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DEPARTURE NOTES

The IRISH FAMINE MEMORIAL Sydney website has a summary of the ships used to bring the Irish Orphans to Australia.

The JOHN KNOX departed Plymouth, Dorset on 6 December 1849, sailed via the Cape of Good Hope and arrived in Sydney on 29 April 1850, a journey of 141 days.

The John Knox, which had been built in Quebec, Canada in 1849 was almost brand new. The John Knox was a wooden sailing ship made of Oak, Hackmatac and Pine.

The ship’s Captain was Captain Richard Davidson and the Surgeon Superintendent, was who was also emigrating to Sydney with his wife and children, was Dr Richard Greenup.

There were 17 passengers, 344 government immigrants on board: 9 married men, 19 married women, 279 single women, 9 boys aged 1-14 years, 7 girls aged 1-14 years, 3 male infants, 2 female infants. There were five deaths on board: Victory Rose aged 18 and four infants.

There is no doubth that the 279 single women comprised the bulk of the Orphans enroute to Sydney.

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27 August 1973 [the date looks like 27/8/1993, but Naomi was deceased by 1985, so it must be 1973]
Letter (carbon copy) from Dr N Naomi Wing to Emily Hertel

[page 1]

I must apologise for not answering your letter sooner, but I am still working full time in a very exacting job and have little time for my affairs.

I am a bit vague about my ancestors and hoped to [recover] the large family Bible that contained all this information, but apparently it is lost.

As far as I can recollect, this is the information, but one of my older cousins, Gladys Aspinall (nee Nebe) is still living and may have more accurate information. Her address would be care of Dr Gregory Blaxland, 2 Memorial Avenue, St Ives 2075.

For many years of my working life I lived in the country in Cooma and lost touch with the various members of the family but my father was very closely in touch with them all and we all visited during my childhood. One of my happiest memories is of holidays at West Maitland with Auntie Margaret Dumbrill who lived in a stone house immediately on the Sydney end of the long bridge in West Maitland. Her husband Stephan Dumbrill built that bridge and the house was built on the site to allwo him to supervise it and the family remained in it all their lives. Margaret Dumbrill was a very alert dear soul who died in her late 90s and one of the pioneers in West Maitland.

We also visited and stayed with Uncle Ben's family who lived at Carlton one of the younger members of that family, Mrs Heslop, who has an interest in the family tree, was in touch with me recently.

My Grandfather was Robert who died about 65 years ago. I am now 70 and have a vague recollection of him.

He was married to Mary Dowling. I do not remember the name of Minch but that could have been so. She was Irish and her brother Michael Dowling, I was always proudly told, lived in the USA.

[page 2]

(HARDY)
Robert & Mary Dowling
Margaret - Adelaide - Anna - Michael - Albert - Joseph (deceased in infancy) - Henry

After the birth of Henry, this dear lady developed puerperal insanity and was sent to a mental institution. The family visited her and were sure she had recovered, but Robert would not sign her release.

He eventually remarried a woman who had been his de facto wife over the years and she had to my recollection about 4 sons and 2 daughters, Jessie & Olive. I was train bearer a the latter's weeding but the rest of the family had nothing to do with the other members of this family who always were friendly with my father. Of course, today no one cares much about de facto wives in this permissive age, but Grandpa's behaviour was always unacceptible. He was a very fine looking man as I remember him.

Margaret married John Whiteman
(died of TB about 1913)
They had:
Woodley - first underground engineer of the first underground mine at Broken Hill, died at 89 in Adelaide about 2 years ago when he fell of a buss on his way to the races. A very alert person. He had only 1 son also a mining engineer who died about 18 months ago in his 50s with a cerebral tumour.

Abbie - who married Kathleen [Gentle] both deceased but some of their family are still living around Narrabri. Fred I saw about 5 years ago, told me that his son, a lawyer, has been Associate to the Chief Commonwealth Judge of Arbitration for years.

Victor - deceased

Verlie }
Rita } both married Clifts

Howard - killed in World War 1

Albert Hardy - married my mother's sister Lilian Facer deceased. Their children were"

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Bertha - unmarried, still living
Alan - deceased
Raymond - deceased
Veda -
Robbie -
Laddie -
Thelma m Archie Hunt

Michael Hardy (deceased 1951 cerebral vascular accident aged 84) my father, married Maude Facer (deceased 1951 Polycythaemia aged 80).
Marie Naomi wing - now 70
Vashti -
Kingston Michael - died 1963 malignant bowel
Garfield Dowling - still living aged 60

Adelaide Hardy - married a policeman named Nebe
2 daughters
Gladys - trained at Sydney Hospital, married Dr Andrew Aspinal. She is still living.
Leonie - married Dr Alan Fletcher. She died about 8 years ago with malignancy of the bowel.

Anna Hardy married Ferris also a policeman. She had 2 daughters
Addie - worked for years at a bank
Dorrie - did Science at Sydney University and taught for many years at Sydney Girls High School and never married.

Henry Hardy - married and had about 8 children of whom I have no knowledge.

During my early life in Narrabri we were constantly in touch with Emily Slack Smith, who was Emily Hardy, my father's cousin. Would she be one of your relatives? That branch of the family all seemed to be domiciled around Burran Junction & Wee Waa.

I married Lindon Wing (whose mother was a Single). I have had 3 children.
Megan Scott - now aged 43 a graduate of Music in Melbourne. She lives in Cooma and is a widow. She has 3 children.
Michael aged 19 at University in Canberra (rest of line obliterated by folded page)

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Malcolm - aged 17 at Canberra C of E Grammar School
Morna - aged 13 who is attending the Cooma High School

Morna Wing - deceased (Spastic) 1941
Lindon Michael Wing - now aged 31 is a doctor at present a Fellow in Medicine at Sydney University. He has just won a travelling scholarship to Oxford to study Clinical Pharmacology. He married Barbara Moye, they have 2 children Sarah Jane aged 5 in December and Katrina Louisa aged 3 in November

I would like to see you if ever you are in Sydney. My home address is now Unit 90 Marquis 2-12 Crows Nest Road, Waverton 2060 tel 92-8704

In 4 weeks I am retiring from Royal South Sydney Hospital where I have established and have directed the Rehabilitiation Center for 20 years and for which I received the OBE. I shall still continue practicing as a Specialist in Rheumatic Diseases and Rheumatology. My rooms in Macquarie Street are as per this letterhead [which is not on this carbon copy of the communication]

I am sorry that this is a very patchy account, it grieves me that I have lost contact with the family due to my hectic life, but I would be very happy at any time to see any of them.

signed Naomi Wing