ANN REES (née BOLTON) shares a grave in the old Wesleyan churchyard at Castlereagh with her first husband, JOHN LEES. The next grave but one is that of her second husband, RICHARD REES. ANN's husband JOHN LEES, who was born 1807 and died 22/12/1848, was the son of the JOHN LEES who was a New South Wales Corpsman and who donated the land for the Castlereagh church, the first Wesleyan church in Australia. RICHARD REES was born 5/11/1800 and died 18/6/1877
EDITH MAY FIELD (née CLARKE), the wife of CHARLES HENRY FIELD, died 21/3/1968 aged 72 and is buried in the Church of England section of the Penrith General Cemetery at Kingswood.
Edward Field was enlisted as a Private in the 102nd Regiment of Foot, the New South Wales Corps, on 27 July 1789, some 7 weeks after its formation. He came to the Colony of New South Wales with the second fleet, arriving in Sydney on the Scarborough on 28 June 1790. He obtained his discharged on 8 May 1801.
On 13 December 1794 Edward Field, along with a number of other "lesser ranks", received from Major Grose a grant of 25 acres on the west side of Iron Cove Creek. While this has usually been described as the area which is now Five Dock, recent studies of where grants were being made at that time suggest Edward Field's grant was probably close to Parramatta Road at what is now Ashfield. That grant, which would have been heavily timbered at that time and quite poor quality farm land, was subsequently revoked, and on 30 June 1803 Edward received in its place a grant of 100 acres of land at Castlereagh. He received a further grant of 100 acres at upper Cranebrook (now submerged as part of the Nepean Lakes complex) on 10/5/1809. On 8 August 1801 he was granted his discharge from the New South Wales Corps. In addition to his farming, he is recalled for his skills as a blacksmith. In particular, he is recorded as having provided blacksmithing services and sold produce to William Cox's team that constructed the first road over the Blue Mountains.
The following has been extracted from Keith Jones' book, Edward Field 1768-1826 Private His Majesty's New South Wales Corps of Foot. Edward Field enlisted in the NSW Corps on 27/7/1789, 7 weeks after it was formed. He was enlisted by Captain William Paterson. Departed on the Scarborough 19/1/1790. He was probably stationed at Parramatta, as he gave evidence in a case before a Bench of Magistrates there on 9/1/1792. On 13/12/1794 he received a 24 acre grant on the west side of Iron Cove Creek. Edward was discharged from the NSW Corps 8/5/1801
Other notes on EDWARD FIELD, as summarised from Michael Flynn's book The Second Fleet (Flynn, M., The Second Fle, Sydney, 1993) are that he embarked on the vessel Scarborough 22 October 1789, was a witness at a wedding in the colony in December 1790, in January 1792 appeared as a witness in the Parramatta trial of Samuel Gates for robbing the Governor's garden, on discharge from the Corps is recorded as having "found a substitute". For the 1806 muster recorded as holding 80 acres by grant (just over 31 acres of which were cultivated in wheat, maize, barley, potatoes, orchard and garden) - owned a horse, he owned 15 sheep and 10 pigs, held 2 bushels of wheat and 10 of maize in store and fully supported himself, a woman, 6 children (3 male, 3 female) and a convict. In February 1810 he petitioned Governor Macquarie for confirmation of his grant, stating he had a wife and seven children and had already spent forty pound on developing the land. He sold 57 acres of his land to Charles Pickering for eighty pound and a house at The Rocks, Sydney. In October 1816 EDward was in financial difficulty when part of his land was sold to meet debts. In 1820 while living on the remaining portion of his original grant, supporting his wife and four children, he petitioned for more land to compensate for the heavy losses he had suffered in recent floods. In 1822 he is recorded as a landholder in the Castlereagh area with 40 acres (about 28 acres sown in wheat, maize, peas, beans, potatoes, orchard and garden) owning 2 horses, 2 cattle, 25 pigs and holding 40 bushels of maize in store. In August 1824 petitioned the Governor for additional land to keep his two horses and an increasing herd of cattle. In 1825, Edward and his wife Elizabeth jointly subscribed to the local branch of the Wesleyan Missionary Society
EDWARD was buried at the old Castlereagh cemetery
GEORGE BELLINGHAM, the husband of EMMALINE FIELD and son of HENRY and REBECCA (née CHANNON), was born 7/4/1871 at CAMDEN. He died 2/2/1926 aged 54 and is buried in the Church of England section of the Penrith General Cemetery at Kingswood.
FREDA EUGENE FIELD née BELCHER
FREDA EUGENE FIELD (née BELCHER but known as GARDINER), was born 26/4/1919 the daughter of GEORGE BELCHER and ELIZABETH BELCHER (née WEBB) and died 23/4/1945 aged 25 at the Royal Hospital for Women, Paddington.
FLORENCE CHARLOTTE FIELD (formerly CASSIDY and née FINLAY)
FLORENCE CHARLOTTE FIELD (formerly CASSIDY and née FINLAY), daughter of ROBERT JOHN and ENID MAY (née EVANS), was born 7/7/1913 at ANNANDALE and died 5/5/1987 at KIRWAN Queensland aged 76. Prior to her marriage to ERIC she had married WILLIAM E CASSIDY in 1932
EMILY ADA FIELD, daughter of WILLIAM and ELIZABETH, died 3/11/1935 aged 60 and is buried in the Church of England section of the Penrith General Cemetery at Kingswood.
JOHN WILLIAM FIELD was known as "Bill". ANNIE ELSIE FIELD (née MONROE), the wife of JOHN WILLIAM FIELD, was born 8/2/1905 at REDFIELD and died 26/6/1971 at MAYFIELD. Their home was at 46 Cadel Avenue MAYFIELD.
LESLIE NORMAN FIELD was known as "Norman".
From the personal column of the Nepean Times, June either 1930 or 1931:
Mr Norman Field, of Woodriff Street, Penrith, who, some three months ago, had a portion of his left hand crushed in a leather roller at Mr F C James's tanners, had to have the small finger amputated last week.
VICTOR EDBERT FIELD (known as "Vic") and his wife CATHERINE MAY (née WOOD) had only one child, JEAN MAY. JEAN married DAVID CHARLES HUGHES 15/10/1951 and died 1/4/2013. JEAN and DAVID's children and grandchildren are as follows:
DAVID VICTOR HUGHES ("Victor"), who has twin daughters BRONWYN and MEGAN
PETER ODIN HUGHES who has a son BENJAMIN
HEIDI ANN HUGHES ("Ann")
JOHN CHARLES HUGHES
CATHERINE MAY FIELD née WOOD, daughter of JOHN GEORGE and JESSIE MAY (née WHALAN), was born 23/9/1905 and died 18/10/1998 at BALLINA aged 93
Served two terms (1898-99) as Mayor of Botany City Council
ESTHER ELLEN HAMBLY née COLEFAX
ESTHER ELLEN HAMBLY, wife of JAMES HAMBLY, died 20/9/1917 aged 66 and is buried in the Methodist section of Botany cemetery
ANN COULSON/AUDAS/UNDERWOOD née HART
ANN HART married three times. Her second husband, James Audas, died 21/6/1896 while her third husband, Samuel Underwood, was buried 31/12/1907. Ann was buried as Ann Underwood 15/4/1908 at Sutton-St-Edmund, Linconshire UK
ANNE HAWKEY (née LOVELL), the wife of WILLIAM THOMAS HAWKEY, died 22/3/1939, just 8 days after the death of her husband.
ELSIE GERTRUDE SPENCER/RICHARDS née HINDSON
ELSIE GERTRUDE HINDSON had 4 children, 3 sons by HORACE LIDDON SPENCER and a daughter by PERCY WYNNE ("Dick") RICHARDS. Their details are as follows:
RICHARD NEVILLE SPENCER, born 28/1/1923, unmarried, died 27/6/2006 aged 83
GEOFFREY LIDDON SPENCER, born 14/1/1924, married 1952 to ROSELIN STINSON, died 28/8/2012 aged 88
BRIAN WILFRED SPENCER, born 18/11/1926, unmarried, died 11/9/1978 aged 51
FEMALE, still living 2023
HORACE LIDDON SPENCER died aged 34 at Parramatta on 20 August 1927 as a result of an industrial accident at Granville two days previously, while PERCY WYNNE ("Dick") RICHARDS died 14/7/1965
JAMES migrated to NEW ZEALAND on the Famenoth departing UK 15/4/1880 and then subsequently migrated to AUSTRALIA.
ANNA LENORE HINDSON née INGLES, daughter of WESLEY and ANNA LENORE, died 29/11/1933 "aged 71". JAMES and ANNA LENORE HINDSON are buried at Macquarie Park Cemetery.
JAMES and ANNA LENORE HINDSON had two children, a son JAMES ELWIN ("Elwin" born 26/6/1900, died 25/9/1987 aged 87) and a daughter EDITH LENORE ("Lenore", born 14/2/1899, died 11/7/1991). ELWIN did not marry nor leave issue. LENORE married ROBERT HENRY ("Bert") POWRIE 3/12/1924 at WAHROONGA ("BERT" died 20/8/1993 "aged 93") and their children are as follows:
JAMES KELVIN POWRIE ("Kelvin", born 28/7/1926 died 22/5/1968)
ROBERT MALCOLM POWRIE ("Malcolm", born 4/12/1928, died June 2016 aged 87)
MAURINE LENORE POWRIE (born 9/10/1930, Mrs LYNN H McMAHON, died 25/12/1986)
WINSTON GRAHAM POWRIE ("Graham" born 27/10/1932)
BEVERLEY ANNA POWRIE (born 25/2/1939, married ROBERT "Bob" INGRAM)
WINIFRED MARY REES née HINDSON
WINIFRED MARY and HENRY WILLIAM REES had one son, still living 2023).
HENRY JAMES KERSLAKE, known as "James", arrived in the colony of New South Wales on 24/4/1883 on the Orient with his wife ELIZABETH, their children JANE ("Jinny") and HENRY JAMES ("Harry"), his brother THOMAS AMBROSE and his mother-in-law ELIZABETH STOCKS He is buried (as JAMES HENRY) with his wife ELIZABETH in the Rookwood Independent Cemetery, Section F, Grave 382
JANE GABRIEL née KERSLAKE (known as "Jeannie") and her husband PERCY JOHN GABRIEL had children as follows:
ALBERT EDWARD GABRIEL, born 1902, died 1902
HENRY GEORGE GABRIEL, born 27/10/1903 at BURWOOD, married 1930 to ROSE FERRIS
LUCY MAY GABRIEL, born 1905, married 1926 to CHARLES J O'KEEFE and died 1969
FRANK EDGAR GABRIEL, born 19/3/1906 at ENFIELD, married 1934 to DORIS ELSIE EDWARDS
CONSTANCE MAUDE GABRIEL, born 1907, married 1934 to LEONARD JOHN DUFFY
HILDA JANE GABRIEL, born 1909, married 1934 to LESLIE CHARLES SWEENEY
PERCY ERNEST GABRIEL, born 21/11/1910 at STRATHFIELD, married 1934 to EUPHEMIA LEE ARCHIBALD,died 22/4/1983 aged 72
SIDNEY JOHN GABRIEL, born 6/2/1912 at STRATHFIELD
VICTORIA ADELAIDE GABRIEL, born 1914, died 1915
HERBERT JAMES DOUGLAS GABRIEL, born 15/7/1916 at ENFIELD, married 1945 to ELLEN VERONICA GAUDREY, died 25/4/1955 aged 38
FREDERICK ARTHUR GABRIEL, born 8/8/1918 at ENFIELD, married 1949 to JEAN LOIS (née BROWN)
FLORENCE EDITH GABRIEL, married 1940 to SYDNEY GEORGE ALLEN BEECH
RUTH ELEANOR GABRIEL (Mrs PETER GRENVILLE GEE)
NORMAN ALEXANDER GABRIEL, born 12/5/1923 at LAWSON, married 1949 to BETTY STEWART (née KIRKHAN), died 24/12/1990 aged 67
SOPHIA ELIZABETH GABRIEL (Mrs JOHN BERNARD KAVANAGH, Mrs SPRAGGS)
CLAIRE OLIVE GABRIEL (Mrs LESLIE ALLAN HODGINS), died 29/1/1987 "aged 60"
HENRY JAMES KERSLAKE ("Harry") and his wife AMY WINIFRED (née DRAKE) had children:
GLADYS WINIFRED KERSLAKE (Mrs WEIR)
RUTH MARION KERSLAKE (Mrs WALLACE GORDON LEVETT)
RONALD HENRY DOUGLAS KERSLAKE
JAMES STEPHEN KERSLAKE
EDNA KERSLAKE (Mrs RYAN)
NORMAN BASIL KERSLAKE, born 17/5/1921 at Crookwell, died 20/3/2011 aged 89
SIDNEY KERSLAKE ("Sid") and his wife MABEL MARGARET (née LONGHURST) had one child, LEONARD SYDNEY EDWARD KERSLAKE. LEONARD SYDNEY EDWARD married MARJORY OLIVE (née SIMMONDS) in 1939, died 9/6/1974 and had children MYRTLE MOREMAN KERSLAKE and HAZEL JEANETTE GRACE KERSLAKE (Mrs GEOFFREY NEIL CLARKE, Mrs WILLIAM DAVIDSON)
ERNEST KERSLAKE ("Ernie") is buried in an unmarked grave in Rookwood Independent Cemetery, Section J, Grave 500. He and his wife MINNIE RUBINA (née McGLYNN) had two children, HENRY RAYMOND KERSLAKE. HENRY (married to VERLEEN MAVIS, died 2/10/1974 at WOY WOY) and ALBERT ERNEST
CHARLES ("Charlie") KERSLAKE died 1/8/1957 at the residence of his daughter, 436 Burwood Rd Belmore, aged 69. MAUD MARY KERSLAKE died13/12/1964 "aged 77". Both CHARLES and MAUD MARYare buried in Rookwood Independent Cemetery, Section K, Grave 1926. CHARLES and MAUD MARY had children as follows:
EDITH MAUD KERSLAKE, born 2009, unmarried, died 7/11/2000 aged "91"
DOROTHY E KERSLAKE, born 1911
CHARLES HENRY RICHARD ("Ken)" KERSLAKE, born 1913, married MYEE GRACE BRAMPTON and had children WALTER JAMES, JOHN RICHARD and PATRICIA ANN. "Ken" died 2/12/1972 "aged 59" and is buried at Lawson Cemetery. MYEE GRACE died 5/2/2002 "aged 89". See notes relevant to JOHN RICHARD KERSLAKE
WALTER JAMES KERSLAKE, born 1915, died 13/9/1915 aged 6 months
ALBERT ERNEST KERSLAKE, born 1916, married 1941 to IDA ELIZABETH SYBIL GOULD, died 30/6/1951 at Yerrinbool aged 33 leaving children IDA, TEDDIE and BRIAN
STEPHEN VICTOR KERSLAKE, born 1/11/1918
JOYCE LOUISE KERSLAKE, married 1943 to HERBERT SYDNEY HARDING
MURIEL KERSLAKE
LESLIE JOHN KERSLAKE, married 1951 to BETTY FERZE GOULD, died August 2006
ELIZABETH HARRIS née KERSLAKE ("Bessie") and her husband FREDERICK ARTHUR HARRIS had one son, ARTHUR HARRIS
ROBERT KERSLAKE ("Bob") and his wife SARAH JANE (née SMYTH) had children:
DOROTHY NARELLE KERSLAKE, married 1945 to MERVYN ELLIOTT STIFF
GEORGE HENRY ROBERT KERSLAKE, married 1946 to BETTY BEVERLEY HAMILTON and died 22/6/1974, children GREG, SALLIE (Mrs SAUNDERS) and DAVID
JOYCE MARGARET KERSLAKE, married 1950 to CLIFTON JAMES KNIGHT
ROBERT's wife, SARAH JANE KERSLAKE (née SMYTH) died 22/12/1983 at Camden
RUTH SMITH ("Grace") née KERSLAKE and her husband DAVID MITCHELL SMITH had children:
JAMES SMITH, born 14/4/1918 at MILLSONS POINT NSW, married 20/7/1946 at ENFIELD NSW to GLADDIE CROUCH and died 2/5/1972 at WHYALLA SA aged 54. JAMES and GLADDIE had children LYNETTE and TREVLYN
DAVID MITCHELL SMITH, born 26/12/1919 at ANNANDALE NSW, married 28/2/1942 at ASHFIELD NSW to JOYCE KATHLEEN McGUINESS, died 9/5/1980 at AUBURN NSW aged 60
GRACE CATHERINE ELIZABETH SMITH ("Betty"), born 19/6/1921 at ANNANDALE NSW, married 12/6/1943 at BURWOOD NSW to FRED SAMUEL LUTHER and died 19/7/2011 at WESTON ACT aged 90.
THOMAS WILLIAM SMITH, born 24/4/1923 at STRATHFIELD NSW, married 26/7/1948 at PETERSHAM NSW to DOREEN LILLIAN LOCKLEY and died 17/5/2010 aged 87
ROBERT GEORGE SMITH, born 19/1/1925 at STRATHFIELD NSW, married 12/3/1949 at BURWOOD NSW to MARJORIE HEATHER PEARSON and died 5/2/2012 at FREDERICKTON NSW aged 87
LILY JANE SMITH, born 20/6/1926 at STRATHFIELD NSW, married 20/6/1953 at BURWOOD NSW to ALLAN GRIFFITHS PERRETT, died 18/12/1988 at GRAFTON NSW aged 62
HUGH GRAHAM SMITH, born 27/8/1927 at STRATHFIELD NSW, married 3/3/1951 at STRATHFIELD NSW to CATHERINE CUTTS
EDITH HUNTER MITCHELL SMITH, born 9/9/1929 at ENFIELD NSW, married 22/11/1958 at HORNSBY NSW to EDWARD GEORGE COOK and died 21/9/2001 aged 72
SAMUEL ERNEST SMITH, born 2/11/1931 at ENFIELD NSW, married 11/9/1954 at CHATSWOOD NSW to PATRICIA ROSEMARY HAIGH
DONALD JOHN SMITH, born 4/9/1933 at ENFIELD NSW, married 24/4/1954 at BURWOOD NSW to DOROTHY MAVIS CANNON
JANET HUNTER SMITH, born 9/11/1934 at ENFIELD NSW, married 19/11/1955 at BURWOOD NSW to DONALD FREDERICK McLEOD
RUTH's husband DAVID MITCHELL SMITH died 12/12/1971 aged 81 and is buried in the independent section at Rookwood
THOMAS AMBROSE KERLAKE was born 1863 at Teignmouth UK. He arrive on the Orient on 24/4/1883 with his brother HENRY JAMES (and his brothers family), and his mother HANNAH STOCKS. He returned to England, coming back on the Orizaba on 3/9/1887 with his brother CHARLES JOHN. THOMAS AMBROSE married SUSANNA MAUNDRELL 2/2/1888 at Burwood and died 24/4/1923 at Blackheath. The children of THOMAS AMBROSE and SUSANNA KERSLAKE were EVELYN EDITH (born 1888 - Mrs BURTON), WALTER (born 1890), HERBERT GEORGE (born 1892, married to LILLIAN SARAH and died 27/6/1971 aged 78 - note that ELIZABETH SARAH died 1/8/1960 at hospital, was "of Sussex Inlet" and their children are recorded as LAURENCE, NEIL and GWEN) and GODFREY EDWARD ("Gough", born 1895 and had 2 children, WILIAM and HEATHER MARGARET - his wife, VERA LINE KERSLAKE, died 19/10/1970 on the "Empress of Australia" and was cremated Northern Suburbs 23/10/70). A daughter of EVELYN BURTON was HELEN BURTON who lived 101 Concord Road, Concord. THOMAS AMBROSE KERSLAKE was a landscape gardener and went to Blackheath originally to work for the Pope family. He took over "Duddington Farm" nursery, Cross Street, Blackheath, on the death of his brother GEORGE HENRY TUCK, and it was there that he died. A great grandson of THOMAS AMBROSE KERSLAKE (through GODFREY EDWARD KERSLAKE and Godfrey's daughter, HEATHER MARGARET) is TONY JONES (whose wife is Pam).
ELMYRA ELIZABETH MILLS née GEORGE
ELMYRA ELIZABETH MILLS (née GEORGE), the widow of CHARLES CAMERON MILLS, died 13/11/1914 at Penrith aged 59. She was born at Castlereagh, and was buried at the Church of England cemetery Emu Plains on 21/11/1914. The children of CHARLES CAMERON and ELMYRA ELIZABETH MILLS are recorded in her obituary in the Nepean Times as:
JAMES W MILLS (married to EMILY EVA SHAW)
CHARLES MILLS (WILLIAM CAMERON, married to LESSIE née SHIELDS, died 1947)
WILLIAM MILLS
Mrs ARCHIE SHAW (AMY MAY née MILLS, Mrs ARCHIBALD J SHAW)
Mrs W L SHAW (ELMYRA née MILLS, Mrs WALTER LESLIE SHAW)
Mrs ISAAC GEORGE EASTERBROOK (SARAH ANN née MILLS, who died 10/3/1972 aged 83, while ISAAC GEORGE died 5/6/1956 at Penrith)
MRS M L EASTERBROOK (actually ALICE née MILLS, Mrs MALCOLM LLOYD EASTERBROOK)
ROBERT MILLS
ARTHUR MILLS
JAMES ALEXANDER MILLS and his wife, ANN MILLS (née LAWS), are buried in the old CASTLEREAGH cemetery. ANN MILLS' date of death is 5/9/1922 at which date she was aged 84.