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William Woodhouse
Monaro c.1838
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The following photos were supplied by Michael Povey <mpovey-at-tpg.com.au> 31.08.11
William Woodhouse was born Eastrington, York, 12th. March, 1798., to William and Frances (Hutchcroft) Sentenced 1819 to 7 years servitude for stealing malt and barley from employer Mr Edward Latham, with John Robinson and George Bentley. Sailed from Portsmouth on the 12th April, 1820 to arrive in Sydney Harbour, 20th August, 1820.
Served his term with John MacArthur, first at Parramatta, then Camden. On completion of his sentence was made a constable in area. Married Ellen McAloone in 1829. Ellen born in Enniskillen, County of Fermanagh, in Ireland, in 1810. She was sentenced to 7 years for being in the company of some girls who had stolen "some" money. After six months in a factory, Ellen obtained employment with a magistrate, Mr. H.C. Antill, of Stonequarry (Picton), as a "nanny'. Antill and MacArthur had properties in close proximity of each other. After obtaining permission from the
Colonial Secretary William and Ellen were married in St John's Church, Parramatta, on the 21st. December, in 1829.
First child, William, was born 5th October, 1830, while second child, James was born the following year. Both were baptised in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Sydney. Court records show William in Stonequarry area as late as 1831. No more children were born until 1836 when another son was born, at Marulan, and, again named William, as stated on his own son's birth certificate, in 1864. This leads one to believe that William could have ventured into "Maneroo" area, possibly on behalf of himself or Mr Antill, who later became a registered leaseholder in the area. On the 22nd May, 1823, with the blessing of Governor Major-General Brisbane, a Captain John Mark Currie and Brigade Major Ovens set off from Bong Bong, with Constable Joseph Wild, to venture south to see what was in the area. Their journey was reasonably easy, and, without incident, and, within 14 days, on the 4th June they came across the beautiful area known by the local, friendly natives (the Kumas) as "Maneroo", with its magnificent grazing pasturelands, which they named Brisbane Downs after their benefactor. Ellen received her Certificate of Freedom in 1833 when she was, then, allowed to leave the area.
William and Ellen's first depasturing license was at Suggan Buggan in 1842, although, they were known to be in the area some years earlier. Children Benjamin, 1838, John, 1839, Robert, 1840, Charles, 1841, Ellen, 1843 were all born before the family settled down, permanently, on Ingebyra in 1845, where Richard was born.
Due no doubt to unavailabilty of Roman Catholic faith in the Maneroo district Charles, Ellen and Richard were all christened Church of England, in Cooma.
It is believed Ellen was born in the Alps, near Suggan Buggan, Charles was born on a property called "Jimenbuan", and his birth notice can be found in an early issue of the "Monaro Mercury".
Of Benjamin and John there can be found no records of their births, or christenings.
William, the first, died in 1845 and is buried on "Ingebyra" along with his son-in-law David Arnut Crawford, also, a Henry James Woodhouse, a son of Ellen snr.
Benjamin Boyd, a banker, who arrived in New South Wales in 1842, with three ships and Three hundred and forty thousand pounds, had, by the end of the year, more than 14 stations within the Monaro district. One of these was Ingebyra, license number 1032, paid on the 6th November 1845 for period 1/7/1845 to 30/6/46, while William, also, had a license paid on 26/9/1845 for period 1/7/1845 to 30/6/1846 (number 491, volume16, reel 5080).
Ellen remained licensee until her death in 1866.
Charles purchased "Gegedzerick" from Arthur Brooks in 1887, after securing land in "Highfield" estate in Gippsland, then returning to N.S.W. where he still had interest in some leased land and some stock. Later he bought "Biddi", "Grosses Plain". He, later, came into possession of "Ingegoodby" and "Pinch River" Stations. He was a noted breeder of thoroughbred horses and Clydesdales. Married Elizabeth Crisp, daughter of Amos Crisp, of "Jimenbuan" station. He. also. acquired "Rocky Plain" and, purchased other adjoining holdings and then "Kiah Lake" and part of "Glenbrook". Most of early ancestors are buried at either "Gegedzerick" or "Moonbah" church graveyard. Submitted by Allan Woodhouse <alglo10-at-gmail.com> OBITUARIES ETC Descendants of William Woodhouse
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