SECTION 11

St Finabbars, Fowey

Pattrick Mould's

....The.Mould.Families.

SECTION 11

AUGUSTA EMILY MOULD AND HER DAUGHTERS

EMILY AND HER DAUGHTERS

Back Row: Ida, Ede and Ella

Middle Row: Blanche, Emily Augusta Mould nee Thickness, and Nina

Front Row: Cora

- Debbie Gilbert Collection

Scattered fragments of what must have been a long story of struggle and heartbreak have come down to me over the years. The young widow of Dr Mould was thus left, with a family of six girls, the eldest (Blanche) being no more than 12 years of age, the youngest, (Cora) a baby in arms. This was in 1883. No widows’ pensions! No Child Endowment! And so very little money that Mrs Mould had to plan immediately how to earn sufficient to keep a roof over their heads, meals on the table and clothes - such yards and yards of it the girls wore in those in those times - on their backs. A tiny woman, but tirelessly energetic and infinitely proud, proud of her Thicknesse family traditions, proud of her class, proud of her own family and determined never for a moment to let them forget they were the daughters of superior parents. If she slaved, those girls would never be as the children of a slavery. They were the daughters of Dr. Mould and the Thicknesse union and never would they forget it.

There were not the opportunities for women of the 1880's that there are to day. Few jobs were available, and fewer still that a "lady" could take and still remain a lady - which was all-important. Grandmother decided. She opened a private school. Where it was I have not yet found out - all the Mould girls have gone now and none of the grandchildren have any, knowledge of it. They could not hold the house in Cooma, and so they moved - somewhere on the South Coast. Mrs Mould's school must have catered for the "better" classes. The working class, of course, sent its children to public schools that Sir Henry Parkes was now opening up all over the state. I wish I could recall the name and location of her private school. It was a name beginning with B – Bundaywallah or some such - I have often heard it mentioned, but it has escaped. This must have provided a living for some years, but the family subsequently moved to Wollongong, for I remember them telling of the Bulli disaster, and that would have brought them up to 1887, with the girls now growing up. Whether Mrs Mould taught in Wollongong I cannot say. If not she would have had to run an Accommodation House, for there is little else she could have done while raising the girls.

I clearly recall her telling how once or twice a year, she would travel to Sydney and there buy all the material for their clothing, not by the yard, but by the whole roll. Then would follow weeks and weeks of sewing. Blanche, the eldest girl, naturally, has had to assume adult responsibilities from the time of the father's death, and she in turn, was an imperious taskmistress. To the end of her life Blanche expected obedience from the younger sisters, and usually got it.

THE MOULD SISTERS

Seated: Blanche, Mrs Robert Turner.

Standing: Nina, Mrs Ted Anderson. Ede, Mrs Robert Bolton, Ella, Mrs Keith Wilkinson, Ida, Mrs A Fraser. Cora, Mrs A Kellett

THE MOULD GIRLS

- John Pattrick Collection

The second family, being less fortunately situated, and being all girls, moved away after the death of Dr. Mould, and as they married. Three married New Zealand men and lived there for some time. So did their mother. But one and all they gravitated back to Sydney where most of their lives were spent.

Douglas Anderson, his Mother, Ruth Anderson in front of her, Garnet Bolton? Mona Bolton, Their Mother, Aunt Ida Fraser, Aunt Ella Wilkinson, Aunt Blanch Turner, Mother,Dallas And Me.

- Isabel Wilkinson Collection

None of the six (no, seven) husbands was ever quite up to Grandma's specifications, but usually she managed to adopt herself in a very nice way, and generally as the grandchildren came along she doted on them. Her later years were spent usually with one or the other of the daughter's families. At times, she would explode in the old imperious manner, but mostly she was just a very good Grandma, loving to talk, to do things for the children and grandchildren.

Even when over 80 years of age, she was mostly confined to her bed, those busy fingers were never still. When last I saw her she gave us magnificent crotchet-work tablecloth. She had made not one, but 4 or 5 of them, one for each of the grandsons' wives. She died at Mosman, in 1936, at the age of 82 years.

- Glen Hall's, George Yonge Mould 1962

AUGUSTA EMILY THICKNESS

A chronological history from John Pattrick

Samuel James Theodore THICKNESS married Sarah Euphenia Seivers at Stafford, England, Emily was nineteen years old. Their children included John, Frederick, Augusta and other two deceased females, I believe they were born in the Wollongong area.

Emily died at Seymour, NSW (now known as Adaminaby) on 28.09.1868 aged 42 years. She had been in Australia for 22 years. She was buried in the Adaminaby Cemetery.

Emily was a professional schoolteacher and some years previously she had gone back to England for training. They were shipwrecked and were away several years before they returned to Camberwarra in the Shoalhaven district.

Evidently they came to the Adaminaby area as teacher in1862, before there was any government school. There were probably several part time schools at Seymour, Russell, Providence and Boconoc. Parents paid for the teacher like a governess, but in this case the family would have lived in Seymour.

Emily's daughter, Augusta Emily who was born at Wollongong on 03.03.1850, and baptised on the 14.04.1850 was with the family at this time and this is where she would have met Maria Mould and her parents George Yonge Mould and his wife Maria. The Mould's had the general store at Adaminaby, having purchased it in 1862; the same year Maria laid the foundation stone for the first Anglican Church in Adaminaby.

At this time Augusta would have been 12 years old, Maria Elizabeth 14 years, and William Richard 9 years so they all would have required schooling. G Y Mould would probably have organised the teacher.

G Y Mould and family sold the store in 1866 and returned to Boconoc where his eldest two sons had run the property. Maria died in 1867.

G Y Mould married Augusta Emily Thickness on 10.12.1870

Submitted by John Pattrick 20.04.2001

JOHN THICKNESS BAPTISM CERTIFICATE

FREDERICK THICKNESS BAPTISM CERTIFICATE

GLEN HALL'S, COOMA REVISITED

In January 1962, I was able to pay a visit to Cooma. The town is thronged with hundred of workers from overseas countries, and I thrice asked directions before finding someone who spoke English. I searched. At last I found an old auctioneer who knew which one used to be Cohen’s Hotel. My grandfather’s dispensary used to be just opposite. “There was an old shack there until a few years ago”, said the auctioneer, “so perhaps that is where it was”. With that I had to be content. In the side streets one can still find a few of the old houses built of stone, and I wondered if Mould’s place in Bombala Street still stood, but could find nothing definite. However, his later residence in Lambie Street is still largely intact, the big bay windows still there, almost on the line of the street itself. I photographed it.

CHRISTCHURCH TODAY

- Pattrick Mould Collection

The old church with the grave-yards surrounding it, where George Yonge Mould lies buries, still stands, in fact it has been renovated, rededicated and is now the meeting place of New Australian Lutherans, but the exact whereabouts of his grave cannot be found. Cooma has taken on a new look, and the old stone houses are no more. Much of the early history of its pioneers has been forgotten, and lost forever, more’s the pity. There is an Historical Society, but it has no permanent headquarters, and its secretary is a migratory worker, on the staff of the S.M.A. Much could be done even yet, but historical leadership is needed. Mr George Mould, grandson of the late George Yonge Mould is a natural historian, but he has passed his span of working years.

Naturally I visited old Adaminaby. Of this once busy village, two houses alone remain, the rest are either under water, partly under, or have been removed. Strangely enough, one of the two remaining houses was the Thorpe’s Accommodation House, built of squared stone, and it was here, sixty years ago that I had a photograph taken with my mother. I was able to identify the house by the early photograph. The great stretch of the waters of the artificial Eucumbene Lake spread out across the valley, miles of it. On the far side, a relative Reg Mould pointed out the entrance of Middlingbank and Frying Pan Creeks. Where the cattle and sheep grazed we watched a S.M.A. Tourist Launch glide gracefully past, filled on this occasion to capacity by yelling boy Scouts. Old Adaminaby is no more, but campers and vandals are on the rampage in what remains. Returning, it was worth glancing at the new Adaminaby, removed some seven miles from the old site.

Old “Boconnoc” homestead is little more than rubble. Some big trees – I wonder if George Yonge planted them, or even Augusta Emily. Two stone walls remaining – the rest is largely conjecture. The waters of Eucumbene are still rising. They have advanced up the creek and are now, or were then, only say 50 yards from the old homestead. Will they reach it, and cover it? I was not told but they must come very close. A few hundred yards across a rising slope and we see the graves – those of Maria (Cranch) and two of Ted Mould’s family.

- Glen Hall's, George Yonge Mould 1962

GRAVES AT BOCONNOC, 1970 - Snowy Mountains Authority Photos

Descendants of

AUGUSTA EMILY FRANCES THICKNESSE and GEORGE YONGE MOULD

1. AUGUSTA EMILY FRANCES¹ THICKNESSE. She married in 1870 in SHOALHAVEN, NSW, AUSTRALIA GEORGE YONGE MOULD, born 14 Feb 1817 in PLYMOUTH, DEVON, ENGLAND; died 1 Jan 1883 in COOMA, NSW, AUSTRALIA; buried 2 Jan 1883 in COOMA, NSW, AUSTRALIA, son of JOHN RAWE MOULD and ELIZABETH SNOWDEN MUDGE.

Notes for GEORGE YONGE MOULD

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

CHART DONE BY REGINALD GEORGE MOULD (UNCLE REG).

GENERAL: ROYAL NAVY RECORDS. (ENGLISH RESEARCH) I.G.I. PROBATE

INDEX. SHIPPING RECORDS BIRTHDAY BOOK - ELIZABETH DOROTHY ROSS

NEE MOULD.

D/C/TRANSCRIPTS:

ELLEN MOULD NEE EVANS. GEORGE Y. MOULD. MARIA MOULD NEE CRANCH.

MARIA E. WRIGHT NEE MOULD. ZEALANDIA WRIGHT NEE JEFFERSON.

M/C:

MOULD - REYNOLDS. MOULD - EVANS (FROM AUNTY FLO)

BAPTISM:

GEORGE G. MOULD.

PICTURES OF HEADSTONES:

WILLIAM H. & MARGERY I. BOTTOM NEE PATTRICK. DAVID E. MOULD.

GEORGE Y. & LEELA B. MOULD NEE STEWART.

ELLEN MOULD NEE EVANS. HENRY F. MOULD. IAN G. MOULD. JACK

SEDDON MOULD. CHARLOTTE E. MOULD NEE MAYLED. LESLIE H. MOULD.

NOEL S. MOULD. REGINALD G. MOULD. WILLIAM M. MOULD. (1962)

WILLIAM R. & EMMA MOULD NEE JOHNSON. CECIL H. PATTRICK. MARY E.

PATTRICK NEE MOULD. HENRY H. & FRANCES H. ROSE NEE WRIGHT.

NANCY N. ROSE. ELIZABETH D. (DOROTHY) ROSS. NORMAN A.O. ROSS.

OBITS/DEATH NOTICES/FUNERAL NOTICES:

WILLIAM H.H. & MARGERY I. BOTTOM NEE PATTRICK. LESLIE A.

BRAYSHAW. CLIFTON J. ECCLESTON. DAVID E. MOULD. FREDERICK J. &

AGNES MOULD NEE McGUFFICKE. LEELA B. MOULD NEE STEWART. GRAHAM

S. MOULD. ELLEN MOULD NEE EVANS. HENRY F. MOULD. MERL E. MOULD.

NOEL S. MOULD. MARJORIE M. MOULD NEE FEILEN. REGINALD G. MOULD.

RONALD M. MOULD. NANCY MOULD NEE ROSE. WILLIAM M. MOULD. (1962)

WILLIAM R. MOULD. EMMA MOULD NEE JOHNSON. MARY A.C. OTTLEY NEE

MOULD. MARY E. PATTRICK NEE MOULD. MARIA C. PATTRICK NEE MOULD.

GORDON PATTRICK. HENRY H. ROSE. NANCY N. ROSE. NORMAN A.O.

ROSS. ELIZABETH D. (DOROTHY) ROSS NEE MOULD.

ANNIVERSARIES:

BIRRELL - ROSE.

BIRTH NOTICES:

PETER MOULD. WEDDINGS:

CARRIGAN - ROSS. (A.W.W. & INVITE) HOLMES - ROSS. (INVITE)

ENGAGEMENTS:

STEPHANIE A. MOULD.