09.10.08
Posted in Genealogy & Ancestry at 6:52 pm by Cate
Venturing into the tree again with a death certificate or two. It appears Thomas Farley died with a nurse present as she was the informant on his death certificate, Celia Leadbetter. Celia was not a relation as far as I can gather but lived very close to the Farley family in Herne Bay. On his death, Thomas Farley was a gentleman but he had been a druggist. I wonder where - was this in Kent or was it in London?
Thomas Farley’s wife, Lydia, died in Croydon and the informant on her death certificate was a grandson, J. Hunter. On searching old directories there was a Lieut. Col Hunter living at the same address that Lydia died. I later found that Lieut. Col Hunter was named John. But was this Lydia’s grandson or the grandson’s father?
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08.18.07
Posted in Genealogy & Ancestry at 10:15 pm by Cate
A copy of the marriage certificate for 1855 of William Nix Farley and Elizabeth Swain arrived at my home August 2007.
Another step to the past William Farley is shown as living at Underdown Street, Herne Bay, Kent, son of Thomas Farley a Gentleman. And Elizabeth as living at Charles Street, Herne Bay, Kent, daughter of Gayler Swain a Baker by trade. Gayler Swain and Lydia Farley were witnesses to the marriage.
It appears form internet searching that Gayler Swain was baptised in 1809 at Willesborough, Kent, a suburb of Ashford. William Nix Farley and Elizabeth left England for Australia not long after their marriage as their first child was born in 1856 in Sydney, Australia.
I have used the on line directories to find both Thomas Farley and Gayler Swain listed in 1858 Melville & Co.’s Directory & Gazetteer of Kent. This confirms Thomas Farley is a Gentry and Gayler Swain is a Baker at the stated addresses on the marriage certificate in 1855. I am very pleased to have a little more knowledge.
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08.05.07
Posted in Genealogy & Ancestry at 4:17 am by Cate
To explain the name of this blog! My ancestors or rather my family tree branches where ever they may have originated from all lead to me and where I grew up. Molong is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. Most of my ancestry is traceable from Australia’s British settlement with some Irish and some German thrown into the mix.
If you find you have an interest in the same connections as I do then please take the opportunity to contact me to share information and hopefully have some fun along the way.
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