Mary BROOKER (1812

Mary BROOKER (1812 - 1890)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
John Christopher LEDWIDGE (1832 - 1873) Christopher LEDWIDGE (1834 - 1869) Henry ANGEL (1836 - 1924) William ANGEL (1838 - 1891) Keturah ANGEL (1841 - 1932) Robert ANGEL (1841 - 1870) Richard ANGEL (1844 - 1907) Mary ANGEL (1847 - 1932) Sarah M ANGEL (1847 - ) James ANGEL (1850 - 1926) Edward Jonathon ANGEL (1852 - 1934) Samuel ANGEL (1853 - 1938)	Mary BROOKER (1812 - 1890) + John HART ( - 1830) Christopher LEDWIDGE (1799 - 1834) Henry ANGEL (1791 - 1881)	Jonathan BROOKER (1760 - 1833)



		Mary Anne WADE (1777 - 1859)

b. 28 Nov 1812 at Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia

m. (1) 14 Feb 1829 John HART ( - 1830) at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

m. (2) 17 Nov 1833 Christopher LEDWIDGE (1799 - 1834) at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

m. (3) 03 Sep 1834 Henry ANGEL (1791 - 1881) at Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

d. 29 Sep 1890 at Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia aged 77

Near Relatives of Mary BROOKER (1812 - 1890)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	William ANGEL			22 Dec 1844	Hale, Hampshire, England
Mother in Law	Mary SHERAN SHERING			10 Mar 1830	Hale, Hampshire, England

Father	Jonathan BROOKER	1760	Kent, UK	14 Mar 1833	Airds, New South Wales, Australia	73
Mother	Mary Anne WADE	1777	London, Middlesex, England	17 Dec 1859	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	82

Self	Mary BROOKER	28 Nov 1812	Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia	29 Sep 1890	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	77

Husband	John HART			1830	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Husband	Christopher LEDWIDGE	1799		05 Feb 1834	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	35
Husband	Henry ANGEL	abt 08 Jan 1791	Woodgreen, Hampshire, England	07 Dec 1881	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	90

Son	John Christopher LEDWIDGE	26 Jul 1832	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	01 Jul 1873	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	40
Son	Christopher LEDWIDGE	05 Feb 1834	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	08 Aug 1869	Balranald, New South Wales, Australia	35
Son	Henry ANGEL	16 Nov 1836	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jul 1924	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	87
Son	William ANGEL	17 Oct 1838	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	28 Oct 1891	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia	53
Daughter	Keturah ANGEL	05 Oct 1841	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	22 Nov 1932	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	91
Son	Robert ANGEL	05 Oct 1841	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	19 May 1870	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	28
Son	Richard ANGEL	19 Feb 1844	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jun 1907	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	63
Daughter	Mary ANGEL	10 Feb 1847	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	07 Jul 1932	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia	85
Daughter	Sarah M ANGEL	10 Feb 1847	Hay, New South Wales, Australia
Son	James ANGEL	08 Mar 1850	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	05 Jun 1926	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	76
Son	Edward Jonathon ANGEL	13 Jun 1852	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	08 Nov 1934	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	82
Son	Samuel ANGEL	18 Feb 1853	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	21 Apr 1938	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	85

Sister	Sarah WADE	27 Sep 1793	Norfolk Island	05 Jul 1887		93
Brother	William James WADE BROOKER	10 Dec 1796	Norfolk Island	09 Oct 1885	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	88
Brother	John BROOKER	24 Jun 1809	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia	07 Dec 1886	Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia	77
Sister	Elizabeth BROOKER	07 Dec 1810	Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia
Brother	James BROOKER	30 May 1814	Airds, New South Wales, Australia	15 Mar 1880	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	65
Half Brother	Edward BROOKER HARRIGAN	20 Aug 1803	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jul 1891	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	87

Daughter in Law	Julia AHERN	07 Feb 1833		01 Apr 1918		85
Daughter in Law	Margaret Ann HERRICK	25 Sep 1833		06 Aug 1932		98
Daughter in Law	Emma TERRY	23 Aug 1843	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	12 Jan 1867	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	23
Daughter in Law	Frances Eleanor Jane CORNISH	1850	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	17 Apr 1927	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	77
Daughter in Law	Sarah Mary HARRIS	29 Jul 1849	Australia	04 Jul 1935	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	85
Son in Law	John HURST	06 Apr 1836	Laughton, Leicestershire, England	14 May 1922	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	86
Daughter in Law	Sarah BOYTON	01 Jan 1846	Australia	17 Mar 1917	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	71
Son in Law	Henry HARRIS	abt 1824		1907		83
Daughter in Law	Eva FOOTE
Daughter in Law	Eliza Jane BOYTON	01 Jan 1856	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	28 Mar 1912	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	56
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth BROOKER	17 Aug 1857	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	30 Nov 1904	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	47
Daughter in Law	Ellen Maria POWER	08 Mar 1864	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	14 Apr 1930	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	66
Daughter in Law	Emma Ann POWER	27 Oct 1857		28 May 1946		88

Grandson	Albert Terry Australia ANGEL	03 Sep 1864	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	14 Jan 1867	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	2
Granddaughter	Christina Mary Beatrice ANGEL	13 Feb 1866	Hay, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Henrietta May ANGEL	18 Mar 1875	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1957		82
Grandson	Henry George William ANGEL	1877	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1941	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	64
Granddaughter	Edith Maud ANGEL	1879	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Lewis Arthur H ANGEL	15 Feb 1881	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1953		72
Grandson	Walter Edgar ANGEL	15 Feb 1881	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Ethel Ann Victoria ANGEL	1882	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Frederick Norman ANGEL	19 Jan 1884	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1963		79
Grandson	Charles Ernest ANGEL	21 Dec 1885	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Daisy Edith Maud ANGEL	1887	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Sidney Percival ANGEL	23 Feb 1890	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Alma Greta ANGEL	14 Jul 1892	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Mary Jane HURST	14 Apr 1861	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	09 Feb 1954	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	92
Grandson	Henry HURST	02 Feb 1863	Balranald, New South Wales, Australia	28 Nov 1906	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	43
Grandson	Charles George HURST	04 Jun 1865	Oura, New South Wales, Australia	30 Sep 1924	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	59
Grandson	Robert John HURST	22 Aug 1867	Oura, New South Wales, Australia	17 Nov 1960	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	93
Grandson	George HURST	05 Sep 1869	Oura, New South Wales, Australia	31 Mar 1929	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia	59
Grandson	Albert HURST	20 Aug 1872	Oura, New South Wales, Australia	29 Sep 1959	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	87
Grandson	Arthur HURST	28 Jul 1874	Oura, New South Wales, Australia	02 Feb 1968	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	93
Grandson	Walter James HURST	24 Dec 1876	Oura, New South Wales, Australia	03 Jun 1934	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	57
Granddaughter	Eliza Alice HURST	23 Apr 1879	Oura, New South Wales, Australia	11 Dec 1936	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	57
Granddaughter	Ada May HURST	11 Oct 1881	Oura, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Maude Elizabeth HURST	08 Jun 1885	Oura, New South Wales, Australia	28 Oct 1961		76
Grandson	Frederick William HURST	04 Jun 1888	Oura, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Emma ANGEL	06 Jan 1867	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	15 Aug 1950		83
Granddaughter	Ada ANGEL	30 Jun 1868	Nangus, New South Wales, Australia	19 Nov 1952	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	84
Granddaughter	Sarah ANGEL	29 Jul 1871	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	18 Jan 1964	Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia	92
Grandson	Robert Henry ANGEL	30 Nov 1873	Nangus, New South Wales, Australia	11 Mar 1934	Temora, New South Wales, Australia	60
Grandson	Herbert James ANGEL	22 Aug 1874	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	04 Jan 1950	Temora, New South Wales, Australia	75
Grandson	Alfred Richard ANGEL	29 Oct 1876	Nangus, New South Wales, Australia	22 Aug 1919	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	42
Grandson	Albert Charles 'Cap' ANGEL	24 Aug 1878	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	06 Nov 1939	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	61
Grandson	Arthur Edward ANGEL	28 Mar 1880	Nangus, New South Wales, Australia	1958		78
Granddaughter	Eliza ANGEL	14 Mar 1882	Nangus, New South Wales, Australia	28 Aug 1962	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	80
Grandson	Walter Ernest ANGEL	28 Jan 1884	Nangus, New South Wales, Australia	1953		69
Granddaughter	Florrie ANGEL	09 Jan 1886	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	17 Oct 1938		52
Granddaughter	Harlow ANGEL	02 May 1888	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	10 Jul 1888	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Olive ANGEL	02 May 1888	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	05 May 1888	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	0
Grandson	Ridley Amos ANGEL	08 Mar 1890	New South Wales, Australia	06 Jul 1976	Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia	86
Grandson	Allen Oswald ANGEL	1892	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	28 Sep 1980	New South Wales, Australia	88
Grandson	Edgar Roy ANGEL	25 Jul 1895	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	29 Jul 1923	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia	28
Granddaughter	Rebecca May ANGEL	18 Sep 1876	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	01 Feb 1920	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	43
Grandson	Stanley Edward ANGEL	1881	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Leslie James ANGEL	16 Feb 1883	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	07 Nov 1956	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	73
Grandson	Walter Edwin ANGEL	1885	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Myrtle Evelyn Blanche ANGEL	1886	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Harvey Edgar ANGEL	1888	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Muriel E ANGEL	1890	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Horace Edmond ANGEL	1892	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Ivy ANGEL	1895	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Eva ANGEL	1897	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Harold B ANGEL	1897	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Mary Blanche ANGEL	1877	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Albert Charles ANGEL	1880	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Clarice ANGEL	1882	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Samuel ANGEL	1885	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	01 Mar 1950	Mangoplah, New South Wales, Australia	65
Granddaughter	Amy Grace ANGEL	1888	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	09 Apr 1922	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	34
Granddaughter	Linda ANGEL	1891	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	25 Jul 1916	Corowa, New South Wales, Australia	25
Granddaughter	Olive Bertha ANGEL	1894	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Niece	Mary RAY	16 Sep 1809		1837		28
Niece	Sophia RAY	28 May 1812	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	1877	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	65
Nephew	William RAY	07 Dec 1814		30 May 1885	Marrickville, Sydney, Australia	70
Nephew	John RAY	12 Oct 1817	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	10 Sep 1859		41
Niece	Maria RAY	16 May 1822		22 Apr 1924	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	101
Nephew	Nathaniel BOON	14 Sep 1825		11 Feb 1911	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	85
Niece	Margaret BOON	17 Sep 1826		09 Jul 1904		77
Nephew	Thomas BOON	12 Aug 1828
Nephew	James BOON	20 Nov 1830
Nephew	Jonathan BOON	20 Nov 1830		15 May 1901		70
Nephew	Nicholas BOON	20 Nov 1830		18 Nov 1899		68
Niece	Sarah Ann BOON	02 Jun 1832		12 Oct 1854		22
Nephew	Daniel BOON	25 Nov 1852		19 Jul 1876		23
Niece	Mary Ann BROOKER	24 Mar 1821	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jan 1863	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	41
Niece	Sarah Elizabeth BROOKER	20 Mar 1823	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	23 Nov 1890	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	67
Nephew	William BROOKER	26 Dec 1824		09 Jun 1892		67
Nephew	Jonathan BROOKER	16 Jun 1827	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	14 Feb 1829	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	1
Niece	Elizabeth BROOKER	11 Mar 1830		08 May 1905		75
Nephew	Jonathon BROOKER	19 Jul 1832	New South Wales, Australia	03 Jun 1888	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	55
Nephew	James BROOKER	16 Oct 1834	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	17 Sep 1907	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	72
Niece	Sophia Jane BROOKER	19 Jul 1838	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	1916	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	78
Nephew	Joseph Henry BROOKER	27 Feb 1840	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	21 Dec 1840	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Eliza BROOKER	21 Feb 1843		20 May 1877		34
Niece	Mary BROOKER	18 Dec 1848		20 Jul 1931	Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia	82
Nephew	Jonathan BROOKER	03 Dec 1849	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	17 Jun 1906	Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia	56
Nephew	William BROOKER	24 May 1851	Charcoal Creek, New South Wales, Australia	05 Apr 1935	Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia	83
Nephew	Murdo BROOKER	13 May 1853	Charcoal Creek, New South Wales, Australia	29 Jun 1913	Robertson, New South Wales, Australia	60
Niece	Sophia LOWE	14 Apr 1828	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	29 Mar 1893	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	64
Niece	Louisa Willison BROOKER	1853		1854		1
Niece	Rosina BROOKER	1855	Tarrawanna, New South Wales, Australia	20 Jan 1944	Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia	89
Nephew	James Albert BROOKER	22 May 1858		27 Oct 1939		81
Niece	Mary Louisa BROOKER	15 Mar 1860		02 Nov 1937		77
Nephew	William Willison BROOKER	03 Nov 1862	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	19 Mar 1863	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Mary Anne HARRIGAN	1835		07 Aug 1870		35
Niece	Elizabeth HARRIGAN	10 Jun 1837		20 Dec 1915		78
Nephew	James Edward HARRIGAN	28 May 1839		12 May 1929		89
Niece	Sarah Jane HARRIGAN	1855		28 Oct 1893		38
Nephew	William HARRIGAN	22 Dec 1857		04 Sep 1948		90
Niece	Louisa Emily HARRIGAN	22 Mar 1860		17 Jan 1889		28
Niece	Alice Clara HARRIGAN	05 Aug 1863		17 Jan 1956		92

Brother in Law	William RAY	abt 1759		17 Oct 1835		76
Brother in Law	Nathaniel BOON	1792		18 Feb 1839		47
Sister in Law	Sophia MITTON	24 May 1801	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	17 Jan 1892	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	90
Sister in Law	Janet MCKENZIE	abt 1809		04 May 1901	Robertson, New South Wales, Australia	92
Brother in Law	Daniel LOWE	07 Oct 1810
Sister in Law	Elizabeth Willison WOOD	abt 1821	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	03 Jan 1916	Gosford, New South Wales, Australia	95
Sister in Law	Mary WEBBER	abt 1797	Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK	07 Feb 1854	Dapto, New South Wales, Australia	57
Sister in Law	Jane Willison WOOD	1820	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	1916	Tarrawanna, New South Wales, Australia	96

Events in Mary BROOKER (1812 - 1890)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
28 Nov 1812		Mary BROOKER was born	Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia		71
14 Feb 1829	16	Married John HART	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia		71
1830	18	Death of husband John HART	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
26 Jul 1832	19	Birth of son John Christopher LEDWIDGE	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
14 Mar 1833	20	Death of father Jonathan BROOKER (aged 73)	Airds, New South Wales, Australia
17 Nov 1833	20	Married Christopher LEDWIDGE (aged 34)	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia		71
05 Feb 1834	21	Birth of son Christopher LEDWIDGE	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
05 Feb 1834	21	Death of husband Christopher LEDWIDGE (aged 35)	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
03 Sep 1834	21	Married Henry ANGEL (aged 43)	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia		71
16 Nov 1836	23	Birth of son Henry ANGEL	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	1065/1836 V18361065 20	71
17 Oct 1838	25	Birth of son William ANGEL	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	1109/1838 V18381109 22	71
05 Oct 1841	28	Birth of daughter Keturah ANGEL	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	1516/1841 V18411516 25A	71
05 Oct 1841	28	Birth of son Robert ANGEL	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	1517/1841 V18411517 25A	71
19 Feb 1844	31	Birth of son Richard ANGEL	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	1867/1844	71
10 Feb 1847	34	Birth of daughter Mary ANGEL	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	946/1848	71
10 Feb 1847	34	Birth of daughter Sarah M ANGEL	Hay, New South Wales, Australia
08 Mar 1850	37	Birth of son James ANGEL	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	947/1848	71
13 Jun 1852	39	Birth of son Edward Jonathon ANGEL	Hay, New South Wales, Australia		71
18 Feb 1853	40	Birth of son Samuel ANGEL	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	4242/1853	71
17 Dec 1859	47	Death of mother Mary Anne WADE (aged 82)	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
08 Aug 1869	56	Death of son Christopher LEDWIDGE (aged 35)	Balranald, New South Wales, Australia	Note 1
19 May 1870	57	Death of son Robert ANGEL (aged 28)	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia		71
01 Jul 1873	60	Death of son John Christopher LEDWIDGE (aged 40)	Hay, New South Wales, Australia
07 Dec 1881	69	Death of husband Henry ANGEL (aged 90)	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia		71
29 Sep 1890	77	Mary BROOKER died	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia		71

Note 1: 2675/1869 aged 35 HAY died BALRANALD

Personal Notes:

Mary Brooker was the third child born to Mary Wade and Jonathan Brooker in New South Wales. She was born on 28th November, 1812, in the Hawkesbury District where her father, freed by servitude on Norfolk Island, was supporting his family possibly as a carpenter. While Mary was a very small child the family moved to their new home at Airds (Campbelltown). When 11 years old, Mary shared with her family the tragic experience of being rendered destitute by a severe bushfire. By 1828 we find the family established on the Illawarra, near Corrimal. Jonathan’s household consisted of his wife Mary, their children John, Mary and James, and Edward Harrigan, referred to as Edward Brooker. Shortly after her 16th birthday, Mary Brooker married John Hart on 14th February 1829. Father Therry, a Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony and the marriage was registered at Liverpool. John Hart, who had arrived a free man on the Earl St Vincent, was about 29 years of age. This marriage was short lived and without issue as John Hart soon died. Mary’s second marriage, to Christopher Ledwidge, was also conducted by Father Therry on 1 7th November, 1833. Ledwidge had arrived on the transport Isobella in 1822 to serve a term of 7 years transportation, Christopher was listed as a Catholic labourer, assigned to Charles Tunstall, a bricklayer of Lower Minto. In 1824 he was sent to Port Macquarie as a punishment for attempting to rob a cart. He returned to Lower Minto in 1827, gained his freedom the next year, and settled at Fairy Meadow in the Illawarra District. It was here that he met the young widow Mary Hart, daughter of Jonathan Brooker and Mary Wade. She bore him a son, John, in 1832, and they married on 17th November, 1833. The following year, on the very day of Christopher’s death, a second son was born and named Christopher. This meant that within four years, and still only 21, Mary was twice widowed and the mother of two boys. These circumstances probably explain why, less than a year later, Mary married for a third time. The groom was Henry Angel, a farmer of Fairy Meadow. The marriage was by Banns with the consent of the Governor. and took place on 3rd January, 1834, in the Church of England School House in Wollongong. Henry Angel was a very colourful character. He was as born in Salisbury. England, in 1791, and had worked on the land from an early age, becoming proficient in the skills of farming. At the age of 26 a brush with the law earned him a conviction and he was sentenced to transportation for life. Exact circumstances of his crime remain a mystery but according to family Folk-lore Henry may have been the innocent victim of a miscarriage of justice. This version that at the age of 17 he purchased a pair of bloodstained boots from a stranger for one shilling and was subsequently charged with the murder of the owner of the boots. Since could not produce evidence to the contrary, he was tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged, the sentence being commuted to transportation for life. The second explanation for Henry’s transportation rests on more reliable documented evidence. An extract from a sworn statement in the Public Records Office, London states that Henry Angel and an accomplice were tried on 18th March 1817 for highway robbery. Henry was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. He arrived in New South aboard the transport Neptune on 9th May 1818 to serve his sentence. Henry was described as having a ruddy complexion, 5′ 2 ½” tall, brown hair and hazel eyes. Sometime after his arrival Henry was assigned to William Cox, a considerable land holder, best remembered for his role in the construction of the first road over Blue Mountains in 1815. It appears that Cox recommended Henry Angel to Hamilton Hume was preparing for his expedition with Hovell, to Port Phillip. Subsequently Angel was assigned to Hume for the expedition and a close bond of friendship developed between these two men. As the overland journey continued, Angel proved of great value in difficult situations. On reaching the Murray, Angel became the first white man to swim across the river. He did do to get a line across in order to facilitate the crossing over of equipment and stores. On returning to Sydney at the completion of the journey, Hume received a land grant at Shoalhaven. Henry Angel’s part was recognised by the granting of a ticketofleave on Hume’s recommendation. This was granted on 5th July 1825 for the district of Appin by special order of the Governor and was later altered to cover the District of Illawarra. Hume also recognised Angel’s contribution by making him a gift of two good quality bullocks and a watch. This watch was in the possession of one of daughters until fairly recently. Its immediate location is not at present known. Angel lived in the Corrimal area, but on the 14th January 1828, his ticketofleave was revoked on a charge of harbouring a notorious cattle stealer in his house, and with having some connection with the gang. He was returned to Government Service and in the 1828 Census taken in November, he is listed as Protestant, aged 36 years and living in convict barracks, Liverpool. At about this time, Sturt invited Hume to accompany him on his first expedition to trace headwaters of the Macquarie River. Together, Sturt and Hume selected a small party soldiers and convicts to assist them on the journey, among whom Henry Angel was included. This expedition reached the Darling River before returning to Sydney. On 22nd February 1832, Henry Angel’s ticketofleave was restored in recognition of his assistance in the capture of a bushranger named Patrick Burke, notorious for his activities on the lonely road between Appin and Illawarra. Thereafter he was registered at the P.O. Wollongong as a resident of Fairy Meadow and 1834 he married Mary Ledwidge (nee Brooker). It is interesting to note that Henry did not get his conditional pardon until 1st October 1841 so he was still a ticketofleave convict at the time of his marriage. After this marriage, Henry and Mary lived in a pitsawn timber shed on the Angel farm, together .With Mary’s two young sons, John and Christopher Ledwidge. The two small boys were soon joined by some Angel children. There were Henry (1836), William (1838) and twins, Keturah and Robert (1841). The Ledwidge boys and Robert Angel in due time attended the local school, a simple slab and bark building about one mile south of Angel’s Bridge which spanned Towradgi Creek running through the Angel farm. From time to time the boys would arrive at the school with the two bullocks Hume had given to Angel, in order to carry firewood for the teacher. The bullocks carried the double H (HH) brand of Hamilton Hume and were always of great interest. Angel’s English farming upbringing, together with his bush experience in Australia, stood him in good stead as a pioneer settler. James Gormley recalls “I had frequent opportunities of seeing how Angel cultivated his land and managed his working horses and bullocks and the plan he then adopted 1 have not since excelled … (he) did the work slowly and carefully, evidently on a well defined plan.” A good description of the area at about the time was recorded in 1846 by a retired army colonel, Godfrey Mundy:The pretty village of Fairy Meadow, close to Wollongong, separated by a ridge of highish land from the seaboard, backed by the mountain range, with a meandering stream of fresh water running through the flat; settlers’ houses perched on the hills, bark huts overgrown with passion flowers, vines, ivy or gourds; fields of growing wheat or maize with its tall, green flags and yellow plumes; rude barns at the corners of the enclosures, where the cheerful sound of the flail reaches the traveller’s ear.” A prominent feature on the range behind Fairy Meadow is called Broker’s Nose. (Broker was the spelling used for Brooker in many old documents). This feature resembles the outline of a human face profile, and is so named as it is a part of the range close to Brooker land. By the eighteen fifties the descendants of Mary Wade (Mary Angel’s mother and an early resident) were leaving permanent place names throughout the district. These include street names such as Brokers Road, Harrigan Street, etc, and features such as Angels Bridge and Broker’s Nose. During the eighteen thirties, Henry appeared to be interested in various parcels of land. In 1839 he was unsuccessful in purchasing land at Garie but later purchased 50 acres on the Cataract River near Wollongong. In 1841 he received a conditional pardon from the Governor, Sir George Gipps, to take effect from 28th December 1841. He was now a free man, but unable to return to England. Two of Mary Angel’s nephews, John and Edward Ray, journeyed southwest into the Riverina in 1840. Their assessment of the land available in the. Hay district was enough to encourage Henry Angel to move his young family 450 miles to the area in 1844. Originally Angel settled on the opposite side of the river to the Rays, believing the land to be available. He built a house there on the south bank, called ‘Yangunjular’ after the name of the local aboriginal tribe. The Commissioner for Crown Lands changed the name to Wardry, which is not an aboriginal name. It finally reverted to Uardry, a native name meaning yellow box tree and to this day the station retains the name Uardry. Another son of Mary Wade, Edward Harrigan, went to the area in 1849 but he preferred the Illawarra and returned there in 1853. While at Uardry four sons and a daughter were added to, the Angel family between 1844 and 1853. Uardry was an extensive holding used by Ray and Angel as a cattle and sheep run. The N.S.W. Gazette for 1866 states, “Uardry” station(Lachlan District) occupiers Ray and Angel; area 32,000 acres, grazing capability, 900 head of cattle. Crown charges £53/13/9. It is recorded that Angel and some of his sons made trips to Sydney from time to time. On one such trip in 1846, Henry Angel junior remembers that he and his father carried a ton of cheese to Sydney which they sold, bringing back provisions. The team used consisted of a horse in the shafts of a dray and four bullocks leading. The round trip took three months. On his return, Henry Angel presented the local Aboriginal chief with a brass plate he had obtained in Sydney, inscribed to Jacky, King of Yangunjular. It should be realised that while at Uardry the Angels were living a frontier existence. The Angels enjoyed a good friendly relationship with the local aborigines, but among themselves the native tribes observed their traditional customs, including conflict. Murder was not unknown among them, and Henry Angel himself witnessed at least one fight to the death between two rival chiefs. Henry’s wife Mary relates a story of an aboriginal visitor sampling chillies from her kitchen table. “He got the surprise of his life”,said Mary, “shouting, ‘Pattacollu, Pattacoliu’, meaning give me water. The white population of Uardry was comparatively large with both the Ray and Angel families there. The Ledwidge boys became expert horsemen and worked as stockmen on the station. The trips to Sydney provided an opportunity to visit relations and family friends at Campbelltown and on the Illawarra. Such trips provided contact with school friends of the Ledwidges and Henry Angel junior. On one such trip in 1855, Christie Ledwidge married Margaret Ann Herrick, who came from a family connected by marriage to his cousin Edward Ray and his uncle, William Brooker. The same year John Ledwidge married Julia Ahern of Fairy Meadow who had attended the local school with him. John and Christie each had ten children and 26 and 54 grandchildren respectively. Consequently many Australians can trace their origins to these two brothers. Most of John’s descendants come through his seven daughters and do not carry the Ledwidge name, but Christopher’s descendants are mostly through his sons and this ensured the Ledwidge name still survives in the area. By 1859 the district had developed sufficiently for the establishment of a new township called Hay at Lang’s Crossing. The Ledwidge brothers left Uardry at this stage to try their luck as publicans in the new town. It was not long before John, who sadly missed his horses, purchased a new team and set up as a carrier. Christie continued as a publican of the Caledonian Hotel, Hay, and did well. In 1868 he left Hay to open the Currathool Hotel at Carrathool. He died the following year and his wife carried on the business. John gave up carrying and worked as a labourer until his death in 1873. One of Christie’s sons, John, became a pioneer of Swan Hill in 1876, arriving there on foot having walked from Hay. He has recorded a notable description of white settlement in the area at that time: The country at that time had not been opened up for closer settlement and was largely in the virgin state. As a contractor with a large number of men under me, 1 ran 28,000 acres of box timber on Lalbert Station, and about 20,000 acres on Springfield Station. Blacks roamed everywhere, and there was an encampment on the other side of the river, opposite the present pumping station. They were a tame lot however, and did not molest the white invaders. Wildlife abounded and there were any amount of emus and kangaroos. The rabbit population had reached alarming proportions and presented a major problem; they were so thick that at one time they actually blocked the Boga road when the coach was proceeding to Swan Hill. We killed thousands in Lake Boga alone. There was a great social spirit pervading the whole community. The greatest event of the year was the Oddfellows Ball, held in the new brick school. It was a wonderful affair and attended by all the people of the district. Tickets cost one pound ten shillings apiece but was worth every penny of it. What a feast we had! Plenty of suckling pig and turkey, in striking contrast to the suppers of today perhaps a piece of cake.” John’s wife, Annie, was employed as a cook at the Swan Hill Coffee Palace in Campbell Street and afterwards accompanied him on his contracts, cooking for the men and camping under bullock waggons. In 1864 (?) Henry Angel sold his rights to at least part of Uardry and purchased a property called Spring Vale near Lake Albert, a few miles south of Wagga. He was now in his seventies and remained there until his death, aged 91, in 1881. Perusal of his Will indicates that by the time of his death, Angel was a man of considerable wealth, a rather remarkable achievement for a former convict transported to the colony in 1818 to serve out a life sentence. It was entirely due to his own efforts that he had acquired such wealth and he did not wish to see it frittered away. His Will contains a firm direction to his beneficiaries as follows: “I wish it to be understood by all my dear children that as 1 have worked hard and long to gain the property which 1 now possess and which 1 hereby devise and bequeath in their favour, so 1 earnestly desire they will not, unless for very good reasons, sell or mortgage the said properties, but 1 do not forbid them so doing.” Mary Angel survived Henry by nine years. She died on 29th September 1890 at Lake Albert, aged 78 years, and was buried beside Henry in the Church of England section of Wagga Wagga Cemetery. She was survived by six sons and two daughters, three sons being deceased. One of Mary’s descendants received considerable acclaim in 1941. Corporal John Hurst Edmondson was awarded a V.C. posthumously. for bravery in action on the night of 1314th April 1941 at Tobruk. This V.C. medal was the first awarded to an Australian in the Second World War.

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- Notes: Mary Brooker was the third child born to Mary Wade and Jonathan Brooker in New South Wales. She was born on 28th November, 1812, in the Hawkesbury District where her father, freed by servitude on Norfolk Island, was supporting his family - possibly as a carpenter. While Mary was a very small child the family moved to their new home at Airds (Campbelltown). When 11 years old, Mary shared with her family the tragic experience of being rendered destitute by a severe bushfire. By 1828 we find the family established on the Illawarra, near Corrimal. Jonathan’s household consisted of his wife Mary, their children John, Mary and James, and Edward Harrigan, referred to as Edward Brooker.

Shortly after her 16th birthday, Mary Brooker married John Hart on 14th February 1829. Father Therry, a Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony and the marriage was registered at Liverpool. John Hart, who had arrived a free man on the EarlSt Vincent, was about 29 years of age. This marriage was short lived and without issue as John Hart soon died.

Mary's second marriage, to Christopher Ledwidge, was also conducted by Father Therry on 17th November, 1833. Ledwidge had arrived on the transport Isobella in 1822 to serve a term of 7 years transportation. Christopher was listed as a Catholic labourer, assigned to Charles Tunstall, a bricklayer of Lower Minto. In 1824 he was sent to Port Macquarie as a punishment for attempting to rob a cart. He returned to Lower Minto in 1827, gained his freedom the next year, and settled at Fairy Meadow in the Illawarra District. It was here that he met the young widow Mary Hart, daughter of Jonathan Brooker and Mary Wade. She bore him a son, John, in 1832, and they married on 17th November, 1833. The following year, on the very day of Christopher's death, a second son was born and named Christopher. This meant that within four years, and still only 21, Mary was twice widowed and the mother of two boys. These circumstances probably explain why, less than a year later, Mary married for a third time. The groom was Henry Angel, a farmer of Fairy Meadow. The marriage was by Banns with the consent of the Governor, and took place on 3rd January, 1834, in the Church of England School House in Wollongong.

Henry Angel was a very colourful character. He was born in Salisbury, England, in 1791, and had worked on the land from an early age, becoming proficient in the skills of farming. At the age of 26 a brush with the law earned him a conviction and he was sentenced to transportation for life. Exact circumstances of his crime remain a mystery but according to family folk-lore, Henry may have been the innocent victim of a miscarriage of justice. This version holds that at the age of 17 he purchased a pair of blood-stained boots from a stranger for one shilling and was subsequently charged with the murder of the owner of the boots. Since Henry could not produce evidence to the contrary, he was tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged, the sentence being commuted to transportation for life. The second explanation for Henry's transportation rests on more reliable documented evidence. An extract from a sworn statement in the Public Records Office, London, states that Henry Angel and an accomplice were tried on 18th March 1817 for highway robbery. Henry was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. He arrived in New South Wales aboard the transport Neptune on 9th May 1818 to serve his sentence.

Henry was described as having a ruddy complexion, 5'2½” tall, brown hair and hazel eyes. Sometime after his arrival Henry was assigned to William Cox, a considerable land holder, best remembered for his role in the construction of the first road over the Blue Mountains in 1815. It appears that Cox recommended Henry Angel to Hamilton Hume when Hume was preparing for his overland expedition with Hovell, to Port Phillip. Subsequently Angel was assigned to Hume for the expedition and a close bond of friendship developed between these two men.

As the overland journey continued, Angel proved of great value in difficult situations. On reaching the Murray, Angel became the first white man to swim across the river. He did so to get a line across in order to facilitate the crossing over of equipment and stores.

On returning to Sydney at the completion of the journey, Hume received a land grant on the Shoalhaven. Henry Angel's part was recognised by the granting of a ticket-of-leave on Hume's recommendation. This was granted on 5th Jul 1825 for the district of Appin by special order of the Governor and was later altered to cover the District of Illawarra. Hume also recognised Angel's contribution by making him a gift of two good quality bullocks and a watch. This watch was in the possession of one of his grand- daughters until fairly recently. Its immediate location is not at present known.

Angel lived in the Corrimal area, but on 14th January 1828, his ticket-of-leave was revoked on a charge of harbouring a notorious cattle stealer in his house, and with having some connection with the gang. He was returned to Government Service and in the 1828 Census taken in November, he is listed as Protestant, aged 36 years and living in convict barracks, Liverpool.

At about this time, Sturt invited Hume to accompany him on his first expedition to trace the head-waters of the Macquarie River. Together, Sturt and Hume selected a small party of soldiers and convicts to assist them on the journey, among whom Henry Angel was included. This expedition reached the Darling River before returning to Sydney.

On 22nd February 1832, Henry Angel's ticket-of-leave was restored in recognition of his assistance in the capture of a bushranger named Patrick Burke, notorious for his activities on the lonely road between Appin and Illawarra. Thereafter he was registered at the P.O. Wollongong as a resident of Fairy Meadow and to 1834 he married Mary Ledwidge (nee Brooker). It is interesting to note that Henry did not get his conditional pardon until 1st October 1841 so he was still a ticket-of-leave convict at the time of his marriage.

Alter this marriage, Henry and Mary lived in a pit-sawn timber shed on the Angel farm, together with Mary's two young sons, John and Christopher Ledwidge. The two small boys were soon joined by some Angel children. There were Henry (1836), William (1838) and twins, Keturah and Robert (1841). The Ledwidge boys and Robert Angel in due time attended the local school, a simple slab and bark building about one mile south of Angel's Bridge which spanned Towradgi Creek running through the Angel farm. From time to time the boys would arrive at the school with the two bullocks Hume had given to Angel, in order to carry firewood for the teacher. The bullocks carried the double H (HH) brand of Hamilton Hume and were always of great interest.

Angel's English farming upbringing, together with his bush experience in Australia, stood him in good stead as a pioneer settler. James Gormley recalls "I had frequent opportunities of seeing how Angel cultivated his land and managed his working horses and bullocks and the plan he then adopted I have not since excelled . . . (he) did the work slowly and carefully, evidently on a well defined plan."

A good description of the area at about the time was recorded in 1846 by a retired army colonel, Godfrey Mundy: "The pretty village of Fairy Meadow, close to Wollongong, separated by a ridge of highish land from the seaboard, backed by the mountain range, with a meandering stream of fresh water running through the flat; settlers' houses perched on the hills, bark huts overgrown with passion flowers, vines, ivy or gourds; fields of growing wheat or maize with its tall, green flags and yellow plumes; rude barns at the corners of the enclosures, where the cheerful sound of the flail reaches the traveller's ear."

A prominent feature on the range behind Fairy Meadow is called Broker's Nose. (Broker was the spelling used for Brooker in many old documents).

This feature resembles the outline of a human face profile, and is so named as it is a part of the range close to Brooker land. By the eighteen fifties the descendants of Mary Wade (Mary Angel's mother and an early resident) were leaving permanent place names throughout the district. These include street names such as Brokers Road, Harrigan Street, etc, and features such as Angels Bridge and Broker's Nose.

During the eighteen thirties, Henry appeared to be interested in various parcels of land. In 1839 he was unsuccessful in purchasing land at Garie but later purchased 50 acres on the Cataract River near Wollongong.

In 1841 he received a conditional pardon from the Governor, Sir George Gipps, to take effect from 28th December 1841. He was now a free man, but unable to return to England.

Two of Mary Angel's nephews, John and Edward Ray, journeyed south-west into the Riverina in 1840. Their assessment of the land available in the Hay district was enough to encourage Henry Angel to move his young family 450 miles to the area in 1844. Originally Angel settled on the opposite side of the river to the Rays, believing the land to be available. He built a house there on the south bank, called 'Yangunjular' after the name of the local aboriginal tribe. The Commissioner for Crown lands changed the name to Wardry which is not an aboriginal name. It finally reverted to Uardry, a native name meaning yellow box tree and to this day the station retains the name Uardry. Another son of Mary Wade, Edward Harrigan, went to the area in 1849 but he preferred the Illawarra and returned there in 1853. While at Uardry four sons and a daughter were added to the Angel family between 1844 and 1853.

Uardry was an extensive holding used by Ray and Angel as a cattle and sheep run. The N.S.W. Gazette for 1866 states, "Uardry station (Lachlan District) occupiers - Ray and Angel; area 32,000 acres, grazing capability, 900 head of cattle. Crown charges £53/13/9." It is recorded that Angel and some of his sons made trips to Sydney from time to time. On one such trip, in 1846, Henry Angel junior remembers that he and his father carried a ton of cheese to Sydney which they sold, bringing back provisions. The team used consisted of a horse in the shafts of a dray and four bullocks leading. The round trip took three months. On his return, Henry Angel presented the local Aboriginal chief with a brass plate he had obtained in Sydney, inscribed to "Jacky, King Of Yangunjular."
It should be realised that while at Uardry the Angels were living a frontier existence. The Angels enjoyed a good friendly relationship with the local aborigines, but among themselves the native tribes observed their traditional customs, including conflict. Murder was not unknown among them, and Henry Angel himself witnessed at least one fight to the death between two rival chiefs. Henry's wife Mary relates a story of an aboriginal visitor sampling chillies from her kitchen table. "He got the surprise of his life", said Mary, "shouting, 'Pattacollu, Pattacollu', meaning give me water." The white population of Uardry was comparatively large with both the Ray and Angel families there. The Ledwidge boys became expert horsemen and worked as stockmen on the station.

The trips to Sydney provided an opportunity to visit relations and family friends at Campbelltown and on the Illawarra. Such trips provided contact with school friends of the Ledwidges and Henry Angel junior. On one such trip in 1855, Christie Ledwidge married Margaret Ann Herrick, who came from a family connected by marriage to his cousin Edward Ray and his uncle, William Brooker. The same year John Ledwidge married Julia Ahern of Fairy Meadow who had attended the local school with him.

John and Christie each had ten children and 26 and 54 grandchildren respectively. Consequently many Australians can trace their origins to these two brothers. Most of John's descendants come through his seven daughters and do not carry the Ledwidge name, but Christopher's descendants are mostly through his sons and this ensured the Ledwidge name still survives in the area.

By 1859 the district had developed sufficiently for the establishment of a new township called Hay at Lang's Crossing. The Ledwidge brothers left Uardry at this stage to try their luck as publicans in the new town. It was not long before John, who sadly missed his horses, purchased a new team and set up as a carrier. Christie continued as a publican of the Caledonian Hotel, Hay, and did well. In 1868 he left Hay to open the Currathool Hotel at Carrathool. He died the following year and his wife carried on the business. John gave up carrying and worked as a labourer until his death in 1873. One of Christie's sons, John, became a pioneer of Swan Hill in 1876, arriving there on foot having walked from Hay. He has recorded a notable description of white settlement in the area at that time:

"The country at that time had not been opened up for closer settlement and was largely in the virgin state. As a contractor with a large number of men under me, I ran 28,000 acres of box timber on Lalbert Station, and about 20,000 acres on Springfield Station. Blacks roamed everywhere, and there was an encampment on the other side of the river, opposite the present pumping station. They were a tame lot however, and did not molest the white invaders. Wildlife abounded and there were any amount of emus and kangaroos. The rabbit population reached alarming proportions and presented major problem; they were so thick that al time they actually blocked the Boga road the coach was proceeding to Swan Hill. killed thousands in Lake Boga alone.

There was a great social spirit pervading whole community. The greatest event of the was the Oddfellows Ball, held in the new school. It was a wonderful affair and attended by all the people of the district. Tickets cost pound ten shillings apiece but was every worth penny of it. What a feast we had! Plenty of suckling pig and turkey, in striking contrast suppers of today - perhaps a piece of cake."

John's wife, Annie, was employed as a cook at the Swan Hill Coffee Palace in Campbell Street and afterwards accompanied him on his contracts, cooking for the men and camping under bullock wagons.

In 1864 (?) Henry Angel sold his rights to at least part of Uardry and purchased a property called Spring Vale near Lake Albert, a few miles south of Wagga. He was now in his seventies and remained there until his death, aged 91, in 1881. Perusal of his Will indicates that by the time of his death, Angel was a man of considerable wealth, a rather remarkable achievement for a former convict transported to the colony in 1818 to serve out a life sentence.

It was entirely due to his own efforts that he had acquired such wealth and he did not wish to see it frittered away. His Will contains a firm direction to his beneficiaries as follows:

"I wish it to be understood by all my dear children that as I have worked hard and long to gain the property which I now possess and which I hereby devise and bequeath in their favour, so I earnestly desire they will not, unless for very good reasons, sell or mortgage the said properties, but I do not forbid them so doing."

Mary Angel survived Henry by nine years. She died on 29th September 1890 at Lake Albert aged 78 years, and was buried beside Henry in the Church of England section of Wagga Wagga Cemetery. She was survived by six sons and two daughters, three sons being deceased.

One of Mary's descendants received considerable acclaim in 1941. Corporal John Hurst Edmondson was awarded a V.C. posthumously, for bravery in action on the night of 1314th April 1941 at Tobruk. This V.C. medal was the first awarded to an Australian in the Second World War.

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