| [Index] |
| Sydney George Rouse WALKER (1872 - 1927) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Francais Norma WALKER (1901 - 1985) Cedric P U WALKER (1906 - ) |
Sydney George Rouse WALKER (1872 - 1927) + Dorcas Maria Sinkins TOOP(E) (1875 - 1953) |
William WALKER (1838 - 1890) | ||
| Eliza Frances HOWE (1834 - 1914) | George Terry HOWE (1806 - 1863) | George HOWE (1769 - 1821) | ||
| Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON ( - 1828) | ||||
| Sarah BIRD (1801 - 1871) | ||||
| b. 1872 at Newtown, NSW, Australia |
| m. 1894 Dorcas Maria Sinkins TOOP(E) (1875 - 1953) at Marrickville, NSW, Australia |
| d. 10 May 1927 at Chatswood, NSW, Australia aged 55 |
| Near Relatives of Sydney George Rouse WALKER (1872 - 1927) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | George Terry HOWE | 18 Dec 1806 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 06 Apr 1863 | Chippendale, NSW, Australia | 56 |
| Grandmother | Sarah BIRD | 1801 | 1871 | 70 | ||
| Father in Law | Nehemiah TOOP | abt 1835 | Somerset, England | 1906 | Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 71 |
| Mother in Law | Thirza SINKINS | abt 1836 | Somerset, England | 1910 | Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 74 |
| Father | William WALKER | 1838 | 1890 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 52 | |
| Mother | Eliza Frances HOWE | 1834 | 13 Oct 1914 | 80 | ||
| Self | Sydney George Rouse WALKER | 1872 | Newtown, NSW, Australia | 10 May 1927 | Chatswood, NSW, Australia | 55 |
| Wife | Dorcas Maria Sinkins TOOP(E) | abt 1875 | Frome, Somerset, England | 1953 | Hornsby, NSW, Australia | 78 |
| Daughter | Francais Norma WALKER | 1901 | Marrickville, NSW, Australia | 1985 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 84 |
| Son | Cedric P U WALKER | 1906 | Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| Sister | Eva Martha WALKER | 1864 | 1936 | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia | 72 | |
| Brother | Everard WALKER | 1867 | Newtown, NSW, Australia | |||
| Brother | William WALKER | 1867 | ||||
| Aunt | Sarah Eclipse HOWE | 1824 | At sea | 1905 | Callan Park, New South Wales, Australia | 81 |
| Uncle | Richard DUNN | |||||
| Uncle | Enos HUDSON | 1892 | Marrickville, NSW, Australia | |||
| Uncle | George Risden HOWE | 1825 | 01 Jul 1889 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 64 | |
| Aunt | Anne DENTON | |||||
| Aunt | Mary Ann Cowell HOWE | 17 Jun 1827 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 20 Feb 1905 | NSW, Australia | 77 |
| Uncle | Robert Augustus Carr FLEMING | |||||
| Aunt | Marion HOWE | 1829 | ||||
| Uncle | John Kiwi HOWE | 1830 | 1860 | Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand | 30 | |
| Aunt | Ann Risden HOWE | 1832 | ||||
| Uncle | John GRAHAM | |||||
| Aunt | Elizabeth Jane HOWE | 1836 | 15 Dec 1916 | 80 | ||
| Uncle | William RADFORD | |||||
| Aunt | Emily HOWE | 1840 | 1880 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 40 | |
| Uncle | John Humphrey MORRIS | 1831 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1921 | St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia | 90 |
| Cousin | Alonzo N FLEMING | 1851 | 1919 | Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 68 | |
| Cousin | Robert A FLEMING | 1853 | ||||
| Cousin | George Alfred FLEMING | 1855 | ||||
| Cousin | Herbert E FLEMING | 1857 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| Cousin | William Olilvie FLEMING | 1860 | St. George, Sydney, NSW | |||
| Cousin | Florence Edithe FLEMING | 1864 | Newtown, NSW, Australia | 1927 | Annandale, NSW, Australia | 63 |
| Cousin | Ernest Charles FLEMING | 1867 | Newtown, NSW, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Ada Mary FLEMING | 1870 | Newtown, NSW, Australia | 1936 | Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 66 |
| Cousin | Emily MORRIS | 1857 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1857 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 0 |
| Cousin | Florence Sarah MORRIS | 1859 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Emily Eliza MORRIS | 1861 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 01 Aug 1929 | Ashfield, NSW, Australia | 68 |
| Cousin | George Thornton MORRIS | 1863 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Alice Mary MORRIS | 1865 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1951 | Manly, NSW, Australia | 86 |
| Cousin | Sydney John MORRIS | 1867 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1946 | North Sydney, NSW, Australia | 79 |
| Cousin | Thornton Arthur MORRIS | 1869 | Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1950 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 81 |
| Cousin | Minnie May MORRIS | 1871 | Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| Cousin | Sarah Edith MORRIS | 1873 | Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Arthur Gerald HUMPHREYS | 1886 | Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1965 | Turramurra, NSW, Australia | 79 |
| Niece | Alice Mary M HUMPHREYS | 1888 | Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1973 | St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia | 85 |
| Niece | Daisy Dorcas HUMPHREYS | 1890 | Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| Niece | Thirza A Helen Lucy HUMPHREYS | 1894 | Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1978 | NSW, Australia | 84 |
| Niece | Gladys Adelaide HUMPHREYS | 1899 | Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| Niece | Nellie M HUMPHREYS | 1901 | Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| Niece | Phyllis Rose HUMPHREYS | 1905 | Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| Niece | Thelma D HUMPHREYS | 1907 | Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1997 | Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia | 90 |
| Niece | Joan Margaret HUMPHREYS | 1910 | Woollahara, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |||
| Niece | Mary Betty HUMPHREYS | 1912 | 2002 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 90 | |
| Nephew | Arthur TOOP(E) | 1909 | St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Niece | Stella TOOP(E) | 1894 | St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Niece | Elizabeth M TOOP(E) | 1895 | St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1896 | Richmond, New South Wales, Australia | 1 |
| Niece | Dorothy TOOP(E) | 1896 | St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Niece | Alice TOOP(E) | 1898 | St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Nephew | Frederick F TOOP(E) | 1900 | St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1901 | St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1 |
| Nephew | Francis George TOOP(E) | 1904 | St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Sister in Law | Mary Elizabeth TOOP(E) | 1865 | Somerset, England | |||
| Sister in Law | Alice Joan TOOP(E) | 1867 | Somerset, England | 1942 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 75 |
| Sister in Law | Francais May J TOOP(E) | 1869 | Frome, Somerset, England | 1948 | Mildura, Victoria, Australia | 79 |
| Brother in Law | Frank Arthur TOOP(E) | 1872 | Frome, Somerset, England | 1944 | Kogarah, NSW, Australia | 72 |
| Sister in Law | Catharine Lydia Daisy TOOP(E) | 1874 | Somerset, England | 1964 | New South Wales, Australia | 90 |
| Events in Sydney George Rouse WALKER (1872 - 1927)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1872 | Sydney George Rouse WALKER was born | Newtown, NSW, Australia | Note 1 | 52, 54 | |
| 1890 | 18 | Death of father William WALKER (aged 52) | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 2 | |
| 1894 | 22 | Married Dorcas Maria Sinkins TOOP(E) (aged 19) | Marrickville, NSW, Australia | Reg No 4802/1894 | 52 |
| 1901 | 29 | Birth of daughter Francais Norma WALKER | Marrickville, NSW, Australia | Note 3 | 52 |
| 1906 | 34 | Birth of son Cedric P U WALKER | Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 4 | 52 |
| 13 Oct 1914 | 42 | Death of mother Eliza Frances HOWE (aged 80) | 54 | ||
| 10 May 1927 | 55 | Sydney George Rouse WALKER died | Chatswood, NSW, Australia | Note 5 | 52 |
| Personal Notes: |
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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 pub- lished 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. Christo- pher, 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 re- ceived 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 regularly 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 rellglous 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 hus- band 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, Eliza- beth-street, Sydney, with his second wife and his friend Edward Wills. His family was well provided for, the Underwoods (of Under- wood 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 Christ- mas 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 immedi- ately sank. He was a good swimmer, and made an effort to save his son (Alfred Aus tralia, the flrst to be called Australia in this part of the world), but his hands be- came 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 mar- ried 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 Aus- tralia 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 sur- viving 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 Govern- ment 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 appren- ticeship to the printing trade also in the office of his father at 96 George-street, Syd- ney, 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 re- mains 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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