Brunker grave

Christ Church old cemetery, Newcastle, NSW

photographer unknown
date unknown, after 1869

Inscription on Brunker grave (near side)

To the memory of John N Brunker died XXIV Feb MDCCCXXXVII (1837) age XLII (42) years
To the memory of Henry John Brunker died XXIV Oct MDCCCLIV (1854) age II (2) years and VII months
Also John Gustaff Brunker 5th son of James N Brunker of East Maitland died 14th June 1869 age 8 years

Other side (not visible)
James McGreavy died 22nd Sep XDCCCXLVI (1846) age LXII (62) years
also Margaret McGreavy wife of above died 9th Dec 1865? Age 68 years
Henry Herbert Brunker died April 5th /15th? 1875 age 8 years
Edgar Alfred Brunker Dec 5th 1875 age 6 years

Cockfighters Creek, NSW

death place of John Brunker

courtesy of Ruth
recent date

?Margaret Tynan (c1796-1865)

unknown photographer
Glass with hand colouring
?ambrotype
?c1855

?Margaret Tynan (c1796-1865)
?with Mary Ann Brunker (1836-1857)

A Tronier, 410 George St, Sydney
Carte de visite
c1873-77

"This image to me appears to be older than it possibly is. It may be a copy of an earlier photos. Or the photographer could have been very poor quality when he started out in business. Best guess - as close to the 1873 as possible". Sandy Barrie, Sydney, 1991

Belts with bow and long streamers fashionable 1855-60 "Costume 1066-1966" John Peacock
Other dress elements in keeping with fashions of this date

Note: Who was responsible for having the above photo copied?
Possibly this was Mary Ann McGreavy (d1877) as Margaret Brunker died 1869, William Philips died 1872, and James Philips was only 13 in 1873

Mary Ann McGreavy (1815-1877)




Milligan Bros, 84 King St, Sydney
Carte-de-visite
c1863-7

Mary Ann McGreavy (1815-1877)
with son Whyte or grandson Brunker and daughter Margaret


Milligan Bros, 84 King St, Sydney
Carte-de-visite
c1863-7

Mary Ann McGreavy (1815-1877)
with granddau Mary Ann Elizabeth Brunker



J H Newman, 53 South Head Road, Sydney
Carte-de-visite
c1865-9

Death - Mary Ann McGreavy
Newcastle 1877

Mary Anne McGreavy / Brunker / Whyte (1815-1877)

Notes from (Great-great-grandson)

Born 1815, Ireland ( probably Waterford, possibly Kilkenny City)

Parents : James McGreavy, Margaret nee Tynan. (some confusion re alternate name ‘Ward’ - I incline to an earlier surname for her mother, Mary Ann Tynan, formerly ‘Thompson’ - perhaps Mary Ann’s maiden name, perhaps earlier marriage … research needed ! )

Arrived Sydney, free, November 19, 1818 - ‘Elizabeth’, with mother Margaret (convict).

Hard to gauge to what extent she would have been affected by the vicissitudes enveloping her parents in her early years : James & Margaret arraigned before the Sydney Criminal Court 1821, for their being in possession of a large amount of stolen property, mainly clothing ( similar to the charges brought against them in Ireland 1816, 1817 ! ); being confined with her mother in Newcastle - 1821-1823; relocated to Port Macquarie, 1823; witnessing the deaths of three brothers in their infancy; separation from her mother in 1829, with the latter confined to the Female Factory for her ‘disgraceful connection ‘ with Chief Constable John Walsh and others.

1822 Victim of rape : evidence from mother ( AO Reel 6067 4/1808 pp. 367-382 ) Extraordinary statement from magistrate, reflecting early 19C mores : ‘ … It does not appear to me from the evidence … that there was any attempt at rape as it seems it was perfectly with the child’s consent, yet as the girl is under ten years of age I suspect it is amenable as an assault …’ ( A Nation of Rogues ? , ed. David Philips, Suzanne Davies ).

1822 Muster ‘McGravy’ - A 15565

1828 Census, Corrigenda & Addenda : ‘McGreavy’.

1830, 22 Sept. Married to John Nixon Brunker, St Thomas’s, Port Macquarie ( Register of Convicts’ Applications to Marry, 1825-1831’ AO Fiche 781,p.153; IGI T 0010, T0011, NSW BDM Vol.44, #11, Vol. 14, # 217 ). Much drama with Reading of the Banns challenged by convict William Wright, a native Jamaican - Trial of Wright led to his being found guilty of dishonesty etc. on his part and his being sentenced to being worked ‘in irons’ for six months.

1832, 28 April Birth of James Nixon Brunker.

1834, 15 June Birth of Margaret. Her christening the following day implies (a) she may not have been expected to survive and (b) adherence, despite their personal shortcomings, to the tenets of a firmly held Christian faith.

1836, 25 July Birth of Mary Ann.

1837, 22 Jan. Mary Anne widowed, with the drowning of John Nixon Brunker at Cockfighters Creek (Wollombi Creek). It is interesting and intriguing to determine where , in the 1830s, her father James was able to find the funds for his purchasing land and funding the erection of seven houses, one of which was specifically for Mary Anne and her children. James contributed to their support by passing on the rent for the leased houses and assisting financially in other ways. ( Supreme Court of NSW – re insolvent estate) As well as setting himself up as the proprietor of the ‘Queen Victoria’ Hotel, he must have had access for a fairly substantial parcel of land for a large herd of cattle, as evidenced by his being prepared to bequeath forty head and two horses to two nephews. ( James’s will). Mary Anne’s being declared a bankrupt implies that the small shop she was trying to run was doing very poorly, owing no doubt in part to the depression besetting the economy in the 1840s.

c.1841 Prospect of remarriage to ‘an older man ‘ (‘ very ’ crossed out ! )- thwarted when the latter backed out upon learning that he would not have any rights to the landed property conveyed to Mary Anne. Was this the ‘Cunningham’ referred to in the Australian Chronicle of 18 Aug., 1842 : ‘Married On the 10th instant at Newcastle by the Rev. Mr Dowling : Mr James Cunningham, clerk of the colonial hospital at that place to Mrs M.A.Brunker, daughter of Mr James McGreevy ‘ which led to James’s highly indignant rebuttal ( in superb purple prose !) in his August 25 letter to the editors of the SMH : ‘ Gentlemen :- Having observed in the Australian Chronicle of the 10th inst. the name of Mrs M.A.Brunker as having been on the 10th inst. married to a person named Cunningham, I beg you will have the goodness to give such a report the most positive contradiction by the insertion of this letter in your paper which will counteract the effect intended to be produced by the malicious writer of the report referred to, which plainly evinces a maligning of disposition only to be gratified by attempting injury to others. I sincerely pity those who permit themselves to be so far overcome by their envious and malicious feelings as to be compelled by them to the assertion of a falsehood for gratification. I can assure the party their vain and fruitless attempts are pitied and forgiven and from motives of charity alone I will point out the way in which they may find some relief for their wretched and depraved minds. Let them make all the atonement in their power for the past by seeking in the future some more worthy and less disgraceful occupation than that of inserting lies in the Australian Chronicle. I am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, James McGreevy. Newcastle, 20th August

( I wonder whom James turned to as his ghostwriter - he being illiterate, signing various documents with the conventional ‘ X - his mark ‘. Interesting to note the use of the plural throughout. Yet again, poor Mary Anne ! )

1841 Census : M.A.Brunker, Watt St. 1 male age 7-14 1 male 21-45 1 female 2-7 1 female 7-14 1 female 14-21 1 female 21-45 2 single males 4 single females 1 male born in colony 1 male Ticket of leave 6 C of E 1 shopkeeper 1 domestic servant 4 other persons, 2 male, 4 female House of stone or brick, finished and inhabited.

1841 Elizabeth Guilford, Hunter Valley Directory 1841, p.49 : ‘Brunker, Mrs Mary A., Storekeeper, Watt St.

1841 & 1842 Mary Anne’s cottage burgled. (Probably not much to pinch !) 1842, 13 Sept. Special meeting, Supreme Court of NSW : petition for sequestration of her estate. Quite lengthy statements supplied both by Mary Anne and her father. ( Quoted in full in Convict Families, UNE ) Mary Anne reduced to bankruptcy. Schedule filed 17/9/1844. (SMH, p.2, Col.3)

1844, Dec. Applied for Certificate of Discharge ( SMH, 6th Jan.,1845 )

1846 James’s will, in effect following his death on 21 Sept.,1846, carries an interesting provision that infers potential discord between Mary Anne and her mother Margaret - in the case of such an eventuality, he authorized that Mary Anne ‘…take the whole of the business … under her own sole control…’ with Margaret then being granted an annuity of fifty pounds per annum’ . ( Convict Families). I think we can surmise nothing untoward developed as Margaret lasted as Mine Hostess of the family inn until her death in 1865.

1846 / 1847 ( No known documentation to establish the date). Married Antrim-born William Henry Whyte ( 1809-1876), a local storekeeper.

1849, 26 July Birth of son, named William Henry after his father. Christened Presbyterian. ( BDM Vol.50 #771) IGI Batch 7328114 Serial #47 has ‘1847’

1851 Birth of George Alexander

1854, 10 May Heartbreak for Mary Anne with death of her first grandchild, four-months-old Susanna, born to Mary Ann nee Brunker and her husband of one year, Edward Bond.

1854, 3 Dec. Birth of Edward James Bond. Christened Congregational / Independent ( NSW BDM Vol.58 # 872)

1857, 20 Feb. Death of Mary Anne’s daughter Mary Ann Bond nee Brunker (scarlet fever) aboard the barque Elizabeth Thompson ( the captain her husband Edward ) at the entrance to Port Phillip. Her body was brought to Newcastle for burial in Christ Church Cathedral Cemetery : the relocated tabletop tablet headstone is to be found on the eastern perimeter of the parkland to which the cemetery has been converted. Excellent photos of the tablets in their original position - ‘Hunter Photo Bank’ (ncc.gov.au) Nos 103 000651, 103 000652..

1869, 8 June Death of her other daughter, Margaret Philips nee Brunker ( dilation of heart, dropsy ) . Buried with Mary Ann Bond ( see reference to headstone above ) To offset the plethora of stressful events that characterized poor Mary Anne’s whole life, she did have the pleasure of witnessing the geometrically progressive success of her first son, James Nixon Brunker, especially in his business and political life. Regrettably, she did not live to see the zenith of his career – Acting Premier ( ‘Prime Minister’, the term in those days ! ) of NSW and one of the ‘founding fathers of Federation’ … Incidentally, worth noting he was the grandson of two convicts, both recidivists !

1877, 29 June Death, followed by burial with husband (d.1876) in Christ Church Cathedral Cemetery. Headstone now to be found at lower end, eastern perimeter : good photo, 103 000653 (See above) Very touching obituary in Maitland Mercury , originally in the Newcastle Herald ( which may account for the anomaly ‘yesterday’ ) : ‘It is our painful duty to record the decease of Mrs Whyte, relict of our late respected townsman, Mr William Henry Whyte, and mother of James Nixon Brunker of West Maitland, which occurred at her late residence, Watt St, yesterday afternoon. Up to the death of her husband, Mrs Whyte we may say enjoyed very good health, but on losing him she grieved a great deal, and though she suffered a severe illness, there is no doubt that grief at the loss of her life’s partner hastened the termination of her existence. By the death of Mrs Whyte there has departed from amongst us a most estimable woman; one whose amiable and benevolent disposition endeared her to all who knew her. Her unostentatious mode of life rendered her comparatively unknown to the many but among those who knew her well, these generous traits of character were fully recognized and admired. Many who have gone before her, had they survived, could have testified to her many deeds of charity, manifested in such a manner as to impart to her acts of mercy that spirit of grace which alleviates while it relieves human suffering. Among many left behind and beyond the family circle, her loss will be felt and sincerely deplored, where pressing wants have to be supplied and consolation needed. In the exercise of pure and simple charity but few were her compeers in spirit and in truth and the lively hopes of the bereft are that she has now gone to reap that reward vouchsafed to those who trust and believe, as she did, in the verities of a future life in the world to come. The funeral of Mrs W.M.Whyte took place on Sunday afternoon. ( Note reference above to ‘yesterday’ ! JTF) The procession moved from her late residence, Watt-street, shortly after 2 p.m., and the large number of our most influential citizens who joined the cortege testified to the respect in which Mrs Whyte was held. The internment took place in Christ Church Cemetery, the remains being deposited in the family Vault. ( MM, 3 July, 1877 )

Some references:
1822 Muster 1828 Census and Addenda & Corrigenda 1841 Census NSW BDM IGI
Philips,David ; Davies,Suzanne A Nation of Rogues ?
Guilford, Elizabeth Hunter Valley Directory, 1841
UNE, Course notes, Convict Families - based on Push : A Journal of Early Australian Social History , No.28 (1990), pp.99-127.
The Push from the Bush – A Bulletin of Social History : Devoted to the Year of Grace 1838 , pp.67-72, No.2, Nov. 1978
Many references in Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (MM)
Hunter Photo Bank, ncc.

?William Whyte (1809-1876)


unknown photographer
Glass with hand colouring ?ambrotype
?c1855

?William Whyte (1809-1876)


Croft Bros, 33 South Head Rd, Sydney
Carte-de-visite
c1863-5

William Henry Whyte (1809-1876)


Daltons Royal Photographic Gallery,Sydney
Carte-de-visite
c1866-7

Unknown
This photo is same studio as early Brunker-Whyte photos, but the man does not look like the other photos of William Whyte


Milligan Bros, 84 King St, Sydney
Carte-de-visite
c1863-7
"Strangely, this image is very 'modern' for its period, as I have rarely come across vignetted images this early. Best guess in the late 1860's (1866) to 1867"
Sandy Barrie, Sydney 1991

William Henry Whyte (1809-1876)

Notes from (Great-great-grandson)

Born 1809, Carnmoney, Belfast, Ireland (IGI, E0065/7328114) Parents: George Whyte (c.1775-), Margaret Grayhame/Greyhame/Graham (c.1779-) (m.c.1800 IGI 80065)

Possible siblings : Thomas (b.1802), Mary (1803), George (1805, Robert Hill (1808), Hannah (1814), Alexander (?Sandy1816), Margaret (1818), Samuel (1819), Selah Jean (1820). Williams’s obituary (Maitland Mercury, 7 Nov., 1876 – See below) includes ‘Mr Whyte did not long survive his brother, an influential and highly esteemed journalist’, A fragment of a partial family tree drawn up, in the early 1900s, by Thomas Benedict Fulton (husband of William’s granddaughter, Mary Margaret Whyte) lists:

(1) Ernest White (with sons Thomas, George) – employed in J. & ? A. Brown’s London office, 1870 to 1896. Appears to have died in Sydney, 1898. (2) George Whyte (3) Sandy Whyte – with son Sam, a notary.

William was a very ecumenical Protestant : his sons were christened in the Congregational and Presbyterian churches and one by an ‘Independent minister’; he paid for the windows in the Presbyterian Church built in 1856, was a member of its Board of Trustees and was buried from Christ Church Cathedral (C of E) – his headstone has been repositioned on the eastern perimeter of the grounds (formerly cemetery, now converted to parkland).

Arrived in Australia c.1840 (Death cert : in colony, 35 years)

c.1845 Was ‘in business’ : ‘merchant who has conducted an extensive business in Newcastle during the last sixteen years’ cited in the proceedings of the 1861 case that he brought against the Bank of NSW, District Court, East Maitland. (MM,12.11.1861)

1847 married widow, Mary Anne Brunker nee McGreavy, mother of three children, Newcastle (IGI T0014). William's age at marriage - 39 ( death certificate). William may already have been living as a neighbour in Watt St. More research required re his activities in the 1840s.

Three sons : William Henry (1847 – IGI batch 7328114#47 or 1849-BDM Vol 50 # 771-1901), George Alexander (1851-1896), Edward James Bond (1854 Vol.58 # 872-1887)

1849 (1) Licenced as an auctioneer (MM)
(2) Appointed as Keeper of the Public Pound (MM,Oct)
(3) Caused to be built ‘butcher’s shop and provision store’ (MM)

(See also Champion, Ben W., ‘Family Entries...’, p.729: ‘butcher’s shop in Watt St and boiling down works in Blane St’ This boiling down works later led to complaints about smell and subsequent court case – case dismissed with William’s guaranteeing to rectify the problem. Greville’s postal directory, 1872: ‘Butcher’s shop Watt St’... Following his death, the butcher’s shop, slaughterhouse, coach-house etc. were put up for auction – as also the premises occupied by his son William Henry Whyte : am I reading too much in inferring from this that he had little regard for his son?

It was probably about this time that he acquired a fair amount of land for his cattle and horses : known initially as ‘Whyte’s paddock’, it subsequently formed the nucleus of the suburb of Wickham (When the Municipality of Wickham was constituted on 25.2.1871, William was one of the first six councillors).

1850 Granted a Sprits Merchant licence. 2 Oct., 1850 – references from the captains of five ships were published in the MM, praising the high qualities of provisions and the service offered by William. (It was the custom for ‘butcher boats’ to sail over to ships visiting Newcastle to offer fresh supplies). It is difficult to gauge to what extent William was involved in shipping. He certainly acted as booking agent for W.H.Smith, Commander (?and owner) of ‘You Yangs’, a Steamer operating between Newcastle and Melbourne (Newcastle Chronicle, July 1864). In 1857, he purchased the barque ‘Favourite’ for 1750 pds (Empire, 14.11.57) and, in 1861, (for 51 pounds) the wreck of J & A Brown’s schooner, “Alexander and John’, which ran onto rocks opposite Nobby’s Head. (‘Bar Dangerous’, p.117) I am intrigued: ‘J & A Brown’ – is this the company employing Ernest (See above) was this why Ernest allegedly came to Australia in the 1890’s? J & A: John & Alexander?

1851 Acquitted of stealing an ox, Maitland Circuit Court. (SMH, 10.3.1851, MM)

1853 Testified against Wm Leffidge, drover, who was convicted of stealing two head of cattle, the property of WHW and Peter Fleming, being brought down from Dungog,. (SMH,7.10.1853)

1853 Acquired land (1 rood ½ perch – about ¼ acre or 1/10 hectare) (MM,15.10.1853) More land (29 perches – about ¼ acre OR 1/10 ha) in 1855 (MM,5.9.1853)

1853 Involved in racing e.g ‘clerk of the course, a better than whom, since the days of Harry Reeves, of honoured memory, has not appeared’ (MM, 1 Oct.,1853) and reference to his own horse Conrad at a meeting which he reports (MM,28 Dec.,1853) in his capacity as ‘Secretary’. (Similar references – MM,5.8.1854, 9.9.1854).

1857 Submitted a petition to Parliament (House of Assembly) re extension of railway. (SMH,4.4.57)

1859 Admitted as a member of the Chamber of Commerce. (SMH,7.4.1859).

1860, 2 Jan. William before the court for assaulting Newcastle Stationmaster : platform could not accommodate unusually long 5.30 train. William demanded that the end carriages be brought forward alongside the platform, so that Mrs Whyte and family could alight. The stationmaster pointed out that other passengers in those carriages were happy to alight onto trackside whereupon William threatened the stationmaster with a horsewhip and used abusive language. Fined 5s. (MM,10 Jan,1860)

1867 Filed for bankruptcy: ‘Schedule filed’ – Liabilities 26,317pds 14s 11d, 13,959pds secured. Assets 23,216pds 10s 5d. More research required...

1867 With the formation of the Newcastle Jockeys Club, 29 July, (MM, 30th) William was appointed treasurer. By 1872 and for several years after that, he was president. (SMH, 20.1.1870, 5.12.1872, 11.2.1873). His love of racing was obviously imparted to his son, George Alexander, whom we find as ‘Clerk of the course’ in 1876 & 1877 (and possibly other years). (MM, 25.5.1876, 26.5.1877)

1874, 5 Mar. (Not sure whether it refers to father WHW (1809-1876) or son WHW (1849-1901)
William scheduled to appear before Maitland Quarter Sessions on the charge of ‘causing a nuisance’. (MM, 5 Mar.,1874)

There are many references in the newspapers of the day (especially Maitland Mercury ) to William’s involvement in civic, social, political, sporting and commercial affairs (I recommend Trove for details )

1876, 5 Nov. William died, aged 68 – abscess in the bowls (bowel cancer?). He was buried in Christ Cathedral cemetery. With conversion of the cemetery to parkland, various headstones were re-erected on the eastern perimeter. William’s headstone (commemorating his wife Mary Anne also) is to be found towards the NE corner. (See ‘Hunter Photo bank’, No 103 000651)

Obituary, Maitland Mercury & Hunter Valley Advertiser, On Saturday night... one of the oldest and best known of our citizens, Mr William Henry Whyte, passed away peacefully to his rest. Mr Whyte had, we understand, been confined to his room by illness for the last fortnight; but it was only towards the end of the week that danger was apprehended and, although the best medical skill was throughout availed of, every effort was powerless to avert a fatal termination to his malady. Quite a gloom was cast over the city when it became known that the deceased gentleman was rapidly sinking and the many anxious inquiries which were made testified the respect in which he was universally held. It would be difficult to name any townsman whose loss will more genuinely felt than our dear friend who, for thirty years and beyond, enjoyed the well-merited reputation of being one of the most genial and kind-hearted men in Newcastle. As an active businessman, Mr Whyte had few equals while for quiet unostentatious benevolence, he will long be gratefully remembered by many a sufferer to whom in the hour of need his helping hand was generously extended. The deceased gentleman was in his 67th year and has left a widow and three sons to mourn the loss of an excellent husband and a kind and indulgent father. Mr Whyte did not long survive his brother, an influential and highly esteemed journalist, of the North of Ireland, whose decease it was our duty to record but a few months since. (MM, Tues, 7 Nov. 1876 )

Grateful acknowledgement of the material collated by Brunker descendant Margaret Taylor (Melbourne). Check out her marvellous website: http;//freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mtaylor/p09brunkermcgreavy.htm or just Google “Brunker McGreavy Whyte’

has also input from Whyte descendant Ruth Butterworth (Newcastle) & from Pat Brunker (Petersham)

Some references : NSW BDM, IGI, Government Gazettes

Terry Cullen, Bar Dangerous – A Maritime History of Newcastle, 1986 0 958 893 9 0 X

B.W.Champion, Family, Entries, births, deaths, marriages with some personalities, institutions and oddments, 1973.

Many references in Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, Newcastle Chronicle, Newcastle Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Morning Herald, Empire.

Joe Fulton (great-great-great-grandson), Chullora. Apr 2011
jfulton@ozonline.com.au

Some more details about William Henry Whyte (1809-1876)

from Joe from E.T.W Fulton
May have had brothers:
(1) Ernest White, employed in J & L Brown's London Office 1870 to 1896 and died in Sydney in 1898. May have had sons Thomas & George White
(2) George White
(3) Sandy White. May have had son Sam.

from IGI
Children of George White (?and Margaret Graham)of Carnmoney, Belfast, Antrim:
Thomas (1802), Mary (1803), George (1805), Robert Hill (1808), William Henry (1809), Hannah (1814), Alexander (1816), Margaret (1818) & Selah (1820)

from NSW BMD
Alexander Whyte married 1851 to Bridget Murphy at St Mary, Sydney
son William H G White born 1855
Alexander Whyte, son George & Margaret, died 1856, Sydney
Bridget Whyte married 1858 to William Ward at Sydney
William White, son of Alexander & Bridget, died 1926 at Tingha

Ernest A White married 1868 to Margaret A Keddie at Sydney
Children of Ernest Augustus & Margaret Anderson White were:
Arthur E (1869 Ncle), Frederick V (1870 Ncle), Reginald Vere (1872 Ncle), Ethel M (1873 Ncle), Beatrice M (1875 Ncle), Amy Kathleen (1878 Sydney)

Ernest A White, son of George, died 1899 in Sydney

from UK 1881 census
Ernest A White & family at 79 Netherwood Rd, Mdx.
Ernest, 38, merchant, born Antrim
wife Margaret, 38, born NSW.
children Ethel, 7, Beatice,6, Amy, 3, born NSW
sons Arthur, Frederick & Reginald at school at Taplow, Bucks

William Henry Whyte "St Vincent" 1837 - ?the same man

Perhaps a comparison of 'both' WHW signatures could be useful? Can anyone help?

from Greg, and Archive Office NSW annotated indent 1837
Indent No 53. William White, age 22, read & write, protestant, single, no children, native of Belfast, merchant's clerk and travelling agent
Offence uttering forged notes, trial Roscommon 23 Feb 1836, sentance life, no former convictions
5 ft 8 in, fair complexion, hair black & curly, eyes chesnut
Particular marks or scars: lost canine tooth left side upper jaw, cross scar left cheek near nose, two pockpits over right eyebrow, two small moles outside right elbow.

from NSW BMD and Greg
William Whyte married Janet/Jessy Wighton in 1840 at Port Macquarie.
This man was convict on the "St Vincent" on 5 Jan 1837 with a calculated DOB of approx 1816
Mary Ann Barbara Whyte born 1841, dau of William & Jessey Whyte
brought up under the name of "Bridget" Wighton by maternal grandmother

Jessie White repartnered with Robert Miers at Port Macquarie and eventually moved to South Australia and raised a family of 9 children.

Miers family website

from Greg & Michael LW

Sydney Free Press and Commercial Journal, 15 Jul 1841

Robert Wighton, William Henry Whyte & Robert Filling guilty of stealing cattle. Wighton father-in-law of Whyte. Whyte was a prisoner of the Crown.
Whyte's sentence was then commuted from 10 years to 3 years Served initially at the Darlighurst Gaol (until 14/2/1842) - then on Cockatoo Island until 3/9/1844.

from State Records NSW
William White (St Vincent 1837) Ticket of Leave Passport on recommendation of Newcastle Bench 14 Sep 1846