John Bowden and Eliza Jillett
Host at Royal Oak Hotel Penola SA
John
Bowden and his marriage to Eliza Jillett
John
Bowden married Eliza Jillett and they had four children.
1.
Susannah
Bowden 1829 - 1887
2.
Matthew
Bowden 1830
3.
John
William Bowden 1832 - 1833
4.
Eliza
Bowden 1834 - c1906
In 1825 he was on the land, with
sheep. He later had the lease of a pub
in New Norfolk.
Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821 -
1825), Friday 4 February 1825, page 2
Supreme Court
MONDAY.--Samuel Thomas Fielding, aged 21, and John Newton, aged 16, both
late of Lemon Springs, were arraigned for feloniously stealing and driving
away, on the 1st Instant- at Anstey Barton, forty sheep, worth £30, the
property of Mr. Arnold Fisk. Plea, Not Guilty.
His Majesty's Attorney-General (J. T. GELLIBRAND, Esq.) briefly
introduced the facts, and called the prosecutor, who said--I live about 6 miles
beyond Jericho, where I have a farm and I am Chief District Constable of
Methvin. Besides my own sheep, I have 400 or 500, which belong to other people,
on the thirds. I have so had them from the 11th of last May. Previous to the
1st instant, I had lost a great many sheep ; and at that time they were not
right. I ought to have then had 24 scores and 17, excluding my previous losses
of 69 and about 80 be-sides. I counted my sheep then, and there were 17 over
the scores ; but the number of scores has escaped my recollection. I again
counted them on the 2d instant, when eight were missing in addition to those
that had been found deficient the day before. All of them were marked with two
holes in the right ear, the left ear being whole, and there was a pitch-brand
of A F K connected on the near side about the ribs. On the 3d instant I was
sent for to Mr. Anstey's, where I saw the head and skin of a sheep, the first
of which had my ear mark, and the latter a pitch brand, but illegible, on the
centre of the near side. The sheep I had lost were worth 15s. to 18s. each. My
house is distant about a mile and a half from the Road Gang's Huts. Some of my
lost sheep have since been recovered, but whether the eight that were missed on
the 2d instant were among them, I cannot say.
The number of those found is about 100. I am yet deficient of about 22
to make up the 24 scores and 17. The sheep which were given me on the thirds I
was to keep for 12 months. I never saw any sheep in the neighbourhood marked as
mine were. Mine were yarded on the night of the 1st instant. The yard is 100
yards from my house and made of brush. I never knew the sheep go out of the
yard of their own accord unless they were driven about with intent to catch
them. I am po-sitive that none of my neighbours use the same mark that I do.
Thomas Cummings (King's Evidence).-I am a prisoner of the Crown, and on
the 1st of January was working as one of the road party between Jericho and
Lemon Springs, The prisoners were in my gang and working with me. We usually
leave off work at noon on Saturday.
We left work at 12 that day; we went home, had our rations, and the
prisoners with myself went opposuming.--It was about 3 when we went out.
Fielding proposed going-we had a small dog with us and a clasp knife-and he
gave it to Newton. I saw it before we started-we went to-wards the East of
Lemon's Hill, and then turned towards the West.
We saw a flock of sheep in a bottom, and the shepherd with them ;-he was
heading them towards Mr. Fisk's hut. I did not know Fisk's hut then, but the
prisoners did. We afterwards on reaching the top of the hill saw the shepherd
go into the hut. When we first saw the flock, Fielding said, " We'll have
one of those sheep !" When the shepherd entered the hut, Fielding said,
" now the shepherd's gone into the nut, now's the time to have one !"
We were 3 or 400 yards from the sheep, and perhaps 7 or 800 yards from the
hut-there were trees between us and, the hut. The prisoners after the shepherd
had gone in, separated about 40 sheep on the hill from the rest of the flock. I
followed the prisoners, but having a very bad pair of shoes, and being
therefore in pain, I could not keep up with them. They drove the sheep amongst
some brush called Traven wood on Mr. Anstey's estate ; I followed them,
probably a mile or two. By the time I got up to them-they said, " you may
go ; we don't want you ;" they had the sheep in a sort of fold which was
partly formed by two fallen gum trees angularly placed and made secure with
brush. The sheep were in it.
When I got up the prisoners had got one, and they then drove the others
away. Field-ing had got the sheep. He said to Newton"give me a lift
up."--The sheep, which was alive, was then placed on his shoulder,--and he
then ran to a thicker part of the wood to kill it.--Newton drove the rest from
the fold, in a direction from Mr. Anstey's--I followed Fielding and saw him
kill the sheep. I was afraid. Newton came up to me, and then passed on to
Fielding. When we went up the sheep was bleeding. I saw Fielding cut its
throat, when I was about 20 yards off. New-ton wanted to skin the sheep, but
Fielding said, " I can skin it better than you, have not I been a butcher
?"--It was then dressed, cut up, and put into 3 shirts, 2 belonging to
Newton, and one to Fielding. The shirts were then taken up ; Fielding said no
man should take us while he had that knife.
We went towards home, it was between 5 and 6.--As we went we heard a
horse.-Fielding said "drop it!"--we all dropped the mutton, and
Fielding ran away. The rider came up to us, and asked us what we had dropped?
We said " nothing." Fielding then came back, and on being questioned
as to what he had dropped, said " no thing," also. The horseman then
went back to see what it was, and we went on. Fielding said "that's John
Bowden!"--Bowden said " if you tell me where you got it from I will
not report it to the overseers ; but if you don't, I'll take you before the
Magistrates."
Mr. Bowden then rode off at lull gallop, towards our huts.--We then took
up the mutton and ran in an opposite direction, where we hid it under some
bushes.--We then took a log on our shoulder, and went home, to prevent being
missed at muster time. As we were entering the hut, our overseer came out of it
with Bowden, and we were identified as the parties who had the mutton.
Lieutenant Evernden was then informed of the circumstance, and he sent out
soldiers with dogs who found the meat, which I saw the next day at Mr.
Anstey's. The head and skin had been covered over at the place where the sheep
was killed, but the next day it was brought to Mr. Anstey's. When the sheep was
killed, Fielding said " we must plant the skin or it will sell us!" I
know it was the same one exhibited at Mr.Anstey's. When we first saw the flock,
Newton said " they are Fisk's sheep."
John Bowden and several other persons were then called, by whom in every
important respect the last witness was corroborated ; and, after an impressive
charge from His Honour the CHIEF JUSTICE, who with his usual care, minuteness,
and perspicuity, re-capitulated all the evidence, the Jury re-turned a verdict
of--Guilty.
FERRY
HOUSE
|
BOWDEN,
John
|
New
Norfolk
|
Unravelling the story of the
relationship between John and Eliza may never prove totally successful, but it
began with an item in the Hobart press in 1836.
Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 - 1857),
Tuesday 3 May 1836, page 8
Hobart, Town Police Report. Tuesday, April 26
Eliza Bowden complained of her husband having threatened to assault and beat
her. This was one of the most barefaced cases of depravity imaginable. It was
proved that this base woman, whose husband is a most respectable young man, had
lived for a length of time a most debauched and dissipated life with another
man, and all attempts on the part of her injured husband and his friends to
reclaim her had proved futile. The husband's object on this occasion was to
obtain his child, about two years old, which he did, and without the least,
violence, although she swore she was in fear of some bodily harm he would do
unto her.
So audacious was this woman's conduct during the investigation, that
although the parties had been married for years, she exultingly declared the
little offspring was not his child. The husband, like a man, knowing it to have
been born in wedlock, expressed his determination to keep it, and preserve it
from the dreadful example it had escaped. This woman still persisted she was in
fear of her life from her dutiful husband, and the magistrate regretted that as
such was the case, had no alternative but to hold him to bail, and would take
his personal security, and only award him to pay his own costs.
The child in question is no
doubt, Eliza Bowden. Eliza was born in
1834, and was two years old in 1836. The
statements indicate that Eliza Jillett was a "debauched" woman, who
had lived in a relationship with another man for some time.
The question remains then,
"who was the other man?" and what became of Eliza Bowden, both of
them!
By 1839, mail was being held at
the Tasmanian office for Mrs Eliza Bowden.
The assumption can be made that she had left Tasmania.
It would seem that after Eliza
Jillett had had her day in court, that John Bowden had his daughter with
him.
In 1840, John sailed with his
brother-in-law, Thomas Jillett on the brig Gardner to Melbourne.
Were they looking for Eliza? Or were they looking for his brother?
From then for the next four years
he was in a lengthy dispute with his brother William, regarding cattle station,
wages and employees. He was also
chasing for payment of a debt William had made before leaving Tasmania.
"Understanding Mr John
Bowden has been trying to negotiate with several parties my promissory note for
upwards of One Hundred Pounds, dated nearly four years back. I hereby caution all parties against the same
as it has been paid by me long since. On
the contrary his is due merely his acceptances in my favour a very considerable
amount."
By 1843, he had secured a lease
at Portland Bay, and by November 1844 he had married Catherine Crow.
With Catherine he had the
following children
1.
Jane
Bowden 1844 - 1903
2.
Maria
Stanfield Bowden 1844 - 1876
3.
John
Bowden 1848
4.
Emma
Bowden 1849
- 1906
5.
Sarah
Cameron Bowden 1851
6.
Margaret
Bowden 1853
- 1902
7.
Edward
Stockdale Bowden 1854 - 1929
8.
Ann
Elizabeth Bowden 1855
- 1894
9.
Ellen
Bowden. 1859 -
1859
He moved to Penola in South
Australia. Here he ran a pub and was
regularly mentioned in the papers for his "hospitality".
With his family he sold the first
pub and then opened another at Kincraig.
He died in 1862, and by 1864 his Catherine has had a child with William
Edward Enniskielen Coles, who was an accountant in the town of
Narracoorte. He appears to have taken
over the running of the hotel, and he also became bankrupt.
The area was settled in 1842 by
the pioneer squatter George Ormerod. Two years later in 1845 William MacIntosh,
a prosperous Scot who owned most of the land around the site of the present
township, decided to establish a township. He named the town Kincraig after his
birthplace in Scotland and duly built a hotel and a store hoping to attract
settlers to the town.
South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Wednesday 19 January
1859, page 3
PENOLA. [From a Correspondent] Penola, January 10.
It is refreshing to the traveller, when journeying over the vast tract
of sterile and healthy country from Casterton on the Glenelg River to this
place, to view the goodly land surrounding the pretty little thriving township,
the trim the trim and neatly laid-out gardens with flowers and fruit in
profusion, the substantial stone edifices— such as tho Catholic Church— rapidly
approaching completion— the Court-House and Police barracks, several minor
edifices, the Church of England erection of wood, and last, though not least,
the sung hostelry of host John Bowden— the Royal Oak— with its capacious stabling
and appurtenance. The worthy proprietor may well lay claim, in conjunction with
Alexander Cameron, to the title of one of the "Pilgrim Fathers" both
having arrived and settled down with sheep, within a short period of each
other, some ten years ago.
Some time since a considerable quantity of land was surveyed by the
Government and subdivided into convenient lots for agricultural purposes, and
the usual notice having been given to the adjacent squatters it is anticipated
that the sales will take place in March or April. The country around Penola has
an advantage, which the land near the Mount does not possess, In the facility
of obtaining an abundant supply of good water, which has been obtained In the
township at a depth of 15 feet whereas the sinking at the Mount is carried to a
much greater depth. On the plains, sinking to the depth of six feet will obtain
water. There are abundance of swamps, many of which give permanent supplies
throughout the year. What was, then, ten years since a wilderness will, by the
plodding industry, energy, and perseverance of the Anglo-Saxon raw, when these
rich lands are cultivated, 'blossom as the rose.' The Penolians have a bright
future- in store should they embrace ' the opportunities and combat
obstructives and incapables.
Let them, therefore, get the lands unlocked before seed time, look to
the senator who represents them for their share of the good things, such as the
contemplated tramway between Mount Gambicr and Gulchen Bay, the extension of the
electric telegraph, and other advantages within their reach. The attainment of
their present position, without agricultural resource proves beyond doubt the
capabilities of their splendid district, and contrasts favourably with the
neighbouring townships of Casterton, Horsham, and Balmoral, on the other side
of the border. Above all, let them honour and credit those veteran pioneers,
comprising honest Sandie, enter prising Bowden, sturdy hospitable Leake of Glcncoe.
amiable, kind-hearted Mas of the Schanck, and such others as have not yet wound
up their mortal coil, and who pushed onward their flocks and herds, thereby
encountering the dangers and perils of the wilds, and in the first instance
through their instrumentality developing those resources which, may benefit
hundreds yet unborn.
The annual races commence on the 1st February, when some first-rate
sport is anticipated. The following horses are training at the Royal Oak
stables :-Haphasard, Little John, and Lady Struan. Robertson, owner Bonny
Dundee, Mullaly; Woodbine, Henty, Bonda, brewer, Field Marshal and Prince of
Wales, McArthur; Life Guardsman, Bowden ; Nancy, Carmichael; and I be with you,
Gill. The stewards are Mesers. Alexander Cameron, George Glenn, and Highway
Jones. Apsley annual races take place on Tuesday next, I understand that many
of the crack horses enumerated above are already entered. The township of
Apsley is on the Victoria side of the boundary ; I shall endeavour to send you
a report. There is some talk of a public meeting being held here for the
purpose of petitioning the Governor to grant us a branch of the telegraph. The
contemplated tramway and a grant for the public road is also to be brought
before the meeting. I will send you a report.
Mr. John Mclntyre, one of our oldest pioneers, has lately sold his
station at Mount Schanck, with 28,000 sheep, to Mr. Fisher, of Adelaide. I hear
the price realized is 14s, a head. The splendid Glencoe property, belonging to
Mr. R. Ronald Leake, J.P., it now assuming quite the appearance of a town.
Arrived in Penola in 1849
John Bowden, Prince of
Wales, pub
South Australian
Register
(Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Wednesday 27 April 1859, page 3
The 24th and 25th of May promise
to be gala days in Penola There will be an extensive sale of thoroughbred horse
stock, which has been selected by the esteemed Hastings Cunninghame; and as the
family of Sportsman's blood is well known, and as that celebrated entire is to
be brought under the persuasive eloquence of Friend Burrows, our new Knight of
the hammer squatters and others desirous of obtaining good blood In their studs
should attend. I understand the worthy auctioneer will also bring forward some
house and landed property, belonging to that decent old pioneer Host John
Bowden. The mare, colts, and fillies are the propony of Mr. David Power, and
buyers, should muster strongly on this important occasion, which seldom or
rarely occurs in this thriving little place. On the 25th, the following day,
several private matches are to be run for on the Penola Racecourse, and rumour
says mine host of the Royal Oak will wind up with a Ball and supper.
By 1850, he had built the Royal Oak Hotel and was doing much business supplying liquor to the many travellers passing through to the Victoria goldfields. Penola Post Office opened around 1852
The first Europeans to the area were the Austin brothers who arrived in 1840 and established a run of 109 square miles (282 km²). The first settlers were Scottish-born Alexander Cameron and his wife Margaret in January 1844 after obtaining an occupation licence. In April 1850, Cameron obtained 80 acres (0.3 km²) of freehold land (his station was on a pastoral lease) and established the private town of Panoola, later known as Penola.
By 1850, he had built the Royal Oak Hotel and was doing much business supplying liquor to the many travellers passing through to the Victoria goldfields. Penola Post Office opened around 1852
Could this be young Eliza Bowden?
In 1857, an Eliza Smithy Bowden,
applied to the Destitute Board in South Australia for assistance. She had two young children and her husband
had deserted her. She had been in the
colony for eight years. Arrival would
have been 1849. Children were 4 and 2,
both girls
Then there follows stories
regarding Elizabeth Bowden, in Victoria, where her uncle, in 1880, puts and
advertisement in the newspapers.
Followed by a death notice in 1906, which indicates she is the half
sister of Emma Bowden, who had died.
Eliza was noted as living at Mt Gambier and Penola.
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.
The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Saturday 23 August
1862
In 1862, there was a hearing in
the Magistrates Court in Collingwood, Melbourne by Elizabeth Bowden, against H.
Chessley. She had been induced to leave
her husband by Chessley 10 years ago, and had illegitimate children with
him. She was seeking support.
Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861
- 1954) Tuesday
22 November 1864 p 3 Article
UNLAWFULLY ASSAULTING. ELIZA
BOWDEN v. - WIER. From the evidence given in this case it appeared that the two
wives who reside somewhere in the neighbourhood of Sale, had each a number of
geese and goslings and hens. It would seem that the hens had been in the habit
of laying in each other's nests, and the geese kept company in the most
friendly manner. This did very well until by an unlucky mischance the ladies quarrelled,
and then came the difficulty to keep the geese separate and the hens to lay in
their own proper nests. Angry words (and some of the words were very angry, and
unsuitable for ears polite), led to blows. They caught each other by the hair
of the head, knocked each other down, and other unlady-like actions.
In the evening, when the husband of Mrs Weir
re turned, he went to Mrs Bowden, apparently with the object of throwing oil on
the troubled waters, but he alleged Mrs Bowden spat in his face, and told him
he had no right to interfere with womens' quarrels. Mrs Bowden alleged Weir
struck her. This Weir denied. But by the evidence, and after making due
allowance for exaggeration, there seemed to have been blows freely given and
taken on all sides. But, without exception, Mrs Bowden is gifted with powers of
speech beyond anything ever we had the fortune to listen to.
The volubility and speed with she
gave her evidence was truly surprising. For the space of about fifteen minutes,
and apparently without a breath, she spoke with a rapidity perhaps never
equalled in any witness box, until the Bench, no doubt, afraid of con
sequences, requested her to take a little breathing time. The Bench, after
hearing all sides, ruled that whatever was the provocation, Weir had no right
to strike a woman, and fined him 5s.
Ovens and Murray
Advertiser
(Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 - 1918), Saturday 18 December 1869, page 2
Henrietta Bassett v Eliza Bowden;
for using indecent language in a public place. — 'Mr O'Donnell for plaintiff. —
The plaintiff said , she remembered the 29th November. Was near her own' house,
in a public place. Saw. defendant. She came up to her, and said she was a
rotten thing. My husband was there, I, did not reply to her. She has frequently
annoyed me. She addressed my husband also.— By defendant : I did not say', put'
that crawler off, meaning the defendant as a crawler. — The plaintiff said the
defendant lived near her and had frequently annoyed her. The husband of
plaintiff, deposed that he was a miner. Was present on the 29th November. Saw
defendant that day opposite my door. She addressed my wife saying go inside you
yellow w......I threatened to put her in
a waterhole.
She has frequently annoyed - me and
my wife lately. The language was used in a public place. ' By defendant : You did
not challenge me to fight.— Mrs Chynowath deposed in answer to defendant that
she heard Mr Bassett say go away you rotten cripple, alluding to the defendant
(Mrs Bowden). She did not hear Mrs Bowden calling Mrs Bassett names,— Case
dismissed
Ovens and Murray
Advertiser
(Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 - 1918), Thursday 14 September 1876, page 2
James Taylor was charged with
wilfully and publicly exposing his person. Eliza Bowden deposed that she
remembered tho 10th August ; the defendant came to her place, and asked for a
drink of water; (witness here mentioned tho offence threatened to stab him ;
ran over to Mr Anderson's, and told his wife. To defendant : Am not living far
from tho public road; cannot see Anderson's place from mine; it was about 10 or
11 o'clock in the morning. Wm. Anderson remembered the 10th August ; in
consequence of a statement made to me by my wife, I went to see the defendant,
and asked him what he had boon doing to Mrs Bowden; he replied, I admit I have
been a little foolish he referred to a letter that plaintiff had sent to one G. Neley. asking him
to call at her, house as she had no one to advise with when her husband was away!
To defendant: It was about two o'clock when 'I heard it. ; The plaintiff is quarrelsome
and does not agree with her husband ; 'she- has a bad name; To the Bench Do not mean that she is a loose woman, but bad tempered. . To the defendant. Have
known you some years ; never heard '' anything 'against your moral character. :
To the Bench : When defendant said he had acted foolishly did not understand
him to mean indecently, but thought he had
reference to the letter. The Bench said
there was nothing but the woman's statement. Case dismissed.
Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957),
Monday 30 August 1880, page 1
IF this should meet tho eye of Eliza, maiden
name BOWDEN, daughter of John and Eliza Bowden, formerly of Tasmania, and last
known at Mount Gambier, will apply to her uncle she will hear of something, to
her advantage Thomas Jillett, Fernhill, Flemington, The death notice of one Emma Bowden, half sister of Eliza.
JONES (nee Bowden).—On the 1st November, at 57 Power-street, Hawthorn (suddenly), Emma, dearly loved wife of W. Pickering Jones, and daughter of the late John Bowden, formerly of Tasmania and Penola; also half-sister to Eliza Bowden, late of Mount Gambier and Penola, South Australia, aged 57. Tasmanian papers please copy.
The second pub was at Mosquito
Creek which was later named Kincraig, then Naracoorte.
It was until the early 1850s, and the
discovery of gold in Victoria, that the town began to grow. The gold escorts
made their way across South Australia to the coast. It became an important
stopover point and, at various times, the town was awash with miners moving to
and from the diggings. It is said that in one year more than 7000 Chinese
(presumably many of those who had been illegally dropped at The Coorong) passed
through the town on their way to the diggings.It wasn't until 1869 that Kincraig officially became Naracoorte. At the time it was recorded that 'Kincraig, Narracoorte, Skyetown and Mosquito Plains ... these several names refer to one township ...' had decided to adopt one name Narracoorte. Even that spelling would eventually change.
In spite of these developments Naracoorte developed slowly. Local government was proclaimed in 1870 when the town had a population of around 900. It wasn't until 1875 that it had its first newspaper.
Could
this be Elizabeth Jillett? or Eliza
Bowden
The Oxley Family
2. Susannah Bowden married John Oxley. He was a convict who arrived on the Moffatt
in 1837. He had been tried at Yorkshire
in 1816 In 1835 he was tried for Larceny and a felony and imprisoned for 12
months. 1836 He was tried for Larceny
22 October 1836 and acquitted, third time in 1837 was unlucky. He was transported for stealing copper, and
spent time on the Hulk Fortitude, at Chatham.
He found his new home in Tasmania.
Their
Children
2.1 John
Oxley 1854 - 1937 m Annie Charlton 1859 - 1957
2.2 Sarah
Oxley 1860 -
1898 m James Thomas Heather 1854 - 1939
2.3 George
Oxley
1869 - 1929
2.4 Clara
Ada Oxley 1874 - 1922 m
Thomas Hough 1873 - 1918
John and
Annie Oxley Family
2.1.1 John Oxley 1881
2.1.2 Harry Oxley 1883
2.1.3 Archibald Oxley 1887 - 1967 m Margaret
Burns
2.1.4 Thomas Claude Oxley 1891 1915 (NZ Army)
2.1.5 Elsie Rosa Oxley 1893 m
Albert Richard Burns
2.1.6 Clement Lemont Oxley 1897 -
1946 m Hilda Mary Williams 1907 - 1977
2.1.7 Eric Oxley 1899 - 1960 m Constance
Heeney 1908 - 1985
2.1.8 George Ernest Oxley 1920-
1940 m Pearl Irene Delliver 1908 - 1969
2.1.9 Percy Oxley 1902 - 1966
2.1.10 Horace Raymond Oxley 1905 -
1923
2.2 Sarah Oxley and James Heather, a Mariner were married in 1883. Sara was a servant, and both were full age. He was born in 1854, his father James Heather
a boatman at Adventure Bay Bruny Island.
His mother was Mary Ann. His
father was a convict and arrived on the Earl Grey in 1842
He may have had a brother Henry, who was a Mariner, and involved in a
shipwreck in 1902
On 31 May 1902, under the command of then owner
Henry Heather, hit submerged rocks while attempting to get underway from
Bicheno.
In 1884 they were living at the Swan Island Lighthouse, as their
daughter Caroline was born there. Swan
Island, part of
the Waterhouse Island
Group, is a 239-hectare (590-acre) granite island situated in Banks Strait, part
of Bass Strait,
lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Their children were
2.2.1 Caroline Heather 1884 - 1944 m William
Gillham 1882 - 1961
2.2.2 James Thomas Heather 1886 - 1952 m Esther Ann Clark 1889- 1986
2.2.3 George Henry Heather 1888 - 1957 m Minnie
Watkins 1903 - 1988
2.2.4 William Heather 1890- 1970 m Ivy
Allen 1899 - 1977
2.2.5 Albert Heather 1892 - 1898
2.2.6 Henry Heather 1893 - 1943 m Mabel
Lancaster 1900 - 1960
2.2.7 Evelyn Charlotte Heather 1898 - 1978
2.2.8 Mavis Estelle Heather 1899 -1899
Caroline Heather and William Gillham
2.2.1.1 Evelyn Sarah Gillam 1913 - 1979 m Thomas
Townsend+
2.2.1.2 Sheila Jean Gillam 1916 - 1988 m Riseley
James Thomas Heather and Esther Ann Clark
2.2.2.1 James Thomas Heather 1909 1975
2.2.2.2 Vina Lavinia Heather 1911 - 1984
2.2.2.3 Sheila Mary Heather 1913 - 1965 m
Keith William Hayward 1939 -1976
2.2.2.4 Eunice Brittania Heather 1915
- 2003 m Lyall Albert Ward
1907 - 1982
2.2.2.5 Royal Maurice Heather 1916- 1994 m Nellie May
Rodman
George Heather and Minnie Watkins
2.2.3.1 George Heather
2.2.3.2 Dulcie Jean Heather 1923 - 1988 m Raymond
Nelson-Beck
2.2.3.3 Jean Kay Heather 1930 - 2014 m Sidney
Lyle Burgess 1925 - 2010
2.2.3.4 Kevin James Heather 1939 - 2007
William Heather and Ivy Allen
2.2.4.1 Enid Mae Heather 1922 - 2002 m Geoff
Walker
2.2.4.2 Arthur William Heather 1926 - 1991 m Gloria
Smith (WW2)
2.2.4.3 Margaret Heather 1940 - 2003 m Ronald
Ratenbury
Henry Heather and Mabel Lancaster
2.2.6.1 Henry Kenneth Heather 1923 - 1941
2.2.6.2 Mavis Estelle Heather 1925 - 1999 m Alfred Charles Stuart
Butler 1920 - 1971
4. Clara Ada Oxley married Thomas
Benjamin Hough in 1892
Thomas
was the son of convict Thomas Hough who arrived on the John Renwick in 1843,
and Julia Hannah White, whose father was Benjamin White, arrived China 1846,
and Susannah Parry who arrived the Duchess of Northumberland in 1853.
Thomas and Clara moved to New South Wales and their children were
4.1 Clara Ada Hough 1892 -
1922 m
Ewan Francis Toner 1891 - 1916
4.2 Gladys Hough 1894 - 1980 m
Percy Samuel Charles 18874 - 1954
4.3 Harold Thomas Monty
Hough 1897 -1953 m Rita
Alberta Evans 1895 -1988
4.4 William Sydney Hough 1900 - 1942 m
Margaret Smith 1906
4.5 Estelle Doris Hough 1902
- 1987 m Walter Meredith 1902 - 1971
4.6 Maud Illare Hough 1907 m
Henry Victor Frances 1905
4.7 George Henry Hough 1910 - 1959
m Valerie Joy Brophy 1902 and Ethel Pollard
1902 - 1931
4.8 Thelma Eliz Rose
Hough 1913 m Frederick Burrows and Weston Meredith 1909
4.9 Alfred John Hough 1915 - 1975 m Edith Mary Allen 1911
4.7.1 George Brian Hough d 1938
4.7.2 William Sydney Hough d 1983
4.7.3 John Thomas Hough 1924 - 1990 m Norma Hadlow
4.7.4 Margaret Hough 1926
- 2008 m
William Leonard Willock 1919 -
2005
4.7.5 Joyce Claire Hough 1927 - 2013 m David Charles Chilcott d 1949
4.7.6 Raymond Terrence
Hough 1942 - 2010
New Mill At Cockle Creek
Smith and Heather are moving their mill to Cockle Creek. The new mill
will be larger, and should be working for many years. It is hoped the mill will
result In more attention being given roads in the district. They have fallen in
disrepair since the Catamaran coal mine has been closed.
Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954),
Wednesday 23 July 1952, page 16
MODERN GLEN HUON SAWMILL A MODERN
Glen Huon
sawmill, operated entirely by electricity, will turn out 300,000 fruit containers
for the 1953 sea-son, and ultimately will slice and recondition case material.
Built by Mr. G. Heather, formerly of Cockle Creek, one of Tasmania's best known timber men, the big mill
was established as part of the set-up of . Brown's Fruit Juices Pty. Ltd., and
is managed by Mr. S. T. Brown.
Apart from stepping up future production, the venture, with a bush and
mill, strength of 20 men, - means a wage output of more than £200 a week in the
district.
Huge logs, drawn from the big Arve-Picton forest area recently tapped by
the Forestry Commission's new road, are broken down on a frame, and fletched up
on a Canadian bench. The mill contains two breast benches and two docking
benches.
Because the mill was not ready for production until February, only
20,000 cases were produced last season, but the plant is capable of turning out
more than 300,000 containers.
Adequate provision has been made for the proper seasoning of case material
to ensure a sound, attractive container, and 50,000 cases in shooks
""already are stacked in the spacious drying yard.
Cockle
Creek
Cockle Creek sits on
beautiful Recherche Bay at the edge of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage
Area and is the furthest point south that one can drive in Australia.
Once a settlement with over 2,000 residents,
its rich history is found today in Aboriginal sites, abandoned tramways,
gravestones and ruins.These days it's a departure point for treks into the South West National Park with no shops or services, only a large campsite with plenty of nearby attractions and great walking tracks.
A simple stroll along the beach at Recherche Bay is enough to take in the peace, quiet and beauty of this remote place. Continue to the Fishers Point Navigation Light and Pilot Station ruins and take the well-marked track to South East Cape for stunning cliff-top views of the Southern Ocean and Maatsuyker Island.
Cockle Creek and the wilderness beyond feels like the end of the world, and that's a very good thing.
Cockle Creek is a 2-hr drive (148 km) south of Hobart via Geeveston.
MR. AND MRS. HEATHER
Heather - Smith Four bridesmaids dressed in
blue attended Gloria Marion Smith for her marriage to Arthur William Heather at
St. David's Cathedral, Hobart, on March 19.The bride is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Smith, Lune River, and the bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Heather, Sorell.
The Rev. G. Latta officiated.
The bride wore a gown of white embossed satin featuring lily-point sleeves, fitting bodice, and heart-shaped neckline. Her veil of embroidered tulle was caught to the head with a coronet of orange blossom.
The attendants were Mrs. E. Jager, the bride's sister, Miss Leona Smith, the bridegroom's sister, Miss Enid Heather, and Miss B. Bradley.
Their bouffant taffeta frocks were identically styled with full skirts and sweetheart necklines caught to the side with clusters of pink flow-ers. Their matching headdresses were of blue tulle and pink flowers.
The flower girl was Lynette Jager, niece of the bride. Her frock was made on the same lines as the bridesmaids'.
The bridegroom's brother, Mr. A. Heather, was best man. Messrs. H. Jager, S. Casimaty, and J. Pearton were groomsmen.
Afterwards guests were entertained at the Wentworth.
Mr. and Mrs. Heather will live at Sorell.
John
Charles Butler WWI
Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wednesday 25
February 1953, page 2
MILLER SEVERS ARM ON SAW
George Heather (63), well known former Catamaran sawmiller, had his
right arm severed in a milling accident at Glen Huon, about 3.30 p.m.
yester-day.
He is in the Royal Hobart Hospital. His condition last night was
serious.
Heather, who is employed at Mr. S. C. Brown's modern electric mill, was
operating a large vertical saw, which breaks down logs into billets.
He was adjusting the mechanism when the machinery started up and slashed
his right arm above the elbow.
He was treated by Dr. H. P. Coats, of Huonville, before being taken to
hospital.
Mr. Heather and his family, who have been engaged in milling at
Catamaran and other Esperance forest areas for many years, built a fishing boat
before coming to Glen Huon about two years ago.
Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wednesday 19 August
1953, page 19
PHYSICAL HARDSHIP NO BAR TO ACTIVE LIFE BY HUON VALLEY CRAFTSMAN OVERCAME
HANDICAP
The loss of his right arm does not prevent 65-year-old George Heather,
of Glen Huon, from turning out craftsmanship work in carpentry. "He is pictured
here ready to resume work on the dinghy (in background) he is building!
PHYSICAL hardship is no bar to a full and active life, provided you have
the courage of genial 65-year-old Huon Valley man George Heather, of Glen Huon.
Prom the fateful February day when a huge saw at an electric mill
severed his right arm above the elbow. George Heather has scorned adversity. His
admirable philosophy of "Look on the bright side and keep straight
ahead" he has carried out to tine letter.
Exactly 18 days after his accident Mr. Heather was at the Huon Valley
apple festival.
"Keep smiling; that is one of the main things in life," Mr.
Heather said yesterday, when he told the story of how, within six weeks of
hospital discharge, he had built himself an artificial right arm, constructed a
perfectly shaped stock for a gun, and then tackled the big job of building a
dinghy.
His wooden arm was praised by a well - known Hobart bone specialist, so
thorough and exacting was the workmanship displayed, especially in the
manipulation of the elbow joint.
Mr. Heather yesterday demonstrated how ably he can wield a file, rasp or
hook by screwing the tool into the block of his artificial limb. He de-signed
and made this device.
When Mr. Heather was sawmilling at Cockle Creek before moving to Glen
Huon about three years ago, he built the Marrawah, a splendid fishing boat.
37ft. overall, with a 12ft. beam. His
fisherman son Noel uses the boat, and recently went be-yond Port Davey.
The dinghy Mr. Heather is building, a 13ft. 6in. craft, with a 5ft¡.
6in. beam, will be used for crayfishing from the Marrawah. And so skilled is Mr. Heather at his work
that the sturdy dinghy of marine ply and pine is already half completed.
It is little wonder that Mr. Heather is well versed in the use of tools
and machinery, for he has been sawmilling and building most of his life. He managed big mills at Meads Creek and
Cockle Creek before going to Queenstown for five years in 1928.
One of his proud possessions is a letter from former manager of the Mt.
Lyell Co. (the late Mr. R. M. Murray) congratulating him on : his
"ingenuity and skill" in designing and bringing into successful
operation a matching bench for cutting raining timber.
When Mr. Heather returned from Queenstown to Cockle Creek three of his
five daughters, Dulcie, Nancy and Jean, showed their outstanding skill in the
bush by felling trees and assisting in every phase of milling activity.
Besides building his boat Mr. Heather still gives Mr. Stan. Brown a hand
in his sawmill.
Jean Heather Burgess
Awarded for Service to the Community
Born: 1930
Died: 2014
Entered on roll: 2007
Jean Heather Burgess was born in Queenstown and moved to Recherche Bay with her family when she was three years old. She spent most of her life living and working in the Huon Municipality. Her family, the Heathers, has a proud heritage with the region's timber industry, and has operated sawmills at Moss Glen and Cockle Creek. Jean married Sid Burgess in 1950 and had six children - five sons and a daughter.
Jean began work at her father's sawmill during World War II. At 15, she
was racking the laths used in lathen plaster walls. At 16, due to the shortage
of male workers through the war years, Jean started working in the bush. Under
the supervision of their father Jean, her sister Nancy and brother George,
would go into the bush and fell giant stringy bark trees to supply the mill.
They used only cross cut saws and axes, with Jean taking the left-handed axe
position.
The felled timber was extracted by a log hauler and carted along a
tramway by tractor back to the mill. The family built the tramway which
extended almost two kilometres into the forest. When not working in the bush,
Jean worked in the mill. The flywheel for the mill is still at Cockle Creek,
with an interpretative display which features articles on the mill and extracts
from an interview with Jean.
As an adult, Jean was involved in many community activities. Her
involvement with the Pensioners Union was long standing. She was Secretary and President
of the Pensioners Union of Esperance. She was an active member of the Huon
Eldercare committee and involved in Meals on Wheels and community transport.
Through Jean's community leadership, the Tasmanian Government has assisted in
the provision of a car to provide community transport in the region.
The Huon Valley community held Jean in high esteem because of her
involvement in, and promotion of the area. She was a member of the Southern
Spinners group that produced the interpretative tapestry on display at the
Tahune Airwalk. She was involved in the Geeveston Streetscape project that
beautified the town centre and restored pride in the town after harsh economic
times. Jean also volunteered at the local heritage centre and was part of the
Geeveston Green Jacket group, a voluntary non-profit group which provides a
rostered guide/greeting service to the Esperance Forest and Heritage Centre.
She was active in the Friends of the Community Bank Committee that established
the first community bank in the State.
Jean had a deep knowledge of the area's environment and was an active
member of the Huon Resource Development Group. She always displayed an
optimistic outlook for her community and made a major contribution to the
community's self esteem.
Jean passed away in February 2014.
Brother of James Thomas Heather and Sarah Oxley
Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wednesday 30
December 1942, page 5
Capt W. Heather
Capt William Heather who died at Hobart on Sunday, aged 75 years, was
the youngest son of the late Mr and Mrs James Heather, and was a member of a
family long associated with water trading activities in the South of Tasmania.
Born at Port Davey, as a young man he engaged in logging operations in that
area and afterwards on the West Coast. At that time he was a well-known boxer
and contested the Tasmanian' championship on more than one occasion. He took
his master's certificate and throughout his career combined timber-getting and
milling with river trading. In 1899 he married Miss Myra Maud Fisher, of
Leprena, and subsequently made his home at Bellerive.
His wife predeceased him 15 years ago. He was associated with the river
ketches Katherine, Heather Belle, and Speedwell in trade between Hobart and
outports, and sailed in the Terra Linna when she was delivered to the Victorian
Fisheries Commissioners. He was a well-known figure at Hobart regattas and in
earlier years was cox-swain to the family four-oared crew consisting of his
brothers James, Henry, Anthony, and George. For years after the death of his
wife, he lived in boats of which he was the master. In recent years he made his
home with his nephew, Mr Clyde Heather. He is survived by his sons, Messrs
Richard Heather of Nugent, and Osmond Heather, of Melbourne, and his daughter,
Miss Myra Heather, of Melbourne.
The funeral was held yesterday at Cornelian Bay. The service was
con-ducted by the Rev F. J. McCabe. The chief mourners were his sons and
daughter, his nephews, Messrs Charles, Leslie, and James Heather, and Mr J
Button, Miss Marie Heather (niece), Messrs Royal. Cyril, and Alvin Heather
(greatnephews). Others present were Capts Sward and Madden. Representatives of
the Bellerive Football Club, with which Mr Osmond Heather formerly played, were
at the graveside.
The funeral arrangements were con-ducted by Clark Bros.
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