EDWARD and HANNAH DESCENDANT NEWSLETTER
Issue No 5/13
September Meeting; A well attended meeting
was held in Glenbrook with Chris Parker from
the UK as our special guest. We also had two
new members attending for the first time and
they were made welcome.
The weather was kind to us after what started out
as being doubtful with several travelling through
rain on their way but blue skies greeted everyone
on their arrival.
There was a lot of talking and saying hello to our
new members to find out their descendent line,
while we were having morning tea.
Of course our UK visitor Chris was not left out with some
general talk about his history and where he lives.
At left is a photo of Chris with the descendents of Stephen
Parker, Chris’s very distant cousions.
Ann served a very nice lunch for everyone with plenty of
food. Ann also showed off some of her orchids that were in
bloom.
Lost & Found
After the meeting a Gold Pen was found, it will be taken to the next meeting if the owner would like
to come forward to claim it. Also a name tag, I will bring it to the next meeting for you Colleen
unless you want it earlier.
“Edward & Hannah Corner”
September/October 2013 marks the 229th anniversary of when Edward was committed on the 18 th
September 1784 by T Pottat esq. and convicted on the 5th October 1784 at Gloucester Quarter
Sessions of stealing a great coat belonging to William Barnard.
The 1st October 2013 was the 215th birthday of Edward & Hannah’s 4th child, Harriet; you would
have to assume that she would not have had any big birthday parties during her life.
“History in Edward & Hannah’s time”
Captain Arthur Phillip
He was born in October 1738 and died in August 1814, and he had a naval career before being chosen to bring
the First Fleet to Australia. He died in Bath which is about 120km west of London. There is a memorial to
him in the Bath Abbey installed in 1937 and the inscription on the tablet is below:
IN MEMORY OF
ADMIRAL ARTHUR PHILLIP R.N.
FOUNDER AND FIRST GOVERNOR
OF
AUSTRALIA
BORN LONDON 11 OCTOBER 1738
ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY 1755
DIED AT 19 BENNETT STREET BATH
31 AUGUST 1814
TO HIS INDOMITABLE COURAGEPROPHETIC VISION- ORBEARANCEFAITH-INSPIRATION AND
WISDOM WAS DUE THE
SUCCESS OF THE FIRST
SETTLEMENT IN AUSTRALIA
AT SYDNEY
26 JANUARY 1788
Although he died in Bath he is buried at St
Nicholas, Church of England in Bathampton, about 5
km from Bath.
When he was buried his grave was in front of the
door of the church. However when the church was
extended as can be seen in the photo, his grave is
now inside the church
St.Nicholas Church
“Social Corner”
Roger & Colleen Moss are grandparents again, baby boy for Darren
& Jacky born at 12.57pm Thursday, 5 September 2013 weighing in
at 5lb.8oz. Named Xavier Marcus Darren Moss, brother to Liam,
Joshua, Madeleine, Dylan & Lachlan. 2 weeks early - Mum & bub
doing OK.
You realise how tiny he is when you look at Roger's hand.
Xavier Marcus Darren Moss
Thank you Colleen for the info and photo
“Members History Find”
Carmen our efficient Secretary sends the following:.
Earlier this year I visited my brother near Tamworth, and we stopped at the Wallabadah First Fleet
memorial garden on our way home. The garden itself is quite nice, and a peaceful spot for reflection
on our First Fleet past.
There are gardens with reproductions
of each ship, and corresponding
'headstones' engraved with the names
of every person aboard that ship.
Left; is the “Friendship” plaque.
Right; is the 'headstones' with the
names of all on board the
“Friendship”.
There are also some other signs with First Fleet information. I would encourage our members who
might be travelling that way to stop and take a look. There are toilets, but anyone looking for a snack
should stop up the road first and 'byo'!
Carmen
Ed; Thank you Carmen, Wallabadah is approx. 60 km south of Tamworth
“Searching History”
As Carmen noted in the minutes from the last meeting there is a document available (20 pages) at the
address below which gives a large number of Australian history groups’ and UK history groups’ web
addresses.
www.sag.org.au/downloads/RUL leaflet.pdf
Cherokee Wisdom
One evening an old Cherokee Chief told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He
said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.
One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment,
inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope,
serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"
The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."
“Next Meeting”
November is flagged for a picnic at Pugh’s Lagoon, as we have done in the past, as it is a nice spot
despite not being named for “our” Edward. Date set for Saturday 16th November.