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There is currently one researcher who has claimed Margaret Brandon
- Researcher (Kathleen Kay Palmer)
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Biographies
MARGARET BRANDON (My maternal 3rd Greatgrandmother)
BORN 1802 Limerick Ireland
PARENTS
ARRIVED 20 May 1832 "Burrell" Sydney CONVICT
DESCRIPTION 4' 11 1/2'' tall, ruddy freckled complexion, fair brown hair,
hazel eyes.
Lost a front tooth right side upper jaw, scar right side upper lip.
A Roman Catholic she could read and write.
TRIAL 27 May 1830 Old Bailey London
MARRIED Maurice Taylor in UK ?
Thomas Brandon in London UK ?
Joseph Wood CONVICT on 12 December 1832 Parish of Christ Church Hexham Newcastle NSW
DIED 22 March 1835 Cockfighters Creek Singleton NSW
CHILDREN Son Thomas Brandon (k/a Woods) born 5 Oct 1821 UK Parents Margaret Brandon and Maurice Taylor
Sick list "Burrell" Feb 22,1832
Thomas Brandon aged 13 Prisoners child, inflld (inflamed) foot. Discharged Feb 26, 1932. (Australian joint copying project - Medical Journals Convict Ships PRO 3190 ADM 101/12-14 Mitchell Library Sydney)
Groom;- Thomas Woods, batchlor aged 39 years, born England
Occupation:-Squatter, son of Joseph Woods, stonemason
Mothers Maiden Name:- Margaret Brandon
Marriage Date:- 15 July 1861
Parish:- West Maitland, County Northumberland
Witness:- Tobias Miller and Elizabeth Morriss
Bride:- Ellen Griffiths nee Ashby, 26 years, widowed 24 april 1861, born England
daughter of William Ashby, plasterer, & Ann Robinson. Has 2 children
Deceased Husband;- William Griffiths, Squatter Walgett.
Children:- Ellen Ann Griffiths born 17 Sept 1859
Margaret Jayne Griffith born 29 May 1861
(Ref Newcastle Reference Library Card Index)
Ellen Ann Griffiths born 17 9 1859 at Warialda, who in 1882 in Inverall married John Thomas Carroll and they lived there with their children and Margaret Jayne Griffiths born 29 5 1861 at Maitland, who in 1883 in Inverall married Edward H Naughton and they lived there with their children.
Thomas and Ellen had 4 other children John T Woods born 1864 at Maitland, Margaret Woods born 1868 at Wee Waa, Thomas Woods born 1871 at Armidale and Ellen Woods born 1876 at Armidale.
Thomas Wood died 1903 aged 77 at Quirindi NSW.
1829-30 Daughter Sarah Jane Molby born 1829-30 in UK. As she was a convict's child under 3 years of age on her arrival in NSW it is believed she accompanied her mother to Mr Dodds Farm at Darlington Hunter River in June 1832.
It is believed that Sarah Jane and her husband were killed, when a wagon overturned, thought to have happened in about 1868 in the Mudgee area.
Grandaughter also Sarah Jane Molby (Molpy) no 107 born 1858
Female Orphan School ( 68/3923 Colonial Sec Letters M16669 )
Application for admission to Protestant Orphan School Parramatta
20 7 1868 68/78
Sarah J Molphey married Thomas Neal in 1877 at Quirindi and they had 12 children.
8 3 1832 Daughter Mary Anne Brandon born aboard the "Burrell" on route to Australia.
Mary Ann (Born 8 March on board) Burrell of Thomas Brandon and Margaret Taylor (wife's previous or maiden name always used). Sponser John Gray and Ellen Ding Sydney 14 June 1832.
(Baptised 14 6 1832 St Marys Roman Catholic Church Sydney Page 195 Reel SAG 7 FM4/5271 held Mitchell Library Sydney)
Thomas Brandon and Margaret Taylor (BDM V1832 2150 127).
Mary Anne Brandon married Joseph Bromage on 4 1 1851 at the RC CHURCH in East Maitland (BDM V 1851 1251 97), they had 12 children Joseph born 23 3 1852, Thomas born 22 10 1853 at East Maitland (Thomas's daughter Margaret Mary Bromage married Ann Turner nee Woods's Grandson Frederick Turner), John born 22 1 1856 at East Maitland, James born at Maitland 4 1 1858, Margaret born 17 7 1860, William born 1862 at East Maitland, Frederick born 317 1864 at Maitland, Mary A born 1866 at East Maitland, Joseph born 1869 at Maitland, Edward born 1872 at maitland, Eliza born 1874 at Maitland and George born 1877
Submitted by Researcher (Kathleen Kay Palmer) on 1 September 2015
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/8, p.247
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