[Index]
George Terry HOWE (1806 - 1863)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Sarah Eclipse HOWE (1824 - 1905)
George Risden HOWE (1825 - 1889)
Mary Ann Cowell HOWE (1827 - 1905)
Marion HOWE (1829 - )
John Kiwi HOWE (1830 - 1860)
Ann Risden HOWE (1832 - )
Eliza Frances HOWE (1834 - 1914)
Elizabeth Jane HOWE (1836 - 1916)
Emily HOWE (1840 - 1880)
 George Terry HOWE (1806 - 1863)

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Sarah BIRD (1801 - 1871)

Tawariki Te KIWI
 George HOWE (1769 - 1821) Thomas HOWE









Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON ( - 1828)











George Terry HOWE
George Terry HOWE
Pic P1. copied from Currey family tree - ancestry

Pic 1. copied from Currey family tree - ancestry

b. 18 Dec 1806 at Sydney, NSW, Australia
m. (1) 16 Sep 1824 Sarah BIRD (1801 - 1871) at St Phillips Church of England, Sydney, NSW
+. (2) Tawariki Te KIWI
d. 06 Apr 1863 at Chippendale, NSW, Australia aged 56
Near Relatives of George Terry HOWE (1806 - 1863)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Thomas HOWE

Father George HOWE abt 1769 St Kitts, West Indies 11 May 1821 NSW, Australia 52
Step Father James WINTERS
Mother Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON 1828 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Self George Terry HOWE 18 Dec 1806 Sydney, NSW, Australia 06 Apr 1863 Chippendale, NSW, Australia 56

Wife Sarah BIRD 1801 1871 70
Spouse/Partner Tawariki Te KIWI

Daughter Sarah Eclipse HOWE 1824 At sea 1905 Callan Park, New South Wales, Australia 81
Son George Risden HOWE 1825 01 Jul 1889 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 64
Daughter Mary Ann Cowell HOWE 17 Jun 1827 Sydney, NSW, Australia 20 Feb 1905 NSW, Australia 77
Daughter Marion HOWE 1829
Son John Kiwi HOWE 1830 1860 Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand 30
Daughter Ann Risden HOWE 1832
Daughter Eliza Frances HOWE 1834 13 Oct 1914 80
Daughter Elizabeth Jane HOWE 1836 15 Dec 1916 80
Daughter Emily HOWE 1840 1880 Sydney, NSW, Australia 40

Brother Thomas Terry HOWE 02 Apr 1803 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Sister Mary Ann Risdon HOWE 01 May 1805 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1832 Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand 27
Sister Ann HOWE 06 Feb 1809 Sydney, NSW, Australia 10 May 1811 2
Sister Sarah Risdon HOWE 27 Sep 1810 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1879 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 69
Half Sister Elizabeth WINTERS 1821 1901 80
Half Sister Ann WINTERS 1823 1902 79
Half Brother Robert HOWE 30 Jun 1795 London, Middlesex, England 29 Jan 1829 Sydney, NSW, Australia 33
Step Sister Sarah WILLS 23 Apr 1796 England Dec 1876 St Giles, London, England 80
Step Brother Thomas WILLS 05 Aug 1800 Sydney, NSW, Australia 29 Jul 1872 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 71
Step Sister Eliza WILLS 10 Sep 1802 Sydney, NSW, Australia 30 Sep 1858 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 56
Step Brother Edward Spencer WILLS 16 Feb 1805 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1830 London, Middlesex, England 25
Step Sister Elizabeth Selina WILLS 30 Nov 1807 Sydney, NSW, Australia 18 Jan 1811 Sydney, NSW, Australia 3
Step Brother Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS 05 Oct 1811 Sydney, NSW, Australia 17 Oct 1861 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 50
Half Sister Jane HOWE 09 Nov 1816 Sydney, NSW, Australia 23 Nov 1880 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 64

Son in Law Richard DUNN
Son in Law Enos HUDSON 1892 Marrickville, NSW, Australia
Daughter in Law Anne DENTON
Son in Law Robert Augustus Carr FLEMING
Son in Law John GRAHAM
Son in Law William WALKER 1838 1890 Sydney, NSW, Australia 52
Son in Law William RADFORD
Son in Law John Humphrey MORRIS 1831 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1921 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 90

Grandson Alonzo N FLEMING 1851 1919 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 68
Grandson Robert A FLEMING 1853
Grandson George Alfred FLEMING 1855
Grandson Herbert E FLEMING 1857 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Grandson William Olilvie FLEMING 1860 St. George, Sydney, NSW
Granddaughter Florence Edithe FLEMING 1864 Newtown, NSW, Australia 1927 Annandale, NSW, Australia 63
Grandson Ernest Charles FLEMING 1867 Newtown, NSW, Australia
Granddaughter Ada Mary FLEMING 1870 Newtown, NSW, Australia 1936 Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia 66
Granddaughter Eva Martha WALKER 1864 1936 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 72
Grandson Everard WALKER 1867 Newtown, NSW, Australia
Grandson William WALKER 1867
Grandson Sydney George Rouse WALKER 1872 Newtown, NSW, Australia 10 May 1927 Chatswood, NSW, Australia 55
Granddaughter Emily MORRIS 1857 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1857 Sydney, NSW, Australia 0
Granddaughter Florence Sarah MORRIS 1859 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Granddaughter Emily Eliza MORRIS 1861 Sydney, NSW, Australia 01 Aug 1929 Ashfield, NSW, Australia 68
Grandson George Thornton MORRIS 1863 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Granddaughter Alice Mary MORRIS 1865 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1951 Manly, NSW, Australia 86
Grandson Sydney John MORRIS 1867 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1946 North Sydney, NSW, Australia 79
Granddaughter Thornton Arthur MORRIS 1869 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1950 Sydney, NSW, Australia 81
Granddaughter Minnie May MORRIS 1871 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Granddaughter Sarah Edith MORRIS 1873 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Niece Maria Elizabeth LEE 09 Nov 1891
Nephew Robert Charles HOWE 27 Feb 1820 St Phillips Church of England, Sydney, NSW 14 Jul 1875 Rylstone, NSW, Australia 55
Nephew Robertus Mansfield HOWE 12 Nov 1822 Sydney, NSW, Australia 26 Feb 1824 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1
Niece Annie Wesley HOWE 1824 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Nephew Alfred Australia HOWE 1825 17 Jan 1837 Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia 12
Niece Mary McLeay HOWE 21 Apr 1827 20 May 1827 0
Nephew William Lachlan Macquarie REDFERN 1819 Australia 1904 Westminster, London, England 85
Nephew Joseph Foveaux REDFERN 1823 1830 Sydney, NSW, Australia 7
Niece Sarah Elizabeth ALEXANDER 1835 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1905 Paddington, London, England 70
Niece Alice WILLS 06 May 1823 Camden, NSW, Australia 14 Apr 1824 NSW, Australia 0
Nephew William Henry WILLS 01 Dec 1827 abt 1828 1
Niece Catherine Spencer WILLS 24 Nov 1831 Ci, Sydney, NSW 27 Aug 1884 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 52
Niece Amelia WILLS 1854 Kensington, London, Middlesex, England
Nephew Arthur WILLS 18 Feb 1857 Hammersmith, Middlesex, England 14 Oct 1932 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 75
Nephew Harry Spencer WILLS 13 Sep 1858 Brighton, Sussex, England 1914 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 56
Nephew Frederick WILLS 19 Jul 1860 St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Nephew Charles Ernest WILLS 15 Nov 1861 St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Niece Margaret Campbell ANTILL 27 Jun 1820 Sydney, NSW, Australia 22 Jul 1849 Camden, Oaks, Picton, Stonequarry, NSW 29
Nephew John Macquarie ANTILL 30 May 1822 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 1900 Picton, NSW, Australia 78
Nephew Henry Colden ANTILL 07 Apr 1826 Camden, NSW, Australia 1913 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia 87
Niece Alice Sophia ANTILL 1827 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 1920 London, Middlesex, England 93
Nephew William Redfern ANTILL 1828 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 1905 Picton, NSW, Australia 77
Nephew Thomas Wills ANTILL 1829 Campbelltown, NSW, Australia 18 May 1865 Nelson, New Zealand 36
Nephew Edward Spencer ANTILL 20 Jul 1832 Picton, NSW, Australia 1917 Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia 85
Nephew James Alexander ANTILL 1834 Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia 1920 Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia 86
Niece Selina Elizabeth ANTILL 1837 Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia 1924 Chatswood, NSW, Australia 87
Nephew Loftus Cliff ANTILL 06 Dec 1839 Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia 1840 Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia 1
Nephew Thomas Wentworth WILLS 1836 Molongolo Plains, NSW, Australia 02 May 1880 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 44
Niece Emily Spencer WILLS 25 Dec 1842 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 06 Dec 1925 "Molongolo", Kew, Victoria, Australia 82
Nephew Cedric Spencer WILLS 01 Dec 1844 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 23 Jan 1914 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 69
Nephew Horace Spencer WILLS 16 Jun 1847 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 08 Oct 1928 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 81
Nephew Egbert Spencer WILLS 11 Nov 1849 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 11 Sep 1931 Kew, Victoria, Australia 81
Niece Elizabeth Spencer WILLS 07 Jan 1852 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 21 Nov 1930 Prahran, Victoria, Australia 78
Niece Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS 28 Jan 1854 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 08 Jul 1937 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 83
Niece Minna Spencer WILLS 01 Mar 1856 "Bellevue", Geelong, Victoria, Australia 14 Feb 1943 Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 86
Niece Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS 16 Aug 1861 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 02 Jul 1907 Maidenhead, Berkshire, England 45
Nephew John Arthur HARRISON 1897
Niece Adela Ann HARRISON 11 Sep 1834 23 Jul 1910 Victoria, Australia 75
Nephew Henry Colden Antill HARRISON 16 Oct 1836 Cj, NSW, Australia 02 Sep 1929 Kew, Victoria, Australia 92
Nephew George Alfred HARRISON 1838
Niece Kate HARRISON 1840 1914 Minto, NSW, Australia 74
Niece Alice HARRISON 1842
Nephew Ernest HARRISON 1845
Nephew Horace Washington HARRISON 1848 Avon, Victoria, Australia 09 Feb 1869 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 21

Brother in Law John COWELL 1786
Brother in Law Frederick LEE
Brother in Law Edward LEE 1807 27 Jun 1842 Lithuania 35
Sister in Law Elizabeth LEE 17 Jun 1802 Sydney, NSW, Australia 17 Aug 1878 Sydney, NSW, Australia 76
Sister in Law Ann BIRD 1803 1842 Sydney, NSW, Australia 39
Brother in Law William REDFERN 1774 Canada 17 Jul 1833 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 59
Brother in Law James ALEXANDER 1797 Lanarkshire, Scotland 29 Jul 1877 80
Sister in Law Celia REIBEY 1802 Camden, NSW, Australia 28 Sep 1823 NSW, Australia 21
Sister in Law Marie Anne BARRY 21 Sep 1801 London, Middlesex, England 19 May 1870 68
Sister in Law Mary Ann MELLARD 1830 Peckham, Camberwell, London, Surrey, England
Brother in Law Henry Colden ANTILL 01 May 1779 New York, NY, USA 14 Aug 1852 'Jarvisfield', Picton, NSW, Australia 73
Sister in Law Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE 1817 Sydney, NSW, Australia 28 Dec 1907 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 90
Brother in Law Capt. John HARRISON 1800 Cumberland, England 21 Jul 1869 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia 69
Events in George Terry HOWE (1806 - 1863)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
18 Dec 1806 George Terry HOWE was born Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 1 52, 55
11 May 1821 14 Death of father George HOWE (aged 52) NSW, Australia Note 2 52, 55
1824 18 Birth of daughter Sarah Eclipse HOWE At sea 54
16 Sep 1824 17 Married Sarah BIRD (aged 23) St Phillips Church of England, Sydney, NSW Note 3 52, 55
1825 19 Birth of son George Risden HOWE 54
17 Jun 1827 20 Birth of daughter Mary Ann Cowell HOWE Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 4 52, 55
1828 22 Death of mother Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 5
1829 23 Birth of daughter Marion HOWE 54
1830 24 Birth of son John Kiwi HOWE 54
1832 26 Birth of daughter Ann Risden HOWE 54
1834 28 Birth of daughter Eliza Frances HOWE 54
1836 30 Birth of daughter Elizabeth Jane HOWE 54
1840 34 Birth of daughter Emily HOWE 54
1860 54 Death of son John Kiwi HOWE (aged 30) Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand 54
06 Apr 1863 56 George Terry HOWE died Chippendale, NSW, Australia Note 6 52, 55
Note 1: Reg No V18061789 1A/1806 OR V18061056 4/1806- George and Elizabeth
Note 2: Reg No V18215068 2B/1821 - George Howe - age 51
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Johnson, Keith A. Comp. Gravestone inscriptions, N.S.W. Volume 1. Sydney burial ground : Elizabeth and Devonshire Streets "The Sandhills' (Monuments relocated at Bunnerong) / compiled by Keith A. Johnson and Malcolm R. Sainty. n.p., the compilers, 1973
Text: Mr Edward WILLS died 14th May 1811 aged 32 years
Also George HOWE
a Creole of St. Kitt's
born 1769
died 11th May 1821 aged 52 years
He introduced into Australia the art of Printing
instigating the 'Sydney Gazette' and was the first Government Printer
(fourth oldest stone at Bunnerong).
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OBITUARY of George Howe in Sydney Gazette
SYDNEY GAZETTE.
IT HATH at length fallen to the task of surviving friendship to announce, in a Column of the SYDNEY GAZETTE, the Death of its Printer, Mr. GEORGE HOWE ; which lamented event took place in the forenoon of Friday last, the 11th instant, at his house in George-street ; and in the sorrowing testimony of affectionate relatives, and sympathising acquaintances, we have traced the sincere regard and respect due to departed worth, and to the memory of an upright, liberal, and benevolent Member of Society. That such are the faithful attributes of the Character to which this humble tribute applies, will, we trust, be universally acknowledged ; and particularly in those circles where his philanthropy and urbanity were displayed; and which, retiring from public notice, ministered, unwitnessed and in private, the consolatory balm to indigence and affliction»

Mr. HOWE was a native of St. Kitt's, in the West Indies, where his Father and Brother conducted for many years the Government Press, which is still continued by his Family in that Island. As a Printer, Mr. HOWE is said to have attained distinguished preeminence in England, and was for a long time employed on some of the most respectable Journals in London. As the original Printer of this Gazette, he had to struggle, in the outset, with many difficulties incidental to such an undertaking, in a remote Colony ; but by perseverance, attention, and the liberal encouragement of the present Government, he at length surmounted them. Mr. HOWE was in his 52nd year.
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http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/howe-george-1600
Australian Dictionary of Biography
George Howe (1769-1821), printer, editor, publisher and poet, was born on the island of St Kitts in the West Indies, the son of Thomas Howe, government printer at Basseterre on St Christopher's Island. George and his brother were both apprenticed to the printing trade. His later work indicates that his education was thorough along the classical lines of the eighteenth century, and that he was well read in European literature.

In 1790 Howe went to London and worked on The Times and other newspapers. He married and his son Robert was born in 1795. In March 1799, together with a companion, Thomas Jones, and under the name of 'George Happy alias Happy George', he was tried at the Warwick Assizes for shoplifting at Alcester; he was sentenced to death but this was commuted to transportation for life. Robert Howe later referred to Alexander McLeay as 'the benefactor of myself and my poor mother', and it was probably McLeay who enabled Howe's family to embark with him in the Royal Admiral. He arrived at Sydney in November 1800, but his wife died on the voyage. Howe himself recovered from a serious illness in 1801 and attributed his survival to D'Arcy Wentworth.

Almost immediately Howe became government printer, and the range of his printing far exceeded the broadsheets and orders of his predecessor, George Hughes. In 1802 he issued the first book printed in Australia, New South Wales General Standing Orders, comprising Government and General Orders issued between 1791 and 1802. On 5 March 1803 he began the publication of the first newspaper, the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Robert helped in the printing office when the paper began and 'had the honour, even in those infant days, of gaining the smile and eliciting the astonishment of the King's Representative when he saw us perched on a stool'. According to Robert the old printing press was worth only £2 and they had to manage with a mere 20 lbs. (9 kg) of type; but Howe was an 'ingenious man' and managed in spite of the inadequate press, a chronic shortage of ink and paper, and the refusal or inability of many of his subscribers to pay their debts. He was conditionally pardoned in 1803, and fully emancipated in 1806.

Howe formed an irregular alliance with Elizabeth Easton and between 1803 and 1810 she bore him five children, one of whom, George Terry Howe, later became the first newspaper editor in Launceston. To add to his income he opened a stationery shop and became a private tutor. He offered to teach reading, writing and mensuration and 'the Grammar of the English tongue upon the principles of Drs Lowth, Johnson, Priestly and other celebrated writers who have united their efforts in improving the Grammatical structure of their own beautiful and comprehensive language, which every Englishman ought to be acquainted with, but few attain that have not had the advantage of a classical education'.

Howe's shop and his tutoring enabled him to survive between 30 August 1807 and 15 May 1808, when because of the quarrel between Governor William Bligh and his enemies the Gazette ceased publication. The reason given was lack of paper, but Robert Howe later revealed that the government stores had large stocks of paper. After Bligh's arrest Howe had to threaten to publish the names of his debtors unless they paid him within a fortnight.

In 1810 Howe's printing office was almost destroyed by lightning, but the newly-arrived Governor Lachlan Macquarie renewed his appointment as government printer, and next year granted him a salary of £60. Howe's economic position improved still further when in 1812 he married Sarah, the widow of Edward Wills, who had inherited a profitable store from her husband. Of her five existing children, Sarah married Dr William Redfern in 1811 and Eliza married Major Henry Antill in 1818; a son, Horatio Spencer Wills, became editor of the Gazette and published the first paper edited by a native-born Australian, The Currency Lad, which first appeared in August 1832.

After his marriage Howe became more active in commerce. In 1813 he joined Mrs Mary Reibey in a speculation in sandalwood. In 1817 he became one of the fourteen foundation subscribers to the Bank of New South Wales. In 1813 he published the first natural history and art book printed in the colony, Birds of New South Wales with their Natural History, a collection of eighteen coloured plates of Australian birds with short descriptions of their habits and environment. The artist was John Lewin. In 1819 First Fruits of Australian Poetry, containing two poems by Barron Field, the first book of poetry published in Australia, came from his press. Howe was preparing to publish the first periodical magazine when he died on 11 May 1821. He left property worth £4000.

Robert Howe was dissipated as a young man and in 1819 fathered an illegitimate son. Next year, however, he experienced a spiritual awakening and, in his own words, was 'wonderfully and mercifully visited by God and snatched from infamy in this world and Hell in the next'. He joined the group of Methodists who were working in Sydney and their influence, particularly that of Rev. Ralph Mansfield, was apparent when he published The Australian Magazine; or, Compendium of Religious, Literary, and Miscellaneous Intelligence, the first periodical to appear in Australia. The first number appeared in May 1821 and the publication continued until September 1822. In the meantime, in 1821 Robert Howe had married the colonial-born Ann Bird, who finally agreed to rear Robert's natural son as her own. She bore him four more children, Robert Mansfield, Alfred Australia, Ann Wesley and Mary McLeay, whose names commemorated the strongest influences in Howe's life.

Although his education had not been thorough, Robert Howe continued to edit the Gazette which he had helped his father to publish, but the tone of the paper changed completely. Morality and religion became its main themes. Howe considered that to be 'Printer to Immanuel' was more important than being government printer. A plan to establish another press devoted exclusively to the aims of the Wesleyan mission did not eventuate; but the Gazette reflected Howe's conviction that religion was the only possible means of progress in Australia and the only way to rescue the colony from the 'depths of awful depravity to Righteousness in the Son of God'. This outlook, together with the Gazette's traditional policy of supporting the government, made it impossible for Howe to join the struggle for the freedom of the press between 1826 and 1829. Added to this was the fact that Alexander McLeay, his old benefactor, had become colonial secretary. Despite criticism, the Gazette prospered and for a short time in 1827 became the first daily newspaper in the colony. Robert Howe also continued his father's tradition as a publisher. In addition to religious tracts, in 1826 he published Wild Notes from the Lyre of a Native Minstrel, the first book of poems written by a colonial-born poet, Charles Tompson, whose work had already appeared in the Gazette.

Howe's own personal life was never really happy. On the night of 15 June 1822 he was attacked while returning from a meeting at the Methodist chapel. He could not avoid a number of libel actions arising from the strong denunciation of those who opposed his policy, and in 1827 Redfern publicly horse-whipped him. He wrote that he was 'debilitated through excessive fatigue, mental anxiety and unprecedented and unexpected domestic disquietude and grief to which I have for years submitted'. In 1827 he made a will in which he left most of his estate to his natural son and £100 a year to his wife. Next year he revoked this and left his wife an 'equal division' of his effects which amounted to over £10,000. Contemplating retirement, he installed Mansfield as co-editor of the Gazette; but on 29 January 1829 he was drowned while fishing near Pinchgut and his widow became the proprietor of the paper.

George and Robert Howe had performed important work. To have a newspaper as early as 1803 was of inestimable benefit to both government and settlers. A series of the New South Wales Pocket Almanack, issued in conjunction with the Gazette from 1806, supplemented the dissemination of news and knowledge throughout the colony. The Gazette kept the settlers in touch with home. News from England and excerpts from English literature kept loyalty to England alive. From the beginning George Howe encouraged education and published material calculated to aid both teachers and pupils. He also fostered literature and before 1810 printed more than forty poems, many of which he wrote himself. During Macquarie's administration he printed a further seventy poems including the patriotic odes of Michael Robinson. He has, therefore, a strong claim to the title of 'Father of Australian Literature'. The main difference between George and Robert was that, whereas George Howe advocated reason and common sense, Robert fostered religion.
Note 3: Reg No V18243419 3B/1824 OR V1824367 8/1824
Note 4: Reg No V1827175 12/1827 - George T and Sarah
Note 5: NSW bmd - WINTERS ELIZABETH. 1002/1828 V18281002 12 AGE 43
Note 6: Reg No 1979/1863 - George and Sarah

Sydney Morning Herald 8 April 1863
DEATHS
On the 6th instant, at his residence, Botany-street, aged 56 years, George Terry Howe, third son of the late George Howe, Esq., proprietor and editor of the first New South Wales Government Gazette.
Personal Notes:
Launceston Examiner 9 Jan 1894 - an article on the start up of newspapers in Australia
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/39496669?searchTerm=George%20Terry%20Howe&searchLimits=
The first newspaper published in Australia was The Sydney Gazette and New South Wanes Advertiser, which made its appearance in the capital of the mother colony on March 5, 1803. under the proprietorship of George Howe. It continued in existence until 1842.
The first, paper published in Launceston was the Tasmanian, commenced by George Terry Howe, January 5, 1825, and subsequently transferred to the capital.



Sydney Morning Herald 1 Oct 1927
THE HOWES, PRINTERS First in Australia. SOME FAMILY HISTORY.
(By E.M. WALKER.)
So many untrue statements have been published of George Howe, first Government Printer in New South Wales, that a few real truths heard from his daughter and grand- daughter, and now written by his great granddaughter, may not seem out of place.

Thomas Howe, an Englishman, and brother to Admiral Lord Howe, settled In St. Christopher, in the West Indies (called St. Kitts), in 1764, and established the art of printing there. He married a wealthy planter's daughter. Thomas Risdon Howe succeeded his father, and was in turn succeeded by his own son, John A. Howe. Thus father, son and grandson were Government Printers of that colony.

George Howe, second son of Thomas Howe, was born in St. Christopher in 1769. He received his education there, and was then apprenticed in his father's ofllce to the printing trade. Later he went to London, and was for some time employed on the "Times." He married into a good Scotch family. His eldest son was bom in London. In 1800 George Howe came to Sydney in the ship Royal Admiral, and established the first newspaper in Australia in 1803. He was of medium height and stout build, and he had light brown hair, hazel eyes, and sallow complexion. While his parents lived he regu- larly received remittances from home, but I suppose there were times when he was short of cash, for ships were then so long in coming. All honour to the man who turned his attention to teaching, etc., rather than run into debt. He had been brought up in a good home, by a religious mother.

MARRIED THREE TIMES.
This first Australian Government Printer married three times. His first wife, Miss Macleay, mentioned above, died on the voyage out to Sydney, leaving one child, Robert. The second wife was Spanish, a very beautiful woman; she died, leaving him with five young children. The third wife was the widow of his dearest friend, Edward Wills, but owing to her disposition he did not live happily with her. She was jealous of his love for his eldest son, who had been his companion since his arrival In Sydney in 1802, when he was 7 years of age. There was one child, a daughter, by the third marriage.

The parents of both George Howe and his wife did not wish the wife and child to follow him to Sydney, but she loved her husband so sincerely that she would come, with the sorrowful result that she died on the voyage out. I can plcture the feelings of the husband who was looking forward to reunion with the wife of his youth, only to find when the ship arrived that she had been dead for four months and was burled at sea. I understand that so deep was his grief that no paper was published for a month.

George Howe died on May 11, 1821, at his residence. 96 George-street, Sydney, in his fifty-second year, loved and respected by everyone. He was buried in his own vault in the Church of England Cemetery, Elizabeth-street, Sydney, with his second wife and his friend Edward Wills. His family was well provided for, the Underwoods (of Underwood Estate) being the trustees of his estate till the youngest daughter came of age.

The three eldest sons of George Howe met their deaths by drowning. Thomas Howe and Risdon Howe, second and third sons, were lost while on a voyage to Launceston in their own pleasure launch, to spend Christmas of 1825 with their youngest brother, George Terry Howe.

ROBERT HOWE.
Robert Howe, the eldest son, who became the second Government Printer of New South Wales, was of medium height, with fair com- plexion, red hair, and blue eyes. He served his apprenticeship in the office of his father, and at his father's death removed the "Gazette" to his own building in George street, four doors from the corner of Char- lotte-place, now known at Grosvenor-street. His private residence was at Miller's Point. Robert Howe was very fond of boating and fishing, and with his servant man Williams and his youngest son was out in a boat fish- ing off Fort Denison, on January 29, 1829. A sudden squall upset the boat, which immediately sank. He was a good swimmer, and made an effort to save his son (Alfred Australia, the flrst to be called Australia in this part of the world), but his hands became entangled in the fishing lines, and he was drowned. The boy and Williams were rescued, and ultimately the former lost his life at Port Macquarie through having one of his legs torn off by a ground shark while fishing, again with the man Williams.

At the time of his death Robert Howe was 34 years of ago. He was buried in his father's vault until his wife erected another vault to his memory in the same cemetery in Eliza-beth-street, when the remains were removed to the new resting place. He had been a strict Methodist, but was married in old St. Philip's, Sydney, Generous and liberal, it is said of him that his purse, his pen, and his influence were always ready in the cause of philanthropy. When his father died he took his step-brother and sister home to live with him, and on the passing of his second step-mother he also took her daughter into his home. All lived with him till they married and set up homes for themselves. To the memory of his father he had erected In the "Gazette" office a marble tablet bearing the following Inscription:

"IN MEMORY
"OF
"GEORGE HOWE,
"a Creole of St. Kitts, born 1769, died May 11, 1821, aged 52. He introduced into Australia the Art of Printing, instituted the "Sydney Gazette." and was the first Govern- ment Printer; besides which, his charity knew no bounds."

When the "Gazette" office was flnnlly closed George Robert Howe gave the tablet to George Terry Howe, who resided in a cottage at the back of Devonshlre-street cemetery, and while it was there it was accidentally knocked down and broken.

On an occasion some time before his death Robert Howe had an attack made upon his life. A man who felt himself aggrieved by an artlcle which had appeared in the "Gazette" met him and stabbed bim. The victim was never again as strong as he had been, and his widow always thought that was why be lost his life in the boating accident.

PASSING OF THE GAZETTE.
Robert Charles Howe, the third Government Printer of New South Wales, and the seventh and last Government Printer in the Howe family, was the eldest and only surviving son of Robert Howe. He was born at the "Gazette" office, in George-street, Sydney, and succeeded to the control of his late father's paper when he came of age. A splendid, generous-hearted man, tall, with very fair complexion, he lacked the guidance of a father, and so got in with a gay set of young men. Champagne suppers and horses soon brought the "Gazette" to ruin. It was Robert Charles Howe who passed the "Gazette" over to the Government, with three apprentices to finish their time-Thomas Richards, who afterwards became Government printer, Thomas Garrett, and George Risdon Howe, only son of George Terry Howe. George Risdon Howe was for 14 years in the Government Printing Office in Brisbane. When Robert Charles Howe closed the "Gazette" office as a private undertaking in 1842, he took up statlon life at Little Hartley, in the Blue Mountains, and used to travel down to Sydney with his own teams, transporting wool, etc. Having a little difference with his brother-in-law. Thomas Bloodworth, he left Little Hartley and, went to Rylstone; but that was a mistake, for he did not succeed there. He died at Rylstone on July 14, 1876, aged 54 years.

GEORGE TERRY HOWE.
George Terry Howe was the youngest son of George Howe, and served his apprenticeship to the printing trade also in the office of his father at 96 George-street, Sydney, He published the flrst newspaper In Tasmania at Launceston in 1825, being then only 19 years of age, and the youngest Go- vernment Printer on record. He was very tall, wlth dark bair and eyes, and of proud, independent spirit. His good looks and quick temper he inherited from his Spanish mother.

Eventually George Terry Howe returned to Sydney with his wife and family of three, and became overseer of the "Gazette" for his nephew. Robert Charles Howe. When the newspaper failed he lived on his means, and died on April 6, 1863, at the age of 56. His remains were burled in his father's vault, being the last to go there. His wife. Sarah, was buried in Robert Howe's vault with her mother and sister, and hers was the last funeral to that vault. That was in 1871. She had lived to be 74. The two vaults were opened on August 13, 1901, and all the remains were reinterred at La Perouse on August 22, 1901.

There passed away recently, at the age of 55 years, Sydney George Rouse Walker, of the Government Printing Office, Sydney, great grandson of the first Government Printer, and the last compositor in the Howe family. He was educated at Newington College under the late Rev. J. Fletcher, and the late Dr. Kelynack. So ends the history of the Howes proprietors and editors of the "Gazette" in St. Kitts, in Sydney, and in Launceston.

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In loving memory of
Maria Isabella,
Died 19th November 1918 – aged 51.
Tamar Jane,
Died 17th November 1918 – aged 22
Loving wife and daughter of
Geo. T. HOWE.
“Sadly missed”

Area 3 Block 2 Lot No 112B

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 277, 20 November 1918, Page 10
…at Technical College, of influenza, Tamar Jane, beloved second daughter of Maria and George Howe, late of Manukau Heads; aged 21 [sic]

…at Vermont Street Hospital, of double pneumonia, Maria Isabella, dearly beloved wife of George Terry Howe, late of Manukau Heads; aged 51 years.
Deeply mourned [1]

George himself died July 1933
Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 164, 14 July 1933, Page 1
HOWE – The family of the late George Terry Howe wish to thank friends for their kind sympathy in their recent sad bereavement; also for letters, telegrams and floral emblems received; also extend thanks to the Mayor, councillors and town clerk of Onehunga.[2]

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George is also buried in Waikaraka cemetery, dying aged 76.
Area 3 Block 2 Lot No 111A
Online cemetery database states: transcribed inscription reads
" In loving memory of George T Howe died 6 July 1932
And his son William Koikoi
loving husband of Dorothy and Father of Maria Rex & Clyde
died 23 Mar 1952"
(sep plaque) "Also Katherine Isabella eldest dau died 13 Sept 1959"
(sep plaque) " In loving memory of "Papa" Hori Kiwi and brother Bill
Haere ra"
Note different day and year of death [possibly due to the original headstone transcriber].
NZ Dept Internal Affairs historic BDM indexes confirm George died 1933 and so does the bereavement notice above.

Unverified online source states George AKA Kiwi Hori is the son of John HOWE who was born c1825 Kauhia, NZ and died 1860 at Kauhia; and Tamar COWELL born circa 1842 Waipa, Waikato, NZ. Another son born to them was Edwin Moanaroa HOWE 17 June 1892 at Manukau Heads, NZ.[3]

Another online family tree is here but I can immediately notice discrepancies with the other information I’ve gathered:In loving memory of
Maria Isabella,
Died 19th November 1918 – aged 51.
Tamar Jane,
Died 17th November 1918 – aged 22
Loving wife and daughter of
Geo. T. HOWE.
“Sadly missed”

Area 3 Block 2 Lot No 112B

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 277, 20 November 1918, Page 10
…at Technical College, of influenza, Tamar Jane, beloved second daughter of Maria and George Howe, late of Manukau Heads; aged 21 [sic]

…at Vermont Street Hospital, of double pneumonia, Maria Isabella, dearly beloved wife of George Terry Howe, late of Manukau Heads; aged 51 years.
Deeply mourned [1]

George himself died July 1933
Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 164, 14 July 1933, Page 1
HOWE – The family of the late George Terry Howe wish to thank friends for their kind sympathy in their recent sad bereavement; also for letters, telegrams and floral emblems received; also extend thanks to the Mayor, councillors and town clerk of Onehunga.[2]

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George is also buried in Waikaraka cemetery, dying aged 76.
Area 3 Block 2 Lot No 111A
Online cemetery database states: transcribed inscription reads
" In loving memory of George T Howe died 6 July 1932
And his son William Koikoi
loving husband of Dorothy and Father of Maria Rex & Clyde
died 23 Mar 1952"
(sep plaque) "Also Katherine Isabella eldest dau died 13 Sept 1959"
(sep plaque) " In loving memory of "Papa" Hori Kiwi and brother Bill
Haere ra"
Note different day and year of death [possibly due to the original headstone transcriber].
NZ Dept Internal Affairs historic BDM indexes confirm George died 1933 and so does the bereavement notice above.

Unverified online source states George AKA Kiwi Hori is the son of John HOWE who was born c1825 Kauhia, NZ and died 1860 at Kauhia; and Tamar COWELL born circa 1842 Waipa, Waikato, NZ. Another son born to them was Edwin Moanaroa HOWE 17 June 1892 at Manukau Heads, NZ.[3]

Another online family tree is here but I can immediately notice discrepancies with the other information I’ve gathered:
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Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
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55. Type: Book, Abbr: Edward Wills Family and Descendants, Title: Ancestor Treasure Hunt; The Edward Wills Family and Descendants in Australia 1797 - 1976, Auth: R.V. Pockley, Publ: Wentworth Books - Sydney, Date: 1976
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- Reference = (Birth)
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- Reference = (Death)
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