Today in History – February

NB Birth dates of living people have been omitted (Relationships explained)

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1 February

  • 1823 – George Tunnicliff DUESBURY, our 2x-great grandfather, was born at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1853 – Charity SMITH, our 3x-great aunt, married Joseph ROGERS at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 2005 – Violet Sylvia ROCHESTER (nee GAWTHORNE), our third cousin once removed, died at Orange, New South Wales

2 February

  • 1738 – Richard SMITH, our 5x-great uncle, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1916 – Ruth Margaret BROWN, our first cousin once removed, was born at Bathurst, New South Wales
  • 1951 – Kathleen Bessie FAUNCE (nee SMITH), our second cousin once removed, died at Mosman, New South Wales

3 February

  • 1788 – James SOMERVILLE (or SOMMERVAILL) and Ann ROGERS, our 4x-great grandparents, were married at St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, London, England
  • 1850 – George SMITH, our first cousin three times removed, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England

4 February

  • 1823 – Elizabeth SMITH, our first cousin fur times removed, was born at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1954 – Arthur William STARR, our second cousin twice removed, died at Ashfield, New South Wales
  • 1972 – Gwendoline Clara HOLCOMBE (nee CROSSING) our first cousin twice removed, died at Potts Point, New South Wales
  • 1994 – Errol Walter Meek, our second cousin once removed, died at Rozelle, New South Wales

5 February

  • 1826 – Catherine McDONALD, our 3x-great aunt, was baptised at Bracadale, Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  • 1849 – Elizabeth HAYWARD, our half first cousin three times removed, married William PLAYER at Penrith, New South Wales
  • 1992 – Sydney Edward HAYWARD, our half third cousin once removed, died at Lidcombe, New South wales

6 February

  • 1788 – Johnathan SMITH, our 4x-great uncle, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1844 – Susannah Rebecca HAYWARD, our half first cousin three times removed, was born at Penrith, New South Wales
  • 1858 – George Tunnicliff DUESBURY and Harriet Ellen STEVENSON, our 2x-great grandparents, were married at Derby Derbyshire, England
  • 1901 – Ellen Australia FRAZIER (also known as Nellie FRAZIER), our half first cousin three times removed, married Henry Weston at Cootamundra, New South Wales

7 February

  • 1866 – Janet GRAY, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  • 1912 – Jessie Martha CROSSING, our first cousin twice removed, married William Pearce BOYDELL at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1914 – Clive Dewhurst SMITH and Muriel DUESBURY, our grandparents, were married at Sydney, New South Wales

8 February

  • 1849 – John PARKER, our 4x-great uncle, married Agness LEE at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  • 1868 – Elizabeth WARD (nee SOMERVILLE, formerly McGRATH), our 3x-great grandmother, died at Richmond, New South Wales
  • 1944 – William George CROSSING, our first cousin twice removed, died at Quirindi, New South Wales
  • 1952 – George William SERGEANT, our half second cousin once removed, died at Punchbowl, New South Wales

9 February

  • 1890 – James William McCLELLAND, our first cousin twice removed, died at East Melbourne, Victoria

10 February

  • 1660 – Robert SMITH, our 6x-great grandfather, and his brother Richard SMITH, were baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1795 – William George SOMERVILLE, our 4x-great uncle, was buried at Sydney, New South Wales (aged 21 days)
  • 1869 – Arthur BIGGS, our 2z-great uncle, was born at Newtown, New South Wales
  • 1881 – Thomas Francis CONSIDINE, our first cousin twice removed, was born  at Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1900 – Bertha Elgiva SMITH, our second cousin twice removed, was married at Matfield, Kent, England
  • 1922 – William SMITH, our 2x-great uncle, died at Neutral Bay, New South Wales

11 February

  • 1832 – Thomas DAWSON, our half first cousin three times removed, was born at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1869 – John Morrison GRAY, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  • 1889 – Frank Wentworth DUESBURY, our great uncle, was born at Petersham, New South Wales
  • 1893 – Margaret Irene McCLELLAND, our grandmother, was born at Nathalia, Victoria
  • 1976 – Ena Isabella GREENHALGH (nee BULLOCK), our third cousin once removed, died at East Roseville, New South Wales

12 February

  • 1891 – Charles Edward LESTER, our 2x-great uncle, married Mary Elizabeth BRUCE at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  • 1898 – Marion Gray HAGUE, our great aunt, was born at Black Rock (now Lavington), New South Wales
  • 1907 – John BIGGS, our 2x-great grandfather, died at Newtown, New South Wales

13 February

  • 1883 – Margaret CONSIDINE, our first cousin twice removed, was born at Richmond, Victoria
  • 2007 – Beryl Rita DOWLING (nee BAKER), our half second cousin once removed, died at Ulladulla, New South Wales

14 February

  • 1882 – Margaret GRAY, our first cousin three times removed, died at Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  • 1953 – Peter HAGUE, our first cousin once removed, married Joan Margaret HAMILL at Manly, New South Wales
  • 1975 – Olive GREIG (nee SMITH), our first cousin twice removed, died at Castle Hill, New South Wales

15 February

  • 1818 – Philadelphia SMITH, our first cousin four times removed, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1847 – Elizabeth DUESBURY (nee BOSTOCK), our 4x-great grandmother, died at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1857 – Murdoch McDONALD, our 2x-great uncle, died at Geelong, Victoria (aged 2 years)
  • 1869 – Mary Elizabeth LESTER (nee RICHARDS) our 3x-great grandmother, died at Southsea, Hampshire, England

16 February

  • 1792 – Benjamin PARKER, our 4x-great uncle, was baptised at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1886 – Mark Arthur HAGUE, our 2x-great uncle, married Charlotte GUEST at Hoyland Nether, Yorkshire, England
  • 1915 – Phyllis Mary DUESBURY, our great aunt, married Robert Venour DULHUNTY in Sydney, New South Wales

17 February

  • 1875 – Henry SMITH and Sarah Maurice LESTER, our great grandparents, were married at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1955 – Marjorie Kinnear COX, our third cousin once removed, died at Mudgee, New South Wales

18 February

  • 1886 – William GRAY, our 2x-great uncle, died at Taralga, New South Wales
  • 1945 – Norman Harry Lester SMITH, our great uncle, died at Collaroy, New South Wales
  • 1978 – Henry Bruce Dewhurst SMITH, our brother, married Lynda FOREMAN at Morriset, New South Wales

19 February

  • 1901 – Grace Duncan GRAY, our second cousin twice removed, was born at Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  • 1916 – Lucy Teresa LESTER, our 2x-great aunt, died at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1917 – Priscilla NORTON (nee WARD), our first cousin three times removed, died in Queensland

20 February

  • 1770 – William SMITH and Sarah FORD, our 4x-great grandparents, were married at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1908 – Henry Murray CROSSING, our second cousin once removed, was born at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1918 – Richard Alexander SMITH, our second cousin once removed, married Essie Adeline PFAHL at North Sydney, New South wales
  • 1951 – Hilda Margaret JOHNSON (nee DAWSON), our second cousin twice removed, died at Newtown, New South Wales

21 February

  • 1861 – Jane McCLELLAND, our 2x-great aunt, married David THOMPSON at Mullavilley, Armagh, Northern Ireland
  • 1864 – Henry HAGUE, our great grandfather, was born at Hoyland Nether, Yorkshire, England
  • 1928 – Mary Ann LOVEJOY (nee ARNOLD), our first cousin three times removed, died at Waverley, New South Wales
  • 2011 – Bruce Leslie DUNNAGE, our half fourth cousin, died at Toongabbie, New South Wales

22 February

  • 1781 – Benjamin PARKER and Mary GAWTHORNE, our 4x-great grandparents, were married at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1938 – Patrick Roy BATEUP, our half second cousin twice removed, died at Dubbo, New South Wales
  • 1971 – Leonard Walker POWELL, our second cousin once removed, died at Coolah, New South Wales

23 February

  • 1850 – Benjamin McCLELLAND, our great grandfather, was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland
  • 1893 – Richard Alexander SMITH, our second cousin once removed, was born at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1901 – Mary Annie WARD, our second cousin twice removed, died in Queensland
  • 1946 – Gordon Broughton BOYDELL, our second cousin once removed, married Joan Lois CHAPMAN at Turramurra, New South Wales
  • 1950 – Eliza Ann WILKES (nee HAYWARD), our half second cousin twice removed, died at Paddington, New South Wales

24 February

  • 1847 – Ann McGRATH, our half first cousin three times removed, was born at Richmond, New South Wales
  • 1849 – Mary Jane BURT, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1950 – Ruth Benette McCLELLAND, our first cousin once removed, married Eric William Pendle HARRIS at North Sydney, New South Wales

25 February

  • 1740 – Samuel SMITH, our 5x-great uncle, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England

26 February

  • 1913 – Edith Mary SMITH, our great aunt, married Thomas Charles Clyde ONUS at Sydney, New South Wales

27 February

  • 1844 – Joseph BIGGS, our 3x-great uncle, married Emma BROWN at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1860 – Edward Watts BATEUP, our half 3x-great uncle, married Charity May LATTER at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1943 – Jean Elizabeth BROWN, our first cousin once removed, married John Sydney Rosendell PAGE at Parramatta, New South Wales

28 February

  • 1831 – Phillis Priscilla WARD, our 2x-great grandmother, was born at Richmond, New South Wales [Baptism Register gives birth date as 29 Feb 1831, but 1831 was not a leap year]

29 February

  • 1816 – Mary Elizabeth JOHNSON, our first cousin four times removed, was baptised at Portsea, Hampshire, England

 

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