colony/State ABOUT 30 YEARS IN NEW SOUTH WALES
Place Married LONDON, ENGLAND
Age at Marriage 19
Spouse RICHARD MAY
Children of Marriage RICHARD 24, LIVING,
4 MALES 5 FEMALES DECEASED

So sad, especially when taking in the last bit of information.

Husband Richard is not noted as deceased.  Is there any significance in this?

Finally only one loose end to tie up and that is the son Richard; bearing in mind the possible sighting with that death at Terrigal it may be that I shall have to close the chapter with another sad end to the last of the Mays! 

Tony

[majm]

Oh Tony, so many babies and only one alive at her side.

I am on e reader and we are not home until late this evening so I am not near my fh material.  Sometimes in that era the spouse would be noted if already deceased and sometimes not noted although he/she had already passed away.

I think we need to help find a headstone.  I think the C of E was/is Stt Thomas BUT  I need to check as that is memory and thus suspect. 

I will be checking tomorrow for you.  There are RChatters with good understanding of where to find MI transcripts for the cemeteries on the Lower North Shore.

What I do notice is that Richard, her son, did not know his Grandparents given names so perhaps his Dad was not there to provide the information and perhaps that is a clue.

Cheers from Clunky and Sad JM Please excuse spellings and grammar. 2 finer typing is not my forte.

[majm]

Hi

Still 2 Fingers typiste ATM
Her husband was alive in 1878...

JM

NSW ER 1878 ST LEONARDS, in the police district of Sydney.

Richard MAY, household, MILSONS POINT   

Hopefully this would be the father of the chap at Terrigal in 1929.

Cheers,  JM

[Neil Todd]

Hi Tony, well the cemetery that Jm said St Thomas's is in Milsons Point but there is no MI for anyone by the name of May. That is not to say that she wasn't buried there, just no marker maybe.

There is the other cemetery at Nth Shore IE near the Hospital at St leonards, I will see if there are any MI's for there.

Neil

MODIFIED.... Nothing on the North Shore Website.

[majm]

Hi there,

This is the C of E Church I mentioned yesterday

http://www.st-thomas.org.au/index.html

http://www.australiancemeteries.com/nsw/nthsydney/stthomas.htm

On one of the pages there's a note about additional information and the contact details include :

Additional information may also be obtained from:


Email: infodesk[substitute the AT sign please Tony] northsydney.nsw.gov.au

Fingers crossed yet again, because I have checked and checked and either I need fresh eyes OR I am having senior moment, but NO ONE by surname MAY was in Milson St/Lane etc by 1892 ..... 

I wonder if Richard, the son, 'went to sea' .....

http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/   (crew lists and not just passenger lists !)

Cheers,  JM
 

[Neil Todd]

I dont know but this may be worth a try?

Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery is situated on the Pacific Highway in St Leonards with the entrance in Westbourne Street. Established in 1868, it is one of the oldest and largest general cemeteries remaining in the Sydney Metropolitan Area. Many of the pioneers of Sydney's North Shore are buried in the cemetery and there is a monument to Mary McKillop who was buried there from 1909 to 1914. The last burial in Gore Hill took place in 1974, but the cemetery is still open for the deposition of ashes. Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery was established as a historic site with the Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery Act in 1986, and was given State Heritage Status in 2001.  The cemetery is managed by a trust appointed by the NSW Government.

If you are seeking the location of a grave, it is strongly recommended that you contact the Cemetery Trust on 0412 327 293 or PO Box 381, Artarmon NSW 1570

Neil

[majm]

Those local councils don't make it easy !

http://mapping.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/exponare/gore-hill-cemetery.html

It won't work for me    probably too much anti virus thingys on my pc....   


Cheers,  JM

[redtonyt]

Thanks JM and Neil. 

I managed to get into the Gore Hill site but found not one single MAY as a surname. 

I shall have a look around today but having already covered any possibility of Richard Henry marrying or fathering children it looks like the end of the line for the May family.  In all probability that death in Terrigal with that link to Milson's Point is the last sighting.

I am not sure whether it is worth looking any further but on the off chance that someone might come up with something I shall leave the thread open for the time being.

May I thank all the very kind people that have helped me in what has turned out to be such a sad search. 

Best wishes and happy hunting to everyone,
Tony 

[majm]

I wonder if young Richard would have gone to or contacted his Aunts in Vic after his Mums death? Or to NZ or how he and his Dad proceeded to where ever?

Yes please leave open for a while yet.

Cheers JM