Today in History – January

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

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1 January

  • 1787 – Edward DUESBURY and Elizabeth BOSTOCK, our 4x-great grandparents, were married at Duffield, Derbyshire, England
  • 1805 – Martha DUESBURY, our 4x-great aunt, was baptised at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1848 – Jane Elizabeth GAWTHORNE, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1858 – Martha STARR, our first cousin three times removed, married William Wright DENNISON at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1896 – William Gray HAGUE, our great uncle, died (aged 7 months) at Gerogery, New South Wales
  • 1916 – Kelsie Jane BROWN, our half third cousin once removed, married Ernest George DUNNAGE at Grenfell, New South Wales

2 January

  • 1855 – Joseph CRAFT, our half first cousin three times removed, died at Wollombi, New South Wales
  • 1951 – Beatrice MORRISON (nee DUESBURY), our first cousin three times removed) died at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  • 1953 – Robert Hawthorn TOOSE, our third cousin, died at Creswick, Victoria

3 January

  • 1848 – Lydia Ann FRAZIER, our half first cousin three times removed, was born at Sydney, Australia
  • 1866 – Margaret GRAY, our 3x-great aunt, died at Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  • 1944 – William Edward BATEUP, our half first cousin three times removed, died at Dubbo, New South Wales

4 January

  • 1787 – William DUESBURY, our second cousin six times removed, married Elizabeth EDWARDS at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1836 – James GRAY, our 2x-great grandfather, was born at Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  • 1851 – Elizabeth BURT, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1932 – George James Lester KISS, our second cousin, was born at Wellington, New South Wales

5 January

  • 1847 – Charity SMITH, our 2x-great aunt, was born at Bobbira [sic – probably Bombira near Mudgee], New South Wales
  • 2009 – Phyllis STIRLING (nee DUESBURY), our half third cousin, died at Chatswood, New South Wales

6 January

  • 1831 – William DAWSON, our half first cousin three times removed, was born at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1866 – Arthur H. PARKINSON, our first cousin three times removed, died at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1873 – Walter James McGRATH, out half first cousin three times removed, was born at Young, New South Wales

7 January

  • 1843 – Sarah Jane BATEUP, our first cousin three ties removed, was baptised at Ticehurst, Sussex, England

8 January

  • 1833 – James WARD, our 3x-great uncle, was born at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1946 – Henry Philip BOYDELL, our second cousin once removed, married Muriel Gordon DIGHT at Collarenabri, New South Wales
  • 1949 – Betty Mary DYMOCK, our third cousin once removed, married Jock Holcombe NAIRN at Parramatta, New South Wales
  • 2004 – Betty Gifford ROBERTSON (nee STARR), our third cousin once removed, died at Lane Cove, New South Wales

9 January

  • 1784 – William Samuel DUESBURY, our first cousin five times removed, was baptised at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1812 – Ann JOHNSON, our first cousin four times removed, was born at Portsea, Hampshire, England
  • 1815 – Benjamin PARKER, our 4x-great uncle, married Rebecca SMITH at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1847 – Mary DUESBURY, our 3x-great aunt, married George HIBBERT at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1850 – William Thomas McGRATH, our half first cousin three times removed, died at Richmond, New South Wales
  • 1851 – Frederick DAWSON, our half first cousin three times removed, was born at Sydney, New South Wales

10 January

  • 1789 – Thomas BATEUP, our 4x-great uncle, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 2003 – Frank William MAYES, our fourth cousin, died at Abbotsford, New South Wales

11 January

  • 1829 – Thomas Watts BATEUP, our half 3x-great uncle, was born at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1884 – James John WARD, our second cousin twice removed, was born in Queensland
  • 1886 – Nellie Harriet DUESBURY, our great aunt, was born at Petersham, New South Wales

12 January

  • 1891 – Jessie CONSIDINE, our first cousin twice removed, was born at Glengarry, Victoria
  • 1909 – Harry Lester SMITH, our first cousin once removed, was born at Wellington, New South Wales
  • 1935 – Alice Lurline SINGLETON, our half second cousin twice removed, married Thomas SANSOM at Newtown, New South Wales
  • 1982 – Harold Edward Hector PHILLIPS, our third cousin once removed, died at Dolans Bay, New South Wales

13 January

  • 1733 – Edward DUESBURY, our 5x-great grandfather, was baptised at Cannock, Saffordshire, England
  • 1854 – Elizabeth STROUD (nee DAWSON), our half first cousin three times removed, married John SIMS at Balmain, New South Wales
  • 1860 – Francis DUESBURY, our 3x-great grandfather, died at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1869 – Edwin James GAWTHORNE, our second cousin twice removed, was born at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1902 – Robert GRAY, our 3x-great uncle died at Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
  • 1935 – Mary DUESBURY (nee BIGGS), our great grandmother, died at Cremorne, New South Wales
  • 1939 – Leonard William BULLOCK, our third cousin once removed, died at North Sydney, New South Wales

14 January

  • 1895 – Robert Chambers LESTER, our 2x-great uncle, married Maggie HILL at Fremantle, Western Australia
  • 1993 – Marjorie Grace PICKARD (nee HAWKSHAW), our half fourth cousin, died at Rydalmere, New South Wales

15 January

  • 1830 – Ephraim BIGGS, our 3x-great uncle, was born at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1886 – Clara WARD, our second cousin twice removed, was born in Queensland

16 January

  • 1763 – Sarah NAISH, our 4x-great grandmother, was baptised at Beckington, Somerset, England
  • 1936 – Dorothy Kathleen BIGGS, our first cousin twice removed, married William C. Farquharson STEWART at Ryde, New South Wales

17 January

  • 1790 – Susanna LESTER, our 4x-great aunt, was baptised at Portsea, Hampshire, England
  • 1882 – Thomas GRAY, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Springburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  • 1889 – Arthur Lucien CLARSON, our second cousin twice removed, died at Darlinghurst, New South Wales

18 January

  • 1821 – Jane BIGGS, our 3x-great aunt, was baptised at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
  • 1859 – Elizabeth SIMS (nee DAWSON, formerly STROUD), our half first cousin three times removed, married Thomas PHILLIPS at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1924 – William George SERGEANT, our half first cousin three times removed, died at Redfern, New South Wales
  • 1961 – Robert Venour DULHUNTY, husband of our great aunt Phyllis Mary DUESBURY, died at Port Macquarie, New South Wales

19 January

  • 1840 – Olive SMITH, our first cousin thre times removed, was born at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1871 – Henry DUESBURY, our first cousin four times removed, married Charlotte SEAGRAVE at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1888 – Clara WARD, our second cousin twice removed, died in Queensland
  • 1921 – William Thomas GAWTHORNE, our first cousin three times removed, died at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1954 – Arthur Edward PARKINSON, our second cousin twice removed, died at Wyong, New South Wales
  • 1955 – Sheila Culbert DULHUNTY (nee PENDER), wife of our first cousin once removed, John Venour DULHUNTY, died at St Leonards, New South Wales

20 January

  • 1795 – William George SOMERVILLE, our 4x-great uncle, was born at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1838 – Henry Watts BATEUP, our half 3x-great uncle, was born at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1896 – Mary Anne ARNOLD (nee SMITH), our 3x-great aunt, died at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1909 – Garnet Wolseley CROSSING, our first cousin twice removed, married Katherine Grace McLEAN in Queensland
  • 1916 – Olive SMITH, our first cousin twice removed, married Arthur GREIG in Sydney, New South Wales

21 January

  • 1868 – James GRAY, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Springburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland

22 January

  • 1792 – Ann SOMERVILLE, our 4x-great aunt, was born at Holborn, London, England
  • 1868 – Edward (or Henry) John SMITH, our first cousin twice removed, died at Mudgee, New South Wales
  • 1990 – Kathleen Ada O’SULLIVAN (nee McGRATH), our half second cousin twice removed, died at Brighton-le-Sands, New South Wales

23 January

  • 1912 – William Arthur DUESBURY, our half first cousin twice removed, married Ruby Edith MERCER at Rockdale, New South Wales

24 January

  • 1792 – Elizabeth DUESBURY, our 4x-great aunt, was baptised at Derby, Derbyshire, England
  • 1861 – George STARR, our first cousin three times removed, married Ann Jane MAIZE at Glebe, New South Wales
  • 1966 – Helen Mary KITCHEN (nee SMITH), our third cousin, died at Bowral, New South Wales

25 January

  • 1845 – Benjamin Henry GAWTHORNE, our first cousin three times removed, was born at Mudgee, New South Wales

26 January

27 January

  • 1850 – Elizabeth DAWSON, out half first cousin three times removed, married John  STROUD at Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1853 – Alfred James CRAFT, our half first cousin three times removed, was born at Campbelltown, New South Wales
  • 1858 – Louisa Lavinia CRAFT, our half first cousin three times removed, was born at Campbelltown, New South Wales

28 January

  • 1640 – Sara PLAISTED, our 7x-great grandmother, was baptised at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1819 – Murdoch McDONALD and Margaret STEWART, our 3x-great grandparents, were married at Bracadale, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  • 1836 – Ann SMITH, our 3x-great aunt, married Jonathan STARR at Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • 1846 – James SOMERVILLE, our 4x-great grandfather, died at Richmond, New South Wales
  • 1939 – Jean Thelma GAWTHORNE, our third cousin once removed, married Colin Steven HOSFORD at Parramatta, New South Wales
  • 1950 – Ruth Violet Mary DUNKS, our half fourth cousin, married Robert William MOORE at Botany, New South Wales
  • 1954 – Roger Knyvett DULHUNTY, our first cousin once removed, married Evelyn Helen HOCTOR, at Darling Point, New South Wales

29 January

  • 1866 – John WAINWRIGHT, our 3x-great uncle, married Harriet GILL at Wombwell, Yorkshire, England
  • 1881 – William Theodore HAWKSHAW, our half third cousin once removed, was born at Waterloo, New South Wales
  • 1963 – Frank BATEUP, our half second cousin twice removed, died at Dubbo, New South Wales

30 January

  • 1842 – John FRAZIER, our half 3x-great uncle, married Lydia Robley BARNES at Kelso, New South Wales
  • 1866 – James WARD, our first cousin three times removed, was born in Queensland
  • 1945 – Roy Arnold LOVEJOY, our second cousin twice removed, died at Auburn, New South Wales
  • 2001 – Dorothy Emily SHEEN (nee LUKE), our half third cousin once removed, died at Kanwal, New South Wales

31 January

  • 1861 – John CRAFT, our half first cousin three times removed, married Mary Ann GRANT at Campbelltown, New South Wales
  • 1894 – Sarah McGRATH, our half first cousin three times removed, married Alfred George SOUTHCOTT at Kooringa, South Australia
  • 1987 – Ruth Margaret LANGDON (nee BROWN), our first cousin once removed, died at Stanwell Park, New South Wales
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