HEMSLEY William

[Dundee]

Richard DONALDSON married Mary HEMSLEY and when she died he married her widowed sister Jane (BALL), is that correct?

Many of the records would be prior to civil registration so you are relying on church records which sometimes have not survived or have not been indexed. 

Baptisms

HEMSLEY, JANE
133/1844 V1844133 58
WILLIAM
ANNE
Independent (Congregational)
Sydney, Pitt Street

HEMSLEY, JOHN
44/1849 V184944 60
WILLIAM
ANN
Primitive Methodist
Sydney

John died in 1854, buried Primitive Methodist, Sydney.  His father lived at Liverpool Road.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12961168

Birth

HEMSLEY, THOMAS
2916/1857
WILLIAM
ANN
CONCORD

This 1857 birth certificate will give a birthplace and place of marriage for both parents, as well as listing previous issue (sometimes just males and females, not by name).

The death certs for William and Ann should identify all of their children.

Debra 

[DeeBee58]

Thank you all for your help. 
I think because it is before civil registration it is difficult to trace.
I appreciate what you have all found for me.
Cheers
Deb

[Neale1961]

Sands Directory 1884
Joseph Hemsley – brickmaker, Great North Rd, H. Hill
Wm Hemsley – brickmaker, Linsley St, Ryde

Sands Directory 1886
Joseph Hemsley – Bridge St, Hunters Hill
William Hemsley - Linsley St, Gladesville, Ryde

Sands Directory 1887
Joseph Hemsley – brickmaker, Cambridge St, Gladesville
William Hemsley - Linsley St, Gladesville

[DeeBee58]

Dundee - Debra

"This 1857 birth certificate will give a birthplace and place of marriage for both parents, as well as listing previous issue (sometimes just males and females, not by name).

The death certs for William and Ann should identify all of their children."

I will look into getting the 1857 birth certificate - I have searched but not been able to find death certs for William and Ann (or Elizabeth). Will keep looking.

Thanks for your help
Deb

[DeeBee58]

Neale1961

Thank you for the Sands info. They might be the Hemsleys I'm looking for

[DeeBee58]

Dundee - Debra,

"Richard DONALDSON married Mary HEMSLEY and when she died he married her widowed sister Jane (BALL), is that correct?"

Yes that is correct.

[Neale1961]

I think this is another child of William and Ann HEMSLEY .....

Martha HEMSLEY married John WILSON in 1869 in Young NSW.
She died in 1935
Her obit mentions father William HEMSLEY and being born on Victorian goldfields
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/214424290?searchTerm=%22Martha%20Wilson%22

[Neale1961]

There is a death in 1895 in Blayney for an Ann Hemsley that might be worth investigating.

I believe the youngest son Thomas Hemsley lived in Blayney.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/209250943?searchTerm=%22Thomas%20Hemsley%22%20AND%20Blayney

ADDED - also have a look at death of William Hemsley in 1896 in Blayney.

[DeeBee58]

Definitely worth looking into. Thank you.
Deb