THE WALDRONS OF ILLAWARRA And Their Connections By Rev. O. B. McCarthy Published May 1950 in 'The Australian Genealogist', Journal of The Australian Society of Genealogists According to family tradition, the Waldrons are descended from Waleran Venator, friend and companion of William the Conqueror, from whom he received vast estates in Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorsetshire. Be that as it may, the direct line begins with Henry Waldron, Esq. (born circa 1450), of the parish of S. Sepulchre without Newgate, London, who, in the early Sixteenth Century, increased his estates in Leicestershire and began a Waldron connection with Oadby that was to last for three hundred years. In 1609, Henry's great-great-grandson Sir Richard Waldron, Knt., of Charley Hall, in Charnwood Forest went to Ireland and settled at Dromellan Castle, Co. Cavan, where King James I had allotted to him an extensive estate of 2,O0O acres in the Barony of Loghtee. This property was disposed of in 1697, when Henry Waldron, Sir Richard's great-grandson, sold it to the Maxwells, of Calderwood Castle, East Kilbride, and settled at Cartron near Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrum. Henry Waldron was one of the attainted Protestants deprived of their estates under the Act of Attainder, 1688, but they were restored again by William III and Mary II, 1689. Henry Waldron was succeeded by his son, Francis, who m. Jane., dau. of the Revd. Henry Roycroft, of Danesfort near Carrick-on-Shannon, and had issue of an only son, Francis, Capt. (d. circa 1730), who in 1710 m. Mary, only dau. of Thomas Jones, Esq. (d. circa 1716), of Ardnaree, Co. S1igo (High Sheriff, Co. Ligo, 1707, and had issue:- (1) Arthur, who settled at Ashfort House. co. Roscommon; which estate was bought for him by his father from Colonel Caulfield, in 1744 He m. circa 1747, his cousin, Jane. dau. of George Jones, of Ardnaree (and sister of Catherine, who m. Captain Thomas Main- waring, son of Judge Thomas Mainwaring, M.P., Lincoln). and was succeeded by his only son:- (a) Francis, Major 75tb Regt. (appt. 1783), who m. his cousin, Sarah. dau. of Captain Thomas Mainwaring (who d. of wounds received at the Battle of Dettingen), and his wife Catherine Jones; d. circa 1800, leaving issue:- (i) Vaughan, of whom presently. (i) Catherine. d. unm. (ii) Mary; m. -Mahon, Esq., of Cavetown, near Boyle. (iii) Rebecca (d. 1818); m. Captain Francis Armstrong, of Caramable. Co. Mayo. and Boyle, Co. Roscommon, and had issue (with others) of an eldest son:- (a) The Revd. John Marsh Armstrong, Rector of Kiltoome, Glebe, near Athlone. Vaughan Waldron, of Ashfort. m. (I) Barbara (1775-1797) , only child of Thomas Waldron, of Rocksavage, Co. Roscommon, by his wife, Elizabeth, d. of Ricbard Baldwin, and had issue of an only child:- (a) Elizabeth Barbara, of whom presently. Vaugban m. (II) Frances Buck. and d. 1827, having had further issue of:- (a) Frank, who went to America (b) Arthur; (c) Andrew; (a) Rebecca; (b) Kate. Elizabeth Barbara (d. 1824). succeeded her father at Ashfort and m. 1816, her cousin, Hubert Kelly Waldron. J.P., D.L., High Sheriff, Co. Leitrim, 1832. 4th s. of Francis Waldron, and had issue (with three sons, Francis Michael, Arthur Thomas, and Hubert Vaughan, who all d. in infancy), of:- (i) Barbara Elizabeth. of whom presently. (ii) Mary Kelly; m. Robert Potterton, LLD. (iii) Sarah Mainwaring; m. William Potterton. of Balatalion, Co. Meath. (iv) Rebecca Elizabeth; m. William Parke Cullen, of Cloonkeen, Co. Galway. Barbara E1izabeth (1817-1899), succeeded her father at Ashfort, 1848; m. 1852, John. 2nd s. of Patrick Hamilton, of Braehead and Greenfield, Co. Lanark, by his wife, Elizabeth, d. of John Graham, of Kittochside (of the family of Graham of Lime- kilns and Craigallion), and had issue:- (a) Hubert Francis Waldron-Hamilton, J.P. (1854-1943), who succeeded to Ashfort; m. 1890, Jemima Elizabeth. 4th d. of James Roberton, D.L., of Lauchope House, Lanark, and had issue (with three daughters), of:- (i) Hubert John Waldron-Hamilton (b. 1894). now of Ashfort House; Lieut 18th Royal Irish Rifles, and Royal Tank Corps, 1914-18; unmarried; the last male of this line. (b) John, d. young. (a) Elizabeth, d. young. (b) Jane Waldron (d. 1941); m. her cousin, Robert George Patterson, O.B.E., J.P., of Glaud Hall and Holmes, Lanark; and sometimes Chairman of Staffordshire County Council. (2) Thomas, second s. of Francis Waldron and his wife Mary Jones, settled at Drumsna; m. Elizabeth, d. of Colonel Thomas Blakeney, of Feigh, Co. Galway, and had issue (with two daughters), of an only son:- . (a) Francis, J.P., D.L., High Sheriff, Co. Leitrum, 1813; m. (I) 1776, Mary, d. of Hubert Kelly, of Kellyville, by his wife Arabella, d. of William Meares, of Annesgroves, and had issue:- (i) Thomas, of Lismoyle House; m. 1804, Eliza, d. of William Waldron, of Ferragh, Co. Mayo, and Ballina, Co. Sligo. (ii) Edward, J.P., of Drumsna, High Sheriff, Co. Leitrim, 1811, m. Jane (who m. secondly, the Revd. Andrew Hogg), d. of Gilbert Hogg, of Moyglass, and had issue:- (a) Francis, who succeeded his uncle at Lismoyle and m. his cousin, Mary Anne, d. of Joseph Caddy and his wife, Anne Waldron, and had issue:- (i) Edward Francis; m. Emily, d. of Captain Yeats, and had issue of one s., Francis, who d. young, and one daughter, Mabel. (ii) Francis Joseph, of Cartron House, Co. Leitrim. in 1895; m. Anne Jane, d. of William Cullen, of Cloonkeen, Co. Galway. (iii) George Nugent (d. 1916); m. Janet Douglass, dau. of John Graham of Kittochside, Co. Lanark. (iv) Andrew, who settled in N.S.W.; m. Margaret Tem- pleton; his only son, G. J. Waldron, 13th Batt., A.I.F., was killed in action in Flanders, 19l6; d. 1946, leaving issue of several daughters. (i) Mary Frances; m. William Houston, of Lismoyle, Co. Leitrum, and Sachel Court, Surrey, s. Of Colonel Houston, of New Grenada, and had issue. (ii) Jane Mainwaring; m. Gerald Walsh, of Belmont, and Gortconlon Lodge, Co. Leitrim. (iii) Margaret Emma; m. John Charles Lloyd, Capt. Carlow Rifles, s. of Major Owen Lloyd, of Rock- ville, Co. Roscommon, and had issue of one son, Owen John Montgomery Lloyd, who settled in Australia. (iii) Frank, R.N., lost at sea, circa 1800, unm. (iv) Hubert Kelly, J.P., D.L. (1795-1848); m. (I) his cousin, Elizabeth Barbara Waldron, of Ashfort House; and (II) Eleanor, d. of the Revd. Francis Johnstone. of Traymount, Co. Down, by his wife. Anne, d. of John Martley, of Ballyfallen, Co. Meath, and had issue of an only son:- (a) Hubert Johnstone Kettlewell Kelly (1832-1914), Capt. 31st Regt., of Egerton House, Beckenham, Kent; m. Margaret Plewes, and had issue:- (i) Hubert Johnstone Thomas Kelly, Solicitor. (i) Beatrice Margaret. (ii) Wm. Arthur Vaughan, Capt. East Surrey Regt., Great War. (ii) Lilian Climina. (iii) Kathleen Ellen Stanier; m. her cousin, Henry Martley Giveen, K.C., s. of the Revd. Lockwood Giveen, and has issue. (v) Michael, Barrister-at-Law; m. (I) Frances Cox, who d.s.p.; and (II) Mary Cox, by whom he had issue:- (a) Samuel; (b) William; (a) Fanny; (b) Maria. (i) Arabella; m. Thomas Watkins, of Somerset House, King's Co., and had issue (with others) of son, John, who m. Mary Anne Bailey, and was father Of Arabella, who in 1872 became the second wife Of the Revd. Robert King, Rector of Kilmore, second s. of Sir Robert K1ng, Bart. (His first wife (q.v.), was a Nesbitt of Derrycarn. (ii) Eliza; m. James Hogg, of Gilstown, and had issue (with others), of Colonel Gilbert Hogg, who served with the Spanish Legion. (iii) Maria, d. unm. (iv) Jane, d. unm. (v) Anne; m. Joseph Caddy, and had issue of an only dau., Mary Anne, who m. her cousin, Francis Waldron. of Lismoyle (q.v.). Francis. o.s. of Thomas Waldron, of Drumsna, m. (II) Mar- garet, d. of Francis Vernon Wilson, of Tully, Co. Longford, and widow of John Ponsonby Conroy, Barrister-at-Law, and had further issue:- Emma; m. (I) Terence Conolly. of Mt. Prospect, Bally- shannon; and (II) Carden Terry, Solicitor, of Dublin. Mrs. Waldron's eldest son by her marriage with J. P. Conroy, was Sir John Conroy, 1st Bart., A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria, whom Victoria retired early in her reign because of his friendship with the Duchess. (3) Charles, of whom presently. (1) Jane; m. James Armstrong. of Ashpark, near Drumsna, a member of the Garry Castle family, Kings Co., who are descended from the ancient Scottish border family of that name. (2) Mary; m. Matthew Nesbitt, of Derrycarn, High Sheriff, Co. Leitrum 1798, s. of Matthew Nesbitt, High Sheriff. Co. Leitrim. 1732, and left issue of several children, of whom Jane, m. (I), 1811, Edward Simpson, of Mt. Campbell, Drumsna, e.s. of Pierce Simpson, of Drumsna, and nephew of Mrs. Charles Waldron (of whom presently) ; and (II), 1839, the Revd. Robert King. Rector of Kilmore, second s. of Sir Robert King, Bart., of Charlestown, Co. Roscommon. The third son of Francis Waldron and his wife, Mary Jones:- Charles, succeeded his father at Cartron House, Co. Leitrum; m. Jane, o.d. of Edward Simpson (d. 1759-60), of Mt. Campbell, and Drumsna, Co. Leitrim, by his wife, Mary, d. of Thomas Story, of Belturbet, Co. Cavan, and had issue of one son and four daughters, of whom presently. [Mrs. Waldron' sixth brother Major Noah Simpson, 31st Regt., was the father of Peirce Simpson, who for some Years before the Peace of 1814 was Governor of the Island of Paxo, in the Mediter- ranean, and who, in 1823, went to N.S.W., where he was appointed to the formation and command of the new settlement at Wellington Valley. His grandson was the Hon. Sir George Bowen Simpson, Knt. (138-1915), a Justice of the Supreme Court of N.S.W. (1894-1910); and his great-granddaughter, Helen de Guerry Simpson (1897-1940), was the noted Australian novelist, whose best-known books include "Boomerang", "Women on the Beast", and "Saraband for Dead Lovers". Miss Thompson's husband, Dr. Denis J. Browne, is a nephew of T.A. Browne, "Rolf Boldrewood."] Charles and Jane Waldron had issue:- (a) Charles, founder of the Waldrons, of Illawarra. (a) A dau., m. -Mahon, of Cavetown. (b) A dau., m. -Sullivan. (c) Mary; m. Arthur Lawder, of Bonnybeg, Co. Leirum, and left issue. (d) Anne, of Drumsna, d. unm. Charles Waldron. o.s. of Charles and Jane Waldron, was b. at Cartron, 1780; joined the Roscommon Militia, and volunteering from it was commissioned as ensign in the 54th Regt. of Foot, 1O Feb., 1800; promoted lieut., 22 Dec., following; captain, 37th Regt., 1813; captain, 39th Regt., 183O. At some period before 1828 he served for 41/2 years as captain in the 4tb Div. of the 11th Portuguese Infantry. He had a distinguished career during the Peninsular Campaign, and was wounded at Badajos and Rodinha. He retired from the army, 5 October, 1832, having continued has attachment with the 39th Regt., after arrival in this country. Waldron sold Cartron, and sailed from Portsmouth, in the "Surry," 17 July, 1831, reaching Sydney, 26 November following. He was accompanied by his wife and nine children and, during the voyage was in command of detachments of male convicts. Ensign Morris, of the 39tb Regt., afterwards his son-in-law, was his A.D.C. The Waldrons lived in Sydney for twelve months after their arrival, and then moved to "Spring Hill," a property of 500 acres near Wollongong. Waldron acquired a purchase grant of 997 acres at Mulgoa Forest, on Nepean River, 8 January, 1833 and, after his death, his widow was granted a further 500 acres at Tom Thumb's lagoon, and adjoining Spring Hill. Waldron was appointed a Magistrate of the Territory, 16 March, 1833, and occupied that position until his death, which occurred at Spring Hill as a result of an altercation with two newly-arrived female convicts, 28 January, 1834. Charles Waldron, m. at Bristol, 12 January, 1808, Jemima (b. 1788), d. of the Revd. Mr Thomas (Mt. St. Thomas, near Wollongong, is named in her honour), and by her, who d. at Wollongong, 19 June, 1872, had issue:- (l) Francis Charles, Lieut., 30tb Regt.; served in East Indies, 1827-29; retired from the Army, July, 1834; arrived at Sydney, 24 June, 1837, by the "Resource," and on 31 Dec., 1840, acquired a purchase grant of 640 acres, known as "Frankville" near Broulee; b. 14 Dec., 1808; m. 1893, Jane Cadden (whose sister, Eleanor, m. Henry Scales, by whom she had issue of Eleanor Annie, m. Peter Paul Labertouche; B.A., Secretary for the Victorian Govt. Railways, and had issue of Ethel Adelaide, m. Augustus Pelham Brooke Loftus, second s. of the Rt. Hon. Lord Augustus Loftus, P.C., G.C.B., Governor of N.S.W., 1879-85, younger s. of the 2nd Marquess of Ely, and their son, Alvo Greville Loftus, is heir presumptive to the present Marquess of Ely), and d. 19 June 1847, at Woollongong, having had issue:-- (a) Charles (1845-1937); m. 1874, Isabella, d. of Capt. Muir, of N.Z.; d at Auckland, having had issue (with two sons, Frederick and George), of four daughters:-- (1) Frances, m. Alexander Stewart; d 1935, at Sydney, leaving issue. (2) Isabella, m. Alfred Herrick, of H.M. Customs, Suva, Fiji and has issue. (3) Alice, m. Harry Greentree, of N.Z. (4) Jessie, m. Henry Bentley, of the Solomon Islands, and has issue. (a) Jane Jemima (1843-1920); m. Charles Octavius Barrass, and d. at Melbourne, having had issue of three sons and two daughters. (b) Frances Frederica Matilda (1847-1931); m (I)John Anderson; and (II) George Ayre, Supt. of the Coaling Station, Perim Island, Red Sea; d. at Melbourne. (2) Frederick William, deputy commissary-general; who, during his period of service with the Commissariat, 1848-70, was stationed succesively at Van Diemen's Land, N.S.W., Jamaica, with the Eastern Army, at Bermuda, Canada, the Curragh, Chatham, Sierra Leone, Manchester, and the Cape of Good Hope. He was awarded the Turkish Medal for service with the Turkish Contingent in Turkey and the Crimea; m. 1846, at Port Macquarie, Eliza Ann, d. of the Revd. Charles Woodward, B.C.L., Chaplain at Kelso, N.S.W.; d. 15 May, 1885, at London, leaving issue. (3)Hubert Kelly, of "Springvale", near Woollongong; b. 1819-20, Isle of Jersey; ed. at the King's School, Parramatta (amongst the earliest pupils); a brilliant linguist, who made little use of his gifts, but turned to the land, and on his property was both a farmer and a timber merchant; m. circa 1847, Eliza Jane (d. 1914), d. of Thomas Elliott, of Illawarra (his sister Jane m. Hubert's younger brother, Charles Vaughan Waldron!) and his wife, Sarah Bowes; d. 18 Jan 1875 at Woollongong, having had issue:- (a) William (1852-1922), d. unm. (b) Hubert Henry, (1852-1929), of "Craigneath", Coniston, near Wollongong, who amassed a considerable fortune, and an estate which eventually included Berkeley House, the old home of the Jenkins family. The purchase of this latter property marked the culmination of a feud of some 80 years' standing between the Waldrons and the Jenkins; the original dispute having arisen over the boundary between Spring Hill and Berkeley. Harry Waldron did not reside at Berkeley House but he allowed it to fall into such complete disrepair that it was little more than a ruin when it was demolished by his daughter about 1939. Harry Waldron m. Isabella Craig, and d. leaving issue of three daughters. (c) Frederick George (1856-1938), for some years on the land, North Coast, N.S.W.; d.unm (d Alfred Charles:(1858-1928), grazier, of Casino; m. and left issue. (e) Arthur Edgar, d. in infancy. (f) Edwin Arthur (1867-1945); m. Elizabeth Isabella Aitken, and d.leaving issue of three sons. (g) Herbert James (1869-87), d. unm. (a) Alice Jemima (1848-1923); m. Robert Lloyd Ashton, and left issue. (b) Sarah Jane (1849-1927); m. Edward John Curry, of Curry's Hill, Gerringong, who was later a pioneer grazier at Cootamundra; d. leaving issue. (The Curry estate at Wollongong now includes Kiera Lodge, the old home of the Shooberts.) (c) Eliza Jane, d. in infancy. (d) Julia Eliza (1861-1928), d. unm. (e) Matilda Rose (1862-1944); m William H.Dudgeon, of Glenthorne, Bangalow, and Burradale, s. of Hugh Dudgeon, of; Hillview, Jamaberoo, and d. leaving issue. (The Dudgeons are noted breeders of Illawarra Shorthorn cattle, and the Hillview and Glenthorne studs are equally famous). (f) Edith Maria (1863-1950), d. unm. (g) Jemima Victoria (1871-1938); m. Harry Jackman, and d.s.p. (4) Charles Vaughan of Spring Hill, and Wollongong: b. 1822, Isle of Jersey; ed. at The King's School, Parramatta; m. 1946, Jane second d. of Andrew Elliott, of Herne Farm, Illawarra, by his wife, Elizabeth, d. of John Robinson, of Co. Fermanagh, Ireland. (The Elliotts were also natives of Co. Fermanagh, and arrived in N.S.W. in 1839; Andrew (d. 1855), was the s. of John Elliott, of Tyrone, by his wife, Angel Dyer; Elizabeth d. 1868). Charles Vaughan d. 4 June, 1892, at Wollongong, having had issue by his wife, who d. 5 August, 1901, of:- (a) Adolphus Charles (1847-1899); a member of N.S,W. Cavalry; in escort of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, 1868; in his youth a member of N.S.W. Mounted Police Volunteers -- he resigned as a protest against the shooting of a bushranger who was swimming a river, considering that an unfair advantage had been taken; was later associated with his uncle, G. R. Waldron, in racing many old-time favourites of the turf; he was described by a Sydney journal at the time of his death as "one of the best and pluckiest buckjump riders in Australia"; m. 1822, Isabella (1852-1923) elder d. of Thomas Oswald, by his wife, Frances, d. of Robert Robson. (The Oswalds, who were natives of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Co. Durham, came to Australia about 1862. Thomas Oswald, who was the s. of Thomas Oswald and his wife Isabella Younghusband, was Manager of Mt. Kiera Colliery, and later first Manager of Coalcliff Colliery, the opening of which latter mine he planned and supervised, as well as the building of Coalcliff Jetty. He was fatally injured while on an inspection of the mine, 1878; 0swald's Creek, near Clifton, is named after him. His younger daughter, Sarah Jane, (d. 1931), was the first wife of Patrick Joseph Carrick, who married Lily May Waldron, as his second wife.) A.C. and I. Waldron had issue:-- (1) Oswald Vaughan (1881-1914); m. Imelda Murphy, of Newcastle. (who m. secondly, Barry John Matthews); and d.s.p. (2) Frederick Aubrey (1833-1943); d. unm. (3) Charles Wilfred (1885-1947); Director of J. N. King & Sons, Stock and Station Agents; m. Catherine Dunne, and d.s.p. (4) Walter King (1890-1924); d. unm. (1) Lily May (1878-1940); m. Patrick Joseph Carrick (d. 1948), Mine Manager, who was sometime President of Bulli Shire, e.s. of John Carrick; and d.s.p. (2) Amy Frances Jane, d. in infancy. (3) Mabel Isabella; m. John, y.s. of John McCarthy, of Kimberley, South Africa, and has issue of an only son:-- The Revd. Oswald Bruce McCarthy, British Chaplain in Java (4) Sara Florence; unm. (b) Frederick King (1848-1881); d. unm. (c) Francis William (1849-1922); a member of N.S.W. Cavalry; m. 1876, Henrietta Sarah (d. 1931), d. of Alfred George Ravenscroft, of Melbourne, by his wife, Mary Jane Moore, and hadissue:-- (1) Frank Adolphus; m. Bessie Cummings, and has issue:-- (a) Frank King; served with A.I.F., 1939-45; m. (b) Allan James; served with A.I.F., 1939-45; m. 1945, Edna Mary, o.d. of J. Dawson. (c) Ronald Vaughan (1912-1938); d. unm. (2) Charles Vaughan, d. in infancy. (1) Ethel Maude (1877-1949); m. Albert Edward, (d. 1949), s. of Robert Kearney, of Darlington, and has issue. (5) George King, of Rose Vine Lodge, Kiama; b. 13 July, 1827, Isle of Jersey; was a prominent auctioneer at Kiama from 1856 untilhis death; for some years he represented the Kiama Ward in the Borough Council; for several years to 1872, he was well-known as the racing owner of such successful horses as "Erin-go-bragh," "Miss Tempest," "Maid of Erin," "Birmingham," "Lady Benson," and "It's Wonderful"; m. 1856, Anne (1835-1928), d. of William Fuller, of Fazim, Co. Galway, Ireland, by his wife, Anne Murphy. [The Fullers sailed for Australia in 1838 but, on the voyage, Mr. Fuller, and three of the children died. This tragedy placed Mrs. Fuller in a difficult position on her arrival in the Colony but, fortunately, through the good services of her cousin, General Sir Maurice O'Connell (1768-1848), then Lieut-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of N.S.W., she was enabled to open a business and thus support her family. Of her surviving children, Anne and Thomas married Waldrons; William emigrated to N.Z.; and George Laurence Fuller (1836-1917), grazier, of Dunmore (an estate of 9,000 acres); Minnamurra, became the father of the Hon. Sir George Warburton Fuller, K.C.M.G., M.A. (1861-1940), Premier of N.S,W., 1922, 1922-25; Agent-General for N.S.W. in London, 1928-30; Bryan Claude Fuller, B.A, LL.B., K.C., President of the N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Assoc.; Lieut-Colonel Colin Dunmore Fuller, D.S.O., who sold Dunmore recently to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Parbury -- the latter being the niece H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester--; and Sarah Emily, who m. Mark F. Morton, M.L.A.] G.K. Waldron d, 12 August, 1888, at Kiama, having had issue:-- (a) George Charles King M.A, LL.B. (158-1898), City Solicitor,Sydney, 1895-98; partner in the legal firm of Dawson, Waldron and Glover (now Dawson, Waldron, Edwards and Nicholls); m. 1885, Maud Constance, d. of the Hon. Sir George Richard Dibbs, K.C.M.G., Premier of N.S.W., 1885, 1889, 1891-94, by his wife, Anne Maria, e.d. of the Hon. R. M. Robey, M.L.C., of Linthorpe, Newtown. (Sir George Dibbs (1834-1904), was the s. of Captain John Dibbs, of St. Andrew's, Scotland, and a brother of Sir Thomas, A. Dibbs, Kt. (1832-1923), General Manager of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, 1867-1915,,who, in 1916, presented his home, "Graythwaite," North Sydney, to the Commonwealth, as a home for sick and wounded soldiers.) G. C. K. Waldron left issue by his wife, who d. 1916, at Nairobi, B. E. Africa, of:- (1) George Dibbs King M.C., M.B., B.S.; served in Great War with A.A.M.C., and in Second World War as M.O. on a British transport; between wars he lived in Nigeria; twice married; d. 1943, at Takoradi, Gold Coast, leaving issue by his second wife, Clare Loser, of London, of an only son:- (a) Peter George William King, b. 1932. (1) Elizabeth King, who now lives in Ostend, Belgium; m. Herman Reichenbach, of Sydney, and has issue of one daughter. (b) Frederick William King (1862-1934), d. unm. (c) Ernest Henry Arthur King (1868-1906); m. 1898, Kate, d. of Joseph Single, of Penrith, and has issue:- (1) George King, of Mogila Station, Goodooga, grazier; M. Jessie Mildred, ed.d. of W. H. Keating, of Calala, Quambone, and has issue:- (a) Ernest King, b. 1936. (b) Thomas Walter King, b. 1945. (a) Margaret King. (1) Madge; m. Norman, s. of the Revd. Mr. Bradshaw, and has issue (with others), of:- Flying Officer Donald Peter Bradshaw, R.A.A.F. (1924-45), who was killed on active service. (2) Nancy, B.A.; unm. (d) Thomas Walter King, B.A., LL.B. (1870-1934); City Solicitor,Sydney, 1916-34; partner in the legal firm of Dawson, Waldron, and Glover (now Dawson, Waldron, Edwards and Nicholls); served during the South African War (he was the youngest captain in the N.S.W. Contingent of Citizens' Bushmen); Vice President of the Incorporated Law Institute of N.S.W.; m.1901, Ruth Eleanor, d. of the Hon. Sir George Richard Dibbs, K.C.M.G., and younger sister of Mrs. G. C. K. Waldron, who d.s.p. 1942. (e) Edwin King, d. in infancy. (f) Rupert Leslie King, d. in infancy. (a) Anne Jemima King, b. 1860; m. 1886, George, s. of William Chapman, of Hartwell House, Kiama, and has issue:- (1) Harley Waldron, Lieut. A.I.F.; killed in action, Mont S. Quentin, 1917. (1) Enid Anne, unm. (2) Aileen Mona, unm.; Matron of Scarba Children's Home. (3) Edna; m. Oscar (who was drowned on a Japanese prison ship during the last War), s. of the Revd. William Green- wood, Rector of S. Nicholas', Coogee, 1902-36, and has issue. [George Chapman's sister was twice married (I) to Alexander King, of Avoca (whose sister m. Sir George Fuller); and (II) to Dr. John Hay Caird, one of the foremost cricketers of his day, by whom she had issue of several children, of whom Winifred m. Lieut-Colonel the Hon M. F. Bruxner, D.S.O., M.L.A., Leader of the N.S.W. Country Party, and former Deputy-Premier of N.S.W.] (b) Laura Elizabeth King (1862-1944); d. unm. (c) Sarah Louisa (1865-1936); m. George Graham Johnson, Solicitor (1855-1931). (His brother, Charles Johnson, of Vancouver, Brit. Columbia, was the father of Ursula (d. 1937), who m. Harold Robert Montgomery, C.M.G., Chief Native Commander, Kenya Colony, eldest s. of the Rt. Rev. H. H. Montgomery, K.C.M.G., D.D., D.C.L., Bishop of Tasmania, 1889-1901, by his wife, Maud, 3rd d. of the Very Rev. F. W. Farrar, D.D., Dean of Canterbury, and has issue of one son. H. R. Montgomery is the brother of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.) Sarah and G. G. Johnson had issue:- (1) Graham Skipman (1893-1940); served with 35th Batt., A.I.F., during Great War; m. Ruth, d. of Edgar Hope, and has issue of:- (a) Edwin, b. 1928. (b) Norma. (a) Hope; m. 1945, George Gordon, of Newbridge, Glen- gowan, grazier, s. of Joseph Gordon, grazier, and has issue. [Edgar Hope was the s. of Dr. Robert Hope, of Narellan, by his wife, Catherine Elizabeth, d. of the Revd. Thomas Hassall, M.A., and his wife, Anne, e.d. of the Revd. Samuel c. Marsden, "the Apostle to New Zealand."] (1) Dorothy; m. William C. Foster (d. 1949), of Mt. Tantalus,Pearl Harbour, Honolulu (he served with American Air Force in Great War), s. of Dr. Foster, of New Jersey, and has issue:- (a) William, B.Ec. (Stanford Univ.); served with Army Air Force, Second World War. (2) Marjorie; m. Edwin Harrison Boston, and has issue. (3) Mavis Grace; m. Duncan Alexander (served with 29th Div., R. Horse Artillery, Great War), e. son of Donald Macfarlane, Chairman of the Australasian Corriedale Society, and noted breeder of Corriedale sheep. (4) Phyllis Annette; m. Albert Beattie Manogue, of New Jer- sey. (d) Frances Aimee King (1867-1934); d. unm. (e) Florence Edith King, d. in infancy. (f) Bessie Somerset Orde King (1878-84). (6) Henry Arthur Francis; b. 1829; m. 1855, Christina, e.d. of Edmund Brady, of Kielty, Scariff, Co. Clare, Ireland, by his wife, Ann Molony. (Christina's brother, Edward John Brady, was the father of Edwin J. Brady, the Australian poet, whose works include: "The Ways of Many Waters," "The Earthen Floor," "Bushland Ballads," "The King's Caravan," "River Rovers," "Bells and Hobbles," "Australia Unlimited," "The House of the Winds," "The Land of the Sun," "The Prince's Highway," and "Two Frontiers," in which latter work he tells the story of his father's remarkable career. The Bradys are descended from Hugh Brady. Bishop of Meath and Clonmacnoise (d. 1584), and belonged to a distinguished family which included Nicholas Brady, M.A. (1659-1726), divine and poet, who, with Nahum Tate, wrote the metrical version of the Psalms.) H. A. F. Waldron d.s.p. at Wollongong, 10 August, 1894; Christina d. at Petersham, 2 May, 1900. (7) Alfred Adolphus; of Spring Hill, near Wollongong, and of Sutton Forest; b. December, 1833, at Spring Hill; was the owner of Spring Hill at the time of its resumption by the N.S.W. Government, 1913; m. 1859, Lucy Sarah (b. 1834), d. of Captain John Lovett, master mariner, by his wife, Sarah Aurora Milford; d. 18 September, 1920,at Sydney, having had issue by his wife, who d. 24 January, 1934, at Ryde, of:- (a) Harold Alfred (1873-1937); associated with McGarvie Smith (of anthrax-vaccine fame); later traded as H. A. Waldron & Co. in shipping frozen produce, until 1908; then travelled extensively in Queensland for the States Publishing Coy.; went to Monte Carlo, 1914, having been sent by a syndicate in order to "break the bank"-he claimed on his return that "human nature beat him"; for some years after 1927, he was manager of the British Express Coy.; also found time to be a bacteri- ologist at Sydney University Pathological Dept.; in the Royal Commission held to inquire into the administration of C. J. Goode (1932), he was the most remarkable witness; he led several expeditions to Central Australia; was mysteriously killed on the last of these, at Ti Tree Well; m. (I) Clarence Vere (who d.s.p. 1932), e.d. of Daniel Henry Deniehy, M.L.A. (1828-65), the brilliant, but eccentric litterateur, by his wife, Adelaide Eliza (who m. secondly McGarvie Smith), o.d. of John Cassima Hoalls, of Kellsthorpe, Notts., and great niece of Lord Gough; and (II) Bessie Tibbetts, who d.s.p. 1935. (b) Charles Frederick (b. 1876); m. (1) Alice Duncan, and had issue:- ; (1) Clarence Frederick; m. 1923, Pearl Gwendoline, d. of Thomas Otway Partridge, and has issue:- (a) Kenneth Frederick (b. 1925). (b) Geoffrey Wallace (b. 1930). (a) Shirley Lucy. (1) Hazel Eileen; m. 1925, James Edward Patrick, grazier, of The Maze, Armatree, s. of James Patrick, grazier, of Myall Park, Armatree, and has issue. C. F. Waldron m, (II) Ella, d. of the Revd. Edward Crisford, P.I.C. of S. John's, Gordon, with Hornsby, 1890-93, and has further issue:- (2) Nancy Jemima. (3) Margaret. (a) Jemima Lucy (1860-1911); d. unm. (b) Maud Mary; m. John Taylor, and d.s.p. (c) Bessie Emeline (1864-1935); m. (I) 1885 (marriage later dissolved), Alfred Matcham (1854-1909), fifth s. of William Warren Jenkins, of Berkeley House, Unanderra, and had issue (with a son who d. in infancy) of:- (1) Gladys Lucy Alfreda; m. Charles Cautley, fifth s. of Ralph Walker Atkinson, B.A., J.P., of Essex. (2) Marjorie Maud Waldron; m. Douglas, s. of Lambart Skene Gordon, of Armidale, by his wife, Annette Jemima, third d.of the Revd. Septimus Hungerford I. of S. Thomas', Enfield, 1879-95. (L. S. Gordon is the s. of Hugh Gordon, of Strathbogie, New England, by his wife, Mary King (d. 1898), fourth d. of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur (nephew of Captain John Macarthur, of Camden) who possessed 25,000 acres in N.S.W., by his wife, Anna Maria, e.d. of Philip G. King, Governor of N.S.W., 1800-06.) [TO BE CONTINUED] THE WALDRONS OF ILLAWARRA And Their Connections By Rev. O. B. McCarthy Part 2 published August 1950 in 'The Australian Genealogist', Journal of The Australian Society of Genealogists [The Jenkins of Berkeley were amongst the earliest settlers in Illawarra, Robert Jenkins having received the original grant of 1,000 acres from Governor Macquarie in 1817. Twenty years later the estate extended over 3,280 acres. Robert Jenkins was the second s. of Robert Jenkins, of Arlingham, Gloucestershire, by his wife Mary, e.d. of John Warren, of Awre, Gloucestershire, and came to Australia in 1809. He became a member of the Court of Civil Jurisdiction, and an original Director of the Bank of N.S.W.; m. 1822, Jemima (widow of Captain Austin Forrest, H.E.I.C.S.), third d. of Robert Pitt, of Belchalwel, Dorsetshire, by his wife Mary, d. of Joseph Matcham, of Fittleford, Dorset. (The Pitts were of the family of Sir Morton Pitt, of Dorset, a younger branch of Lord Pitt-Rivers' family. Mary Matcham was first cousin of George Matcham, of Ashfold Lodge, Sussex, whose wife was Lord Nelson's sister. Mary carried letters of introduction to Governor King, both from her cousin and his famous brother-in-law.)] Robert and Jemina Jenkins had issue of two sons:- (a) The Hon. Robert Pitt, M.L.C.; m. Louisa, d. of Capt. Patrick Plunkett, 8Oth Regt., and with his wife and five sons perished in the wreck of the "Royal Charter", 26 Oct., 1859, Their one surviving child, Alice (d. 1925), m. Charles Hubert de Castella, one of the pioneers of the wine industry in Australia. (b) William Warren (1816-84); m. Matilda Pitt, fourth d. of James Wilshire, of the Commissariat, N.S.W., by his wife, Esther, y.d. of Robert Pitt of Belchalwel. The last Squire of Berkeley was Robert Thomas Jenkins, second s. of William W. Jenkins, who m. Agnes, d. of the Revd. T. C. Ewing, Rector of Wollongong, 1857-92; (her three brothers were the Hon. John Ewing, M.L.C., of Western Australia Legislative Council; the Hon. Mr. Justice N. K. Ewing, of the Supreme Court of Tasmania; and the Hon. Sir Thomas T. Ewing, sometime Commonwealth Minister of Defence). Bessie Emeline m. (II) 1899, William Lister Lister, the noted artist, s. of John Armitage Lister, and had further issue:- (3) Muriel Somerset Bateson Lister; m. (I) Geoffrey Lamb, who d.s.p. in London, 1927, and (II) John Frederick Harris; and d.s.p. 1946, at Sydney. [Lister Lister (1859-1943), was President of the Royal Art Society of N.S.W., 1897-1941; Trustee of the National Art Gallery of N.S.W. 1899-1943 (Vice-President from 1919); won the Wynne Prize for the best landscape of the year, 1898, 1906, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1917, and 1925; his painting, "Federal Capital Site," hangs in Federal Parliament House.] (d) Florence Victoria (1866-1948); m. George Mitchell, and had issue:- (1) Hazel Jessie; m. Percy Filleul, of Tasmania, and has issue of an only son, Antony Clement. (e) Jessie Eleanor (1868-1949); m. James Wall, grazier, of Wil-garoi, Bellata, and had issue:- (1) Roy William; m. (2) Raymond (d. 1948). (3) Mervyn D'Arcy (d. 1939). (1) Maud Milford; m. Royston Randolph, o.s. of R. A. Cody. (f) Alfreda Henrietta; m. (I) Frederick Moyer Bell, who d.s.p. at sea, and (II) Dr. D'Arcy Williams (who was killed by natives in Africa, 1917), by whom she had issue:- (1) Fenwick D'Arcy Moore, M.B., B.S. (b. 1914); Major A.A.M.C., 1939-45; m. 1939, Agnes, fourth d. of D. J. Mackay Sim, of Darling Point, and has issue. (1) Matilda Anne; b. 1814; m. (I) 24 Dec 1831, Arthur Charles Morris, lieut. 19th Batt., 39th Regt. and had issue:- (1) Arthur Charles Henry Morris, born 20 June 1832 in Sydney, and (II) 1838, Captain James Shoobert, master mariner, of Herne Farm, Illawarra, by whom she had issue:- (a) Frederick William; drowned in a shipwreck. (b) John Edmund (1843-99); d. in San Francisco. His d. married Robin W., e.s. of the Hon. James Dunsmuir Premier (1900-02), and Lieut.-Governor (1906-09) of British Columbia. (c) Robert Cole; d. in infancy. (d) Wild Abercrombie: m. Frances Day. (e) Charles Waldron Simpson; d. in San Francisco. (a) Marion Elizabeth; m. G. Holloway. (b) Louisa Woodhouse; m. --- Davis. (c) Matilda Jemima; m. Henry Frederick Chilcott, Gen. Manager of Scottish-Aust. Investment Coy., and the Scottish- Aust. Mining Coy., and had issue. (d) Grace Adelaide; m. --- Duffy. (e) Edith Emily; m. --- Pritchard. [Captain James Shoobert, who was a Londoner b. 1804, was twice married. His first wife was Mary Brady (no relation to Mrs. H. A. F. Waldron) whom he married at Herne Farm in 1829. Mrs. Shoobert d. Sept., 1838, leaving issue of three sons and one daughter; two of the sons, James Conrad and Henry were afterwards sea captains. Captain James Shoobert had traded to Wollongong with a vessel for some time before he settled in the district and engaged in agricultural pursuits: he was one of the original committee of The Illawarra Agricultural Society on its formation in 1844. He resided at Herne Farm from 1829 to 1843; at Keira Lodge, Mt. Keira, 1843-56; and at Clifton House, Balmain, 1856, until his death. In 1828, Shoobert discovered coal on Chippendale's grant, and brought a bag of it to Sydney, but it was impossible to develop mining owing to the monopoly exercised by the Australian Agricultural Society. The enterprise wavered and was suspended until 1848, when Shoobert commenced mining operations on his own property at Mt. Keira. The mine was at a lower altitude but within a short distance of the present mine. The coal was carted to Wollongong on bullock drays, and then transhipped to Sydney. In 1854, Shoobert was awarded a bronze medal at the Paris International Exhibition for his exhibit of "a large block of coal from a horizontal tunnel in Mount Keira, about six hundred and seventy feet above the sea." In 1856, Shoobert sold the mine to Henry Osborne, and it was then named the Osborne Wallsend Coal Mine. On the formation of the Bulli Coal Company in 1861, Shoobert became a shareholder, and afterwards Manager of the Bulli Mine, which position he held until his death. In 1863, the Company ordered in England a screw steamer "Woniora," and this came out under the command of Shoobert's son.] Mrs. Shoobert d. 15 January, 1874, at Clifton House, Balmain. (2) Nancy Anne; b. 1816; m. (I) --- Waller, of West Meath, Ireland, by whom she had issue:- (a) John Charles; b. in West Meath; came to N.S.W. 1853; d. unm. 1864, aged 22. (a) Mary; drowned in Hawkesbury River. Nancy Anne m. (II) R. Wyldman, by whom she had issue of an only son, who d. in infancy, and (III) 1860, James Bligh Johnston, of Spring Hill, Windsor and Portland Head, sixth s. of Andrew Johnston and his wife, Mary Beard, and a godson of Governor Bligh. [Andrew Johnston, a native of Berwick-on-Tweed, Scotland, was an architect, and arrived by the "Coromandel," 1802. He settled at Windsor, and was the first Clerk of Petty Sessions Magistrate's Clerk) there. He was drowned at Killarney. His second son, William, and his second daughter, Hannah, married members of George Hall's (of Macquarie, Cattai) family and Hannah's d., Mary, m. Thomas Arndell. The latter's fifth d. Sarah, m. Frederick Robert White, of Harben Vale, Blandford, and Booloominbah, Armidale, fifth s. of James White, of Edinglassie near Muswellbrook. James Bligh Johnston (1809-91) was a Magistrate at Windsor for 33 years. By his first wife, Caroline Matilda Smith, whom he married in 1835, he had issue of one son and four daughters, of whom the eldest daughter, Caroline Jane, m. her first cousin, George Thomas (1829-1916), second s. of George Banks Suttor (1799-1879), by his wife Jane, elder d. of Andrew Johnston. G. B. Suttor was the brother of the Hon. J. B. Suttor, M.L.C. and W. H. Suttor, M.L.A.. the latter being the father of the Hon. W. H. Suttor, M.L.C. and the Hon. Sir Francis Suttor, Kt.] Nancy Anne and James Bligh Johnston had issue:- (a) Julia Bligh, R.R.C. (1861-1940); attached to Sydney Hospital as Senior Sister, 1899-1901; Active Military Service, South Africa, 1900-02, with 2nd Contingent, A.M.C. Nursing Staff, holding the rank of Superintendent; embarked 1914; to Alexandria; attached to Mena House until the arrival of No.2 A.G.H. of which she was Matron; stationed at Moussot, France, for a short time, then to Wimmereux; transferred to England, 1917; Matron at Morton Garden No.6 Aust. Aux. Hospita1, London, 1918; returned to Australia, 1919; and associated with Ambulance Board until her retirement in 1926. She received the A.R.R.C. (2nd Class), Queen's and King's South African Medals, 1914-15 Star, General Service, and Victory Medals, and was Mentioned in Despatches. She d. unm. (b) Jemima Margaret; m. Thomas Wyatt, grazier, of Narrabri. Nancy Anne Johnston d. 1903, at Windsor. (3) Mary Jane; b. 1823; m. 1841, John Collie, and d. 16 September,1879, having had issue:- (a) Russell Alfred, d. unm. (b) John Frederick, fatally injured in fall from his horse, 2 June. 1865, aged 16. (a) Juliana Louisa; m. Henry Bonner, who conducted a private school at Cadia, near Orange, and d.s.p. (b) Georgina Elizabeth; m. David Wilson, of Kiama, and had issue. (c) Mary Jane; m. Charles, s. of John Canfield Allen, of Colegreen House, Hereford. and Stevenage Farm. and left issue of one son and seven daughters. (d) Kate Ellen; m. --- Millard. (4) Jemima Julia; b. 1825, Isle of Jersey; m. 1858, the Revd. William Coombes s. of Joseph Coombes, and his wife, Grace Beallake. Mr. Coombes was Chaplain to the Gold Districts of Meroo, Louisa Creek, and Richardson's Point, and was afterwards Incumbent of Dubbo. Mrs. Coombes d.s.p. 22 October, 1886. (5) Elizabeth Somerset Orde; b. 1832; m. Thomas John, s. of William Fuller, of Fazim, Co. Galway, Ireland, and a brother of Mrs. G. K Waldron; d. 12 July, 1872, having had issue by her husband, who d. 3 September, 1909, of:- (a) Thomas, unm. (b) Frederick, unm. (a) Annie; m. William, s. of William Lovegrove, of Illawarra, by his wife, who was a De Mestre (Gertrude Louisa, sister of William Jnr. m. Wilfred Blacket. K.C.) and had issue:- (1) Eric. (2) Wilfred; served with A.I.F., Great War; killed in action. (3) Harold. (1) Ruth. (2) Doreen; m. --- Perrett, grazier, of Mudgee, and d., leaving issue. (b) Jemima, unm. (c) Ethel. unm. (d) Rita; served as nurse during Great War in France; unm. (e) Daisy Maria, d. in infancy.