Person Page 3,867
William Stanley Kessey
b. 8 February 1853, d. 20 December 1928
Family surname
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Birth
Parents
| Father | Thomas Cassey (b. 23 March 1794, d. 22 July 1882) |
| Mother | Judith Grady (b. 1815, d. 1 February 1883) |
Family life
William Stanley Kessey and Henrietta Cole were married in 1878 in Bathurst.3 He and Mary Ann Zenobia Cole were married in 1909 in Bathurst.3 He and Mary Ann Zenobia Cole were divorced on 5 July 1927 in Sydney. The decree nisi was declared absolute by Mr Justice Owen.4
Child with Annie, wife of William Stanley Kessey, (b. 1853)
| Son | Arthur William Kessey (b. 1875, d. 1875) |
Children with Henrietta Cole (b. 1855, d. 28 October 1906)
| Son | William Henry Kessey (b. 1879, d. 1881) |
| Child | Unnamed Kessey (b. 1880, d. 1880) |
| Son | George Bruce Kessey+ (b. 1881, d. 1922) |
| Daughter | Henrietta Wilhelmina Kessey (b. 1883, d. 1969) |
| Daughter | Mary M Kessey (b. 1885) |
| Daughter | Eveline Ruth Kessey (b. 1887) |
| Daughter | Myrtle Rose Kessey+ (b. 1890, d. 1974) |
| Daughter | Mabel Grace Kessey (b. 1892, d. 1980) |
Children with Mary Ann Zenobia Cole (b. 1870)
| Son | Victor Kessey (b. 1909, d. 18 August 1979) |
| Daughter | Mary A Kessey (b. 1911) |
Involvement in crime
William Stanley Kessey was tried for an alleged assault on his wife Mary Ann on 6 December 1912 in Bathurst. His wife alleged that he had threatened to take her two young children from her. (She lived at Portland with the children; he at Bathurst.) She resisted and was forced into the bottom of a sulky, from where she cried for help. A man came to her assistance. She dropped the charges on the proviso that her husband not interfere with the children. He was to be allowed to visit on Sundays when her brother was at home. He agreed to these terms.5
Working life
- On 21 February 1894 William Stanley Kessey was a mail contractor in Bathurst. His tender of 47 pounds for the Bathurst and White Rock mail service was accepted.6
Property
William Stanley Kessey suffered a total loss of his house from an accidental fire on 20 February 1912 at Russell Street in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.7 He bought land from Edward Bean on 14 January 1915 at Lot 1 Sec 102 in Russell Street in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The purchase price was 125 pounds.8 The executor for the estate of William Stanley Kessey sold land to Ernest Henry Gunning on 7 May 1929 at Lot 1 Sec 102 in Russell Street in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The sale price was 135 pounds.9
Death
Was the executor of Judith Grady's estate on 8 August 1883.10 William Stanley Kessey died on 20 December 1928 at age 75.9,2
Citations
- [S403] "Kessey family facts", circa 1991, Gardiner (303 Birdwood Terrace, Toowong Qld 4006); Fleming Family History Archive, Sydney.
- [S898] "Descendants of Thomas and Julia Kessey", Paul Gunning; Fleming Family History Archive, Sydney.
- [S611] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Marriages, (Registry of BDM.)
- [S844] Divorce, Sydney Daily Telegraph, 6 Jul 1927, p25.
- [S880] Assault Case, Bathurst Times, 7 Dec 1912.
- [S708] Mail contracts, Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, 21 Feb 1894, p3.
- [S886] Fire in Bathurst, Bathurst Times, 21 Feb 1912.
- [S696] Deed: Edward Bean - William Kessey, Land Titles Office of NSW, Book 1048 No 436.
- [S695] Deed: William Kessey - Ernest Henry Gunning, Land Titles Office of NSW, Book 1560 No 59.
- [S447] Julia Kessey, Probate: Kessey; Julia (Probate), NSW Probate Office, Sydney. Hereinafter cited as A18830808.
| Context | Grady clan Kessey clan |
| Last Edited | 25 October 2018 |