Descendants of Michael Simon
Michael Simon, born ca. 1812 1 Hattenheim, Nassau (now Hessen), Germany, son of Michael Simon and Elizabeth; died 1894 (#6825) Kempsey, NSW, Australia. He married before 1844 1 in Germany, Margaretha Gros, born 1813 1 Heidesheim, Hesse-Darmstadt (now Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany; baptised 20 Dec 1813 2 Catholic Church, Heidesheim; died 1884 (#10473) Macleay River, NSW, Australia, daughter of Valentini Gros and Anna Maria Zimmer, and granddaughter of Stephani Zimmer and Margarethae Keller.
Michael and Margaretha Simon and their first five children arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from Germany on 18 Sep 1855 on the Wilhelmsburg in an emigrant group comprising twenty-seven married couples of whom only four were unaccompanied by children. Almost all male family heads arriving with them were from Nassau state with birth places mostly the villages such as Ostrich, Hallgarten, Erbach, Ellville, Winkel and Budenheim located within a few kilometers of Hattenheim where Michael and seven of the other family heads were born and resided before departure. The surnames of the eight families from Hattenheim were:- Ettingshausen, Harbig, Klaus, Korn, Simon, Stassen, Weber and Wolf. In number only the Klaus family of eight exceeded that of the Simon family. The occupations of all family heads were in the wine industy. Three were coopers and the rest vinedressers 10.
Seventeen years before the eight familes from Hattenheim arrived in Sydney the first organised group of immigrants from the European continent to an Australian colony were six vinedressers who also came from the Hattenheim area. Three were from Hattenehein and the other three from nearby villages. That happened in 1837, when to address the unavailability from England of skilled vinedressers, the Macarthur brothers sought permission to source them from the continent and Major Edward Macarthur personally signed up the six on 9 Oct 1837 in Hattenheim to a written five-year contact to work on improving the "Camden Park" vineyards first planted in 1820 with vines brought from France in 1817 by his late father John Macarthur. The upshot was that in 1841 awards were won for Macarthur wines and brandy exhibited in London 13. By 1849 the "Camden Park" vineyard covered 10 ha and was producing annually over 72,000 liters of red and white table wines and brandies and cuttings from the vines were being distributed throughout the colony and the Barossa Valley. Thus the six can be said to have played a role in the birth of the Australian wine industry.
Upon arrival in Sydney Michael at 43 and Margaretha at 42 were not the oldest couple on board the Wilhelmsburg. Two family heads were aged 49 and two 47 and the oldest wives were 47, 48 and 49. When the ship the left Hamburg on 10 May 1855 bound for Australia with 478 emigrants accommodated in steerage class, the passenger departure list had Michael's age as 42, Margaretha's as 41, Jacob's as 10, and Joseph's as 4 - all a year less than given upon arrival in Sydney indicating each had a birthday during the voyage of over four months duration 12. The intial leg was to Hobart, where after a protracted 107 day passage they arrived on 26 Aug 1855, and where more than half the emigrants disembarked. However all 39 adults and children from Hattenheim remained with the ship when it departed 13 days later on 8 Sept and came on to Sydney. In respect of deaths during the voyage, one newspaper when reporting that on its approach to Hobart the ship had met with violent gales causing the loss of a new suit of sails, gave the number as seven men and eight children. Another stated on the final 10-day leg from Hobart to Sydney there was one death.
Upon arrival in Sydney the Simon family immigration record gave Michael's occupation as vinedresser. It stated Margaretta (sic), whose name was spelt as "Margaretha" when she was baptised and the same in the Hamburg passenger departure lists and in the Kempsey NSW death registrations of her Australian born sons William and Michael, but as Margaret and Margueretta in the other children's death registrations, had a sister Mrs. Anton Senz living at Parramatta. She was eight years younger Anna Maria who three and a half years earlier on 31 Mar 1852 when aged 30 arrived in Sydney from Hamburg with her husband Anton M. Senz on the San Francisco. He was a vinedresser born in the village of Ellville near Heidesheim and Anna Maria likewise to Margaretha was born in Heidesheim. After their 1852 arrival Anton and Anna Maria have not been further traced under those given names. Neither their deaths or the births and deaths of any children with same parent names are listed in the BDM Indexes for NSW, VIC, SA, QLD and New Zealand. As it is unlikely they returned to Europe it follows they changed their surname or given names or died before official registration of deaths began in the colony in March 1856 - the most likely being a name change.
Whilst not conclusively proven by sighted documentary evidence it appears Anton Senz changed his given name to Andrew and Anna Maria to Mary Ann and they had at least one child named Mary Ann born in Sydney in 1853. Anton would have been the Andrew Senz whose death is indexed as 1863, with the same parent names of Conrad and Elizabeth as given by Anton when he arrived in 1852 and by a brother who arrived six months later. His widow was almost certainly the Mary Ann Senz who the following year married James Rideal. He would have been the James Rideal listed as a farmer at Rosedale, Lane Cove in the 1872 Greville's P. O. Directory, and the James Issac Rideal who died in 1874 at Lane Cove with neither his age or parent names provided in the registration, and for whose estate there was no probate or administration grant. Following her 1864 marriage to James Rideal, Mary Ann has not been further traced in NSW under the Rideal surname or phonetic variants such as Rideel, Rydeal, Ridal, etc., so the ultimate fate of Margaretha's younger sister and her 1853 born child is a mystery 11.
Six months after Anton and Anna Maria arrived his then twenty-five year old brother Moritz arrived on 25 Oct 1852 at Sydney from Hamburg on the Peter Godffroy. He was also a vinedresser born in the village of Ellville, and his wife coincidently with Anton's wife was also an Anna Maria and aged 30 at arrival with a father named Valentine, but with the difference her mother was an Elizabeth. Their first indexed child was Joseph born in 1853. His baptism was recorded under the phonetic surname variant of Sens, as were some later offical birth registrations of other children where the mother's name was recorded as Mary and Mary A., evidencing likewise to Margaretha's sister that Moritz's wife changed her given names from Anna Maria to Mary Ann although her will was probated under the given names of Anna Maria. When Moritz was naturalized in Feb 1873 it was under the phonetic variant of "Morits Sens" and he was residing at Dundee about 27 kms north of Glen Innes 6. The couple subsequently settled and lived out their lives in Glen Innes where Moritz was a bootmaker. His wife Anna Maria died on 24 June 1896 4 at an indicated age of 74 years and Moritz in 1910 at age 82.
The 1855 Simon family immigration record gave the names of Michael's parents as Michael and Elizabeth, both deceased, and Michael's birthplace as Hattenheim, Nassau (today Hessen) - also given as the birthplace of each of his five accompanying children. The names of Margaretha's parents were given as Valetin (sic) and Anna M Gross (sic), both deceased, and her birthplace as Heidesheim, Hesse (i.e. Hesse-Darmstadt). Hattenheim is a traditional German wine town located about 50 kilometers west of Frankfurt on the north bank of the Rhine and Heidesheim is almost opposite about 4 kilometers away on the south side. When sister Anna Maria arrived in Sydney in 1852 her immigration record also gave her birth place as Heidesheim and stated her deceased mother's full maiden name had been Anna Maria Zimmer and her father Valentine Gross (sic) was still living in Heidesheim 2. Thus it can be concluded their father, who was baptised Valentini Gros and whose given name was also recorded as Valentinus in the church parish registers, died in Heidesheim between Dec 1851 and mid 1855.
The reasons Michael and Margaretha left the Rheingau for New South Wales can only be speculated upon. Presumably good reports from sister Anna Maria in Parramatta of conditions in the colony was a factor in the choice of NSW. The 1851-52 gold discoveries in NSW and Victoria brought about an acute shortage of farm labourers with the result that in the 1850s there was active recruiting of migrants to replace them and an assisted passage was available to those qualifying and able to obtain authority to leave Germany. While eldest son Jacob was still a decade away from compulsory military service, that began at age 21 with three years service in the field army, followed by four in the reserves and then another five in the militia, having three sons that eventuality would have been a factor in the decision to emigrate.
The year of the arrival of the Simon family at Macleay River is not certain. It would have been before the birth registration there of the first Australian born child William who was born in April 1857 at Dondinalong a few kilometers west of Kempsey. The subsequent birth of the youngest son Michael at Rollands Plains (Wilson River) in August 1859 implies a sojurn there before final settlement at Macleay River perhaps after the 1860 Robertson Lands Act opened up for selection lands beyond the boundaries of location 20. The 1872 Greville's Post Office Directory listed Michael as a farmer at Dondingalong. Of the three sons who arrived from Germany with their parents in 1855 up to 1903 only Jacob was naturalized.
In total Michael and Margaretha Simon had seven children and thirty-five grandchildren.
Children of Michael Simon and Margaretha Gross were:
+ 1. Jacob Philip Simon
+ 2. Catherine Simon
3. Thomas Francis Simon
+ 4. Joseph Henry Simon
+ 5. Margaretta Simon
+ 6. William Simon
+ 7. Michael Devon SimonSECOND GENERATION
1. Jacob Philip Simon, b. 1844 8 Hattenheim, Nassau (now Hessen), Germany; d. 25 Dec 1924 4 (#20134) Kempsey, NSW, Australia, buried in old Catholic Section, Frederickton Cemetery, NSW; m. 1870 (#2534) Macleay River, NSW, Margaret "Tottie" Fogarty, b. 4 Apr 1845, baptised 15 May 1845 Port Macquarie, NSW; d. 10 Jul 1938 4 (#18726) Gladstone, NSW, buried Frederickton Cemetery, daughter of Patrick Fogarty and Mary Ann McCarthy.
Jacob's age was given as 10 in the Hamburg passenger departure lists and 11 upon arrival in Sydney indicating he had a birthday during the voyage and was born between 11 May 1844 and 18 Sep 1844. That time frame is at variance with his obituary that had his birth date as 26 Dec 1844 8. Unlike his brothers, who at departure each had two given names recorded in the Hamburg passenger lists, Jacob was listed with one perhaps indicating his second name of "Philip" was not a baptised name but adopted after arrival in Australia.
He was the only one of the seven Simon family members who arrived from Germany in Sep. 1855 who elected to be naturalized prior to the 1903 ending of the index of the NSW Naturalization Registers. His July 1899 dated certificate gave his then occupation as a farmer at Summer Island situated near Kinchela on the lower Macleay River. In the 1909 Commonwealth electoral roll for Cowper he was listed as the same at Gladstone. Prior to taking up farming he followed a maritime career, that as indicated in his obituary began as early as 1869 and possibly earlier, during which he became a prominent figure on the Macleay River as captain of sundry vessels engaged in the transport of passengers and goods along the NSW coast.
Margaret's newspaper obituary stated her parents drowned in the Macleay River when she was six and she was raised by Thomas Bowen and his wife of Warneton. He would have been the Thomas Bowen listed in the 1872 Greville's P. O. Directory under Warneton as a farmer at the Sherwood locality of Callatina. Margaret's obituary had her father's name as David. Her death registration had no mother's name and gave her father's name as Daniel. However prima facie her parents would have been Patrick Fogarty, a shoe maker, and Mary McCarthy who are named as parents of Margaret and her sister Catherine in a 15 May 1845 baptism record. That record had Margaret's birth date as 4 Apr 1845 and is at variance with the 23 Feb 1844 given in her 1938 obituary from which it follows she was actually 93 when she died and must have erroneously believed she was born over a year earlier than was the case. In 1847 Patrick and Mary Fogarty also had a third child named Ellen baptised and the advice is that in all there were five daughters who were raised by different families after they lost their mother 7.
The index to the Register of NSW Coroner's Inquests held 1834-1901 confirms Margaret was aged six when she lost her mother Mary Ann. The inquest date was 4 Feb 1852 and death date 13 Jan 1852 and the finding was that she "accidentally drowned". The Coroner was John Warne J. P. after whom the early up-river shipping center of Warnetown was named. It is said Margaret's same day baptised sister Catherine "Kate" went to live with John Warne and his family and that she married in 1857 aged 15 with John Warne's formal consent suggesting he may have also acted in the capacity of the Macleay River Guardian of Minors 7. Margaret's father Patrick Fogarty has not been further traced. The absence of a same time as Mary Ann inquest into his death indicates he did not drown at that time. In April 1851 the Australian gold rushes began with the discovery of payable gold at the Ophir NW of Bathurst. Perhaps the absence of an inquest is because there was a more prosaic explanation for his disappearance from Margaret's life?
Children of Jacob Philip Simon and Margaret Fogarty were:2. Catherine Simon, born ca. 1847, Hattenheim, Hessan, Germany, bapt. 5 Feb 1847 at R. C. Church, Hattenheim 20; died 13 May 1933 (#5954) Graces Road, Bowraville, NSW; buried C of E section Bowraville Cemetery. She married 6 Apr 1868 (#2497) in C of E East Kempsey, NSW, Walter Grace, born 1 Nov 1840 at Boscombe, Wiltshire, England; bapt. 16 Nov 1840 Boscombe; died 21 June 1898 (#4848), Bowraville, NSW, Australia, eldest son of James Bannister Grace (1812-1913) and Mary Ann Alexander "Ann" (1823-1906).
+ 8. i. Catherine M Simon
+ 9. ii. Mary McLeay Simon
+ 10. iii. Violet M Simon
11. iv. Ernest G J Simon
+ 12. v. William Glendenning Simon
13. vi. Horace Hastings Simon
+ 14. vii. Albert Edward A Simon
In the Hamburg departure passenger lists her name was spelt "Catharina" and the advise is it was "Catherina" in the her Hattenheim church baptism record 20. Greville's 1872 P. O. Directory listed her husband Walter as a farmer on the Upper Macleay. In 1874 he selected 114 acres in Buckra Bendinni parish west of Bowraville where he farmed until his death. His obituary appeared in The Raleigh Sun of 25 June 1898. They had eleven children and thirty grandchildren.Children of Walter Grace and Catherine Simon were:3. Thomas Francis Simon, b. ca. 1849 Hattenheim, Hessen, Germany; d. 1912 (#10961) Kempsey; m. 1892 (#4389) Kempsey, NSW, Lucy Smith. Lucy re-married Edward Quirk at Kempsey in 1913 (#11927) - perhaps the Lucy M Quirk who died 1919 (#16829) reg. Burwood, NSW, a daughter of Thomas and Ellen Quirk.
+ 15. i. Albert Ernest Grace
+ 16. ii. Margaret Ann Grace
+ 17. iii. Catherine Mary Grace
18. iv. Walter Jacob Grace
+ 19. v. Mary Jane Elizabeth Grace
+ 20. vi. Susan Augusta Grace
+ 21. vii. Ethel Robina Grace
22. viii. Annie Alexandra Grace
23. ix. Effie Maude Grace
+ 24. x. Thomas Herbert Grace
25. xi. George Edward Grace
4. Joseph Henry Simon, b. 1850 Hattenheim, Hessen, Germany; d. 27 Aug 1926 4 (#15428) Kempsey, NSW, Australia; m. 1883 (#5441) Kempsey, NSW, Annie Bannerman, b. 1857 (#7774) at Macleay River, NSW; d. 1937 (#11448) Kempsey, NSW, daughter of Arthur Bannerman and Anne McGriff.In the Hamburg departure passenger list his given names appeared as "Domian Franz" indicating that was how he would have been baptised. Upon arrival in Sydney in 1855 the immigration record had his name just as Franz. Thus he subsequently adopted the given names of Thomas Francis.
The consecutive registration numbers indicate his marriage was a double ceremony with the other party being his 10 years younger brother brother Michael and Annie McCarthy. There are no NSW indexed children birth registrations for the couple. The 1909 and 1913 commonwealth electoral roll for Cowper listed them at Moonabah, Kempsey with Thomas' occupation given as farmer.
In the Hamburg departure pasenger lists his given names appeared as "Georg Joseph" suggesting that was how he was baptised. Upon arrival in Sydney in 1855 the immigration record gave it just as Joseph. Thus he adopted Henry as a second given name. He was aged 4 at departure and 5 upon arrival in Sydney indicating a birth date between 11 May 1850 and 18 Sep 1850.
Annie's father Arthur was a farmer who it is said came from Scotland and her mother from Ireland who arrived at Macleay River from Port Macquarie in 1855. He would have been the A. Bannerman listed in the 1872 Greville's P.O. Directory at "Gordon Bush", Warneton. In recognition of Annie being the first mother in the district to lose a son on active service in WW I she was given the honour of flagging down the first train to run on the new North Coast railway line upon its arrival at Kempsey station on 28 Nov 1917. A small plaque marking the event was erected at the station 5.
Children of Joseph Simon and Ann Bannerman were:5. Margaretha Simon "Margaret", b. 1854 Hattenheim, Hessen, Germany; d. 1934 (#4270) Kempsey. She was listed as an infant under the same single given name of Margaretha as her mother in the Hamburg passenger departure list and as aged one upon arrival in Sydney on 18 Sep 1855. She did not marry.
26. i. Joseph Henry Simon
+ 27. ii. Adelaide Irene Simon
28. iii. Arthur Michael Simon
29. iv. William Henry Simon
30. v. Angus Christopher Simon
31. vi. female Simon
32. vii. Ruben L Simon
Child of Margaretha Simon was:6. William Simon, b. 5 Apr. 1857 (#7776) Dondingalong, NSW, Australia 20; d. 1937 (#25733) Kempsey; m. 1886 (#5824) Kempsey, Honora Daniher, d. 1943 (#19355), daughter of Denis Daniher and Catherine.
+ 33. Mary Simon
William's birth was registered at Macleay River under the name of William Siemon 20. His name appeared on a pre-1900 Kalateenee parish map as selector of portion 42 of 61 acres located at Dondinalong just east of where Dungay Creek joins the south side of the Macleay River opposite Belgrave Falls. However it was second class land without a creek or river frontage so by itself not a living area. The absence otherwise of the Simon name on portions in the Dondingalong area, covered by parts of the parishes of Wittitrin, Kullatine and Kalateenee, suggests after settlement at Kempsey perhaps the family were initially share-farmers or leased land owned by others. Perhaps they leased the nearby portion #17 of 200 acres with a lengthy Macleay River frontage taken up in 1864 by former Sydney merchant Enoch Rudder who is regarded as the founder of Kempsey when in 1836 he established the private town of East Kempsey and sold allotments ?
In the records Hanora's name is found rendered with various spellings such as Nora, Norah, Hanorah and Hannah. In the 1909 and 1913 commonwealth electoral rolls for Cowper the couple were listed at Dondingalong with William's occupation given as farmer and in the 1938 roll as residing in River Street, West Kempsey.
Children of William Simon and Honora Daniher were:7. Michael Devon Simon, b. 1 Aug. 1859 (#11678), Rollands Plains, NSW, Australia 20; d. 1950 (#28120) Kempsey; m. 1892 (#4388) Kempsey, Annie McCarthy, d. 19 Nov 1938 4 (#24365) West Kempsey, daughter of John and Mary McCarthy.
34. i. Mary Josephine Simon
+ 35. ii. Catherine M Simon
36. iii. Irene Simon
37. iv. Agnes W Simon
38. v. Violet E Simon
His 1959 birth registration at Port Macquarie was recorded under the name Michael Semon 20. The consecutive registration numbers indicate the marriage to Annie McCarthy would have been a double ceremony with the other party being his brother Thomas and Lucy Smith. In the 1909 and 1913 commonwealth electoral rolls for Cowper they were listed at Dungay Creek, Sherwood, with Michael's occupation given as farmer. In the 1925 roll he was at Wide Street in West Kempsey with his occupation given as retired farmer and in the 1935 roll he resided in River Street in West Kempsey at what would have been #166 where he remained until his death.
Children of Michael Devon Simon and Annie McCarthy were:
39. i. Michael Joseph Simon
40. ii. Beatrice Mary Simon
41. iii. John Raymond Simon
+ 42. iv. Mary M Simon
15. Albert Ernest Grace, b. 1868 (#11231) reg. Macleay River, NSW; d. 24 Aug 1931 15, 16 (#11506) Bowraville, NSW; buried Bowraville C of E Cemetery; m. 1896 (#4874) reg. Bellingen, NSW, Louisa Jane Churchill, b. 1876 Armidale, NSW; d. 2 Sep 1904 15, 16 (#8680) Bowraville, NSW; buried Bowraville Cemetery, NSW, daughter of Charles Churchill (1841-1900) and Matilda Argent (1853-1924). By occupation he was a farmer.THIRD GENERATION
8. Catherine M Simon, b. 1870 (#11973) Macleay River, NSW (parents indexed as James (sic) & Margaret); d. 1928 (#15136) Kempsey, NSW; m. 1910 (#4004) Sydney, NSW, Alfred Palmer.
Children of Catherine M Simon and Alfred Palmer were:9. Mary McLeay Simon, b. 1872 (#12007) Macleay River, NSW; d. 1938 (#7155) Kempsey, NSW; m. 1899 (#5991) Kempsey, Thomas Rowe - perhaps the Thomas Rowe late of East Kempsey who died 18 Jun 1956 aged 87 so born ca. 1869.
43. i. Horace D Palmer
Children of Mary McLeay Simon and Thomas Rowe were:10. Violet M Simon, b. 1875 (#13497) Macleay River, NSW; d. 1920 (#19840) Kempsey; m. 1898 (#5726) Kempsey, William H Rowe.
44. i. Mary E Rowe
45. ii. Margaret V Rowe
46. iii. Margaret J Rowe
Children of Violet M Simon and William H Rowe were:11. Ernest G J Simon, b. 1877 (#14113) Macleay River, NSW; d. 1878 (#6861) Macleay River, NSW.
47. i. Henry Simon Rowe
48. ii. Philomena M Rowe
49. iii. Patrick William Rowe
50. iv. Emily C Rowe
51. v. Thomas E Rowe
52. vi. Mary V Rowe
53. vii. Agnes H Rowe
12. William Glendenning Simon, b. 1878 (#15284) Macleay River, NSW; d. 1956 (#23463) Kempsey, NSW; m. 1905 (#9984) Moss Vale, NSW, Rebecca Rowe, d. 1970 (#41961) Kempsey, NSW, daughter of Thomas Edward Rowe and Bridget.
He was listed in the 1915 to 1938 electoral rolls for Cowper as a labourer residing Gladstone, NSW. A booklet published ca. 1999 titled Glad it's the Rowes details the genealogy of the Rowe family of Macleay River. It is not catalogued as held by the Kempsey Library so may be hard to locate. The Port Macaquarie library has a library compilation that covers the genealogy of some Macleay River lines titled: Rowe Family collection of Family Information 14.
Children of William Glendenning Simon and Rebecca Rowe were:13. Horace Hastings Simon, b. 1880 (#17168) Macleay River, NSW; d. 17 May 1912 4 (#4363) Darlinghurst. He was listed in the 1909 and 1913 electoral roll as a farmer at Gladstone, NSW.
54. i. Dorothy May Simon
55. ii. Violet Alma Simon
14. Albert Edward A Simon, b. 1883 (#22050) West Kempsey, NSW; d. 1953 (#19124) Kempsey; m. 1911 (#5831) Kempsey, Mary Catherine Riordan.. d. 1970 (#37005) Kempsey, NSW, daughter of Michael and Catherine Riordan. In the 1936 and 1838 electoral rolls for Cowper he was listed as farmer at Gladstone, NSW.
Children of Albert Edward A Simon and Mary C Riordan were:
+ 56. i. Mary Patricia Simon
+ 57. ii. Veronica May Simon
+ 58. iii. Margaret Shelia Simon
+ 59. iv. John Horace Simon
+ 60. iv. Thomas Gladstone Simon
Children of Albert Ernest Grace and Matilda Argent were:16. Margaret Ann Grace, b. 12 Jan 1870 (#11770) at Kallateenee, Macleay River; d. 23 Jan 1954 3 (#7048) Bellingen, NSW, buried Bellingen Cemetery. She married 22 Apr 1896 (#2791) at Bowraville, NSW, Augustus Mead Raymond, born Feb. 1857 (#7760) at Pola Creek, Macleay River, NSW, Australia; d. 7 Mar 1942 3 (#4425), Bellingen, buried Bellingen Cemetery. Margaret Ann's newspaper obituary.
61. i. Edith Grace
62. ii. Effie Grace
63. iii. Ivy Grace
64. iv. Agnes Grace
65. v. Walter Albert Ernest Grace
Children of Augustus Mead Raymond and Margaret Ann Grace were - photo:17. Catherine Mary Grace "Kate", b. 1872 (#11795) reg. Macleay River, NSW; d. 1952 (#29709) reg. Bellingen; m. 1895 (#5494) reg. Kempsey, Henry James Alexander Hulbert. b. 1874 Macleay River, NSW; d. 14 Oct 1941 15, 16 (#25184) reg. Bowraville, NSW, Australia; buried Bowraville Cemetery, NSW, by occupation a farmer and son of James Richmond Hulbert and Ellen Grace. Catherine and Henry James were first cousins.
66. i. Gladys Augusta Raymond
67. ii. Augustus Walter Charles Raymond
68. iii. Catherine Jane Raymond
69. iv. Lilian Raymond
70. v. Harry Mead Raymond
Children of Catherine Mary Grace and Henry James Alexander Hulbert were:18. Walter Jacob Grace, b. 1874 (#13049) reg. Macleay River, NSW; d. 15 Jun 1922 15, 16 (#6073) Bowraville, NSW; buried Bowraville Cemetery, NSW. By occupation he was a farmer.
71. i. Martha J Hulbert
72. ii. Violet Martha Hulbert
73. iii. Catherine M Hulbert
74. iv. Ethel M Hulbert
75. v. Henry J Hulbert
19. Mary Jane Elizabeth Grace, b. 6 Aug 1876 15, 16 (#13911) reg. Nambucca River, NSW, Australia; d. 17 Nov 1959 3 (#30578) reg. Bellingen, NSW; buried Anglican Section, Bellingen Cemetery, NSW; m. 1898 (#665), Ernest Henry Hayes Moody, b. 9 Jun 1862 15, 16 reg. Chippendale, NSW; d. 15 Nov 1942 3 (#25062) reg. Bellingen; buried Anglican Section, Bellingen Cemetery, son of Phillip Jasper Moody and Rebecca Bowden.
For details of this family see the 2004 published Mitchell Library held book titled: Moody family ... : settlers in the Bellinger River Valley, N.S.W. 1877.
Children of Mary Jane Elizabeth Grace and Ernest Henry Hayes Moody were:20. Susan Augusta Grace, b. 1878 (#15341) reg. Nambucca River, NSW; d. 28 Sep 1948 (#22935) 3 Bellingen, NSW; buried C of E Section Bellingen Cemetery; m. 1904 (#3422) reg. Bellingen, Richard Edward Jordan, b. 1875 NSW, Australia; d. 22 Jan 1948 3 (no indexed death rego) Bellingen, NSW; buried Methodist section Bellingen Cemetery.
76. i. Phillip James Moody
77. ii. Ethel Grace Moody
78. iii. Thomas Irvine Moody
79. iv. Hubert Raymond Moody
80. v. Ernest Henry Hayes Moody
Children of Susan Augusta Grace and Richard Edward Jordan were:21. Ethel Robina Grace, b. 1882 (#20515) reg. Nambucca River, NSW; d. 28 Dec 1976 15, 16 NSW; buried Macksville, NSW.
81. i. Ethel Catherine Alice Jordan
82. ii. Roy Reginald Jordan
83. iii. Lillian Grace Jordan
84. iv. Arthur Richard Jordan
85. v. Rene Mary Jordan
Children of Ethel Robina Grace were:22. Annie Alexandra Grace, b. 1884 (#23846) reg. Nambucca River, NSW; d. 1 Jul 1952 15, 16 reg. Bellingen, NSW, buried Bowraville Cemetery, NSW.
86. Bennett Ivan Grace
23. Effie Maude Grace, b. 1887 (#26153) reg. Nambucca River, NSW; d. 1963 reg. Bellingen, NSW; m. 1937 (#9386) reg. Bowraville, Allan Foy, b. 1869 Macleay River, NSW; d. 1 Apr 1955 15, 16 NSW, Australia; buried Methodist Cemetery, West Kempsey, NSW.
24. Thomas Herbert Grace, b. 1889 (#25624) reg. Bowraville, NSW; d. 7 Feb 1956 15, 16 Gladstone, NSW; buried C of E Section, East Kempsey Cemetery; m. 1927 (#9818) reg. Bowraville, Evelyn May Halverson, b. 1904 Tingha, NSW, Australia; d. 6 Oct 1989 15, 16 NSW, Australia, buried East Kempsey Cemetery, daughter of Albert Henry Halverson and Evelyn Mary (...). By occupation he was a farmer.
Children of Thomas Herbert Grace and Evelyn May Halverson were:25. George Edward Grace, b. 1893 (#20772) reg. Nambucca River; d. 26 Apr 1935 15, 16 NSW, Australia; buried Bowraville Cemetery, NSW.
87. i. Ronald George Grace
88. ii. Edna Grace
89. iii. Thomas Grace
90. iv. Patricia Grace
26. Joseph Henry Simon, b. 1883 (#22016) West Kempsey, NSW; d. 1967 (#33682) Kempsey, NSW;
27. Adelaide Irene Simon, no NSW indexed birth registration; d. 1949 (#15996); m. 1907 (#7856) Kempsey, Samuel J Rowe.
Children of Adelaide Irene Simon and Samuel J Rowe were:28. Arthur Michael Simon, b. 1886 (#25281) Kempsey, NSW; no NSW indexed marriage to 1958 or death to 1978, and no QLD marriage to 1839 or death to 1964.
91. i. Ednur E Rowe
92. ii. William J Rowe
93. iii. Samuel A Rowe
94. iv. Eric Raymond Rowe
95. v. Edna Eileen Rowe
29. William Henry Simon "Billy", b. 20 July 1888 (#26598) Dungay Creek via Kempsey, NSW; d. 18 Feb 1915, Giza, Egypt, buried protestant section of the British Cemetery, Giza.
1915 Dondingalong obelisk unveiling
Over 500 from the Macleay River district enlisted for service during the first World War of whom 83 did not return. Billy Simon was the first to die on active service. He enlisted in Sydney on 3 Sep 1914 and was posted to the 3rd Battalion and arrived in Egypt three months later. However before seeing action with his battalion, that two months later participated in the Gallipolli landing, he died in training camp at Mena near Giza from pleuro-pneumonia. His memorial is located in the protestant section of the British cemetery at Giza in a portion maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The Sydney Mail of 11 Aug 1915 published a photograph of the original cross that marked his grave near Giza captioned “A lonely grave in the desert”, and on 3 Nov 1915 the above pictured still standing monument was unveiled in the grounds of the 1892 built, initially Wesleyan, from 1902 Methodist, and from 1977 Uniting Church at Dondingalong that by 2006 was no longer in use for church services 5.30. Angus Christopher Simon, b. 1891 (#17838) Kempsey, NSW; d. 1966 (#27298) Kempsey, NSW; m. 1919 (#8897) Kempsey, NSW, Ruby Hazel Wallis. In the 1938 electoral roll for Cowper they were listed as residing in Stuart St., Kempsey and in the 1968 roll Ruby Hazel was residing at 13 Elrington Avenue.
31. female Simon, b. 1895 (#13628) Kempsey, NSW; d. 1895 (#5045) Kempsey. NSW, Australia;
32. Ruben Leslie Simon, 1895 (#5045) Kempsey. d. 1974 (#58090) - no place of his death registration is indexed.
33. Mary Simon, b. 1878 (#15106) Macleay River, NSW; d. 1946 (#18241) Euroka via Kempsey, NSW; m. 1900 (#1418) Kempsey, NSW, Michael Houlihan.
Children of Mary Simon and Michael Houlihan were:34. Mary Josephine Simon, b. 1889 (#25308) Kempsey, NSW, Australia; d. 1976 (#62691) Kempsey, NSW; m. 1912 (#10107) Kempsey, NSW, Joseph Robert Clarke (his name is indexed in the NSW marriage indexes as Robert J Clarke), b. 1876 Macleay River; d. 1961 (#24917) Kempsey, son of Michael and Mary Ann Clarke.
96. i. Francis O Houlihan
97. ii. Thomas M Houlihan
98. iii. John G Houlihan
99. iv. James J Houlihan
100. v. Desmond J Houlihan
In the 1915 Cowper electoral roll Joseph was listed as a farmer at Sherwood. A son Joseph Paul Carke died 1955 (#32270) reg. Kempsey and a likely daughter Selesia Clarke died Kempsey 1921 (#3316). Another possible son John P Clarke died 1927 (#8902) reg. at Annandale .
Children of Mary Josephine Simon and Joseph Robert Clarke:35. Catherine Margaret Simon, b. 1891 (#17721) Kempsey, NSW, Australia; d. 1970 (#36983) Kempsey - mother's name is indexed as Hannah; m. 1912 (#6152) Kempsey, NSW, Leslie Desmond Clarke, b. 1890 (#17578) Kempsey; d. 1946 (#7359) Sydney, son of Michael and Mary Ann Clarke.
101. i. Mary Clarke
102. ii. Mary M Clarke
103. iii. Joseph Clarke
104. iv. Dominic Clarke
In the 1915 electoral roll for Cowper he was listed as a farmer at Turners Flat. To 1918 the below children birth registrations all had mother's given name as Kathleen (sic) M and Kathleen Margaret was how she was listed in 1915 electoral roll. No death to 1978 has been specifically identified in the indexes. However it is possible by then she was deceased as there is an indexed death with no registration place given of a Kathleen Marie Clarke with mother's name Hanora but with fathers name given as John which to definitely be her should have had the fathers name as William?
Children of Catherine "Kathleen" M Simon and Leslie D Clarke were:36. Irene Simon, b. 1893 (#18410) Kempsey, NSW, Australia; m. 1919 (#14426) Kempsey, NSW, James L A Barrie.
105. i. Mary C Clarke
106. ii. Gabriel Ronald Clarke
107. iii. Joseph V Clarke
37. Agnes W Simon, b. 1894 (#17424) Kempsey, NSW, Australia; m. 1925 (#12497) Kempsey, NSW, Thomas O Foster. Perhaps the Agnes Foster who died 1953 (#3761) Boolaroo, NSW.
38. Violet E Simon, b. 1897 (#22632) Kempsey, NSW, Australia;
39. Michael Joseph Simon, b. 1892 (#18363) Kempsey, NSW, Australia; d. 1974 (#58072), NSW; m. 1929 (#17348) Kempsey, NSW, Alice Caroline McMaugh.
40. Beatrice Mary Simon, b. 1894 (#17426) Kempsey, NSW, Australia; d. after 1978 Kempsey, NSW.In the 1915 electoral roll for Cowper he was listed as a farmer at Dondingalong and in the 1938 roll with wife Alice as residing at Bellbrook, NSW. In the 1968 Cowper roll they were at 88 River Street in West Kempsey. In 1944 the death of a daughter Joan Frances Simon was registered at Kempsey.
41. John Raymond Simon, 1896 (#13342) Kempsey, NSW, Australia. He was listed in the 1938 electoral roll for Cowper as residing in River St, West Kemspey with the occupation of carpenter.
42. Mary Margaret Simon "Molly", 1898 (#22194) Kempsey, NSW, Australia; d. 19 Jul 1935 3 Dorrigio, NSW, buried Bellingen Cemetery, NSW; m. 1921 (#7234) Kempsey, NSW, Phillip James Moody, b. 11 Jan 1899 3 (#1477) Bellingen, NSW; d. 21 Sep 1944 3 Bellingen, NSW, buried Bellingen Cemetery, NSW, son of Ernest Henry Hayes Moody (1862-1942) and Mary Jane Elizabeth Grace (1876-1959). Widower Phillip re-married 1938 Bellingen, NSW, Edna Alexandra G Russell née Saul (1908-1997).
Children of Mary Margaret Simon and Phillip James Moody were:
108. i. Keith Irvine Moody
109. ii. Margaret J Moody
FOURTH GENERATION
43. Horace D Palmer, b. 1912 (#38167) Sydney, NSW;
44. Mary E Rowe b. 1901 (#4218) Kempsey, NSW;
45. Margaret V Rowe b. 1903 (#30915) Kempsey, NSW;
46. Margaret J Rowe b. 1910 (#15861) Kempsey, NSW. Possibly the Margaret J Rowe who married 1935 (# 2772) Kempsey, William M Burton.
47. Henry Simon Rowe, b. 1903 (#30926) Kempsey, NSW; died 1978 (#106349). A Henry S Rowe is indexed as marrying 1929 (#17769) reg. Bellingen, NSW, Thelma R Lamrock. Whether this was a first marriage is not clear as he married at a place and date unknown Florence Eden Booth. In the 1977 Cowper electoral roll they were listed as residing at 7, Bayview Stret, South West Rocks. He was not listed the Lyne or Cowper electorates in the 1958 electoral rolls.
48. Philomena M Rowe, b. 1905 (#34194) Kempsey, NSW; m. 1927 (#7207) Kempsey, Cecil G Lawrence.
49. Patrick William Rowe, b. 1907 (#14294) Kempsey, NSW; m. 1947 (#21485) Kempsey, Veronica Margaret Reed. Issue: one child Patrick became a Catholic priest 17.
50. Emily C Rowe, b. 1909 (#4636) Kempsey, NSW. She joined a Catholic order and was known as Sister Damian 17.
51. Thomas E Rowe, b. 1910 (#27570) Kempsey, NSW. Possibly the Thomas E Rowe who married 1935 (#15844) reg.Kempsey, Kathleen E Piggott.
52. Mary V Rowe, b. 1912 (#5356) Kempsey, NSW. She joined a Catholic order and was known as Sister Aiden 17.
53. Agnes H Rowe, b. 1913 (#38500) Kempsey, NSW. Possibly the Agnes Hildergarde Rowe who married 1938 (#14858) Kempsey, Cecil Joseph Bonner.
54. Dorothy May Simon "Dolly", b. 1906 (#11468) Bowral, NSW; m. 1932 (#16064) Kempsey, Roy Patterson.
55. Violet Alma Simon "Bub", b. 1910 (#4213) Bowraville, NSW. She was listed in the 1968 Commonwelth electoral roll for Cowper under the Smithtown sudivision with the occupation of nurse residing South West Rocks.
56. Mary Patricia Simon, b. 27 Mar 1912 14 (#17530) Kempsey, NSW; d. Apr. 1998 14; m. 21 Nov 1942 Hamilton, NSW, Eric Edward Fogarty, d. 5 Jun 1984 14; NSW. Issue: four children - all still living in 2009.
57. Veronica M Simon, b. 1 May 1913 14; (#38449) Kempsey, NSW; deceased after 1993 14; m. 1939 (#12087) Nulkaba, NSW, reg. Cessnock, NSW, Lester John Kennewell. Issue: three children of whom in 2009 one was deceased 14.
58. Margaret Shelia Simon, b. 23 Aug 1914 14 (#37809) Kempsey, NSW; d. 1993 14; m. 1941 (#21164) Kempsey, Matthew John Eakin "Jack" deceased. Issue: five children - all still living in 2009 14.
59. John Horace Simon, aka Jack or Charlie, b. 14 Jun 1916 14 (#16127) Kempsey, NSW; d. 11 May 1980 14; m. 1946 (#12314) Smithtown, NSW, Madge Kemp. He was listed as a farmer at Gladstone in the 1938 electoral roll. Issue: five children - all still living in 2009 14.
60. Thomas Gladstone Simon, b. 12 Jan 1920 14 Kempsey, NSW; d. abt. 2000; m. 1949 (#27742) Smithtown, NSW, Dorothy May Dodds. Issue: two children - both still living in 2009 Kempsey, NSW 14.
61. Edith Grace, b. 1897 (#20055) Bowraville, NSW; m. 1927 (#14158) Bowraville, NSW, Arthur Eden Cook, b. 10 Dec 1897 15, 16 Bowraville, NSW; d. 17 Nov 1959 15, 16 in NSW, Australia, buried Presbyterian Section, Coffs Harbour Cemetery, Coffs Harbour, NSW, son of William Cook and Elizabeth Mackay. Issue: 2 sons & 1 daughters.
62. Effie Grace, b. 1899 (#1693) Bowraville, NSW; m. 1917 (#7850) Bellingen, NSW, Victor P Goodwin, b. 1897 Bowraville, NSW. Issue: Martha (1917-1917) & Vera May (1918-2007).
63. Ivy Grace, b. 1900 (#29878) Bowraville, NSW; m. 1928 (#5941) Bowraville, NSW, Eric Harold Hilton Raymond, b. 1903 (#10541) Bowraville, NSW; d. 16 Oct 1967 15, 16 Bowraville, NSW, buried Bowraville Cemetery, son of Samuel John Raymond and Mary Jane Alexandria Mackay. Issue: 4 daughters.
64. Agnes Grace, b. 1902 (#1553) Bowraville, NSW; d. 29 Oct 1938 15, 16 Dorrigo, NSW, buried C of E Section, Bowraville Cemetery; m. 1926 (#3865) Bowraville, NSW, George Edmund Halverson, d. 5 Dec 1950 15, 16 Kempsey, NSW, buried C of E Cemetery Frederickton, NSW, son of Albert Henry Halverson and Evelyn May. Issue: 2 sons & 3 daughters.
65. Walter Albert Ernest Grace, b. 2 Sep 1904 15, 16 (#20415) Bowraville, NSW; d. 26 Jul 1951 15, 16 Bowraville, NSW, buried Bowraville Cemetery; m. 1934 (#15684) Bowraville, NSW, Effie May Ennis, b. 24 Jan 1908 15, 16 Kempsey, NSW; d. 20 Jan 1987 15, 16 NSW, Australia, buried Bowraville Cemetery, daughter of William Henry Ennis and Ada May Fisher. Issue: son Bruce W Grace (1943-1977), 7 other sons & 1 daughter.
66. Gladys Augusta Raymond, b. 25 Mar 1897 (#10685) Gladstone, NSW, Australia, bapt. C of E Bellingen; d. 12 Jul 1978 Bellingen, NSW, buried 14 Jul 1978 Bellingen Cemetery.
67. Augustus Walter Charles Raymond, b. 6 Nov 1899 (#28644) Bellingen, NSW; d. 25 Nov 1982 Bellingen, NSW, buried 27 Nov 1982 Bellingen Cemetery; m. 1936 (#14865) Smithtown, NSW, Alice May Saul "Dollie", b. 1905 Kempsey, NSW; d. 24 May 1999 Bellingen, NSW, buried Belingen Cemetery, daughter of John Edward Saul and Alice Jane Rowe. Issue: daughter Elizabeth & son Augustus John.
68. Catherine Jane Raymond, b. 13 Oct 1902 (no reg. indexed) Bellingen NSW, Australia, bapt. C of E Bellingen; d. 23 Jan 1994 Bellingen, NSW, buried Bellingen Cemetery.
69. Lilian Raymond, b. 16 Jul 1905 (#21031), Bellingen, NSW; bapt. C of E Bellingen; d. 18 Jan 1989, Bellingen, NSW, aged 83 years; buried 20 Jan 1989 Bellingen Cemetery.
70. Harry Mead Raymond, b. 23 Mar 1908 (#11993), Bellingen, NSW, Australia; d. 12 May 1966 Kempsey, NSW, buried East Kempsey Cemetery; m. 18 Feb 1939 (#4752), St. Margaret's C of E Church, Bellingen, Lily Daphne Gordon "Daph", b. 18 Jan 1911 at Bellingen, NSW; d. 20 Sep 1999 Bellingen, buried East Kempsey Cem., daughter of Wilfred Ernest Augustus Gordon (son of Meldrum Henry Gordon - first white settler at the the Upper Bellinger River Valley Gordonville locality) and Ada Harvie (dau. of Walter Harvie - first white settler at Coffs Harbour). H. M. Raymond newspaper obituary. Issue: son John Gordon & daughter Judith Margaret.
71. Martha J Hulbert, b. 1896 (#11297) Bowraville, NSW. Unlikely she existed as has same birth registration number as Violet Martha suggesting they were not twins (who would have had consecutive numbered registrations) but the same person with a double registration under different given names created by the informant changing their mind about the given names and a failure to strike out the first entry. Such appears confirmed by there being no death rego to 1978 or a marriage to 1958.
72. Violet Martha Hulbert, b. 1896 (#11297) Bowraville, NSW, Australia; d. 18 Nov 1976 15, 16 (#108121), Sawtell, NSW, Australia, buried C of E Section Bellingen Cemetery, Bellingen, NSW; m. 1918 (#585) Sydney, NSW, Charles Goding, b. 1892 Maclean, NSW; d. 29 Nov 1968 15, 16 Sawtell, NSW, buried Bellingen Cemetery, son of John A Goding and Alice Ashburn. Issue: sons Reginald Charles (1921-1931) & Eric N (1923-1929), both buried Bellingen Cemetery.
73. Catherine M Hulbert, b. 1898 (#1719) Bowraville, NSW, Australia; d. 1898 Bowraville, NSW.
74. Ethel M Hulbert, b. 1901 (#1702) Bowraville, NSW, Australia; d. 1901 Bowraville, NSW.
75. Henry J Hulbert, b. 1908 (#15064) Kempsey, NSW, Australia; d. 1908 Kempsey, NSW.
76. Phillip James Moody, b. 11 Jan 1899 15, 16 (#1477) Bellingen, NSW, Australia; d. 21 Sep 1944 3 Bellingen, NSW; m. (1) 1921 (#7234) in Kempsey, NSW, Mary Margaret Simon, b. 1898 Kempsey, NSW; d. 19 Jul 1935 3 Dorrigo, NSW, buried Bellingen Cemetery, daughter of Michael Simon and Annie McCarthy. Issue: son Keith Irvine (1922-1990) and daughter Margaret J. d. 1935 Bellingen NSW; m. (2) 1938 (#20395) Bellingen, NSW, Edna Alexandra G Russell nee Saul, b. 1908 Kempsey, NSW; d. 1997 Southport, QLD. Issue: 1 son & 1 daughters.
77. Ethel Grace Moody, b. 15 Jun 1900 15, 16 (#20080) Bellingen, NSW; d. 5 Aug 2001 15, 16 Concord, NSW, buried Rookwood Crematorium, NSW, Australia; m. 25 Sep 1923 15, 16 (#10629) St. Margaret's C of E Bellingen, NSW, Frederick Manning Whatson, b. 29 Dec 1898 15, 16 Bellingen, NSW; d. 20 Nov 1980 19 Sydney, NSW, buried Rookwood Crematorium, NSW, son of Frederick Thomas Whatson and Amy Florence Jay. Issue: sons Kenneth & Reginald, daughters Jean & Marion.
78. Thomas Irvine Moody, b. 15 Feb 1903 15, 16 (#1493) Bellingen, NSW; d. 15 Jan 1921 15, 16 North Beach, NSW, Australia.
79. Hubert Raymond Moody, b. 1906 (#1423) Bellingen, NSW; d. 9 Apr 1955 3 Bellingen, NSW, buried Anglican section, Bellingen Cemetery; m. (1) 10 Nov 1926 15, 16 (#18472) in St. Margaret's C of E Bellingen, Sylvia May Everson, b. 5 Aug 1904 15, 16 Nowra, NSW, Australia; d. 15 Nov 2001 15, 16 , NSW. buried Bellingen, NSW (DIV), daughter of Henry Charles Everson and Ethel Jane Blow. Issue: sons (3).
He m. (2) 1941 (#2679) Bellingen, NSW, Kate Margaret Brown, b. 1909 Bellingen, NSW; d. 25 Nov 2000 15, 16 Bellingen, NSW, buried Anglican Section, Bellingen Cemetery.
80. Ernest Henry Hayes Moody "Mick", b. 17 May 1909 15, 16 (#22789) Bellingen, NSW; d. 18 Sep 1988 19 Sydney, NSW, buried Anglican Garden Lawn Cemetery, Rookwood, NSW; m. 23 Mar 1937 15, 16 (#3953) Bellingen, NSW, Alma Chandler, b. Dalby, QLD., Australia; d. 27 Dec 1997 19, Sydney, NSW, Australia, buried Rookwood Cemetery, NSW. Issue: 3 daughters - Marjorie, Jan & Nancy.
81. Ethel Catherine Alice Jordan, b. 1905 (#1527) reg. Bellingen, NSW; d. 14 May 1962 15, 16 Sydney, NSW, Australia, buried in C of E section Bellingen Cemetery.
82. Roy Reginald Jordan, b. 1906 (#11295) Bellingen, NSW; d. 19 Nov 1998 3 Bellingen, NSW, buried Uniting Section, Bellingen Cemetery; m. 7 Mar 1928 15, 16 (#3638) Thora, NSW, Esther Calvin Rose, b. 1907 Bellingen, NSW; d. 18 Jan 1978 3, buried Methodist Section, Bellingen Cemetery. Issue: 1 daughter.
83. Lillian Grace Jordan, b. 7 Mar 1910 15, 16 (#12487) Bellingen, NSW; d. 11 Oct 1999 3 Bellingen, NSW, buried Methodist Section Bellingen Cemetery; m. 7 Sep 1935 15, 16 (#12627) in Anglican Church, Bellingen, NSW, Clive Pollock Holmes Lowry, b. 3 Jun 1907 15, 16 Inverell, NSW, Australia; d. 23 Aug 1985 3 Bellingen, NSW, buried Methodist Lawn Section Bellingen Cemetery. Issue: 1 son & 2 daughters.
84. Arthur Richard Jordan, b. 1914 (#38279) Bellingen, NSW; d. 12 Jun 1991 15, 16 reg. Bellingen, Australia, buried Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, NSW, Australia; m. 1939 (#17674) Lismore, NSW, Eilleen Joyce Mackie, b. ca. 1914 Lismore, NSW, d. 20 Sep 2000 15, 16 Kurmond, NSW, daughter of William H Mackie and Maggie B Gibson. Issue: 1 daughter.
85. Rene Mary Jordan, b. 1917 (#5793) Bellingen, NSW, d. 16 Nov 1936 3, Bellingen, NSW, buried C of E Section Bellingen Cemetery.
86. Bennett Ivan Grace, b. 11 Jan 1911 15, 16 (#1970) Bowraville, NSW, Australia; d. 31 Aug 1988 15, 16 Nambucca Heads, NSW, buried Nambucca Heads, NSW; m. 1932 (#9947) Bowraville, NSW, Phylilis Elizabeth Wilson, b. 1911 Stockton, NSW; d. 17 Jun 1975 15, 16, Nambucca Heads, NSW, buried Nambucca Heads Cemetery, NSW. Issue: 1 daughter.
87. Ronald George Grace. m. 1954 (#18107) Kempsey, NSW, Ruth Lorraine Macphail.
88. Edna Grace.
89. Thomas Grace. m. issue - daughter (1) & son (1).
90. Patricia Grace, m.
91. Ednur E Rowe, (spelt as registered - likely Edna) b. 1908 (#15006) Kempsey,NSW. Possibly the Edna E. M. Rowe who married 1930 (#13213) Albury, Harry Weissel.
92. William J Rowe, b. 1910 (#27559) Kempsey, NSW. Possibly the William J Rowe who married 1931 (#5806) Kempsey, Minnie E Trees.
93. Samuel A Rowe, b. 1913 (#25701) Kempsey, NSW. Possibly the Arthur Samuel Rowe who married 1939 (#3424) Dubbo, NSW, Mona Blackett.
94. Eric Raymond Rowe, "Cricket", b. 1917 (#11456) Kempsey, NSW; m. 1942 (#9274) Kempsey, NSW, Margaret Harriett Potter. A possible earlier marriage may have been as indexed Eric R Rowe to Jean Mackerras 1934 (#18102) reg. at Kempsey (note Jean Mackerras was not the Jean Hannah Rowe - an unmarried person who died in 1936 (#3502) reg. Cootamundra, NSW).
95. Edna Eileen Rowe, m. Cecil Rupert Cox. Issue: one daughter Shirley.
96. Francis Owen Houlihan, b. 1900 (#22936) Kempsey, NSW; d 1978 (#100636) - no registration place given. No NSW marriage indexed to 1958.
97. Thomas M Houlihan, b. 1903 (#3879) Kempsey, NSW. No NSW marriage indexed to 1958.
98. John Grace Houlihan, b. 1905 (#24102) Kempsey, NSW. d. 1967 (#37211) Kempsey, NSW; m. 1939 (#11902) Kempsey, Mary Clare Crotty.
99. James J Houlihan, b. 1907 (#36297) Kempsey, NSW. No NSW marriage indexed to 1958.
100. Desmond J Houlihan, b. 1918 (#13825) Kempsey, NSW; d. 1936 (#15311) Petersham, NSW.
101 Mary Clarke, b. 1913 (#25744) Kempsey, NSW; d. 1913 (#9597) Kempsey, NSW.
102. Mary M Clarke, b. 1915 (#16626 Kempsey, NSW;
103. Joseph Clarke, b. 1917 (#46812) Kempsey, NSW. Seemingly he was the Joseph Paul Clarke (son of Joseph R. and Mary J.) who died in 1955 (#32270) Kempsey. However as a Joseph Clarke (parents Joseph And Mary) died 1917 (#10863) Kempsey, Joseph Paul may be a later born son.
104. Dominic Clarke, b. 1918 (#39898) Kempsey, NSW;
105. Mary C Clarke, b. 1912 (#44126) reg. Kempsey, NSW. Possibly the Mary C Clarke who married 1935 (#15835) Kempsey, Bertram G Woodlands.
106. Gabriel Ronald Clarke, b. 1915 (#13001) reg. Kempsey, NSW; d. 1958 (#23043) Kempsey; m. 1938 (#7283) Kempsey, Mary Josephine Cavanagh.
107. Joseph V Clarke, b. 1917 (#21485) reg. Kempsey, NSW. A slight possibility he may be the Victor Joseph Clarke who married 1941 (#16804) Bega, NSW, Margaret Newlyn.
108. Keith Irvine Moody, b. 13 Oct 1922 Kempsey, NSW. No indexed NSW marriage to 1958.
109. Margaret J Moody, d. 1935 (#13322) Bellingen, NSW.
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1 Birth year calculated from Michael Simon's age of 43 given in his 1855 Sydney arrival immigration record - AONSW reel #2472. No record of his baptism or baptism of his likely ca. 1780s born father Michael, or the marriage of his parents, has been identified in the IGI as it was at 2009. The IGI lists a Michael Simon, the son of a possible uncle (a brother of his father) named Georgii, as baptised on 25 Sep 1812 in the Catholic Church at Ingelheim, of which are two Ingelheim-Nord less than 2 km west of Hattenheim and Ingelheim am Rhein 4 km south, both on the southern side of the Rhine in what is today Rheinland-Pfalz. A strong possible for Michael's grandfather is Jacobus Simon listed in the IGI as baptised on 14 Apr 1743 at Ingelheim Catholic church with parents Michael and Anna Maria.
Michael's 1855 NSW immigration record had both himself and the five children as born in Hattenheim and the Hamburg passenger departure list also had it as the family's place of residence prior to departure. The reason their baptisms do not appear in the IGI is that at 2009 the Hattenheim church registers had not been extracted to the IGI. However the LDS church have seven microfilms available through its Family History Centres of the surviving Hattenheim church registers that include some indexes. There are filmed indexes for births from 1818 to 1861 (Geburtsindex 1818-1861 Geburten, Heiraten 1818-1874 - Film #1270176 Items 2-7) and for deaths to 1687- 1818 (Tauf-, Heirats-, Totenindex 1687-1818 - Film #1270267) but there are no indexes for post 1818 deaths and none at all for marriages, so for the latter categories films of the actual registers are required and searching them would pose difficulty with entries possibly missed as they are in German and Latin and old German script is difficult to read. In 2009 none of the seven microfilms were available through LDS family history centers in Europe necessitating European's access the records through govt. archives or the diocesan archive in Limburg but all are available through Australian FHC's .3 Bellingen Shire Council - Cemetery Register (.pdf file dated 8 Mar 2008).
The 1855 NSW immigration record had Margaretha's age (with her name spelt phonetically as Margaretta) as 42 and birth place as Heidesheim. A calculated 1813 birth year is confirmed by her Heidesheim church christening record. A prior to 1844 marriage is indicated from the oldest child Jacob's age of 11 years at arrival. The informants for both Michael and Margaret's official NSW death registrations did not provide any of parent's names declaring them unknown.
Contrary to Michael's 1855 first person immigration record, that had his birth place as Hattenheim in what was then Nassau state, now in Hessen, several persons listed in Sep 2009 at the Ancestry.com pay to contact them web site as seeking information on the line of Michael Simon who died in Kempsey, incorrectly posted his birth place as "Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern". Of the three towns in Germany named "Nassau", each located in a different state of which none are Hessen, apparently someone selected and bestowed the smallest and others have adopted that as fact!
In the 1815 to 1866 time frame the 39 state German Confederation flourished, Nassau was not only a former Duchy and a State of name origin dating back over a thousand years, but also the state where the capital of the Confederation was situated at Frankfurt about 50 kms east of Hattenheim where Michael was actually born. Also three of the four researchers had his death date at Kempsey as 2 Oct 1884 in contradiction of the NSW Death Index that has it indexed as 1894. Three had a marriage date of 8 May 1842 at an unspecified place in Germany but as no source was provided such cannot be assessed for validity. Perhaps the date came from an unsighted newspaper obituary?
2 The LDS Church International Genealogical Index (IGI) has an extraction of Margaretha's baptism as:- "20 Dec 1813 in Katholische Kirche (the Catholic Church) Heidesheim, Hessen". Note whilst the IGI entry has the town as Hackenheim the relevant source microfilm has the source as "Item 2 Kirchenbuch, 1679-1876 Katholische Kirche Heidesheim (Kr. Bingen)". Seemingly this indicates the place of the christening should have read Heidesheim thus for the purpose of this compilation Heidesheim Catholic Church has been taken to have been the place.
The name of Margaretha's father, whose christening has not been identified in the IGI, is given as Valentini Gros and her mother as Anna Maria Zimmer. The IGI has Anna Maria Zimmer's's baptism as 22 Oct 1780 in the Catholic Church, Gross-Winternheim, Rheinhessen, Hessen and that two older brothers were baptised in the same church. It has her brother Bartholomaeus Zimmer baptised there abt. 31 May 1774 and as marrying in the same church on 27 Feb 1797 Maria Catharina SINGER. The other brother Joannes was baptised there abt. 3 Feb 1778. The IGI has the Anna Maria Zimmer marriage to Valentini Gros as 14 Oct 1810 in the Catholic Church, Hackenheim, Rheinhessen, Hessen. Anna Maria Zimmer's parents (i.e. Margaretha's grandparents) were Stephani Zimmer and Margarethae Keller. Note the spellings of given names and surnames varied in the extractions to the IGI - when Margaretha's mother married Valentini Gros in 1810 his name was spelt more distinctly Latin as Valentinus Groos and her's as Margarethae. Facilitating the positive identification of Margaretha's lineage in the IGI was the recording of her mother's maiden surname as Zimmer in her sister Anna Maria Senz's 31 Mar 1852 San Francisco Sydney arrival immigration record (AONSW reel #2463).
In 2009 the English language version of the German online telephone directory had six private ZIMMER listings for Heidesheim raising the possibility that some descendants of Margaretha's two known Zimmer uncles may still reside there. There were no Gros listings for Heideshiem although there were 80 private and 12 businees listings for the name in towns within a 25 km radius. There were no private listing in Hattenheim for the Simon surname. Hattenheim has a Zimmer Street.
4 NSW Probate Index and The Macleay Argus obituary.
5 From an article by Dick Adams titled: "Billy, our first great war victim" - published in The Macleay Argus of 11 Nov 2008 (as at Sep 2009 the text was also published online at the Argus webpage.)
6 NSW Colonial Secretary : Register of Certificates of Naturalization 1835-1903, reg. 3, page No. 133.
7 Kirsty Dunn email 23 Sep 2009 - advising in addition to Margaret there were four other Patrick and Mary Ann Fogarty children - viz. Anne (c1837-1913) married Thomas Hickson, Catherine "Kate" (1842- ) married George Benson, Ellen (1846- ) married, and Mary (1849-1928) married Thomas Julian; and the 1852 Mary Ann Fogarty inquest is recorded as #6350 index of the Register of Coroner's Inquests - AONSW reel #29219 Originals held by Macleay River Historical Society Inc., South Kempsey, NSW.
8 His The Macleay Argus obituary stated he would have turned 80 on Boxing Day 26 Dec 1924. That calculates to a 26 Dec 1844 birth. However if he had been born then he would have been 10 not 11 as given in the 18 Sep 1855 NSW immigration arrival record. The age of 10 in the Hamburg passenger departure list and 11 upon arrival suggests he was born between 11 May 1844 and 18 Sep 1844. The age of 55 given in his 27 Jul 1899 dated naturalization certificate also points to a pre 27 July 1844 birth. These records from which only 1844 can be derived as a birth year are preferred to the non-first person provided date given in the obituary.
10 The Hamburg departure lists gave the German word for the occupation as "weinbauer" - meaning a wine or grape grower. Murray's Handbook for Belgium and the Rhine, by John Murray published 1852, gives a contemporary description of the occupation of vinedresser as follows:-
"The life of the Rhineland vinedresser indeed presents a rare example of industry and perserverance. Though by no means rich, they are generally the proprietors of the vineyards which they cultivate ; and though their appearance does not altogether verify that which painters draw and poets describe, they at least exhibit an aspect of cheerfulness and intelligence.
Independently of the hardness of the labour of cultivating the vine, which is not confined to any one season, but must be carried on perseveringly throughout the whole year, and is most severe during the heat of summer, the vine is a delicate plant,- frost, rain, or hail may in a few hours annihilate the produce upon which the cultivator depends solely for subsistence. One or two successive seasons of failure will ruin even an opulent family ; but when the vintage is good, few of the small proprietors are rich enough to be able to wait until they can obtain a favourable market, but must part with the wine soon after it is made to the rich speculators, who buy up the whole produce of a district, and take the chance of its turning out good or bad."
11 There is no immigration record for an Andrew Senz. It seems Anton became Andrew and Anna Maria became Mary Ann. There are no NSW BDM indexed Anton and Anna Maria children births and only one Andrew and Mary Senz birth - of a Mary Ann (V1853-931-71 - AONSW reel #5026) who was born 5 Nov 1853 and baptised 26 Feb 1854 at St. James Catholic Church, Parish of Cumberland. The church register gave her parents names as Andrew Senz and Mary Crows and their abode as Kissing Point - located about 10 kilometres up the Lane Cove river from Lane Cove.
Suggesting her maiden surname was not Crows but GROS is that the Crows spelling could well have been a phonetic rendition of Gros as in a German accent they likely sounded similar to the officiating priest. An Andrew Senz with parent names Conrad and Elizabeth died in Sydney in 1863 (#74). Given the rarity of the Senz name in NSW it would be quite remarkable if just a coincidence these were the same parent names given by Anton and his brother Moritz when six months apart they arrived from Hamburg in 1852. Also the BDM index birth entries for all except one of Moritz's children's evidence his wife, who was Anna Maria upon arrival, also changed her two given names to Mary Ann.
Seemingly Andrew's widow was the Mary Ann Senz who a year after his death married James Rideal in Sydney in 1864 (#336). The Rideal surname only occurs in the NSW BDM indexes for this marriage and his 1874 death thus there is no post 1864 indexed death or remarriage of a Mary Rideal indexed in NSW from 1864 that may have provided her parents names to conculsively identify her as Anna Maria. The only known record that should have their names would be her first person 1864 marriage record. A possible James Rideal son born before the 1864 Mary Ann marriage may be the John W Ridal (sic) who died at Parramatta in 1907 (#10585) and who married Harriett Brown in 1899?
In respect of the 1853 Kissing Point born daughter Mary Ann no trace has been found of her in the NSW BDM indexes after her 1854 baptism. A Margaret Ann Senz death is indexed 1951 (#671) registered at Burwood, NSW whose parent were recorded as Andrew and Anne. However she was formerly Maragret Ann Crotty who in 1907 married Ernest M Senz a son of Moritz's eldest son Joseph Michael (1853-1936). The couple were listed in the 1950 electoral roll in the adjoining Burwood subdivision of Croydon in Evans with a 1911 born son Leslie Raymond. From commencement in 1858 the Sydney Sands Directories have no listing of the Rideal surname.
12 Eric and Rosemary Kopitthe (compilers), Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia : 1855, Qld. Family History Soc. Inc., 1991. Note in respect of the vessel's name the original Hamburg departure passenger list had it as "Wilhelmsburg" as did all Australian newspaper reports of its arrival such as in The Hobarton Mercury, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Only the AONSW films of the immigration records and the indexes to the AONSW reels refer to it as the "Wilhelmsberg". First commissioned 27 Apr 1853, and measuring 144 feet in keel length and a 39 foot width and a tonnage under 1000 tons, in 1855 it was on its second voyage from Hamburg to Australia. In Dec 1863, only a week into a voyage to Moreton Bay, Queensland, it was wrecked off Terschelling island with heavy loss of life. Of the 261 drowned 247 were emigrants.
13 The German Australia web page subtitled "German Settlement in New South Wales in the 19th Century". The surnames names of the original six vinedressers who arrived in Sydney on 23 Apr 1838 on the barque Kinnear were - Flick, Gerhard, Wenz (from Hattenheim), Justus, Seckold (Erbach), Stein (Mittelheim). Note their arrival in Sydney on 23 Feb 1838 pre-dated the arrival at Port Adelaide on 16 Nov 1838 of a group of Prussian immigrants - noted in a publication on Australian history incorrectly credited with having been the first organised group of non-British immigrants to settle in an Australian colony (see:- Chronicle of Australia, 2000, Penquin Books Australia, p. 259).
14 Advised by John Simon - Oct. 2009.
15 Compiler's web page. titled Descendants of James Bannister Grace.
16 Heather J. Owen's web page titled: Descendants of James Banister Grace.
17 Smithtown Catholic Centerery Book, p.100 - a list of "Parishioners To Enter Religion".
18 Photo provided courtesy of John Simon.
19 Rookwood Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions CD-ROM.
20 Event date and place researched in the original record by long-time Simon family researcher Dick Adams and provided courtesy of same. He is to publish a book in 2010 detailing his research into the Simon family ancestry in Germany and history in Australia, tentatively titled "Simons on the Macleay: Early Settlers and their Descendants on the Macleay and Nambucca Rivers", that will be available through the Macleay River Historical Society - advice will appear on this web page when it becomes available.
Genealogy
and history researched & compiled by J. Raymond, Brisbane, QLD.
first posted 30 Sep 2009 - last updated 14 Nov 2009
first posted 30 Sep 2009 - last updated 14 Nov 2009
