Meet
the Rellies
Eleven Whiteway Girls
The combination of the families
of Robert Whiteway, Joseph Ryan, Ann Larkins and Ellen Wigmore accounted for 11
young ladies. There must have been
something in the "waters" at Bothwell, to ensure not one son was to
be born.
Robert Whiteway and Ann Larkins
Mary Ann
Whiteway Simon Arnett
Tamar
Whiteway William
Maskell
Sarah
Jane Whiteway Josiah
Triffitt and Thomas Kemp
Rebecca
Whiteway Isaac Blake
Ellen Wigmore and Joseph Ryan
Elizabeth
Ryan Charles Sims
Robert Whiteway and Ellen Wigmore
Ellen
Whiteway John
Jillett
Sophia
Susan Whiteway Robert
Alfred Jillett
Catherine
Frances Whiteway Charles Andrews
Adelaide
Whiteway Alfred
Athelstone Gaby
Emily
Louisa Whiteway Richard
Robinson
Robert
Whiteway Mary Solomon
The Bowden Family
Edward
Bowden and Diana Ayres lived in Bothwell
He was
born in Norfolk and was transported on the Governor Ready arriving in
1827.
Edward Bowden was born in
Norfolk, England. He married Diana Ayres in 1816 and they had several children
born in England before he was transported. After his arrival in Tasmania they
were granted permission by the Lieut. Governor to join him. The children were
Jonathon, Mary, Harriet, Sarah and Edward. Three other daughters - Eliza,
Henrietta and Ann - were born in Tasmania.
They had
several children including:
Jonathan
Bowden 1816 - 1880 m Mary
Mirry
Mary
Bowden 1818 - 1861 m Robert
Blake Son Isaac Blake m Rebecca Whiteway
Harriet
Bowden 1821 - 1893 m Thomas
Gaby Son Alfred Athelstone Gaby m Adelaide
Whiteway
Sarah
Bowden 1823 - 1881 m William
North m
Kezia Lillian Gaby d of above
Edward
Bowden 1825 - 1908 m Sarah
Allen
Eliza
Bowden 1830 - 1900 m James
Neptune Warren
Henrietta
Bowden 1833 - 1898 m Thomas
Lewis
Annie
Bowden 1835 - 1885 m George
Goddard Son Edward Bowden Goddard m Ella
Grace Jillett daughter
of John Jillett and Ellen Whiteway
The Family of Robert Blake
In Wiltshire and other
communities in 1831, there were those who went about damaging farm property in
order to voice their concerns about machines replacing labour.
Although
the statistical sample is obviously quite small, the general trend is that the
larger the family a labourer was supporting, the more likely he was to have
committed poaching. In addition, only two of the above transportees convicted
of poaching in Wiltshire were village tradesmen - an unmarried twenty five year
old shoemaker named Robert Blake (who became a wealthy pastoralist on the
Central Plateau) and a married thirty year old carpenter/joiner named Robert
Willoughby (who returned to England after receiving a free pardon). All the
rest were ploughmen and farm labourers at the bottom of the rural economic
scale. These crude but quite dramatic statistics support the view that poaching
- in Wiltshire at least - was primarily driven by economic distress.
Tasmanian Times (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1867 - 1870), Tuesday 14
April 1868, page 2
BOTHWELL.
(From our own Correspondent.)
An accident of a painful, if not of a serious nature, occurred about
four o'clock on the afternoon of Good Friday, on the estate of Woodspring in
this municipality. Joseph and Robert Blake, sons of Mr. Robert Blake, an old
and respected resident of this township, were out shooting; the former fired at
a kangaroo, distant about forty yards, discharging both barrels almost
simultaneously; it seems that, unknown to him, his brother was concealed by a
tree not more than thirty yards away, and unfortunately stepped forward into
the line of fire at the moment Joseph pulled the trigger, receiving a large
portion of both charges of No. 1 shot in his body, from his face to his feet.
His escape from fatal injury was indeed providential; and though
suffering much pain from wounds on the left thigh and knee, he was sufficiently
well to bear removing the same evening to Hobart Town for medical treatment,
under which it is to be hoped he will soon be restored to his wonted vigorous
health. Poor Joe was terribly alarmed,
and " could scarcely believe his eyes" when he saw his brother
wounded and bleeding.
Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Friday 26
August 1870, page 2
NARROW ESCAPE AT BOTHWELL.-An accident occurred on
the afternoon of Monday the 22nd inst., within a few miles from this township,
to a lad named Alfred Blake, aged 14 years, son of Mr. Robert Blake, a very old
resident here, which had well nigh resulted in a horrible termination. It
appeared that the lad, accompanied by Mr. Shaw's two boys, was out in the bush
on what is called the Lime-kiln run, kangarooing, having guns with them ; and
the string from which Blake's powder flask was suspended when he set out having
broken, he very thoughtlessly put his powder flask, which at the time contained
nearly half a pound of powder, into his right hand trousers pocket, in which
were a knife and some lucifer matches. Shortly after, as might naturally have
been expected, whilst Blake was in the act of running, a sudden explosion took
place, which blew the flask to atoms, and set the owner's clothes on fire.
One of his companions, who was a dozen yards or so
off, ran up and attempted to extinguish the fire by rolling Blake over on the
ground; presently the other came up, and taking out his knife quickly cut off
the trousers of Blake, at least all that remained of them, for a portion had
been blown to " smithereens. " Fortunately, and by a miracle as it
were, young Blake was not so badly injured hurt that he was able to walk some
considerable distance to his brother Charles's farm at Grantham, from whence he
was brought in a cart to his father's residence on the township, where he now
lies confined to bed. On examination it was found that the whole of the right
leg was as black as ink from the scorching, and blistered in small patches, and
he is also severely burned all" round the lower part of the body. It is a
remarkable circumstance that two other sons have experienced accidents from
this "vile gunpowder." It is rather better than a year ago that one
was accidentally shot by a companion in the bush, and had to be removed to the
hospital, there being at the time no medical man here, a " hiatus"
still requiring to be filled up, and " devoutly to be wished for" ;
and the third son referred to has had either a thumb or a finger shot off.
Alfred Gaby and Adelaide Whiteway had a family of ten children.
1. Reginald Wigmore Gaby 1876 - 1971 m Mary Bald
2. Ernest Alfred Gaby 1877 - 1971 m Hilda Blee
3. Emily Gaby 1879 - 1888
4. Louis Gaby 1881 - 1886
5. Frank Gaby 1884 - 1943
6. Charles Gaby 1886 - 1970 m Lily Hannan
7. Ellen Harriet Gaby 1888 - 1969 m William Roy Marsden
8. Thomas Bowden Gaby 1890 - 1982 m Florence Anderson
9. Alfred Edward Gaby 1892 - 1918
10. Percy Frederick Gaby 1894 - 1971 m Lois Vera McLaren
Their
sons Reginald and Ernest both served in the Boer War, with Ernest enlisting in
New Zealand.
Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Tuesday 7 August
1900, page 6
TROOPER (GABY
RETURNS TO SCOTTSDALE. SCOTTSDALE, Monday. About 5.20 p.m. to-day information
was received that Trooper Gaby was on this evening's train, consequently- a
large crowd assembled at the station, including a squad of the local defence
force under Lieutenant Downie. The military formed' a guard to keep the public
from the front of the platform. On arrival of the train Trooper. Gaby was
escorted to the front, where Lieutenant Downie heartily welcomed him on behalf
of the corps, and Mr.. Jas. Stewart, on behalf of the inhabitants, gave him a
cordial welcome, also intimating that on Monday night next a social would be
tendered him. The children sang "Home, Sweet Home" and "Soldiers
of' the Queen." Cheers were given for the gallant trooper, and he was
driven homewards amidst renewed cheering.
A Family
story reveals a little more information
When he was twenty-three years
old, Reg volunteered to join the First Tasmanian Contingent to support the
Empire in its fight against the Boers in South Africa. Reg was single and
worked as a miner at Scottsdale.
Boer war
service. He first served from 27 Oct 1899 till 07 Dec 1900 as a Private with 1
Tas contingent service number 32. Second tour of duty was from 21 May 1902 till
28 Jul 1902 as a Sargent with the 8 Bn Australian Commonwealth Horse ( Tas ).
His service number this time was 255.
1909 Nabageena, Tasmania, Australia
http://eheritage.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/dbimages/CHH_00375_1_w.JPG
Reginald
and his wife Mary at their home
North-Eastern Advertiser (Scottsdale, Tas. : 1909 - 1954), Friday 17
December 1909, page 2
Our Thriving Settlers BRIEF
GLANCE AT SOME SCOTTSDALE FARMS
By Smiler
We have many hard-working and pushing men settled on the land throughout
this district—men who start work early every day, and men that are prepared to
work long after the eight hour man has knocked off and is walking about talking
politics, and as a rule these men's farms are a credit to them.
These farms are all well worked, and contain some of our best chocolate
soil. Mr. Alfred Gaby is another of our good farmers, and his stock and crops
are always in the pink of condition. I think Mr. Gaby grows the finest crops of
mangolds[1]
in our district, excepting, perhaps, John Beattie, John McBean and Sam Ranson.
J. and D. McGilp. Archie Campbell, and Frank Shearer, of Jetsonville, are good
cultivators of the soil and so are William Bald and Alfred Brewer, while Mr. J.
B. Hayes, who has not been settled in this district for many years, is a great
believer in potato growing, and has done all he could to-wards trying to get
the Sydney market thrown open to our farmers for the sale of their potatoes.
Charles
Gaby lived in West Australia, and enlisted for World War I.
Alfred
and Percy enlisted in Tasmania.
North Western Advocate and the
Emu Bay Times (Tas. :
1899 - 1919), Friday 1 November 1918, page 3
LIEUT. A. E. GABY, V.C. A
STOWPORT HERO TASMANIA'S 10TH V.C.
LONDON, Wednesday. — A London 'Gazette' announces that the Victoria
Cross has been awarded to Lieutenant Alfred E. Gaby, 28th Batt., son of Mr.
Alfred Gaby, Natone, Tasmania. Lieut. Gaby was killed in action in France on
August 11.
The official record of the deeds for which Lieut. Gaby was awarded the
V.C. is as follows:— When the attack which Lieut. Gaby was leading reached the
wire in front of the enemy trenches, strong opposition was encountered from the
enemy, 40 yards distant. Lieut. Gaby found a gap in the wire and approached a
strong point singlehanded, despite machine gun and rifle fire. Lieut. Gaby,
running along the parapet alone, emptied his revolver point blank, and drove
the crews from their guns. He compelled 40 Germans to surrender with four
ma-chine guns. Three days later Lieut. Gaby was killed during an attack by a
sniper while walking along the line posts, encouraging his men to consolidate
quickly.
Lieut. Gaby is the 10th Tasmanian to be awarded the Victoria Cross in the present war, the others being
Lieut. Colonel H. W. Murray (who enlisted in West Australia, and has also
received the D.S.O. and a bar, and the D.C.M.) ; Captain J. E. Newland: the
late Captain P. H. Cherry. M.C. ; Sergeant J. W. Whittle, D.C.M. ; 2nd Lieut.
J. J. Dwyer; the late Sergeant Lewis McGee; Sergeant S. R. McDougall, M.M. ;
Sergeant. W. E. Brown, D.C.M. and bar (enlisted in New South Wales) ; and
Sergeant Percy Clyde Statton.
Alfred Edward Gaby
When he was a boy in Tasmania,
Alfred Gaby (1892-1918) had seen his brothers go to the Boer War. He later
served in the local militia before joining the AIF at the beginning of 1916. He
was commissioned the following year.
The large-scale action in which he won his Victoria Cross was one of the most successful that Australians were ever engaged in. During the advance, in a lone attack, he got through the barbed-wire and drove the enemy off, capturing four machine-guns and 50 men. He then led the company on to its objective. Three days later, while walking along the line to encourage his men, he was killed by a sniper.
Born in Tasmania, Gaby worked as a farmer and then a labourer before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in 1916 and volunteering to serve overseas. Serving initially in the ranks, Gaby was quickly promoted, having previously served as a part-time soldier before the war, and was commissioned in 1917. He was one of 64 Australians to receive the award for their actions during the First World War, receiving it for his actions during an attack around Villers-Bretonneux in France during the Battle of Amiens that took place at the start of the Allied Hundred Days Offensive. He was killed three days later, at the age of 26, while leading another attack around Lihons.
Born in Springfield near Ringarooma, Tasmania, he was the seventh son of Alfred Gaby, a farmer,
and his wife Adelaide, née Whiteway. While working on the family farm, he
joined the militia and served for three years with the 12th Infantry
Battalion (Launceston Regiment). Two of his brothers had served overseas during
the Second Boer War.
Military service
Gaby was labouring in Katanning, Western Australia, when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in January 1916. He had been twice
previously rejected for enlistment. He embarked from Fremantle on board HMAT
A38 Ulysses in April 1916, and was assigned to the 28th Battalion – an infantry battalion that was formed
mainly from Western Australian recruits, which was assigned to the 7th Brigade, 2nd Division – as part of the unit's tenth draft of
reinforcements.[2] Over the
course of the next twelve months while in the frontline on the Western Front, he was promoted through the ranks at a rapid
speed, reaching sergeant before
being selected for officer training in the United Kingdom. He was commissioned
as a second lieutenant in April 1917 and graduated from the course in
May. Further promotion came in September when he made lieutenant. On 29
October, Gaby was gassed during the 28th Battalion's involvement in the Battle of Passchendaele.
Victoria
Cross details
Alfred
Gaby's grave in Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France
Gaby was 26 years old lieutenant when the following deed took place for
which he was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC). On
8 August 1918, at the start of the Allied Hundred Days Offensive, Gaby was acting as commander of his battalion's
'D' Company, which was committed to an attack around Villers-Bretonneux, France during the Battle of Amiens. When the advance was checked by a large German
force about 40 yards beyond the wire, Gaby found a gap and approached the
strong point under heavy machine-gun and rifle fire. He emptied his revolver
into the garrison, drove the crews from their guns and captured 50 prisoners
and four machine-guns. Three days later, on 11 August 1918 while leading his
men during an attack at Lihons, he was
killed.
His VC citation from the London Gazette of 30
October 1918 reads:
For most conspicuous bravery and dash in attack, when on reaching a wire
in front of an enemy trench, strong opposition was encountered. The advance was
at once checked the enemy being in force about 40 yards beyond the wire, and
commanding the gap with machine guns and rifles.
Lieutenant Gaby found another
gap in the wire, and, single handed, approached the strong point while machine
guns and rifles were still being fired from it. Running along the parapet,
still alone, and at point blank range, he emptied his revolver into the
garrison, drove the crews from their guns, and compelled the surrender of 50 of
the enemy with four machine guns. He then quickly reorganized his men, and led
them on to his final objective, which he captured and consolidated. Three days
later, during an attack, this officer again led his company with great dash to
the objective. The enemy brought heavy rifle and machine gun fire to bear upon
the line, but in the face of this heavy fire Lieutenant Gaby walked along his
line of posts, encouraging his men to quickly consolidate. While engaged on
this duty he was killed by an enemy sniper.
He is buried at the Heath Cemetery in Harbonnieres, France. He was
unmarried at the time of his death. The Alfred
Gaby ward at the former Repatriation General Hospital,
Hollywood was
named in his honour.[
Lest We Forget
In Perspective he
is the cousin of Blanche Jillett/Charles Louis Jillett/Walter Race
Jillett/Eliza Grace Jillett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gaby
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gaby
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