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License Butts 1848 - Hardy, Robert 1848-Feb- 01 shows Robert as Inkeeper at Custom House Inn, 51 Argyle Street, Sydney
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According to Emily Hertel's Booklet: "Robert and Dinah Hardy in Australia" - 1981
Margaret Hardy was a product of the stirring times into which she was born. A potpourri of good and bad people, a time of poverty and wealth, of great hardship for some, and better times for others. She was tough and versatile, and a pioneer in every sense of the word. She made journeys to Melbourne and the Yakandandah Goldfields, Victoria, in bullock drays and waggons. It is said she met her future husband on one of these ventures.
She was born on 10/6/1835 in Sydney, and died on 28/1/1921 at "Winbourne", Dudley Street, Bondi, NSW. and is interred beside her husband in the Methodist portion of the cemetery at Rutherford, West Maitland. There was a testamonial in the Evening News in Sydney, when she died, aged 86 years.
Margaret was well known in the colony of NSW. She lived most of her married life in Maitland, where her husband was a builder. Some of the buildings are still standing, including a stone bridge. As the bridge was to take a long time to build, I understand Stephen Dumbrell built his home beside it.
Margaret and Stephen married on 15/8/1853 in Sydney when 17 years of age, with Presbyterian rites.
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No living descendants of Margaret and Stephen Dumbrell has yet been found, despite intense searching.
Efforts are still being made to find a descendant.
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Obituary of Margaret Dumbrell, Evening News, Sydney - 28/1/1921
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NSW BDM - Birth - V183526 20/1835 - HARDY, MARGARET - ROBERT - DINAH
V1835283 20/1835 - HARDY, MARGARET - ROBERT - DIANA
NSW BDM - Death - 2509/1921 - DUMBRELL, MARGARET - (-HARDY) - 85 YEARS WAVERLEY) - WAVERLEY
NSW BDM - Marriage - V18532447 73C/1853 - DUMBRELL, STEPHEN - HARDY, MARGARET - JB (Presbyterian, Sydney - St Andrews Scots Church)
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Note N186 Index
License Butts 1848 - Hardy, Robert 1848-Feb- 01 shows Robert as Inkeeper at Custom House Inn, 51 Argyle Street, Sydney
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According to Emily Hertel's Booklet: "Robert and Dinah Hardy in Australia" - 1981
John Hardy, like his brother Robert, was interested in owning land. A tough and wary product of the time he lived, he was born in Sydney in 1837 and died in Edgehill Street, West Kogarah on 21/8/1919, aged 82 years. Because of the danger that lurked in the streets at night in that period, Robert and Dinah had thier children in bed early. But John evaded the parental ban and slipped away at night to learn to box, accompanied at times by some of his brothers. So, at fisticuffs in those rough and tough times, he was a very worthy opponent, and into his old age he made a good showing. With his back to the wall, and walking stick in hand, his adversaries thought twice before attacking. When the railway line extended to Werris Creek, he was known as "King of the Line".
When the Hardy family went to the goldfields at Ballarat, there is no evidence that John accompanied them. He was 23 years of age when his father died at Lamplough, Victoria.
He worked at most things, and on 30/11/1860, he was undertaker at the death of his wife's stepfather at Lochinvar.
John Hardy and family were at Glennies Creek in 1862 (in the Singleton area) and moved further on, being a land selector at Boggabri in 1878, having selected "TULLA MULLA" at the Yellow Waterhole, Tulla Mulla Creek. At this time, Emily Jones, his wife's mother, was living at Boggabri. The railway line had reached Sandy Creek on the Boggabri side of Narrabri when the John Hardy family came through.
Later, he selected the grazing property, "WOODVALE", in the Wee Waa/Burren Junction area, and situated on the Namoi river. But the dream of settling down in this lovely spot and growing woll was shattered by tragedy. The homestead caught fire, and was a raging inferno in minutes. All the children were saved but the youngest son, Walter, who was trapped and burned to death. His mother rushed into the blazing house to rescue him, and was so badly burned, she died from the burns, grief and shock at "DRILDOOL" homestead, where she was taken. Another small son, Alfred, had run on burned feet over the prickly gras to catch a horse to take his mother to "DRILDOOL", while his father did all he could to help his wife. The youngest members of the family were taken by their elder sister to her home "WYNDELLA". This Christian lady, Ada Slack-Smith, and her husband James, gave them a permanent home and reared them with their own family.
Afte the death of his wife, John sold "WOODVALE", though the family were anxious to keep the property. John now worked about the areal. When elderly, he had a mial run at Coonamble, while living with his son Ernest on his property "LONA". He also spent time with his son William at Carinda, and with his daughter, Ada Slack-Smith at "WYNDELLA", Burren Junction. At one time, he was helping his son, Ernest, burn off on his property, "WAMBO", Pilliga. Here, he saved a young Kurrajong tree by not burning close to it. As there was so much destruction, it was pleasing to know he was conservation-minded. This tree grew tall and stately.
In the latter years of his life, he was nursed by his daughter Florence Young at Kogarah, in Sydney, and died there. He was interred in the Church of England Cemetery at Woronora, Sydney. So John Hardy's remains rest where he spent his happy childhood in Sydney.
John married twice; firstly to Emily Sinclair Smith on 28/5/1860, at the Session House, West Maitland, by Presbyterian rites, and secondly to Margaret Ann Hanson at Narrabri. John and Margaret had 2 children.
Emily Sinclair Smith was nearly sixteen, and he was twenty three years of age. Emily was born at Wollombi in 1846, a daughter of William Sinclair Smith and Emily Sinclair Smith (born Hope Smith). Her father was the only son of William Smith and Mary Sinclair. (Refer Smith Tree). Her mother was the daughter of Isabella Brown, also known as Hop, and William Smith. (Refer Hope Tree). Emily Sinclair Hardy was described by those who knew her as a lovely woman. John and Emily had 11 children.
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