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- [S22] Records Authority - New South Wales.
New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896.
Daniel Laheen, his wife Mary and five children (Thomas, Mary, Nancy, Catherine, and Margaret) arrived in New South Wales on the "Charles Kerr" on 8 Jan 1839.
- [S1] BDM NSW.
Margaret Scully (nee Laheen) Death Registration Transcription
- [S9] Sydney Morning Herald, page 16, Wednesday 24 Nov 1886.
THE FRIENDS of Mr. THOMAS SCULLY are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his late beloved WIFE, Margaret; to move from his residence 73, Aberercrombie st., TO-MORROW (Thursday) AFTERNOON, at 2 o'clock, for Waverley Cemetery.
WOOD and CO., Undertakers, 907, George-street South; Darling st., Balmain; and Palace-st., Petersham.
Transcribed by Susan Tutin
- [S9] Sydney Morning Herald, page 14 (Reliability: 3), Thursday 25 Nov 1886.
THE FRIENDS of Mr.THOMAS SCULLY are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his late beloved WIFE, Margaret; to move from his residence, 73, Abercrombie street, THIS (Thursday) AFTERNOON, at 2 o'clock, for Waverley Cemetery.
WOOD and CO. Undertakers, 807, George-street South Darling-street, Balmain, and Palace-street, Petersham.
Transcribed by Susan Tutin
- [S10] Ryerson Index.
SCULLY Margaret Funeral notice 25NOV1886 Publication Sydney Morning Herald 25NOV1886
SCULLY Margaret Funeral notice 24NOV1886 Publication Sydney Morning Herald 24NOV1886
- [S22] Records Authority - New South Wales, Divorce No. 0046, 1876.
Transcription of Petition for Divorce by Margaret Willis.
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- [S9] Sydney Morning Herald, page 7, 20 Sep 1876.
MATRIMONIAL AND DIVORCE CAUSES COURT.
TUESDAY.
BEFORE his Honor Mr. Justice HARGRAVE.
Willis V. Willis.
On the motion of Mr. Donovan, instructed by Mr. R. H. M. Forster, the following issues were settled to be tried herein :- Marriage, adultery, and desertion. The petition to be heard on the first sitting day in November, on affidavits, all the witnesses of material facts to be present for cross-examination if necessary.
The petitioner, Margaret Willis, resides in Sydney; the respondent, John Willis, near Dubbo.
- [S9] Sydney Morning Herald, page 6, 25 Nov 1876.
DIVORCE COURT.
FRIDAY.
Before his Honor Mr. Justice HARGRAVE
WILLIS V. WILLIS
This was an application on the part of the petitioner, Margaret Willis, for a divorce from her husband, John Willis. The issues in this case and been settled by his Honor as follows :- Marriage, adultery, and desertion. Dr. Donovan, instructed by Mr. R. M. Forster, appeared on behalf of the petitioner. Respondent did not appear, and was not represented. Margaret Willis, the petitioner, deposed that she was married to respondent at Tambaroora in 1854; respondent left her to go to the Gulgong gold-fields in 1872; he left her with seven children and no means of supporting them; she heard from him occasionally for fourteen or fifteen months after he went away, and during that period she only received about £8 from him in all, although she repeatedly informed him that she was in want; she had supported herself principally by dressmaking and needle work; it was in March, 1875, that she first heard that her husband was living in adultery, on the Parkes diggings, with a woman named Mrs. Anderson, who had a child by him; her stepson, Joseph Willis, afterwards gave her information to the same effect. The next witness was Joseph Willis, whose evidence showed that respondent and Mrs. Anderson were living together in a state of adultery at Parkes.
His HONOR held that the three issues had been proved, and granted a rule nisi for a divorce, not to be made absolute until after the expiration of six months.
- [S1] BDM NSW.
Thomas Scully, Margaret Laheen Marriage Registration Transcription
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