Today in History – August

NB Births of living persons have been omitted (Relationships explained)

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1 August

  • 1836 – George STARR, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1847 – Faith Hope BATEUP, our first cousin three times removed, was baptised at Mayfield, Sussex, England
  • 1857 – Benjamin BIGGS, our 3x-great grandfather, died at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1857 – Olive SMITH, our first cousin three times removed, married John PITMAN at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1886 – John Thomas FRAZIER, our half first cousin three times removed, died at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1922 – John CRAFT, our half first cousin three times removed, died at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
  • 1967 – Annie Isabella BARNETT (nee MAYES), our third cousin once removed, died at Newtown, New South Wales
  • 1989 – Leslie Sydney DUESBURY, our great uncle, died at Wahroonga, New South Wales

2 August

  • 1822 – Daniel FRAZIER, our half 3x-great uncle, was born at Concord, New South Wales
  • 1854 – Alice SIMS, our half second cousin twice removed, was born at Balmain, New South Wales
  • 1883 – Sarah KNIGHT (nee DUESBURY), our half 2x-great aunt, died at Emerald Hill, Victoria
  • 1909 – Oswald Richards HINDER, our first cousin twice removed, married Olive Muriel FURNER at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1951 – Philip Wellesley DULHUNTY, our first cousin once removed, married Aline KROGERYTE at Darling Point, New South Wales
  • 1956 – Thelma M HAMILTON (nee BULLOCK) our third cousin once removed, died at Watsons Bay, New South Wales
  • 1997 – John Venour DULHUNTY, our first cousin once removed, died at Port Macquarie, New South Wales

3 August

  • 1831 – Edward Simpson DUESBURY, our 4x-great uncle, married Sarah NEAL at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1912 – Philip Narroway SMITH, our second cousin once removed, died at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1929 – Henry SMITH, our great grandfather, died at Mungindi, New South Wales
  • 1951 – Susan Harriett CLARSON (nee PARKINSON), our first cousin three times removed, died at Chatswood, New South Wales
  • 1952 – Philip Sidney PARKINSON, our second cousin twice removed, died in New South Wales
  • 1968 – Leelah IRWIN (nee GAWTHORNE) our second cousin twice removed, died at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1977 – David Shepherd STARR, our second cousin twice removed, died in New South Wales

4 August

  • 1864 – Charity ROGERS (nee SMITH), our 3x-great aunt, was buried at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1867 – James SMITH, our second cousin three times removed, was baptised at Rotherfield, Sussex, England
  • 1905 – Sarah Maurice SMITH (nee LESTER), our great grandmother, died at Spicers Creek, New South Wales
  • 1937 – William James DUESBURY, our second cousin twice removed, died at Derby, Derbyshire, England

5 August

  • 1748 – William BIGGS and Susanna PITT, our 5x-great grandparents, were married at Beckington, Wiltshire, England
  • 1766 – Henry SMITH, our second cousin three times removed, was born at Rotherfield, Sussex, England
  • 1955- Amy Maude NETTLESHIP (nee STARR), our second cousin twice removed, died at Chatswood, New South Wales

6 August

  • 1786 – William LESTER and Elizabeth KETCH, our 4x-great grandparents, were married at Alverstoke, Hampshire, England
  • 1888 – Albert McGRATH, our half second cousin twice removed, was born at Grenfell, New South Wales
  • 1889 – Jonathan Alfred STARR, our first cousin three times removed, married Annie Laura SHEPHERD at Ashfield, New South Wales
  • 1894 – Albert ARNOLD, our first cousin three times removed, died at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1904 – Ann CRAFT (nee McGRATH), our half 3x-great aunt, died at Marrickville, New South Wales
  • 2001 – Edna Frances WALDRON (nee DUESBURY), our half second cousin once removed, dies in New South Wales

7 August

  • 1817 – William Johnson, our first cousin four times removed, was baptised at Portsea, Hampshire, England
  • 1872 – Alexander GRAY, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Springburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  • 1890 – Gladys I L SEYFFER, our second cousin twice removed, was born at Petersham, New South Wales
  • 1904 – William E H BATEUP, our half second cousin twice removed, died at Dubbo, New South Wales
  • 1915 – Arthur Wellesley OAKES, husband of our great aunt Nellie Harriet OAKES (nee DUESBURY), was killed at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey
  • 1960 – Horace Victor HOLLIS, our third cousin once removed, died at Sydney, New South Wales

8 August

  • 1851 – Martha SMITH, our 2x-great aunt, was born at Gilgandra, New South Wales
  • 1917 – Nellie Isabel CAFE, our third cousin once removed, was born at Rylestone, New South Wales
  • 1948 – Stewart Bennett SMITH, our second cousin once removed, died at Marrickville, New South Wales
  • 1993 – Marjorie Grace PICKARD (nee HAWKSHAW), our half fourth cousin, died at Rydalmere, New South Wales
  • 2000 – Robert George DULHUNTY, our first cousin once removed, died at Ryde, New South Wales

9 August

  • 1952 – Helen Mary SMITH, our third cousin, married Richard Ainsworth KITCHEN at Darling Point, New South Wales
  • 2002 – Lester Oswald Richards HINDER, our second cousin once removed, died at Ballina, New South Wales
  • 2003 – Bernard Anthony COBSIDINE, our second cousin once removed, died in Victoria

10 August

  • 1934 – Catherine Doris KING (nee WESTON), our half second cousin twice removed, died at Redfern, New South Wales
  • 1969 – Nellie Harriet OAKES (nee DUESBURY) our great aunt, died at Concord, New South Wales

11 August

  • 1782 – Philadelphia SMITH, our 4x-great aunt, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1887 – William Richards LESTER, our 2x-great grandfather, died at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1966 – Eric Herbert Duesbury STEWART, our first cousin twice removed, died at Sydney, New South Wales

12 August

  • 1827 – Isaac HAGUE, our 2x-great grandfather, was baptised at Hoyland Nether, Yorkshire, England
  • 1864 – Robert Henry SMITH, our first cousin twice removed, was born at Dubbo, New South Wales
  • 1925 – Roger Knyvett DULHUNTY, our first cousin once removed, was born at Kempsey, New South Wales
  • 2005 – Marjorie Ellen HAGUE (nee McCUSKER), wife of our uncle Douglas Gray HAGUE, died at Quirindi, New South Wales

13 August

  • 1974 – Dorothy DUESBURY (nee LLOYD), wife of our great uncle Leslie Sydney DUESBURY, died at St Leonards, New South Wales
  • 1980 – Raymond Murray CROSSING, our second cousin once removed, died at Quirindi, New South Wales

14 August

  • 1862 – Joseph BIGGS, our 3x-great unclue, died at Littleover, Derbyshire, England

15 August

  • 1834 – Benjamin DAWSON, our half first cousin three times removed, was born at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1870 – Sarah DUESBURY, our half 2x-great aunt, married William KNIGHT at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1904 – Douglas Wainwright HAGUE, our great uncle, was born at Black Range, New South Wales
  • 1982 – Colin Clyde CRAFT, our half third cousin once removed, died at Sydney, New South Wales

16 August

  • 1918 – Marion Parker HAGUE (nee GRAY), our great grandmother, died at Lavington, New South Wales

17 August

  • 1946 – Beryl Jean HAYWARD, our half fourth cousin, married Victor Brian DOLLING at Newtown, New South Wales
  • 1947 – William Percy FAITHORN, our second cousin twice removed, died at Mendocino, California, USA

18 August

  • 1879 – Marion GRAY, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • 1974 – Mildred Edit HAGUE (nee BATTIS), wife of our great uncle James Henry HAGUE, died at Queenscliff, New South Wales

19 August

  • 1790 – Edward BATEUP, our 4x-great uncle, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1829 – John SMITH, our 3x-great uncle, was buried at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1843 – William Henry STARR, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Parramatta, New South Wales
  • 1850 – Isaac HAGUE and Sarah WAINWRIGHT, our 2x-great grandparents, were married at Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
  • 1857 – Daniel FRAZIER, our half 3x-great uncle, married Catherine STAPLETON at Bathurst, New South Wales
  • 1902 – Stanley Arthur HAGUE, our great uncle, was born at Black Range, New South Wales
  • 1921 – Charles Henry GAWTHORNE, our third cousin once removed, married Violet May CORNEY at Austinmer, New South Wales
  • 1938 – Marjorie SMITH, our first cousin once removed, married James Richard THOMSON at Wellington, New South Wales

20 August

  • 1899 – Frank Christy McCLELLAND, our second cousin once removed, was born at Clifton Hill, Victoria
  • 1912 – William Henry LESTER, our 2x-great uncle, died at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1951 – Ada Alice Jane DUESBURY, our second cousin three times removed, died at Dudley, Staffordhire, England
  • 1972 – Frederick Stanley John DUNKS, our half fourth cousin, died at Burwood, New South Wales

21 August

  • 1770 – Sarah SMITH, our 4x-great aunt, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1814 – Ann SMITH, our first cousin 4 times removed, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1846 – Martha Jane HAYWARD, our half first cousin three times removed, was born at Penrith, New South Wales
  • 1900 – Mary Annie WARD, our second cousin twice removed, was born in Queensland
  • 1909 – Clara Pearl KEMP, our half third cousin once removed, was born at Portland, New South Wales
  • 1915 – Sydney Arthur SERGEANT, our half second cousin once removed, was born at Campsie, New South Wales
  • 1929 – Mary Elizabeth LESTER (nee BRUCE), wife of our 2x-great uncle Charles Edward LESTER, died at Many, New South Wales
  • 1975 – John Dewhurst SMITH, our father, died at Port Macquarie, New South Wales

22 August

  • 1897 – Jane GAWTHORNE (nee WARD), our 3x-great aunt, died at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1915 – Phillis Priscilla DAWSON (nee BURT), our first cousin three times removed, died at Petersham, New South Wales
  • 1915 – Helen Dewhurst SMITH, our aunt, was born at Dubbo, New South Wales
  • 1928 – Nancy Elaine CAFE, our third cousin once removed, was born in New South Wales
  • 1985 – Elsie Vera May OLIVER (nee SEYFFER), our second cousin twice removed, died in New South Wales

23 August

  • 1854 – Duncan Stuart McDONALD and Margaret McPHERSON, our 2x-great grandparents, were married at Geelong, Victoria
  • 1867 – William GRAY, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  • 1916, Edward Watts BATEUP, our half 3x-great uncle, died at Dubbo, New South Wales

24 August

  • 1812 – Benjamin BIGGS and Mary WOOLLEY, our 3x-great grandparents, were married at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
  • 1845 – James McGRATH, our half first cousin three times removed, was born at Richmond, New South Wales
  • 1862 – Charity SMITH, our 2x-great aunt, died at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1980 – Geoffrey Walker POWELL, our second cousin once removed, died in New South Wales
  • 1992 – Ethel NIX (nee WILCE), our half second cousin once removed, died in New South Wales
  • 2003 – Beryl Mary DULHUNTY, our first cousin once removed, died at Sydney, New South Wales

25 August

  • 1791 – Elizabeth BATEUP, our 4x-great aunt, was buried at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1840 – William GRAY, our 3x-great uncle, was born at Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  • 1894 – Alice FISHER, our second cousin twice removed, was born at Eckington, Derbyshire, England
  • 2004 – Jean M GLOVER (nee DICKIE), our half second cousin once removed, died in New South Wales

26 August

  • 1660 – John KICHENHAM, our 7x-great grandfather, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1722 – Frances MONK, our 5x-great granmother, was baptised at Etchingham, Sussex, England
  • 1794 – John READ, our 4x-great uncle, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1863 – Sarah HAGUE (nee STORRS), our 3x-great grandmother, died at Hoyland Nether, Yorkshire, England
  • 1882 – Elsie DUESBURY, our great aunt, was born at Newtown, New South Wales
  • 1905 – George Henry ARNOLD, our first cousin three times removed, died at Bathurst, New south Wales
  • 1914 – Edith Elizabeth WAILES, our first cousin twice removed, marriedArthur SHIPP at Burwood, New South Wales
  • 1918 – Roger Smith GREIG, our second cousin once removed, was born at Roseville, New South Wales

27 August

  • 1864 – Harriet Jane DESBURY, our 2x-great aunt, was born at Sydney, New south Wales
  • 1903 – Auster Laing McCLELLAND, our second cousin once removed, was born at Clifton Hill, Victoria
  • 1949 – Robert Kenneth CROSSING, our second cousin once removed, married Diana Nona LINDEMAN at Chatswood, New South Wales
  • 1953 – Albert Harold BATEUP, our half second cousin twice removed, died at Dubbo, New South Wales
  • 1982 – Norman Ernest PHILLIPS, our third cousin once removed, died in New South Wales
  • 1992 – Betty Mary NAIRN (nee DYMOCK), our third cousin nce removed, died at Coolangatta, Queensland
  • 1995 – Owen William Edward NETTLESHIP, our third cousin once removed, died in New South Wales
  • 1996 – Leslie Napier DUESBURY, our half second cousin once removed, died in New South Wales

28 August

  • 1785 – Elizabeth MANN, our 4x-great aunt, was baptised at Mayfield, Sussex, England
  • 1854 – John Russell BURT, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1858 – Elizabeth HAYWARD, our half first cousin three times removed, married Edward KEITH at Penrith, New South Wales
  • 1870 – George Arthur McGRATH, our half first cousin three times removed, was born at Young, New South Wales
  • 1872 – Alexander GRAY, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland

29 August

  • 1884 – Julia Duesbury FISHER our secnd cousin twice removed, was born at Eckington, Derbyshire, England
  • 1916 – Betty CROSSING, our secnd cousin once removed, was born at Bombala, New South Wales
  • 1926 – Thomas Henry ONUS, our first cousin once removed, was born at West Maitland, New south Wales
  • 1946 – Henry Edwin Bullock, our second cousin twice removed, died at Petersham, New South Wales
  • 1995 – Myrle Marguerite McCLELLAND, wife of our great uncle James Stewart McCLELLAND, died at Terrey Hills, New south Wales
  • 2004 – Judith Muriel QUINN (nee BOYDELL), our third cousin, died at Forster, New South Wales

30 August

  • 1827 – William Watts BATEUP, our half 3x-great uncle, was born at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1914 – Margaret Ann MAYES (nee STARR) our second cousin twice removed, died at Alexandria, New South Wales
  • 1918 – Alfred James Carlisle McGRATH, our half second cousin twice removed, married Lillian Georgina ROSS at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 2004 – Phyllis SEDDON (nee DICKIE), our half second cousin once removed, died in New South Wales

31 August

  • 1860 – Louisa Jane ARNOLD, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1883 – Andrew GRAY, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  • 1952 – Horace Smith McLEAN, our first cousin twice removed, died at Burwood, New South Wales
  • 1987 – Douglas gray HAGUE, our uncle, died at Quirindi, New South Wales
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